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Denvir will lead the minority in the senate. f Many Women Present; „ tJcusual color was given to Iff* proceedings at the opening of the assembly by the presence of many women who had come to induct three of their .sex into the legislature as members. They are: Mrs. Lottie Bolman O'Nell of Downers Grove, Mrs. Katherine Hancock Goode and Mrs. Rena Elrod of Chicago. After the adjournment the assembly will not convene until after the inauguration of Governor Small and the other state officers. Mrs. Florence Fifer Bohrer of Bloomington, daughter of former Governor Flfer, was the first woman sworn in the senate. Mr. Scholes was elected speaker of the house on the roll call by a vote of 94 to 59. After Representative Barr had been selected as president pro tempore, three members of the majority and three representatives of the minority were named as a committee on committees, which will select the board of the senate. » Shanahan, III, la Sworn In. David E. Shanahan of Chicago, four timps speaker, went to the session on the arms of friends. Despite his illness he was determined to be sworn in and received a tremendous ovation when he arrived. Attorney General-elect Oscar E. Carlstrom named Montgomery, Win nlng, secretary of the legislative reference bureau, as first assistant. Miss Ada Cartwright, daughter of the late Supreme Court Justice James H. Cartwright, was named an assistant, and Frank L. Abbey, son of Representative Abbey, will be private secretary to the ttew attorney general. Features of Message. " Retrenchment to the bone In every department of the state government is the high note in Governor Small's sec ond inaugural message. In general terms the outstanding features of the document are: Economy to the limit. Irrevocable opposition to any plan of tax readjustments that would open the door for increasing taxes In Illinois. V Revision of the revenue laws by con •titutional amendment and not by leg islative revamping of present statutes. Economical but complete care of the wards of the state, who are increasing •t the rate of approximately 1.000 a year. No retrenchment here that In any way would verge on skimping In caring for the insane, the feeble-mind ed and the unfortunates who are cared for by the commonwealth^ Recommendation of a comprehen tfve plan on a modern, scientific basis, worked out to meet the. increasing de ouknds on eleemosynary institutions. The message, it is understood, wili contain a complete report of the work J|eneh state department. € ILLINOIS STATE NEWS 1,132,641 Auto Tags Issued During 1924 Sprinpfield. -- Collections by the automobile department of the secretary of state's office for 1924 show an Increase of $1,892,- 411.21 over total collections i>y the department in 1923, according to a statement issued by Louis L. Emmerson, secretary of state. The statement shows a total of $11,546,200.25 collected by the department during 1924. Of this amount $10,722,206.24 was collected In fees on passenger cars and trucks, $349,706.50 from chauffeurs' licenses, and $148,- 560.65 from transfers. During the year 1,132,641 licenses were issued, 978,428 of which were Issued on passenger cars, 140.808 on trucks, 4,488 in dealers' licenses, 2,044 on trailers, and 6i.873 Issued on motorcycles. There were 95,343 licenses issued to chauffeurs. Chicago.--Declaring he was falsely accused of cribbing In preparing his English lessons and expelled from the University of Chicago, Hume Wilson filed suit for $20,000 damages in Circuit court. After the University of Chicago was closed to him, Wilson, according to his attorney, entered North western university and now is a junior In the law school. Wilson made two efforts to re-enter Chicago, the attorney charged, but was denied admission, The dluiaul was in 1918, Mr. Forgy Washington, D. C.--rians for the relief of Chicago in the crisis .over water withdrawal from Lake Michigan for sewage disposal, are being speeded In both houses of congress and the War department. It is expected that legislation will be well on its way by the end of next week to get a law on the statutes that will alleviate the situation before the expiration of the 60 days' grace allowed by the Supreme court decision. A revised form of this bill for the lmpronwcaent* of the Illinois river designed to meet the approval of both the sanitary district and the downstate voters-has been introduced by Representative Hull of Illinois. The representative said that he will push the bill through the rivers and harbors committee as soon as possible and declared that he has assurance from the members of the committee that they will report the measure as soon as the Interests involved can agree on Its terms. Springfield.--Protection of flsh and game in Illinois last year "did not cost taxpayers a cent. On the other hand, it made a profit for the state of more than $50,000, according to the annual report of the fish and game division of the state department of agriculture, prepared by William J. Stratton, chief warden. Expenses for all activities of the department were $290,763.47, while receipts of the department from its own sources of revenue were $342,- 354.63, a profit of $51,591.15 on operations for the year. The surplus for the year will go into the game and fish fund for use in conservation work. Springfield.--Refusal of State Auditor Andrew Russell to apportion the state school distributive funds of $8,- 000,000 will bring many schools face to face with a real crisis and will actually reduce the amount of education HUGHES RESIGNS f CABINET POST *: T Secretary of State to Be Sue* ceeded by Frank B. Kel- \ logg of Minnesota. .«,» , Washington. -- Secretary of State Hughes has resigned his portfolio, the resignation to take effect March 4 aext. He will be succeeded in office by Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, now liner lean ambassador to Great Britain^ The announcement was made at th# White House In the following official itatement: "It was announced at the Whit*- douse that Secretary of State Hughes would retire from the cabinet on the itli of March, in accordance with a tong-cherished plan of his, and that als place would be taken by Ambas- »ador Kellogg, who is now the American ambassador at London." Secretary. Hughes' letter of resignation and President C&olldge's reply follow: My Dear Mr. President: "The period of service which was In :ontemplation when I took office is low drawing to a close, and. In accordance with the intention I have here- :ofore expressed, I beg leave to tender my resignation as secretary of state, :o take effect on March 4, 1925. "It will then be twenty years since [ undertook public work in New York, ind during that time, with the exception of a little more than two years after the armistice, I have been engaged almost continuously in the discharge of public duties. I feel thut I must now ask to be relieved of official responsibility and to ie permitted to return to private life. As foreign affairs are perennial, I inow of no more appropriate time to jo this than at the end of the present administration. 'Permit me again to express my leep appreciation of the confidence fou have reposed In me and of the privilege of serving under your leadership. I shall have an abiding memory )t your unfailing kindness. "Assuring you of my earnest support jf your administration and of my hope that, although out of oftice, I may still be able to be of service, I am, my dear Mr. President, with highest esteem, "Faithfully yours, "CHARLES E. HUGHES." President Coolidge, in his reply, dated January 10, said: _y- "My Dear Mr. Secretary: "Your favor of recent date sVWMtig ine that you have irrevocably decided to adopt your loftg-cherlshed intention !)f retiring on the 4th of March, I have received with much regret., I can well appreciate that you are personally entitled, after twenty years of public UAJ. T. A. MILLS MaJ. Thornton Anthony Mills, pastor of the New England Congregational church t»f Chicago, Is engaged in a stirring controversy with the church's council of 15 which declares he has made the church Into an open forum and asks that he resign before June 30. The minister so far has refused to give up his charge. LEO KORETZ, CON MAN, DIES IN PENITENTIARY that "some children In the state will re^.wvice, to seek some of the satisfacfo, Alton.--Free water to the public and private schools of Alton must not be fornlshed, according to a decision of the Illinois Supreme court. The city of Alton and the board of education are separate corporate entities, the court rules. An ordinance which provides such free water is not a binding Contract, according to the court, nnd must be repealed. Peoria.--School children of this city Hirpass most cities in the state In Health, according to Dr. A- A. Crooks, iichool medical director. Attendance at school Is higher than at any time In recent years, being better than 90 per pent perfect In Bome cases, the doctor •aid. Decatur.--Alleging that he was handcuffed and then, when helpless, was brutally struck upon the head with •*%llly or blackjack, following his arrest %pon the charge of possessing intoxicating liquor, Frank Montgomery has filed suit against Harry Lovejoy, a patrolman, asking $1,000 damages. He asserts that his case was dismissed Without a trial. West Frankfort.-rPrick|lng a black- 4 ^iead on her chin with a pin is given "Jby physicians as the cause of tlie death ^|iof Mrs. Marie Hutson. Infection followed the pin prick. 3 Quincy--The city couacll is now iconsiderlng an ordinance which provides for bus lines in South Eighth and »? State streets to succeed the present trolley lines. The street railway company has asked permission to remove „Jthe tracks and thus escape tlie cost of jlpaveaieBt proposed for these thorough- ::'^!fares. Chicago.--Earnings on funds In the custody of the city treasury have so Increased that the 1924 total will amount to more than $2,700,000, breaking all previous records, it was announced by ine city treasurer. celve, according to R. C. Moore, secretary of the Illinois State Teachers' association. "Many schools were already considering shortening their term t<# bring their expenses within their available funds, and the tangle over the distributive fund wilt aggravate matters," Mr. Moore said. Galesburg.--Plans for observing the centennial of Knox county, which was founded January 13, 1825, have taken tlie form of a movement for tfte erection of a monument to Gen. Henry Knox, Revolutionary war hero, for whom the county was named. The monument will be erected in the county courthouse park, according to present plans, and will be dedicated at homecoming next October. County schools will present historical programs January 13. showing the progress of the county In the last 100 years. Chicago.--Superior Judge Charles M. Foell issued an injunction restraining the Illinois Central railroad from purchasing, operating or leasing a 109-mile railroad in southern Illinois and Kentucky which is now under construction. The road, known as the "Kdgewood Cut-Off" extends between Edgewood, 111., and Fulton, Ky., ar\jl was Intended to take the place of the present road extending between those two towns. Danville.--Aldermanlc form of government may be supplanted by the commission form at a special election to be held In February. A petition with 1,050 names was filed, asking for such an election and it will be called shortly by Judge Graham. It Is claimed that Illinois at the present time has 66 cities working under the commission form of government. Springfield.--The state department of public works let contracts for 4,- 500,000 barrels of cement for use In the 1925 road construction program. Bids were received December 18. Analysis showed the prices less than iast year's In 27 countiesi Galena.--Trappers In -Jo Davles* and Carroll counties have had an exceptionally good season, they report, raccoons, skunks and other species of fur-bearing animals being more numerous than for many years, as well as foxes, wolves and other large animals. Marion.--Citizens of Marlon will g« to the polls on January 24 to pass on recommendations of the fire committee to the city commissioners for tho fir" equipment which will total $50,OC^ Citizens will be asked to act as clerk* and judges without ,charging for tlielr time. tion of private life. "But I cannot -refrain from expressing my feeling of personal loss at the prospect of your retirement, and also Lhc loss that must inevitably ensue when one of your ability and experience goes out of an office which he is so well qualified to fill. "I realize, however, that this Is in the nature of things, and so wisli to put my'-emphasis on the appreciation that I feel for your loyalty at all times to me, your many expressions by word and deed of a friendship on which I ?ould not set too high a value, and the xalted character and disinterested aature of the Important public service that has come so constantly under uiy abservation. "I trust you may have a well-merited repose and that satisfaction which ilone can cdme from a consciousness that the duties of this life have been well performed. "With kindest regards, I am, "Very cordially yours, "CALVIN COOLIDGE." Muscle Shoals Bill Approved by Senate Washington.--By a vote of 48 to 37 the senate in committee of the whole approved the Underwood bill for the disposition of the Muscle Shoals proj ect. , The action had the effect of definitely eliminating the Norris government ownership bill, which had been report ed from the committee on agriculture as a substitute for the Henry Ford measure passed by the house. Swindler Served Only 34 Days of 10-Year Sentence. Chicago.---Leo Koretz, swindler, died In the state penitentiary hospital at Jollet. He was there only a few days over a month. Only a prison captain sat by the bedside as the man who stole millions suddenly breathed deeply In his coma, then was still. . Mrs. Koretz lost a race with death. She arrived an hour too late and did not' leave Jollet for the prison. I only wish I had known sooner that he was so near death," was her only comment. Koretz' death fulfilled his sardonic prophecy that his one-to-ten-year sentence was In reality a death sentence. Koretz, Chicago's "friendship financier," for several years before December, 1923, had been an abundant host. He had, it seems, swindled from his 'nearest'" that he might "set 'em up" for his "dearest." As the successful promoter of the miraculous oil wells In the Ba.vano river lands of Panawa he had money, he spent money, and he made money-- for friends and relatives and racial kinsmen, and all from whom he would take It as investment. It was late In November, 1923, that the amiable financial wizard sent off an investigating committee down Bayano river way. He danced and dined at the time drew near for this committee to" reach its destination. He knew the jig was up. It was almost time for the big revelation, but not quite. On the morning »f December 5, 1923, Koretz left for New York. A party of friends waved him unsuspecting adieu. A week later, December 12, the Bayanb committee reported. The easy-flowing oil that had been thought to mix with the quickly multiplying dollars was nothing but a mud hank. The swindle, was estimated at $5,000,000 at that time. Next day came news that Koretz had disappeared. Saturday, November 22, 1924, Koretz was captured In Halifax, N. S., where lie liad been living as Leo Keyte. GOV. DAVIS'SON IN BRIBERY TRAP n of Kansas Executive Alleged to Have Accepted ! Money for Pardon. Kansas City, Mo.--An article allegfcg brtbe solicitation on behalf of Governor Jonathan Davis of Kansas Is published and copyright in the Jourlal- Post here. Russell G. Davis, son of the governor, it says, was caught in the Naional hotel In Topeka accepting a >ribe for a pardon, granted by his ather, alleged to have been solicited >y Governor Davis and paid to his ton on directions from the governor. - The governor's son, according to the fouraal-Postt accepted $1,000 in a •oom in the National hotel from Fred W. Poliman, former president of the Linn County bank, In exchange for a pardon frdm the state penitentiary, where he was serving from one to teven years In connection with a shortage in the bank. Later, the Journal-Post alleges, the governor's son returned with the pardon and accepted $250 more. The money had been marked and the numbers taken. -In an adjoining room listening through a dictagraph to the conversation between Poliman and the governor's son, the Journal states, were Representative W. G. Miller of Belvidere, Kans.; W. G. Clugston, chief of the Topeka bureau of the Journal- Post ; W. H. West, shorthand reporter, and Dick Smith, managing editor of the Kansas City Post. When the alleged transaction was finished young Davis was confronted with the charge of haying sold the pardon. ! Those who listened over the dictagraph, the story states, were actually in young Davis' presence when he was accused. ^ He refused to say where he had taken the $1,000 when he left to get the pardon, according to the Journal, and was Instructed to return it immediately. He disappeared and returned with the $1,000 In markejj^hioney, the story alleges, a.nd It wait the marked money which had been given to him by Poliman. , ' The Journal has published affidavits signed and sworn to 'by Poliman relating the events which led up to the catching of the governor's son. In Pollman's affidavit, published by the Journal, it Is stated that Pollman first learned of Governor Davis' alleged money Interest In the granting of a pardon to Glenn Davis, under life sentence in the Kansas state penitentiary for murder. The copyright story in the Journal follows a series of pardons granted by Governor Davis, who will be succeeded by Governor Paulen, Repub1 lican governor-elect. Topeka, Kans.--"The whole story was framed up," said Governor Davis when told of the charges. "It was framed up by my political enemies to 'get me,' but -they have failed to do it." FRANK B. KELLOGG GERMANY TO PAY U.S.$600,000,000 '~v i Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, United States ambassador to England, who has been named secretary of state to 8ucceed Oharies S. Hughes, Who resigned. '--.i'.,V,: .'-.V ' C. B. Warren of Detroit to Be Attorney Genera Washington.--Charles Beecher Warren of Detroit. Mich., former ambassador to Japan and Mexico, will be nominated by President Coolidge to be attorney general of the United States in succession to Harlan Flske Stone of Ne*v York, who was nominated to be an associate justice of the Supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Justice McKenna. Harold Lloyd's Wife ^ Saved From Studio Fire Los Angeles, Cal. -- Flames which jwlped out the Harold Lloyd studios on Santa Monica boulevard dearly ended the life of Mildred Davies,. wife of the comedian and screen st'ur in her own right. Trapped by the blaze as It suddenly roared through the sets of cheap wood and canvas, Mrs. Lloyd fell to tbe floor overcome by smoke. She was slightly injured by a falling skylight before being rescued by a stage hand, the only person near by when the fire started. The blaze was attributed to a short circuit. Property loss was estimated between $75,000 and $100,000. This was the first time Mrs. Lloyd has appeared before a screen camera since the birth of her baby early In the summer. U. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET QUOTATIONS Washing-ton.--For tho week ending ins January S.--LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog P*ices closed at $10.75 for top and (9.60@10.60 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $7.75@13.50; butcher cows and heifers, $3-25(111.00; feedsr steers, $4.50<ft}7.50; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.75® 13.00; fat lambs, $16.00® 18.76; feeding Iambs, $14.50® 17.00; yearlings, $13.86® 16.76; fat ewes, $7.00(^10.75. HAY--Quoted January 8: No. 1 timothy: Kansas City, $16.50; Minneapolis, $19.00. No. 1 alfalfa: Kansas City, $23.50; Omaha, $18.00. No. 1 prairie: Kansas City, $11.50; Omaha, $12.60; Minneapolis, $17.00. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Northern sacked round white potatoes, $1.05 @1.10 carlot sales in Chicago, 80@90c f. o. b. Northern Danish type cabbage, $28.00(gi32.00 sacked per ton delivered in Chicago, $23.00® 25.00 bulk per ton f. o. b. Wisconsin points. Midwestern yellow onions, $3.00@3.50 per 100 pounds in consuming centers, $3.00 f. o. o. western Michigan points. Northwestern extra fancy winesap apples, $3.25@3.50 per box in the Middle West. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing wholetale prices of 92-score butter: New York, 42c; Chicago, 40%c; Philadelphia, 43c; Boston, 42c. Wholesale prices on Wisconsin primary cheese markets January 7: Single daisies, 24%c; loaghorna, 2494c; square prints, 25%c. GRAIN--Quoted January 8: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, $1.75@2.10. No. 2 red winter wheat: Chicago, $1.88% @ 1.89; St. *Louis, $2.00; Kansas City, $1.92. No. 2 hard winter wheat: Chicago, $1.77% @1.78%; St. Louis, $1.76^1.78; Kansas City, $1.69@ 1.88. No. 2 yellow corn: Kansas City, $1 .20. No. 3 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.23% @1.24>4 ; Minneapolis. $1.20 1.22%; St, Louts, $1.22 V4 @ 1.23%. No. 3 white corn: Chicago, $1.21%; St. Louis, $1.22. No. 3 white oats: Chicago, 68% @59c; Minneapolis, 54%c; St. Louia, 61 @61%c; Kansas City, 60%c. Radio Helps Mystery Girl Find Her Parents Chicago. -- "Charlotte Norris," for flfty-three days the mystery girl in the Cook county hospital, was identified by relatives as Charlotte Maguire, student in a St. Louis college. 1 he co-ed whose brain was trapped November 18 in what experts termed perfect amnesia, completed in her mother's arms the metamorphosis of sophisticated Charlotte Norris, with a complex for sensation, to prosaic Charlotte Maguire, the student. Her father is Francis Maguire, a job printer, who lives at 5545 Wells avenue, St. Louis. Charlotte, It developed, Is twenty years old. A cusual glance at a story in a St. Louis paper telling how Charlotte broadcast from a Chicago radio station in hope of clearing the mystery of her identity, led an aunt to start the successful effort to lepra if Charlotte wds her lost niece. Wiscnsin U Trmgedy Laid to Dual Love Madison, Wis.--It was love for two women, not onef that moved Francis Xavler Bernard to precipitate a tragdy-- and perhaps a double tragedy-- here in the French house of the Onlerslty of Wisconsin. One was his wife. The other, Miss Laura Palmer, voung and beautiful Instructor In romance languages at the university, is aghting for her life. There are three jullels in her body. When he had shot tier, Iiernard turned the weapon on himself and he is dead. A curious fabric of the • interwoven and seemingly Inseparable loves of the man has been revealed through police nvestlgatlon. His wife had divorced nim, but he wanted her again. But she distrusted him. He also wanted to marry Miss Palmer, and she--"couldn't juite make up my mind to consent." Bernard was a Corsicap, and Is said •o have been a graduate of a European university. He wanted to teach it the University of Wisconsin, but for some reason his foreign university credits were not recognised. Coolidge Puts Bam on Gun Etevation May Be Federal Judge Washington.--President Coolidge ls considering the selection of Mrs. Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt of Los Angeles as a compromise ending the controversy over the federal district judgeship for northern California. Duquoln.--Mrs. Falrllne nipley ninety-four, one of the oldest resident* of southern Illinois, died at her home In Murphysboro. She saw the first passenger train on the Illinois Central through this section in 1857. She voted for Coolidge in November. Lrbana.--Explosion during an experiment on combustion of oil under hlgto pressure caused temporary deafness M Dr. J. M. Bradley of the University ol Illinois, and J. M. Corbin, graduate student. Corbin lost his sense ol smell as a result, also. There were 55, 000 pounds of pressure on tlie apparatus when it exploded. Klrkwood.--lUchard Salter, eighty and Mrs. Jennie Uobblne, flfty-elght the latter of Monmouth, were married Mr. Salter's first wife died sevei months ago. Salter Is the oldest bride grooiniO the history of Warren coutnj Germany Pay Reparations t Berlin.--During the four months the Dawes plan has been In operation, Germany's reparations payment have reached the total of 286t2Qy>44? gold marks, or $71,565,882. Timber Products Increase Washington.--Industries engaged In production of logs and other timber products showed an Increase in output of 05.6 pe- cent over 1923, the Department of Commerce ggid in an announcement Friday. . . New York Postmaster Dies After Operation New York.--Edward M. Morgan, postmaster of the New York post office, died In the Lutheran hospital, Manhattan, following an operation for appendicitis. He was sixty-nine years old. Mr. Morgan entered the postal service In 1873. Mr. Morgan was horn in Marshall, Mich. Washington. -- President Coolidge virtually killed the proposition to elevate guns of the American navy. He presented his stand with unmistakable definlteness at the White House. He believes that elevation of the guns x>n capital ships would mean a return to the old competitive armament program and he Is prepared to resist such a policy with all the power at his command. The President believes that interpre» tatlon of the naval treaty Is a minor factor in the determination of an answer to the question. Mr. Coolidge believes that the spirit, rather than the letter of the treaty, should be the guide of America, since technical con struction of a treaty may be carried so far as to make inoperative any pact betweeirfiations. Bars Raw Oysters ^ SpHKgfleld.--Because of typhoid, infection laid to them, serving of raw oysters Is harried in Illinois after January 15, This is In accord to letters mailed out' by the $tote health department to local health authorities. Warns Against Red Peril Paris, France.--In an address--ftt Rou'en before the National Republican club, former President Millerand warned France against the Communist peril. ^ Kiely New Y or ft Postmaster Washington.--John J. Kiely was appointed as acting postmaster at New York to succeed Edward M. Morgan, the late postmaster, who died Thursday morning. . . • j . ' . . Court-Martial Acquits Ftyer New Yoik.--Lieut J. T. Hutchinson, United States army aviator, was found not guilty on Friday of flying dangerously in stunt maneuvers over New York city last November by general court-martial. ^ i f 1 ' ^ -r Claims Radio Record Victoria, B. C.--Communication between the station here and a steamer arriving at Sydney, a distance Of 6,057 miles, broke a new wireless record, Is declared. Export Value Gains Washington.--Due to an incrWSe $97,000,000 In value, grain and meat products and canned and dried fruits shipped abroad during the first eleven months of 1024 showed a gain of $88,- (•80,688 over 1022. lbanez on Trial with Allies Allow Full Dctnaaja : _ for Lostes and Occup* £ tional Expenses. ' faris.--The British and Amerfem , delegations at the conference of th«* allied finance ministers have reached a final and definite accord relative to the payment to the United States of the costs of the army of occupation and war damage claims, Jjt was of-j ficially announced here. i The agreement 4s subject to ratifica-A tion by a plenary session of the ro ference, but, inasmuch as Franc^ Italy, and Belgium entered the negotiations already pledged to support the American viewpoint, and divergencies existed only between the British and Americans, ratification is regarded as a foregone conclusion. The United States under the terms of the agreement will receive about $25,000,000 yearly for twenty-five years on the total of her claims, amounting to approximately $600,000,000. The sum remaining due for the,6osts of the American occupation is fixed at between $250,000,000 and $260,000,000, while the amount of war damage claims the conference has agreed will be based on the findings of the mixed claims commission. This has been tentatively .fixed at $350,000,000. \ The terms of the agreement vide: 1. The payment to the UnlCed States of 55,000,000 gold marks yearly by priority on the cash payments under the Dawes plan to apply on the American army-of occupation costs. These payments are to begin September 1, 1926. 2. The United States will share in the Dawes annuities atcthe rate of 2% per cent, the total payment not to exceed 45.000,000 gold marks annually. beginning retroactively September 1, 1924. The American representatives have agreed that this latter amount should not exceed $350,000,000 or with Interest, roughly, .1,500,000,000 gold marks. S. The United States obtains tli% immediate release land possession of $15,000,000 now in the .federal reserve bank, which was deposited there by the allies under the Wadswortii agreement. . German sequestrated property . In the United States, including German tonnage, It Is believed, will be held as security for the American claim, or the amount of their value shall he deducted from the capital claim .should they be definitely appropriated. pro- Sentiment to Abide by Law A Need of World--Hughes Atlanta, Ga.--The one great need <>f the world Is "not some formula or rule but a law-abiding sentiment throughout the land--the disposition to be reasonable, to be fair, to settle things according to available standards of Justice, to enforce the conceptions of justice against the demonstrations of brute force," Secretary of States Charles E. Hughes declared in an address here. Mr. Hughes' address was delivered at a banquet in honor of himself and other members of the executive committee of the American Bar association. He made no reference to hi» recent resignation from the cabinet. "I am glad to feel that in this country, for a time at least," Mr. Hughes said, "we have the Supreme Court of the United States secui-e^ifwi the attacks of politicians." r Congress Told Treaty ^ Permits Gun Elevation Washington.--No conflict is found !>y the administration between the much-talked-of proposal to modernize battleships and the Washington arms treaty, congress was informed, although President Coolidge believes Doth the modernization program and jertaln proposed new construction would conflict with his policy of economy. This announcement was made by •Secretary Hughes In a letter to the house naval committee. He declared that Japan and the United States igreed that elevation of guns on American ships would not' conflict with the naval limitations treaty, although 3reat Britain has taken the opposite view. Secretary Wilbur appeared before the same committee and said that while it is his belief that' the American navy is equal to the British in tonnage, American ships are about two knots slower and are outranged by the British ships by nearly 1,500 yards. Labor Wage Scale in U. S. Highest in History Washington. -- Union labor's wage scale Is higher than It has ever been before, according to the United States bureau of labor statistics, which lias just completed a national wage scale survey. • Collectively, the hourly union wage rate of 1924 was 8.3 per cent higher than 1923; 99.8 per cent higher than in 1917; 128 per cent higher than in 1913, and 141 per cent higher than in 1907. Hours of labor this year were 4-10 of 1 per cent less than last year, 4.6 per cent less than in 1917; 6.1 per cent less than in lltlo, and 8.5 per cent less"than in IS Paris.--Tharged can.rtliR ' oir propaganda interfering with the government of a friendly state, the French government has started prosecutton of Blasco lbanez. 7 Die When Ship Sinks Houston, Texas.--The motor ship Peering, with her commander, Capt. E. E. Bailey, and six members of her crew, went down 50 miles off the coast of Frontera, Me^cQ, In a .hurricane, it was revealed. v ~ - ' .1 11 Mini n Jap Christian Leader Dies Tokyo.--Dr. Uyemura, regarded as the leading Japanese Christian, who toured America two years ago In the interest of peace, died suddenly Thurs- Ship Firm Sues Chicago Chicago.--Suit for $27,000 damages was tiled against the city by the General Transit company of Cleveland for damages to a freight steamer which tollided with the wing of the Van «uren street bridge October 8. Quakes Terrify Japan "Tokyo.--Tokyo was disturbed and the whole empire terrified by an earthquake of great severity, the first shock of which rocked the city at six o'clock In the morning. Boy Slayers Put to Death Ossining. N. Y--John Rys, nineteen. and John Emellto, twenty-one, both of Reading, Pa., were executed In the electric chair at Sing Sing prison for the murder more than a year ago Of Lee Jong, a Chinese laundryman. O. K.'s Child Labor Law Sacramento, Cal.--Both the senate and the assembly of the California legislature adopted the resolution ratifying the child labor amendment to the Federal Constitution. Electors Cast Btdlots For Dawes and Coolidge Washington.--Electors cast their ballots for Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes, In the electoral oollege. The electors met in their respective states, canvassed the state vote In accordance with the Constitution and cast their electoral vote# for the candidates for whom they J were elected to vote. The vote of the «| electors will be certified to the pres-: j ident of the senate by each of the 4#-_J states and will be opened at a joint 1 session of the senate and house oa February 18. ^ No Liquor From Canada Washington.--Recent reports from Canada that 3y000.000 gallons of beer -- and ale and 300,000 gallons of whisky-^- were exported to the United States lasf year brought a statement from Prohibition Commissioner Haynes that n» such shipments had been authorized. Build Wilson Sarcophagus ~~ Washington.--Work on a permanent sarcophagus for the late Woodrow Wll^ son in Bethlehem chapel will be started «t once. 300 Weavers Strike Fall River, Mass.--Three hundred weavers employed in the Davis mills here walked out in protest against a wage reduction of 10 per cent which was announced by the mill owners last week. Wage Law Held lnvoKd Tulsa, Okla. -- An Oklahoma law compelling contractors to pay workmen the prevailing wage in the community was declared invalid by three ^Jnlted States judges en banc. ...