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"mm NEWS OF ILLINOIS * ' - - • • • • ' 1 - * Chicago.--First-hand information of the rt»sources and commercial possibilities of soatliern Illinois will be afforded a delegation of Chicago and , other northern Illinois business men M a four-day inspection trip to the •oath, which -will terminate September 16 with an IIHaets Chamber of Commerce conference at Benton, in Frank- Ho county. Leaving Chicago on a special car September 12, the Illinois chamber's party will reach Centralia early the next morning and remain there antil late that afternoon. Resources of Centralia and vicinity will be shown the visitors, and then another special car will be added to the train to take aboard southern H1Inois business men. Stops will be made at Carbondale, Anna Murphysboro, Cairo and Harrisburg. At Benton, on behalf of southern Illinois, the northern men will be welcomed to the conference by President F. H. Stamper of the Benton Commercial club. A visit will be made to the world's largest coal washer at the United States Steel corporation mine near Benton. Springfield.--With the Illinois crop Iter this year estimated at 50,000,000 bushels below the five-year average of 346,000,000, S. D. Fessenden, {Jnited States agricultural statistician, announced he, does not anticipate that the fanners will experience any \3ifficulty in disposing of their yields. Feasenden believed Illinois farmers oefed all the corn they will produce. He notes a decided Inclination on the part ot the farmers to increase the feeding ot corn to live jstock, especially to hogs, in which form it brings them a greater profit With a fair price for hogs this year and possibility of an unsatisfactory price for corn, ha predicts more stock raising. Urbana.--An idea of the brilliant Architectural designs which will be placed in the University of Illinois' memorial stadium and recreation field was given in an announcement made bare. "Patterned after the rich, yet exquisitely plain, designs of the ancient coliseum at Rome and the stadia In which were staged the Olympic games of Greece," the statement says, "the Illini memorial, too; will combine the rigidity, vigor, fearlessness of the Illlnlwek tribes of the Western prairies. It is to be a symbol of the athletic prowess of the West and the last word In stadia architectural de- ' signs." Springfield.--Governor Small will be a candidate for re-election in 1924, according to Senator Richard R. Meents, one of the governor's closest political allies, and his spokesman in the senile. "Len Small never quit under Ore in his life," declared Senator Meents, when asked if the governor would go before the people again in 1824. Governor Small made no statement himself, but the statement comtngjfrom Senator Meents in reply to direct questions was taken as a positive indication of the governor's plans. Jerseyville.--The "apple king" of Oalhoun and Jersey counties is Chris ftlnghousen. He has raised nearly 1,- J00 bushels of apples on his Grafton orchard alone and will have yields ftwa three big orchards in Calhoun county. Hp has nearly 600 acres of land in orchard in Jersey county and for years has had the largest orchard Acreage in Calhoun county, which won Mm the title of "apple king." Apples in this vicinity have sold recently for per barrel. Chicago.--Arthur C. Lueder, for 20 Fears a Chicago real estate man, was named by President Harding to succeed W. B. Carllle as Chicago's postmaster. Mr. Lueder was born in Elmhurst forty-five years ago. After his -graduation from Elmhurst college, where his father was a professor, he came to Chicago and was graduated from the Chicago Law school in 1902. He entered the real estate business instead of law, however. Canton.--Criticism of the poor spelling of some Canton high school graduates has resulted In an order by the superintendent of schools that all seniors this yeaT take a 200-word examination when schooi opens. If they fall to make a grade of 85 per cent II will be required that they add spelling to their list of subjects. Rockford.--Rockford's central labor council wiU ask the state utilities commission to reduce the price of street car fares. The plea will be that the company has twice cut the wages of It* employees, but has made no decrease in fares. Springfield.--That federal testing of dairy cows is being recognized as valuable among farmers of the state Is shown by the fact that many have signed applications for the government test. Jacksonville--Several hundred dollars in bonds and $75 in cash were tak- " Mi fcv bandits who looted the bank at ( Woodson. ^ "Sullivan. -- The annual Moultrie '/ oounty stock show will be held at Freeland Grove park September 21-28. Rockford.--Thirteen officers of the 'Fifty-first and Fifty-second .infantry have been ordered to Camp Perry, O., for temporary duty In connection with tfcfe annual rifle tournament there. JSpringfleld.--A new average record tqr visitors to the tomb of Liucoln, •of more than 100 people an hour, was aet during the first days of the state fair, according to the custodian. banvilie.--Associated Building Contractors of nilnois will hold their Stitni-annual meeting in Danville Wednesday and Thursday, Septmber 14 and 15. Dixon.--Of 124 head of cattle in- Sflfected by representatives of the state attd federal departments of animal industry, 60 per cent were found to toe tubercular. Six herds were found too hadiy Infected they were ordered shipped to Chicago at once to be alfeughtered. /Peoria.--Regular mail service has lien established on the Illinois Traction system between Peoria and gprlngfiwld. Other electric lines through the central part of the state probably will l» tba Mir fotnrc. • Sprlngfleld.-*-The Jieat wave, which spread over the state of Illinois between the period beginning on May 17 and continuing almost without interruption until the end of the month of July, was the warmest similar period in the climatological history of Illinois, according to a survey made l>y the government weather bureauf here. Bellevtlle.--Samuel Wh|(ttinore, six. ty-six, who was shot by Frank Grady, his son-in-law, a few minutes after Grady had killed his wife and shortly before he committed Buicide, died at a BeucviHe hospital. Springfield.--The West Main street road leading into Decatur has been closed by the state highway depart' ment for paving. Motorists going to Decatur over the ocean-to-ocean trail must turn north at Harristown cemetery, go through Harristown and the north road into Decatur. Chicago.--The number of suicides in Cook county during the first seven months of 1921 was approximately 34 per cent greater than the miinbor "during the corresponding months of 1920 according to tigoMS j* file tn the cor* ner's office. . ~CMdag*-^ paji^U whteh m tlllWlg Central system has mad# to thastite of Illinois under the special provisions of its charter totaled $48,771,105.05 on March 81 last, It is announced by the company. Within i another year or so they will pass the $50,000,000 mark. Under : the terms ol this charter granted on February 10, 1851, the company was granted the title to 2,595,138 acres of government lands in Illinois. These lauds had been ceded to the state to aid in the building of a Lakes-to-the-Gulf railway. In return, the charter provided that the road should pay into the state treasury annually, In lieu Of other taxes, a special tax of 7 per cent of the gross earnings from its charter lines. The Illinois Central has realized $28,218,611 from the sale of its lands, says a publication of the railroad issued for its employees. The 1 charter lines consist of 706% miles, all In Illinois. They were finally completed September 27, 1856, by linking the gap of 77 miles between Mattoon and Centralia. The total cost of the charter lines was $26,568,071.61, or approximately $37,600 a mile. Springfield.--A check for $391,38&28 is in the hands of State Treasurer Ed-, ward E*. Miller from Lieut. Gov. Fret* E. Sterling as the interest earnings ot state fund In his keeping from May 31, 1920, to January 10, 1921, while he was state treasurer. With the check was a final accounting which showed that intereat earnings of state funds while in his stewardship were $996,121.85. This sum is greater than ever was deposited to the state's credit by any other treasurer. The payment by Lieutenant Governor Sterling has no connection with his indictment with Governor Small and Verne,. S.' Curtis, Grant Park banker, for alleged misappropriation of state funds while Small and Sterling served as state treasurers. V: . Springfield.--Don't build A pier, dock, bulkhead or anything else in the water of any stream or lake in Illinois In connection with your property. Don't encroach upon or fill into any of the streams or lakes of Illinois without you first submit plans of your proposed work to the division of waterways of the department of public works and buildings of the state, at Springfield, and get a permit for it. If you fail to do this, the division of waterways warns in a statement, yon violate a law which provides a penalty of a fine not exceeding $5,000 and imprisonment In the county -Jail not exceeding two years. Springfield.--Judge E. S* Smith In the Circuit court granted leave to Augustus Peabody, president of the citizens' committee of Chicago, to file injunction bills restraining the payment of increased salaries to certain state official and other moneys. Hie bill will be filed at the opening of the September term of the court. They will ask that State Auditor Russell and State Treasurer Miller be restrained in the payment of moneys In the increased salary bill and also the $500,000 appropriated by the last assembly as a reserve fund. Chicago.--Judge John A. Swanson ot this city granted the plea of Samuel Grossman, a taxpayer, to have all the books of the Pageant of Progress impounded and a temporary receiver appointed. Judge Swanson held that the people of Chicago were entitled to any profits derived from enterprises hel£ on municipal property.' "The evidence shows," he said, "the city officials who gave their time to the pageant gave it as city officials and not as private citizens." Urbana.--Mrs. Annetta Ayres Saunders of Chicago, a niece of the late Judge Joseph o. Cunningham, who was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln's, has turned over to the University of - Illinois the judge's collection of shells, arrowheads and geological specimens, and also a collection of photographs of the martyred President. When Abraham Lincoln was practicing law. in Springfield he made frequent visits to the Cunningham home in Urbana. Springfield.--Breaking the record of any court in Illinois for total damages awarded, the Illinois industrial commission in the year ending July 1 heard 50,585 cases and granted damages totaling $9,319,256, according to the first announcement of the commission's chairman. This greatest total since the commission's organization in 1913 was granted in 597 fatal and 49,988 nonfatal cases. Bloomington.--By the close of 1922 it may be possible to travel by motor vehicle over a concrete highway between, Chicago and St. Louis. Two routes are now racing to see which will be ready first. The Peoria route, although 60 miles longer, may win out. The Bloomlngton route, which is approximately 280 miles, fnay not be wholly completed by the' close of next year. Galena.--'The Illinois Bell Telephone company has purchased the business of the Pitcher Telephone company ia Galena and will consolidate the two systems. Belvidere.--Boone county farm bureau is conducting a campaign to persuade members to give names to their farms.' End Note Writing and Send Delefates for Another Parley,** is Reply to De Yaleri v PREMIER FOR QUICK England Wil Insist en f H Debts., /A ;v * t ** * *' < v U: .^Readjustment of Wafck,, Resumption of Relations Is Expeoted Some Timf * This Fall, TREirr HAS BEEt DRIFTED Preliminary Negotiations Have Beejt Under Way Some Time Between state Department President Obrtojn, Declares "In Rejecting British Settlement Terms Ireland Refuses Wider • jRange of Rights Than Enjoyed by Statea." " London, Aug. 29.--In rejecting the BritisA settlement terms Ireland turned down a wider range of rights than enjoyed by the states of the American Union, Premier Lioyd George declared on Friday in his answer to the Irish parliament's refusal to the British peace conditions. "We cannot prolong the mere < change of notes," said Premier Lloyd George. "It is essential that definite nnd immediate progress be made toward a basis whereupon further negotiations can usefully proceed. "Further negotiations af*e futile 'unless there is some definite progress made towards the acceptance ot a basis. "Tour letter seems to us, unfortunately, to show no such progress. If you are prepared to examine how far these considerations can be reconciled with the aspirations you present I will be happy to meet you and your colleagues. "In demanding that Ireland be treated rs a separate sovereign power you ' are advancing aims which tha famous leaders of Irish history explicity disowned. "The British' government offered Ireland all that O'Connell, Thomas and Davis asked, and more; we met the unqualified demand that we recognize Ireland as a foreign power. "We do not believe that a permanent reconciliation between Britain and Ireland can ever be attained without a recognition of the physical and historical interdependence which makes a complete political and economic separation impracticable. "Under the settlement which we outlined, Ireland would control every nerve and fiber of .its national existence. She would be free In every aspect of national activity and development. * "The states of the American Union, sovereign though they be, enjoy no such range of rights. I consider that our proposals completely fulfill your wish that the principle of 'government by the consent of the governed* be the broad guiding principle of the settlement. We can discuss no settlement which involves a reftisal on the part of Ireland to accept the invitation of a free, equal And loyal partnership In the British commonwealth under one sovereign. "We are reluctant to preciptate the issue, but prolongation of the present state of affairs Is dangerous and action is being taken in various directions which, if continued, will prejudice the truce and ultimately lead to its termination. $hls would be deplorable." f The British premier reiterated in unequivocal terms that the British government can consider no settlement that means Ireland's secession from the British crown. De Valera's note replying to Lloyd George's last proposal after telling of the rejection of the offer by Dail Eireann. concluded as follows: On the basis of the broad principle that ours is a government with the consent of the governed, peace Is possible and can be secured--a peace which is jnst and honorable to all, and fruitful ,of concord and enduring amity. To negotiate such a peace Dail Eireann Is ready to appoint representatives, and If your government accepts this principle, to invest them with plenary powers to meet and arrange the application and details." GERMAN LEADER IS SLAIN M. Erzberger, Former Vice Premier, Assassinated by Two Youtha Near Offenburg, Baden. Berlin, Aug. 29.--Mathlas Erzberger, former vice premier and minister of finance, was assassinated on Friday near Offenburg, Baden, where he was sojourning with his family. His body "contained 12 bullet wounds. Herr Erzberger had left Bad-Griesbach, where he was taking the cure, ip company with Reichstag Deputy Diez, for a foot tour of the Block forest. An hour later both men were confronted by two youths, who separated them and then emptied revolvers into Herr Erzberger, who was killed Instantly by shots in the head. Parachute Fails, Jumper Killed. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 80.--Victor Bruner, twenty-nine, of Mishawaka, was killed when he fell 1,000 feet from an airplane while attempting to make a parachute leap. The parachute failed to adjust. Parley to Cost $20,000. Washington, Aug. 30.--Official entertainment during the disarmament conference will cost the government $20,000, it is estimated. One banquet, two luncheons and two receptions are planned. Ask $5,000 for LafolMM^f'li Washington, Aug. 27.--Payment of $5,000 to Senator Lafollette, Wisconsin, to cover expenses incident to the contest for bis seat In 1917-18, was recommended to the senate by Ita elections committee. , 4, v Bishop Lewie is Dead. Sioux City, la.. Aug. 27.--fWlWiop Lewis of the, Methodist Episcopal church died after a long illnfegs from diabetes and Infection caused by carbuncles on his neck. The bl&op waa pixty-four years old. Re* Patrick J. McGlveej, pagtm1 Of St Charles church, Bridgeport, Conn., has accepted the supreme chaplaincy of the Knights of Columbus. The society was organized in 18882 by his brother, Rev. M. P. McGlvney of New Haven. -- PLAN PUBLIC FUNERAL Victims of ZR-2 Tragedy to fie Honored in London* t i f f . . Air Ministry Has Project Under Advisement-- All England Profoundly Stirred by' Horror. London, Aug. 26,--The American and British victims of the disaster to the ZR-2 at Hull will be accorded a great piibllc funeral, probably in London, it is coniidered certain. The riir ministry had the project under advisement and to announcement regarding it was expected at any time. Meanwhile, all England, profoundly stirred by the destruction of the giant dirigible--the greatest of all air disasters-- Is giving expression to Its deep feeling of mourning for the victims and sympathy for those bereaved. In London the atmosphere was somewhat akin to that wHIch followed the receipt of news of a serious disaster during the war days. If was at Howden, Hull, Leeds and neighboring towns, however, where lived the wives and relatives of^many of the men whose lives were snuffed out by the disaster, that the loss was most keenly felt. In thede places, too, were the English brides of nine of the American enlisted men who came to England for the transocean flight. These young women had been eagerly awaiting the time of the ZR-2's flight for America and had expected soon to follow on board a government transport to their new homes. As the dirigible was still British property, not having yet bee%, turned over to the American authorities, all Investigations of the calamity will be supervised by the British air ministry. WILL NOT ISSUE BEER RULES I Secretary of the Treasury Says There Will Be No Sale of Beer as Medicine Until Congress Acts. Washington, Aufc. 27.--Failure of congress to agree to the anti-beer will not mean the Issuance of'regulations for the sale of bew as medicine, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced. The secretary said that despite former statements that he would lssu^ beer regulations if congress failed to pass the beer bill before taking a recess, he decided to withhold the regulations until after congress reconvenes. The secretary said that issuance of the regulations would mean the creation of a machine which might be torn dowli In a month, and that it would be a waste of time and energy. SOFT COAL OUTPUT SLUMPS Bituminous Production Declines During Third Week of August--Still Above July Average. Washington, Aug. 90. -- Production/ of bituminous coal declined slightly during the third week of August, but was still above the average for July. The total output for the week ended August 20 is estimated by the geological survey at 7,704,000 tons, a decrease of 52,000 tons when compared with the week preceding, but still a half million tons greater than the low point reached In the first week of August. ^ Couple Killed by Train. Springfield, 111., Aug. 29.--The bod lee of a man and a woman who were killed w hen their automobile was struck by a. Chicago & Alton fast mall train were Identified as those of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Conley of this city! U. S. Board to Fix Rents.' Washington, Ai#i 29. -- President Harding signed the Ball rent bill, extending the powers of the District of Columbia rent commission seven months. The commission has authority to fix rentals on hoaxes and flats. Takes Her Life After Suitor Dies. Superior, Wis., Aug. 27.--Grief over the death of her suitor, Julius Cook, theater man, who committed suicide a week ago, is believed to have prompted Miss Bertha Burrlchter, thirty- five, to take her own life; • ' - Admits He Killed Wife Granite City. 111., Aug. 2t.'-- Arfhtut Dorman confessed he murdered Nhis wife, Dora Dorman, according to officers. His confession solves the mystery surrounding the finding of a wo^ an's body in a cornfield. OLD CONCERN IN DIFFICULTY Court Appoints Recefver for Nebraska FJour Mill, in Business for Half a Century. Omaha, N6b.t A|Ug. 27.--Upon application of Carl Modesitt, stockholder, o receiver for the , Wells-Abbott- Nieman Milling company of S6huyler, Neb., one of the biggest concerns of its kind in the West, and in business in Nebraska for half a century, was named by Federal Judge Woodrough. The Peters Trust company, Omahas was named. The company's capital stock is $1,500,000, and outstanding stock is listed at $464,900. Total liabilities are given as $888,- 015.28. AMNESTY AWAITS PEAdi PACT Debs and Others Will Not Be Lil>> -"'fraud Until Senate Ratlftoit^:-! German Treaty. "j-1 s • Washington, Aug. 90. -- President Harding will make no decision on a petition for pardonllig Eugene1 V. Debs, the Socialist leader serving sentence ;in the Atlanta penitentiary for counseling resistance to the .selective draft, until the treaty with Germany is ratified. Train Hlto Auto; Five Die. Peoria, III., Aug. 80.--Five persons were killed when their automobile was struck by a train at La Harpe. 111. Those reported dead ar#: Mr. and M^ J- A. sillier, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Egge and Mrs. William Blean. Lloyd George's Final P'**- Barnsley, England, Aug. 30.--Great Britain cannot countenance the tearing up of the United Kingdom, said Premier Lloyd George In referring to the Irish question in a speech here. It would mean civil war in Ireland* Held as $29,400 Thief. ~ New York, Aug. 29.--Securities valued at $29,600, all said to have been stolen in San Francisco last July, were recovered through the arrest of Kassell Grifflu, former messenger boy for a Sim Francisco brokerage hoiiafc Los Angeles Bank Robbed*, Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 29.--Five heavily armed bandits held up the Huntington Park, branch of the Los Angeles Trust and Savings bank In South Pacific boulevard and escaped In an automobile with $20,000. Washington, Aug. 30.--A recoh'dlllsU tlon with Mexico will be the next step In putting the country's international affuirs in order, now that jthe German treaty has been signed, it waa learned' in official quarters here. If present plans materialise the forv mal resumption of cordiSi relations be*, tween the estranged, governments may be expected before the coming di»- armament conference or soon afterward. / Preliminary negotiations have been [under way some time between the State department and President Obrogon. They have been undertaken tn line \ with the administration's announced plan of formulating a treaty providing adequate guarantees for the protection of American lives and property In Mexico and safeguards against new ruptures between the two cou% tries. The negotiations have reached a point where a treaty has ,been drafted and its consummation awaits only the action of the Mexican government on the provisions pertaining to the Car- Tanza oil decrees. These decrees give the Mexlcawgovt ernment the right of arbitrary (Jfmain in all mineral lands In the^ country, thus making private property,pn which minerals are located subject to confiscation at the whim*of the government. The decrees stipulate tb?»+ - • visions shall be retroactive. This stipulation has been protested by the American government as a menace to American holdings In Mexico, and on the action the Obregon regime takes in regard to the protest ^virtually hinges the whole question of recognition and the restoration of friendly relations. President Obregon, according to high officials in the State department, has In the interest of amicable conditions Indicated his willingness to construe the drastic mineral decrees liberally aad even t£,eliminate from them the retroactive clause which mainly occasioned the American objections. Although he has been able to compose the physical disturbances in Mexico, President Obregon has not been successful in dealing with the po- - litical factions aligned against him. These factions, which it is said are also antagonistic toward '-the United States^ were responsible, according to officials, for the recent refusal of the Mexican government to modify the decree in!^ conformance with the Ameri-. can protest. Since that time the question ot whether the decree can be made retroactive has been carried to the Mexican supreme court A final decision is expected any day. If the verdict is favorable the government stands ready Immediately to conclude its negoflations for the re-establishment of friendly relations. The capacity President Obregon has displayed in this regard and his eagerness to be on friendly terms once more with this country have made a decidedly favorable Impression on the government. ' . Mrs. Hernando de Soto, prominent In Washington's diplomatic circles, will accompany her husband to Berlin where he will be attached to the American mission. - : PEACE TREATY SIGNED United States and Germany ; K i Aflrle to Terms* > Advantages, Privilegea and Indemnities of the Versailles Pact Secured to United Statea. Berlin, Aug. 27.---The treaty of peace between Germany and . the United States was signed here at 0:20 o'clock Thursday evening. The signing occurred In the office of Foreign Minister Rosen in the Wll helmstrasse^ around the corner from the offices of the American commission xue runctlon occupied about ten minutes. Ellis Loring Dresel, the American commissioner, who was seated opposite the foreign minister ' at the tatter's desk, signed both copies of the treaty first and then pushed the document across the desk to Herr Rosen, who affixed his own signature. The German foreign minister, in signing, expressed gratification.at this act for the resumption of friendly Stations between the two nations, Mr. resel replying with reciprocal sentiments. (j The document now awaits ratification by the German reichstag and the United States senate. The treaty consists of three articles, the preamble dtlng sections 2 and 5 of the Porter-Knox peace resolution. Article 1 says: "Germany has undertaken to accdrd to the United States, and the United States shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations or advantages specified in the aforesaid joint resolution of the congress of. the United States of July , 2, 1921, Including all the rights and advantages stipulated for the benefit of the United States in the treaty of Versailles, which the United States shall fully enjoy notwithstanding the fact tktot such treaty has not been ratifled\by the United States." The signing In Vienna of the peace treaty between Austria and the United States was said to be a mere coincidence with the date on which the German peace treaty was to have been signed, as it was declared that neither German* nor American officials ^iere had been informed of the signing of the Austrian treaty. •• $1,000,000 FIRE IN NEW YORK flames Damage Liner Leviathan-- AHny Piers 5 and 6 Destroyed-- Bodies of Yanks 8aved. New York, Aug. 26.--Shifting of the wind saved the entire Hoboken waterfront on Wednesday from what might have been the most serious conflagration in its history. As it was, damage estimated at $1,000,000 was caused by fire which broke out on army pier No. C and rapidly spread In all directions, at one time setting the forward portion of the giant U. S. S. Leviathan, the largest ship afloat, in flames. Adjoining on pier No. 4 were 5,000 flagdraped caskets American soldier dead awaiting transfer to relatives or nearest of kin. For a time it looked as If this pier too would be consumed, but a slackening of the wind blew the / flames northward toward the Leviathan and pier No. 6. At the height of the danger ambulances rushed the coffins to a safety zone, surrounded by American soldiers from the Thirteenth infantr^barracks. No one was injured during the two and one-half hours of fire fighting. Army stores on piers 5 and 8 are a total loss, although soldiers worked frantically to save them. The old office of the Hamburg-America^) line was also destroyed. • . Posse Kills Bandit. Fairmont, W. Va., Aug. 90.--One man was killed and two were seriously wounded In the hills by a posse following a holdup of two mine officials of the New England Fuel and Transportation company near Lowesvllle. Two Brothers Drown In Pit Danville, 111., Aug. 90.--Donald and Merrill Lawson of Lafayette, Ind., both under twelve, were drowned in a gravel pit near Hoopeston, where they wer£ living. Both bodies were recovered by divers. Revolt Led by Former Governar. Mexico City, Aug. 2k).--A revolutionary uprising led by Pablo Villaneuva and Gen, Aquielo Juarez was reported from the state of Chiapaa. They are trying to extend their operations Into the state of Tabasco. Bandits Hold Up New York Hotel, New York, Aug. 29.--Six bandits Invade^ the King James hotel on Friday and hifid up the clerks, elevator operators and a number of guests. They escaped with cash and valuables worth thousands of dollaiv. London'a Attitude is Having Disquie Ing Effect in Administration Circle* ' itf Waahlngton -- Want U.;& ^tJebts Handled Individually. "* fi Washington, Aug. Si.--The British government has informally advised thf • v Unlted States that, when negotiation^ • r for the payment of its war debt er« resumed, it will insist upon a general „ readjustment ot the interallied in# d e b t e d n e s s a a t h e b a s i s f o r a f i n a settlement, it was learned authorl&lfe' tatively here. According to information in officialquarters, Great Britain bellevee tha|:'^i in liquidating, the war loans, thos4^ taade by the United States to the al<C> ^ 1'ee and those made among themselves i should be treated as a whole iastea^f of severally. Her idea, it is said, 1^" ; B that it will facilitate the liquidation, "i While the British government haf^y!- proposed no definite plan for handling the war indebtedness, the tentative ViJ '! Suggestion has, been made that eacl» ^ ^| Country issue uniform bonds to thei itM amount of its obligations. The British attitude is having & quieting effect in administration cir- 1! cles. It is diametrically opposed to» that oT Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and severe complications between? jf ' the two governments are in prospect^ ' If she persists in her view. y Secretary Mellon, believes that the1 " debts to this government should be; ,: handled Individually without reference^ to obligations held by the allies between themselves. He also opposes acceptance of obligations other thaai' those of the debtor*country in re-pay-./• i ment in the cuse of the larger nations! such as Great Britain, France andjr*v Italy. As to the smaller governments *1 V whose stability is not so cei^ain he; ' believes it might be well to take even/ ^ German reparation bonds in settle-,* ment. - x The government was officially noti- • »,' , fled of Great Britain's position a year : , ago when negotiations which had beenr under way in London for some time? ^ere suddenly terminated. At that 'tf time the British premier, Lloyd George|, wrote President Wilson that his gov-^f eminent could not proceed to a settle-"' - ment unless it was made "part and '- parcel of an all round arrangement of-interallied debts." ' As the British premier put it, the/'i'-l^ interallied indebtedness was the % larger question," and the settlement the British debt to the United restates could not be allowed to "prejudice it." If this country could forniu- „ | l a t e a p l a n r e c o n c i l i n g t h e t w o , t h e • "British government," he added, would be glad to fall In with It." ' VI*' The Treasury department refused aummarily> to entertain the proposal, and the American negotiators were re- > called from Loudon. When the ad- ^ ministration chunged hands and the • question of resuming negotiations was again brought to the fore, It was >' thought that Great Britain had al-,-[t'i tered her opinion on the subject. The ; new administration has learned, however, that it is still the same. According to treasury officials, the' advantages of the British plan from *•>'? their standpoint are obvious. They point 'out that a large share of the money she obtained from this country was subsequently passed along in loans r to her allies. They assert if site could apply the securities she has taken for these loans against the intebtedness the United States, the Treasury department would eventually have Its vaults stacked with the bonds of half of the nations of the Old Worldrwhose ability to pay in many cases is serioualy doubted. The san-e situation, treasury officials declare, is true of France and to some extent Italy. Finally, they assert, It would mean that all this country would have to show for the $10,000,000,000 it loaned ubroad dur- Ing the war would be .the questionable securities of a lot of small nationalities, ,to which tiie principal vallies lent , money, instead of their b<wda, Tu bman value is unchallenged. :* v > of AMERICANS 60 TO SHOWS A{nu»g»nt-Lovii«a YankMs «r--* Nair $1,000,000,000 During ; the Last Year. ^ Washington, Aug. 81.--Amusementloving America spent nearly $1,000,- 000,000 during the last year for theatrical entertainment, according to , Internal Revenue Commissioner Bialr. The 10 per cent tax on placea of amusement amounted to $88,725,906. / Wife Sues Harry Frazee. I New York, Aug. 31.--Harry Krazee, 'millionaire theatrical manager and owner of the,Boston American league ^Club, was sued for divorce here. One Elizabeth Nelson is mentioned In Mrs* Frazee's complaint • ^ i Arras* Sixteen in Dry Rat#. -« >• Iron Mountain, Mich., Aug. 81.--- State constabulary, traveling in six autos, surprised a gang Of moonshiners in the Watersmeet district and arrested 16, including two women. Six • t i l l s w e r e s e i z e d . j - • • Toadstools Kill Indiana Laporte, Ind., Aug. 31.--Bert Fleming, forty, of Michigan City, died there from eating toadstools. Mrs. Fleming is "in a critical Conditiori. Mrs. Fleming thought she was cookinf mushrooms. Germany Facea Criala. Aug. 31.--President Issued a decree prohibiting meetings, processions, demonstrations and the publication of periodicals and pamphlets likely to encourage seditious •Bovements tal ! : ;:S"' v"d*¥ "M •m , .Wv --