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WRECK FROM SjngflelA development hi "public recreation In Illinois 7 during the last year has been the most," remarkable COOLIDGE HITS mOSES H. GROSSMAN ST 71 GOES TOTJHARltY -iC- i.i i i )--' Lotta Crabtree, Actress Leaves $2,000,000 Fund to Aid War Vets. Boston. The $4,000,000 estate which juub wct8 vraDtree acquired la a COl- orful career of -sonff and d.ince, real" estate Investment and theater ODera- goes to charity under the twrnis of her wlU, which wasj filed here. Setting aside only nominal sums for relatives, the actress left hundreds of thousands.for dumb animals, needy aS tort and: actresses, hospitals and die- cnargea conrictsv nnd the residue to graduates of Massachusetts Agrlcul-.

The will establishes a trust fund of $2,000,000 for disabled World war veterans and extends assistance nlso their dependents. life of forty years for'ihe trust WHICH US lODUB iV J. to graduates Massachusetts 'Agricultural collece. i A fund of S300iOM la. ervntni Jaw the; care of dumb animal and 'par-" tlcnlarly for'n "vigorous opposition' to vivisection.

SIR CHARLES PARSONS Sir Charles British scientist and perfecter of the famous Parsons turbine engine. Is receiving much encouragement and support Iri his clulm that a 12-iulle shafT should be sunk Into the earth to find out the mysteries beneath the crust we live on. Preliminary plans for the shaft and Its sinking are already under way. REPORT SHOWS PEAK IN BUILDING PASSED Caqtion Urged by Trend of Rentals and Values. Cleveland.

The Investment Bank erg' association officially closed Its thirteenth annual convention with the Installation of the new officers for the ensuing year, headed by Thomas N. Dysart of the William R. Compton company ot St, Louis us president. There were several important re ports presented to the convention, notably that covering the real estate situation, which caused probably more comment among the delegate-) than any other proceedings thus far. The peak of real estate vulues, rent als and building costs has' passed nnd from this time op for a considerable period the trend will be downward.

It was declared In the report which went Into nil phases of the real estate mortgage situation. considered one of the most vital of Investment topics In the United States at the present time. This significant paragraph was con tained In the report: Many dealers In real estate niort- gnge securities feel that we are facing a testing time as to the soundness nnd safety of a good many outstanding-real estate mortgage 'wind Issues. Statements have been made that loans are out In amounts renresentlnc al together too high a percentage of the appraised value of the property: that such nJght conceivably be good for a limited period, but that In the form of long-term loans In cycle of declining values oans on such an ex- esslve basis would quite surely prove It Is obvious that the greatest declines and heaviest vacnn- les will occur In the poorer districts nnd In buildings of least efficient design." In the Inst few years there has been mounting total of securities sold, based on leaseholds rather than actual land ownership and the secial committee of the Investment Hankers' association which has Investigated the subject warns that there are many hazards In extending such loans or selling securities based upon them. Demands Mrs.

Ferguson Quit Governor Race Austin, Texas. A demand that Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson resign as Demo-" crntlc nominee for governor, and let the state executive committee appoint man la her was made by Judge T. W.

Stephens, attorney for the plaintiff, in the closing arguments of the Ferguson Injunction suit. Judge Stephens said this was the most patriotic thing Mrs. Ferguson could do. Judge George Calhoun said he would announce his decision Monday. Pride of Gas Still Going Down in Omaha 8 3-4c Onmha, Nebr.

A 8 cents -per gallon" will hang from a gas station here until after -Christmas, the proprietor, H. O. Churchill, announced. This Is a reduction of cents from the station' recent prhe, which was the lowest In Omaha. Lindquist, Ex-Congressman From Michigan, Is Dead Grand Rapids, Mich.

Francis -O. MJndqulst, former congressman from the Eighth Michigan district, died at hospital here. Mr. Lindquist wnS horn hi Marinette, Wls September 27, 1809. He was elected to congress In 1012.

Urges U. S. Get Rid of Ships Meyer Llssne of the shipping board declared that if the shipping board' would give away its nctive ships with' a guarantee operation by private Interests, would be saved. Vets' Remedial President was asked by representatives of the Veterans of Wars to take up piatters of remedlul legislation In his address before Rebels in Final Stand Mannguu. NlCarngun.

Advices "re-telved here from Honduras say that General Femirak rebel leader. Is. without funds' or ammunition and is making final stand ugainst rh government forces. Bandits Steal Payroll's. Chicago.

A piiyroll belonging to the Hippucb company, glass manufacturers, was seised be six. bandits who held up at) auto carrying WMim MLJLfsJL JLMSl O.B STATE WEWS Urbana First honors for August jtllt and butterfat production among Die 0,000 or more cows In the 21 coun-ty cow-testing associations of the state, ere won by a pure bred brown Swiss on Hawthorne farm, Area, Lake county, when she produced 2,297 pounds of milk and more than 94 pounds of but terfat, it wns announced by S. Rhode, dairy extension specialist of the. University of Illinois. First hon- rg for the highest producing herd of the month went to H.

Burr, St. Charles, Kane county. Each of his 16 pure bred Holstelns averaged 1,195 pounds of milk and slightly more than 10 pounds of butterfat. Springfield. A total of 014 miles of new paved highways had been com pleted in Illinois during the construc tion season and up to September ccording to announcementJssued by the state highway department Last neck, the report adds, 103 paying mix-rrs, men, and 2,475 teams were rnjrnged In the mammoth Improvement Job.

The total pavement' laid to date Is 140 miles In excess of the construction record at the same time Inst year, and it Is now expected that the crews will be able to complete the 1,200 miles laid down as this year's program. Marlon. Half of Captain Bigelow's detachment of state troops were posted In the Williamson county courthouse when the new grnnd jury be-iHn consideration of the klan riot of August in which six men were killed. In charging the jurors County Judge D. T.

llnrtwell said: "A rumor spreader Is a dangerous citizen. Men jet worked up on a rumor nnd then aw violations begin. What we need most in Williamson county is a cooling time." Eranston. Samuel Tenny Woodman, twenty-three years old, in-rnlld, who lives with his parents nt 1111 Hininan avenue, was shot and in stantly killed by his brother, Dean Woodman, twenty-one years old. The rnung men are sons Of Andrew Woodman, a well-to-do civil engineer and in old resident 'of Evanston.

The shooting is believed to have been accidental. A pistol that "wasn't is to blame for the death. Elgin. Cedar trees that were good-tized saplings during the first crusades, according to foresters, have oeen turned over to the Illinois Nature Study society of Elgin by the city and will be cored for In perpetuity by the society. The trees, a large grove arhor-vltne, or white cedars, are considered the finest examples of the large groves of while cedar which m-e covered this section, now extant Chicago.

John Zajicek, sixty-eight, of 2.TM West Eighteenth place, Is believed to have killed himself by Inhaling gas at his home. His body was found by neighbors. The police were told Zajicek had been ill for some time nnd that lately he had been hrooding. Evanston. The city of Evanston offered, $1,000 reward for the capture of colored man who killed Nunzio Mas-jtfilino, proprietor of a confectionery tore nt Church street and Benson tivenue, during a robbery September 14.

Waukegan. Dr. H. W. Heerwagen," Lincoln avenue, Chicago, was drowned but Harry L.

Bauerle, a companion, was rescued after clinging to their motorhoat, which capsized during a windstorm on Mineola bay, Fox lake. Chester. George W. O'Malley of St. Louis, serving a life sentence for nurder, was shot and killed, and John Weger, another long-term convict, was langerously wounded when guards of he state penitentiary here frustrated i delivery of six Inmates.

Chicago. City employees who receive their -pay in part from the water lepartment will not pay the back Income tax demanded by the government until the United States Supreme has ruled on the controversy, it was announced. Chicago. Sunday air mail service between Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis has been discontinued because of the distance of Chicago's" landing held from the main office, Tostmaster I.ueder sujd.

I'eorla. At an exciting stage of a chess game with a friend at the Elks "elub Walter Ktrfe, Peoria attorney, slumped forward dead, "a victim of heart, disease. Chicago. Public school teachers of the Jewish faith were notified that they coulu not be absent from their duties for the observance of religious holidays. Chicago.

The Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, in conjunction with the League of Women Voters, is planning a legislative forum to be held here this fall. Chicago. Ralph Sayner Lillle, biologist, has been appointed professor of physiology at the University of Chl-cago. Springfield. flow the Illinois Agricultural association, the state farm bu-' reau organization, represents Its farmer members, and the relation -of organized agriculture the farming Industry In the state, was graphically portrayed by a huge map TO feet Jrlde and 20 feet long at the state fair.

Naperville. August Osterlang, ighteen, Naperville, fell dead from when, he saw James Coffmnn, relieved to be a Chtcagoan, drown in Naperville quarry. Coffman was flsh-1 'jig when, witnesses he slumped forward Into the water. 25,000 adults have superficial examination given by physicians of the s'tate department of health in -'connection- with a score of ounty fairs this season This fact pearly Indicates the magnitude of pop-' alar interest In health matters, accord ing te the public' officials. Springfield.

Twenty Y. M. C. In Illinois have given examlna Hons to 15,344 boys and 8,457 men dur log the present, year, according to re- ports. declare ttiat many 'j eases of physical defects nave thereby ten discovered and corrected.

a of at of to ever recorded in any state and places Illinois In the foreground of the recreation movement, according to Weaver Pangburn of the Playground and Recreation Association of America. 'At least fourteen delegates' from Illinois cities will attend the eleventh annual recreation Congress In Atlantic City, N. October 18 to 21. Pangburn said. The year's progress In municipal rec reation throughout the state since the last7 congress, which was held In Sjfrlngneld, is the most remarkable of any state In the country during the last ten years.

XX X-- Springfield. Pauper relief In St. Clair county cost $16,481 In the year which has Just closed. This Is $89.46 more than pauper relief cost In the year preceding, according to the an? nual reports of County Auditor George Eekerfc This year there were five townships that gave out no pauper relief whatever MUlstadt, Lens- burg, Prairie du Long, Stookey and Engelmann. The year before there were no paupers In Prairie da Long, Stookey and" Engelmann townships.

The county gave $2,649.99 to charitable institutions this year and T516.G3 last year. Springfield. Careful estimates, based on rather extensive surveys and sta- tlstics, indicate that 15,000,000 school children in this country are suffering from physical defects. Professor Wood of Columbia has estimated that 300,000 have organic heart "diseased 1,000,000 diseased lungs, 1,000.000 bad posture. 1,000,000 poor 5,000,000 poor vision.

Most of the defective physical conditions which -afflict the children can be corrected through careful at tention to medical advice, based upon. careful physical examinations, says the state health director. Chicago. Chicago school teachers will not convene their councils on school time In the future. The long tight waged by Superintendent Wll- iam McAndrew to reduce Interruption to teaching and abolish meeting of the enchers' councils during school hours resulted in a victory for the superintendent.

The board of education, by vote of 6 to adopted the amendment offered by Superintendent Mc Andrew which provides organization of the teachers' organizations as he sees fit. Kewanee. Efforts to exterminate the groundhogs in Henry county through the bounty system appear to be useless. Although this county paid out 14,174 for this purpose last year, the rodents are as numerous as ever. Monmouth.

Farmer boys of Monmouth county were the principal recipients of groundhog bounty money during the summer months. They presented 3,066 scalps to the county treasurer and received $766.50. Jesse Larson led with 87 scalps. Springfield. Out of sioo." hildren examined In the Chicago schools this year, a total of 81,000 physical and dental defects were re corded.

Some children had more than one defect. Such conditions as these, when uncorrected, are what lead fre quently to the degenerative diseases middle and later life, says the state health director. Communities that do not give children the bene fits of physical examinations are not giving the children a square deal. Rock Island. Kock River presbytery the Presbyterian church, in session the Broadway Presbyterian church.

adopted a resolution providing for Presbyterian supervision and visita tion that promises to marie an Innova tion In the whole governmental policy ttie Presbyterians. The resolu tion which provides for this work was introduced by Dr. John McGownn Ste- enson of the Broadway church and was adopted after some discussion. Carbonclale. Methodists from nil parts of southern Illinois attended the southern Illinois annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Bishop F. I). Leete of Indianapolis presided and J. B. Minn, president of the Ministerial association, and Dr.

W. Shryock, president of the South ern Illinois Normal university, delivered addresses of welcome. Poland, S. D. Frank Warth of Warsaw, 111., thirty, was shot and killed here by a transient known by the name of Carpenter, following an argument.

About twelve men who witnessed the shooting made no effort apprehend Carpenter as he strolled down the street, leaving his victim dying on the sidewalk. Urbpna. A large Increase in regis tration at the University of Illinois this year was shown on the first reg istration day. The figures show -that 3,192 students, have an In crease of 583 over the first day last year. Galesbqrg.

John Beery, sixty-five. of Kewanee, was Instantly killed, and Fred Sorenson, thirty-two, Abingdon farmer, was injured when a Burling ton passenger train', struck the auto in which they were riding near Lake Forest. Joan, baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip D.

Armour, died of pneumonia at' their home here. The child was 111 only one. day. She was born last January. Springfield.

Hog raising in Cham-' palgn and Piatt counties apparently wm a losing proposition last year, ac cording to figures kept by 14 farmers in conjunction with the farm man agement department of the college: of agriculture. The loss averages $1.24 per 100 pounds. Chicago. Baron Moshlek, twenty- three, alleged to be connected with a band of forgers that had operateutn many cities of the country, and Robert Wilson and 'Benjamin Bias were held to the grand Jury. Tnelr bonds were fixed at an aggregate of $103,000.

Chicago. In a report from the 'American Historical association, It Is shown that of the high 112 high school students who, were given tests in history and civics last January throughout the country, the 418 from Chicago took the tests surpassed the record of the other 1,494 leading bandit shot and seriously wounded by police, and. hie two accomplices were- captured after they-had stolen an automobile from In front of a garage here. They ax IbeUeved to be from St Iuls. is FOUND No Trace bf 28 Men Who Viere Aboard Clifton in Lake Huron.

Cleveland. The sinking the Whaleback freighter Cllftrn, with her crew of 28, has been confirmed with the finding in Lake Huron of hatch covers end the forward end of pilot tio bodies were found. XCaptata Dalton Hudson efx, the steamer Glencalrn of the Great Lakes Transportation company reported to A. E. R.

Schneider, general manager of the Progress Steamship company, owners of the Clifton that he encoun tered the wreckage about seventy miles from Godjprich, on the Detour- Godeiich course. The wreckage as de scribed Whs, Identified by Mr. Schnel der as that of the Clifton. "We Arrived at Goderich at 10:30 a. nu the report "states.

"Encoun tered wreckage at 4 p. in. about seV' fity miles from Goderich on the De- tour-Goderlch course. The wreckage consisted of broken hatch covers. "In hopes of finding something that could be Identified as belonging to some particular vessel, we- cruised around for about two hours.

Finally picked up forward end -of a pilot house. The pilot house clock and searchlight were attached." The clock registered four o'clock. Captain Hudson told Mr. Schneider over the long-distance telephone from Godeiieh, but whether the boat sunk Sunday afternoon or Monday morning Is not known. She was lust seen passing Mackinaw nt 10:20 a.

in Sunday en route from Sturgeon Bay. to Petrolt, laden with stone. Captain 'Hudson was upbound on Lake Huron. A gale wtis blowing from the westwurd when he passed Harbor Beach. Tear of War Revealed by Japan's Action Geneva.

A grave crisis prevails In the peace discussions through Japan's Insistence niton an amendment to the proposed protocal of arbitration and security. When the arbitration committee had very nearly completed Its revision of the protocol text, M. Adnchl arose and formally moved the suppression of the chruse In the protocol draft which proclaims an uggressor state any country refusing to abide by the decision of the World Court of Justice. The dHUse In question refers to disputes which one party declares to have arisen over a subject which Is exclusively within Its domestic Jurisdiction. A member of the Japanese delegation made the following "We are determined- inOur opposition to the protocol as It now stands, because It puts JnpajHn a most unfavorable position.

Japnnese "public opinion will never permit the government to subscribe to a document wh'ch ioses the door on us und virtually makes diplomatic negotiations Impossible on subjects which the World court decided are solely within the national Jurisdiction of a state with which we have differences. "The Immigration problem with the United States is serious and has aroused the Japanese' public, but there is vast variety of other problems affecting the Japanese which other nntlons might plead concern solely their national sovereignty and hence are not subject to international arbitration. The Spanish-American war sprung out of the administration of-Cnha. Tomorrow Japanese mav be mur dered by police In China and other countries and the plea of state sovereignty cun Immediately be put forward as reason for nonsubraisslon arbitration." Ex-Ruler of Guatemala Dies in Prison-Home Guatemala City. Ex-President Cabrera, ruler of Guatemala for 22 years, dead at the age of alxt-seven In the house where he hns been held prisoner since his government was overthrown four years ago.

The Hgedi broken man. the last of the dlctatoYs who made history In the tropic lands of the western hemisphere at the he-glnnlng of the century, died or nn Illness which had weakened him for years. In April. 1920, the opposition named Carlos Kerrai a sugar as President of the republic, and overthrew the Cabrera regime Daniel J. Singer, Big Game Hunter, Dies New, York.

Daniel J. Singer, fortv- elght, big game hunter, writer on'out- of-doors and grandson of Isaac M. Singer, founder of the Singer Sewing Machine company, died In a hotel after a brief Illness. Plane Falls; One Hurt Chicago. Walter Meyers, a flyer for the Heath Aviation was severely injured, and his six passengers were given a thrill when the plane, starting for Dayton, fell at the Chicago AlrPark MacNider Getting Out Vote Chicago.

former commander of the American Legion, de clured In Chicago that the war veterans are taking up satisfactorily with the "get-out-the-vote" Ideu. Roosevelt Quits Navy Job Washington. Theodore Rjmsevelt, who was romlnated by the Republicans for governor of New fork, has formally presented his resignation as assistant fcreta 17 of the navy. The President has accepted. Chtcagoan -on Patent Board t.

M. Huxley of Chicago was named by Secretary Work on the board simplify methods of procedure end expedite functioning of nne the patent emce. LOST-SHIP a a a of U.S.017NERSIIIP Lauding Continental Con- ttettf He Urges of Courts Be before "a large and, enthusiastic audience at. the Aeademy; of -Musie; en one; bnn- dred and flftietb, anniversary of the meeting of the first Continental con gress in Carpenters' hftIL President Coolldge urged determined resistance to all encroachments on the Constitution. By resolute determination to resist all such- encroachments, lie- de the people of this nation can best show their reverence and appre ciation fpr.

the men and the worki of the first Continental congress. Opposing ownership of the railroads end public utilities by the federal gov eminent, the President sought' to show that such ownership" would Impose an Impossible strain on the country's eco nomic system. The people; he held, should be left in control of their prop erty. X- Standing cqunrely once again for the sanctity of the courts as he did In his Baltimore speech, the President advo cated maintenance of the Integrity of the Judicial system, thnt-the Individual may be secure In his rights'. Urging that the people keep control of their government as well as their own flroperty the President snld he oeneven.tnis was one ot tne American Ideals of public welfare In harmony with efforts of the first Continental congress.

He gave wnrnlng that through breaking down of the courts lies an easy "way to confiscation of the property of the Individual and destruei tlon of the Individual's liberty. Neva York Democrats Renominate Al Smith New York. The Ne York state Democratic convention renominate! Gov. Al. Smith to succeed himself.

The second to the nomination was made by Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, Repub lican nominee for governor of the slate. Salient features of the platform in cluded denunciation of the Ku Klux klan und a demand for modification of the Volstead law to permit the man ufacture and. sale of light wines and beer. There wns also a plank favoring ex tension of the soldiers' bonus bill to include provision for the dependents of men who lost their lives overseas during the" World war.

X. N. Y. Republicans Name Roosevelt for Governor Rochester, Y. The New York Re publican state convention here nomi nated Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navyf for governor on the first ballot.

Colonel Roosevelt had ti majority overthe combined vote of his three opponents. Col. Wllllum Hay-word of, York, District Attorney Guy B. Moore of Buffalo und Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins of Nyack.

The vote was: Roosevelt, 5G3; Hay-ward, 187; Moorev101; Tompkins, 134. The nomination was later made unani mous on motion of former Governor OdelL Wealthy Widow Shot to Death in Her Home Cincinnati. Mrs. Francis D. Raw-son, seventy, wealthy widow of Warren Rawson, fonuer pork packer, was shot "to death her home here.

Her daughter. Miss Nina Rawson, forty. was shot in the left arm und neck. XA second 'daughter Injury by ileeing from the house. The police are searching for Vinto Perrln, grain dealer.

The condition of Miss Rawson Is not considered serious. She whs removed to a hospital. Peking Troops Use Tanks to Repulse Foe's Attack Peking. Using armored tunks carrying muchlne Peking troops at Shunbnikwun repulsed un attack by the forces of Chang Tso-lln, the "Man-chu Tlge'" ad made an advance iuto f'ehgtlen, capturing: two siiiull towns. The lighting started with an attack early In the morning by the Mnnchurl-an forces nnd lasted all day.

Chung's airplanes again bombed Chlngwnntao. but little damage was done. Fire Sweeps $1 J)00)00 Amusement, Park in N. Y. Midland Beach, N.

A wall of flames seen to Newark end. Brooklyn devastated the "'million-dollar amusement park The tire as believed to have staffed in the Ferris Wheel. A strong wind fanned If to a roaring blare from 60 to 100' feet high end's quarter of -a mile wide that swept down and devoured the Underwood amusement devices. Brazil Would Renew Contract Buenos "AlresThe Brasllian marine ministry-: ha requested- the foreign ministry to ask the American government to renew the contract of tho American noncommissioned 'uflh-ers belonging' to the naval mission. Kiwanit to Meet in St.

Paul' Chicago The next International convention ot KIwanIs clubs will be held in" June, 192V In "St. Pauli It was decided at a. meeting ofvthe executive boafd of. Klwanls International, I' "V-'V- Wins Divorce FromSwift Chlcngo XIriv'i Marlon' otchlson Swift was granted a' monthly alimony of $400 from lid ward F. 'Swift, son of the packer.

drs. appearing before. Judge Sobnth, testified to acts of cruelty, Minor Workers Hart to employees under twenty-one t-yenraj old. In Massachusetts and New Jersey 7,478 In enev yea. In a of A to by be In Moses H.

Grossman Is founder and flee president of the Arbitration Society of America. He'hA been spending the summer In MARKET QUOTATIONS BYV. GOVERNMENT WashlnirtOB-For th week endinr September STOCK--Ch lease ho prices closed at $10.49 tor the top and $.10 10.10 for the Median) and good beef eteers. S.7618.7i butcher eawa and heifers, feeder ateers, 4.757.7S; Jict and medium weight veal ealves, S.6011.60.. Patjambe, Ill.2i13.40: feeding lambs.

yearltnge, fat FRUITS- AND VEGETABLES-Pota- toea: Northern eacked round wblte, carlot eales In Chicago, TOO 80c f. Midwestern yellow onions, sacked, per 100 lbs. Cabbafc, $10.00 1S.00 bulk per ton. New York Elberta peaches, per-bushel basket. Apples; Northwest-' ern greenings, per barrel In New York; Illinois and Missouri Jonathans, $6.

80 1M GRAIN Quoted September-2: No. 1 dark northern' Spring wheat: Minneapolis, No, red winter wheat St. Louis: $1.48. No. red winter wheat: Kansas City, No.

I hard winter wheat: Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas Cltjr, $1.1701.34. No. 2 mixed oorn: Chlcao. Minneapolis, $1.034 01.04.

No. 2 yellow corn! Chicago, Minneapolis, Jl.O&HtDl.CS; St. Louts, $1.11. No. yellow corn: Chicago.

Minneapolis. No. white oats: Chicago. 4848Hc; Minneapolis, 46c; St. Loots, 450c: Kansas aty.

48He. No. 1 corn: Kansas City. $107Ht 1.0914. HAY-M3uoted SO: No.

1: Chicago. $25.00. No. 1 alfatfa, Kansas City, 1 prairie: Chicago, 5 FEED Quoted. September 28: Min neapolis spring bran, spring middling, 34 per cent linseed meal, $44700.

'X DAIRT-PRODUCT3 Closing whole sale butter prices on S3 score butter: New Yorky Jlttc: Chicago, SS'Ac; Phil adelphia. 88 "Ac; Boston, 37 Vic. Closing; prices at Wisconsin primary cheese markets September 24: Flats. 21Uc: square, 20cf; single daisies. 21c; double daisies, 20 young amerlcas, 22o; longhorns, 32 lie; square prints, 28c Dry Agents Seize .14 Beer Trucks, 20 Runners Chieagu.4General prohibition agents from' Chicago headquarters of the Illl- nols-Indlana-Wisconsln enforcement di vision seized 14 loaded trucks and a convoy car belonging to Chicago beet1 hustlers and confiscated 82,000 gallons of real beer In a raid on a brewery at Fort WIs.

Twenty of tlie beer runners were arrested in the raid. Cnrbondale, the annual meeting of the southern Illinois conference here Rev. Lawrence M. HIght of Inn was banished from the ministry and from membership in the church on charges of killing Ills wife and Instigating the poisoning of Wllford that be could marry Mrs. Sweetln.

-vx Mount Vernon, HI. The woman In the Salem Jail is on the verge of losing her mind. Mrs. Wllford love-pact husband slayer, was In a semi-stupor when officials of this county seat visited She talked vaguely about the murder to which she has confessed, and she chattered about nightly, visits made hy her dead husband toliercll. C.

Mortimer, Small Trial Prosecutor, Dies Springfield, ULr-C. F. Martlmer, for state's attorney of Sangamon 'died here following an illness ot severul, years, 'ZpUr. Mortuner wes charge of the special- grand Jury which, returned i against Governor Small, three years ago, and. was in charge of the trial atWanke--: gn, where the were taken oa.

change of venue. $2,500,000 Loss to' 71 Musing Broker's Firm -New defalcations' of George It. Christian, missing partner the bankrupt brokerage firm ef Day Hettton amounted to $1,500,000, sistant District UlDbs an-, i nodnced. The loss to-the arm. Including working capital, profits and.

customers' Is estimated at. $200,000. -s- Bandits JYreck Train ttS Die Odessa. Fifteen persons were killed, twenty-five mortally Injured and forty-three seriously hurt when the Moscow Odessa express was derailed by bandits about 800 mile from Moscow, Russia. Sinclair Trial Delayed Washington.

Trial of the civil action against the Sinclair oil properties scheduled for October T.baf been postponed until January en motion of government couwtel.i i '') 1 Profit to Build Post Office Chicago. rfrofiw on the sale of the Federal building will enable Chicago have new post office, po the near West side site i without additional funds, 'according" te figures prepared tlie Chicago-Reol, Estate board. -fcl- -r-j- Boston. Thomas Taggart. Demo cratie tesoer oi maisns, is reported to resttng at a hospital Boston aftei' flireotened attack of "-'V--, i The "Lotta theatrical Rind" of 000 hi set aside to help members of the theatrical profession, who through sickness or misfortune need assistance.

'Convicts discharged In the cities of San Francisco, St. Louis, -CWrago Washlngton, LouIsvIHe' and New Orleans will benefit under -the fund for aiding discharged convicts, which amnunts'to $100,000. The sum of $50,000 Is aside for the "Lotta hospital fund." the Income to be paid, annually to hospital In posfon to be used in pravidlng free b.eds and attendance for the sick poor. All the residue of the estate Is to. be held In trust as a fund, known' as the "Lotta agricultural- rund." and from Its semiannual Income the trus tees are empowered-to -loan without Interest, to such graduates of the Massachusetts Agricultural college who have received their diplomas but who.

are without funds to engage in agricultural pursuits. A sum of $100,000 is to be Invested nnd 'the Income Is to be -paid in Installments of "$1,000, per year to Mrs. Edwin FretweH and Miss i Sophia l.lve-ey.. both Mt Sun Francisco also a slmllur amount to Miss Crabtree'e three ntusins in England. 1 Washington Team Wins American League Flag: Boston.

The Vashlngton( Senators clinched the championship; of jihe American league for 1924. By defeating the Boston Red Sox, 4 to 2, while the tankees wer Idle, Buck Htjirls and his' men presented the with its flrst pennant. Washington; n. CDebonalr Washington celebrated its first Amerh-ani league pennant. A wild outburst of cheering and shoutmg greeted the Hash that told of Washington's victory over Boston and the winning of the pennant.

Umbrellas were tossed In 4he airX Truffle cops forgot truffle, and the White House -stopped the wheels of government to send a telegram of congratulations to the AVush-" Ington team. X-s, Texas Judge Refuses to Bar Mrs. "Ferguson District Jode refused to grant an injunction (o keep the name of Mrs Miriam Fer guson off the ballot In Texas Tor the state election -this fall. Mrs. Fergu-N son is the Democratic nominee for governor.

The: suit wis brought M. Dickson or 8au Antonio-on the grounds that under common law womun cannot hold office: This was denied by the Judge, bo declared the law is obsolete and that he could find nothing in the Texas' statutes or constitution to bar women from of-flce. Washington Honors; iMmFunerdl of i WashmgtoiVh here for Robert jlnibrie. the, Amerleau vice 4 consn) ho? was: killed by Persia a JulyJ were attended President. Coolldge, Secretarv Hughes an) other government offlclnls.

Persian diplomatic representatives also attend- -efc The- body of Major Inibrle was taken to the navy yard ou the cruiser The Persian government hus announced It wiir indemnify Mrs. luj- brie In the sum of $60,000. y.ti i Spanish Troops Finally' I. ReacA Besieged Town MadridVlt Is bfnclally annonnced that the Spanish troops succeeded In entering Xsuen (Sheshuanl, which the Moorish tribesinen-'bsve besleg- tag for some time. Seventh tterrln Death fcperrln.

IIlsr-The, seventh as the result of the klan disorders here August 30 as -recorded when H. rmaa P. Heniisler, bailiff In the err in City court, died of bullet wounds received the fight. V. S.

Grain Exports Drop X1 Wsshlngttin, Kports of grain front the United States last week totaled bushels as compared 073,000 bushels for the previous Week according to an announcement. WaHham Strike Riot Feared A Mass. A "crowd rik- Ing Workers -mussed- before -the eales 'f. the Waltham Watch company In a protest against the failure, titjthe com- puny to agree-to' a plan end the Officials fear a riot; British Freighter Sink, Savannah, "Gn. The" British freight steamer Santa Theresa, bound from Caban portwHh sugar.

sanlr OV mile 'i wotbeast iiswstlif'ai Tybee- JlghtTT ce crew was rescued..

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Years Available:
1875-1985