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SHANGHAI HAY FALL TO RECELS fviangsu Forces Closing In on Port City--Rusn Troops --i-iU-to Save Shanghai. Klangsu troops are reported captured Sungkiang, 22 miles southwest, of this dry and the Chekiang forces are said to be retreating on Singohwan, nine miles from Shanghai. Indications are that the Chekiang army will be forced to abandon the Hwangtu-Ltuho front entirely. -J The Klangsu forces traveled down the Whangpoo river, pushed through the Chekiang defenses and surrounded Sungkiang, normally a city of about 60.000 'population. Chekiang forces are directing a heavy artillery attack on the Klangsu Invaders fn an effort to check them and keep them from cutting the railway to Shanghai.

The capture of Sungkiang by the Klangsu armies leave them almost a clear road to Shanghai itself. The point at which the attack upon Sungkiang was centered is the most easterly of the gates to the walled city and is the nearest gate to Shanghai. In other words, If the railway Hne h-a been cut by the Klangsu troops surrounding Sungkiang, the Chekiang troops sent there to defend the city will be cut off from Shanghai, as the defenders, were fighting outside the walls on the southwest side. It is believed that a march Into Shanghai itself will encounter but little opposition, as there are but few narrow waterways along the route and the defenders of would be unable to materially check an advance. It was declared in a dispatch from Tientsin that the Manchurian forces of General Chang had opened a general attack upon Shanhaikwari.

rafter all foreign of the border city had been removed. Tokyo. Dispatches from Mukden, principal cltyj of Manchuria, say that Peking troops are being to the vicinity of Jehol to prevent advances by the armies of General Chang, war lord of who Is advancing in the direction, of Peking, where he hopes to gain control of the central government. The same sources reported that French firms had delivered twenty airplanes and ten motor trucks at Mukden, ordered by Chang before hostilities bean with the central government. Nathan" Allen, Wisconsin' Millionaire, Is Dead Wis.

Nathan Allen, ixty-lrthe. one liof the wealthiest men of southern Wisconsin, died in New York, according to messages received here. He was the son of the late Nathan R. Allen, founder of Allen Sons' tannery here. He had developed that industry iind directed it until a few years ago.

when it was sold to the Central Leather company. He was reported he a multimillionaire. Surviving him are his widow, his daughter, Mrs. Hobert Whlttaker of Kenosha; two sons, Francis and Nathan, and two sisters. Miss Julia Allen of Kenosha and Mrs.

Charles Arnold of California. Burial will be in Kenosha. C. L. Hutchinson, Banker, Dies Suddenly in Chicago Chicago.

Charles L. Hutchinson, founder and president of the Art institute and vice president of the Corn Exchange National hank, died in the Preshyterlan hospital from an attack of bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Hutchinson hud been ill for hut a short time. Mr.

Hutchinson was horn in Lynn. Mass. He was widely known as a philanthropist and a patron of the arts as well as a successful man. He was at one time president of the hoard of trade. He had held many official positions in charitable, philanthropic and educational bodies.

Irish Minister Gives Cre-dentials to U. S. Washington. Diplomatic relations with another nation were established by the Irish Free State for the first time when Timothy I. Siniddy, newly appointed minister of that state to this country, presented his credentials to President Coolidge.

it was announced also that- the American consulate at Dublin had been raised to the grade of consulate general. Houseboat Still Explodes; Kills Boy, Mother Burned Peoria, 111. James Rose, twelve, was burned to death and his mother, Mrs. Zella Rose, was burned so badly that doctors say she will die; when a still exploded in the houseboat where they lived." Cabinet Members in Fight Buenos Aires. Dr.

Thomas Le Breton, cabinet member and Deputy Mol-Inari were both' slightly injured in an encounter In an affair of honor at The duel was fought with sabers, -v, Gets Endowment Fund' Mass. A gift of $475y 000' for a chemical research laboratory at Harvard was announced. The donor Is the family of the late E.C. Converse -of New York 7 LUTHER BREWER Luther A. Brewer, former publisher of the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Republican, has announced his candidacy for the United States senate on an independent ticket, in opposition to Senator Smith W.

Brookhart. Brewer said his main idea Is to "give Iowa Republicans a chance to vote for a man who was 'unafraid to endorse President Coolidge." SECRETARY HOOVER ASKS RADIO RELAY Urges Interconnection of Stations to Send Events. Washington. Secretary Hoover urges interconnection of radiocasting stations as a daily routine In this the third national radio conference under the auspices of the Department of Commerce. He declared that local stations in every section of, the country should be able to handle, every important event of national significance as a regular He touched on a number of problems which are expected to be brought up at the conference, including the question of wave lengths, power of broadcasting stations, and the general development of broadcasting and.

marine service, "We require a still further advance in; the character of material beyond the capacity of local station directors. If the art Is to -emerge, entirely from curio, and entertainment stage to that of fundamental service," said Secretary Hoover. "My proposition is that -the local stations must be able to deliver every important national' event with regularity. The local station must be able to bring to its listeners the greatest music and entertainment of the nation, but far beyond this. It must be able to deliver important pronouncements of public men, it must bring instantly to our people a hundred and one matters of national interest.

this it must add its matters of local Interest. This can only be accomplished by regularly organized Interconnection on a national busis with nationally organized and directed programs for some part of the day in supplement to more local material." General Chang Routs Big Peking Army Mukden. The secouii army of Man-churiii, commanded by General Chang Tsun Chang drove the last of the Chihli invaders from Fentieu. 'The battle was carried on 15 miles southwest of Ling Yuau for several hours. The Manchurian victory practically became a rout as far as the invading Chihli troops were concentrated.

After piercing the Chihli front, one wing was captured and the rest of the army fell back. The, Peking troops left a number of big field, guns, machine guns and thousands of small arms in the hands of the Manchurian fighters. It was reported that more than 10,000 prisoners were taken. 3,200,000 War Vets Fail to Apply for Their Bonus Washington. Announcement that applications for adjusted compensation have been received thus far from 1,300,000 veterans was made by MaJ.

Gen. Robert C. Davis, adjutant general. Veterans entitled to compensation total 4,500,000. General Davis urges that the applications of the others be filed promptly.

"It is imperative from the standpoint of economy in the administration of the act and consequent saving to the taxpayer that those veterans who Intend to avail themselves eventually of the benefits conferred by tlje act should make their applications now," said General Davis. Plead for Disarmament Berlin. Only complete general disarmament can save the world, in the opinion of General Verraux of France and General von Schoenaich of Germany, who addressed the world peace congress. Oil Operator Convicted Texarkana, A'rk. Robert S.

Chew, oil operator of El Dorado, Ark was found guilty In eight of the eleven counts In an indictment -chartrine him with using the mails to defrnud. MOXROEVIIitE WEEIl? CIlEfeXEIIOlfaiOEVlLL.E, IND. DARING STUNTS AT BIG AIR LiEET Airship Carries Plane Into Clouds Props It and Picks It. Up! 11 Dayton Ohio. For1 the' Brsf 'time' a semt-dirlglble airship- carried an airplane Into the set it free and picked It up again.

The' experiment, conducted over Wilbur Wright field, was the outstanding event of the second day's exhibition of- the annual Pulitzer race meet. The TCr5, a giant Ughter-tnan-alr ship- from Scott field. Belleville. commanded by Lieut. Frank McKee, picked up a Sperry.

messenger airplane from the field and took It to an altitude of 2.500 feet above the crowd. There the moorings of the airplane were cut and Lieut. C. V. CInter put the little ship Into a dive.

The rush of wind started the motor. After ten minutes of frolic flying Clinter guided his ship beneath the airship again and contact was made. MaJ. Gen. Mason M.

Patrick, chief of air service, said that the event gave another chapter to the book of aviation. It will mean that the Shenandoah will be able to carry fighting airplanes- to protect It from enemy aircraft. It will mean that the ZR3 will be able to take, on and discharge passengers while In flight. Another chapter of aviation was written during the day with the first flivver airplane race staged In America. In this event four planes, made In America, contested.

A tiny monoplane, powered with a motorcycle motor of but 19 horsepower, flew the 25-mile course at the rate of 64 miles an hour and won the race. This ship was built by Al Johnson of Dayton. The ship used less than half a gallon of gasoline for the race. It's tank holds but two gallons of fuel. The actual cost of the flight was less than ten cents.

And the ship flew 64 miles an hour. In the flivver! race E. Dormoy, flying a ship that was constructed around another motorcycle side car for a fuselage, averaged 50 miles an hour and won second place. The other entrants were forced down before the finish of the contest. Godfrey -M.

Cabot of Boston was elected president of the National Aeronautical association at the annual banquet of. the organization here. He succeeds Frederick B. Patterson of Dayton. -r Court Permits States to 'J, Engage in Water Bottle Permission to file briefs In support of Jthe of the Chicago sanitary commission to re celve permission to take water from Lake Michigan in excess of that allowed by congress, was gained by the states of Missouri, Tennessee and Louisiana from the Supreme court.

Commercial bodies representing shippers of the Mississippi valley were also given permission to file briefs in support of the position of the Chicago The new term of the Supreme court began with 115 cases more than last year. The total number of cases on which It is expected to act at this session Is 700. Workers Clash With the Police Paterson, N. J. Refused permission to meet Turn hall, 2,000 striking silk workers, led by two young women, sisters, waving American flags, marched to the city hall and engaged In a battle with squads of police officers when ordered to disband.

A score of men were injured and 13 arrests were made. The strikers in their parade to the city hull were led by Louise and Alice Kimball. John C. Butterworth, who started a speech at the city hall, was Police Sergeant Kelliher ordered the crowd to disperse, and when booed he led the police into action. Dr.

Shanklin, Educator, Dies in Railroad Depot New William Arnold Shanklin, sixty-three, president emeritus of Wesleyan university, died suddenly in the Grand Central subway station. Heart disease was the cause of death. Doctor Shanklin was president of Wesleyan from 1909 to 1923 and was president of Upper Iowa university from 1905 to 1909. U. S.

Soldier of Fortune Slain in Honduras War Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In an engagement with government forces at San Isidro, 226 rebels were killed, according to a government announcement. The American "soldier of fortune," known as General Jeffers, who was second In command of the rebel forces next to General Ferrera, was among those reported killed. Honduras Rebels Rooted Washington. Revolutionary forces In Honduras unde General Ferrara were completely routed Sunday by the provisional troops with heavy losses on both sides, It was in a dispatch sent to the State department.

Suspected Rum Boat Burn New York. The French schooner Anna Antonette burst into flames and sank off the New Jersey coast as a revenue cutter -was approaching the vessel to seize it as a rum runner. WILLI AIM E. KNOX I :4.ji -4 William E. Knox, president of the Bowery Savings Bank of New York, was elected president of the American Bankers association at the convention In Chicago.

He began working for tlie Bowery bank as a clerk 39 years ago. MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Washington. For the week ending October 4.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Potatoes, northern round white, $1.0001.10 carlot sales In Chicago. Yellow 1.252.00 sacked per 100 pounds. Michigan Elberta peaches, 2 002.50 In Chicago. Illinois Jonathan apples, 16 00 7.60 per barrel. HAT Quoted October No.

1 timothy. Chicago. No. alfalfa, Kansas City, No. 1 prairie.

Chicago, $16.00. LIVE STOCK Chicago hog prices at $11.35 for top and $10.10 11.20 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, butcher cows and heifers, feeder steers. fat lambs, $12.3 513.85; feeding lambs. yearlings, $8.00 10.76: fat ewes, $3.75 7.00.

GRAIN Grain market closed strong after exciting week. Wheat and rye made sensational advance to new high level on big export sales and reports of -damaged European crops. Claims of drought and locust damage in Argentina helped wheat advance. Quoted October 3: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, 1.47 1.66.

No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Louis. $1.66 0 1 61. No.

hard wjnter wheat: Chicago, St. Louis. $1.47. No. 2 mixed corn: Chicago.

Minneapolis. No. 2 yellow corn: Chicago, Minneapolis. $1.10 01.11. No.

3 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.13 01.i:t; Minneapolis, $1.09 1.10r St. Louis, $1.14. No 3 whit corn: Chicago. $1.12 1.13; St. Louis.

$1.14. No. 3 white oats: Chicago, 63HO 64i4c: Minneapolis. 6050c; St. Louis.

64c. DAIRY PRODUCTS Closing whole-prices on 93 score butter: New York, 39c; Chlcagcv ITVie. Wholesale price at Wisconsin primary cheese markets. October J. TwJis.

daisies, 20c longhorua. 20c; square prints. 7 Killed, 411 Injured in Cuban Campaign Riot Havana. Seven men were killed and fifty-eight wounded, sixteen of them seriously. In a clash at Cama-guey between the 'police gnd partisans of former President Menocal.

who Is campaigning for re-election to the Presidency, according to dispatches to El Munda. Order was finally restored after intervention by soldiers. The clash came alter Menocal's special train had been fired upon near Cama-guey with the wounding of two men. The Menocal party continued on to Caraaguey In automobiles after four coaches of the train were derailed, and It was during a political rally that the clash came. Each side accuses the other of responsibility for the outbreak.

McCoy's Murder Trial Postponed; Ross Dying Los Angeles, Cal. The murder trial of Kid McCoy was postponed ffom October 20 to December 8 upon representations by the boxer's lawyers that McCoy's funds are Insufficient for defense. W. G. Ross, one of the three shot by during the crime dash following Mrs.

Theresa Mors' death, was reported us In worse condition than at any tine since he fell by the boxer's bullets eight weeks ago. Ross may die. Olympic Girl Swimmer Injured in Auto Wreck Isllp, N. Y. Virginia Whltenack, sixteen, a member of the American Olympic swimiaing team, was critically Injured atid her companion, William B.

Jacobs, twenty-four, was killed when their automobile overturned on a sharp curve, The car caught fire and both were badly burned before they were extricated from beneath the wreckage. Dead, Several Hurt in Illinois Wreck of B. O. Yincennes, Ind. Van Allman, engineer, was killed and several passengers hurt when Baltimore Ohio passenger train No.

2. eastbound, was wrecked near Breese, I1L, according to a report received here. U. S. Officer Dies in Air Crash Colon, Panama Canal Zone.

Capt. Harry Smith of the United States army was instantly killed on Monday when his plane collided with that piloted by Lieutenant Asp, who was seriously Injured. Women Barred a Jurors Boise, women, even though electors of the county In which they are, not competent under the Idaho law' to act aS Jurors, the state Supreme" court has "decided. Hoosien Nevs Briefly Told Indianapolis. Five state departments reported that they nad lived within their incomes, allowed by the state during the last fiscal year, and In each case had a.

surplus to return to the state treasury- Newman T. Miller," state fire "marshal, reported a surplus xof $1,409.0,5. John A. Brown, secretary of the state board of charities, reported a Rurplus of $2,794.19. Demarchus C.

Brown, state librarian, reported a surplus of approximately $300 to be reverted to the state treasurer. C. B. Coleman, director of the state historical commission, said that all but $3.17 of the $15,000 appropriation' and $222.50 receipts for book sales had been used by the department during the year, according to the records. The state board of health operated during the year $7,762.12 under the appropriation of $170,000.

Indianapolis. By his decision In the United States District court overthrowing the public service commission's valuation of $15,260,400 for the Indianapolis Water company as confiscatory, and holding that the fair valuation of the utility Is not lees than $19,000,000, Judge Ferdinand Al Gei-ger of Milwaukee opened the way to water-rate increases running possibly as high as $385,000 to 000 a year. Judge Geiger ruled that the commission erred in not giving dominant consideration to reproduction cost on spot prices at the time of the rate inquiry, which by the figures of the commission's own engineers would have been at least $19,000,000. The decision came as a shock representatives of the commission and the city. Indianapolis.

Linton Cox, secretary to Merrill Aloores, congressman from the Seventh district, was injured fatally, John Moorman, a motorcycle policeman of the Indianapolis department, was seriously Injured, and two other members of the police department were bruised, when- the automobile in which ihey were riding on the way to Dayton, Ohio, to attend the International air races, turned over into a ditch on the National road west of Straughn, In Henry county. Cox saw active service as an aviator in the World war. Indianapolis. Richard Lleber, director of the state conservation department, announced that theconserva-tion commission within a short time will establish an game preserve In Brown county. The site of the preserve Is to be four miles southeast of Nashville, Including most of the famous Weed Patch hill, the highest la- the state.

'The area includes 83 separate tracts varying In size from 1 to 560 The prce to be paid for the land ranges from $5 to $18 an acre. Indianapolis. A total of was collected by the state of Indiana In tax on gasoline during the fiscal year, according to a report which was made by Robert Bracken, auditor of state. This is the first full fiscal year the tax has been in operation. According to the figures given out by Bracken the collections for the month of September on gasoline sold in August was $535,658.29.

The total cost of the collection of the tax during the fiscal year which has Just closed was $6,134.12, the report showed. Indianapolis. Dr. Samuel E. Smith of Indianapolis, medical provost of Indiana university, will be the general superintendent in charge of the James Whiteomln.

Riley Hospital for Children, assisted by Robert K. NefT, administrator of the Robert 'W. Long hospital and registrar of the Indiana university school of medicine, who will he administrator of the Riiey hospital. It was announced by the state executive committee of the Riley Memorial association following a meeting at the University Indianapolis. Attracted by the sparkle of a diamond stud in the shirt worn by A.

Streng, sixty-three years old, jeweler, Joe Lee. twenty years old. Horse t'reek, made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the elderly jeweler. After a desperate struggle Lee fled, only to be captured by Paul Hulse, twenty-two years old, star of the Brlghtwood football team, who laid Lee low in a lawn with a flying tackle. i Nohlesvllle.

Of the men who composed the Thirty-ninth Indiana regiment during the Civil war, whose ex-ph4fs were highly complimented by Governor Morton, only 36 attended the annual reunion of the organization which convened here. The welcome address was delivered by James J. F. Neal, son of William Neal, a captain' In one of the companies of the regiment. Evansvllle.

Nearly 300 telephone subscribers In Yanderhurg county ordered the Indiana Bell Telephone company to remove telephones from their homes as a protest against an increase in rates, which was effective July 1. Logansport. Peaches are bringing lop prices on the market, retailing at from $3 to $3.50 per bushel. These are the highest prices the fruit attained in many years. Rockport.

The body of Mrs. Charlotte Stocking, ninety years old, well-known Spencer county pioneer, who did In Minneapolis, will be brought here for burial. South Bend. A check-up of damage wrought, by the storm In South Bend showed a property toll estimated at lIO.OOO.'j Telephone poles and trees Uttered the street' Indianapolis' Governor Branch an- nouneed the appointment of the district i election i marshals who will collect the4 yotetof the state of Indiana for President and-vice president In the fail The appointment were made after- the governor received an opinion from Attorney General U. S.

Lesh defining the duties of the marshals. The marshals are as. follows: First district. Otto Wellbren-ner, Mount Vernon Second district, Elmer Sherwood, Linton Third Dr. H.

Deen, Leavenworth Fourth' -district. Marshal Barnard, Franklin; Fifth district, Benjamin Stevenson, Rockvllle; Sixth district. Luther fO. Draper, Spiceland; Seventh, district, Orlando D. Haskett, Indianapolis Eighth district, Claude Hirons.

Portland; Ninth D. Slagle, Lebanon; Tenth district, Lawrence Lyons, Brook; Eleventh district, Charles Peru; Twelfth district, Oliver S. Torbet, Columbia City Thirteenth district. Samuel Tomllnson, Plymouth. The duties of the marshal are to visit the coihjty clerks of each, county In the district and receive the election returns and then to deliver the vote to the secretary of state between the hours of 9 and 11 on the fourth Monday in November.

Indianapolis. The state Insurance department was operated at a net profit to the state of $1,459,954.34 during the fiscal year, according to a report of Thomas McMurray, state Insurance commissioner. The department collected a total of in fees, all of which went into the state treasury. The fees Included the following Items: General tax on Insurance companies, fire-marshal tax, $72,379.85, and insurance fees, $161,555.69. The appropriation for operation of the insurance department for the year was $70,677.50.

Of this amount the department expended $65,247.89, leaving a balance of which reverted to the state treasury. Indianapolis. Eben H. Wolcotu state bank commissioner, has turnel back to the state treasury $3,343.59. the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $68,900 for the state banking department for the fiscal year.

The banking department during the year collected a total of $108,025.43 in fees, while total expenditures amounted to $66,618.41, making a net profit of $41,507 for the state during the year. This money goes Into the state treasury. Frankfort. With two $20 bills, alt that remained of $101 they had when? they left Frankfort. Helen Barton and" Clarice.

Armstrong, Frankfort High-school sophomores, are back at their homes in Frankfort. The two glrlK left the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barton and Mr. and Mrs, Herman Armstrong, because have a good time, they SaidTV i Indianapolis.

B. Coleman, director of the state historical commission, said that records are being compiled for the publication of a fourth volume on Indiana's, part In the World war. The work wIU record the lives and activities of the Indiana soldiers and civilians who were cited for bravery. efficiency and, meritorious conduct Hi the conflict. Anderson.

John Boyle, age. sixty-four, of Alexandria, who was found guilty of Involuntary manslaughter hy a jury in the Madison Circuit court -several months ago and who gave notice of appeal but did not carry th case to higher court, was sentenced to two to twenty-one years in the Indiana prison and the sentence was suspended by Judge W. A. Klttlnger. Indianapolis.

'Alphonse R. S-haer-er, former cashier of the National City bank at Tell City, was sentenced to five years in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, by Judgi A. B. Anderson In Federal court on each of two counts. Schuerer pleaded guilty to embezzling $27,000 from the bank in 1921.

Anderson. A small airplane, weigh- Ing 375 pounds and 16 feet wide, built by Myron B. Reynolds, an Anderson manufacturer, and his assistant at a cost of more than $3,000. which wa to be entered in the national air races at Dayron, was ruined by fire-when the machine was fired accidentally by a blow torch. Logansport.

His solicitude for tin-safety of three small boys who ran into the street as they were playing caused Rev. E. Richard Edwards of Logansport to drive his automobile Into a street car. The automobile wa damaged and the driver received minor Injuries. Logansport.

"-John J. Weaver, wIiohp funeral services were held here, acquired a fortune of $500,000 through, dealing in real estate 'at Miami. in the last 15 Anderson. One hundred minister and stewards of churches In the Muu-cle district of the Northern M. E.

conference attended, a district session at the First M. E. church here. Lebanon. Marion Everett Bailey, the three-year-old son of Mr.

and Mrs. Ivan Bailey, was burned to death In a fire which destroyed the house of hi parents. Indianapolis. The enactment of a law by the next legislature giving members of the state automobile police force power to make arrests for violations of laws other than the state auto- I mobile license law, as Is the case at present, i favored by Robert T. HumeSv chief of the state police.

Logansport. Omer Ross, nge thirty-four, Cass county farmer, and his wife Bessie, age thirty-five, were killed when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train at the Bates street crossing. Lawrence Ross, age fifteen, their son. was hurt I 1.