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WEEKLY COURIER DCN CO. DOA NE, Publisher JASPER .... INDIANA lT.':ia'.ly we prvter 1 1 . o l.vust niiJ IS'e t the h-c;it edible. A;., t the i'i.ly place ii kin.: still rfiiiks hi tli Is in the iletk. v i: t f.-r or 4i little war the v ! I I is .it i-eace :nin. 'II:. fellow who complains the must iu-i-:il!y does the least (Tm1. (.Viu rally ;i steeplejack lives in .n-pt-is,-. or lit doesn't live nt nil. At this rute airmen will soon bo fly r.. around the world in 12 hops. lu foro tho war, propaganda wa Jut if of wurus iti tin- dictl-mary. And t!. worst f if Is 1 1 ; is t none of eis- army worin wears : rc-l ( ht'v-rn.i. f"iir?.tf"Ti' : ..-.":: t have trans 'iitvd it,!f t i rt;;!:i batMn.: - t'lll'-S. T!.- way t! Hie linnping Ml'''" ttie n rti im r'd.iys Makes ibe !'.. j -? 1 a hut- oi.. i. m:.?o l.y tl.' silkworm m : r. M'.in: r, itib'anpe ( th:.t of T! f.-;i s; le of i'!'k -i t is no f ;;-. t i of i:i t. ef en!-!;' c : l.-nnes. Tl. t'rl wtit iliNu't gt anything i (.1!.'' but a Ii ml doesn't al v. - '( ir;i;-h. s f.r it knn!i there l m.'y one t-n.: i'i th von!. I :i ti't ! run dwvti 'b.i i's ,i ru;n..r. .u-N are h-licafe visN, wl.i h re-r- a mi;il fortune every sc;ti,n bi V--. tl.e wo! ,1 advances. Literary i :ii s n i longi r describe the new nov-a- -jrlppin,:" .s.-.Ti rls.-r III be cnou.h French ' .'! in tlii roin i try to k-cp fluni tr,,i., -. t i n r I'lfu'viiiit'. '., . I for fonrti'fti tirs n I Happenings aniaiil t'ity. With un otü. lal scirc if ju r i -iit Mis Oli KtiiHleii (if (t ll won tin loving t'ii; in tlu an nual r.i''t of i tie lH-k't l'lowin jimo- tilUio.l. luhl llOIV UIldtT Xti' IHliiTi of tlu' Croiib:i(h Iiuhitr!al stlioxil of Oaklaii'l 'ity mil eye. Mi Klio.ltn lroo n tractor tin J ilri. Jostpli KWIi nnton of Oaklnml llt. wlu iN lroi ii tnu tor. u s--inl with a oor' of 1.7 -r rt-iit. Tlit score of ! l:iioilc n the lu-vt ever nituh lure. K.'tli wniiiffi won la a contest with men. College olllchiU estimated rlie attendaiifO ai To"'. io!ieii. I.nke 'iijic-' col I n u'eiw met at Vawtt-r 1'arU hotel. I.iikt Wa waiet. mid itrraniriMl to raie SJ.."H4 t pay tl.e e-t of a proposal (riln i, built f;it of the Hum inttoii street bridge i:i Syraeu!' and tleitnf! t" l!lie :iiid lower the level of Wawasec jind S rai tx lake. The action N I' tz taken uii'bT t ti Indian:' conserva tion ii-f. It i J l.itiiied to lower ill'' lake ,-f in -jirinc Mi'l ini-e it lu tllidtl!l!M.'l'. Trat kliii. "1'eleplion.. .:nro:i of Whii.-'. mil. I'.ar.-r-vii:,.. 'I'lafal-ar nn I Nt edl.aiii cviiatik'i's in .Tolnison toiintv Lav ortai:io to notify niaii- asers that I'liless ürn : e is improved 'It lelor and n.tcs ivl'icd within a vck iliey ' "lay. will i-.-i'ioe Nielr te'ephoi't's. TI N I Shoal. U-si 1 II Powell. 1 . 1 i . n wa- r.'aiho.l :.t niiiss mcei-1 twciity . daiit.t.rof t ieoruo l'o HI. a iü'.'s j., r.art.Tssille and Wliittdand. I f:iPiier lixin- seven miles southeast Abetii-s havo been arraiii:ed in th. licit-, killo.l liersolf. She nfl a l.i... . i i t .i ..... i oilier tonus siii.i;hii iHMi t no lo;il Hille! n Mtitielo K 1. Ilartm.m. up fnrtj. nn eiupioye f tlu ru lallroa.l litre. t oiiiiaitii d suicide in the nni(l lintel l-y tlnnkiiix iichl. llartnian hail leen tlhortt-d from Iii wife for vend year. No reason Is known fur hN net. Tor a week he hn t been work ing for his brotlicr-!n law, proprietor of a restaurant in lUuffioii, hut uitue to Mum le four day s at;" mid rented a room in tin Iniini hotel. Mrs. Namy Hartman, lii-s inotbor, lives In ltxtliin npolis. Two sisters live in I'.hitYtoti. l.nfajette. lr. Tinnitus F. Monin. head of the history und '"onoinio.s de partmeiit of I'tiflue uiiixcrsliy. mid I'rof. .Taniex A. WtHxIJuini of Itnliuna university, niv llu atttliors of tt tit' text book on Ainerifun M story, which has Just lufii piiblishi-.l. The j'ltr txse f t!ie volume, wtiith contains ."17 putt's, is exi'laiiied in lln prffai'i'. Amlerson. I.im-hI ice mntuifac turersj notltit'd ttieir patrons tlmt tliey wvMild j'rohnl'ly not he able to proMile a full dally quota of ice after Monday. Two hundred toils n day now are beiin: tisl for tb'inestie eonsuiiii) tioti. It was tlioti'fit that lco may he rnllotto'I hy Monthly. There1 are three companies hre. Shoals. Itntt.ti factories, nt ShonN have raise-! I lie price of mussel shells fro n i s la ) N iti i a ton iukI are buyiic all ll-e.v tail tct. This Is the li'uht'-t price lluit lias ever heen paitl f.-r shells ill il scores of persons are tlil.' i 1 1 ' ü for laus-rK vvbo liavt' nevi-r tlotie In'iruers cmi eai ti ss to 10 She raid ni.'e i tort H aj in. w. f . l-ail-'ii oi 1 ort Waua was killed ami t'harVs White of In-banapoh's. s;ile,ii);ni for the 'o!e M-'t'ir coinpauy, ami Fret I Miles of Fort "Wavt.o. were seriotislv injiirod s 1 1 1 -n ?be car tlrivcii l-v I'.artoii stalled three !ai!is -at "f the city alol tltej car. itt whi.h White ati-l Miles w ere I rhliin:. ctashe! into it. It. : Ii ma--bines I were leiiKilisb, ,1. ; w i re iitaslie.l mid blood p.dsonln t!e- irvansviJIf. FvatisvlMe is wttboiit , elepel. b..ker -ina-le pies ai,,i cakes, hut there' I'-'azil.- I'errv Zeii..r. botlcr kimwn is no bread sj ,,-;, despite a strike as ' I ad." a veteran of the Civil of uiii., n Lakers. Master liakers.d.aipe.l w av :iml a spoi t.siua n. tlietl siitblenly w hit- :i-s :iml iipit is jmkI mad.- their i apoph'V.v at Ids home lu re. For own bread. Iellery nun wnlkcl out ; "ai years bo was ;ii r of p.razil In svmpalliy w Ith ibe l-nke. s. lin-n" ! towtis!ii. atel serve. 1 -is depuiy iluritif hei.rt. The motive is hot Known, hud been vt.-rkiic at French Lit h alee home to visit her parents. Kiishv i!!e. Fir. nl: Matiimdey, iLliteen. of Jh'nvv tto-l, cast of here, is dead of injuries suffered when li was run over ,y :t luiiebar on tli 'incinii.iti. IndiatiajM.lis : Wcsstern railr-'fttl a t'evv tl.iy s apo Ills feet used tiioiro'iii .nt'"Hst- hreatl. Indianapolis.- .-t!ou to have the t'niieil Siates -v ? tmi -iii plat e an iiil-ar-o i-n .-M.i.iiij siiuar for the iict '.' tlavs. ii. vt II as en accept in-; foreign ni-ili-rs, in or-l.-r to rlieve the n-MieiKtl sii-ar sh-iita'e. was taken l-y Iii-liaii.' M-lis sii'ar Jobbers. F aiisv ille. Th" I'os. i-oiiiitv .. in- ti. e r-i .-ii! itscsMMi'iit of properly . ' Sid!iv;Mi. The annual nieetiii? ' tin- l'nioii I . ; i j i : i -1 association Will be hehl at tb l'is F.aj.tist i bill' Ii ill io t lilies Sept einher 1. '' and The association is compose.) , of the I'.;'h!isj chlil-i ti s of i ,e counties i of Sullivan. Kii ami bavies. I'ratikfort. .' coiiip;,i,iel by lö--k'.ssy driv. a anic.n.ot.ili s ein- i Tiioi.. to j.ro- tie-ir rih. to be l;tsx- I'-' : s ihadlv We;, p.. Ii. j VI:.t Me' very y.iiinj tuaii tb.esn't It.ow be thinks he kt'.ov. s. and it lire Mir. tie' s.uiie ;irp-e. mis.;. .tiers at Mi. bT ;, ,,;.,, . e, ' ' " 1'i'lnniiiL. Frank!. a t th appoii,t:,n m .,; tls,;,- Unikale as '"Uiil.v eouiltv foild si!t,erilitel:dclit. To sin eeed M I.e., C.mcii. w lot die. I in nn F.vansviMe l" U.-.v cl by li-liiiiini'. S:llU''hlV I'oi'ewili Ml ih lellmv-il of Til tt bis low-, burn tiallire. Ill1 .Ii n i I ..r'!i kept III hi. Iii -Z lUitil he i.b- S-J.'C, Wlic.if. iall..r bolshevists" are just .!.sS of p. rs..!ls s.,!d . s. iitethil. ITscfii!. i an ir rls ; n tr-t hiib:ireb waitir. f.-r a war to .rin2 s.-I di'Ts to t lielr hollies. iahi;o t ration all ill of t t t..!l tu kp au t ye upmi ; Ml.1,'1 Who offers ii! sn-es lulls i i'.e :.! .f aii'.t!,.'i- fri.ii!. I ( i:MV ta's ;re collet ie. . ri t!i!n--'es.- (i.ibty p 'veiits I lie! tl from he- s'tetly tin-..:'..! us liiMiri.s. I' v .. i w.uil 1 -r;,! di-ii a rtcrd j,s n I : ' 1 , ' . Voll tl -ht b. il, -pjedi (in-" "es ia t'.e pri ,,f various tilings. V.i i . a t teli tl... fnak.. .f at, aui.i l v o- mi, !::-r. but .01 can tt II Ihr v r I "f the driver by ti e way In' ' s. - tl. !'i M,o cao (.f utattoT. H:e tan b s..ii..biy rtrtin. al.vavs. t,,i( it -"I lor a lot of tbi'i-s .ml emal!v b. i'1 ..r a b.t of other things ai.l that contctitineiif s bet ter l ban rb lies bllf Most people tire 1' l'l .' t'' tike I t.f tires with ttn r.l..... I n I Sato is willins to bin Iai ti ..- ii i.iit-v fn put it on its feet, which is b ii r t!i. hi having Fnrope on his ... having bts-ii all shot to pieces, A tu. t o a continues to he more nttrnr-io- to teitrlsti this sMiiiiner than I !r..pe. e. As II. In sjiy tbllt It's till? proper ",!,; t'..r wonicii to wtnr f 11 nn.l win ' i ;..tt ri-lit now. If fattn r l,;al t le.. r: that to'liiitbt It iVe savetl sr. me III.,!' . s ;sf Sp! ii '. h.ispitiil last fp'Tatioii foi sf on s. O'oeii. ;.s' ... 'I hi 1,1, III.' attitude of the a PcPatiw uiii v.isity. h.-re towaiti yoimir imi. ii sntileiiis iiM.iiiin in Imtllcs of (his eit. the lil-olliuellt is expeett tl to be the largest tili veaP in the I 1st, rv ef the s( boi.l. N'eiv Albany. ';;rtis Ibdliiis. a jet I siMiel,. s,,, .,f 1. 1!,. -r Ibdliiis of this 1 oin. was drow led hi the Ida livtr. He lllol seVclal boVs tlit-t ofTll bal'c mid It is beliexetl K.illiiis' bead struck IIU obst I ii ! it. n. lis I,.- "oil come to the surface. .VeW eiistle. 'I'hefl of II pi. lie of fried chicken l.'d to the capture in a thicket i:, the i i.nhern part of Henry county j of tle.irL-e. niias U ilüniii Amlt rs.tii, in- irro. c.oiiesse.l .layer of a Minieie Irtii;- ist. Ii. i es. ;.-. J'lo'ii be elaW'ire county Jail. Vin.-emies I'rid Funis nnd John lb.wer were under arrest here In con- net lion vviih the death of Homer Mt'- ! I:iiiie!s. a miner, whose hotly waJ f., end Ii .ii in if in the Wabash river. Washington. P. t '. Ainoiiu' l'is;iie t'llbllttl Service f'ts V.altls by ;.i I oral Pershiic. nniioiitn fd by tin- war h-parttneiit. is olio to I.icut. Mike, O'.Ni al of .b'ffe-ali ille, ho I. ll't 'lllics. Mll-sel iliL'Uel's In Wa bash liver her' foltml Ihe lanlly tie- iiioposetl. fully tlressetl boily of n man : of about tWt lit y-eiitit .Veal s. The both i has not Iteeii I ib'til i tiet. 1 .11 fa v cite. I Iambi Water nificie n. son of Mr. nml Mrs. J. I.. Waters of I.alayette. was kllletl by the at f id.ntal tlN harte of shotgun while huntlni: rabbits. Matlisin. Hampton I'lillern. twenty one. was drowned while bati'iiiu' In the Mihi river. tw tulles east of here. A brother., l'-tfi.'' I'ullelll. atetl tell, sjnv hi n co lawn. Scot t sburi.'. liest r (iieasaii, four- tfTi of riiitintintl. was iliowneil ill II pond In lO Itl 2 feet of writer. He was r.w iinmlnc with a companion. oil- lll'l flill- w ere swept by a heavy ny buibliiits and crops The i ilama.e was e-t ima t ed ai tnore thai) ,1 lm. I'cle s!,-. seventy -niu. I'ikc coiini.v. -Taylor Hearing. of M.ll,ll teWllsldp, who formt ly was ; i-oiiiiii."iil I ! i'.cra t ie poli t it Ian. wa kicked by a horse at hi home. iittr Veljien. Mis skull was t rushe.l anil be die.!. Anderson. Twenty-one states wr reprcsonteil at the 'la sterfnltl camp of the Indiana Ass,. elation uf Spiritu alists. Anions more t ban 3 turn persons present were ninny soldiers, smne in utiil.iiin. who recently retiiined from o e-se:i s. Mllliei.'.- Presumably lU'spxtlidetlt he- i : use a spraiiietl ankle prex enteil him loinc farm work, Henry Swenney. nsf si vciity -cvt i. i'ivll w ar veteran, livlnz live miles not Ihwcst of thiston. hanitl binisf lf in n wa.'ii shed on Iii fnrtii. laansville. Flniir mills of this rlty n ntioiuiccd lluit they have tiivtn an In- lease of from 10 to b" per cent. In waes to their employees. Thf increnst makes tb. pay of the mill woikern nv ei a's'e from !'" to ri cents .'in hour. I.oxalispoil. I ralib P.eiisiin. .L'e forty tin ee. a faiim r. was lnt ntilly killed when a Pi niis Ivanla passeiarer train, near ben. struel; a vaL'"M in which be was r'nliiic. P.otli horse were killed ami the watnti !oiHolishe.!. Aliilel soii. 'on-.iloliilioli of the III- tiana Sil. company of Amlerson and the Star Traction company of Fimlhir, i .. us arranged recently, was cum. pleteil here : t n nieetiliL' tif the stock- Hg,,,j j holdel's. of both coiicelli. 1 Fvansville. - lire of iiii'lcmrtnln e! oriirlu lestroy el the hum." of I Mrs. Mollie P.itkvvell ai Howell, a snh I ui b. The loss s it I .out .i;.mu, Willi j part insiirniit t. All the hoiisehobl cf i f"cH v ere tlestroyeil. i Alnb l-soii. Most tf Ihe tity fill iloy't's, whose salaries were raised I $10 n nioiiih recently, have reported their holl-e felif has now been ' frrasetl ?1 ä timiil h. Andel son. - Alli'jjii!"; that Mm na. iiiui ilispostoii of hej- hiisbaiul has ru- 'lb. ttti.sk Co cl Ii Ha Iii i Sis easy to pre', alte as ail.V ICllssiail llMll.'. hl.tl it s ;.((,, i, easier t'l retiielnl.er the Spei' t,'. v sr-.ail part of the energy that ;mci bi'o i v mt. o 4T Ihe Ihplor laws w ouhl s.,t. tiii.uy lalMir pinblfii If other- v. -. ,1 t . l .l. ... ef lie' timjor llolst-s that llo'.V il'. i I ib. i toirti j is the w ihl h renin ..." i Li or. i !, al Im,si4'v jsj s at I'in2 "'""'i.ol with tl. portall. m t.i thf I . I ,.f , ,ol-l V s. Wiishitictoii. - .binies lhiy le, twenty-I Iri'tl her health, Mrs. Aiinal.elle Al foitr. r'iurneil soldier, drowneil when brecht ha hied suit asking a divorce, he was swept from tt sandbar in White; Anderson. William A. Lewis of K. river. He coiibl not sivjm. ! wood to k charge of the nthec of the Petersburg. Selel wltli t ramps s'M, t-itf in Matllson tinty. W Idle bathing v it Ii ot Inf y oilic.' men ill South I'.clni.- IIuuli P. 1'uniihoo. at a putiil. Aubrey Uuw em, I w t-nty -one, f tot iiey , ha beep seiet leii temporary liiion. was tirtiw t" i. . t..stiiiaser li-re Warsaw. -(."it iei and towns, f tiny! Vlneeiities. Wlimi nmnionia jiipi-i hope to Ateml their trade in the rural j buot ami threatein tl n shut down of I.sii i t. must i:et th" community spir- j the O'I oMicH o!d storato plant here, It. tl.elari'd l . W. Conns, secretary of j ( 'hnrb tUHninillr.. nturneil snbllor, the Moiitpiinery roiinty t li.-imher ib'tuieil the pis mask he wore In the Arpuine. entered the f time-tilled t ham- f ccmiiieri e nt 'raw fm tlsville. In ilisciii. situ retail tratle extension before th ' b-r nml tnatle repairs in h few minutes, itMiual iin ethu' of the lutlianrt Coin-1 Atnlersoii. Hobbers entered three inert ia! Secretaries' assot lnt ion, In sc j phn es of business here ntnl esrnpeil sii. n t Wnotia I.ako. v Ith more ihan $lin worth tif tnerchnn- t.ary. -lour persons nie ileml, nn- iMse. All of the fd.'icv rtbheil xvtre other may die anil two nlher.s nro suf ft ritii Iiijuri' it a result of mi nntn laoblli' net lilent In whit h the machine wiii struck by Mcrrillv Ille within nie bbw-k nf the police hint Ion. SmiIIIv. nn. ( "hnrh's Hullen, nxc twen tj -slx, wa kllletl by a ciivt in of llrt B .asciu;tr train at v hile xvotkins on n new rtal shnft on I the Thoains Shields farm near lujrj,er. THE TROUBLE'S WITH THE TIME LOCK II I . - IF.S I I ,NO.ANAPL. NEWS MMmI SENATE GETS TREATY! SLAUGHTER 19 JAPS PACT WITH FRANCE HANOED IN 'BY PRESIDENT. Almost Identical With One Signed Between Great Britain and France. Wrtshinion. July Ö1. President Wilson transmitted to the sonnte the special treaty with France by which the Fitiled States ilot-e itself to coiue iiniuediatt'ly to the nal of that tepuhlh In tho event of nn unprovoked attack by (ierrnanj', ntal tisket for It? early ratification "nlouz with the trt-.ity xxltli tiorinnny." Suhtiilssioti f tlie treaty raine after shnrp criticism by senate lleputdicnns, wtn for severn! ilnys hml openly harret! on tlie son..;?" flaor Hint In fHilltii: to present the ih nft v ' the pact alonr: with the treaty of Versai'le. the president hail vlolatetl nne of the nr tlclesof the document. The president lfd not follow the usual custom of prcsrntlti the treaty In jierson. The Friinco-Anierlofin irenly ! nl ir-ost blontical with one signed be tween IJrent F.rltnln nml Trance. One fliiTernice hot worn the text, in niale. puhlfe ly the French foreign office, to v. libit attention has heen railed. I) that tho I'nltetl Stabs pledges Itself to ga "imnioII.itely" to the assistance of Fmnee. while Mreat P.ritaln "con Fcnts" t nssl.st tliat cotmtry. The jireshlent tobl the senate the purpose of the treaty xvns to prnvhle iisslstanre far France In cn.se of nn provnkotl npkre;.sliin by (lermnny with out wnltinc for the ml vice of the romi ell of the Lcnjriie of Nations that sttcli action should he taken, and explained that It xx us to He an arniusement. "not Independent of the I.enui' of Nation, hut titnler it." 7.CENT CAR FARE FOR ALTON Public Utilities Body at Springfield Raises the Tariff in Many Illinois Cities. Springfield, II'.. July Orbrs en tered hy the public utilities commis sion will continue until October HI, 1010. the effective pet tod of rntes In the following cases: Seven-cent cash street ar fare for the Alton, Granite City and St. Fouls Traction company, affect in; Alton, r.rnokl.vn and Venice. Six-emit iash fare for street railway service in Kackford. Six flit cash street car fare In Fast St. Fouls-. Temporary rates initliori.eil for Itv terurban express between Sterling and I'iMtn hy the Sti rlins. Dlxnn A Kflitcrn Fleet pie Railway rompnny. STRIKE THROWS 100,000 OUT Situation at Scranton, Pa., Is Serious Whole Lackawanna Valley Without Electricity. Scranton. Pa.. July .11. The Indus ttlnl situation In the Lackawanna val ley la's nssiunctl n rriticnl phase. The strike has juact bally flint off the op orallons of the Scranton I'lectrle eom pnny. Industry after Industry hn becn forced to nult. nml it Is estimated "thnt tnre than luO.nfiO workers nro bile. Germans Vote Extra Wealth Tax. Wilninr, July .".I. The proposed ox t raci'linnry tav on wealth was voted upon fuvorahly hv Ihe council of state. Close Six Army Hospitals. washlnetftii. Aits. Six army fen rill liospiiaN. locnte'l nt Ontario. N. Y.; Itilliiiorc. N. C. : New Haven, 'otiii.: Fort F.enjninln Ilnrrlson, Ind.: Fort Ibniuhis, Ftah, nial Fort Sndlinp. Minn., will he closed September VA $25,C00,0OO for Cola Firm. Allnntn. fin.. Am:. 2. Sale of ttie I'ncn t'ola company of Atlanta to New York Interest! for .VOoo bernnie known here, the flnnl transaction bo Inj; dependent upon report of and ttors for tie Now- York' capitalists. MIKADO'S SOLDIERS ARE SLAIN BY CHINESE. Chinese Government Expresses Regret Over Incident Chinese Losses Not Given. Washington, Au Sixteen Jap anese otlleers and uii and three Jap ni.t'se Milieenien were killed, and 17 .Japanese soldiers more or less orl-ou-dy wtiiinihil In a clash with Chi nese troops at Kimnchonchu July 19, iiecordln; to mi oflieial report rcceJved hy the Japanese embassy here. Tlie lt.sscsi of the Chinese were not given. The clash was raid t have fidlowel mi rissnult on nn etnploycc of Ihe Smith Manchuria Hallway company by about CO riiliie.se soldiers. The report said the Chinese envorn ihent expressetl regret over the Inci dent, .'.ml dismissed from ofllce tho Chinese coiiiinatitlers rind reprimanded (Jen. Mens Fn Vunn, governor pencral of Kiriti province, In which Ktinn chensht: Is situated. CHICAGO TRAVELS ON FOOT Employees of the Surface and Elevat ed Lines Walk Out After Week's Conference. Chicago. July .'!. Chicnpo In walk ins. After a week of fruitless confer ence between heads of the trolley men'is unions and company official the order was riven for ft walkout anfl the surface and elevated cars wore run In to the bain. The men demnnd 8" ctnts nn hour, an t lRht-hour day, CO per cent of the runs to he straight lime mid Ihn and one-half for overtime. BIG FIRE PLOT IS BARED Mayor of Chicago Says That Informa tion Caused Him to Yield to . Troop Call. Chicnt'o. Aim. 2.- In a statement supplement ine an mnounccment he made. Mayor Thompson said that It was information that Wednesday night had been chosen for a widespread plot to stnrt tires in the riot district, which induced him to call out Ihe täte troops. Ilf was guided In that action, too. by knowledge that the police were worn out by continuous dutv. NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR Iiondon. Au?. 1. Two hundred and eighty three Hunpirinn communities In Hungary have derided to declare their Independence of the soviet gov ernment at P.udnpest, the Copenhagen correspondent of the FJxchange Tele graph reported today. Tho Bovlct troops at Ihtdupest refused to qnell the demonstrations of striking metal workers. Washington. Aug. 1. The senate commerce committee reported favor ably on the nominations of John Har ten Payne of Chicago to be chairman and of Henry M. Ilolilnson of Is An gelest and Thomas Scott of New Lon don, Conn., hi be members of the Fnited States shipping hoard. Washington, Aug. 1. Senator Cham berlain of Oregon Introduced n hill In ihe senate providing for universal mil itary 1 raining. 100 U. S. Ships Sold. Washington, Aug. 4. One hundred steamships built on the (beat Lakes during the war have heen sold by the shipping board to the Anderson Over seas (orporation of New York for ap proximately .(fKomi. Mrs. John Barton Payns Dead. Chicago, An;. 4. Mrs. John tIlnrton Payne, wife of the new chairman of the Fulled States shipping hoard. Is deud nt her country home ot I'lm htirst, near here. She had beer, til two weeks. RIOTING DIES 111 FACE OF GUNS Illinois Militiamen Prove Their Worth as Soldiers; Act Like Veterans. SEE PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT Opposed by Angry Mobs Which CK t numbered Them Many Times Rescue St. Louis Negro Hanged ta Telegraph Pols Negroes Go to Work. Chicago, Aug. H. The militiamen cf Illinois have proved their wcrth :. soldiers. Their advent Into the i' lhimed districts of tho South side h -curbed the rioters, but the race f. that has killed V.2 men and bent.,, killed, stoned, stabbed, und shot Hi" than V others, still smolders. I.: nliiht one man, colored, was killed; were hurt. In the district controlled hy t' soldier there Is little law lessn.. -Outside It there were several o v rages commuted by white mobs. One such nbb tried to Ret afin t house at Iii."!- South LaSalle sir where a uegro family resided. Th;. times the nljjht before It had h . fired. The men of the Tenth Natior (luard found the Incendiaries jat :.. time, nml chasitl them. Tho color- ! residents ran from the house and to- i refuge In a hollow square, the cl- of which were bristling with hayun- '-1 The mob, numbering several th'" sands hooted and Jeered, hut tin;, didn't dare to pass that wall of ste.l. With the coming of reserves the inoh was scattered, and orders were Issued that no one should he allowed to leave or enter that h.'ock between LaRalle and Went worth, and Fifty-fifth on) Fifty-fourth streets. The troops were doing exrtllei work. Adjutant Oenctal IXtkson sa: 1 he was proud of them. Their r - nianders snld they acted ho vetern vi. They saved many lives, prote. 1 property, and were cool and st-..dy facing nngry mobs that outnutnl r- I them many times. They saw plenty of escitetm ". They rescued Klchard Pulde. a i -'( 1 from St. Foul-, who was about M I"' hanped on a telegraph pole by a whi'e gang at Sixty-third street and Camp bell n venue. The negroes, feeling safe now tl the troops had come, went to tht: work in tho shck yards. They w. r. pursued by whites, beaten, knock' ' down, kicked. Then came the mllltln men with hfiyonets fixed. The rioter; drew back, snarling and cursing, l t the bfiynnota didn't waver. $1,000,000 FRAUD CHARGED Charles A. Strang, a Shipbuilder, li Arrested In East on a Federal Indictment. New York, Auj. 2. Charles A Strang, a shipbuilder, was arrested In West Prighton on a federal Indictrm r' charging him with conspiracy to de fraud the government by means of i. fraudulent rny roll. The eomplni was mnde by the Fmergcncy Fleet ce poration, which operates the Duvri Shipbuilding company In Florid', where Strang was employed. Federal ofllcers declared that when Strang's alleged co-conspirators are rounded upjt will bo found the c-iv-ernment was robbed of Jl.onO.ooo. AURORA AND ELGIN MEN OUT Interurban Employees Vote to Strike at Two O'Clock Wednesday Morn Ing Many Townt Affected. Chicago, July 31. Fmployees the Aurora. Klgln & Chicago In trnirban road votetl yesterday t go on strike nt two o'clock this morn ing. Tills will mean n complete tle np of all transportation on tho "thlrd rall" line. Elgin. West Chicago. Wheahm. Glen Ellyn. Villa Park and Lombard w ill be without light nn I many large Industrial plants In thf Tlclnltles will bo without power, a they arc supplletl witli electricity fro::' the Intenirban dynnmoa. SALES OF WHEAT INCREASE 33,7W0 Bushels Received F's Far ns During Week Ended Ju'y 1817,493,000 Previous Week. Washington. July 31. A total of TM.noo bushels of wheat was received In markets from farms In the week ending July IS. according to figures Is sued by tho Fnltetl States flrnln cor poration. covering Hie wheat ami Hour movement throughout the country. This compared w Ith 17.4WKK huh els for ihe previous week ami .T.V.'I'V (XX) for the same week In 19 IS. Lansing Replies to Senate. Washington, Aug. h Two hinein d and seventeen Americans have he " kll'l In Mexico since the close of tl replme of Porflrio IHax May 2."., P.1L the senate was Informed by Secretary Lnnslng In response to nn Inquiry. ' Deity SthTwith Kaiser. Perlin, Aug. 4. The former German empress In the course of a letter to the vlcnr of Christ church nt Wil helmshohe says: The kaiser is bear ing his burden, but the Lord will Iod him out of the dark valley."