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PROFITS ARE BIG f ON SOFT COAL I V. s. BOARD TELLS CONGRESS , OPERATORS HAVE AVERAGED f FIFTEEN PER CENT j COMMISSION MAKES REPORT' t Says Operators In Ohio, West Virginia, j Tennessee And Kansas Earned ? 5 To 18 Per Cent j i Washington.?Bituminous coal oper- i ators have averaged 15 per cent prof- ? It during the last six years, according f to figures submitted to congress by the ? federal trade commission. The trade commission, nowever, rt?fused to vouch for the accuracy of . the figures, stating that they were obtained partly by the commission's ef- t forts and partly from the national coal ( association. t "Under court injunction since early i 1920, the commission has been unable ? to require reports on investments, I costs and prices and other matters affecting the coal trade." said the re- i port, "which left the national coal association as the only source of infor- ' mation concerning the reasonableness of prices charged for coal by its member operators." <( The six years average rate of profit," continued the report, "thus made up for 1916-1921 was 15 per cent, the average for the different years showing great ups and downs. 8 per cent in 1916, 29 per cent in 1917, IS per cent In 1918, 6 per cent in 1919, 23 per v cent in nine months of 1920, and only c ? 3 per cent in 1921." c Under fuel administration price reg- 8 ulatinn. the rewirt eoes on. operators c in Ohio, West Virginia. Tennessee and a Kansas, were earning from 5 to 18 per r cent, but the same operators, during ^ the peak panic prices of 1920 were g making margins at the rate of 59 per g cent for Ohio, 57 per cent for West j Virginia, 64 per cent in Tennessee j and 79 per cent in Kansas. ): The conclusions reached by the com- s mission are as follows: t 1. The need of more accurate and complete information regarding own- C ership of bituminous mines, the true investment therein and true profits c arising therefrom. d 2. The need of ascertaining prof- g its of selling companies owned by or v affiliated with mining companies. s 3. The need of establishing the coal 0 industry in public confidence and pro- t tecting it by devising means of federal v supervision and publicity so as to c avoid periods of excessively high prices n and of severe depression." d A great deal of dificulty was experi- c enced by the commission, the report h said, in determining the actual invest- ii ments, upon which the profits could be figured on a percentage basis. The 7 commission was forced to revise "investments" to a great extent, in one a Instance reducing the valuation by 54 F per cent. \ Another Steel Merger Reported Ready il New York.?Thomas L. Chadbourne, c attorney, announces adoption ol a plan h whereby properties of the Midvale fi Steel and Ordnance company. Republic o Iron and Steel company and Inland s; St?el company will be unified under I< ownership of Midvale. The name of the b new corporation will be the North c American Steel corporation. ii Q Daughter Is Born To Former Empress Madrid, Spain.?A daughter was born recently to former Empress Zita 0 of Austria-Hungary. King Alfonso as soon as he received the news, went ^ to the palace at Pardo, in the suburbs ^ of Madrid, where the ex-empress has been residing since her return recently j j, from the Island of Madeira, after the n late Emperor Charles died in exile g early in April. Mother and baby are | a reported doing well. Many congratu- u latory telegrams have been received p at the home of the empress. L American Yacht Sails Round World Newport, R. I.?The yacht Aloha, 6 owned by Arthur C. James, of New 1: York, arrived here recently from a P trip around the world. Captain James f' Bezanson declared the yacht left New a York September 15. last, and stopped h at more than 60 ports en route. f Girl's Plea Sent Dad To His Death C Indianapolis, Ind.?Seventeen-year-1 old Mabel Donovan apparently signed , a her father's death warrant. The girl's | a wish, expressed in a letter to Covernor McCrav, pleading that the sentence ^ of death to William E. Donovan for ^ the murder of her mother be carried out. was gratified. Donovan shot and j killed his wife as she stood with their ^ two-year-old child in her arms, and his daughter looking, died in the electric I c chair at the Indiana state prison in j Michigan City, with a prayer on his f lips for his daughter. 1 ? Tobacco Merger Is Rapped By Reed $ Palmyra, Mo.?James A. Reed, a, candidate for United States senator, j a in a speech here recently assailed the I t United States supreme court in refer- t ring to the announcement of the $157.- t 000.000 tobacco firm merger in New | j York. "We have cut the tobacco trust! { serpent into four or five inocuous f pieces," declared Mr. Reed, "and now f we see it is gathered together again j c waggingits tail. And the supreme I t court will undoubtedly approve. Of f late our supreme court has been turn- j ing its attention to trust building." t Confesses Killing William D. Taylor I PoughkeepHe, N. Y ? A man of mystery giving the name of Frank Doran. < of Chicago, placed himself in the ] hands of the police here telling them , he murdered William Desmond Tay- j lor. movie director, at Hollywood, j Calif. He refuse? to give any other ] information about himself to the po- 1 lice. His fingerprints and photographs ] will be sent to Chicago and Los An- ' geles at once for identification. Mean- < time his mysterious silence regarding i his occupation and past life is giving t the local rolice plenty of diversion. i RIOT IS CAUSED BY PARADE | Scattered Fights Took Place Between The Police And The Unemployed. London.?An attempt by London's memployed to stage a big rarade and ' lemonstration broke up in a riot directy in front of the Bank of England, ong the symbol of capital. As the marchers neared the famous | )ld bank, police attempted to head hem off. The unemployed paraders ( )roke up their marching formation and " i free-for-all fight started. Mounted X)lice drew their truncheons and yielded them on the rioters freely. A lumber of arrests were made, but the imall number of police on the scene * mabled many to escape who might t itherwise have been arrested. i As soon as the disturbance broke r >ut, an emergency call was sent out f or all policemen on leave to assist t n restoring order. Scattered fights took place between ! he police and the unemployed. One >f the latter, during a bout with an ifficer, threw a brick, but it missed ts target and went through a plate ,rlass window of the American Pioneer barber company. Police were on the lookout for a retewal of the disorders. ELUSIVE FIGURE IN THE WARD MYSTERY "COMES AND GOES" 'Charlie Ross" Joins Attorneys For The Family Of The Slain Soldier New York.?"Charlie Ross," supposed "brains" of the blackmail ring rhich Walter S. Ward, wealthy baker, 1 elaims led to the fatal tryst two weeks E a ir more ago, which ended with his hooting Clarence Peters, former sail- E r. whisked momentarily into sight and v ts suddenly and mysteriously disap- a eared. t With the authorities of West Ches- n er county and New York professedly s eeking him, the "mystery man" in the t ensational case is known to have oined William J. Fallon, attorney for p 'eters* family, in the afternoon recent- v y. They met soon after "Ross"' had s ent an emissary to Fallon's office, in c he heart of the business district. j, t: )rders Arrest Of Women In Knickers u Traverse City, Mich.?Orders to the c hief of police from Mayor Swanton, irecting the arrest of any woman or B ;irl appearing on the streets here rearing knickerbockers will stand, de- w pite the storm of protest they have n occasioned, the mayor announced. The p navor has been criticized by local a roman's clubs, and pastors, who de- d lared his order was too drastic. The d aayor said that before issuing the or- b ier he had held a conference with the i< ity attorney and been informed that o ie could prosecute any woman violat- t( ng the order. L it Die In Collision; One Ship Sinks g Portland, Oregon.?Seven firemen Si sleep in the forecastle of the Furness- j( 'rince line's 2,322-ton cargo steamer Telsh Prince, were killed and three v ijured one night recently, when, acording to meager reports received tl ere, that vessel was rammed by the s reighter Iowan, in the Columbia river, f( ff Altoona, Wash. The Welsh Prince w ank within thirty minutes, and the b Dwan, a 6,547-ton freighter, operated j, y the American-Hawaiian Steamship e ompany, was sinking slowly, accord- l ig to last reports. L ?? c entence For Aged Negro Commuted p Raleigh, N. C.?The death sentence ^ f Wrleht Rouse, aaed ne.ero. convict d of murder in connection with the -j laying of William Whitley, wealthy Valstonburg merchant and farmer, ^ as been commuted to life imprison- ^ lent by Governor Morrison after alien- ^ jts had submitted a report that the ? egro was mentaly deficient. Mrs. s hrah Whitley, wife of the slain man, p nd Thomas Hayes, are now serving 0 ife terms in connection with the killag. c Jtters First Word Far Above Clouds Atlantic City, N. J.?Mute since birth p -year-old William Rosenbors, of Wash- f, ngton, uttered his first word "air- ' lane" recently when taken up 1,000 ^ eet in a seaplane. In the hope that ^ Ititude would help the boy to talk ^ ie was to be taken up more than 5,000 0 eet- 1, ireets Boys Who Won Trip Abroad ^ Washington.?The Maryland team of ^ricultural club boys which was n warded the grand prize of a trip to P 'urope in the live stock judging con- lj est at the Southeastern Fair. Atlanta, a ia., last fall, were received by Sec- n pfnrv W.ailare the other da v. The ! ^ oys will sail from New York on the n "armania, June 14. After visiting the d nnual exhibition of the Royal Agri- o ultural society at Cambridge, England, b n July, the party will inspect several b anions heids in that country and in n Scotland, returning to New York. p 1500,000 Damage In Memphis Fire l Memphis, Tenn.?Damage estimated \ it more than 5500,000, largely by wa- ^ er and smoke, and caused by a fire of . indetermined origin which gutted the " wo upper stories of the Bry-Block Mercantile company, one of the largest c lepartmeut stores in the South. The j a ire, originating in a frame loft used a or storage purposes, built on the roof i 0 if the big establishment, and fanned a >y a high wind, spread with such ra- F ildity that the hundreds of girls em- a jloyed made their escape from the a luilding with difficulty. d Cash Offer Made For Gorgas Plant1 ; Washington.?An offer to comply, with terms of the contract negotiated i between the war department and the < Alabama Power company when Its I plant at Gorgas was enlarged to strp- i ply power for the nitrate plants at 1 Muscle Shoals, Ala., during the war, i bas been made to Secretary Weeks by 1 representatives of the company here, rhe offer is contained in a proposal I to pay $2,500,000 for the government's nterest in the plant, railroad and trans- ] mission line from Gorgas to Muscle ] Shoals. 4 I FORD TURNS DOWN COMMITTEE OFFER' NSISTS ON INCLUSION OF THE . GORGAS STEAM PLANT IN PROPERTIES HE BIDS FOR ec E: /IRTUAL ULTIMATUM GIVEN im 5ays Final Proposal Has Been Made In And Asks Vote By House On P< Proposition cc al Washington.?Henry Ford present;d a rirtual ultimatum on the ques- ^c ion of disposition of Muscle Shoals n giving to the house military com- pi nittee his views on the model offer or or the Alabama properties drafted by he committee. st The Detroit manufacturer in a let- rj er laid before the committee by one ^ ?f his representatives, J. W. Worth ngton, declared he could not consent o elimination of the Gorgas, Ala* W( >ama, steam power plant from the )roperties the government proposes o lease or sell and in doing sp de- ra lared that if his revised offer is reected "then I must understand that pr he acceptance of my offer for Muscle ^ Shoals 'as a whole and not in part,' gr s refused." eE Mr. Ford agreed to other modifi- b? ations of his offer as made by the ju ommittee in its modern offer but said ro le wanted the committee "to consid- bc r this proposal (the one presented iy him recently) as final and that no j0 urther changes should be expected." Q}/ Request was made by the manufacurer that the committee send his fi- en ial offer to the house for a vote on efj cceptance or rejection. wj "If congress votes acceptance of ac ay offer," Mr. Ford continued, "we gh rill get on the Job at Muscle Shoals .t once; but if congress rejects it je( hat will be but the beginning of a on aore determined effort on my part to Qv ave Muscle Shoals for the benefit of e(j he public." Immediately upon receiving Mr. ^ 'ord's letter the house committee j rent into executive session to conider it. Members would not fore- clj ast what action would be taken, but i some quarters it was believed that he committee finally would vote to leet Mr. Ford's demand as to purhase of the Gorgas plant. Mi unco Trick Story Told By Witness Memphis, Tenn.?Visions of how he ras going to make large sums of loney on the stock exchange, later to ealize that he had lost $28,000 through all n alleged "confidence" swindle were atj escribed to the jury in United States ( istrict court by E. B. Carter of Lynch- . urg, Va., in the trial of W. L. Huntjy, Jr., former bank official, who is n trial on a charge of using the mails CQ 3 defraud. Patrick Furrey and Joseph ynch, county defendants of Huntley qj i the alleged swindle case, pleaded j uilty and are expected to take the ^ tand for the government in the Hunt- , sy trial. CO lai Vu Pel Fu Renews Attack On Chang pg Tientsin.?General Wu Pel Fu, using R tie Chinese Eastern railway, has in- pr tituted a general advance against the jrces of General Chang Tso Lin, g horn he recently drove out of Pekin nto Manchuria. General Wu's ob- * JCtive is Shanhaikwan, at the south- P6 m tip of Manchuria, on the Gulf of e(* .iaotung. Feeling against Chang Tso *nl ,in is said to be spreading in Man- ch huria. The entire line of the Chinese be tastern railway is reported in the an ands of supporters of Wu Pel Fu. ly av 'wo Bank Bandits Reported Killed th Flint, Mich.?Two bandits who rob- ha ed the Metamora State bank at T1 fptnmora. near here, were shot to st< eath by possemen using machine cit uns, according to a telephone mesage received here. A member of the Fc osse was wounded in the exchange f shots. 8t< wi irisis In Ulster Still Continues Grave London.?Interest in the Irish sit- ? ation shifted to Ulster, where the orderland disturbances and the Bel- c ast outrages are more serious than ver. The conference of Sir James 'raig. the Ulster premier, and the Iarquis of Londonderry, with Premier <loyd George, were not productive of pr ptimistic statements regarding the sc- na ation of the problem. tig Changes Made In Bonus Measure Cc Washington.?The house soldiers' bous bill amended in several important sh particulars, but the much - discussed ed ank loan provision retained, has been an pproved by the senate finance com- ch littee by a vote of 9 to 4. Chairman to IcCumber proposed to report the th leasure to the senate within a few av ays, and said he hoped to get action D; n it before the passage of the tariff ed 111. Some senators believe that the in ill will be passed before the adjourn- T1 tent for summer, but it is hardly 'ei robable, do Jrges Quick Action On Anti-Lynch Bill Ti VncViinfrtnn?Doplnririf ftio 1'nitorl Itates is disgraced, the world over, ty on account of the mob law prevailing | ^1 a many states," Representative Dyer, wj tepuhlican, of Missouri, in a letter re-1 on ently to Chairman Nelson of the sen- W1 ,te judiciary' committee, protested dr gainst any further delay on the part w< f that committee in acting on the ca nti-lynching bill passed by the house, ha tepresentative Dyer is anxious to get ne etion on this measure before congress te: .djourns for the summer months, he an leclared to newspaper men. ac I Firemen, ? Tunnel Workers, Killed C Milwaukee Wis.?Three city firemen and two tunnel workers were kill- oi jd by gis and electricity at the hot- b; torn of a fifty-two foot shaft of a sower ai system and nearly a score of firemen ai were overcome. The firemen were h trying to rescue the two dead tunnel ir workers. it ic Battleship Collides With Sub; 10 Killed L Berlin.? The German battleship t? Hanover and the submarine S-18 col- b lided during the night maneuvers near ti Basanita, killing ten sailors. a AIL MEN TO VOTE ON STRIKE xecutive Council Of Brotherhood Appeals to Membership Ballots Following Board's Decision Detroit.?A strike vote was ordered r the executive councii of the UnitI B--'herhood of Maintenance of Way mployees and Railway Shop Labor '<* here, in answer to the wage slash ade by the railway labor board. Declaring that a cut of 13.2 per cent their wages did not parallel a 3 !r cent reduction in living costs, the uncil asked that the men, 400,000 iD i, vote on a strike protest. The slash in wages made by the la>r board at Chicago came as a comete surprise to the council, which was session here on routine business. Iscussion of the order resulted in an der by Edward F. Grable, president of e union, that the decision for a rike vote be held over until the arval of the official notices of the reictions. Grable, however, stated at the time > was confident that the strike vote I ? ?lnol, | auld be ordered, terming me dimu ioth unjust and unfair." Chicago.?A virtual ultimatum to the ilroads of America, through the nited States railroad labor board was esented by the Federation of Shop rafts, representing 400,000 railway nployees, in a request for a conferice with the board, when the federal idy will be ask to take immediate risdiction of all cases in which railads are alleged to be disobeying the lard's orders. If the board declines, a strike balt will go out at once to shopmen all er the country. With the further wage cut threatied in a decision expected to be hand! down by the board, a third question 111 likely be placed on the ballot, cording to B. M. Jewell, head of the op crafts. Two questions, one on al?ed violations of board decisions by tting out shop work and the other i elimination of time and a half for ertime, have already been authorizfor submission to the men. If another pay cut is authorized by e board, the pending ballot will unipbtedly be converted into a triplerreled strike threat, Mr. Jewell de a lieu. -FORT TO BE MADE TO PERMANENTLY SETTLE MEXIC FINANCIAL SNARL oney Men Of World Gather In New York For Conference Of Great Importance To Mexico New York.?Financiers of Great Brita and the United States arrived here oard the Olympic, prepared to seek settlement of Mexico's financial probus in conferences with Adolfo de la aerta, Mexican minister of finance, 10 reached New York later. The nference will begin very soon. The participants who came on the ympic are Thomas W. Lamont oi P. Morgan & Co., who has been Europe discussing Mexican finances th foreign bankers; Edward R. Peack, a director in the Bank of Engad; J. Chevalier of the Banque of tris et des Payes Bas, and E, W. Masson of the Credit Lyonnaise, ance. Lflllari 1Q Wnunrlerl In Belfast Scrap 3elfast, Ireland.?At last reports nine rsons were dead and nineteen woundIn consequence of the fierce flght% which broke out recently. Maine guns, revolvers and rifles are ing used by the military, specials d gunmen. At times the disorderelements threatened to invade Royal enue, the city's main artery and oroughfare, but so far the military ve been able to checkmate them, lere seems no hope at present to 5P sniping and ambushing, and the ;y is in a reign of terror. rd's Final Word Going To Capital Detroit, Mich,?What was under jod to be Henry Ford's final word th respect to his offer to lease anc orate Muscle Shoals is on the wa> Washington. It is learned at Mr ird's general offices in Dearborr at William B. Mayo, chief engineei the Ford Motor company, and J. W orthington, Washington representa re of the Tennessee River Valley Inv ovement association, left here for the tional capital prepared to lay a resed proposal before the committee. ic* Fighting Derby Ends In Raid Springfield, Mass.?Two men were ot, one hundred others were arrest, one hundred game cocks seized d the cock-fighting derby of Massausetts and Connecticut was brought an abrupt .and dramatic end when e state constabular officers and Ag ram police under State Detective ivid J. Manning surounded and raid the three-ring fight circus staget a tobacco barn at Feeding Hills, le raid occurred in the midst of the stivities, and the police swooped i wn unexpectedly. iree Marooned As Boat Is Swamped New Orleans.?LeRoy Trahan, twen, Peter Mancusa, twenty-six, and bert Mancusa, all of New Orleans, lose boat was swamped in a gale Lake Ponebartrain recently, y?nd 10 were believed to have been owned, were rescued later when they ;re discovered marooned in a fishing mp near Spanish Fort, where they .d taken refuge and had remained arly forty hours without food or war. The men ware terribly fatigued, id hailed their rescuers with great claim. harlie Frank, Ballplayer, Is Dead Memphis, Tenn.?Charles Frank, one C the organizers of the Southern Baseall association and until a few weeks go manager of the Atlanta club, died t the home of Mrs. Frank Coleman ere, after an illness of more than si* lonths. Frank, who had been sufferig from heart disease and other chron! troubles, came here from Bay St. ouis, Miss., where he spent the win!r, about ten days ago. At that time is physicians told him that his condlon was critical, and death might come t any time. i L_ BRIEF NEWS NOTES WHAT HAS OCCURKED DURING WECK THROUGHOUT COUNTRY AND ABROAD EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE Gathered Prom All Parte Of Thf Glebe And Told In 8hort Paragraph! Foreign? General Wu Pel Fu, using the Chinese Eastern railway, has Instituted a general advance against the forces of General Chang Tso Lin, whom he re cently clR/ve out of Pekin Into Man- | churla. General Wu's objective*Is Shanhaikwan, at the southern tip of Manchuria, on the Gulf of Liaotung. Interest in the Irish situation shift- ] ed to Ulster, where the borderland disturbances and the Belfast outrages ( are more serious than ever. The con- , ferences of Sir James Craig, the Ul- ( ster premier, and the Marquis of Lon- , donderry, with Premier Lloyd George, were not productive of optimistic , statements regarding the solution of the problem. Nine persons are dead and nineteen j founded in consequence of the fierce | fighting which broke out recently in ( Belfast. A daughter was born recently to former Empress Zita of Austria-Hun- j gary. A plague of locusts has struck Spain and reports from the agricultural re- , gion told of vast damage done to , crops. In some places children were suffocated by the locusts which filled the air. Trains were halted by the locust swarms. j Eighty seamen of the stranded British steamship Wiltshire, on Great Bar- . rier Reef, who appeared to be doomed to death were rescued according to re- , ports from Sydney, N. S. Three United States Navy officers j from the supply ship Trinity, who were arrested following a brawl with French Navy officers in a care, were , released and escorted to their ship , undar a guard of Marines. Charles ( ijrey, ine American vuuaui, wi/icoocu ; regret over the incident to the French port authorities. ( The disquieting prospect that , France would bring further pressure to bear on Germany with the exten- ( sion of her military occupation, is regarded in reparations and political , circles aa eliminated by the German | reply to the reparations commission made public. The French government will Intro- ( duce in the chamber of deputies bills ratifying the agreements reached at the Washington armament conference. These bills will be referred to the ( committee on naval affairs and foreign relations, which are expected to take several weeks studying them. , An attempt by London's unemployed , to stage a big parade and demonstration broke up in a riot directly in front of the Bank of England, long the symbol of capital. The evacuation of a considerable , stretch of country in the border region ( by the Ulster forces was announced. The special constables were withdrawn from the Belleek salient in County Mermanagh, Ulster, Thus abandoning it to the Free state troops. Washington? Judge Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the Boarr of the Union Pacific!Railway, denied before the Senate Interstate Commerce committee that New York bankers control the railroad transportation of the country. Lovett branded as a "deceitful fabrication" testimony previously given by W. Jett Lauck on behalf of railroad unions. Lauch charged Wall Street financiers dominated the railroads. President Harding was invited to visit Canada. Sir Auckland Geddes the British ambassador, formally extended an invitation to the President in behalf of the Canadian government to stopp off and visit Vancouver and Victoria if the chief executive makes his contemplated trip ti Alaska. The Presidetn inormed Sir Auckland that he will visit Canada if he goes to Alaska, which is uncertain. The Department of Agriculture estimated from the reports of correspondents and agents that the condition of the cotton crop on May 25 was 69.6 per cent of normal, as compared with 66 per cent on May 25, 1921; 62.4 on May 25. 1920; 75.6 on May 25, 1919, and 74.6 per cent the average of the past ten years on May 25. An estimate of acreage this year will be Included in the July cotton report. Bituminous coal operators have averaged 15 per cent profit during the last six years, according to figures submitted to congress by the federal trade commission. The trade commission, however, refused to vouch for the aonf tlio firnirpc sfnfino- that thev were obtained partly by the commission's efforts and partly from the Na-1 tional Coal association! Henry Ford presented a virtual ultimatum on the question of disposition of Muscle Shoals in piving to the house military committee his views on the model offer for the Alabama properties drafted by the committee. Thomas L. Chadbourne, attorney, announced adoption of a plan whereby properties of the Midvale Steel and Ordnance company. Republic Iron and Steel company and Inland Steel company will be unified under ownership of Midvale. The name of the new corportion will be the North American Steel corporation' Ancient Yucatan Relics At Chlchen-ltzu, in Yucatun, where there is a sacred sinking well, all sorts of beautiful sacrifices have been found embedded in the mud. Jade necklaces, gold plates and small jars heavily studded with jade, sometimes containing human hearts, have been found in this well, says the Detroit News. The Maya Indians made these sacrifices when they wanted rain or a blessing for their crops. Beautiful A personal encounter between Senior McCumber, republican, North Datota and Senator Robinson, democrat, )r Arkansas, was narrowly averted after a stormy debate over the Dye sections of the tariff bill. A reduction of $51,362,749 in the public debt of the United States In nay was announced by the Treasury Department. The nation's total gross leht on May 31 was $23,138,838,607. Declaring the United States is disgraced, the world over "on account of the mob law prevailing in many states," Representative Dyer, republican, Missouri, in a letter to Chairman Nelson of the senate judiciary committee, protesting against further delay. The house soldiers' bonus bill amended in several important particulars but tha much-discussed bank loan provision retained was approved by the senate finance committee by a vote of 9 to 4. Domestic? The supreme courtof Nevada recently handed down a decision in favor of Mary Pickford, upholding the lecree of divorce which she obtaiped at Minden, Nev., from Owen Moore The executive committee of the railway employees' department, American Fedration of Labor, headed by B. M. Jewell, appeared before the railroad labor board with a reguest that the board assume jurisdiction in disputes Dn about 75 roads. Orders to the chief of police from Mayor Swanton, Traverse City, Mich., directing arrest of any woman or girl appearing on the streets here wearing knickerbockers will stand, despite ?? _# Uiov have nw#. UltJ BlUI III U1 piUtOBfc luv; 3ioner, the mayor announced. Gifford Pinchot who publicly stated that he spent $120,000 to win the Pennsylvania republican nomination for governor In the recent primaries, would do the same thing again "if it were necessary to defeat an organized machine," in. a statement Issued recently. Westchester County, N. Y. officials Investigating the killing of Clarence Peters, former sailor, by Walter S. Ward wealthy baker's son, endeavored to check up on the movements of the slain man at the United States marine corps training station at Paris Island, S. C., where he tried to enlist. Two men were shot, one hundred others were arrested, when Massachusetts constabulary forces and Agawam police surrounded the three-ring fight circus in a tobacco barn at Feeding Hills, where the cock-fighting derby of Massachusetts and Conneticut was being held. LeRoy Traham, 20, Peters Mancusa, 26, and Albert Mancusa, all of New Orleans, La., were rescued from a fishing camp near Spanish Fort, where they had taken refuge and had remained nearly 40 hours without food or water. Financiers of Great Britain and the United States arrived at New York aboard the Olympic, prepared to seek a settlement of Mexico's financial problems in conferences with Adolfo - - 1- minlofnr nt ae XjH Muenn, .ncAitau uimuw v> finance. A strike vote was ordered by the executive council of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance and way employees and railway shop laborers at Detroit, Mich., In answer to the wago slash made by tl)a railway labor board. A virtual ultlnPtum to the railroads of America through the United States railroad labor board was presented by the Federation of Shop Crafts, representing 400.000 railway employees, In a request for a conference with the board, when the federal body will be asked to take Immediate Jurisdiction of all cases in which railroads are alleged to be disobeying the board's orders. The engineer and fireman of a westbound California limited on the Santa Fe were killed near Fort Madison, Iowa, when the train crashed head-on Into eastbound train number 4. The Birmingham, Ala., Bar association recently adopted resolutions calling upon every candidate for public office to declare himself whether he Is a member of "an organization known as the Ku Klux Klan or any other organization whose members parade under masks through streets and highways/' The city ordinance of Houston, Tex., fixing a telephone rate of $3 a month to Houston subscribers and restricting telephone service profits to 8 per cent, was held Invalid by the supreme court. The condition of Alfrad Gwynne Vanderbilt, nine-year-old heir to millions, who. for two weeks, has been ill at the Hotel Ambassador, was reported critical by the corps of specialists and nurses in attendance. Seven firemen asleep in the forecastle of the Furness-Prince line's 2.322-ton cargo steamer Welsh Prince, were killed and three injured, according to reports at Portland. Ore., when that vessel was rammed by the freighter Towan, in the Columbia river, off Altoona. Wash. Wheat prices made a sensational dive, the May delivery plunging downward 11 cents a bushel as compared with quotations earlier in the session. James A. Reed, a candidate for United States senator, in a speech. Palmyra, Mo., assailed the United States supreme court in referring to the announcement of the $157,000,000 tobacco firm merger in New York. The yacht Aloha, 'owned by Arthur C. James, of New York, arrived at Newport, R. I? from a trip around the world. Two bandits who robbed the Meta mora State bank at Metamora, Mich., were shot to death by posseraen using machine guns, according to a telephone message. gold knives that were undoubtedly used to carve up the victims of sacrifice, usually young women, have also been found. The Maya Indians of northern Yucatun probably use the same language us the builders of the ruins among which they live, says Prof. A. M. Tozzer, of Harvard university. Past Help. There entered u Jeweler's shop an old man with an ancient clock under A ? VERDUN PRESENTED MEDAL FROM D. S. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR OFFER? AMERICA'S GIFT TO FRENCH CITY. POME ACCEPTS TOKEN Both Make Impassioned Addresses or Ground Made Sacred by the American Djnd. Verdun, France.?In the name of the American Congress and the American people, Myron T. Herrlck, the American ambassador, presented to the city of Verdun the first and only medal ever given by the United States gov* ernment to any community in the world. The ambassador and Premier Poincare together visited the ground where are buried many thousands of French whose valor the medal commemorates, and both spoke under the emotion aroused by the thought of the dead and the sight of the "red zone," so devastated that it may never be fit for human inhabitation. ?*- 1-1- -l-~ A nan inr. merritu ojjuivc ul wo friendship of the United States for France which, though it might not prevent disagreements and misunderstandings, would dissipate and survive them. "Verdun and valor are forever one and inseparable," said the ambassador. "So beamed ,the spirit of France. And so this medal, which I give to this Illustrious city, hallowed by the sacrifices and courage of all France, is a tribute from the whole United States to all of France." M. Poincare recalled the thrill at the coming of Americans, the joy of their victories, the sorrow over their dead, and expressed in glowing terms the gratitude of France to America. Both the French premier and the American ambassador were greeted with enthusiasm when they arrived at the Verdun station at noon. Thousands of citizens of Verdun and other towns and villages, from all corners of the Meuse department, the Argonne and Nancy, lined the principal thoroughfare as the premier and ambassador crossed the city to the city hall to attend the luncheon given by the municipality in their honor. Mayor Robin, who was too ill to meet M. Poincare at the depot, was carried to the banquet hall to preside over the luncheon, which Mr. Poincare at his right tfnd Mr. Herrick at his left. The var minister, Andre Maginot, came from Nancy and joined the party. Mr. Herrick was accompanied by Colonel T. Bentley Mott, military attache; Secretary Lawrence Norton; Parmely Herrick, son of the ambassador; Colonel Francis E. Drake, of the American chamber of commerce in Paris; Major Kipling, of the American legion, and Majors Rue Welton and Robert S. Cain, of the Veterans of Fbreign Wars. Crowds filled city hall square while the luncheon was in progress and cheered for America with such warmth and insistence that the ambassador was forced to stand and salute the spectators. Premier Poincare accepted the medal in behalf of the French government, making an impassioned speech in which he spoke of what Koon Hnno hv the American sol diers to help gain the victory, and defended France's position on the reparations and army issues. Ambassador Denied Recognition. Washington. ? Boris Bahkmeteff, whose status as Russian ambassador here has been a subject of controversy since the Kerensky government which appointed him collapsed five years ago, has been notified by the state department that his credentials no longer will be recognized by the United States after Juno 30. The department acted after Mr. ? Kahkmeteff himself, taking note of senate criticism of his continued presence here, had offered to retire should the Washington government,desire it. In making public the correspondence the department announced also that termination of Bahkmeteff's duties as ambassador "has no bearing whatsoever upon the question of the f recognition of the soviet regime in i Russia, which is an entirely separate matter." ? 400 Bales of Cotton Burned. Ridge Springs, S. C.?The Monetta cotton warehouse containing 400 bales of cotton was completely destroyed by fire. Lightning striking the building at the height of a severe electrical storm caused the fire. j Death Sentence for Mrs. Vinson. * j Atlanta, Ga.?Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson J * -* 4? 0?? iNAoini* j | was convicted Dy a jury m oujichw. Court here of the murder of her hused to be hanged July 28. The verdict without a recommendation to mercy was more than even Solicitor General Boykin had asked, ^ as he had urged the jury to convict * I the woman and fix her sentence at life 1 imprisonment, saying he had never ( asked that a woman be hanged. Under ft I Georgia law a murder verdict without 5 a recommendations carries death penalty. Navy Balloon Safe In Missouri. Milwaukee.?Lieut. W. F. Reed, j navy pilot of Pensacola, Fla., and the last of the 13 airmen to leave Mil- ? waukee in the national air race, was I reported in dispatch to the Wisconsin | Aero Club to have landed in the Ozark mountains in southern Missouri. 1 The United States Coast Guard 9 service announced that Lieutenant * 9 Reed had covered 635 miles, making J him third in the race and one of the American contenders in the intern* j? tlonal event to be held at Geneva- 9