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FARMERS RUINED BY TORNADOES PROPERTY DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT MILLION DOLLARS;; FIVE ARE KILLED. Euclalre, Wis. ? Relief measures are underway in three central western Wiaconsoln counties, struck by two two tornadoes which took a toll of at least five dead, and a score or more Injured, and caused property damage ?which may reach a million dollars. Many farmers were left destitute as a result of the storms. While no definite plans had been for mulated, it was expected an appeal would be made to the State and the people of Wisconsin for assistance in rehabilitating the devastated area. Restoration of wire communication In the three counties hit, Chippews, Trempeleau and Jackson was expect ed to bring news of added casualties. Black River Falls was one of the towns hardest hit. Two persons are known to be dead there and two ser iously Injured. George Nash, 50. and Alice Garwin. 3, were killed at Black River Falls. Julius Baglien. 16. perished near Or seo, and Richard Secora. 10. met death at his father's farm near New Auburn. Percy Wolter of Bloomer, a sailor who was visiting relatives while on furlough, was fatally injured and he died at a Chippewa Falls hospital. The first of the two tornadoes ap peared early in the evening in this vicinity of Osseo, in the upper north east corner of Trempeleau, crossed over into Jackson County, and swept down to Black River Falls. It ap parently spent its force just outside that place. The entire northeast sec tion of Black Falls bore the brunt of the storm there, while the rest of the city escaped with shattered windows and other minor damage. Scores of farms lying in the path of the twister between Osseo and Black River Falls were laid waste Homes, barns, and outbuildings were reduced to splinters. The other tornado made it appear ance near New Auburn, in Chippewa County and swung down the country Bide to Bloomer, continuing for about five miles beyond that place. It cut a swath nearly half a mile wide. Two Killed as Train Hits Car. Greenville, S. C. ? Mrs. W. P. Roch ester, 26, was killed Instantly, and her husband. Rev. W. P. Rochester, 27, a Baptist minister, was fatally Injured when an automobile in which they were riding was struck and demolish ed by a fast passenger train at a grade crossing near here. Mr. Roch ester died at a hospital here several hours af{er the crash. Rev. J. B. Bozemnn, 59, an evange list of Spartanburg, S. C., driver of the machine and the year-old infant of Mr .and Mrs. Rochester, which was In its mother's arms, also received painful Injuries In the smash-up. 8layer of Five Men Hangs Ville Platte, La. ? Enzone Vidrlne. self confessed slayer of five men dur ing the last three years, was hanged in the Evangeline parish Jail here for the murder last May of Robert Leo Wiggins, Jr. The trap was sprung at 12:42 p. m. Vidrine showed no signs of nervous ness as he left his cell. Upon enter ing the enclosure where the gailo\lk had been erected, he stopped and poss cd for camera men and refused to resume the march until assured by them that they had taken "good pic tures of me looking into the cameras." Upon mounting the scaffold he paus ed and glanced toward the gallows where the rope was already fastened. "Charlie" he said to Sheriff Pucheu, "Is that all the rope I get to go to' hell with?" He asked for an opportunity to speak. He spoke In French while a schoolmate jotted down the rapid flow of words in English. He spoke 3 min utes urging his hearers not to gam ble or drink. In accordance with Vidlne's wishes elaborate plans were made for whnt followed the execution. His body was placed In his cnsket and mounted on a bier in the court house square so those who desire to do so may view It. He nlso requested before the execu tlon to be photographed while seated upon the casket. Former Ambasaador to Rusaia Dies. Norlhport. Mich. ? Merry M Plndell. 62 yearB old, former United Rtntoa am baBRador to ItusRin. died at hlR summer homo here of heart disease. He had been 111 only 48 houra. He was owner of Boveral Peoria, III, newspapers. Ills wife and daughter were with him when death came. Philadelphia Ha? Million Dollar Fire Philadelphia. ? Ono man wan report ed mlRRlng and five firemen Injured when flamos awept the Coranut plant of the Or>rgaa-Plerlo Manufacturing Company and damaged the adjoining plant of the HIrIioo linseed Oil Com pany, W. R. Plerlo. an official of the cocanut plant, sn'd the Iobr may to tal 11,000.000. The missing man was Walter Small wood, n negro watchman. Employes atated they had Been him near the top of on? of the container* of eocanut oil THREE LOSE LIVES EN ROUTE TO PICNIC. Clarksvillo, Tenn. ? A ftleasure jaunt was turned Into a sccne of sorrow when a Louisville & Nash ville passenger train struck the automobile of Newton Bradford, Dickson county farmer, at a cross ing near Vanleo, killing three of his daughters and Injuring himself and three others of his family. Nanie, 18, and Kitty. 12, were killed Instantly. Irene, six. died later at a hospital here. Mrs. Bradford was seriously in jured and her two year old baby sustained hurts which may prove fatal. Bradford and his eight year old son were on'.y sightly hurt. The family was en route to a picnic. WORLD-FLIERS SKIRT COAST SMITH AND NELSON TRAVEL 300 MILES IN LESS THAN FIVE HOURS. Reykjavik. Iceland ? Skirting the southeastern, southern and southwest ern coasts of Iceland, Lieut. Howell H. Smith and Lieut. Erik Nelson drove their round-the-world planes from Hoefn Hornaljord to Reykjavik, a dis tance of some SOU miles, ir. four hours and 58 minutes. The take-off from Hoefn Hornafjord was made under good weather condi tions, and these continued throughout the journey, except for a heavy head wind encountered by the planes as they turned northward from the north ern point of Iceland. The winds buf feted the fliers considerably, but nev ertheless they were able to make a splendid landing at the spot assigned to them in the Day here. Virtually the entire population of the quaint hamlet of Reykjavik as sembled on the pier to watch the two great planes as they circled above the harbor inside the seawall searching for their buoys. As the machines hit the water, with Lieutenant Smith leading the way, a small boat put out from the shore and took off the fliers. The lord mayor of the town and the members of the town council welcom ed the Americans on their arrival at the pier, and women presented each of the airmen with a bouquet of flow ers. The aviators were guests of the town while here. Germans Attend Conference. London. ? The interallied confer ence on the Dawes pl^n officially changed its name to "international conference" when the German repres entatives, headed by Chancellor Marx, took places at the foot of the big table in the ambassador's room of the for eign office, his was the first appear ance of German plenipotentiaries at a full dress European conference since that held in Genova. Although they sat at the foot of the table, with Ramsay MacDonald at the head and the French and American delegates on either side, the Germans participated ns full partners in the efforts to work out a program for put ting the Dawes plan into operation After a formal session the confer ences adjourned until the Germans are ready to express their views on the work accomplished by the interallied delegates during the past throe weeks. To Study Farmers' Needs. Chicago. ? A petition asking Presi dent Coolidge to ask the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint "an extraordi nary commission" to study the basic needs of agriculture and recommend definite remedial legistlation to Con gress has been sent to the President by the American Council of Agricul ture. it wns disclosed. In transmitting the petition, George N. Perk, of Moline, Ills., president of the council, said the counsel intends to insure that the agricultural prob lem does not become the "football of partisan politics. Stopper From "Alcohol" Can Hurts 9 New York. ? Nine persons were in jured. three seriously, when a stopper flew from a can of what was marked "denatured alcohol" In the lap of a sulnvny pjatron on a train of the Inter borough Rapid Transit company. John Christian, 20> of Brooklyn, was painfully burnrd on the back ar.d arms. Two others, badly burned, were taken to hosp tals. Sir others suffered 'rom the escaping fumes, three of them being made unconcious. Officials dsngrerd on the nature of the contents of the ran. Four Die In Crash Mount Holly, N Four persons were killed when their motor car was struck by the Seashore Express of the Pennsylvania Railroad at New Lisbon. N. J . near here. The dead are: Mr and ?Mrs Clifford Hainos and Mr and Mrs Harry Hush, all of New Lisbon. Two Trainmen Die in Wreck Nntrhp':. Mlas ? Herman Steele, en eilnrrr, of Natchez, wns killed and On vis C'?i n n i ia Rti nin .fireman. of Jac kson, was Herloualy Injured when the loco motive and tender of Ya/.oo and Mis slsalppl Valley pusaenKer train No 142 wore derailed three mllon north of Parlaton, MIrh. All the coaches remained on the rails and none of the phnso'.iK'rs worn Injured, according to ad vices received hero. The cause of the wreck has not be#n determined. MEXICAN TROOPS i HOLD ASSASSINS SEVENTEEN DEFENSELESS PER SONS KILLED AND TEN OTHERS WOUNDED. Mexico City. ? The assassins of Mrs. I Rosalie Evans have been captured, ac j cording to a report given out at the war department. The report* came from Gen. Roberto Cruz, military com ! mander in the state of Puebla, where Mrs. Evans was shot and killed near her hacienda. The guilty men have been brought j to the city of Puebla. adequately ! guarded. Accompanying General Ye j lasco and Senor Qtiintana came the secretary of the British legation, who is well informed of the active efforts which have been made to clear up the crime, the message said. Mexico City. ? Seventeen defenseless persons were killed and ten others wounded when a band of 50 armed outlaws attacked a hachienda near Opicus. state of Yucatan, according to a special dispatch from Meridia to El Universal. The assailants declared they came from the village of Opiehen. where they had previously committed out rages. They sacked the hachienda and fled with 150 federal troops in pursuit. The band, which is composed of In dians. ifc likewise charged with a re cent attack upon the village of Kal kini. The special dispatch asserts there is no specific reason- for the at tacks. which are attributed to the chaotic condition following the recent occupation of the territory by the revolutionists. Official quarters here have no con firmation of the details given in the press reports. Bill Proposes State Polio>. \Yilmington. ? That North Carolina Is greatly in need of a state constabu lary. such as is maintained by the states of Pennsylvania and New York, is the belief of State Senator Emmett H. Bellamy, who said it war. his inten tion to introduce, during the extraor I dlnary session of the general assem bly, a bill seeking the appointment of j a commission to investigate the feasi bility of the creation of such a law i enforcing unit. 1 Senator Bellamy is of the opinion that a state constabluary could do more to prevent liquor traffic, the hold up and sometime murder of persons traveling on the highways, operation of automobiles by intoxicated persons, and speeding than all of the city and county officials now operating in this state combined. BarrackE For Liquor Traffic Agents. Charleston, S. C. ? Floating barracks to house the men engaged in break ing up the rum traffic along the At lantic: coast will be constructed at Jacksonville, according ut an an nouncement made here at headquart ers of the coast guard service for this section. The barracks will bo constructed in connection with the operation of the coast guard fleet, it is said, and con struction will be supervised by Com mander C. G. Porcher. formerly chief ,-ngineer of the coast guard cutter Yamacrnw which makes frequent vis its to Charleston. It is stated that the barracks will be constructed from the hull of an old vessel now at Jacksonville, and that when completed it will be towed to Miami through the East Coast canal. There, it will be anchored as a K.upp'y base for about 30 picket boats to be used by the federal auth orities in checking the smuggling of liquor and narcotics into Florida. The barrracks will house about 50 men and will be erected at a cost oi $10,000, it is said. Most Crops Improved in July Washington. ? Most of the country's crops improved substar.lly during Jul>? and produc tion prospects at the b< gin Ing of this month were considerably better than a month ago. The crop re porting board of the department of agriculture issued forecasts lor tins principal crops, basing its calculations on the coditlon of the crops on Aug ust 1 Wheat, corn. oats. barley, pota toes and rye all showed Increased prospects over last month, but sweet potatoes, tobacco, rice .hay, apples and peanuts registered declines. A wheat crop of 814,117.000 bushels Is indicated for this year Winter wheat harvests are considerably Kreit er than expected and S't.'ifiO.OOO bush els nre estimated in the preliminary est Imates. Man Kills Womar and Self Atlan'a. On.? W. H. I*. Morgan, 40,' of Atlanta, walked into a downtown More hero late. shot and fatally wound ed Mrn Fannie Rrlncoe, a elork and 1 then Rent a hullo; through his bruin, dytnf? before medical aid nuld roar h ( him. In one of throe notei found In his ( pocket directing disposition of his body and property, Morgan declared , ' "Fannie IlrlRCoe la the enmn of It j all. I can't stand the way she ha< done j VYIA M WAR ENDED IN 1815 COST $12,000 YEARLY. Washington. ? Thirty-three wid ows of soldiers who (ought in the War of 1S12 arc still on the pension rolls of the Government, t.lihough 109 years have elapsed since the close of that conflict in 1S15. Kight. of the women pensioners died dur ing the year ended June 30. There have beeu no names of soldiers of the War of 1812 on the pension book3 since 1905. when Hiram Cronk died in Ava. New York, at the age of 105. The oldest of the 33 widows receiving pensions, which average $30 a month, or about $12,000 a year, is Mabala Huff, Rural Route No. 2. Louis. Kentucky, who is 105 years old. Her husband was a pri vate in a Virginia company of millt amen. All told approximately 35 000 widows of veterans of the War of 1S12 were granted service pen sions .the hiph water mark being reached in 1S79 when there was IS. 177 on the rolls. COTTON DELIVERY IS URGED COMMISSION RECOMMENDS CON FINING CONTRACTS TO THREE GRADES. Washington? The Federal trade commission, in a report made public on the* cotton trade in response to senate resolutions, recommended that some form of sound delivery on Now York contracts be adopted, that cation contracts be confined to three grades, that consideration be given to a re duction in a size of the contract de livery of loo bales, and that cotton puts and Calls bt abolished by a pro hibitive tax. The Commission contended that the three contiguous grade contracts should not be adopted unless south ern delivery was also adopted. The report, declared such a contract would prove a valuable adjunct of southern del'veries by offsetting i:i part the decreased value of the con tract arising from the additional op tion given to the seller of contracts as to place of delivery. It would further counteract the de pressing effect on future prices of do liveries of varying grades on each con tract, which tends to be emphasized by the numticr of delivery points, the report held. This form of contract also would make it more practicable for the smaller merchant to talk de livery of cotton on future contracts, thus reducing the tendency to run from delivery notices, the report add ed. Another valuable feature of the three-contiguous-contract, the report said, would be the increases service ability of the future market for hedg ing by improving through the increas ed merchant ability of the delivery the relationship of spots and futures. The commission recommended that only a few southern delivery points be selected, and that they be confined to the Atlantic and gulf ports; that the delivery, inspection and certification of cotton at southern ports be under rigid government supervision, and that the deliveries tie only from ware houses licensed under the federal warehouse act, and that the tender of the cotton on futures at New York be no longer permitted. A reduction in the size of the delivery would render the contract more merchantable and at the same time would permit closer hedging, the report said. The commis sion pointed out that cotton puts and calls are prohibited by the rules of both cotton exchanges, those at New Orleans and New York, and should be eliminated by a prohibitive tax, like that now in force for grain puts and calls. The committee advised gainst abolishing the New York futures mar ket on t h r- grounds that New York has Important advantages over any other city and the financial and1 trading center of the world. ^ General Hincs Visits Oteen Ashevllle ? Replacement of the tem porary buildings a! Oteen Hospital by the erection of permanent structures 1 improvement of the grounds and other additions were assured bv- Oent ral Frank T Mines. d re. tor of ?he United * Plates Veterans' ilureau. after he spent the day inspecting the institution. General lllnes feels certain that $400,000 will he available for tins work by June. 15)2.r> and he intends to take- the matter up w'.th President Ooolidge in a few days. The bureau : head said that the Government was so pleased with the location at Oteen that It now quarters more patients than any other tubercular hospital j maintained by the Hureau, the several Institutions <>[ the West not being ex icepted. Some 1,200 patients are be ing treated at Oteen at the present I time. Icre/ise Shown in Tobacco Washington ? Loaf tobacco hold by manufacturers and 'rlon 1cm on July 1 aggregated 1.843.730.896 pounds com pared with 1.697,844,445 pr unds a year ago, the Census Hureau announced hero. Cbow'ng. smoking. muff and export typos iotalled 1 .327,851 .727 pounds compared with 1.196,445,884 pounds a year ago; cigar types totalled 442.969. or>2 pounds compared with 425,000,271 pounds, and Imported typos totalled 7JJ.189.077 pounds compare dwlth 76, 398,290 pounds. RISING PRICES FAVOR FARMERS FEDERAL RESERVB BOARD SAYS EUROPE IS EXPERIENCING A REVIVAL. Washington. ? Continued recession in almost every business field, with agricultural producers, favored by ris ing prices, constituting an outstanding exception to the trend, \wis shown in the Federal reserve board's monthly review of business condi'.i.in* made public. The countries of Kurope at the same time were declared to be ex periencing a commercial revival of sizeable extent. Steel, textile, automobile and non ferrous metal industries of the United States entered July with decreased em ployment. the review said, while rail road shipments, running 1T? per cent below the volume of a year ago. and sales in distributing channels of the retail and wholesale trades alike drop ped off. Accompanying declines were noted in wholesale price levels and in the volume of commercial loans ex tended by banks. The redeeming condition in tha line of agricultural production was noted chiefly in the cereal growing regions, although cotton was said to be promis ing a fair sized crop at prices some what above spring levels. Drought in (ho western ranee country and bad weather m scattered tobacco growing sections were adverse factors reported in the agricultural Held. Building operations, which have pro ceeded a pace in the I'nited States for many months, in June were declared to have shown seasonal contraction but to be still involving construction with a value considerably above aver age. Business activity abroad ha: Fharp ened. the review stated, under the en couragement of better national fiscal and currency policies and lessened tensity in international relations. "Keonomie conditions in Kurope -hIii ring the first half of 1924 have been characterized by an increase in dustrial activity." It was added, "a growth in domestic and foreign trade, and in many countries by smaller fluctuations in prices and exchange rates. Countries whose currencies de preciated violently in 10 22 and 1!?23 have since adopted financial reforms resulting during the year in greater stability, and in consequence, business in those countries was no longer un der the constant necessity of adjust ing itself to wide uncertainties in monetary values .and ways conducted more directly with reference to gen eral economic developments, Plans Completed For Celebration. Wilmington. ? Plans have been com pleted fo rthe annual Moore's Creek celebration, arrangements for it to be held upon the battle ground of colonial days on Thursday, August 14, accord ing to an official announcement made oy George J. Moore, president of the Moore's Creek Battle Ground associa tion. Charles L. Abernethy is to bo the principal speaker of the occasion. The fourth number of the program will be an address by J. A. MeNoiton, of this city. Both speakers have been given the privilege <>f selecting their own topic. Man and Sweetheart Killed. Fort' Worth. Texas. ? The bodies of Dp wit (loorh and Miss Charles Heeco were found under an overturned auto mobile on the Lake Worth Road. They had left h party near the lake at mid night, given as a farewell to Oooch. who was to liavc left for California. Miss Heeco is a neice of Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. The couple had been sweethearts for some time. The condition of the girl's body in dicated that life remained several hours f t e r the accident while Hooch probably was killed almost instantly. Internal injuries probably caused both deaths. New Plane Sent to Flier. Washington. ? Arrangements were completed by the Army air service to send an airplane from Lannley Field, Va., to FMctou Harbor. Nova Scotia, to be used by Lieutenant Leigh Wado from that place over the remaining route of the world fllghl in company with the two other fliers Lieutenant Wade's original craft, the- Boston, was wrecked near Faroe Islands. The substitute will be chris tened the Hoston II. It is tho exft'H Douglas machine used by the pilots during their training for the flight and will be flown from Langley Field l>y Lieutenant Oeorge C. McDonald. The date of departure has not been definitely determined. Shenandoah to Go on Toi'r. Washington The naval air cruiser Hhenandoah will be sent ( .) an ex tended tour of the west beginning about August 26. Secretary Wilbur an nounced. While the itinerary has not been approved it has been decided that the cruiser will be at Des Moines on tbe occasion of the state fair and that her trip will take her as fai as Den ver. Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis also have been practically determined upon as other points in the itinerary Cost J^ess Champions cost less and there is no better spark plug. Champion X is 60 cents. Blue Box 7 5 cents. The manufacturing economic# resulting from making two thirds of all the spark plugs produced are passed on to the car owner. 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