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THE DECATUR DAILY REVIEW YEAR-- NO. 116. DECATUR, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1926. 14 PAGES-PRICK i MTU Wilkjns Lost In Arctic 11 Days ks. Alaska A 16--(t a i to hear Jrom Captain II here ago for Point Barrou v.

Ji the first plane of the Det-olt A i ex- speeded the loading of the plans to follow i today. It Is reported the American Alliance Captain and Ben Elelion Illi i hopped off foi Bartow on A i 15 Although Mnjor Thomas 3 t.an- i or i sec- tion of the expedition, expressed con fldence that the advance plane bad reached Barrow efforts to pick up radio signals from them yes'erday were not successful Captain Wllklns carried short wave radio set which. It was believed, would enable him to send back messages despite the fact that Barrow now has from eighteen to twcn'y hours of daylight The route to Barrow is 560 miles long, partly over unmarked coasts and the dangerous peaks of the Endlcott range Make Wheeler Czar of Dry Law, Wet Proposal La IfUiinliu Says Absolute Control Would Fail, Proving Change Is Needed. a i )--The i of the een- i i i a but. to rutabu the capital and of that to expected a conclusion the a began Saturday and i Sunda Representative of Tork offered a uggestlon i he predicted would thi" i i i i to "admit a law cannot i and modified AIT.OLLTE CONTROL Mill proposal was that general counsel of the A i a League prohi- i i i i a by dr and a i to do a they de- to enforce) this law between ow and January or Mr explained that did r(t the as he had Manned bctcaune of the plan to up i by my cross- a i a i As It a he said, 'a Urge part of the drs was consumed by filibuster cross-examina- i BUCKXER8 FIGURES flnltnl Attorney Buckner of New Tork whose of the of enforcing prohibition In his drew from drys, for- to committee detailed to his nf these, he calculated i trial by eliminated, eoet be 120021 700.

or with Jury trUI continued It would be I 7 0 0 i also defended his estimate a a bootleg business of than 13 900 000 000 a year was on diversion of Indaitrlal al- alono COLLEGE POLL, National Student Federation i of 400 colleges, mean- i ban announced that It will 100 I i i on the prohl- Mtlen cjuentlon through Harvard liberal club Fox of Princeton, president public the a i following questions "tin i i i In "Do favor of laws a i i i "Do you favor to allow Mln nf light i and r.c«r«- a am reasons for AlTHOfUTY Washington. "April 6 a i for ueasurj as It may to carr out na- prohibition act was proposed In of admlnlrtra'lor) dr Introiluctd today by Chairman of JuJIclnrv and It Immediate!) fcrevgnt a of protests from number' of that branch of con- Ray Dingman of Niantic Dead Had Suffered Long Time with rtlantlc A i M--Ray a t' i i the of his parents Mr arid John i i a milca of Death wa! from i i he had a a Ions; time The funeral MoTiilay afternoon at the 1'olnl conducted by Rev A. I', (lepford or Sbelbyt Ille Interment WIIK In Long Point cemetcr), Mr Dltigninn born In August. on tho died. leaies tils parents, his Mrs.

Ada Dlngman, children four George, John, Harley and fear slittrs, Bernard. Bern, Mrs. Fern Elder, and Ruth Ding- DAMAGES CHURCH $125,000 A i M--(A )--Vnl- pa I and ob geld were destroyed.by firs It dreek church damage at In CroMed electric It WM belleveC Secretary Work 111 In Arizona Yuma, A April 26--(A -Secretary of the Interior Work who was taken III yesterday during a trip he had been making over southwest government projects with Dr Elwood Mead, reclamation commissioner. Is scheduled to a i In Los Angeles todaj Secretary Work forced to cancel several engagements and left his party at Dallas to return to the coast The nature of his Illness was not made know but physicians permitted him to start the trip after a brief rest Russian Treaty To Run 5 Years Eerlln April )--The airlty treaty algned last Saturday by Gsr many and Russia will run for i and sets up a basis of relations between the two countries In four separate sections First, both governments agree to view the treaty of Rapallo as a basis for their relations The second, they both affirm their desire for peace Third, they agree to regulate all political and economic problems concerning both by a agreement Fourth, each neutrality In of an attack by a third party on the signatories Want Butter Protected Haugen Includes It in the LUt of Basic Com- modifies. Washington, April 36--( )-Chairman Haugcn of the house agriculture committee announced today that he had added butter to the list of basic commodities which would be protected under his (arm relief bill.

The committee will report the Haugen bill together with the Tln- cher credit measure endorsed by Sec- retar Jardlne and the Curtls-Aswell commodity co-operative proposal, probably Mr Haugen bill, as amended, would undertake to stabilize price? of wheat, cotton, corn, cattle, and butter A revolilng of $376,000,000 to be appropriated would be used largely to maintain these products at a figure equal to the world market quotation plus the I i a i ATTACKS P1RTY FEELING. Washington, April Z6--(A )--Ab constituted i the last a i the a commission has ceased to function as the non-partisan body contemplated by law, Commissioner P. Costlgan declared today before senate Investigating committee Appearing as the first witness at the reopening of the Inquiry Mr. Cos- tlgan declared a crisis In the history of the commission has been reached Conditions are such, he added, that It was fair to ask that no further appropriations be made for the commission with the "unhappy consequence of unscientific and log rolling tariff legislation ARGCE, MERITS. Washington, April 26--(A )--The protracted fight farm elict legislation was brought to the floor of the house again todav by In Republican members of the agriculture committee, Chairman Haugen ol Iowa and ReprcsentatKc Tlncher of Kansas, who are opposing each others Ideas on the subject Mr Tlncher, termed Mr Haugen's bill "a direct subsidy" with no one for It He also accused middle- western farm organizations of changing DEFENDS IT The measure i would stablllte prices with a reviving of $370 000 000 appropriated by congress, was defended by Mr Haugen, who said 1t was no more a subsidy than the Tinchr bill which would appro prlate $100 000,000 for loans to farm Representative Tlnchsr said the till 'was written bj ccrtn.n alarmists who have misrepresented their people at home RABBI WISE'S SON REPUDIATES FAITH Ksw York, April -James Freeman Wise, son of Dr Stephen 8 Wise, rabbi of the Free Synagogue, and prominent Zionist has repudiated formal Jewish theology after studying two yars to become a rabbi, he announced Sundav, and Ttlll not car-y on bis father's ministry Two of his beliefs are that "Judaism as a religion has ceased to plav a vital part In Jewish life" and that Judaism as a religion cannot rur- said Sunday that his father was keenly disappointed that young Wise would not follow him as a rabbi The young man said he had reached no conclusion as to what religious form would take the place of Judaism, but said that the Jew was 'never a away from Christianity than Is todaj Health Week Is Formally Opened Springfield.

111. April 58--(A )-Salt os of health Instruction from the pulpits Sunday opened health pro. motion week In Illinois Throughout the rest of the week schools clubs, parent-teachers' associations, medical and dental societies, civic organisations, health and welfare agencies, churches, Chambers of Commerce and municipal governments will Join In telling the story of good health. WILL SUPERVISE" MARKING FIELDS Washington April 26--(A -Steps to prevent Indiscriminate mark- Ing of World War battle fields In France and Belgium with American were announced Sundav by Gen Perahlng as head of the American Battle Monuments Commls slon. Under a resolution adopted by the commission and approved by President Coolldge, no decorative will be approved for erection'in the two countries except such as are In the of publlsx of to Inhabitants The French and Belgian have agreed not to permit any to placed except when approved by the commission.

SIX STABBED TO DEATH IN RIOT Calcutta, April Mohammedans and one Hindu were stabbed to death today In a renewal of rioting betw een MoMammedans and which been occurring daring few Practically all the shops In the Indian business quarteri been abut i Try td Kill Foe of Reds Bullet Misses THeo'dore Aubert, Noted Attorney. Geneva, Swltiwland, April 56 -(A An unsuccessful attempt was made today to assassinate Theodore Aubert, president of the International anti-Bolshevik association An unknown man fired a revolver at Aubert at his home here but the anti-Bolshevik leader dodged behind a screen and not hit M. Aubert was of ths lawyers who defended Maurice Conradl, engineer mho shooting and Floods Menace NewYork State Rivers Set New High Water Records. Albany T. April 26-- A -With two upstate at their highest In years, northern: New York state today a threaten-! cd with damage resulting from a be- lated spring freshet which had swept' away bridges, sections of roadways and halted travel over trunk high- was.

The Saranac Plattiburgh touched Its highest stage In 88 years and the Hudson river at Olens Falls, washed out all previous high water marks since the record crest of 1913 HEAVY SNOW A blanket of snow In the Adlrondacks, which should have melted earlier under Spring's ad- was seen by weather officials as the source of most of the trouble The Hudson river at Albany was at flood stage today with the Mohawk a tributary, pouring In an additional burden from the southern slopes of the Adlrondacks Steamship companies a freight from warehouses thieatened by hlgrh water at piers along the river front A few nearbv streets and docks were under water CLOSE Watertown, Aonl 16--(A. A' rise of several feet In the Black river during the last forty- eight hours forced many Industrial plants to shut down today. Street cars were stopped when the power plant was flooded Sections of the city along the rHer were Inundated and residents of one street forced to vacate their homes FOUR FEET HIGHER. Hartford, April 2 6 A -The Connecticut tocfay had risen to the twentj-foot mark four feet higher than flood stage lands on both sides of the for many miles were flooded Let $900,000 Road Bids State Highway Department Awards Various Contracts. Springfield, 111, April )-Contracts totalling more than $900,000 for construction of hard roads and bridges In Illinois under the $60 000 000 bond Issue were awarded by the state highway department here toda Among the contracts were the follow tag Route 43A, section 2-8, Menard county bridge, $30.701 43, Miller.

Bloomlng'ton, 111 Route 30, section 1, 2 7 and 8 pavement, Peorla county, $344 639 28. Harrlson Engineering and Construction company, Kansas City, Mo Route 40, section 10 and 11, Carroll and Jo Davless county pavement, $349,99771, same company DECATUR FIRM Eoute section 17, V-l Marlon count rrad tig, 1 6 8 4 8 1 2 bmltl) Brothei company, Detatur, III Route section 13A, Jackson ounty grading, $16,793 96, Hamilton- Hoffman Construction company, Car- Route 1, Section 30, Hancock coun- pavement, 370 34. Cameron oyce. Smith, Elder companj, Keo- uk, la France Must Revise Offer U. S.

Debt Commission Rules Proposal Is -Unsatisfactory. TVashlngtOB, April A.P.)-- The Belgian war debt today by The tkat skill repay the tailed the 4eTt free of aceroert or fatare Interest with an aaaanl payment and Increasing thereafter. Washington, April A -France must revise Its new offer for settlement of Us war debt to this country ths American debt commission decided today. Although France will be asked to modify Us offer, put forward by Ambassador Berenger last week. It was emphasized by the commission that latest discussions have not been terminated.

Ons of principal hitches is AUDIENCE LAUGHS AS ACTOR BREAKS NECK IN TUMBLE Chicago April (A.P)-- His neck roken In the finals of his, vaude- Ille skit, i the unsuspecting audience laughed Us approval of the omedy, Ralph MaxKenzle, an "old Imcr" before the footlights, died here Sunday MacKenzle was the old professor a scene depleting the hazing of the nstructor by a group of college students, which ended when the pro- essor was tossed In a blanket While presenting the act Frldav light, MacKenzle struck the taut ilanket headlong Other members if the company sensed hS" Injury when MacKenzle became limp, and topped the performance Smiling -while the house rang with aughter MacKenzle slipped off tage Once In the wings, physicians were ummoned and MacKenzle was taken a hospital, where he died Sunday The actor was for years a stage manager In New Tork City, recently or- anlzlng his own vaudeville troupe HOME BURNS DURING B1RTHDAX PARTY While many rslatliec vere gathered at the home of Thomas Day, of Teddo Ind, near he.re, celebrate the birthday-- annlrer- arles ofthreo members of the family Ire destroyed the home with logs of 10,000. Danville The Masonlo temple, a market and a general store at Falrmount, near here were destroyed jy fire Sunday with loss estimated how much Francs shall pay at the outset. Mr Berenger proposed hi- tlal payment of 1:5,000,000 annually ut tho commission Is understood to desire higher first payments was acquitted after killing Vorovsky, Soviet at In It23. Destroy N. J.

Negro Church Carteret April 2S (A )-The church of the First Baptist negro congregation, from which negroes were driven by a white mob yesterday was destroyed by fire early today Race riots were threatened when Robert Ducaeft, a negro, was arrested late yesterday charged with the fatal stabbing of John Carrol, white boxer. Shortly after the usual Sunday evening services began, bricks and etonos were hurled through the The worshipers fled from the and several were struck by stones thrown by the pursuing whites. AUTHORIZE BONDS FOR C. N. W.

ROAD Washington, April Interstate commerce commission today authorized the Chicago and North western railroad to Issue t23.6C3.000 of general mortgage per cent bonds to be gold at not lest than par. WILL ENLARGE SIZE OF COLISEUM SITE Chicago. April- tracts have been let for -the enlargement of the Coliseum to accommodate thousands of pilgrims pected to attend the Internationa Congress to be helaThen In June. The largest meeting place In th oily, the Coliseum, 7 has been th scene of many famous political conventions. It la plannsd that of the of English section of Rucherlstlc will be convened in this building, which will accommodate eighteen thousand per sons.

Delicate Veins Fatal to Boxer i a April J6--(A )-Delicate artery ana structure brought the untimely end to Clever Senclo, Filipino boxer who died here last Tuesday as a result of a boxing contest with Bud Taylor of Terre Haute, Ind, according to a state mint today by Dr Edward Mllos- lavlch, who performed the autopsy determine the cause of death. While death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage, the doctor said, "the underlying cause was the delicate structure of arteries and veins Evidences were found of a former hemorrhage and I feel positive thet death would have resulted from any encounter In which he engaged. boy vein and artery structure was too light. He simply was not suited for heavy ring combat." Questioned as to how far reach- Ing this condition may be as regards other Filipino boxers. Dr.

Mlloslavlch said he was unable to say Senclo had the fine, strong skul common to tropical people and his muscles were In excellent condition out otherwise his fcody structur gave me the Impression of a child SAYS FREIGHT RATE BOOST SALVATION Washington, April 2(--(A )--A five percent Increase In freight rat revenues spread over entin western district "may mean the sal ration of many says brief prepared for filing with the Interstate commerce com mission today. brief is Intended a reply to arguments opposing th plea of the for fire per freight Increase GALESBURG HAS KILLING FROST Ill, April 2t--(A )-A killing froet in this section las night damaged early truck Tomato vines were killed, but onion and radishes withstood the cold. Fear that fruit tftei, especial! peaches which were In bud, will damaged, expressed. Danville--Police are seeking Fred Martin, Vlncennes, Ind, and Bills, Cincinnati, alleged automobile hleves, who sawed their way out of all Saturday night while prisoners staged a midnight concert. HONOR CHAPLAINS KILLED IN WAR Washington.

April It-- (A )--A bronze tablet bearing the names of eleven army chaplains killed In act- on or who died of wounds, and of welve others who died during ths world war, will be unveiled May 8 Arlington national cemetery Thirteen denominations are represented in the list SPRINGFIELD WILL SHUT UP RESORTS Springfield. 111., April Springfield notorious "red light' district, Including the "levee," will cease operations August 1 "Final and Irrevocable" orders from the police following action by Mayor Bui- lard ware served them yesterday resort keepers admitted. JUDGE ON STAND IN WOODSTOCK CASE Woodstock, 111 April S8--(A )-Circuit Judge Edward Shurtleff took the witness stand for the state In the retrial of County Judge C. Barnes of McHenry county for perjury hers today. The Jurist told of conversations he had held with principals In the case and of details of the- Abbott Wilson note In which Judge Baron wac Interested as counsel for Wilson The state's charge In substance Is that Judge Barnes conspired to have Truman Abbott, Rlngwood farmer, enter perjured testimony regarding note deal.

In trJa three years ago of Fremont Roy and son, Clarence, prominent Me Henry county bankers. SPENDS $675 TO PATCH UP TROUBLES Atlantic City, N. April Schlldkraut, perfect lover the stage." and Elsie Barllett, his actress wife, are reunited and for the third time their marriage foo ago baa dropped dtvorc proceedings. A telephone "plea Hollywood for reconciliation hire M7S. la to have a power of at tornoy In all i Thompson Flays Tincher's Plan Farm Aid Bill Empty of Promise.

Chicago, April )--The adn Inlstratlon farm re- let plan as embodied In the 3111. was Branded Sunday night Sam Thompson, president of the Arierlcan Farm Bureau Federation as "empty proposal devoid of any real promise to agriculture" Expressing contempt for "pal- latlves and half measures Thompson scored congressmen, who, leek- ng to defeat farm relief measures, a adopted a eral-board attitude DAIRVME.N APPROVE. Washington April 26--(A )-The Tlncher Far Relief Bill, reported to the House by its agrlcul- ural committee, was endorsed Sunday by the National Co-Operatlve Milk Producers' Federation, at i meeting of Its executhe committee The measure, i would estab- Ish a credit totalling 1100 000 000 'or farmers co-operative marketing associations Is viewed by the federation, said its statement 'as designed to help the farmers help themselves, It recognizes that the 'armers do not desire to be the wards of the government" See Mussolini As Menace To Peace Italian Dictator Eyes New Colonies To Provide Needed Raw Fight Epidemic Now-r-Rawlings Wants Children Protected Against DipKtfieria. Springfield, I I I April 26-- (A )-Urging parents to seize upon the present ebb in i i a prevalence IB the psychological moment to heir children immunized. Dr.

Isaac Rawlmgs, state health director declared here today that the usual all epidemic of the disease could be prevented If people generally wonld accept free Immunization Deaths from diphtheria In Illinois ast year reached the exceedingly ow mark of 407 Cases numbered i 006 Prior to 1923 mortality from his disease Invariably exceeded 1,000 annually cases mounted wel' above 10,000 Even fifty years ago the population was less than one-half what It is today diphtheria caused 1,000 deaths per annum 188S there were 1.463 fatalities charged against diphtheria In Chicag- alone Last year there were 240 deaths reported from Chicago and 167 from down-statev 'The phenomenally low prevalence of diphtheria has one distinct drawback said Dr. Rawllngs Children who haie recently escaped Increase he number of suseeptlbles who arc lable to get diphtheria In case of an pldemlc next fall, the usual sex- ion for Infection. On the other hand parents generally were to have heir children Immunized now oxln-antitoxln, there could no pldemlc. Rob Peoria Gas Stations Four Looted Managers Are Kidnaped By Two Bandits. PeoHs, 111, A i Ing up four Standard Oil rnsollnc i i stations In and I forcing the managers nil lions to ente- their roach i from one to snoihet mo a dits, one a man of 3u jtlicr a bo of 18 escnped i I COO In cash after a tho men In near the city earlv this i Tho the daring of series recently, resulted In arming of all filling station tods; Japan To Have New News Plan Tokyo April )--Dissolution of Kokusal Japan a a i agency and the formation of new 'non-profit a clallon similar to tho Asuoclntoil Press In America a announced to- daj i a i of repre- utlves of the largest a a The Japanese name of now association Is the i i i Hengo Eight newspapers 7f, per cent of the total circulation of Japan compose the chsr- ter membership Regarding the plans of tho enunciation, Director Ruklchl Iwanra said wish to follow so far as possible general Idea of AMO- clated Press of America which on- t'oubtedly Is the greatest news or- ganisation In world todav Ow- Int.

to the i a conditions In Japan, however, we cannot for attainment of this Ideal for time to come i A 14) Run ai t. l.y i nf llitn i i Jim ItiK In ill intloit In wnlfli In JIAW ml In Il'itiio (lent Muo Hi i i In in vlil. i nil I nix i Miisiiillnt i i Tint in a wliloh In a i Kt a i liord'r nf land, Afrli-s. (lio jtrnu'n, i i in IM 4 Mm i i i i Taylorville Gas Plant Damaged Series of Small Explosions Check Distribution. Taylorville, April rjas wax urned Into the mains again Monda noon, following a temporary failure of supply due to a series of small ex- iloslons Sundaj, occasioned by an SO-pound pressure that caused one Pipe to burst at the gas plant located near the entrance to Manners Park The roof was burned from the plant, and alt the Interior woodwork was destroyed by the blaze damage was estimated at 13,000 Monday forenoon a force of men turned off all gas In the city, and later turned them on again, this action being taken to Insure safety when the gas flow was.

re-established. Ira Cake In charge of the plant when the explosions occurred. ELLEN KEY, NOTED WRITER, IS DEAD Stockholm, April 26--(A )--Ellen Key, whose writings have had a powerful Influence on Swedish literature, died Sunday at the age of seventy-six. Ellen Key a lecturer of great ferver and her writings were noted for originality. Because of her Intellect and moral teachings the was known as the "Pallas of Sweden She was the daughter of Em 11 Key and Countess Sophia Posse, and unmarried Sho lived in her own house, built on a small piece of ground by the state, and In 1180, when her father lost fortune, she her work of teaching and lecturing among the laboring classes CALLS SETTLEMENT DOUBLE THEFT Washington, April I A I members of mixed claims commission appeared house a and means i today to testify on the by commission which haxe been under from Democratic members Tt, Bonynge, of the commission pre- setted the history of the nomnils- slon's work, facing a staccato i of questions.

The United would participate In theft," Representative rew. Democrat New Tork, estd, 'If this country accepts an claims property eelsed by Grrmait; from Its cltliiens" Replying to a by Mr Csrrvv that commission accepted a stipulations of award Mr said ocjly In awards had been out of claims II.479.000 000 Dl.mli.-d clulitii lie added, amounted to KC.OAO.OCA i i i i i i i to nf liy llorphl nf Lontliin, Ixhfti- li" i In i i It I i i I list I i i i i preimrnl for i i iclhlly slnna; Oir, A I (A butfami, on (Milan nordsr, Uia Kill er )in. Ian Kssclsll. A It who an of jisrlr, sun a In i rarlnaccf ft lifon cnly i lilnlerl nt.l (o GIVE THROWER OF "BOMB" ONE YEAR London, April 26--(A Dally, charged with I throwing at Premier Baldwin during the St. Patrick's day banquet In the hotel Cecil, was sentenced today to a years imprisonment.

He was found guilty of throwing the missies which witnesses described as of "wltB In- 1 tent to do grievous bodily WATERWAY TOUR REACHES CAIRO Cairo. April 26--Ths Illinois waterway commission, touring that border' state, arrived In Cairo on beard the-'Steamer this morning and spent two here with city itnalaU. OPEN 2ND TRIAL FOR RIPPBERGER Geneva. Ill April 2 1 A second trial of a Rlnpnergvr and Sam Peterson on an ment charge opened here today. counsel were denied a motion to quash the Indictment by Judge William J.

Fulton and the selection of a jury was atarted The that the two Elgin estate Investment concern i cials, whose firm, the Charles Rlnp- berger company, failed last December for 1600000. embeisled In left In keeping used same along with other curltles collateral In securing 125.000 bank loan EXPECT 1,700 AT CONVENTION Champaign. April Urbana to entertain 1,199 fa the annual convention of the State Parent-Teacher association Sessions i be hHd Tuesday, nesday and Thureda) GIVE RIFFS UNTIL MAY TO DECIDE Paris, April II--(A tas Agency France snd Spain have to limit with the Rlfflans May and that If an agresmant nni reached by that day a military of- will atarled. WANT CANADIAN MILK TESTED (A and would' to btalth of lite -wAteb It Ig ihlpped a bill drafted for introduction today br Re- Tolley. Republican, Hew A similar bill la MM Senator Ltaroet.

-bill mlltr ixaetleaily all France to Pay BritMiDtfe A i A will tit par cturlhs. life Tirimh fiscal ft by ef In tM liuilirM In Mnim Frsnco I i i a i 4. 400 Intrn.luclnir I In Mount! of CliwrcMll i I I fer coining wfiuld tho 2T at "04 Ih'. IVIMIM The Weather A be i IX IVJMB i NiiWSFAPiiRf.