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TUB NOItTII PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. LATIN-AMERICA TO QUIT LEAGUE Three Nations 'Supporting Ar gontin; ia, Will) Withdraws from Assembly IS. M'SWINEY IN NEW YORKi ..... . . , r . i - A t.,--. I Wife of Hunger Striker Arrive Here to Aid In Investigation of Situation in Ireland. Gonevn.-Tho league of nntloiiH fun It revolt lit till! tlOWerS (if the wttstern hemisphere, which threatens .... ...... 11 Willi JIOMime IllWimei. The Argentine delegation llllS With- r . .1. .1.1.. 111 .1,,, drawn from the assembly. All tho other Lutlii-Ainorlenn tuitions lire re ported preparing to follow. Cnnndii, New Zealand and Austnilla have swung to the support of Argentina. "There Is no knowing where tills will hall," Arthur Balfour, British representative, declared. Vlvlanl of France and Tlttonl of Italy also were plainly excited. Of ficials hurried about with tense, wor ried expressions. Several delegates said what they feared would happen had happened lliiit the now world was nrrnyhiB Itself IiIimih Atniiv well tiiformod dnleLMites lilLlts. lll l.v i.ii iiiionnni ut iLf,iucn vere mlmlttedly alarmed, fearing the whole league structure was crumbling Mrs. Mac8wlney In New York. New York. With n hundred mount ed police keeping the curious crowds In order, Mrs. Terrenctt MacSwIney, the widow-of Cork's" selMiumolateil lord mayor, made her way Into St. I'litrlcks cathedral Sunday, with won dering eyes and the game wistful look upon her face she has worn since her arrival here. Fifth nvenue for blocks was Jammed -with men and women anxious to get 11 glimpse of the now famous Irish woman and the guards had some dif ficulty In keeping the street clear for traffic and a passageway Into the great church. Brooklyn Homes Bomharded. New York. Hundreds of homes In the Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn virtually were under heavy artillery bombardment Sunday afternoon result ing from Intermittent explosions of six-Inch and ten-Inch shells on a steam lighter, which caught fire while moored to the army reservation wharf. Gathering together their belongings In a belief that the naval arsenal nt ... ..v.i.i ...... .... ........ ........... .... Fort Lafayette, n small Island neai Fort Hamilton, was ublnro, terrified scores lied their homes for safer zones, driven to frenzied haste by tho series ..... 11 t .11 uuiiiiiuuoiiB im:ii m-iuw iui miles around. An official statement from Hamilton lays no lives had been los.t nnd that only four persons have been slightly Injured. To Hear Burlington Case Dec. 14. Lincoln, Neb. Notice has been re ceived by the stnte railway cominls slon that a hearing will ho held b? the Interstate commerce 'commission at Washington, December 1-1, on the for mer body's objections to the Burling' ton railroad's request for authority to Increase Its capitalization by Issuing $(U,(KK),000 of new stock and $101),' 000,000 of bonds. Thq railroad's side was hoard last week. Arranging for Truce In Ireland. Iondon. Itecent rumors of 1m portnut Inlluences working for tho coib elusion of a truce In Ireland prellml nary to permanent pcacu In that ls land, aro revived by some newspapers here. Suggestion Is made that definite measures of conciliation aro being Initiated. Hogs 'at Pre-War Prices. Chicago, 111. Hogs .on tho hoof havo returned to what Is practically their 101!t pre-war price, Judging from tig ures obtained from one of the "big live" pnekers. Pork nnd pork products nt wholesale, are also on their way toward that same level. Washington, D. C The fourth In- Btullmeiit of the 11)11) Income taxes must be paid December 15 to avoid penalties, according to a warning given out by thu Internal revenue hu rcnu. Biggest Potato Crop on Record. Chicago, This yenr's potato crop Is ono of the largest on record, accord ing to W. II. Hall, Chicago repre sentative of the federal bureau of mnrkets on produce. Tho same Is true, of cabbage, onions and apples, Mr. Hall said. "Basing predictions on the old law of supply and demnnd It would be rea- . sonnble to suppose," ho said, "that prices this year would he substantially lower than n year ago when there was a 'short crop In. each of these com modities." Federal Probe in Leprosy Case, Norfolk, Neb. Federal probe In to tho charge that Madison county of" flcerB "chnsod" Charley oung, suffer- Ing from leprosy, out of the county, Is believed to havo reached Nebraska. Sheriff Smith says he has been asked to tell what ho knows about thu leper's escupe.' The sheriff says ho to)d his questioner that he did not know haw tho lepor escaped, but hu did not blame lilin for running nway because of tho miserable quartern furnished him by tUe couuty. WEEKLY MKET6RAMS (U. U Mur.au of Market..) Washington. V, O. Tor Wk Hnded Dec 2, 110. Iln) tuxl I'eed. Hay market dull and heavy, lend of jirlffH ntlil continue downward. Rccipu inciaing, nuyer noiuing ore. i.mii' it celpta of Alfalfa and Southern competition deprensed price In Omaha market Mm iihihiIIs report IlKht demand bccaumi of outside feedinir. Timothy receipt light In Xanana City; receipt of oilier hay If ivirr quoted! No. 1 Timothy. HO, IMU.ad. iph. , Mtinpiila, $23, aiinneapona; zs u, m rlnnntl. No 1 Alfalfa: $24. Kfii.ua J C ity (32, Memphis, $23, Omaha; 132 60. l inr n natl. No. 1 J'rnlrlc: $14. Kanaaa City. $IU Minneapolis; $16, Omalia. All feed market In a demoralized eondt lion, due to lireak of $4 tier ton on bran since Novemlier 29th. I.ltiaued meal, cotton p"u insai anil uiiior iccun n'tmuin .,.. 0r tua per ton. Demand is reported na practically absent. Heavy oncring" " Hprlng Wheat feeds du to Increased (lour iron net lot. Decline in oilier leena uur m heavy stocks. Quoted llrnn, $26, Mld- illlriKff, $23.50, Minneapolis; Unseed Meal, i4, rew i orK . ro. i Airaun .ncai, -. ";. ., iTei ' ,K. llvered Chlriiiai: heat nuln. 44. Chicago; '"'". ,1. $51. Philadelphia I'rlill and rgetiible. Potato prices continued lo decline at Northern f o. b. market, losing additional 2026c per 100 lb., aauked, rmirhlng $140 Vl.fl. Chicago carlot iiiarKet, iuwsr lower, closing mostly $1,604(1.66; om sale at $1.50, whlrll la within 10c of tin MaMin'R low record on Ketitemher 28th. Jobbing price, $ 1 .004 2.30 In other market, western inw vork r o. n. innraeia c"- tinned dull, price JS20r lower Tiovembel 30th, at $1.7601.80. Apple value lghtly tly lower at New inr ihfpplnR point, A 214 llaldwln closing $4tt4.26 per hlil. llaldwln gained 50c Ir, New Vork. rvnchlng $4.600 5. Novemtiel 301 h: Pittsburgh held advance or previoui week at $6.606.7S. .Northwestern xtra fancy boxed Jonathan unchanged In Kati aa City and Detroit, at $3.25 ft 3.C0 , Med ium to amail uc, x2,ouv;z.(B, in new iurn Jliuce prirca uroppt'ti bwi' i''i ti hu. Iniinper at the cloae of the week, f o, I), atatlona nt Florida ahlppInK point, auot- n it il.ZG4tl.G0. ConRurninu mnrxiita cioreu KO fnllffirnln Irelierir Lettuce lie- cimed to cioBinB rnnKo of $2. 50w3.no pr rinir ill icmiiUM null nnin. Hacked Yellow uiotie uniona iobi luuciug Per 100 doalnif $1.1001.25 f. o. u vltern New York aiiliplni( point. C'on- uniinK market iow ami dull, mou at Carload ahlpmenta week ended December 1, I'otatoe. 3.413 car, barreled Apple, l.niv; tioxed Apple, 1,13s; uaiiimRii, 10. Onion. 340 i Hweet Potato, 275; Lettuce, 341 Shipment have been decreasing rap idly. miry rrouuci irr. 1,1 Dutter market urfered hatp break Jut nftr ThankfKlvliift, and price today 80 lower-than a week aso in rcaaiern mara-eia. Chlrniro market line been declining ateadlly alnce mlddlo of November, and heavleHt de cline there occurred before Naaiern mnr knt weakened. Chicago dropped 2c durlim the weak. Cause of generul nreaK anno Uted to IlKht trading and aurplu of all erode. Fancy nutter ha been In heavr demand right nlong and when flrt lgil of urplu appeared, aupport wa vholly lacking, for eign niuter nlo quite a factor in decline. Cloalns nrlcc. 82 core; New rorK. i-nii- aQelphla, lloiton, 67ct Chicago, 62c. Cheeis market reniuln steady to firm. .No InrirM nmnllnl nf tillHtnem rennrteil. but Con- fldence Is xpreed generally In alluatlon. I'rcnli Cheese beginning to allow a llttlo off Ity, and while till make ror eaier feeling on medium and undergradra. It strengthens the situation of fancy, for which good demand continue, Export bualne till slow, although there are Inquiries. Home actual chipping during week w made Impossible on account of nhortage or shipping apace, Better demand expectod arter January lat. i-nce mow buhiii chang from a week ago, Wlaconaln pri mary market: Twin, 25c; Palate. 20 He: Double Daisies, 25H: Young Amorlcas, 27c; Jng Horns, 27c; Square Print. 29Hc. Uv Stock nnd Aleut? Vat I.amba were the tronret feature In the Chicago Live Mode markets, a net ad vance of 3I.7& per IUU iu oeing recorneu. ! at Hheep were Rio nigner. r.wes nuTunc Ing 6c. Trade In Feeding Lomba was dull at a 26c decline, Under moderate recalpt and despite considerable opposition on the nnd dellpte considerable oppo part of packer buyer, Hog prii h:TerRuAVaU":,pc ;Vr.,kB "hnIS!1)r,,hne"l.?';i7 ,V ce averageu and a rath- Cattlo price rply. Iieef Steer dscllned $l.tov 2 26 per 100 lbs. Feeder Steer lost 50c: lUlfer about 36c( Veal Calve eaed off 1.76c tier 100 lb. December 2nd top Chi ;KO prc. Hog. $10.55; Yearling Steer $16.60; good lleef Bteer. $12.25-, Heifer. $12; Cow, $10.76; feeder Steers, $10: West erns, $10,75! veal calves, iiz.za; tai l.a nibs, $11.25; roeding umni, 111.Z&; rat Kwe. $5.40. , The tendency of the fresh meat market was decidedly downward. Recelpta nt most of the consuming center liberal and with the exception or umn anil Mutton, tiacnnu .were general. Deer, lltfs lower; veal down $3, nnd Fresh Pork l.olns lost $5 00. Deccmticr znu prices on goon graue meats: lleef, $17011): Veal. $17020; Lamb. $24i 27: Mutton, $12tH6: light Pork 1.01ns, $17 (P33; heavy I Mini, $1518, , Grain. The feellnir became general throughout tlmtgraln trade during the week that grain prices weru already too low ror the wel fare of the agricultural bualnesH Interest of thn country, and price closed higher than a week ago. A reconatructlon of sentiment took place. If not actually a reconstruction of grain price basis. uxpnrt sale were heavy nnd demand ror ensn vvnent ror ex port good at firm price. Excellent demnnd (for cash Corn. Flour demand Improved 'nllghtiy. nil inuicaieu iy natter mining on ion ml ror wnent. At ma. runner National drain Dealers' Association Convention on tho 2nd, the president of the association an nounced iih mi association slogan, "iiuy 1 barrel of Hour now while the price la rlaht." He Raid "we rjee going to urge the alx hundred thousand farmer stockholders of tho Farmora Elevator Companies to buy their Dour auppuca .now." a j'eoria dls natch on tho 2nd state that fourteen hun dred farmer In that vicinity each purpose to buy ona tiiousnmi nuanei .May uorn, margin 25 cent 11 bushel, and hold for de livery next May. For tho week Chlcngo March Wheat ualned 10M,r. clnslna $1.66. and Mny Corn at 76io, Mlnnenpnlla Mnrch wnent up iivic, ni ji.no- Kanaaa City 12Wc nt $1.61; Winnipeg May, 4Vc at i.7U. I'liicngn wrcumner u iiimt closed at JI CUU, and December Cam 71 He. (Distributed from the branch nlTlce of the Ilureau ot Markets. U. H. Delmrtinent of Agriculture, 437 Keellne llldg., 17th and tlnrney uts., umnnn, Neu,) Wilson Will Act As Mediator. Washington. I). C President Wll son has accepted the Invitation of the league of nations to act ,as mediator between the Turkish nationalists and Armenia, the state department has an ,mnm. The president's decision was made known In a message to Paul Ilymans, president of the league of ua tlons assembly. Evidence of Revolutionary Movement San Antonio, Tex. Wholesale raids by the Department of Justice officials conducted simultaneously' nt various border points Including Kl Paso, Kagle Pass, Laredo, Brownsville, ..and thlfl city netted a mass of documentary evidence of the, formation on this side of the .border of a new revolutionary movement against the Ohregon govern ment In Mexico, according to a state ment innde here by W, A. Wiseman, special agent for the Department of Justice. Knox County Lend Open to Entry. Lincoln, Neb. Ninety hundred nnd sixty acres of land In the northern part of Knox comity will be thrown open to homestead entry, nccordlng to announcement Viv the government land olllce here. While ex-service men who took nnrt In 'the Into world war have tho tireference rlcht to the land. under sm-clnl legislation, their tirlvl. ! ia Kublect to 11 valid settlement or mnii,n,. ,.ii,. which umv tie nm. duced. 1 Opening of the first meeting of the League of Nations assembly In Geneva. 2 Dr. Alejandro Cesar, new minister to the United States from Nicaragua. 3 Boy scouts on pilgrimage to grave of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Ruling on Unanimity Clause May Cause Argentina to Quit League of Nations. WILSON WILL HELP ARMENIA Entente Warns Greece Not to Restore Constantino to Throne D'Annun rlo Declares War on Italy Pres ident-Elect Harding Home. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Comparative harmony, forced by stress of circumstances, marked the doings of the League of Nations assem bly during the early part of the work, and then came discord that threatened to result In the withdrawal of at least one Important member nation Argen tina. Certain amendments to the covenant had been proposed by the Scandinavian delegates nnd the commission on amendments had reported against them nnd any other amendments nt this time. In the assembly there was a mo tion to refer the amendments to a spe cial' committee for a report next Sep tember. Delegate Pueyrredon of Ar gentina alone opposed this, and since the covenant requires a unanimous vote for the carrying of any motion, apparently the proposition was blocked. But Vlvlanl of Frnnce at once nssertcd that this was a "question of procedure" and that tho unanimity rule did not annlv. President Hvmnns supported the contention, declared the resolution carried nnd adjourned the meeting. Dispatches from Buenos Aires said the government was momentarily ex pecting a cablegram from Pueyrredon, who Is foreign minister of Argentina, nnd thnt the withdrawal of the nntlon from the lengue was likely to follow. Hie lengue members thought the.v had found tho way to save what remains of the Armenian people, for President Wilson, asked by the lengue council to mediate for Armenia with Mustaplm Kemal Pasha, consented to undertake the task through a repre sentative toj be named, by him, H mndo It plain thnt his effort must be personal and that he would have to rely, In determining the method of approaching the problem, 011 the ad vice of those nearer the scene of ac tion. Such advice will he supplied by the commissioners of the allied nations In Turkey. Spain nnd Brazil have offered to co-operate with tho United States In the matter. When, and If, the Armenian nffnlr Is settled, Greece evidently (inust pny the price. Kemal must ho placated, and this can he done only by a radical revision of the treaty ot Sevres. At this writing the plans for such re vision are being arranged In London by Premiers Lloyd George of Grent Britain and Loygues of France. The most Important changes in the pact doubtless will he niude nt the ex pense of Greece's newly acquired ter ritory In Asia Minor nnd Thrace. Since the Greeks ousted Venlzelos nnd prepared to restore Constnntlne to the throne their ambitions have re ceived smaller consideration by tho great powers. Already, It Is under stood, Great Britain, France and Italy hnve, agreed that the Smyrna region shall be Internationalized and policed by locally recruited gendarmes of tlceretl by nn International officers' corps. it Is certain that Kemal will not be satisfied wth this Smyrna concession, for his growing power Is cuuslng his demnnds tolncrease. Newspapers of Angora, where he makes his head qunrters, my he asks that Thrace be given autonomy, Constantinople bo evneuuted by the nllles ami the allied nnd Interallied zones of control and Influence In Syria and other pnrts of te Turkish empire he abandoned. If Proboble some of these demands will be rejected, nnd equnlly probable " some of them will be granted Kernel's mllltnry strength Is worth consideration nnd his popular support Is widespread, Sixty German otllcers hnve been uTTiklng over his bands of fighters Into regular nrmy units, nnd he recently added to his equipment a qunntlty of artillery obtained from the soviet Russians. From Geneva came a story that the league committee on Armenia, of which Lord Robert Cecil is clmlrmnn, probably would nppolnt Gen. Leoiinrd Wood communder of the Armenian ex peditionary force with the title of high commissioner. The choice, It was added, was on the recommenda tion of Sir Frederick Morris nnd Gen. Weygand. Ofllcinls In Washing ton did not take this report seriously, but It may turn out to be true. - By unanimous vote the league com mission on new members decided that Austrln should be admitted, and there was no doubt that the assembly would ratify the action. Bulgnrln also wants to gef In at once, but Greece, Serbia and Rounmnla all are opposed to her admission and may prevent It. There was reason to believe they would be supported In this by Frnnce, whltjh seeks to gain strength In central Eu ropean friendships. For the present, nt least, France has her way in bar ring Germany from immediate mem bership In the league. The commis sion has decided against tho admis sion of Llchtenstcln and Azerbaijan, but recommended thnt Costa Rica be made a member. Gustnv Ador of Switzerland, bnckfd by the delegates of several other na tions, tried to have the economic com mission Instructed to study means of preventing monopolies of raw mate rials and. measures to Insure their distribution throughout the world, the nrgument being thnt raw materials belong not to the nntlon In which they nre produced, but to the world. This was blocked by Sir George K. Foster of Cannda, who said his country nnd the United States never would sub scribe to thnt principle. A futile ef fort to hnve Spanish adopted as the third official language of the league brought out the statement by the for eign minister of Pnnnma that the 15 states of Central nnd South America are united nround Spnln ns their lender. . n If the Greeks recall Constnntlne to the throne, they will forfeit the good will nnd support of Grent Britain, Frnnce nnd Italy. These three powers. It was decided at a conference In Lon don, should so wnrn the new Greek government, nnd n note to that effect wns drafted. The restoration of tlw former king, says the warning, "could only be regarded as ratification of his hostile acts" during tho wnr. This de cision by the entente Is a victory for the French point of view. D'AniiuiizIo hnvlng refused to nc cept the ngreemont between Italy and Jugo-Slnvln, the Italian government sent General Cavlglla to Invest Flume. This he did, and rent to the poet wnr rlor by nlrplnne a proclamation nn nounclng the Intention of the govern ment to enforce the conditions of the Rnpnllo treaty without delay and calling on the regency of Flnmo to wlthdrnw nil Its forces behind the frontiers. He next Invited D'Annun zlo's troops to lenve him nnd re- enroir In their old units, nnd thrent ened n severe blockade of the city. D'AnnunzIo, seemingly undnunted, re sponded In n declaration of n stnto of wnr with Italy, effective December 3. General Cavlglla Is doing nil he can to nvold bloodshed nnd his troops would htrte to fire on their brother Itnllnns, but If It comes to nctunl war faro the result cannot be In doubt, D'AnnunzIo would soon be crushed. The warning Issued by the British government, thnt the Irish were nbout to carry the "war" to Englnnd. wns jusuneti. to (inte inc cnier weapon used In this new development of the conflict Is arson. A largo number of Incendlnry fires were stnrted slmul tnneously nlong tho Liverpool water front nnd several big cotton ware houses were destroyed. The Incon diaries worked In smnll groups and some of them, being Interrupted by the police, killed one officer nnd a civilian. About the same time the London police snld they hnd foiled n plot to start fires In the metropoll on n large scale. Elaborate precnu tlons were tnken In all the large cities of Englnnd. Sunday night two motortrucks full of black and tan recruits, nil former officers In the wnr, were nmbUBhed near Kllmlchnel, Irelnnd, and 15 of them murderetl. Reprlsnls continued In Ireland un checked. The town hall and other buildings In Cork were set on fire nnd five Sinn Fein clubs were destroyed Rnlds by the military and police were frequent, there nnd elsewhere. Unl formed men entered Klllnrney nnd smnshed nil the windows In the busi ness section of the city. The British government met with defent in the house of lords when tho home rule bill enme up. Baron Ornn more nnd Brown offered an amend ment providing for the establishment of ft senute for southern Ireland, nnd It wns adopted against the govern ment by a vote of 120 to 30. Another nmendment, bestowing a second chnm ber on the Ulster pnrllnment. also was carried. It Is reported that the government has decided that all members of the Irish republican army who have been or may be rounded up shall be in terned In enmps In Ireland nnd held without trial unless they are charged with some pennl offense. Gen. Alvnro Obregon wns Innug urated President of Mexico at mid night Tuesday, and at about the same time ofllcinls of the American Depart ment of Justice made wholesale raids at various points along the border, These agents captured a mass of docu mentnry evidence proving the exist ence of n plot, orgnnlzed on this side of the border, to stnrt a new revolu tlon and overthrow the Ohregon gov ernment. It wns said that Luclo Blanco, n former officer In Cnrranza's army, was at the head of the con spiracy. Just before his Inauguration Ohre gon stated In an Interview that nrtlcle 27 In the Mexican constitution, re stricting ownership of oil lands, would not be abrogated, but he wns sure the application of the nrtlcle would soon be regulnted to the satisfaction of the United States by n commission to he nppolnted. He said Mexico would not nsk ndmlsslon to the League of Nations, but would give consldern tlon to nn Invltntlon to .loin the league, t'resitient-eiect Harding tins re turned from his trip to the Cannl Zone, presumably with enlnrged views on the building up of trnde with tho Lntln-Amerlcnn republics and the cul tlvntlon of better relntlons with them Also" It mny be assumed that he has learned n lot nbout the need of strong' er defenses for the Pnnnma canal Mr. Harding mnde a brief stop last week In .Tnmnlcn where he was re ceived as royalty would have been. It wns announced thnt he would be In Washington .Monday nnd would occu py his seat In the senate for n day or two, and It was certain thnt hi colleagues would call on him for nn address. Tho senntfl nnd house committees on agriculture began n Joint session on Frldny to consider emergency mensures for the relief of American farmers who are said to face a loss of $7,000,000,000 through sale of the! products at less than cost. Among the suggestions discussed were the lm position of a tariff on Cnnndlnn whent, the revival of the war finance corpor atlon, and extensions of credit to Rus sla and Germnny to enable thm to purennse Ainoricnn rnrm products. According to Senntor Cnpper. the farmers demand, In addition to those remedies, tho following: "Adequato credit for farmers through short time nnd long-time loans adapted fairly nnd practically to the pecullnr conditions of tho fnrmlng business. "Afford farmers the same credit nc commodntlons now nfforded other lines of business. "Abolish gambling In wheat, cotton, com, nnd all farm produce. "Full legnl authority for nation-wide co-operntlve marketing by farmers. "Regulation of the packers. "A nntlonnl marketing board, In which the producer will be represent ed, with power to the board to regu late the rate of marketing and to nd vise and assist In stabilizing prices. "Broaden nnd strengthen the fed eral fnrm loan system. "Tariff revision to protect American agriculture. "Protection for wool growers nnd tho public from the unfair competi tion of shoddy goods." TO EXTEND CRED1TT0 FARMERS: Confessed Council Bluffs Mail Robber Pleads Guilty at Des Moines Governors Conference Seeks a Method of Securing Financial Relief for Farmers. Des Moines, I11. Keith Collins, ono- of tho principals In the !3,000,000 Bur lington mall car robbery at Council Bluffs, pleaded guilty before Federal. Judge Martin J. Wade in federal dis trict court hero to u churge of stenl- lug mid opening government mutt sucks and was sentenced to lifteea years In the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kas. Collins hnd been indicted on six counts. Five of these charged him with stenllng government mull sucks,, nnd the other count charged him with opening them. He pleaded guilty to. all counts. Other members of the alleged mnlt robber band, Including the Phillips brothers, the Poffenbargers, father and sons, Daly and Reed, all pleaded not guilty when nrrulgned for their pro llmlnnry hearing. Their cuses will probubly come up- In federal court in February unless a speclnl session Is called.- Japanese Forces Gathering. Mnnllu, P. I. It is reported thnt Jnpun Is maintaining, on the lower out! of Formosa, wlthjn 20 hours' sail of the important harbor of Snn Fernando bay in Union province, In the north end of the Philippine Islands, n Inrge mllltnry camp. Toklo Is adding to this camp unob trusively by menus of a lleet of trans ports plying from Jnpan. These trans ports nre cnrrylng thousands of men nnd supplies. Reports from several sources fairly reliable persist thnt there nre now 30, 000 troops In this enmp. American nrmy and navy ofllcinls nre Inclined to- doubt the figure of 30,000, but nre rest less, nevertheless, because even 20,000 troops would outnumber the Amerlcnn land forces In the Philippines. TO EXTEND FARMERS' CREDITS. Governors Seek Means of Securinn Relief for Farmers. Harrlsburg, Pa. The governors conference adopted n committee report urging the federal government to cre nte 11 finance corporation which through loans to foreign countries will permit export of American foodstufTs. and other products tb relieve the crit ical situation confronting the nation's.. farmers. The report further urged the federal reserve board to advise all banks to adopt n liberal policy of re newals on farmers' Indebtedness. Crentlon of a national commission representing both stnte nnd federal governments to revise and simplify tnx lnws was advocated by Governor William C. Sproul of Pennsylvania In an address before the conference. ' Move to Restrict Immigration. Ottawa. The Canadian government hns passed an order In council Intend ed to restrict Immigration of mechan ics, artisans, and laborers by Increas ing the Individual finnnclnl entrance requirements from $50 to $250. This was done In order to alleviate the con dition of unemployment now prevail ing in the dominion. Lon Beach, Cnllf. Eugene Wilder Chnpln, reputed to be one of the best known prohibition workers In the country nnd twice nominee of the pro hibition party for president, Is dead at his homo here as n result of complica tions from burns he received In nn nc cldent several days ago. He wns slxty elghtvyears old. Snlt Lnko City, Utah. Pleading guilty to twenty-three charges of mis appropriation of public funds, Ed mond A. Block, former mnyor of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to nn Inde terminate term In the stnte prison of not to exceed five years on each charge. Beaumont. Tex. One person dentl, nnother missing nnd property of np proxlmntely $100,000 Is the result of n tornndo of two minutes' .duration which struck Port Arthur, Texas, n port nenr tho const nnd on Snblne lake. Chicago. Federal Judge Lnndls has issued Injunctions ngnlnst seventy-two snloon keepers restraining them from violating the prohibition law. Auxiliary Police Ambushed. Mncroon, Ireland --Two lorry loads of recruits In training for the black and tnns were nmbushed by from eighty to 100 men nenr Kllmlchnel nnd fifteen of them were klled. The bodies were brought here. No Change Ir. Dry Law. Washington. The .prohibition en forcement law probably will stand un changed for the present at least. Rep resentative Volstead, republican, Min nesota, Its author, said he hail no in tention of nlterlng It In any way. Are Yaken tojes Moines. Council Bluffs, In. Fred E. Poffen burger, alleged "brains" of the Bur lington mnll train robbery gang; Keith Collins, one of the ringleaders; Merle Phillips and his brother. Orvllle Phillip, hnve been transferred to the Des Moines Jail for snfe keeping by United States Marshal Nick R,eed. Fred A. Poffenbnrger, H. E. Reed,' Clyde Poffenbnrrr and Mr. and Mrs! T. II. Daly, held as accomplices In the robbery and the subsequent hiding ot the loot, will be held In Jail here pend ing their Indictment nnd trlnl. 1