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NEWS REVIEW OF i CURRENTEVENTS Victory of Republican Ticket in National Election Reaches | Amazing Proportions. SOLID SOUTH IS CRACKED Presideni-Elect Harding Goes on Vacation Trip — Amateur Cabinet Makers Busy—Strike of British Coal Miners Is Called Off. ' By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Never before in American history has a major political party. suffered a defeat} comparable to that sustained by the Democrats on November 2. The result was far more than a Republican • victory-flit was brought about by tliv defection} of many Democratic votesK Harding and Coolidge carried every state of the North and West, and even}: cracked jhe solid South, for Tennessee. New Mexico and Oklahoma all went Republican. Senator Harding cpnse-' quehtly } , will\iave 404 votes in the electoral college, to 127 for Governor Cox. ■ ,! - ' In 1912 t when the Republican party was split, Wilson received 435 electoral votes, but he fell far short of a Majority of the popular vote. This pear Harding has a popular majority as large-proportions, and his plurality approaciie§;<the, seven millton mark. Tn the pluralities by which the Republican ticket won were stupendous," and in " the southern states’ where it was beaten- the Republican vote showed large increases over previous elections. Everyone professes satisfaction over the fact that the Republicans also lave won Complete Control of congress; As one Democratic paper puts it: “For whatever good the next administration, does it will have - full credit; it cannot escape blame for whatever is bad.’ 4 The jubilation of the Republ. licans mhy be temfrered by the reflect tion tha.j their majority of more than 130 in the house leaves the way op'en . for factional disputes. Os the next senate the Republicans will have 53 members and the Democrats 38. Just why the American people did all!.this is open to several .opinions. Those who believed with President : Wilson that the election was a “solemn referendum” on the League of Nations issue asfeert that it was opposition to the league covenant that caused the landslide, but really those who hold this view ore few. Others aver it was iue to the proverbial fondness of the American electorate for a “change.” Therman*-be'no disputing that the people ‘ were determined tb have a change from the Wilson policies and . methods. This determination, in the mind of the writer, was the mainspring of their action. As for the League of Nations, probably most of them wapt some such an association for the prevention of future wars, blit evidently they are willing to trust Mr. Harding and his associates with the task of formulating it, and do not feel that the job need be done in a rush. All the nation watched with interest to see what the women would do in election day. The Democrats counted on them to rally to the defense of the league covenant and to save the Sox ticket from defeat. But an analysis of the vote shows that they did no such thing. Instead they only helped to swell the Republican pluralities in the North and West, and In the South comparatively few of them went to the polls. Among the notable developments of lhe election was the extraordinary run made by Governor Smith of New York, Democratic candidate for rejection. Although'the empire state gave Hording a plurality of about 1,200 000, Smith was beaten by Miller ay only about 70,000. This was a markable achievement, and in the minds i of many politicians it marks Smith as the logical national leader of Democratic party. Another thing 'worthy of mention

30 TO SWELL PENSION FUND Revenues From Estates of the Late Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus- ( tria. Put to Good Use. t' Vienna.—The vast estates of the late Emptor Francis Joseph will be depension, fund of invalid soldiers under a decision Just taken by the cabinet council. Certain cas-. ties and dwellings in this city and the near-bv suburb of Baden will either be occupied byjthem or the fund will re-

and consideration is the heavy in-’ crease in the Socialist vote. The total may reach two millions. It was especially heavy, of course, in the large cities. Probably many of the votes for Debs were cast by Democrats. In addition to Messrs. Fox and Roosevelt, many an eminent Democrat was swept to defeat by the avalanche. ■ There is widespread regret that Senator Chamberlain of Oregon was not successful, for fie has been a capable, liard-working and independent member of the upper house, and is one of the stanchest Americans in public life. Other Democratic senators who failed of re-election include". Mark Smith of Arizona, Phelan of California, Nugent of Idaho, Henderson of Nevada and Johnson of South Dakota. In.the congressional elections there were many surprises. -"One of these was the defeat of Chump Clark in Missouri. Oklahoma sends a woman, .Alice M. Robertson. Republican, to Washington. In Wisconsin Victor Berger, twice expelled from the house because of his conviction for conspiracy against the government during the war. was defeated by W. 11. Stafford. Republican.’ Texas elected one Republican congressman, H. M. "Wurzbach having decisively defeated' l Carlos Bee, brother-in-law of Postmaster General Burleson. Myer London, Socialist of Sycamore, N. •¥., defeated Representative Goldfogle. Many of the states "will send solid Republican delegations to Washington. On Saturday Senator Harding left Clarion for a vacation in Texas and a trip to Panama. He expects to return home about December G, and then may go to some Gulf Coast resort for the winter. He has mut given Out any intimations as to the "makeup of his cabinet, but of course the. aimateur cabinet builders are busy. Many of them believe either Elihu Root or Senator Lodge will be secretary of state —probably the former. Others who are “prominently mentioned” are ex-Sena-tor Sutherland of Utah for attorney general, ex-Senator Weeks of Massachusetts for secretary" of the treasury or secretary of the navy, Frank Vanderlip for the treasury post, General Wood for secretary of war, Governor ’ Lowden of Illinois for secretary of commerce, Chairman Will Hays or John T. Adams of lowa for postmaster general, and Congressman Nolan of California for secretary of think Raymond Robins may be offered the last mentioned place, but this is unlikely. Herbert Hoover also has been talked of for a cabinet appointment, but this would be very displeasing to Senator Hiram, Johnson. Objections to making an army man secretary of war, added to pre-con-vention Irritations, may keep General Wood out of the cabinet,,. For the important place of secretary to the President, four names are commonly mentioned —George Christian, Harding’s secretary while .in the senate; Judson Welliver,. a.newspaper correspondent, who has" handled publicity at Marion; Fred Starek, former representative of an Ohio newspaper at Washington, and Richard Washburn Child, former editor of Collier’s Weekly, who has been aiding Harding at Marion in the "writing of his speeches. William J. Bryan, arriving in Chicago on a lecturing tour, made a contribution to the gaiety of nations. He issued a statement calling on President Wilson to resign immediately, yielding the presidency to. Vice President Marshall with the understanding that Mr. Marshall should appoint Senator Harding secretary of state. Then, Mr. Bryan said, Marshall should resign, which would make Harding the acting President For some time there have been hints that President Wilson might resign in the event of a Republican victory. The rest of the proposed program is Mr. Bryan’s own idea. What the European press thinks of the election is Interesting. The papers of London comment on the decisive rejection of the Wilson policies, and the Times regards the election as a distinct warning to Bolshevists and extremists of all kinds. The newspapers of Paris all agree that Harding’s victory is a bad defeat for the League of Nations as established by the Wilson covenant, and the Echo de Paris

celve the rentals and other accruements. Included in the arrangement -are the splendid estates of Orth, Voessendorf, Maltighoefen,. Poeggstall, Augontep, Laxeribtirg, iietzendo'rf and many others, the decision also covering the Lainz Tiergarten, near Vienna, on wblph a group of some hundreds of former soldiers recently squatted. The Income of the Prater, Vienna’s most famous suburban park, with its numerous restaurants and amusement places, is also Included. Many of the

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expresses hope that “the discusslor which will be started on relations between the United States and the League of Nations will provide occasion to repair some of the faults committed at’Versailles.” The French editors, are unanimous in the belief that the result of the election will in no. way prejudice the traditional Franco-American friendship, though some of them are a bit disturbed concerning tlie tariff. In Germany the press- comments joyfully on the “personal defeat” sustained by President Wilson and finds comfort in Harding’s election as presaging early restorationnof normal relations between Germany and " the United States; but the editors warn theii readers not to be too optimistic. California, besides giving Harding a fat plurality, overwhelmingly indorsed the anti-alien land law against which the Japanese . government has been protesting so vigorously. This action insures that in the future no alien who is not eligible to citizenship under federal naturalization laws may own or lease agricultural land within the state. It does not affect existing ownership or titles. Cuba, also, elected a new president on November 2. The successful man was Dr. Alfredo Zayas, who defeated Jose Miguel Gomez. There was an election, too,JtoScotland ,on the prohibition Thirty-six towns voted present law, the ten and one'voted in fuv6r of a in licenses. .*-■ ' ' ■ ■'>’ »I’ ? Prince Paul has not yet accepted’ the throne of Greece, and there is talk now of offering it to Prince Charles, count of Flanders, second son of’King Albert of Belgium. Premier . VenizeloS has said publicly that" lie is willing that the return of Constantine to the throne be made an issue in the coining elections. France, it is known, would not permit the restoration of Constantine if she could prevent it. As was foreseen, the strike of British coal miners came to an end. The executive of the.miners declared it off under the terms agreed upon with the government and ordered the men back to work immediately’. The miners had declared - against the acceptance of the terms by a majority of 8,459, but this was far short of the twothirds majority necessary to permit the issuance of a strike order and the leaders ruled it was not enough therefore, to continue the strike. The Irish, Labor Liberals and young tories In the British house of commons made another attempt to force a parliamentary- inquiry into the reprisals in Ireland, but \Vere again defeated by the government forces. There were indications, however, that the government was on the verge of starting negotiations for an Irish settlement, that might succeed. Meanwhile murders and reprisals are increasing in number and ferocity. Sir Harnar Greenwood announced that. during October 22 police and 14 soldiers were murdered, and 28 police and 30 soldiers wounded. Sir Hamar also told the house that nine Irish constables had just been arrested in connection with the reprisals, two of them being charged with murder. The most serious black anfl tan reprisals lately were in Tralee and Granard, where damages estimated at $5,000,000 were caused by the raiders. Ballymote, County Sligo, also, was almost entirely ruined by crown forces. Baron Wrangel is having his troubles in southern Russia, for five Bolshevik armies are attacking him. They have driven his forces back on some fronts, and, what is more serious, have captured the town of Perekop on the narrow isthmus which provides the only practicable route into the Crimean peninsula. Wrangel at last accounts was holding the isthmus with his sev-en-mlle trench system. Loss of this would cut his armies in two. The result of the international fishing schooner races off Halifax is worth recording. Both races were won by the American entry, Esperanto of Gloucester, by the skill and daring oi her captain and crew.

estates contain model farms and othi ers are under rentals of much value. The late Emperor Francis Joseph, who died in 1916, bequeathed 60,000,000 clowns from his private fortune to a fund for wounded soldiers, invalids and relatives of men killed in the war. It has since been reported that an American-Dutch company, has bought the emperor’s summer palace at ischl, In the Tyrol, for hotel purposes. The hunting estates and lodges of the late emperor in the Tyrol were advertised for sale in January last .

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Washington Commander J. Terhvmb, naval governor of Samba, shot and killed him- , self at noon November 3, said a despatch received at department at Washington. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. American draft dodger, has been located at Karlsruhe, Washington, has been notified. « The last vestige of government control c.Ver sugar has been removed, through’the signing by“Presldent Wilson at Washington of‘a .proclamation providing for November lu of licenses held by wholesalers. Sale of two concrete tank-.steam-ers. the Palo Alto and Peralto, each of 7,500 tons, to the Lincoln Steamship line of New York for $780,000 and $765,000, respectively, 'vas announced by the shipping board at W ashington. The first act of the Republican congress Tv-ill be to pass a resolution declaring a state of peace to exist between the United States, Germany and Austria, it was learned at W ashington. t • ♦ • Private operation of the railroads for the first six mouths after the end of federal control will cost the federal government a total of $65b.000,000, according to figures made public by the Interstate commerce at Washington. «- ' . ->. Personal . George W. Stevens, president of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, dropped dead at .the White Sulphur Springs, W. Vft.> • , Benjamin Soth. Bull, treasurer. of the Washburn-Crosby Mills company and cpiineeted vt.ith other flour and* grain interests,, in -the Northwest, died at Minneawli?, Mlfin. ■' * Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh. widow of the former attorney general iu President Garfield’s cablnet. is dead at her home at Washington after a long illness. . - » • * Domestic William J. a statement at, Chicago Wilsoto to resign- kt bnt-a,-yWd'W to Marshall with• urfderstanding that Harding .he .-maOe Secretary of State. ♦ ♦ * Thirty-five Chicago saloonkeepers in confessions to United States Attorney Clyne revealed a $3,000,000 whisky plot that involved more than 100 men, including federal officials and policemen. Announcement was made at Toledo, O„ that the Willys-Overland automobile plant, normally employing around 15,000 workers, will be shut down for inventory and will renttin closed for an indefinite period. * ♦ ♦ The four mills of the American Woolen company at Lawrence. Mass., closed for the rest of the week and will go on a four-day-a-week schedule. They nave been running upon a sixday schedule. * * * Five, negroes were -burned to death and’ another hanged hs a result of a fight that started it the polls at Ocoee, Orlando, Fla.. Tuesday night, after an argument with election officials. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Chester Knitting mills at E'ffingham. 111., will close November 10 for an indefinite period. Not overproduction, but underconsumption, is given as the reason.- ♦ ♦ * The wholesale price of beef declined 13 per cent during the month of October, according to the monthly report of the Institute of American Meat Packers at Chicago, while pork declined from 15 to 21 per cent. « ♦ ♦ Oscar Ruthe is dead and two friends, Robert Sturdevant and Reyt Rayen, critically ill at Freeport, 111., as a result of drinking home-made whisky to which a “kick” was given by the addition of drugs. • • • Recruits for the regular army continue to flock in at a record-breaking rate, Adjt. Gen. Harris’ office at Washington announced, and 17,625 enlistments accepted during October broke all peace-time records. • • * Papers valued at several thousand dollars, stolen from the Farmers’ State bank of Newark, ill., October 13, were recovered in two seeks found in a coal car at Terre Haute, Ind. ♦ ♦ • Emmett Bancroft, alias Neil Hart, was hanged at Salem, Ore., for the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor during a jail breakdown at Pendleton, Ore. * * ♦ Two unmasked bandits entered a pool hall at Superior, Wis., held up 35 men and escaped with $2,500 in cash and other valuables. George Degroot, aged twenty-four, was Instantly killed, and his father, Henry, badly injiireff'&hen the automobile in which they were driving was demolished by a west-bound St.; Paul passenger train near Union Grove, Wis. ' ■ - ♦ * * Hog Island shipyard at Philadelphia, built at a cost to the government of about $70,000,000, will be closed February 1, unless disposed of by .that date, Chairman Benson announced at Washington.

Miss Edna Ellis, eighteen years old, was found mysteriously murdered in a clump of weeds on a vacant lot in the northern section of St. Louis. Miss Ellis was a stenographer and pretty. » * * Two large buildings in the business district of Charleston, W. Va.. were destroyed by fire of undetermined origin.- The loss was estimated by fire department officials at $700,000. A St. Paul (Minn.) dispatch says that every candidate for state office indorsed by the National Nonpartisan league was defeated in Tuesday’s election in Minnesota, i ♦ •* • Politics Mrs. Leah Cobb Marion of Emporium. Pa., th6 first woman in Pennsylvania to run for United States senator, received a heavier vote on the Prohibition ticket than Watkins, the prohibition candidate. A Boston dispatch says official returns. from 674 precincts out of the 1.206 in the state show the affirmative leading in the referendum on the bill to legalize the sale of light wines and beers. . ♦ » Complete but unofficial returns from every county in .the state as compiled at Albuquerque, N. M„ by the Republican state headquarters give New Mexico to Harding by more than 5,000. Twenty-six ballots, all voted Democratic, were found in a sewer on the lower East side of New York. Assistant District Attorney Talley has started an Investigation. » » * A Milwaukee dispatch says William H. Stafford, Republican, who defeated Victor Border, Socialist, for congress in the’Fifth Wisconsin district, has a majority of 6,095. * ♦ * Senator Hardins’s total vote In Pennsylvania has gone over the 1,000,000 mark, and his plurality was more than 633.000. the greatest vote ever given a candidate in that state. Alice M. Robertson has been elected to congress from the Second Oklahoma district.- * » * The Republican landslide in the “sol■emn referendum” on the League of Nations has had no apparent effect upon President Wilson’s health. Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, personal physician, said at Washington. William J. Bryan voted the straight Democratic ticket, he announced at Lincoln, Neb. Louis Waldman and August Claessens. Socialists, who were twice expelled from the New York legislature, were re-elected in New York. Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee, unseated Socialist congressman fropj the VTfth district of JVisconsin. conceded his defeat by William H. Stafford, Republican. < * ♦ ♦ Foreign The strike of coal miners in the Charleroi coal fields has spread to the La Louviere region. The miners involved in the strike number 55,000, says a Brussels dispatch. ♦ ♦ * France. Great Britain and Italy have signed a tripartite agreement in which they agree to support each other in maintaining their “spheres of influence” in Turkey, says a Paris dispatch. • • ♦ The correspondent at Mullingar, County Westemath, Ireland, says it is reported, although not confirmed, that 17 “black and tans” have been killed from ambush by machine guns. Gen. Baron Wrangel, head of the anti-Bolshevik government of South Russia, has successfully withdrawn his troops to Crimea before the advance of soviet armies south of the Dneiper river, says a Sebastopol dispatch. ♦ » ♦ The Chilean wheat yield for 192(1 was 605.000 tons, an increase of 53,000 tons over 1919. The acreage sown was 1.290.000. Home consumption will be 573,000 tons, it is estimated, according to Santiago advices. t• ♦ * Offensive operations by irregular Polish troops commanded by General Zellgouski have been checked along the entire front by the Lithuanians during the last few days, says a report from Riga. A London dispatch says the strike of coal miners throughout England and Wales was settled, but the settlement is contingent on a ballot of the miners. The government announced the ballot would be taken immediately. ♦ • • Further disorders have broken out in ’Barcelona, where, according to newspaper dispatches received at Madrid three clashes- occurred. One person was killed and two probably mortally shot. • • • The government at Mexico City has ordered the taking over of the coal mines of Mexico, following the refusal of the mine owners to settle the strike. « * * The latest , summary of the Scottish liquor polls shows that 149 districts have decided to make no change, 24 favor reduction of licenses and 18 will go dry, says a London dispatch. According to a London dispatch 200 Sinn Feiners were captured at MacRoom. County Cork, following an encounter with police and soldiers. * • * Dr. Alfredo Zayas has been elected president of Cuba over Jose Miguel Goffiez. This is.based on returns received at Havana by the government from three-fourths of the voting pre- * * » More interest was created in Mexico City by the American elections than by the elections held in Mexico last September, when Gen. Alvaro Obregon was chosen president. For the first time in the city’s history the newspapers employed open-air screens the nroeress of the balloting.

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INDIANA’S VOTE BY COUNTIES FOR PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR. ? McCulCounty— Harding Cox McCray loch Adams 4.144 3,653 3,608 4,178 Allen 24,129 15.504 " 22,194 15.080 Bartholomew... 6,585 5,420 6,483 5,370 | Benton 3,354 2,102 4,791 2,182 Blackford 3,125 2,555 3,059 2,564 1 Boone 6,453 6,179 6,648 6,202 I Brown 799 1,306 781 1,292 • Carroll 5,006 4,186 4.972 4,210 Cass 9,545 8,194 9.533 8,156 J Clark 6,433 6,668 6.385 6,691 Clay 6,129 5.612 6,<>41 5.534 Clinton 7,739 6.702 7,731 6,741 Crawford 2.272 2,213 2,274 2,177 Daviess .-.. 6,708 5,587 6,655 5,587 Dearborn 5.159 4,884 5,015 4,93e Decatur 5.494 3,876 5,426 3,911 Dekalb 6.514 4,750 6,336 4,807 Delaware 14 -45 8,329 14,708 8,227 Dubois 3,738 4,238 3,354 4.489 Elkhart 12,297 5.77<? 12.163 5,631 Floyd 7,665 7,3»1 7.532 7,350 Fountain 5,218 4.' 88 5.114 4,135 Franklin 3,137 3-691 2.937 3,775 Fulton 4,659 3,661 4.544 3,620 Gibson 7,498 6,385 7.411 6.357 Grant 12.:?55 7,900 12.254 7,873 Greene 7.4-6 6,038 7,363 5,975 Hamilton 7,897 4.2-0 7.99 i 4,370 Hancock 4.462 4..87S 4,376 4,815 Harrison 4.271 3,892 4,204 3.84 s Hendricks 6,293 4,192 - 6.277 4,169 Henry 8.742 5.824 8,694 5.746 I Howard 10.379 5.767 10.201 5.856 Huntington ... 8,283 - 6,476 7,969 6,539 Jackson 5,0 S 5,295 4.576 5,379 Jasper 3.949 1,867 3,738 1.967 Jay 6,089 4,759 6,029 4.753 Jefferson 5,647 3,999 5.666 4,029 Johnson 4.863 5.452 4,813 5.404 Knox 10,015 8,052 9,756 8,191 Kosciusko 6,511 5,076 8.212 4.545 Lagrange 3,801 1.549 3,775 1,562 Laporte 11,204 5.459 10,788 5,653 Lawrence 0,-.>s 4.709 6.761 4,617 Madison 15,689 13,423 13,559 13.499 Marion 79,957 61.660 65,905 53,525 Marshall 5.708 4.631 5,646 4,625 Martin 2,691 2,342 2,688 2,453 Miami 7.356 6.175 7,261 6,162 Monroe 5,633 4.750 5.414 4,767 Montgomery .» 9,625 7,837 9.484 8,292 Morgan 5,635 4.254 5,610 4,241 Newton 3,059 1,636 2,940 1,670 Noble 6,820 4,148 '6,672 4,188 Ohio 1,175 1,104 1,171 1,097 Orange - 4,725 3,222 4,682 4,192 Owen 2.997 2,948 2,949 2,925 Parke 4,589 3.543 4.917 3,526 Perry 3.864 3,552 3,782 3,555 Pike 4,069 3,067 4.019 3,016 Porter - 5.455 1,461 4.805 1,469 Posey 4,615 4,881 4.625 4,59« Pulaski 2,743 2,229 2,690 2,325 Putnam 5,140 5.117 5.091 5,407 Randolph "8,793 4.198 8.649 4,182 Ripley 5.372 3.976 5,285 3,989 Rush 6,113 4,513 6,087 4,485 Scott 1,709 , 1,848 1.671 1.854 Shelby 6.336 6,845 6.245- 6,897 Spencer' 5.270 3.855 5.155 3.357 Starke 2,683 1,467 (2,568 1,527 Steuben 4,866 1,666 X-839 1.632 St. ' Joseph 16.437 11.710 16.301 11,398 Sullivan 4.821 5,655 4.867 5.583 Switzerland ... 2,525 2.412 2.502 2,382 Tippecanoe .... 12,818 7,647 12.782 7,689 Tipton 4.181 3,726 4,125 3.739 Union 1,967 1,358 1.962 1,370 Vanderburgh .. 19,357 IS.O-’M 19.232 13.078 Vermillion 4,<3 3,251 5.014 3,373 Vigo 18.668 15.739- 18,131 15,806 Wabash 8,028 4.827 7.950 4,902 Warren 3,337 1,311 3,260 1.309 Warrick 4.679 3.915 4.599 3,907 Washington ... 3,669 4.107 3,643 4,134 Wayne 12,631 ■ 8.015 12.465 7,991 Wells 4.430 4.653 4.317 4,648 White 4,871 3,375 4,755 3,407 Whitley 4,497 3.976 4.487 3,966 Totals 692.415 510,401 668,151 505,809 In.the racejfor senator between Watson and Taggart Watson’s total, complete with; the -.exception of Marion county, is" 665J1S against Taggart. The retui*nß*4rani Marion cbinity include only 155 of the 177 pre cihets. South Bend.—Leo M. Kennet and George W. Good of South Bend received sentences in Circuit court of one to fourteen years’ imprisonment. They confessed stealing Liberty bonds valued at $250,000 from the Studebaker corporation. Kennet, who is twen-ty-seven years old, will go to the Indiana reformatory and Good, who is fifty-six years old, will go to The Indiana state prison. Indianapolis.-—Withdrawal of the proposal for operation of the Indianapolis street railway was requested in a petition the city of Indianapolis filed with the public service commission. The city presented the service-at-cost proposal to the commission several months ago. The commission has taken no action on the proposal, but it is predicted that it will be discarded. Lafayette.—Ferdinand J. Birk of Owensboro, Ky., captain of the Purdue university football team and a member of the engineering class, was named as Wilbur scholar at Purdue. This honor is awarded annually by th ; e Tau Beta Pl honorary society to the junior engineering student standing highest in scholarship and general regard. Rushville. —Miss Marie Cross, age 18, and Glen Woodsr age 20, were killed, and Russell Cross, age 15, brother of Miss Cross, was injured fatally in an accident when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a fast Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western passenger train. Indianapolis. —Mrs. India M. Gard, age seventy, of Frankfort, was fatally injured when she was struck by an automobile as she was on the way to the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis to visit her husband. Dr. Oliver Gard, who is in the hospital recovering from the effects of an operation. Greencastle.—Putnam county citizens voted by a majority of 1,195 to erect a $95,000 hospital in Greencastle during the coming year. In a previous election the.project failed. Terre Haute.—The November meeting of the state board of the League of Women Voters will be held in Terre Haute November 11 and 12. Kokomo.—Mrs. Anna Tapp Knepple, Democratic candidate for the legislature, and only woman aspirant in the state for a seat in the general assembly, was defeated by George W. Freedman, Republican, by a plurality of 4,082. Hartford City.—One of the surprises in the election at Hartford City was the strength of the Socialist vote, which was more than three times that cast at the last election. The party polled 224 votes in Blackford county. The Prohibition vote was 129; FarmerLabor, 15, and Single Tax, 5. Ft. Wayne. —Onion growers south of Kimmell, who have, produced large crops this year at great expense, are discourage because of difficulty experienced in disposing of the crop. Some are being sold at 1 cent a pound and thousands of bushels it; is said, are going to waste because there is no demand for them. The cost of labor this year increased the expense of producing considerably and it is the opinion now that next year only a small percentage of the fields now devoted to the purpose, will be used for onion cultivation. ,

Indianapolis.—As a result of the election twelve new Republican state officials will come and eleven Republican officials and one Democrat will go at the Statehouse Vin the period beginning December 1 and ending January 10. William G. Oliver will be the first to assume office. He will succeed Otto L. Klauss as auditor of state. Mr. Klauss’s term expires November 28. L. N. Hines, state superintendent of public instruction, was re-elected. He said he will make no changes in positions under him. The term is for two years. U. S. Lesh will step from assistant attorney general to attorney general January 1 as the result of his successful race for the place. Julius C. Travis will succeed Moses B. Dairy as a justice of the supreme court January 4. The term will continue for six years. Judge Lairy is the only Democrat to retire from state office this time. Louis B. Ewbank will succeed himself as a justice on the supreme court bench. This is the first time he has been elected to the position. Ira C. Batman and E. A. Daus- A man will succeed themselves to second four-year terms as judges of the appellate court. Will H. Adams will succeed himself as reporter for the supreme and appellate courts for a second four-year term. Warren T. McCrary will not take office until January 10. Indianapolis.—As a result of the congestion of voters in many precincts in Marion county, the number of precincts in the county will be increased and more voting machines will be bought before the next election, Carlin H. Shank, a member of the board of county commissioners, and Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, said. These steps will be taken In order that the congestion at the polls at the election this year will not be repeated. The officials said it is likely there will be about 275 precincts In the county when the next county election is held. This year the county was divided into 177 precincts. Indianapolis.—Governor Goodrich is calling officials of the various state penal, benevolent and - correctional institutions to his office for a conference. He- also has spent considerable time recently in visiting the institutions. He is working out recommendations to present to the legislature when he addresses it at its opening in January. The legislature every two years appropriates money sufficient for the maintenance and enlargement of the institutions for the two years intervening between regular sessions; Inditinapolis.—A petition for the ihcorporation of the town of Woodstock; northwest of Indianapolis in Washington township, has been filed with the board of county commissioners. The site of the proposed new town is the neighborhood of the old Country club. In the petition it is said that seven families live in the 4S acre tract sought to be incorporated arid all wish the incorporation, i The residents are seeking the incorporation in order that they mhy have improved Bchcoi conditions, it was said. ~ Hammond.—ln its suit to foreclose a mortgage given by the Aetna Iron and Steel corporation and Chester Wirt last September the Aetna Explosives company-of New York has been given a judgment for $323,508, plus $16,360 attorneys’ fees, in the Circuit court at Crown Point by Judge E. M. Norton. The iron corporation, organized as an independent concern by Wirt, had purchased the- holdings of the explosives company at Aetna, intending to build a big steel fabricating plant. Hartford City.—P. 11. Hawthorne, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Hartford Cityi appeared before the state fuel and food commission at Indianapolis in an effort to obtain a supply of coal for domestic purposes in that city. A survey made -by tbechamber showed that half the private consumers-in the city were without fuel and that the dealers have none. The factories of the city are well supplied, however, and there is no danger of a shutdown. Terre Haute. —C. H. Pluess, president, and Charles C. Hogue, director of the Farmers’ bank at, Newark. 111., have identified the stocks, bonds and legal papers found several days ago at Terre Haute in a Chicago & Eastern Illinois freight car as those stolen from their bank October 13, when 74 safety deposit boxes were robbed. A« an expression of appreciation to the police the men gave SSO tor the Terre Haute policemen’s fund. Indianapolis.—Forty-one members of the next state senate will he Republican and only nine Democratic, the reports indicate. There were 25 holdovers, including 18 Republicans .and seven Democrats. Os the 25 vacancies, the Republicans won 23 and the Democrats two. The proportion in the house of representatives will be somewhat the same. Reports indicate there will be 89 Republicans in the lower house, as against 11 Democrats. C. C. Morris, age 72, the oldest practicing physician in Rockville, is dead of heart disease at his home. He was coroner of Parke county and his name was on the ballot for re-election. Mishawaka. —Mrs. Trphon Lecluse, thirty-two, a bride of two weeks, stepped in front of a fast passenger train at Mishawaka and was instantly killed. - Lafayette.—At a meeting of district 3 of tlie Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations held at Lafayette a resolution was adopted favorlpg the repeal of the present automobile license law. The farmers voted unanimously against that feature of the measure which gives the receipts from automobile license fees to the state highway commission. Indianapolis.—William L. Elder, collector of internal revenue for the district of Indiana, in October issued 44 collector’s certificates of compliance with the income tax law to citizens of the United States planning to visit foreign countries. He issued also 39 clearance certificates to resident aliens who desired to visit their native land. The countries to be visited by these persons are Greece, Panama, India, England, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Czecho-SlovaHia, New Zealand, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Scotland, Mexico and Poland