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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY To obtain new ideas and instruction in modern agricultural methods and live stcek raising ilr farm boys from the state of Louisiana will visit Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and other midwest states In August traveling at the expense of their re ¬ spective communities They will have a splendid train fitted up especially for thiir comfort and convinifiice The tour will be under the super ¬ vision of representatives of the Louisiana state de ¬ partment of agriculture tho federal Department of Agriculture and tin ImiMaiia state department of education Each boy is allowed a minimum of 150 as oxpensv money over and above what he may care to use from his own personal funds derived chiefly from activities in farm boys club work workIllinois Illinois yields of smaller crops this year ex ¬ cepting oats will fall bolow last years record according tu estimates of the Illinois CoOperative Crop Reporting Service based 011 reports of 11100 iiop correspondents throughout the state and iii rliidfil in federal and State joint crop report just issued issuedEstimates Estimates as compared with last years yield are as follows bushels Winter wheat L77ri000 SOOOOa SOOOOaSpring Spring wheat 7801000 7875010 7875010Oats Oats 1S77SOOOO 121000000 121000000Iarley Iarley 1717000 7240110 7240110Rye Rye 3400 IIUTOOO IIUTOOOFrances Frances expenditure abroad of lv00000000 francs last year for gasoline has aroused parlia ¬ ment and the newspapers to a point where the government lias renexyed efforts to bring about in ¬ dustrial ust of alcohol Experiments here have proved to the satisfaction of investigators that automobiles riiil other internal combustion engines may be operated satisfactorily upon varying mix ¬ tures of alcohol anil petroleum products productsAlthough Although the Chicago surface lines were able to increase service more than r 0 per cent normal throughout the city yesterday there loomed the possibility that States Attorney Hoyuu and the attorney general might become factors in bringing an end to the crippled transportation service rc riilting from the strike of the electrical workers workersSamuel Samuel Wilson assistant superintendent of the Antisaloon League of New Jersey in a state ¬ ment forwarded to States Attorney General Mcran tate Supreme Oourt Justice Swayzee county judges niiil prosecutors charged that a tacit agreement exists between county authorities and saloon men to keep New Jersey vcl A severe earthquake at 1010 oclock Friday murniiig apparently centered in Los Angeles city VHUSVtf 5VWU Slight anfflugc tV SVH4V Vf Ui 9Uto buildings in the way of dislodging mortar and plaster and breaking plate glass windows ami frightened the citizens generally No extensive damage was reported reportedThe The exchange of ratifications of the treaty of St Germain which established peace between the allies iiiul Austria tcok place yesterday at 1aris Afterward M Hertsch representing Czechoslovakia signed the agreements for tlie protection of minori ¬ ties within the former territory of the Austro Hungarian empire empireAbout About 100 business men scattered throughout the United States more or less regularly fly in air ¬ planes to their homes in the country according to the Manufacturers Aircraft Association and the number of itinerant aerial taxidrivers who carry passengers on short but remunerative flights is placed at 300 300Norwegian Norwegian business men have protested to the Ilerlin government against alleged trickery of German commercial concerns whose failure to de ¬ liver to Norwegians goods bought and paid for started official and unofficial inquiries which led the Norwegians to believe the delinquencies were deliberate deliberateRepairs Repairs on the cup sloop Resolute whose throat halyards parted in yesterdays race when victory over the Shamrock IV seemed well in hand pro ¬ ceeded rapidly and there was every prospect that the defender would be in readiness for another joust iu the Americas cup match off Sandy Hook today todayRailroads Railroads of the country were warned yesterday by the interstate commerce commission to refrain from confiscating coal consigned to government de ¬ partments common carriers or other public utilities No indications of what actiou would be taken to put an end to the practice was given givenAll All of the mines of the Pennsylvania Coal Company located between Old Forge near Scran ton 1a and 1lainville south of 1ittston were closed by a strike The 000 men employed de ¬ mand the abolition of the contract miller system systemThe The Russian empress and her chilrii wera burned alive after the execution of Emperor Nich ¬ olas at Ekaterinburg it is alleged in statements attributed to Alexis Dolrovitz formerly courier to the empress published at Iaris yesterday yesterdayThe The State Public Itilities Commission made prep ¬ arations today to take vigorous action against Chi ¬ cago coal dealers who are holding great quantities of coal from the market In order to profit through later increases in price priceOne One American has been killed and another Is missing iu the battle between the 1olcs and Russian biilsheviki in the region of Minsk according to reports fruuj WtfSiPVt
