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-<PT •'^'5 .-••'iC/-; MeHBNRT F1UUHBJU44EB, p^pwsppiii '* p ' r v ^ < x ' r y *•>'*< ;^% /' to """* Belts" m» ift*^ Jii D.4«.. C(UU| o»..o Prices ln Italy causes deep anxiety to W HOP" 01 BullCr rOOQ oliUs" those responsible for the country's tion Seen by Food Controller at Rom* EATING WAR •-AsM&iiL BREAD pltrflcM and Riots Are Brad by Staad- J:V "y Increasing Cost of Everything --Causing Deep Anxiety ts f G o v e r n m e n t . :: Rome.--Italy's food situation Is > .jporse now than It has been since the '> '•rm 1st ice and almost as bad as It J®s during the dark days of the war. . The feeling that all Is not 'well has f Weighed upon housekeepers for weeks, •;'When life's prime necessities grew ®arer and dearer. But now the coon- . • try has been told the bitter truth by ®*ood Controller Murlaldi In a speech : fcefore the chamber of deputies. - s This year's harvest of grain has elded 200.000.000 hundredweight than last year; the government ust import 250,000.000 hundredweight for bread, which Is sold nt 20 ents for a two-pound loaf, and means 400.000,000 on hard grain alone; on •oft grain the loss equals another $400,0**0,000; on olive oil the state loses several hundred million dollars. Italy Is the ' only allied country^ Whose Inhabitants must still ent war; (bread. Its price, the government says,j fiust shortly be raised 6 or 10 cents' or a two-pound loaf, because the' budget cannot stand the loss of $800,- 1>00,000 a year on grain alone. The t>ubllc must bear part of the burden In dearer bread. Rice is scarce, too; this year's hardest shows a shortage of half a mll- • lion hundredweight; the oil harvest is so poor the public has less than Dne-third the quantity doled out last pear. There is less than half the (quantity of cheese, lard, butter and tnllk of last year; there la a serious sugar shortage too. . And the food controller has no Esmedy to suggest. The public blames im and his food ministry. He Iblames the food ministry too. saying that such chaos reigned when he Itook It over last summer tliat be has been unable to straighten things) out end will resign as soon as possible. tHe told an astonished chamber that lie found his ministry buying cheese at 50 cents a pound, to resell to [wholesale dealers, who doled It out (to the public at $1.50 a pound. He added that one great trouble Is the lack of food experts to advise the government in buying foods, especially perishable kinds. And he «aid he saw no hope for a better food situation in the near future unless (people eat less and pull their belts tighter over empty stomachs. The perpetual upward flight of food good order. Recent strikes and civil strife were almost wholly due to discontent caused by the still Increasing cost of' life's prime necessities and more trouble Is yet to coma unless the upward trend is curbed. 8ample Increases. Cbtton goods cost 300 per cent more than they did In 1916, woolen goods 250 per cent, hats and shoes 200 per cent, shoddy clothes 250 per cent, glass goods 300 per cent. Homegrown produce has Increased more than foods Imported from America. For Instance, eggs are now 55 per cent dearer than three years ago, potatoes 450 per cent dearer, beans 426 per cent, fresh pork 370 per cent, Italian lard 286 per cent, beef 811 per cent, butter 279 per cent, cheese 250 per cent, milk 300 per cent, wine 525 per cent. The food control office reports that wine growers made such big profits this last year that they paid for the land their. wines are grown on from tha one year's gain alone. The ever-growing copt of living Is Italy, once the cheapest country in Europe, tha paradise of the poor man. seems to be In a vicious circle. Dear food and discontent go band-lnhand, breeding strikes, riots, bloodshed. They again react on local production and cause prices to rise higher than before. Then follow fresh strikes and disorders; the screw Is turned yet again and the vicious circle must be rounded once more. ARCH-FOR 100-YEAR PEACE Memorial Urged far Friendly Rela. tloas Between Canada f|M United 8tatea. ^ - :- Blaine, Wash.--Erection of a tiuge memorial arch on the international boundary here to commemorate the century of peace between Canada and the United States Is being urged by good roads men of Washington and British Columbia. Tentative plana call for the erection of the arch In a big park to be established on the Pacific highway on both sides of the boundary. The city of Blaine is willing to purchase the American share of the park If the British Columbia parliament will buy the Canadian side. Samuel Hill of Seattle, president ol the Pacific Highway association. Is leading the movement. Premier joho Oliver of British Columbia has prom ised to. consider the matter. -iLjii -1, •." . Enemy ! by Five Tanks Ruse That Kept Germans Guess-1 ing on Eve of Argonne Disclosed. Lumber Jacks to Tramp Over John Brown's Grave. Troy, N. Y.--The grave of John Brown, the abolitionist, at North Elba, In the Adirondacks, Is Included ln the sale of 1,200 acres of timber land In Essex county near Lake Placid, which has just been bought by James Hurley, Lake Placid, for $60,- 000. Lumbering operations will be carried on. When Brown was executed in 1859 his body waa taken to North Elba, where he had founded a refuge for fugitive slaves. Several years ago a monument was placed over the grave. i . . . . i « . i . V » m » « V » . . « « STAGE ONE-NIGHT STANDS Their Bluff Attacka Divert Two German Divisions--U. 8. Army Qeta v Pirat Two of Improved Typo of Battle Tank. Washington.--The story of five little American tanks and the part they played in the great Argonne offensive Is told as follows In a statement lasued by the war department: "Gen. Pershing with the first American army had just finished awakening the German high command to a healthy fear of the American soldier by reducing the St. Mihlel salient, and the plans for the Meuse-Argonne offensive were about to be carried Into execution. In these days of the airplane and wireless telegraphy, It seems im' possible to deliver a surprise assault Nevertheless no pains are spared to deceive the enemy as to the exact point of attack. As a means of covering the true point of attack, the chief of tank corps presented a scheme which received the approval of the high command. Cut Up Like an Army of Tanks. "Accordingly, after the withdrawal of the tanks from the St. Mihlel sector, Lieut. Higgins with his platoon of the Three Hundred and Thirty-fourth battalion tank corps, was directed to proceed from this point ln a northwesterly direction along the lines via narrow gauge railway. He was to stop each night and make a reconnaissance In front of our positions with his tanks and immediately load up and repeat the operation the following night further down the line. "On Sept. 19, the five tanks and their crews were loaded and the expedition started. That evening they stopped in the rear of a little wood, many kilometers west of St. Mihlel. Off the little narrow guage flat cars tumbled the the tanks and nosed Into the woods for concealment. About 11 o'clock all was ready and the mlnla tare army started forward on Its mission. Everything went off as sched uled. The tanks rolled through our positions ind Into No Man's Land. "They were operated back and forth for half an hour. After this they were quietly withdrawn, crawled back on their little narrow gauges and started merrily on their way. They timed their work perfectly, and aa they pulled out a terrific barrage hit the wood they had left. "The following evening the proced ure was repeated. Again the barrage descended too late to hurt the Jaunty band. For six successive nights the troupe staged their one night stands, and the reports ail along the sector showed that the Hun was up In the air. All day long the sky was, full of planes searching for the army of tanks whlj?h the enemy was sure was concentrating on this front All suspicious looking placea were bombarded with the usual Hun thoroughness and Intensity. All night long the darkness was dispelled by hundreds of flares and rockets, and all Indications showed that Heinle waa not going to be caught napping. Diverted Two Qlvision*. "Best of all. Just as the little band was preparing to entrain to get Into the big show In the Argonne there came a message from the Intelligence section stating two German divisions withdrawn from Argonne front. En training for your sector."* The lank corps has just received at Camp Meade, Md., from the Rock Island arsenal two Mark Vm. tanks. This type, the largest yet placed In quantity production, was especially designed for use against the Hlndenburg line and similar defenses. Not so fast uor so easily handled as the lighter types. It possesses the ability to cross much larger ditches, crush more formidable obstacles, and carries a much heavier armament. The great difficulty with the large British tanks was that they were underpowered and, on account of the arrangement of the machinery within, did not afford the proper room for the crews. A commission of British and American experts has corrected faults largely through the adoption of tha American Liberty motor. NEWS OF ILLINOIS HOME RULE PUN » #* f OR BASIC LAW I '/ PACIFIC ENTRANCE OF THE PANAMA CANAL <L " ::-x:A&yx yiyftiM i <*rv»«d * View from Sosa hills, snowing tfte Pacinc entrance to the Panama canal and the 300-acre fill made by dump* ings from Gaillard cut. A village, wireless station and army quarters are now located on this AIL , • ' • " " I ' TRIBE IS HIT HEAVY # Almost Wiped Out by Dance and Feast jpamlne Follow# Teta Among Alaskan Indiana--Forty-Two Are Dead. , Cordova, Alaska.--A play, a dance and a feast, winding up a season of plenty was responsible for the nearextinction of the Quigillingok tribe of natives last winter and spring, according to John H. Kllbuck, superintendent of schools for the Kuskokwlm yiver district. The famine following the feast, Mr. Kl'buck said ln his annual report to the bureau of education, caused the deaths of at least' 42 of the natives, And would have wiped out the entire «lan bad not missionaries come to the fescue with a supply of food. 1 The tribe, Mr. Kllbuck said, storsd up great quantities of flab during the summer and fall seasons. In celebration of their good fortune they invited other tribes to attend a "kuvgagyagagg," featured by a play, a "white man's dance" and the giving away of food. When it Was all over the guests were millionaires in the currency of the section, while the hosts were paupers. It will be years, Mr. Kllbuck declared, before the Quigillingoks recover from the effects of their generosity. Fewer Horsea, More Cows . Washington.--Farm animals of the United States were valued at $8^61,- 443,000 on January 1, compared with $8,827,894,000 a year ago, rite department of agriculture announced. Horses numbered 21,100,000, a decrease of 1.1 per cent. Mules numbered 4,ti0fi,o00, a decrease of LI per cent, bu* milk cows were 2S,747j00Q^ aa Increase of Q.5 per cent FOR A TINY BOOK, $75,000 New York Dealer Bought Shakespeare Volume in Europe for a , Client. ' ; . New York.--A copy of Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis," printed In 1599 and classed as one of the most valuable books ln the world, arrived here in the possession of George D. Smith, a dealer in rure books, a passenger on the Cunard liner Carmania from Liverpool. * . f Mr. Smith said he paid $75,000 for the tiny volume, two by three Inches in size and weighing only two ounces. The volume was purchased for Henry E. Huntington of New York. Austrian Children to Italy. Vienna.--Ten thousand Austrian children are now going to Italy as guests of various municipalities. They will remain for the winter. Many thousands more are In Switzerland, Germany, Holland and the Scandinaviaa countries^ Chicago.--In an address at the recent annual meeting of the Illinola Highway Improvement association, held here, Governor Lowden said: "By looking at the map you will see that for 1920 we estimated revenues from license fees under the plan proposed of $4,800,000. The secretary of state Informs me that for tills year the receipts will surely be not less than $5,- 500,000, or almost three-quarters of a million dollar^ more than we estimated when tills program was submitted three years ago. It was not supposed we would reach $5,500,000 until 1922, and in 1924 the maximum would be reached, namely, $6,000,000 per year. We are already within half a million dollars of that maximum estimate." Springfield.--The city of Chicago suffered another setback in its fight for home rule In traction matters when the Illinois supreme court handed down a decision upholding tlje right of the state utilities commission to fix street car fares. The supreme court decided that the city council has lost all control over street car fares and that the terms of the 1907 ordinance under which the surface line companies agreed to furnish transportation at five cents a ride have been voided by the act of the legislature creating the public utilities commission. An appeal to the United States Supreme court la now the only hope of the city so far as action ln the courts is concerned. Springfield. -- Public ownership In Illinois won a sweeping victory when the supreme court ruled that the state public utilities commission has no power to regulate municipal plants. The decision was a four to three vote and sustained the decision of the Sangamon circuit court in which Judge Smith refused to grant an Injunction to prevent the Springfield electric light plant from operating without "doming under the regulation of the state utilities commission. Springfield.--Delegate Jarmln of Rushville has reckoned that the convention has been in session 41 days and has spent 84 hours and 12 minutes In convention meetings. Going back tp the 1870 convention, which met December 13 and then adjourned 14 days for Christmas, Mr. Jarmin reckons that that convention In Its 41 days had received all of its proposals, made Its committee reports, and waa considering what it would place ln the constitution. Springfield.--Plans by the organiza tlon known as the National Week of Song, with headquarters in Chicago to have the week of February 22 to 28 observed as National Song week were given additional impetus in Illinois through the issuing of a procla matlon relative to the week by Gov. Frank O. Lowden and the action of Francis G. Blair, state superintendent of public Instruction, In requesting the schools of the state to observe the week. Springfield. -- Highway superintend ents of Illinois went on record at their recent annual meeting In favor of county units for road work rather than township units, because of the larger taxing power. The plan has been suggester, and will come up for considers tion at the present session of the constitutional convention. Springfield.--The schoolbook trust lost its fiuht for higher rates on schoolbooks when the supreme coprt refused to allow a mandamus compelling Francis G. Blair, state superintendent of public Instruction, to certify to the various county superintendents a new list at increased rates. Springfield.--Notice of the calling of a special convention of coal miners of subdistrlct No. 4, to be held in Springfield on March 9 was sent out to the 37 local unions of the subdistrlct by John J. Watt secretary-treasurer of the subdistrlct. Champaign.--An unconditional gift to the Julia F. Burnham hospital of $75,000 by Mrs. Newton M. Harris of Champaign was announced. An offer was made to give $25,000 more If tha community raises $25,000. Springfield.--Labor leaders here are attempting to organize public schoolteachers. The teachers recently held a meeting at which the question of forming a union was considered. The matter was taken under advisement. Springfield.--Gallatin county's courthouse at Shawneetown is falling to pieces, says a mandamus petition filed In supreme court Beeking to compel the board of supervisors to erect a new building. Chicago.--An average increase of 30i08 per cent taxes for the towns comprised within Chicago was announced by County Clerk Robert M. Sweltzer, in making public the tax rate for each division of the city. Amboy.--Lee county farmers expect to convert large tracts of peaty, swampy ground Into corn land by treating it with potash, about 250 to 300 pounds to the acre. Marion.--Williamson county, which has produced more coal than any other county in the state, Is now advancing along the lines of stock raising. Records Just compiled show that the number of sheep during the last five years increased 65 per cent and the number of hogs 36 per cent, with cattle a close third. Batavia.--The Clifford farm of 85 acres near here has been selected as the site of the Kane county tuberculosis sanitarivrtn. The board of supervisors purchased the tract for $20,000. A building to cost $100,000 will be erected. Springfield.--Springfield's budget this year will amount to more than a million dollars. But half of It will be spent, however, as the city's revenue la only about $500,000. Peoria.--Len Small of Kankakee was re-elected president of the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs at the closing session of the two-day convention of its members. Theodore Boltenstern of Cambridge was elected vice president and B. M. Davidson of Springfield secretary-treasurer. Fiftysix fairs were represented at the isMtlng, Program of United Societies Is Offered at the Constitutional Convention. B AIMED IT COOK COUNTY Proposition Would Designate Citiea aa Thoae Having Over 5,000 Population; Smaller Municlpalitiea Styled Villages. Springfield. -- Before adjournment last week the constitutional convention received the home rule proposition of the Chicago United Societies, which was presented by Delegate John E. Traegar for Inclusion In the new basic law. Municipalities are divided into two classes. Those having over 5,000 population ,are designated cities, and smaller municipalities are styled villages. « "Municipalities shall have authority to exercise all such powers of local self-government as are not in conflict with general laws," the proposal specifies. Public ownership of utilities Is provided for. All dealings with public utilities or their acquisition by municipalities must be subject to a referendum if such an expression of the popular will Is petitioned. Herbert F. Lill, asked that the now basic law shall contain this provision: No new county shall be formed or. established by the general assembly which will reduce the county or counties, or either of them, from which It shall be taken to less contents than 400 square miles nor shall any count# be farmed of less contents." In~the proposal there Is no suggea* tlon that this shall not apply to Cook county. It has 993 square miles. If Chicago alone is made into a county It would have a trifle more than 200 square miles. If a county Is ipade out of the territory within the sanitary district it probably would not have 400 square miles. If the remainder of Cook county Is made Into more than one county there would not be enough territory to give each county 400 square miles. Just what the political status of the outlying municipalities and town ships of Cook county would be should there be a consolidation of the city and county governments through an enabling act ln the new state constitution, is a question that has aroused deep interest and strong opposition from many county politicians and office holders. That the consolidation plan is to be fought bitterly during the preliminary committee hearings and also before the "con-con" Is evident because of the stand taken by the country municipalities of Cook county, an organization made up "-of about sixty towns, villages and town ships of the county outside of Chicago. This organization has been brought into close harmony of action during the last year through Its fight before the public utilities commission on the advance in cost of commutation tickets of the steam roads entering Chicago. Its lawyers and officers are now ready to turn their attention to fighting the city-county consolidation plan and opened the fight when the "con-con" committee resumed its sessions ln Chicago. The organization went on record a few days ago ns "being unalterably opposed to the consolidation of the vurlou? municipalities of Cook county and the city of Chicago government" Ralph L. Peck, secretary of the organization, said that the action was taken beeuuse "the municipalities outside of the limits of Chicago want to be let alone, for they are satisfied with their present form of government." "We are not opposed to the Insertion of an enabling act ln the new constitution," he said, "but we don't want to be dragged into Cook county. Later If conditions should arise and public sentiment of any one of our municipalities should crystallize in favor of coming Into Chicago, why, then the inRtter could be put to a vote of that municipality. But we will fight being forced into the city, and we have a smoothly working organization with which to oppose such m scheme." Eight proposals were submitted before adjournment last Thursday, the most Important being that by Delegate Fyke, which would prevent organization of any more state banks. The convention adjourned until Wednesday morning to give the Chicago delegates ample opportunity to participate ln Tuesday's first nonpartisan aldermanlc election ln Chicago. sfHsppy Housewives are helping their husbands to prosper--are glad they eaccmraged (hem to go where they could make a hone of their own--save paying rent and reduce coat ct Urine--when they could reach prosperity and independence by Iwyiag M easy Mm, Fertile Land at $15 to $30 an Acre land similar to that which through many years has yMM frm to 48 kwshals of wheat to the atn. Hundreds of fanners in W< Canada have raised crops in a single season worth more than the cost of their land. With such crops come prosperity, independence homes, and all the comforts and conveniences which make for happy I Farm Gardens--Poultry-- Dairying me sources of income second Good climate, good neigh bo •Choola, rural telephone, etc.. a \ only to grain growing neighbors, churches. a, give yon the opportunities of new land with the conveniences of old settled districts. Far inityfj Htaratnr*. map*.description of farm«n»v»tuultt«a in Manitnte. Saskatchewan, and Anarta, radneed railway etc.. writ* D^artOMDt at Immigration. Ottawa, Can , or C.V J. HOUGHTON, Roon 417.. Ill W. AAhm Sc. Chicago, OL. M. V. KSCINNES, 17* Mhrssa At--i. DatnA, Mkhigaa Canadian Government Agents. DISTEMPER or Strangles in stc-Iiions, brood mares, colts and all otfcKWO Is most destructive. Tha germ causing disease must b«; removed from the body of the animal. To prevent tha trouble (he same must be done. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER COMPOUND Will do both--cure the sick and prevent those "exposao" from having the disease. Sold by your druggist. 60c uul $1.15 per bottle. gpOHK UEOICAL CO., |ffrs^ Goakea. Iii, C. S. A» A Sign. "I understand the old lady jooder 18 under suspicion." w : . "Why so?" * i . ; "Don't you see ahe la wearing corkscrew curls?" "CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP" IS CHILD'S LAXATIVE Haar Teachera on March 3. On March 3 the schoolteachers will he heard by the convention. Peter Mortensen, superintendent of schools, and Chester Dodge and Archibald Coddlngton, principals, are expected to present the Chicago teachers' claims for help. Robert Moore, secretary of the State Teachers' association, will be one of the representatives of the pedagogues from downstate. Charles Woodward, president of the convention, Rodney Brandon and George Gale will work out a program for ttk« day. Want Board Abolished. A demand that the public utilities commission be abolished will be mads to the constitutional convention by officials of the towns of Maywood, Forest Park, Melrose Park and Broadview. Their views on the question of interference by the state commission with the franchise rights of towns and cities ire contained ln a resolution which will be given to the basic law* makers. A statement to this effect was made before the constitutional convention committee on Chlcagt and Oookeoafttx. at tongue I Remove poisons from stomach, liver and bowels. »C Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only--look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. Give it without fear. Motherl Yon must say "California." --Adv. GETS MONEY FROM RUBBISH Invention o' Englishman Has Proved Its Practical Value in a Number of Towna. One of the most remarkable machines in the world has just been invented by an Englishman, W. P. Hoyle. It converts dust Into cash--or, more correctly sptaklng, It extracts what is worth saving from rubbish and prepares it for redistribution. Cinders are washed, dust is converted into fertilizer, tins are cleaned, and paper and rags are sorted. Another bit of machinery used In this wonderful "refuse recovery plant" deals with clinkers, turning them into molded concrete blocks for building. It has been proved that every hundred tons of waste produce $160, and since a town of 75,000 inhabitants discards about one hundred tons of rubbish daily one can easily work out the municipal revenue that such a plant would produce. Not a few towns in the United Kingdom have already installed a Hoyle rubbish converting plant. Aberdeen In one day collected $3,000 worth of discarded bottles, a week's jam-jar collection ln the city of Sheffield realized $600, while Glasgow estimates that one year's conversion «C ibr rubbish will bring ln $20,000. Hasty Figuring. "1 took Professor Jiggs out fo|r , ride In my car the other day." f > "Yes?" ' V- *| "He's fully as absent minded as y&B ;' said he was. He was thinking about something all the time we were riding and never once opened his mouth." "I think I can explain that. He waa probably counting the number of jolts you were giving him and calculating how much energy was wasted every time he was hurled into the air.**-- Birmingham Age-Herald. ^ ' RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rati* 4 small box of Barbo Compound, and Mt OS. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice • week until it becomes the desired shade. Any druggist can put this up or you eua mix it at home at very little cost. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair( and will make harsh hair soft and gkMif. It will not co'or the scalp, is not sticky sa greasy, and does not rub off.--Adr» TOWN LONG WITHOUT BANK A • $ Lucky Accident. ' Mrs. Towne--"How did you sleep last night?" Towne (father of twins) --"Accidentally." Colorado Community, In Exlatanas More Than a Century, Is New 1 to Have Institution. 4ha little Spanish town of 8MB Luis, the county seat of Costilla county, Colo., in the lower end of the valley, will welcome its first bank wheat the State Bank of San Luis opens Its doors for business. This little town is more than one hundred years old, and was one of the furthest outposts of Spanish settlement that followed the northward push of the Spanish residents of Santa Fe and vicinity. For nearly fifty years before the first contingent of Americans, under command of Gen. Frank Baldwin, now. a resident of Denver, arrived over Lt Veta pass and established the military post of Fort Garland, San Luis had been a flourishing little settlement surrounded by highly developed farms. In the last few years the progress and development of the town and community has been more rapid until now the town is considered to be larg» enough to need a bank. The majority of the residents of the vicinity are Spanish-speaking people of the old school, polished, courteous, energetic and prosperous. Some of the wealthiest men of the valley are to be found in the town and ita close environ*! •;; * Not a Flirt. t A friend of mine while motoring bs the East had an amusing experience which he related to me recently. Driving through New Hampshire b« stopped pityingly when he saw a woman beginning the climb of a mile-long upgrade. My friend is considerably under thirty and the woman was sixty, or more, sallow, squirrel toothed, crooked and bony. He raised hte hat and asked: "May I give you a ride,, madam?" She glared and snapped3 "No, sir, you can't. I'm none of you] city flirts, I'd have you know." . | It Is easier to find fault than It M| to Ihko It aim In. 1 Hard ^Vorlc Tires muscles and Ttervea., and then to whip iheirt Ei.th coffee, "with. Its ru£ caffeine, mak.es cl bad matter worse. POSXUMCEREAI Is a drink for workers that contains no drug, tut furnishes a finely flavored beverage, full-bodied fend robust, pleaslnd to former coffee drinkers. flVo Vsui sizes At grocers sual}y .sold At TIade by 'I & v.,; S\