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pppBRl! ^;^^^Tt,^^\;?*^r','*l'% w* ^ * * • ; sTy? -71^7 T*!^s^p*w ......A nJ. .MM RRIT1SH ASKED ELOAN CANCELED Secretary of Treasury Houston Names Country Before v^a$enate Committee. i^; ' r^^y' ' NO PROPOSAL FROM FRANCE tS inforntttton Volunteered by Cabinet ^ 7Member Confirms Statement Made "j by J. Austen Chamberlain, Brit* ain's Chancellor of Exchequer. Washington, Feb. 15.--Great Britain lias made several advances to the United States government with a view to cancellation of that country's debt to this country. This information was disclosed to the senate committee on foreign relations by David F. Houston, secretary of the treasury. The advances were made during the Versailles peace conference and have been repeated since. In every .ustance proposed negotiations have been disapproved by the Treasury department. The Information given the committee by Secretary Houston confirms the statements recently made by J. Austen Chamberlain, the British chancel- •or of the exchequer. Mr. Chamberlain said that the British government had proposed a cancellation of allied indebtedness and added that the proposition had not received the favorable support of the United States, whereupon the proposition was dropped. Secretary Houston appeared before the committee at his own request. France has not proposed the cancellation of her debt, although the French government sounded this government on the matter. Secretary Houston explained his position with respect to foreign loans and the negotiations for the replacement of short time securities with long time obligations. Secretary Houston repeated the assurances he recently conveyed by letter to Chairman Lodge of the committee that no more credits would be established during the short period that remains before Secretary Houston quits office. Members of the foreign relations committee let it be known that they have had In their possession for Lome time information to the effect that President Wilson at the Paris peace conference promised to use his influence, after ratification of the treaty, to induce congress to agree to the cancellation of the allied indebtedness to the United States amounting to about •10,000,000,000. According to the information, t^e •i British representatives first proposed the cancellation of the debt. President Wilson declined to agree to this on the ground that he lacked author- '• Ity, hut, according to the information, promised to bring the matter before the American people and congress immediately after the ratification of the Versailles treaty. The information, if correct, throws Interesting light on the desire of the ^ British to get America to ratify the K" treaty and their willingness to accept p any reservations. i After the rejection of the treaty, the British proposals were renewed, i> but the administration held that it H was n°t bound to take any action. U. S. BOARD BARS i m is*#'. if "8-R-B-R-RP BAIL WAGE COTL JUDGE K. LANDIS Federal Rail Board at Chicago Refuses the Plea of He Managers. WARRANTLESS RAID ILLEGAL Mnited States Judge Rules Garage * Not Be Searched for Rum Without Permit. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 15.--The entry Without permission, express or Implied, into a private garage, without warrant, on a mission of search and seizure by prohibition agents of the United States Is unlawful, under a decision handed down in United States District court by Judge John W. Peck. "The right of the people to be secure l« their houses against unreasonable Searches and seizures is not limited to dwelling houses, but extends to garages, warehouses, shopg, stores, offices and even a safety deposit vault," Judge Peck said. "The discretion of an officer, however good and well inteotioned, is not a substitute in law for a search warrant issued by a proper magistrate." UNION HEAD CHARGES PLOT B. M. Jewell Says Executives Seek to Destroy Labor Organization and Re-Establish "Financial Autocracy" Over Roads. Chicago, Feb. 12.--Labor won a victory by a decision of the United States railway wage board. The application made January 31 by W. W. Atterbury on behalf of the railway executives ar'clng the abolition of the national agreements and the takinur away of the fixed rate of wages o? railway employees, was denied by the board. The board. Incidentally, • refused the establishment of a new basic rate for unskilled labor, predicated on local conditions. The board, meeting in the federal building, held that it was without Jurisdiction over questions involving the financial conditions of the railroads and unqualified to consider a petition arising from and based on alleged financial distress. In announcing the decision. Judge R. M. Barton, chairman of the federal bbard, urged that it be "not further interrupted by the introduction of unwarranted demands by either party." Complicity on the part of American railroad executives and financiers to destroy the organizations of railroad workers, and re-establish autocratic financial control of the transportation industry was charged by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employees' department of the American federation, who appeared before the United States railroad labor board In the federal building; Mr. Jewett, chief spokesman for the railroad workers' unions, also charged the railroad executives with "framing up of evidence," and declared a fair consideration of the pending case is impossible until the motives inspiring the request to abrogate the national agreement are fully revealed both to the board and the public. The question of the proposed abrogation of the national working agreement for railroads is expected to be definitely settled as a result of this meeting. Frank P. Walsh, counsel for the "standard unions," contended that the labor board had no jurisdiction over questions Involving <»the sufficiency of the roads' finances to pay the unions' demands. Jurisdiction in such questions, he held, rests with the Interstate commerce commission. MERCHANTS BUYING AGAIN CUTS ENLISTMENT OF NAVY Accepts Without Comment Pro- ;• / vision for Reducing Strength to 100,000 Men. Numerous Small Lot Transactions Indicate Some Stocks Need Replenishing-- More Plants Resume. New Tork, Feb. 14.--Dunn's Review for week ending February 11: The Irregularities which still characterize the business situation are a natural accompaniment of the process of economic readjustment. With conflicting forces in operation, commercial revival has not come in all quarters simultaneously and a definite turning point is yet to be reached In some leading trades and industries. Unsettlement In prices, with the trend continuing downward, remains a cause for hesitation in different lines, and such new demand as develops does not Indicate that buyers are disposed to commit themselves extensively for the future. At prices much below the highest basis, there is not the value of purchasing that might be expected, because various markets lack stability and orders are deferred to take advantage of probable further reductions. The number of small lot transactions, however, is increasing in certain directions, suggesting that some stocks are beginning to need replenishing, and not a little machinery that has recently been Idle has started up again on part-time schedules. Washington, Feb. 15.--The house accepted without comment the provision for reducing the enlisted strength of the navy from 143,000 to 100,000 men after July 1. No objection was raised . to the naval appropriation bill section providing funds sufficient only for a .force of 100,000 the coming fiscal ***** . Wt Headless Body of Girl Found Chicago, Feb. 14.--The headless ? body of a girl apparently about twenlv ty years old, was found In the Calu- ? met Sag canal near Blue Island. Both had been chopped ofTf apparently .With a heavy, sharp knife. p, ; Vice President Gets Rafse. V Washington, Feb. 14.--An amend- |. jgient to the legislative, executive and ? tftadicial appropriation bill, providing ifor an increase in the salary of the JTlce president from $12,000 to $15 000 jwas passed in the senate. Court Upholds "Lager" Label p Louisville. Ky., Feb. 12.--Federal f, iJudge Walter Evans permitted a iis ^Louisville brewery to use the word "lager" on its cereal beverage labels j«nd thereby upset a regulation of the ^department of internal revenue. Raid Arms Cache in Berlin. - Berlin, Feb. 12.--The police seized a house in the west end of this city] 45 machine guns, 40,000 rounds of cartridges and a number of carbines belonging to an organization called the JBerllner Beinatverband. 3 U. S. MAIL FLYERS KILLED German-Made Plane Explodes Over La Crosse, WIs^ and Aviators Burn to Death. La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 12.--Two air mail flyers and a mechanic were kined at Salzar field. The plane crashed 700 Teet to earth in a nose dive after the engine was wrecked by two explosions. The plane was of the old German Junker type. The dead are: W. L. Carroll, mail flyer on the Chicago-La Crosse line, of Minneapolis; H. Rowe, rflail flyer on the Chicago-Omaha line, of Pierre, S. D., and R. B. Hill, mechanic of the Chicago-Omaha line. "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Are Charged to Federal Jurist*- % * rv •% SENATOR DIAL TO ACT ALSO VORKWeftlD. CONTROL SUGAR SALE President of Cuba Appoints Body to Formulate Rules. , Commission of Seven Appointed in Effort to Save Principal Industry of Republic. j f. -- I Havana, Feb. 14.--Control of the sale and shipment of Cuba's 1920-21 sugar crop has been placed in the hands of a governmental organization known as the sugar finance commission. This commission, appointed by President Menocal, consists of seven members, and will formulate rules and regulations governing the whole operation of marketing the sugar crop of the island. Members of the body will : receive no compensation. The deffee appointing the commis- | sion, which was published in the Offl- j cial Gazette, directs sugar buyers or sellers to file, before February 20, sworn statements covering all sales contracts made with firms in foreign countries. All details of these contracts must be given, and, in addition, the agreements must stipulate that the product they cover is to be refined or used by the buyer, and not sold or offered for sale as crude sugar. Infractions of rules laid down will result In the commission refusing to Issue permits for further shipments by offending individuals. Provisions of the decree were explained here last night by R. B. Hawley, president of the American Sugar company, and one of the members of the commission. After pointing out the serious economic conditions prevailing in Cuba, which, he said, were largely due to the "artificial depression of sugar," Mr. Hawley declared that the Cuban government had adopted the plan of creating a commission "to save the sugar industry of the island." "The Cuban government," he continued, "seeks not only to defend its own Industry but also to defend the American consumer against abnormal conditions. By the method adopted the government undertakes to normalize and stabilize the price at which Cuban sugar may be delivered in the United States and other countries depending upon Cuba for their supplies of sugar. It is not the purpose to hold or hoard the product, but at all times to offer it freely wherever it is needed at the lowest prevailing prices. U. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Poles on German Border. Berlin, Feb. 15.--Polish troops are massing along the German border, according to officials of the German foreign office. About 200,000 Poles have been mobilized and are prepared to 'launch an offensive. 8erbia Rejects German Treaty. Belgrade, Feb. 15.--The cabinet rejected the draft of a treaty of co: merce with Gfimiany, prepared-tlT'collaboration ^Ith n >^*presenta- .tives here and approvecHJy the minister of commerce. a' 1 ifr Twenty-Three Die in Tornado. Sandersville, Ga., Feb. 12.--Twentythree persons were killed when a tornado struck the mill village of the Cleveland-O'Connor Lumber company near here. Twenty-two of those killed were negro workmen. 500,000 Women Seek Husbands New York, Feb. 12.--Half a million seeking husbands will be among the 1,300,000 immigrants expected to land in New York this year.. Frederick A, W a I lis, Immigration commission here said. ZL PROFITEERS IN RETAIL LINES Secretary of Commerce Alexander Says They Are Principal Bar to Prosperity. Washington, Feb. 12.--Profiteering retailers are the principal bar to a return to normal prices and the beginning of an era of unprecedented prosperity. This view was expressed by Joshua W. Alexander, secretary of commerce. Chicago March Wheat Gains 12% Cents--Potatoes Up 15 Cents--Cat* tie and Hog Prices Down. WEEKLY MARKETGRAM. (By )U. S. Bureau of Markets.) Washington, Feb. 14--For week ending Februaryf U: GRAIN--The week's grain trading started with a sharp advr nee in prices. There was a slight recession on the 7th but upon disclosure of an oversold condition a gain of 7%c took place on the 8th. On the 10th a further gain of about 5c was recorded, but on the 11th there was a drop of 2c caused largely by evening up for the double holiday. Germany reported to have offered to cancel 800,000 bushels of wheat, and Holland to have resold some rye and offered more. With exception of order fr 60,000 barrels of flour for Greece export demand slow with Australia and India underofTering the United States in Europe. Large country offerings in parts of Kansas, Indiana and Ohio as result of price advance on the 10th. Minneapolis reports flour trade moderate. Kansas City reports very dull export and milling demand; receipts larger; cash No. 2 dark hard 7c over Kansas City March. For the week Chicago March wheat gained 12%c at $1.65%. May corn at 67%c. Minneapolis March wheat up ll%c at >1.53%. Kansas City March 10%c at $1.66%; Winnipeg May 13%c at $1.80%; Chicago May wheat $1.54%. HAY--Market situation very dull. Receipts at most markets light but equal to demand. Prices have declined sharply In New York. Heavy receipts congesting market at Cincinnati. Reduced freight rates In effect from Montana points to Minneapolis, St. Paul, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Kansas City and lower Missouri river points. Quote No. 1 timothy New York nominal at $28.50; Chicago, $24.50; Cincinnati, $24.50; No. 1 alfalfa Cincinnati, $22; Memphis, $30. FEED--Markets steadier. Bran and middlings in several markets slightly higher due to reduced offerings FRUITS AND VEG ETABI.ES-Potatoes recovered about 10c per hun^- -"-"ti's at northern f. o. b. stations. Closing 86© 98c. Chicago <allot market up ijc, ie;un- Ing $1.15ft 1.26 sacked. Round whites weakened at western New York shipping points closing around $1. New York lo«'. an additional 10©15c, reaching $1.40@1.50 bulk. Cold storage Baldwin apples steady at western New York f. o. b. stations closing $4.00@4.15 per barrel, mostly around $4.00 Baldwins and Greenings steady in city wholesale markets at $4.o0<fjo.00: northwestern extra fancy winesaps steady in New York at $;!.i>0rti4.50. Sacked yellow onions slow and dull in wholesale consuming markets at 7<ic. $1.25 per 100 lbs. DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter markets weak during greater part of week but now showing sisns of improvement. February 10 prices !)2 score; New. York,.Chicago and Boston, 44c; Philadelphia, 45c. Imported butter meeting very light demand at present. Cheese markets for most part dull and inactive during week, but trading has improved somewhat the past few days and prices at country points are sljghtlv higher than a week ago. At Wisconsin primary markets sales average: Twins, 24%c: Daisies. 25>4c; Double Daisies, 24\c; Lonshorns, 26c. LIVE STOCK--Hogs at Chicago broke 25©60c the past week. Sheep and fat lambs down L'5<(i75c; fat ewes, 25c per 100 pounds. Beef steers generally 50c lower with some of the better grades as much as $1.15 lower. Butcher cattle averaged 50c lower. February 11 Chicago prices; Hogs, bulk of sales. $S.S5(f?9.40; medium and good beef steers. $7.75J/fl.25; butcher cows and heifers, $4.00<fi8.50, feeder steers, $fi.00@ lialit and medium weight veal calves, $9.75@'12.50; fat lambs, $6.50ig1».60: feeding lambs, $6.5rfW7.75; yearlings, $5.25®7.26; fat ewes, $3.25(&4.75. REWARD FOR DEAD BANDITS Bounty Offered by Missouri Bankers' Association is Double That for Live Robbers. Springfield, Mo., Feb. 12.--Bank bandits will be worth twice as much dead as alive, according to a reward plan adopted by the Barry Cogpty Bankers' association. SENATE 0. K.'S FARMERS' LOAN 4 ---- Approves $100,000,000 Bonds to Provide Immediate Agricultural Credits. Washington, Feb. 14.--The appropriation bill rider authorizing the secretary of the treasury to purchase $100,000,000 of federal farm loan bonds to provide credits for farmers pending decision by the Supreme court In the litigation testing constitutionality of the farm loan law, was adopted by the senate. It now awaits approval by the house. A substitute by Chairman McLean of the banking committee to limit purchase of farm loan securities to $8,- 000,000 annually for ten years was defeated. «, < Two Killed in Italy Riot. London, Feb. 15.--Two persons were killed and 15 wounded in a conflict between communists and extreme nationalists at the naval shipyard at Monfalcone.' Italy, says a Rome dispatch to the London Central News. President Visits New Home. • Washington, Feb. 15.--President Wilson passed several hours at the house where he will make his home after his retirement from office on March 4. It was the President's second visit to the house. Resigns as Canal Governor. Panama, Feb. „ 14.--Col. Chester Harding, governor * of the Panama canal zone, sailed for the United States. His resignation and departure leaves Col. Joy J. Morrow as acting governor. r $30,000 Liquor Is Seized. Detroit. Mich., Feb. 14.--Liquor sntil to be worth more than $30,000 was seized by agents of the state food and drug department in a raid in an exclusive district here. Wftlter Lange was arrested. Quake Rocks Italian Town. Rome, Feb. 12.--Earthquake shocks are reported from Farenna, on the Adriatic sea, about 100 miles soatli of Venice. Greek Army Is Crumbling. Paris, Feb. 15.--The Greek army in Asia Minor is crumbling; deserters are forming bands and looting towns or engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Turks and Greek military police, according ot a dispatch. Mob Hangs Florida Negro. Ocala, Fla., Feb. 15.--A mob broke Into the county jail here and seized a negro who had been arrested on a charge of attacking an aged white woman. He was taken to the scene bf tbe alleged crime and hanged. Allies Threaten Austria. Vienna. Feb. 14.--Officials are reported to have sent a formal note to the Austrian government protesting against movements having Jor their object fusion of Austria and Germany. Reprisals are threatened. 40,000 Steel Men's Pay Cut. Youngst'own, O., Feb. 14.--A 20 per cent reduction in wages for lndepend- ?-nt steel plants of the Mahoning valley (O.) and the Shcnango valley (Pa.) fields was announced here. More than 40.000 men are affected. Ohio Representative Refuses to Include Impeachment Proceedings Lu. JJ . di«" statement (n Releasing Ottawa Bank Clerk. Washington, Feb. 16.--Federal Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago was attacked in the house by Representative Welty of Ohio, who in impeaching the jurist charged "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the acceptance of the position of arbiter of organized baseball at a salary of $42,500 a year. Should the house decide to adopt a resolution for impeachment, a trial before the house bar will be held and a judgment will be rendered. Mr. Welty did not introduce a resolution for Impeachment, as is the custom, but arose on a "question of high personal privilege" and announced that he impeached the judge. Without debate, the Welty charges were referred to the jOdiciary committee for Investigation. There were a few scattering "noes." Mr. Welty said he would confine himself to the question of Judge Landis' serving as supreme arbiter of baseball while holding a federal office. Senator Dial announced that besides seeking to have impeachment proceedings brought against Federal Judge Landis in the house he "would prefer charges against him with the department of justice. , ; There is little likelihood of action by the Judiciary committee on the Welty charges' against Judge Landis at this session of congress, Chairman Volstead said. "The fact that Mr. Welty retires March 4 does not affect the status of the proceedings, nor does the case necessarily end with adjournment of congress," Mr. Volstead added. "No arrangement has been made for a meeting of the committee, but we probably will hear Mr. Welty shortly, and if the comfnlttee believes there is sufficient ground to go ahead, it will be necessary to adopt a resolution providing therefor." Senator Dial, resuming His attack on Judge Landis in the senate, called the judge a "freak" and a "crank" and said Judge Landis' attack on the senator with reference to his connection with banks and Southern cotton mills was "demagogic." "If Judge Landis' views, as shown in his parole of this boy who embezzled $90,000 from a bank, were known to the senate, he would never have been confirmed by this body," said Senator Dial. "I conceive his parole of this boy under the circumstances to be revolutionary, and an Ohio Court of Appeals has decided that sentences suspended in this way are illegal. "Judge Landis affords the spectacle of a federal judge who is also the chief arbiter of baseball at $42,000. The attorney general says there is nothing illegal in a judge engaging in business, but it was never expected he would do so. There are 1,230 cases on the docket in Judge Landis' court, which it would take hlifn two years to hear, and it is the business of a judge to stay In the courthousei and attend to his business. It brings his court into disrepute. I have no criticism of baseball, although I know very little about it. I suppose it is innocent enough and that it is all right to engage in it with moderation. "His reply to me shows he is not fit to sit on the bench. ] will not lower the dignity of this body to reply to this 'freak' and 'crank' as he replied to me." Chicago, Feb. 16.--Judge Landis, notified unofficially that impeachment proceedings directed against him by Senator Dial of South Carolina probably would be started in the senate, repeated his defiance of the man who has declared him to be "unworthy of the ermine." "It isn't my judicial character that has caused this attack," declared the judge. "TJhe basis for the Impeachment movement was my plain statement concerning the responsibility of employers and the question of fair wages. "As for this impeachment taAte--4t's plsh-posh." Wabash Road Cuts Force. Decatur, 111., Feb. 16.--A reduction of 640 men, in the mechanical forces of the Wabash system will be made next Saturday, it was announced here by G. F. Hess, superintendent of motive power of the system. This includes 212 men at the local shops and the closing of the shops at Springfield. Center Moves West. Washington, Feb. 16.--The center of population, as disclosed by the 1920 .census, Is in the extreme southeastern corner of Owen county, Indiana, 8.3 miles southeast of the town of Spencer, the census bureau announced. 8enate Passes Appropriations. Washington, Feb. 16.--The legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was passed by the senate and sent to conference. It carries about $114,000,000 for salaries and maintenance of government departments. House Defeats Warship Ban. Washington, Feb. 16.--The house voted down, 124 to 30, tan amendment to the naval appropriation bill which would have prevented the expenditure of any part of the $90,000,000 for continuing naval construct!^. Ten Cars Demolished in Wreck. Decatur. 111., Feb. 16.--Ten cars loaded with meat were demolished and 18 others derailed when an eastbound Wabash freight was wrecked by an unknown cause as It entered Niantic, 12 miles west of here. I M I I U M H M I U M ILLINOIS I I State News I •MMMniMtiinimiMi Rockford.--The Winnebago countyboard of supervisors adopted a resolution urging the legislature to repeal the law which puts the collection of taxes entirely in the hands of the county treasurer and asking the restoration of the office of township tax collector. Bloom Ington.--Because the new state's attorney, Lester H. Martin, is making a war on gamblers, threatening messages have been sent him to the effect that if he does not cease this prosecution gangs of thugs will be brought into McLean county to terrorize the natives. Chicago.--Delegates to the good roads convention held here went to Harvey to witness a test of speed between a steam road roller and a gasoline- driven roller. The gas vehicle established a world's record by winning the half-mila race In 6:58%. The races were held down the main street of Harvey. Mayor Matt Stobbs of Harvey was the starter. , La Crosse, Wis.--Two Chicago-Minneapolis mail air pilots and n mechanic were burned to death in their airplane, northward bound. Their tragic fate adds three names to the death toll of the German-made JL6 all-metal monoplanes in the United States air service, making the total to date seven men. Pilots W. L. Carroll, Minneapolis ; Arthur Rowe of Chicago, and Mechanic Robert B. Hill of Havana, 111., were the victims. Their bodies were incinerated before they could be rescued. Springfield.--Condition of winter wheat In Illinois continues generally good, says the semimonthly report on crop conditions in Illinois prepared by S. D. Fessenden, government agricultural statistician. He adds: "The acreage of new clover appears to be somewhat" larger than last year; it has started well and is in excellent shape. The supply of farm labor at present is in excess of the demand at the wages asked. Some plowing has been done since the middle of the month In several counties." Carlinville.--Maneford Beavers, a farmer residing near her6, was so busy last fall with his numerous duties that Ills potato patch was neglected and the crop remained" in the ground. Beavers just remembered he had planted the crop and thrust a hoe In the ground to take a look at the "spoiled" vegetables. However, the mild winter had scarcely affected them and he is now busy gathering his 1920 crop. Springfield.--The mere fact that a Rafe is locked does not perturb modern yeggs, even if tliey do not happen to have their supply of nitro along. Burglars entered the sofe drink parlor of Patrick Allen here, apparently without supply of explosives, and found the safe "secure." The rear door was opened, the cash container lifted upon a vehicle of unknown description and a getaway was made. Allen is out about $1,200 in cash and other valuables-- and the safe. Carlinville.--Police powers will be given a local Red Cross nurse who is making a tour of the city administer-, ing medical aid to sick childreu. The work has been greatly hindered by the refusal of many parents to allow .the nurse to enter their homes, not understanding the full meaning of her mission. In many cases, it. Is believed, this has been the case, where aid was badly needed so the power of police to give her access to enter all homes, Was asked by the board of health. Belleville.--Farmers in St. Clair county are praying for cold weather to prevent the visitation of a grasshopper plague in midwinter, the St. Clair county farm bureau says. During the last few days it is said that billions of- young grasshoppers have been hatched from their eggs on St. Clair county farms, and they are not only covering the plants on the wheat fields and on meadows, but the rails and boards on fences are literally covered with them. The hatching of the eggs is due to the mild weather and the only thing that could exterminate the grasshopper would be a severe cold spell. Chicago.--Joseph C. Mason, administrative auditor dnring the Lowden administration, has gone into the general insurance business in Chicago, with James A. Short, chief factory inspector. Both have a wide circle of acquaintances in Chicago and downstate. Mr. Mason was one of the best known newspaper men in Chicago for years. He was connected with the Deneen administration as secretary and chief examiner of the state civil service commission. In that capacity and afc administrative auditor, he obtained a wide knowledge of the state service. He tendered his resignation and retired upon the inauguration of Governor Small. Sterling.--Wolves have become so numerous and have caused such havoc iri sheep flocks and poultry yards that many Whiteside county farmers are taking down their "no trespassing" signs and allowing hunters to hunt the animals on their farms. Springfield.--The Supreme court held the People's Gas Light and Coke company of Chicago liable for $20,249 court costs Incurred by the Cook county master in chancery in investigating the company's alleged unfair tax assessment of 1909. The costs were at first assessed against the city. Jacksonville.--This city will entertain the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution in conference March 22-24. Chicago.--Reopening of high school classes for the study of the German language was authorized by Supterintendent Mortenson of the Chicago schools In a bulletin sent to principals. The classes must enroll a certain number of pupils before teachers will be provided.' "German has the same "standing in 0the high schools as a^y other modern language," reuds Mr. Mortenson's communication. .'MIL*. Back Given Ont? There's sorely i tck. Likely it's yoor kidneys. A cold or strain ofttf lame, achy baca the kidneys and slows them «p. may be the reason for that backache, those sharp pains, that worn-out feeling. You may have aches sad di*zy spells, too, with bladder irregularity. Use Fills. They hare heiped thoo- A»k your neighbor I ' 7 ^ - '••••' ing bladi Kidney An Illinois Cam Thomas B. Walker, 11324 Forrestvllle Ave., Pullman. 111., says: "My kidneys acted Irregularly and I had to get up several times durlngr the night. Morning* my back waa sore and lame and I could hardly dreRB myself. 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