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ILL. •uch jvmrnm to set of f>rove<i status htt b«*n -organisation g the 4"B*<M>13i4oS2 way from tit* • If funding and th« Mtted interest may b« ae- uivsnuauon. yn ut« war up irw IU stages af society ,wa b»v« emalnated slavery aad hMKm and Con* ferenoe» Prwfdint Atwrts in Metsaoe to Congress f HBP Dl WORLD RESTORATION Units* States Witt Assist tn flasterine IHbl» Order and Normal ftelatlen- •hip--Enactment of Tariff an# • Foj^lpi Debt Re'undjlna j[.-t Wile Wiia#^'*:. - l^iwifiillon.--President ffarflfcfifc fail If* formed congress in his first annual message that "a most gratifying world accomplishment" by the arms confer- • if4? ecce "la not improbable." r. The President's message, delivered ifAt in person, is in pert as follows: Mr. Speaker and Members of the Con- ; areas: It is a very gratifying privilege to appear r>efore the con#rera with the ; republic Rt peace with all the nations of S ita* world. More, Jt la squally gratifying to report that our count* y is not only free ; from every impending menace of war, but : there are growing assurances of the permanency of the peace which wa bo deeply cherish. For approximately ten years we have dwelt amid menaces of wars, or as participants In war's actualities, and the Inevitable aftermath, with its disordered conditions, has added to the difficulties of . government which adequately cannot be , appraised except by those who are in immediate contact and know the responsibilities. Our task would be less difficult ,'5j if we had only ourselves to consider, but _ ao much of the world was involved, the , disordered conditions are so well nigh unl- :•. versal, even among nations not engaged >J» In actual warfare, that no permanent readjustment can be effected without consideration of our inescapable relationship to world affairs in finance and trade, ln- • deed, we should be unworthy of our best V traditions If we were unmindful of social, ; moral and political conditions which are not of direct concern to us, but which do -4i appeal to the human sympathies and In- ; terest. of a people blessed with our na- , Uonal good fortune. | Need for Restoration of World. It is not my purpose to bring to you a f; program of world restoration. In the -s main, such a program must be worked out by the nations more directly concerned. They must themselves turn to the heroic remedies for the menacing conditions under which they are struggling; ; then we can help, and we mean to help. ; We shall do so unselfishly, because there is compensation in consciousness ;>vl of assisting, selfishly because the com- ' merce and international exchanges In r*J trade, which marked our high tide of forj-. v tunate advancement, are possible only when the nations of all continents are re- 1 stored to stable order and normal rei lationships. In the main, the contribution of this fc' republic to restored normalcy in the world muBt come through the Initiative iVsp of the executive branch of the government, but the best of intentions and most W carefully considered purposes would fail Js V :Vi utterly if the sanction and the co-opera- • a tion of the congress were not heartily .accorded. « . I am very sure we shall have no con- ' Met of opinion about constitutional duties or authority, thiring the anxieties of •'..»*•' *• war. when lieoessitles seemed compelling, there Were excessive grants of authority and an extraordinary concentration of powers*In the Chief Executive. The repeal of wartime legislation and the aato- . matic expirations which attend the peace proclamations have put an end to those emergency excesses, out I have the wish to go further than that. I want to join you In restoring, in the most cordial way. the spirit of co-ordination and co-operation and that mutuality of confidence and respect which is necessary in representative popular government. Harmony imperative Need. Incroachm^nt upon the functions of congress or attempted dictation of its policy are sat to be thought of, much less v-v. attempted, but there is an insistent call for harmony of purpose and accord of • action to speed the solution of the dlfflcult problems confronting both the legla- " (atlve and executive branches of the gov- • ernment. •' It would be ungracious to withhold , ~acknowledgment of the really large 7 volume and excellent quality of work accomplished by the extraordinary ses- [^j*; C». sion of congress which so recently i adjourned. I am not unmindful of -"A the very difficult tasks with which you were called to deal, and no one van ignore the Insistent conditions which, during- recent years, have called for the continued and almost exclusive attention of your membership to public work. It would suggest Insincerity if I expressed complete accord with every expression recorded In your roll calls, but we are all agreed about the difficulties and the inevitable divergence of opinion in seeking be content with the billion dollar readjustment of the burdens of taxation. Later on. when other problems are solved, I shall make some recommendations about renewed consideration of our tax progress, but for the immediate time before us we must be content with the billion dolar reduction in the draft upon the people, and diminished irritations, banished uncertainty and improved methods of collection. By your sustainment of the rigid economies already inaugurated. with hoped-for extension of these economies and added efficiencies in administration, I believe further reductions may be enacted and hindering burdens abolished. In these urgent economies we shall be immensely assisted by the budget system for which you made provision in the extraordinary session. The first budget Is before you. Its preparation Is a signal achievement, and the perfection of the system, a thing impossible In the few months available for its initial trial, will mark its enactment as the beginning of the greatest reformation in governmental practices since the beginning of the republic. Aa to Foreign Leans. There Is pending a grant of authority • to the administrative branch of the gov- : v ernment for the funding and settlement 3 of our vast foreign loans, growing out of our grant of war credits. With the hands of the executive branch held tm- <ft potent to deal with these debts, we are • - hindering urgent readjustments among our debtors and accomplishing nothing for v ourselves. I think it is fair for the conj srsss to assume that the executive ; branch of the government would adopt no major policy in dealing with these matters which would conflict with the purpose of congress in authorizing the loans, certainly not without asking congressional v approval, but there are minor problems '•^v incident to prudent loan transactions and tlemtfit m. gotten*^... 4 Merehant Marine. Previous congress, deeply concerned . - „ rchant marine, in WD enacted the existing shipping laws, daglgaMl for the upbuilding of the Amer- Mag merchant marine Among other things provided to encourage our shipjwa » OQ the world's seas, the executive laws directed to give noUca the termination of all existing commercial treaties in order to admit of redlieed duties on imports carried in American bottoms. During the life of the art no executive has complied with this order of the congress. When the present administration came into responsibility, it began an early irujulry into the failure to execute the expressed purpose of the Jones act Only one conclusion has been possible. Frankly, members of house and senate, eager as 1 am to join you in the making of an American merchant marine commensurate with our commerce, the denouncement of our commercial treaties would Involve us in a chaos of trade relationships and add Indescribably to the confusion of the already disordered commercial world. * Our power to do so is not disputed, but power and ships, without comity of relationship, will not give us the expanded trade which is inseparably linked with a great merchant marine. Moreover, the applied reduction of duty, for which the treaty denouncements were necessary, encouraged only the carrying of dutiable Imports to our shores, white the tonnage which unfurls our flag on the seas Is both free ami dutiable, and the cargoes which make a nation eminent in trade are outgoing rather than incoming. It is not my thought to lay the problem in detail before you today. It i» desired only to say to you that the executive branch of the government, uninfluenced by the protest of any nation, for none has been made. Is well convinced that your proposal, highly Intended and heartily supported here, Its sc fraugnt with difficulties and eo marked by tendencies to discourage trade expansion that I invite your tolerance of non-compliance for a very few weeks until a plan may be presented which contemplates no greater draft upon the public treasury and which, though yet too crude to offer it today, gives such promise of expanding our merchant marine that it will argue its own approval. It is enough to say today that we are so possessed of ships, and the American intention to establish a merchant marine is so unalterable, that a plan of reimbursement, at no other cost than is contemplated In the existing act, will appeal to the pride and encourage the hope of all the American people. Naad of Tariff Legislation. There is before you the completion of the enactment of what has been termed a "permanent" tariff law, the word "permanent" being used to distinguish it from the emergency act which is the law today. 1 cannot too strongly urge an early completion of this necessary legislation. It is needed to stabilize our industry at home; it is essential to make more definite our trade relations abroad. More, it is vital to the preservation of many of our own industries which contribute so notably to the very life blood of our nation. There is now, and there always will be, a storm of conflicting opinion about any tariff revision. We can not go far wrong when we base our tariffs on the policy of preserving the productive activities which enhance employment and add to our national prosperity. - Must Be Exchange of Trade. Again comes the reminder that we must not be unmindful of world conditions, that peoples are struggling for industrial rehabilitation and that we can not dwell In industrial and commercial exclusion and at the same time do the Just thing in aiding world reconstruction and readjustment. We do not seek a selfish aloofness, and we could not profit by it, were It possible. We recognize the necessity of buying wherever we sell, and the permanency of trade lies in its acceptable exchanges. We cannot Bell to others who do not produce, nor can we buy unless we produce at home. Every contemplation magnifies the difficulty of tariff legislation, but the necessity of the revision is magnified with it. Doubtless we are Justified in seeking a more flexible policy than we have provided heretofore. I hope a way will be found to make for flexibility and elasticity, BO that rates may be adjusted to meet unusual and changing conditions which cannot be accurately anticipated. I know of no manner in which to effect this flexibility other than the extension of the pdtoera of the tariff commission, so that it can adapt Itself to a scientific and wholly just administration of the law. Early Determination Needed. I am sure about pubic opinion favoring the early determination of our tariff policy. There have been reassuring signs of a business revival from the deep slump which all the world has been experiencing. Our unemployment, which gave us grave concern only a few weeks ago, has grown encouragingly less, and now assurances and renewed confidence will attend the congressional declaration that American Industry will be held secure. Something more than tariff protection Is required by American agriculture. To the farmer has come the earlier and the heavier burdens of readjustment. There is actual depression In our agricultural industry, while agricultural prosperity is absolutely essential to the general prosperity of the country. The base of the pyramid of civilisation, which rests upon the soil. Is shrinking through the drift of population from farm to city. For a generation we have been expressing more or less concern about this tendency. Economists have warned and statesmen have deplored. We thought for a time that modern conveniences and the more Intimate contact would halt the movement, but it has gone steadily on. Perhaps only grim necessity will correct it, but we ought to find a less drastic remedy. Need for Freight Readjustment. The existing scheme of adjusting freight rates has been favoring the basing points, until industries are attracted to some centers and repelled from others. A great volume of uneconomic and wasteful transportation has attended, and the cost increased accordingly. The grain-milling and meat-packing industries offer ample Illustration, and the attending concentration is readily apparent. The menaces in concentration are not limited to the retarding influences on agriculture. Manifestly the conditions and terms of railway transportation ought not to be permitted to increase this undesirable tendency. We have a Just pride tn our great cities, but we shall find a greater pride in the nation which has a larger distribution of its population intb the country; where comparatively self-sufficient smaller communities may plant agricultural and manufacturing interests in harmonious helpfulness and enhanced good fortune. Such a movement contemplates no destruction of things wrought, of investments made or wealth involved. It only looks to a general policy of transportation of dlstrfbuted Industry, N and of highway construction to encourage the spread of our population ana restore the proper balance between pity and coun. try. The problem may well have your earnest attention. It has been perhaps the proudest claim of our American civilisation that in dealing with human relationships it has constantly moved toward flg j Lincoln.--To help mark the Lincoln j > 'irciiit trail--the road traveled by | Ahralmni Lincoln as a country Judge ^ : when the "city of Lincoln was named •J 1 f»r him--the Logan county board of are far on ths way to the elimination of poverty. Through the eradication of illiteracy and the diffusion of education, mankind has reached a stage where we may fairly say that in the United States equality of opporunlty has been attained, though all are not prepared to embrace it. There is. indeed, a too great divergence between the economic conditions of the most and least favored classes in the community. But even that divergence has not come to the point where we bracket the very poor and the very rich together as the least fortunate classes. Our efforts may well be directed to improving the status of both. *- While this set of problems is commonly comprehended under the general phrase "Capital and Labor, It is really vastly broader. It is a question of social and economic organisation. Labor has become a large contributor, through its savings, to the stock of capital, while the people who own the largest individual aggregates of capital are themselves often hard anfl earnest laborers. Very often it is extremely difficult to draw the line of differentiation between the two groups; to determine whether a particular Individual is entitled to be set down as laborer or as capitalist. In a very large proportion of cases he is both, and when he is both, he is the most useful cltlsen. Rights ef Labor and Capital. The right of labor to organise is just as fundamental and necessary as is the right of capital to organise The right of labor to negotiate, to deal with and sclve ltb particular problems in an organized way. ihtough its chosen agents, is just aa essentia! aa is the right of capital to organise, to maintain corporations, to limit the liabilities of stockholders. Indeed, we have come to recognise that the limited liability of the cltizers as a member of a labor organization closely parallels the limitation of liability of the citizen as a stockholder In a corporation for profit. Along this line of reasoning we shall make the greatest progress toward solution or our problem of capital and labor. Just as it is not desirable that a corporation shall be allowed to Impose undue exactions upon the public. so it is not desirabie that a labor organization shall be permitted to exact unfair terms of employment or subject the public to actual distresses In order to enforce Its terms. Finally. Just as we are earnestly seeking for procedures whereby to adjust and settle political difficulties between nations without resort to war. so we may well look about for means to settle the differences between organized capital and organised labor without resort to the forms of warfare which we recognize under the name of strikes, lockouts, boycotts, and the like. As we have great bodies of law carefully regulating the organisations and operations of industrial and financial corporations, so we might well have plans of conference, of common council, of mediation, arbitration and judicial determination In controversies between labor and capital. To accomplish this would Involve the necessity to develop a thoroughgoing code of practice in dealing with such affairs. With right privileges, immunities and modes of organisation thus carefully defined. It should be rossible to set up Judicial or quasludicial tribunals for the consideration and determination of all dlsputsa which menace the public welfare. Holds Strike Out of Place. In an Industrial society such as ours the strike, the lockout and the boycott are as much out of place and as disastrous In their results as Is war or armed revolution In the domain of politics. The same disposition to reasonableness. to conciliation, to recognition of the other side's point of view, the same provision of fair and recognized tribunals and processes ought to make 1t possible to solve the one set Of questions as easily as the other. I believe the solution is possible. After each war. until the last, the government has been able to give homes to Its returned soldiers, and a large part of our settlement and development has attended this generous provision of Tand for the nation's defenders. There Is yet unreserved approximately 200.000.000 acres In the public domain. 20.000.000 acres of wnlch are known to be susceptible of reclsmatlon and made fit for homes by provision for irrigation. Point to Swamp Lande. Contemplating the Inevitable and desirable increase of populaton, there la another phase of reclamation full worthy of consideration. There are 7S.000.000 acres of swamp and cut-over lands which may be reclaimed and made as valuable as any farm lands we possess. These acres are largely located in southern states, and the greater proportion Is owned by the states or by private citizens. Congress has a report of the survey of this field for reclamation, and the feasibility Is established. I gladly recommend federal aid, by way of advances where state and private participation is assured. Homemaklng Is one of greater benefits which government can best own. Measures are pending embodying this sound policy to which we may well adhere. It is easily possible to make available permanent homes which will provide, in turn, for prosperous American families without injurious competition with established activities or imposlton oa wealth already acquired. There are a full score of topics concerning which it would be becoming to address you. and on which I hope to make a report at a later time. I have alluded to the things requirln* your earlier attention. However, ft cannot end this limited address without a suggested amendment to the organic law. Opposes Nontaxable Bonda. Many of us belong to that school of thought which is hesitant about altering the fundamental law. 1 thtnk our tax problems, the tendency of wealth to seek nontaxable investment, and the menacing increases of public debt federal, state and municipal, all Justify a proposal to change the Constitution so as to end the Issue of tv)ntaxable bonds. No action can change the status of the many billions outstanding but we can guard against future encouragement of capital's paralysis, while a halt in the growth of publlo Indebtedness would be beneficial throughout our whole land. Such a change In the Constitution must be very thoroughly considered before submission. I suggest the consideration because the drift of wealth Into nontaxable securities is hindering the flow of large capital to our industry, manufacturing agricultural and carrying, until we are discouraging the very activities which make our wealth. Agreeable to your expressed desire and In complete accord with the purposes of the executive branches of the government. there Is In Washington, as you happily know, an International conference, most earnestly at work on plans for the limitation of armaments aad a naval holiday and the Just settlement of problems which might develop into causes of International disagreement. It is easy to believe a world hope Is centered on this capital city. A most gratifying world accomplishment Is no4 Improbable. WEALTH IN PUBLIC DOMAINS Fewr Hundred Million Acres ef Land }, Remaining Are Estimated te Be Worth $1^000.000,000. ^WttsMiigtoii.--An untapped WMlUi, estimated at a minimum of $150,000,- 000,000 is contained In the more than 400.000,000 acres of land still held in the public domain. Secretary Fall of the Interior department says In his first annual report, Covering the fiscal year to last July. Coal and oil form the balk of this wealth, the total coal deposits being estimated at 110,000,000.000 tons and the oil deposits at 1,325,000,000 barrels, with an additional 50,000,0(10,000 barrels of shale oil. From the development of these resources the federal government. Secretary Fall says, would realize by way of royalties, rentals, etc., a total of $12,387,500,000. On the Indian reservations (t is estimated there are 000,000,000 barrels of oil at $3, $1^00,000.000. "History la now repeating Itself* says Mr. Fall ,-and after a period of unlimited expenditure tn war measures and in preparing for war. It has ben found necessary to curtail such expenditures to the utmost I am Justified in calling attention to the fact that the Department of the Interior, the home department, ta fully equipped and prepared to do Its part tn the development of those great natural resources which must be so developed If the tax burden upon this and future generations Is to be borne at all" RIOTS IN LISBON STREETS Tvrbutent Scenes at Funerals of Republican Statesmen Who Met Death by Assassination. the government's offer of national hon- *ors and insisted upon burying their dead at their own expense. The widow of Vice Admiral Santos beard that the government had disregarded her wishes and bad lined the street with troops to pay honor to his body as his funeral procession passed. In a passion of indignation and despair, she threw herself before her husband's coffin and refused to allow it to leave the house so long as there IMm.--Dramatic Incidents attended the funerals of the three republican statesmen who were assassinated in the recent revolutionary up- The relatives of the victims, r Premier Antonio Granjo. Cornier Carlos Mala and Vice Admiral rt» *ee Ban>ee; re<naed to xxogt street where be would pass. "Tell the prime minister," she cried, "that If he does not recall the troops I will commit suicide oo my husband's coffin." The troops and naval contingent were all sent back to the barracks. Although no official honors were per- 8 STATE § supervisors was aske.l for an $800 ppg f'J-Llt B proprhttkm by the Abraham Lincoln chapter. Daughters of the American Wankegan.--Governor Small and j Involution. Logan county, at the time party left Waukegan for Springfield fwle fhe circuit, had three following the conclusion of the urgu- c*,un,J' s^ats at various times, Lincoln, ments for the quashing of the indictments which charge him and Vernon C. Curtis, Grant I'ark banker, with the misuse of state funds. The defense scored a point in the last hour of the proceedings when Attorney C. C, Le Gorgee pointed to an entry in different colored ink in the record of the hoard of supervisors of Sangamon county, indicating that a date, September 16, 1920, had been added at a later time than the writing up of the official minutes. From that, it was argued, the true and official record of the meeting of September 14, 1920, ended without naming a date for reconvening, and the session which selected the grand jury for Governor Small's case last April was therefore illegal. The state will argue, when the hearing reopens Thursday, that even If the date were omitted the intention of the board was clearly to meet two days later, instead of making a sine die adjournment, and that the point raised by the defense Is wholly Irrelevant. Chicago.--In the silver dnckwing bantam and the gold duckwlng bantam cocker class at the Chicago Poultry end Pet Stock show, tt. E. Cushnian. Sterling, won first awards. He lias been a consistent winner at all big poultry shows this year. Including the Madison Square Garden's show at New York. Mrs. Rae E. Fowler, who sent a big Thanksglviug turkey to President Harding from her home at Rochelle, was awarded first premium for the best bronze gobbler. Almost a clean sweep of the whole list of first prizes In the single comb white leghorn class was made by the Hlllview farm, Benld. It won first prlxe on, the best white Leghorn cock and first on the best hen, cockerel, pullet, and pen of one male and four females. Urbana.--Intra-mural athletics at the University of Illinois have become so popular with the students that Coach Manley at the men's gym and Anna D. Hughltt at the women's gyni are asking for more room and more space to play all the games, while Dr. J. H. Beard, university health officer, states that the health of the students has never been better. Among some of the sports planned for the winter are inter-fraternity and nonfraternity basketball leagues with over 100 teams participating; Ice contests heretofore planned but never carried out will be pushed this wluter; soccer contests and lnter-class swimming contests. Monmouth.--Farmers of the lionmouth section are experiencing heavy lossegL to their cattle and hogs from eating rotten corn. About 10 per cent of the grain is decayed and left upon the ground has l>een eaten by live stock with fatal results. Considerable of this year's crop Is inoldy and contains the botulism germ. Warnings have been issued by the farm advisers and veterinarians to all farmers to scrutinize closely all grain ted to stock and to carefully remove and burn all corn that may be affected. It furnishes a satisfactory substitute for coal. Peoria.--Bast St. Louis was chosen for the1 next meeting by the state conference of welfare workers in their session here. The following officers were elected: John I.,. Whitman, state superintendent of prisons, Springfield, president; Miss Harlett Vlttum, head resident Northwestern university settlement, Chicago, first vice president; Dr. W. H. C. Smith, Godfrey, second vice president; Charles E. Lauder, state's attorney, Monmouth, third vice president; Col. Frank D. Whipp, Springfield, executive secretary. Chicago.--The farmers' co-operative marketing movement is to make the colnplete cycle from producer to consumer all in one organization at Waukegan, the Illinois Agricultural Association announced. Plans have l»een completed for a milk marketing company in which' farmers will supply the townsfolk with their product on a co- Pottsville and Mount Pulaski. Granite markers would be placed at each of the county seats, with concrete markers at the county line. Six of the latter would be required, at the county lines where the Lincoln road enters the couuty from McLean, Sangamon antl DeWltt counties. In addition, telephone poles on the roads are to be marked with a white circle with the lettering "Lincoln Circuit" in blue, tl|e D. A. R. colors. Sixteen counties are in the Lincoln circuit district, and county boards tip ten of them have appropriated funds for marking the Lincoln trail. Springfield.--Negotiations soon may be started with surrounding towns in north ceutral and south central portions of the state for the furnishing of pbwer and light <f plans for a merger between the Springfield Utilities company, DeKalb Sycamore Interurban company ancf DeKalb Electric company are consummated. The Illinois commerce commission now has the application of the companies concerned for approval of the merger agreement. The new cotnpany, which would be known as the Illinois Power company with headquarters at Springfield, intends to issue $5,000,000 in bonds and $5,225,000 in stock to carry out the proposed plans. An option has been secured on the electric properties at Petersburg. Other cities In view are Taylorville, Jacksonville, Carllnvllle, Havana and Beardstown. Springfield.--Complete Information as to the aiuount of live stock shipping being done at present by local co-operative shipping associations throughout the state is being gathered by the Illinois Agricultural Association to aid in the establishment of the first farmer owned and controlled cooperative stock commission Ann. The plan for such a movement was adopted by live stock producers for live stock marketing by farmers on a nationwide scale. The first firm will be established near East St. Louis. Reports from 105 local live stock co-operative associations were received regarding their October business. These reports indicate a' 43 per cent Increase in business of October, 1921, jm compared with October, 1920. Springfield.--Plans for vocational education in the state as adopted by the Illlnots vocational education board have been approved by the federal vocational education board, it was announced by the state board. The total appropriation for this work in Illinois, Is $133,334, of which amount one-half is to be paid by the federal government and the other half by the state. The appointment of field men for rehabilitation in the department of vocational training has been decided upon. The duties of such field men will be to look after persons who are worthy and place them In employment. Evanston.--Representatives <*f 28 Illinois colleges and universities will discuss matters of common Interest at the eighteenth annual meeting of the Federation of Illinois Colleges .In Evanston February 20 and 21, 1922. The meetings will be held at Northwestern university. The federation is made up of sectarian and other private Institutions. The college federation was organized January 14, 1905, at Jaines Mlllikln university, Decatur. Meadows.--A home for the aged members of the Mennonlte sect is to be erected at Meadows next year. Delegates assembled in Meadows took such action. A motion that the home be located at Kloomlngton was voted down. A campaign for funds to supplement previous donations will be launched shortly. It is desired to raise $100, 000. Rock Island.--A movement to .replace the present form of county government in Rock Island couuty with the commission plan has t>een started. If the proposition carries at a special election, three commissioners will be chosen to serve in place of the fortyfive supervisors now comprising the operative basis. A modern milk plant coun*y board. Is to be constructed and put into operation as part of the plan. Elgin. -- Still enjoying excellent health, Mr. and Mrs. John Relnert of Elgin recently celebrated the sixtythird anniversary ' of their marriage. Mr. Relnert Is eighty-eight and his wife eighty-two. Peoria. -- Approximately $125,000 damage was caused by fire at Low Point. The greatest loss was sustained by Ilanta Ac Co., department store, which was destroyed. Peoria.--One htmdred births, evenly divided as to sex, were recorded durlug November by the Peoria registrar of vital statistics. Ottawa.---Agitation has been started at Ottawa for the adoption of a Uniform dress. for high school boys and girls. IndlanapoWs, Ind.--The executive board of the United Mine Workers, In session here reviewing difficulties within the organisation, went on'Tecord as holding illegal the collection of assessments from * Illinois miners in furtherance of the "unauthorized" strike of the Kansas miners. Rockford.--Two youths arrested at Rockford for larceny were sentenced by Judge Fred E. Carpenter to memorise the ten commandments and he bought a Bible for each after obtaining a promise from them that they would learn the decalogue. Chicago.-- University of diioago women have taken up football as a class sport. The first teams organised are scheduled to play as substitutes for the annual junior-senior hockey game. Chicago Is the first Rig Ten university to t>e Invaded by the ted. Bprinirfield.--Voluntary bankruptcy proceedings were started in the Fedtnltted by his family, the funeral of eral court here l>j the Commnnltv ex-Premier Granjo was attended by j Club Stores, Inc., of Havana. The head President Almeida and many high offices of the con.p:iny are at Davoupolltlcal personalities. All commerce 1 ;>ort, la. Liabilities were listed at closed In si;m of pnhllc sympathy, and 1 $8^549.72; atettf at $3,506. Chicago.---War on moonshine liquor, conducted by civic, state and national prohibition enforcement officers, wa? begun here after several murders within a few hours were laid St the'door of illicit Intoxicants. Urbana.--Illinois' annual seed grain show, which was suspended for the past three years on nceount of the war, will be resumed next January at the University, of Illinois. Carthage.---The Carthage dty council has donated a clubroom In the dty hall to the local post of the Amerieah T*eglon. Peoria.--Men who dabble in finger prints to bring criminals to Justice will assemble here December 16 and IT and perfect a state organization. Petersburg.--James Cooper in court pleaded guilty of slaying his wife and was sentenced to life. Springfield.--Three Illinois National Guardsmen are to have place at West Point next year. Governor Small has been advised by the War department of this allotment and, iftstead of naming them himself, he has authorized Adjt. Gen. Frank S. Dickson to extend an equal opi>ortunlty to every man In ths I. N. G. whoyueets the quallflcatlons. \ Decatur.--A tract of swamp land, on the banks of the Kaskaskla river, near Skillet lake. In Fayette county, will be converted into a hunting and fishing preserve. A clubhouse will be erected- Roxana.--One man was kllUnl and four others were seriously Injured as the result of an explosion which occurred in the Roxana Petroleum company plant at Roxana w hen some refilling apparatus, being tested for the arst time, gave way. Peoria,--'The state convention of probation officers held at l'crla elected the following officers: Mrs. Elsie Wagonseller, De«*atur, president; Mrs. Florence Merrill. Peoria, vice president; Mi^s K»thryn iiallusher. Canton, secretary; J. Hannah, BelvlUere, trens- NEEDED A REST Completely Fagged Out From Watching His Wife on Moving Da y . * ^^ , * ' ffew Tort •--Digger came'Vo the office looking tired and weary. Apparently he had been wearing himself out at labor out of hours. The boss called him over to his desk and demanded to know why he came to the office in a condition unfit to do u honest day's work. "I've been moving, boss," Dlgstr apologized. "In that case' I sympathise with you,"' said the chief kindly. "Better take the day off and rest up." ( "Thank you," said Digger, and he started for the door. Before he could get out he was waylaid by Bildad. "You've got to take better care of yourself," Bildad told him. "This working too hard isn't good for a man." "Oh, I'm all right," Digger told hln». T h**se1 bee* doing overmuch T|u Three Trial of Peffuiue Your OwnTi s Iheoaa Christmas try this f--'ln ating method of determining the teal value of different peffaaus. ' Let us send you tnree nilnlsriins lHalsot perfume with instructions lor duplicating the famous ftntcc* Ktional perfume test. You can en chooie for yourself dws Special perfume which will aw found you with that individual atmosphere of fragrance that so delightfully portray* your ps»* , aonality. . This famous test was conducted ry two prominent NewYork men, fssisted by a juTy of 1031 Worn Out Watching ths Wife Work. see we're moving and I just got worn out watching the wife work. She hasn't got things settled yet, so I guess I'll hang around dowutown a while and then go to the ball game. Maybe by the time 1 get home she'll have the pictures all hung and the furniture where she wants It" BAR CLOTH GOOD EVIDENCE Judge Inhales Aroma From Towsl in (lttoit4>k|uor CMS fai CE*i' nestlewt. "'H' Bridgeport, Conri.--A wet bar towel was waved before* Judge Comley's judicial nose In City court as evidence in a llqaor case. The policeman had mopped up with the towel the contents of a bottle which Steve Bodnar had broken when officers entered his saloon and was fearful the odor would vanish before judicial notice was taken of It. Judge Comley was able to steer a steady course from the bench, even after inhaling deeply. The same cop produced a bottle of dishwater salvaged from a sink In which Mike Boylar had dumped the contents of a teapot when the police entered his place. Analysis showed It contained 7 per cent of alcohol by volume. Boylar was fined $200 and sent to jail for 15 days. - " '•; *' REFUSED TO WORRY; 13 10} Connecticut Man Knsw Abraham Linvooln When He Was a ' try Lawyer. ' Wlnsted, Conn.--Refusal to worry Is one of the secrets of a long and happy life, says Chester R. Woodford of Avon, 107. years old. He Is the oldest living ex-member of the Connecticut house of representatives. His mother lived to be ninety-two years old and bis grandmother attained the age of 102. Going West In 1838, Mr. Woodford knew Abraham Lincoln when be was a country lawyer. In 1841 Mr. Woodford bought a farm at the foot of Talcott mountain and there has raised tobacco and dealt In dairy products. famous actresses--coll* Society women---all abou j thei/ perfume. It not Onlf |letnomt.-at«i beyond a quettfioik of a doubt how the individual •Can safely select her personal perfume, but it developed eoaaasus* prising facts about the &SALpref> fcrer.ee cf these fasridiouswcmeifa -fvcry girl should read this itXXS> tiling story; it is told in a littlo "folder packed in each test equ|p» tnent package. Three trial size vials of wondef* ful fragrance--a package of pa< fumer'stest slips--full InstnictioM for use and the story of the fam. bus test--all packed to reach yon Safely--for a two cent (tamp and >ur address. Send today to Perfume Test BIdg.,Colgate &Con IP. O. Box 645, City Hall Starioo, New York City. / • -t " There's hemrft deSg&i fe ~ COLGATE * fj^erfumef ' There's the Rub. After imposing sentence In s certain case tried in a Denver court. His Honor thus addressed the convicted man: "When your ten years' Imprisonment Is over you will have the opportunity to retire to the society at your fellow men. Tou will doubtleoi have work offered you." "Tour honor," returned the mas, "that's exactly whst Is troubling soft*** --Milwaukee Sentinel. v; »| Mo Impedimenta, >. Nobody knew how old he WM, It was common knowledge that he received the old-age pension ever l its Inception. Yesterday, however, h* looked as young as ever, and possibly happier than fifty years ago. 'I'm a-going to be married," wna Ma comment. "And what's morev going to be married with the Mtt con* sent of all the children on both stdM." London Chronicle. mM Alvfatas PlenlH ofStretch" Shot, Faffs Into Grave He Had Dug for Another Charleston, W. Va.--Oorbett Duffleld of Vlllanova, Clay county, unwittingly dug Us awn grave. He was shot snd killed while making an excavation for the burial of a neighbor's chUd. At the same time his father, Cam Duffleld, was also shot and Is reported to be dying. Orvsl Duffleld, eighteen years old, a great-nephew of Cam Duffleld, is accused by Clay county authorities of the murder. It Is said to have been the outcome of a quarrel. Corbett Duffleld, when be fell mortally wounded, plunged into the open grave, from which the body was later removed. i V r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r » r r r r r r r r f 1 Scatter Man's Ashes st Fishing Hole Mltchellsburg. Ky.--The ashes of Rsy Wharton, who died recently, are to he scattered at bis favorite haunt, Fork Creek, where he went on many fishing trips. It was Mr. Wharton's wish that his body be cremated snd his asiies scattered along his '«H haunts. Wanted a Journeyman. Mrs. Newrich called at the ef a prominent artist to have her per> trait painted. "Will you kindly sit down and watt a few moments T" said the attendants "Well, I'm in a hurry. la jour ssi^ ter busy?" she asked. "Yes, madam. He's engaged oa a (Study." "On a study?** exclaimed Mrs. Hew* rich. "Then 1*11 go elsewhere. I wmnt an artist who has got all through with als stud^ies. " \ , N • ••••*•'*» ]' PneiutlaiL *4iere, Sancbo claimed Don Quixote, "you have l most irritating way of giving ay finest idealisms to a flat, unpoeticnl interpretation." "I have tried to serve you faltih> fully." "That's all right Bat there's e«n thing you must promise me. Dsil you ever attempt te writ* aqr M)a^ mphy." Value ef New York Parka. Public park lands owned by We# York city are appraised at tl8P.9Mt 000 as follows: Central, $236^00,080; City Hall park, $31,198,000; BattBTf park, $16,527,500; Bryant, $22£63jQ00; Riverside park, $15,152,000; Manhnttan square, $11,215,000; Van OW$> landt park, $15^850,000; Bronx pnrlt, $8,611,900; Pelham Bay park, $S,T1^> 000; Prospect park, Brooklyn, $$$«•- 0OQ.OO& • • Professor--"What is a good condnctlV' ef electricity?** Studentpoles."-- Science and Invention. RATS and MICE mm Man Killed by Fall Into Dough Mixer I'ekln, III.--I^ee Wuenon, forty-five years old. was killed when he fell into * dough-mixing madtln4 at Mi bakery. KILLED "--STEARNS* ELECTRIC PASTE iMMKlWl ta, tr. s. owiiMiiatiw a» W* Iklr dlmt ( iilw wad «(•»• imbf l| kae*. Write tor prteaa. AIM «S*W* WM*«i . OUD FORI CI DEH WtHtK* O. M*a Lain Valley, Alfalfa. Pwt, Pi** Potato** UtformaUtto. O*o- Q«xilr«y. Mast*