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turn IS SOLD Washington Officials Declare j Suoh liquors Find Wy to ^ -r Illicit Dealers. I I IUR6E QUANTITIES ARE SEIZED • Kv ;. '{Han From Guatemala Arrested Preteiti Against the Seizure on the , ground That the Liquor .1*,, \ property of Diplomat;^ ' j • ?• %,.s UV" Washington, Jan. 8.--Soul»f*l 6* Iwhat are described as "embassy" Slquors which, It is claimed, have been iflnding their way into the illicit traffic ID Washington in large quantities, are v sought by the District of Columbia poll lee as a result of three successive raids in as many apartment houses in ithe fashionable northwest section. Lieut. O. T. Davis, chief of the vice isqvad, under whose direction the raids [were conducted, declared that there iwere indications of an organised traffic in liquor brought in by some of the embassies and legations. Information has reached the police, he added, that attaches of some of these establishments have been parties to this traffic. Among the so-called escdwslve "bootleggers" who handle high grade liquors are a number* of women, according to the police, whose clientele Includes many of the participants in which the authorities term the "high life" of the national capital. In the latest raid Lieutenant Davis and his squad, which included federal ^officers, took Into custody a man who said he was from Guatemala and Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht and seized a large quantity of Imported wines j and whisky. Lieutenant ©avis said Mrs. Hecht admitted that the liquors found in her apartment Were from foreign sources. He added that the man arrested had claimed ownership of the liquor, and had protested against its seizure on the ground that It was the property of A diplomat. CLEWS S. Official Tells Jusserand French Are Blocking Any Possible Aid. * WAR DEBT GUARANTY GONE i$v'. 'Is jpltoncli Gold Deposited in English • Banks Spent in United 8tates for Munitions. " Paris, Jan. 4.--The most important tiftd astonishing statement of the premiers' conference was the declaration pt Premier Bonar Law that the Trench gold deposits placed in England as security for war debts #oe tfrom France has been exported entirely to the United States during the war in payment for munitions for the Stench, and "thus this guaranty in jTetelity no longer exists.** The current month's statement of the Bank of Prance carries this billion of gold francs, together with 800,000,000 in Spain and elsewhere, as SUpong assets of the bank "abroad." iRMDMG EASY, SAYS BALDWIN f-- --_ ' Aritish Chinee) lor Expects the Commission to Complete Labors - la Two Weeks. ~~~ !• Washington, Jan. 6.--SI* Stanley {Baldwin, British chancellor of the ex- , t«iiequer, who beads the British funding mission to the United States, ex- .jpressed complete ontidenee that the (problem of putting on a paying basis {the debt to this country is comparatively easy. The British financier det dared that he hoped the mission Great Britain woold complete its within two weeks. ' Henry B. s'irns, internationally known Wall street banker and financier, nge eighty-two. who is reported seriously ill at his home in New York. DEBT PARLEY FAILS British and French Split Over ^ ^eparatiQnv r ^ UmdiSh and Pari. UnatterabTy Opposed as to How Payments Should Be Collected. Paris, Jan. 5--The allied premiers' conference aided in complete disagreement. Failure of the entente that won the war to agree on a Joint method of collecting the spoils from Germany brought the latest European economic parley to failure. Britain and France were unalterably opposed as to how the reparations payments shoud he collected. •The ••onference canfe to an end In the following manner: Poincare asked for a flat "yes" or "no" on acceptance of the French plan for "protective guaranties," which ue characterized as the minimum to, which France would agree. { The conference adjourned for an hour to give the British a chance t<F eonslder this point. Emerging from the Briitsh meeting, Bonar Law said calmly to the correspondents: "You may aay the conference It gver." 1 The end was forecast when tha British announced the refusal to accept the French plan and the French rejected that of Great Britain. GREEKS ON NEUTRAL GR0UN •i !HARDING TO MEET HUGHES ."{Will Aleo Consult Secretary Weeks Regarding Withdrawal of Yanks From Rhine. i':! Washington, Jan. &--As a result of {Che senate's recommendation that <Amerlcan troops be recalled from the jRhine, President Harding will decide, ,after consultation with Secretary of ' [State Hughes and Secretary of War (Weeks, whether to take that step or Jwep the American force at OoWens a While longer. Eleventh .Division Moves Into gatch--Ignore Allied Protest Ml March on Adrianopie. | Constantinople, Jah. 8.--The Greek!" Eleventh division, which was fifteen miles west of Karagatch, has now moved into town, where a French infantry regiment is stationed. The French protested, and the Greek commander registered the protest, but he said he intended to stop his troops now on the west bank of th« Marltza river, facing Adrianopie. JEWELS OF CZAR IN GRAVE? U. 8. Special Agent Hunts for $4£00,- 000 Worth Buried in Brooklyn Cemetery. Haw Tort, Jan. 5.--William & Williams, special agent of the United States Treasury department, contained reports that he expected to find $4,000,000 worth of Russian crown jewels in a Brooklyn cemetery, to the extent of admitting that he was working "on a Russian Jewel case" and that his search might lead him to open a grave. SHEEP'S KIDNEY IN GIRL ViMLOT DROPS 10,000 FEET , Ifall 8ervice Man Only Slightly - Hurt .In Qreat Fat! I','- ' Salt Lake City, Utah. Jan. «.--Pilot I, - feenry G. Boonstra of the western f division of the United States aerial .mail service fell about 10,000 feet %lth his airplane near Wanship, Utah. «nd.escaped with only slight injuries, i. -according to announcement by air V MiaII officials here. Boonstra's home at Lafayette, Ind. Unusual Operation Performed oi ..Woman Who Attempted Bichloride of Mercury Suicide, N«W York. Jan. 6.--The death of Mrs. Adele Robertson has been followed by the disclosure that she had undergone an unusual operation in a desperate attempt to save her life from the effect tf bichloride of mercury poisoning. The operation consisted of transplanting a shoep's kidney into the woman's body. AMERKA HAS REACHED LIMIT Paris Government's Attitude on Qarw man Reparations Haa Killed All Chances for Assistance, Is White : House Intimatlen. Washington, Jan. 9 -- BfCWUoy Hughes informed Jules Jusserand, French ambassador, the uncompromls-* ing attitude of France was blocking any possibility tli.-t the Uulted Statea might aid Europe in reaching a solution of the reparations question. The information wat given tha French diplomat during a long confer* ence at the State department. Simultaneously, it was learned at the White House that President Hard ing regards the reparation: question as having passed beyond the realm of the reparations commission provided in the treaty of Versailles. This view contradicts the l^lich position that the question must be considered in accordance with ti>« strict provisions of the treaty. The United States holds the opinion that reparations must be discussed from the standpoint of what Germany is able to pay without reference to drastic provisions of a treaty which the American congress refused to ratify. The conference between the Secretary and' M. Jusserand followed a series of meetings between the President, Mr. Hughes and Col. George Harvey, ambassador to Great Britain. DK Joseph H. Penntmnn haabeeh elected provost of the University of Pennsylvania. He had been acting provost since the resignation of Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith about three years ago. His election follows the recent resignation of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood as head of the university. U, S. MARKET REPORT DEBT FUNDING BODY ARRIVES English Chancellor With Colleagues „ Comes to U. 8. to* Settle , .. Obligations, ll&rlN&r, Jan. 5.--Briitg!i^%%e American people the assurance that "we English always pay our debts and always wtll," the British debt refunding mission,, beaded by Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, arrived in this country aboard the White Star liner Majestic. The party was taken off the ship at quarantine and rushed to the Pennsylvania station In order to catch the first possible train for Washington. RACE WAR IN FLORIDA TOWN ! ' Three White Men, Three Negroes Killed and Many Others ln|urad " •> Naar 8umner. . • Gainesville, Fla., Jan. fl--Three white and three colored men are dead and numerous whites and blacks injured as a result of an outbreak at Rosewood, three miles from Sumner, Levy ^ounty, according to reports re^ ceived here by telephone from Cedar Key. The reports added that many armed men from Cedar Key were planning to go to Rosewood. M' FRENCH STEAMER SAVES 323 Takes Passengers From tha Stranded German Liner Holaatia|jj} y Florida Channel. > ^ Havana, Jan. 8.--Three * hundred and twenty-three passengers from the German transatlantic liner Holsatla, Hamburg to Havana, which is stranded on a sand key in the Florida channel, near Graysport reef, have been taken on board the French liner De La Salle, according to w|rgjpsg messages fucked up here. *'• DEATH TAKES DOCTOR flmSCH One of the Foremost Jews of TMte Dies at Hia Chicago Home. Hia KEMAL HAILED AS INFALLIBLE ^ State 8enator Held as Bomber, . Buffalo, N- Y.. Jan. 8.--State Senate Robert C. Lacey is under arrest tare on a charge of complicity in the dynamiting and derailing of two higha _*peed trolley cars of the international Peace in Coal Mining. ' Washington, Jan. .8.--A coal Will be averted, the operators and Union leaders agreeing to a year's Continuance of the wage contracts *rhlch expire on March 31. in the opinion of federal coal commissioners. Hia Policies and Aima Are Winning India, In Fact the Maelem . ( .. World. <:v London, Jan. 6.--Belie# la the to fallibility of Mustapha Kemal Pasha is rapidly gaining ground, according to messages from India. Kemal's supporters contend he has been sent to lead the Turkish people and his policies and alms must be accepted h? all Moslems. Americans Care for Russ Refugees. Tokyo, Jan. 8.--The American Association of Tokyo has, taken over the task of caring for more than 5,000 "White" Russian refugees now at Kensan, Korea, who fled from Vladl Chicago, Jan. 8.--Dr. Emll Gustav Hlrsch, for forty-three years pastor of Slnal congregation. Forty-sixth street and Grand boulevard, and one of the foremost pulpit orators and scholars of the 'country, died at his home, 4606 Drexel boulevard, at the age of seventy- one. W. P. G. HARDING OUT OF JOB No Longer Being Considered for Reappointment as Head of Fadoral Reserve RoardkJ_; :. •• •- Washington. Jan. 5. -- Vfc R, O. Harding Is no longer being donsid ered by the President for reappointment as governor of the federal reserve board. It was stated officially at the Treasury department that the name of Mr. Harding has ba«a «UoOnated from the list. ' ' Weekly Marketgram by Bureau • of Agricultural Economic^; Washington.--For tne week ending January 4--FRUITS AND VEGETABLES --Northern Danish type cabbage, $20.00® "".00 per ton bulk in city" markets, $16.00@17.00 f. o. b. Sacked round white potatoes, Jl.264il.46 per 100 pounds in moat markets, 96c@$1.06 f. a, b. shipping points; northern round whites mostly 7Sc@9X.10 In the middle west, 57c@67c f. o. K Middle western yellow onions, $2.fi0@3.25 per 100 pounds sack in consuming markets. Baldwin appleB, $4.00@6.00 per barrel in leading cities. Northwest extra fancy boxed Jonathans, $2.00©'J.50; Spitzenburgs, $1.75® &00. GRAIN--Chicago cash market: No. 3 red winter wheat, $1.28; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.18; No. 2 mixed corn, 70c; No. 1 yellow corn, 71e; No: 3 white oats, 64C. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, 58c; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas, $1.00; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Dakota, $1.04. HAY--No. 1 timothy, $18.00 Cincinnati, $22.00 Chicago, $16.50 Minneapolis. No. 1 prairie, $16.00 Minneapolis; $18.00 8t. Louis. FEED--Bran, $25.00; middlings, $25.00; rye, middlings, $23.00; flour middlings, $27.00 Minneapolis; gluten feed, $40.35 Chicago; 34 per cent linseed meal, $62,000 Minneapolis; white hominy feed,, $90.00 St. Louis; $31.00 Chicago. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs top, $8.70; bulk sales, $8.36®#.fi0; medium and good beef steers, $7.65^11.50; butcher cows and heifers, $3.86® 10.60; feeder steers, $5.85@7.35; light and medium weight Veal calves, $9.75(811.25; fat lambs, $13.00@ 16.25; feeding lambs, $12.75@14.75; yearlings, t».25@13.00; fat ewes, $6.00®S.7B. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Hutter, K score, 50% Chicago. Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins, 26%c; daisies, 26Vtc°. double daisies, 26%4c; longhoms, 2<S\4c; square prints, 27c. 5.'. ASK U. S. TO PAY SKIP COSTS Brltiah Claim £1,792,108 Filed iN# Reconditioning ex-German;), . J Passenger Vesaola.'. • ?>• Washington, Jan. 8.--A claims <(# £1,792,108 for reconditioning ex-German passenger vessels has been filed against the United States government by the British hoard of trade,* Chairman Laaker of the shipping board announced. HOOVER STAYS AT OLD POST Secretary Declines the President's IMfhr of Portfolio^ as Head Interior Department. Washington, Jan. 8.--Herbert Hoover, secretary of the Department of Commerce, has declined President Harding's offer to appoint him secretary of the interior to succeed Albert B. Fall, whose teslgnation wiU ba* come effective March 4 next* TAX EXEMPTION IS SCOllfr) Mellon Urges House to Speed thaGoi*- •Wutional Amendment AoaMit.i " ~ ' Securities. ' Washington, Jftn. 0.--Representative Green (la.), ranking Republican on the ways and means committee, suhmited to the h-use a letter from Secretary Mellon In support of his proposed amendment to the Constitution to restrict the further lasuance of tax-exempt securities. Cannot View With Favor Use of . . . . . . SEEKS X PEACEFUL SOLUTION ft«Arta1n '«n tha *W»lhe far •tha Present--Washington Eager . to Be of 3ervice to « • (franca.; Washington, Jan. 0.--Officials of thla government express complete satisfaction with the steps taken by it to obviate the impending resort to' coercive measures by France to enforce Its reparations'demands on Germany. / The American government has clearly and fully informed its French and other European friends that it cannot view with favor the employment of military as a debt collector, and even yet hopes that such a step may b« avoided. President Harding's 'administration will keep the American troops on the Iihlne for the present, despite the Reed resolution passed by the senate calling for their immediate withdrawal. The United States, it Was Mid at the State department, wishes to avoid withdrawing the American detachment under circumstances which would create any "Implication" that this gov* ernment was taking sides In a European controversy. The representatives of France and Germany have not been permitted to entertain the slightest doubt on either point nor to question the sincerity of American ambition to make available at any time its services to prevent further demoralization and disruption of existing peace conditions in both France and Germany. CALL 40,000 TO TURK FUG Draft of Wide Scope and Recruits • Rapidly Pour Into Arpp^; . Headquarter* Constantinople, Jan. 9,-^-It was announced that the Angora government is Issuing orderfc calling three classes of 1900, 1901 and 1902 to the colors in the Smyrna, Brusa' and Thrace diatricts. The draft is said to be of a wide scope and recruits are rapidly pouring' into army headquarters before thje draft, which will yield from 40,000 to 50,000 men; becomes effective. KILLED BY ARMY OFFICER Major Culberson Surrenders After Shooting Down Salesman in Wichita Falls, Ten, 8treet. ^Wichita Falls, Tex., Jan. 9.--M. L. Lamar, phonograph salesman, was sliot and killed In the doorway of a music store here. Maj. W. L. Culberson, attached to the Ninth infantry, Surrendered to Police Chief McCormick for the slaying. Domestic troubles caused the shooting, officers said. _ U. S. GIVES INDEMNITY PLAN Negotiations Are Begun With Franca Concerning a Commission of Cxperta. Washington, Jan. 9.--A detailed plan for formation of a commission «f experts to determine Germany's ability to pay reparations, the decision of this commission to he the basis foi* a future allied agreement on reparations, has been laid before the French government, it was officially stated at the State department. PIPE LINE'S HUGE PROFITS Twanty IHillions Net on Investment ef S27,000,000 in 1922 by Prairie Company. Washington, Jan. 9.--Net earnings of approximately |20,000,000 by the Prairie Pipe Line company In, 1922, <tf» a capitalization of $27,000,000, were shown In testimony given at the senate oil investigation by Clark H. Kounta of Independence, Kan., vice president of the corporation. Railway company last August. V "vostok when the Bolsheviks took it. < > from Bar Harbor. A f , B r i t a i n Aeks $8,315,381 of U. S. ip;yz Washington, Jan. 6.--Great Britain |ias filed a claim with t"he shipping |i |>oard for $8,315,381 for reconditioning ftl;. ten former German ships used In : feringing^Ainericaa soldiers home after 4j*- >>7 i• the armistice. ^ Twelve Dead in Sofia Blast jpTr ' Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. C. -- Twelve "V 4»ersons were killed ami forty Injured fn -an explosion of old shells at the Kpetablishm^nt of a 3unK dealer. Many tj»«r»oas wera rep<*^ mUa^g jrft«r (fee extfoslon . Austria-Hungary Alliance Diecussed. Budapest, Jan. 8.--Expressions in favor of renewing the alliance with Austria are being made here. Chancellor Seipel of Austria arrived here to discuss international matters with the government chiefs. Ask Wast Indies Parlay. t Washington, Jan. 6. -- Resolutions proposing negotiations with Great Britain and France for cession to the Cnited States of their fsland possessions in the West Indies were reintroducers by Senator Reed. New Boll Weevil Fight Planned. Washington, Jan. 6.--^Secretary of Agriculture Wallace announced a cotton "|onftrence will be held at Memphis early next month to consider uaa of calcium arsenate end other math* ods to end the boll weevil evIL Estate Offered to President. Augusta, Me., Jan. 8.--As a summer home for the president of the United States, Sherman Douglas of Lamolne, member of the state legislature, offers "his estate. Shore Acres, six miles Woman Suffrage in Mexican State. Mexico City, Jan. 8.--The first woman suffrage measure In Mexico has been passed with the approval by the San Luis Potosi state legislature of a constitutional amendment granting the new right. / ' High Irish* Post for MoNeill. Dublin, Jan. 5.--James McNeill has been appointed as the first high commissioner of the Free State in London. He is a brother of Prof. John McNeill, the Free State minister of educatiod. Missing Seaplane Found, j Washington, Jan. S.--Undamaged, the missing navy seaplane G00 was located at York Spit lighthouse, Chesapeake bay. Engine trouble forced It dppn while en roijfce fro# Philadelphia to Hampton Roada. French Planes Scout Ruhr. London. Jan. 6.--French airplanee have crossed over unoccupied German territory, hovering over Mannheim, according to a dispatch to the Central News from Berlin, "he maneuver is apparently preparatory to the march of the French army into the Rohe valley. ' Mexican Situation Worries "Britain. London, Jan. 6.--The recent' killing of a British subject has served to intensify official concern over the status of foreigners and foreign property in Mexico. It is hinted the British government may take drastic action. Dynamite Found in Shoe Factory. Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 0.--A suitcase containing a battery, a fuse and 72 sticks of dynamite was found in the Knipe Bros.. Inc., shoe factory here. The company has been involved in labor disputes. v Another Quebec Church FIm^ Quebec, Jan. 5.--The Goo^ sKepr herd convent of St George de Beauce, 30 miles from here. Was burned. This Is the eleventh fire in a Catholic Institution in Canada during the year. Blow te Peace Hopes. Jan. 5.--Coincident with breaking up the council of premiers, practically all hope Is abandoned for th-> conclusion of peace In the Near East, according to private telephone advices from Laaaaane. FRENCH POUR INTO .GERMANY Feur Tralnloada of Colonial Troops . „P<pae Through Coblens oh W<ay • •--- to Dusaeldorf. * Coblenz^ Jan. 9.--Four tralnloafls of French and colonial troops from Mayence passed through Coblenz on the way to concentration center in the outskirts of Dusseldorf, whtre, it Is estimated, 60,000 troops already have. assembled. Baptist Preaches aa PreehyMrlaw. New York, Jan. 9.--The Presbytery of New York supported by an overwhelming majority the Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdlck, a Baptist, who is the "special preacher" at the First, Presbyterian church. Kilauea Volcano Aeti*v •' * Hllo, T. H., Jan. 9.--Park C^tnmfpsloner Boles reports more activity fit ttte Kilauea volcano than for many months. Fountains of lava are shooting to a great height from two lakea in the volcano. Opens With Peaceful Organiza #otfi House* Jim, Adjourns. ** RUSH FOR ADVANCE SAURIES Members of Both Houses Besiege the Paying Teller--Mre. O'Neill, Illinois' First Woman Represen- / tative, la Inducted. Springfield.--The Fifty-third Dlinela general assembly opened Wednesday with peaceful organization of both houses, an address by Gov. Len Small, a rush for the paying teller's window for advance salaries of $3,900, and a general tendency everywhere to woo the spirit of harmony and consider the "good of the people." Underneath this gentle surface, however, there was an attitude of armed watchfulness on the part of the vigilantes' organization , in the senate, which went down to fts first defeat in the organization of the tipper house and the appointment of the committee on committees. To Get Busy in March. Organization of the new assembly will proceed from various unofficial headquarters diirlng the next few days. Both houses mlet for a brief session Thursday and then adjourned until next Tuesday. Another adjournment will be taken flt that time and the announcement of the committee memberships, upon which all progress In legislation hangs, will not be made for several weeks. Exodus of members with their pay roll vouchera followed immediately upon adjournment. Speaker Shanahan returned to Chicago. He asked all members of the house to suhmit to him the list of committees upon which they desire to serve. Makeup of Rules Committee. The rules committee as announced by Mr. Shanahan is made up with the speaker as chairman, five more Republicans and three Democrats. The Republicans are Representatives Owen B. West of Yates City, former Speaker Gotthard Dahlbe|g of South Chicago, Abraham; L. Stanfield of Paris, James W. Rentchler of Belleville, and C. L. McMackin of Salem. The Democrats consist of Minority Leader John P. Devine, Michael L. Igoe of Chicago, and Arthur Roe of Vandalia. * Sharp contests are expected over committee chairmanships. Edward J. Smejkal of Chicago ls> said to be slated for the head* of the appropriations committee of the lower house. An eft'ort Was made to give Mra. Lottie Hoi man O'Neill the same privilege, but she declined, saying she would take her chances on the general drawing. Despite her unwillingness to take advantage of her unique position, a choise aisle seat in the front row on the Republican aide waa re* fcerved for her. IV) Senate Seeaiofi la Brief. ' The senate held a brief 8essIoff/l5h4 emergency measure was presented by Senator John Dailey. This was a de- 'flciency appropriation of $120,000 for the National Guard. This was needed, It was explained, for the service of troops during riots and strikes during the last year. No action was taken. Senator Richard J. Barr, president rpro tem., took the gavel for the first time and was greeted with applause. Mra. O'Neill Takea Seat. Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill, the "lady from Du Page," took her seat in the,Illinois state assembly. As Illinois' first woman representative, escorted by more than a thousand women from all parts of the atate, and cheered by the entire legislative body, she walked down a flag draped pathway to a seat on the aisle In the fifth row on tlte right-hand aide of the room. The quietly efficient woman In plain dark blue ault and blue silk hat represented a twofold milestone, a triumphal conclusion for the pioneer suffragists who lined the gallery, and a signlilcant beginning for the new woman politicians who nodded down at her behind her mass of flowers. Mrs. O'Neill, who is neither offensively feminine nor disturbingly masculine, removed her hat, smoothed her hair and. Inconspicuously, hut in the limelight, sat back, a spectator at her cwn induction. The reception which the women, under the direction of the Illinois League of Women Voters, have fceen planning for weeks, broke forth. • A high soprano scream from a HFoman who is an expert on the eight hour day legislation, three yells and a giggle from a dignified Chicago club woman, whr* nearly woNbled off the chair on Which she was standing; seven simultaneous s^ngs from nine different groups; yells. Individual Collective and blowing of horn* / Mexican Refugees Returning. Mexico Cityi Jan. 9.---Many political refugees are returning to Mexico as the result of President Obregon's amnesty decree to all except those concerned in the murder of former President Madero. Berlin Doctor Goes to Lenin. Berlin, Jan. it.--Doctor Volght, head of the neurological laboratory of Berlin university, e fi eminent brain specialist, hns left for Moscow to attend Pnemiif Lenlr, who be at death's Joor. Illinois State In Brief. Hillsboro.--Young pt-opl^ who have Joined the Montgomery County Baby Beef club have each selected one of the 110 calves Imported by the Montgomery 'County Shipping association ind will fatter* the animals for market. Kext fall the young folks will cuter tl.e competition of the county fair and prizes will bo awarded the best cows exhibited. Morris.--WolveS are growing more numerous and bolder In the northern part of Grundy county. Springfield.--The enforcement of the national prohibition lawa and the prosecution of offenders should be done by state, county and city officers rather than by the federal government. United States District Attorney Thomas Williamson at Springfield declares in asking that the federal court dockets for thla district be kept clear aa much aa possible of liquor cases. Sterling.--The contract has bee.i let for draining 40,000 acrea of land south of Sterling. This is the largest contract of Mrfcfetil tnaA» to tecettt <rmt« here. ' Elgin.--A hog iigWl" with hot and cold running water, Mulhern a&poeuro and skylights for sleeping porches, has been erected on his farm by Jamee Dorsey, residing near here. The structure is said to be a radical departure from anything of a like character li» this section of the state. It was built to accommodate 500 pigs. The build* ing lp of three stories and the ipurtments for the brood sows are built of steel. In them each sow may take car* of her own family without disturbance from outside. The dining room U on the lower floor. It is equipped with steel troughs, which may fe easily flushed out. Springfield.--To avoid the danger* of plant parasites coming into this state, Governor Small has placed en embargo upon the importation Into Illinois of corn from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts; Rhode Island, New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Connecticut. Corn from those states is sexpected of being Infected by the corn borer. The governor has also placed a ban upon the importation into 1111- nofs from other eastern states of celery, green peas In the pod, beets with tops, spinach, rhubarb, cut flower* and numerous flower plants. Tb* quarantine la affective on and after January 5. / Urbana.--Open rates of a fare and one-half for the round trip from all points in Illinois, and a list of speakers of national importance, were two Announcements made at the Unlverslty'of Illinois regarding Farmers' week, which is to be held at the university January 22 to 27 inclusive. This la the first time in the history of the state that the half-fara rate has been allowed on the open basis for the aocalled "agricultural short course." Thin means that any person desiring to vialt the university at that time may do so without the formality of having an attendance certificate signed while here. Springfield.--Farm land taxes for 1922 were reduced $557,550 by the action of the Illinois tax commission in decreasing the equalized state land valuations, according to a statement sent out by the Illinois Agricultural association at Springfield to 94 county farm bureaus. The reduction was ordered by the commission on December 20, after hearing statistics from representatives of the farmers' association at a hearing November 10. The farmers charged that the "increased cost of government during the past two decades, in Illinois had been largely borne by farm lands." v ' West Frankfort.--The bodies of Opal May McMurpry, eleven years old. and Bruna Rebechi, nine, were recovered from the Little Fork creek, narf here. The girls wandered from home Christmas, but their parents said they were not alarmed until they failed to return Christmas night. The creek was dragged for twelve hours before the bodies were found. There was ft light coating of ice on the creek Christ-' mas, and the opinion was expressed that the girls attempted to walk across It. Springfield.--The atate teachera' la convention here selected the following officers: William B. Owen, Chicago, president: O. L. Manchester, Norniat, chairman of the executive committee; Caroline Grote, Macomb, first vice presldent; Silas Eckols, Mount Vernon, second vice president; Noah Mason, Oglee> by, third vice president; Charles Mcintosh, Monticello, treasurer; E. C. Fisher, Rock Island, member executive committee; Robert C. Moore, Carlinville, secretary. Springfield.--The service recognition board consisting of Governor Small. Adjutant General Black and State Treasurer Edward Miller Is making rapid' strides toward the early payment of the state soldiers' bonus to veterans of the World war. Bids were opened for the fixtures and refitting* of the building which the recognition board has leased to be used as headquarters for the bonus payment offices, and an office force ts gradually being recruited to assist In clerical work. Aurora.--A verdict of $10,000 against the city of Aurora has been awarded the estate of Jacob Meyers, Oswego butcher, who was killed April 2, 1918, when his automobile plunged over an embankment. It was charged the city had failed to provide a guard rail which would prevent automobiles from going over the embankment. Belleville.--Flames brought under control destroyed the "Mighty Doris Shows" and an old car harn. causing a damage estimated at about $150,000. The circus formerly was owned by "Honest John" Brunen, who wan shot and killed at Riverside. N. J. Geneseo.--A bond issoe of $30,000 la to be proposed to the voters of Genesoo township or. January 20 for the purchase by the township of the Geneseo Collegiate institute. The plan is for the Geneseo township high school to> take over and use the collegiate building for high school purposes. Dwlght.--"Know Illinois" la the watchword adopted by the Dwlght Woman's club and. under the leadership of Mrs. Frank L. Smith, wife of Cel. Frank L. Smith, chairman of the Illinois commerce commission, the clubwomen are studying the beauties and resources of the state. Instead of the usual meetings with music and speak-* ers. the member* substitute trip* 'te scenic spot*. ,j Sterling.--The annual WhitesMe County Farmers' institute will be held In Tampico January 17 and 18. Prominent speakers are on the program. Roekford.--fetuart Ralston. University of Illinois graduate in the rlass of 1913, has been elected to head the destinies of the Rockford Illlni cloh for the coming year. Officers elected by the club, besides President Ralston, were Albert Johnson vice president, and Stanley Storey, secretary and treasurer. : » Blooinington.--Central Illltioi* raft,-, roads are hauling water to many stations to relieve a water famine which is declared the most serious in year£. Only th* larger it*** and ctweka *1* flowing. *' ; 4 M'} ' • *'if