: *4 ases the alroady pronounced in-- i ** . t f ot --the fleet in certain re-- --_ «--mpocts, and extends the period o! that . . ~--vJmadequaey of the fleet still farther 5 'JIuition-- of the test or spirit of© the _--*-- *Washington naval limitation treaty of _ PA921, Wilbur insisted. | He cited the *' . ~efforts of the United States repre-- ---- . wmeentatives both at the Washingion $ conference and the Geneva gather-- ing of last --summer to limit cruiser ___ 4. Bio Janefro, ~Brazil, / Jan. 111--Ai " --~ $tast 12 persons were killed and more «. aBe casualtfes will be increassd. At --/$0:3Q a. m. the fire--was still burning.. . give the United States an uitimate eruiser tonnage of 396,000 -- standard tons in 43 vessels. Twenty--siz would Washihgton, Jan. 11.--Declaring mbsolute needs of the nation' rather than upon the plans of ~riva} mark time powers, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur vigorously ~advocated con-- «@ressional approval of~ the ~navry's Before the house naval aftfairs® com-- sommittes announced that the com-- mittese will"hbegin consideration of the piupiain SUnmubnuii'y. SS . IOGER sesasions until action is taken. gram of this bill is not based upon the 55--3 ratio but will be well within that ratio as to Great Britain and only alightly above the & to 34 ratio with Japan unless she increases her pro-- ----5 alrcraft cazi'en. miles from:the university.-- The Ten--« 9 large typ@ troyer leaders, nessee zine and copper the Ti-- Eft ::mfl:.. t migortce :M lead -'("z beits, hdetem.hmdms'mrfl wlm" Board: at all ~times has taken int0| Indiana and Ohio, the off and : eonsideration the condition of othef| goray o¢ Okishoma Kansas, Hlinois, mavies, and their construction and Indiana, -- Ohio, Ponnsytyania and mheouatm-ohruma" [ tha fron min are known to us, But the program | West Virginia, the famous we are now presoentug to comgress| W# districts --of .Minnesote, Michigan in competitive --building > of : wasships and do not intend to do so. The cru-- bortmdho&-tehn'?t cruisers ~wil-- be: below the 5 to £ ratio with Great Britain at all times during the period of construction and huge 35,000 ton capital ships; fifteen ethers are nseded for the protection submarines. . This proposal was not accepted by= the other powers, who preterred to retain unlimited discre-- tion in the building of these types." Although great Britain and Iapan began building the new type of 10,000 ton cruiser immediately after the rat-- ification of the Washington treaty, the United States did not authorize euch construction--until 1924, Wilbur eight cruisers werd authorized, it undertaken: to maintain the treaty flbh.mnmru!tmstw by : buillding up to that ratio even *"The insistenmce of Great Britain and of her navral experts and of her delegates at the Geneva conference upon her absolutse needs for a large h-u-eta'?mdm naval program Other> powers, is _ 25 cruisers of 10,000 tons displace ment. * > to round Out our nary as a defensive erganization, without ireference to the tennage. by> treaty, as evidence of America's . abhorance of competitive bility for resumption of competitite naval amnnament. # ah-wmuu-mm tomnage, regardless of the naval pro-- riers, the classes of vessels here an thorized are not limited by the Waslh Ington' treaty. Every aignatory power that 22 such ships would hare been wage parity with Great Britain and a 5 to S ratio with Japan. y is in no sense competitive, it & based upon the need of our nary 38 lt is determined by the secretary upon the technical advice of the general ARPPEARS _ BEFORE -- COM. Says This Five--Year Program| . That IMinois is one of the foretso Provides For the Absolute {.:":"m':;",,még Needs of Navy. --| of the state because it 'is at the ap» 'The progrem calls {or the following aft, to be constructed over a ftive "That. is to say, we bhave--not even "With the exception of alrcraft car-- 12 KILLSD IN FiRE NAVAL for the 'and Alabama--are all included within _ this great : mineral 'region. The metailurgical centers. of Chi-- cago, ~Gary, St; Louils,-- Birminghant 'and Pittsburgh 'are well within easy reach of the sehool --and their= near-- ness makes it possible to give brac tical demonstrations of the theoretical side of mining engineering with small ~expense both of time and money, ---- Within a Ave--hour train ride from the university the largest coal mines © are located.: Less than 100 mileg away are the long wall coal mines at north= and Kansas strip mines are: within easy reach of the students. 23 _ Each year an inspection trip which includes many of the principal mining centers of this district is made by the senior students in mining engineering. '&':--M'M the | mm%mmmi ts a o hJ Aonota tary¢eftcoi n v ib stock" of $100,000.° The Bunns 'held 50J shares, the rest being distributed mncneuenuh-kw.m. Is s otéAttsatuayetgqin vb t p@eces Ts s regae R a ( mud ». sgint i proximate <center dtfllm mmm.«:o . of Hlinoi® mt' of mining.--en~ gineering h'mh&** kind for the teaching : of mining :en-- gineering in the ontire country, .=.--.j 'Th""hw'm of a--tirecle whosr>radius of 500 miles: euiely of the tinited sntominaithe mu- of Calitornia and Teras i this cireleo is produced nearly all of the bituminous --coal, fron ore, lead and zinc ore --and aluminum ore of the couniry. field Watch company with a capital state department of public works and builldings, and Fradk T. Sheet3, chiet ~ *he routes considered were No. 41, from Morris to the """-"'3 line; No. 67, from Marengo to W stock, shd Routg No 71, from a point west of Autrora connecting wit\ Route -- Gov. Len Smail spoke .at. a road meeting held at Aurora recentiy when Fees ot the automobileo. department !ll: m total of nearly $15,000,000 for 1027, an fnecrease of upproximate ty $900,000 o¥er 1926. -- . A by Col. C. R. Miller, --director: of the In Bdgar: Allian Poe's "The Gold of Portland ~cement is *WMG:&mfi e on "heaint on ot the state Separtmentfor the new A yew tree in a--Scotch graveyard was in 1060 noted as being one.of the largest treq'h cht.u.'.h ng 'thorities is over threé thousand years ~&axes and their share of the state ga% der state supervision 50 miles:of pay-- ing, 100 miles of hug.mh;ud ~50 bridge projects. : total est!-- *mated gobt for road work to be done Jn Hilinols during the coming year is Tilidois: begings the year 19098 with a total:batance of $21,811,800.:86 in its general revente fund and a totil but-- ance in all funds of $$8,227,021.08. | . This information is shown on thr books: of 'Btate Treasurer Garrett D; Kinney, which show also --that the state treasurer has credited to the ray» enue fund a total--of $914,284.01 front Interest collected on state fands, for the first eléven months of his term of fhain was credited by previous treas-- urers --during ~the same: period. are sentenced for serious crimes, Tentative draft "of the 'new state-- measur®--up. for consideration 'at t! special mession of the general assem-- dinary session: in the ofice of Secre tary bf State Emmerson. 'The new gmw.mm» y. The following four WWihportant sub-- 'Jects were Included in the governor's and aimendments to the general clec tion law as needed. -- Pesgnactment --of a law fAxring the boading limit of downstate subdivi-- sions and fAxing the tax rate of the South side park board, Chicago. Enactment of law which will pegmit wade for their salaries. * ¥ollowing the fling in the office of Secretary of State Emmerson, ofi-- member of the house and senate, sState highway system. -- 'Ancient Scottish Yew Tree, of the state and 'the 'processes of the law.-- «But: this did. nothappen.= | _ . . Ts e '~"I haye searched in vain," said--Gov-- ;Up to this: writing there is no exten-- ~Mation shown for what the seven jud: zes . of the court ~appeals, in agree-- . with the twelve jurors and the . Justice, have found to be a do Uhrerate-- and : premeditatéd murder ; tedby these defendants. : /«~*"The application --for executive cle-- meney is thereétore denied," -- * + mRomenon, as of a : star or bright body in rapid<motion through the air, pro-- @uced by a small mass of" matter per-- L.Am._.._uL uT es c ow 1R Sn¥yder and Henty Judd--Gray.--set for 'tomorrow mfi-&fi by odey dn the heois t Governor A} fred L Smith's @enial of executive ' couple would : be allowed u& ow until the end. ~Gray, how-- ever, has long gince--resigned himsolf tQLl'i;-Mo. j ad ky s :m in ltJ:'duth :: hast use," ) <wnurden said... "It" relatives . of BSuydar: or~Gray, or their-- attor-- mfl.' to inferm them of the gov-- rnor's decision that isz their= privi-- would. haveé to be..produced in court, "What did Governor Smith do about our "clemency "plea*" : Both were given evasive answers. Up to ~eleven= o'clock neither had Ccemmmeusps _..s t¥ + m sls &8 . iat s _ Judd Ogay's chiet courtsel," Samucl n#'qjm--toto Sing .Sing. to ubtain the doomad man's signature to an appli¢ation for.'a writ of baboas corpus, which the lawyer plannad to 'inh:' uu-m * in, touch with each pther on the next «; Miler agid--Jhe would ask the. fod-- A moteor is a sudden Tuminous. pho ::iau-lm'b'fi:!'""':\ ied it i o e Paraan) 3+ ~ ~/ > "_ *fi ® "«>> P 4 + oincns h is the Tinal ray 8A munbepaes o uho a : big # 3 fundey Semmission, headed by Dr:' umiiou':auflvé Roverher S$mith an opportunity to reconeild-- er hie degsision not to grant a stay this comminsion js the--Tinal ray of hope that elther of the doomed iniatinien of Un condemic SAVE MURDERERS| -- COUNTY ~BULLETIN ~ William. Schumacher, < young Mc 'Henry county farmer sentenced--to 14 zfi in the state's prisonat. Joliet for murder of his father, is making a 't } lkg:! hb&n mi"o A tmst; 2nm of :onu that "&':n';mn 3 in and around the prige,.. --. _ _ * Los -- "ngeles, Jan. 11.1.--Saving a man ols 0 bugue, la., to the ex-- %&m u ; j _ Herman -- -- Los <Angeles mil-- omm ie RFO, ~4¢ R. which he be-- Q'tfl::l% to "Herman Schulz." (\« No~ reason.tfor -- the" bequest: was known. A woman laid claim to the Znoney dn the ground that she was the widow'of a Herman Sehulz. She did not know . whether o90L her husband had m':po'"« . V' e 4 .. Then Herman --Scholz ' of Dubugque, gave proof <that he had saved Voge!l, then a umall boy,: from drowhing in the Mississippl.Aforty years ago.~Vo-- ge. had declared his "intention of. re-- paving (the debt of-- gratitude some county ~for all of his lite of; 70-- yOATS| aracked her and threw her body into 7_1:'-«; 5'%'5 i ndey afttinnlh ' shier n "-;:mt Tina thand the bian "'flflt&hfl . The * deceided _ w M:&. in the snow, car prominently 'known~ in the county.| | majg--the baby in their arms to a near-- day. SCHUMACHER MADE . ~"A PRISON TRUSTY gubernatorial nomination, is disclosed #u&-w B election ~Antroduced in the Senate and Mm'v::,hmgn?t the state contest board to~ be com-- fim and the ~secretary of ---- Probate Fudge Crail :ordered -- the money paid to Scholz.> -- men must petitions the mr other candidates, be elected and . change can be made in their voting districts during :their terms of office "wunm:h:: s 3 the ~series of mumnumfi:umvmm law declared "unconstitutional. mcmnflwmvl 4 l powers now en-- Joyod by L. L."Emmerson, secratary of state, and Oscar E. Carlstrom, st erior court of -- Cook county to is that only through a delegate con-- vention can a solid delegation be se-- cured for Gov. Al Smith of New York as the party <presidential candidate. PLAN CO. CONTEST BOARD __A referendum. is --provided in which the party electorate instead of the senatorial committee determines whe-- ther one, two or three candidates shall be named for the House. ; | It is. understood the Brennan ocrats will oppose the bill provid for a presidential primary in Ap and election of district delegates to nominating canventions at such a primary... The business of state con-- ventions <is. left the, same as under the primary law declared unconstith-- tion to name delegates at large, so lect presidential--electors adopt a par-- ty platform and nominee candidates for trustees of. the University of HNli-- GETS $10,000 _ .. POLITICAL Prowea ©| COMPANIONATE . Youse, a resident of democrats 'and 1926, M. L. .Mosher of the. farm management and organizatica U _» >Gross~returns from ftarm ; land in east 'contral Hlinois have en _so low that this land, which has an: average sale value of about $235 ai acre be fore the war, has had practically no capital value during the years of 1925 Golit corn will dry faster in the field than in the averasge crib and for this reason immature corn should be left on the stalk in the field until it has dried down to--at least 30 per'cent moisture content, Dr. W. L. Burlison, of the U. of I. college of agriculture advised in the soft corn discussion. All {farms ' should have vegetable gardens, B. L. Weaver told the open: ing session d&hl borticultural di-- 'vision. . '"Even ff the age--old alibi of the farmer that 'I can buy vegetables true, the added quality of the home-- . Varietfes of corn grown in south-- ern Urited States have --proved infer-- jor dor silage "'2.'"" to varieties commonly grown for grain in central Il!ino}s, althoush they may--produce as much as 20 per cent more green for-- age, Dr. W. B Nevens, assistant chief in dairy feeding@at the U. of 1. <ol lege ofagriculture told the farmers. Despite the greater. yield of dry for-- age the southern'varieties produce no more dry matter than the central I1}-- inols grain varieties, he sald. _ _ grown-- products .alone would-- be enough to justifly g garden on every farm," he deciared. FARMERS LEARNOF -- BEST HANDLING OF IMMA TURE CORN Those who take this standpoint do not believe that, human nature being what it is, in the case of the average healthy, virile young cduple, the temp-- tation to live together during the trial period would be too strong. _ would result in a similar state of "im-- permanency" of marriage as exists in ---- On the other hand, there'is an in-- creasing volume of opinion that be-- lHeves the idea of "companionate mar-- riage" to be the sheerest of common sense. This section believes > that by palice. station. " Potic® rushed the ~ 'Mré. Rhods Webb, the mother, said streot and 'was gone --only three min-- «figmmmmmm #3id they. had seen a man about 40 years old pick the baby up and carry it away, but thought the man was the tion, officers failed to get the namos ot the boys. 'They are being sought for further questioning. ' Mrs., Bertrand Russell, wite of the famous scientist, herself an advanced thinker, has accentdated the interest in this subject by a fearless and out spoken dAewspaper article in "which she gives the project her anpport. But, on the whole, she is.outnumbered 'by her opponents. s *43 4 "It is well} for Mrsg. Bertrand Rus-- sell to talk about temporary marri-- ages .as she is a rich woman,"--says Horace Newte, well known novelist. "And: if her "marriago" went ¥rong. it would 'not mattet. But it would has become a leading topic in Eng-- Recognition of the five HMingig 4. 1 , BENEFIT TO RICH By E. A. WRAY gal= _ The bureau of standards says that the momentum of a moving body is de-- 'GBaed as the product of the mass of the body times the velocity. -- An every» €Gay definition of mase is the quantity of--matter in the body, whereas the . .weight of the body is the force exerted-- : on the body by the earth. The mase of a body is unchangeable, whereas the ~ weight is zere both at the center of the > tuguese, to which may be added Cat-- alan, Franco--Provencal, Sardinian and Dalmatian. * heavier in sollid form than to <the ;wm«-mbhm than water and will foat in iL. This is due to the fact that as it approaches . the freezing point water begins to ex« pand, and when it freezes, 4& expands so as to jnocrease its volume about one» aluth, This exrpansive force is suf= plently stroug to 'break glass and earthen pitchers and to split open great rocks in the crevices of which other worlds which bhavre muiltiple suns, As a matter of Zact, there are manoy 'utar systems having two or more suus, The two suns, Cue to the tremendouns wutual gravitation attraction, are pulled Into elliptical #hapes. Tremen-- 'Gous tidal efects will be created on-- the planet, providing, of course, this planet has water as our earth has. -- The two suny also give rise to pe-- > coliar shadow effects whereby every -- wbject throws two shadows instead of _ water has frozen, i Cnerectncitiorstzss, tenese > WILL --CONVENE -- TUESDAY Five 'applications, as--~required by-- ! law, were recognized and their--appli--« _ cations placed on file. Chidirman George McCullough, --sup ervisor of Warren township, set the * mext --meeting 'for Tuesday. . On that date one of the five applicants will 'be chosen at that time. > As the board > © goes into special seasion the nextrday -- ¥pproval of-- the committee's choice © vflltoah:th-. 6 L. E --«Those who applied are: D¢.°H. § &mn Br. F. H. Zim« < merman, Efingham, HL; Dr. 1. 'S. A¥ Strict enforcement of. the -- ban on tubertular' battle in milch 'kerds--in duction .unprofitable, members of the Milk--ProdAncers#' association declared Wednesdey as they met at the Hotel Sherman to discuss plans for obtain-- ing an increase in the price of their product. ~They are now 'paid $250 a Other Worlds With Double Shadowi._ & We are so used to our sun that it Members of th# ~committese . appoint-- point :a county veterinarian <Ao ~gut> ceed Dr--D:C. Grinnell, who was--dsop-- ped : by ~the. board--aiter. he --claabod with the state department : of agricul-- ture, fniled Wednesday to appoint--a Say--Strict Enforsement of T. B. Herds Here and Not Out-- FINE COUNTIES IN MEET o Meatore o rinpat's . _ indred pounds for milk. * side Chicago Circle Injures. Expansion of Water. i8