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«Fields charged with fixing the Gov. Smail jury, This comment on the verdiet was made today by the Chi-- 'cago Tribune in its editorial col-- Says State Is Rotten with Politics Under Smail's Illinois garment of shame "from Herrin in the south to Waukegan in the north" has not been made any whiter by the verdict of not guilty court in the cases of Eddie Kauft-- When Len Small was state treas-- urer the Chicago packers borrowed $10,000,000 'of --state money. The in-- terests earned by that money should have been turned over to the state treasury. The packers paid as high as 8 per cent. The state got 2 per Two years after Small's term as treasurer expired he was inaugurat-- ed as governor. He still had the packers' notes. The transaction was discovered by the new state treasur-- er. Small, on peremptory demand, returned the securities, He was in-- dodged arrest, but was finally tak-- en. He was brought -- to -- trial in Lake county. He was mequitted, Civ-- il suits to recover the money admit-- tedly paid by the packers and ad-- mittedly not received by the state dicted for embezzlement are pendriik« If 'frik: J. B. Fields, a member of the jury which acquitted Smail, was appoint-- ed deputy game warden by Smallaf-- ter the trial. Walter Repkow, a member of the jury which acquit-- +ad was anpointed state highway patrol officer. Frank . -- Reat member of the jury which ted, was appointed state highway patrol officer. Elmer J. Green, the sheriff of Lake county, who had charge of the jury which acquitted, was appointed state superintendent ;',"jf'"';'wm Sun which de-- fended Smith during the trial, was appointed Illincis commerce com-- "C 1 Lo w i ts( uie ORA < * ds missioner. Ben Newmark, a detec-- tive who was in the Small entourage «t Wukwdnrh'fi'tfido:z Wmtmnu ' Celee e eie CCC o C NSTC bdbedn'dlumm*' dhetec Ee t 500 M cmmmds torney Smith. William. J. Kiley, & saloonkeeper of Antioch, Lake coun-- ty, confessed that he had paid J. B. mmumm-hm $350. He said $1,000 had been given him by Edward Courtney and FEd-- EERentt: 'rll ' ward Kauftman, cago characters, cago characters, for this purpose. Thomas E. Sommerville testified that he had been offered a state ap~ pointment by Courtney as soon 88 he had received a jury subpoena, Joe Hahn told State's Attorney Smith that Riley had tried to bribe him as soon as he received a jury him as soon as he received &A JOFYZ)"" / _ °. . M as vaccin: w"'w""""w"'mw tablished. before the grand jury and refused|> The dit to answer questions, They were tive belie granted -- immunity. from prosecu-- | vice of t} C*" uot refused to answer. They ?;'._'..a." Boyle, Small agents, were DFOVL to answer questions. They were tion, but refused to answer. mmudxwfl"',"",, for contempt 'of court and ju their bail. They fled the country and, during the trial, are supposed to have made their way into Cana-- da. Leslie Small, the governor's son, L Eo Coams cofiname as an unwilling and hostile withess, testified in the trial that three men naming themselves Courtney, Kaut-- man, and Con' Shea came to him and said they were .out $7000 or "mudwmtdbhm"'d' 'n-'tAWB"'m'M"' --for the apprehension of the fleeing Newmark and Boyle to get them into court and on the witness T e e o e e t m\d '" stand, standg, .. Huk , Hass _A 00 T idb nth be 'uhn. It is well authenticated that Courtney and Kautman, feat" ful of consequences when they were indicted and arrested, told State's Attorney Smith they . would w'hdd elsewhere. Money became available forfll'h'dd"w" e to their rescue, including' . a . /n tive W. L. Pierce, a Gm" the recent legislature. _ " nc P Md The editorial headed "A State of the recent legislature. §E The undisputed . evidence snowed that Fields deposited $350 in . an Antioch bank a week after the Ac-- auittal of Small Riley testified that he had given him $950, None of the defendants took the stand. None denied the charges mgainst them. The only witness the defense PS' duced were citizens of Antioch who testified that Fields had a _ £900 reputation and that Riley wA* 8 b l To T8 5 um of wt ing . jail i C e """m i m'mmm"" 9.'.." .--""f;um the tria) roam, Administration to get away from, the the indicted men not ¢ runaways . An acquit-- iL AC t i the in the of on Mmhld been satiefied. Some of the jurors who acquitted Smaill of the criminal charge of embezzlement were . re-- warded. The evidence that there was bribery was not controverted. The only defense was that the state's at-- duty with the : insufficient funds granted by the Lake county super-- prosecution of innocent . and that _ the man who confessed _ he bribed a juror was a crook. Jury 'mun'eoumlmd.mbe committed by men of unimpeachable ::.Muddhtlnnuhd integ-- _ The state is soiled with the filth \'umfi"flim."h,"th' present, helpless in the control of erganized and successful criminals, From Herrin in the south to Wau-- kegan in the north its garment is STATE HEALTHY, --(By the United Press). SPRINGFIELD, IIL., July :8.-- Every day in every way . Illincis gets healthier and healthier, accord-- ing to statistics just released by the state department of public health, For the first six months of this smiallpox, typhoid fever, -- diptheria and scarlet fever were reported against 16,279 cases for the same period last year and 28,694 for the first half of 1921. ; Saving to Péople of nois Amounts to When the total cases of the dis-- eases named for the first half of 1922 and 1923 combined are compar-- ed 'with similar data for the same periods of 1920 and 1921 the decline in favor of the last two years is practically one--half, Actual-- figures for the six months' periods of the last two and the two preceding D. Rawlings, state directop of public years are 28,851 and 51,889, respec-- tively, or an actual decline of 22488 cases for the past two years half "If each case of the diseases nam-- ed (small pox, typhoid fever, dip» theria, scarlet fever) cost an. aver-- age of $25, a very conservative esti-- mate for time M'hw em-- ete., the saving to the people of Iili-- nois through the decrease in these diseases amounts to over a half® a tions by experts have been earried out;--he said, in all cases of these diseases where epidemic threatened to follow and such control measures ;uwflm,qundm.m7 tion of water and milk supplies es-- tablished. -- The director expressed the posi tive belief that the public health ser-- vice of the state was the chief fac-- 'tor in the reduction of diséase pre= valence in Illinois. He added that the department of public health had di--. rected its efforts especially against the diseases named above during the-- public has a tendency to underesti-- mate the value of public health ser-- vice because its best results give positive health, a thing which is lit-- tle appreciated until sickness comes, When lice come into the '1en house, profit usually goes out. -- ... LC ind your . kid will then This y?smom m is made f::t wid of grlgu and lemen bined 'f!th ithisa, and is : lush --clogged kfiuyl and them to normal activity. It also w acutralize the acids in the a0 To ons disord thus Iflzd"fl lfove der disorders, _ _, _ _ < . JSad Saits is harmless, in ro: makes a delightful off water drink which /body should \".M"::df-b"" keep thei e £ i ic B :u--y' , [wiie * 4 a"d m..m Mest folks 1 that the 'ke the bow:ll.'::'"flw "w"-" nd need a flmh.la occasionally, else wi '{'d" backache dull misery in tw .. dney 10n, severe rheu You simply must k wtive .flp&'n, .ld.&mmw cel an ache or pain in the ro ;ion'do.bont! r ounces of" Jat jalts from any fi drug atore here ake m tablespoonful in a glass of wa e before breakfast for a for days ca aleepleasnest laudder disorders. Salts Fine for B Aching Kidneys Eating too much meat _A the Kidneys, then Ea not guilty. not satisfy any person nenyt qrnor «nan | 10 .e:gm. of not guilty., itisfy any person ne rg i of the stinaoe | % ment ~were . re-- ce that there was mtroverted. The nat the state's at-- y tried to do his nsufficient -- funds :;:uaty super-- A ocent m,m::'d ho confessed he is a crook. Jury mmitted, must be of unimpeachable inguished -- integ-- led with the filth ne and is, for the in the control of o $ $ JA Lare The J Cance. Sales Are: _ In Fi l Swmg : The July Clearance of Men's Apparel | This is sensational clearal most : of the summer days have taken every man's at house and cut the price one AtllchgulanfiecL s is sensational clearance «news, | * at tha anmmer days yvet to come weo 4/ STRAW HATS Now For Another Wonderful Saturday In * RDAY We're clearing away the men's clothes + at unheard of savings. You all know | . the quality of our clothing too--its the $ . product of the best makers in Amer-- $ . ica----Read this news. _ _ _ tk, ~MEN's SUITS| _ MENs suts $ _ Men's Shirts Attractive Dress Shirts in the (new. styles and g:mr--rflnt will appeal every man. Various shades.. 793 Men's Shirts Outing . 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