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Pjp,r», •*»>,> *js the Mchenry ylaindealer, Mchenry, il& DR. M. C. WHITAKfcR Ow a Million Gallon* * Year taming Into the United*' , t States. i in iiirt* VESSELS n ffiimc V1' Hitemeirt Made by Congressman (R9fl*rs on the Authority of State fApartment--Island Reltlr in Wealth. / Washington, Jan. 29.--Sensational disclosures of the vast extent of the organized smuggling of liquor from the Bahama islands into the United States were made by Representative John Jacob Rogers (Rep., Mass.), ranklag member of the house committee on foreign affairs. On the authority of the State defjartment Mr. Rogers stated that 2,000 - 000 gallons of liquor have been brought hi from the Bahamas since the United Btates went "dry." A large fleet of British ships is engaged in the illicit traffic, the island government and merchants are rolling in a new-found Wealth, one of the rum running magnates is an official of the government, Ud the profitable business is condoned fcf the British officials. Mr. Rogers is in favor of the acquisition of the British and French Atlantic islands by the United Statea, bat sees obstacles which appear Insuperable. *'As natural outposts of the defense mi our coast and of the Panama canal these islands would be Invaluable," Ifr. Rogers said, "and their acquisition t regard as desirable, not only for the strengthening of national defense, but for the better enforcement of the protection law. fl fear, however, that the question ad the acquisition of the Islands Is an, academic one at present. Great Britab is not disposed to part with the Wands unless the inhabitants desire to Join the United States. That conttogenoT is not imminent. The inhabitants would not be likely to favor a •pre which might deprive them of the rtgiit to consume liquor and surely would end the profitable Itytterswagr jcBnx business." , FRENCH FIGHT ;-rr •:-W Mobs Are Sabered by Algerians Iha^Rhine ILLINOI BUDGET DEFICIT Treves. <?. Whitaker." for slsc.y«W% professor of <Miemlea! pnginecrhig in Columbia university, was awarded the Perkin medal presented annually for the most notable achievement in applied chemistry. The award wa$ made in recognition of series of achievements in the continuous production of ethyl acetate made by himself and a BOTH SIDES SUFFER LOSSES Mate of Siege Is Declared by French Authorities--Burgomaster of Du»>< •eldorf Arrested--German Debt * Plea Denied. Parts, Jan. 27.--A,state of stage has been declared by the French at Treves in the Rhiueland on account of the serious riots there Friday afternoon. A dozen French soldiers and civilian officials were injured by the sudden German revolt. A troop of Algerian Spahis cleared the streets with sabers, wounding a number of Germans, some seriously. Dusseldorf, Jan. 27.--A series of decrees that amounts to martial law is b£ing enforced 1 >y the French troops In all of the occupied territory. Tlie entire business of government practically has been taken over by llie French, who arrested Burgomaster Schmidt of Dusseldorf and Dr. Oeicle, director of police, on charge^ responsibilities for the riots. The H&ding Praises His Aids at the ^Regular Cabinet! .« * Meeting. $181,000,000 SAVING SHOWN Representative William J. Graham of Illinois was unanimously decided upon by Republican members of the htfcise from Illinois to be supported in the fight for floor leader to succeed Representative Frank Mondell <»f Wyoming in the next congress. „ U. S. MARKET REPORT corps of research clwmisU working un- ortjclai8 are ln jg|| ^ will be der his direction. SUPPLY BILLS PASSED Senate Makes Another Record on Important Measure*.* M. CONVICTED AS A BOODLER Prominent Chicago Politician Found guilty of Grafting--Former Member , of Governor's Cabinet. Chicago, Jan. 29.--William H. H. Miller, Lundln-Thompson former member of Governor Small's cabinet as bead of the department of registration and education, was found guilty of Helling physicians' and pharmacists' %•. licenses to persons unfit to receive • •them, of raising examination grades, <Jk «nd of selling questions in advance of Jbe state examinations. The jury 4 placed Miller's penalty at a flae' of ; $1,000. KILLED IN INDIANA RIOT "j'.yltfbertff and Another Man Injured When a Dance Hall Is "Shot Up." Senator Lenroot Offers Substitute, and Criticism, for the Capper Rural ^ CredHs Bill. • ' Wastonfetm, Jan. 26.--AMI*#^£0- ord was made by tlie senate when it passed two supply bills, oue carryiug appropriations of M2,70"_'.9j0 for the legislative department, and another of $-J 4,41*0,000 for 'the District of Columbia. Chairman Warren of the senate appropriations committee was gratified over the rapidity with which the senate has acted upbn the supply bills and the fact that for the most part the appropriations commended by the budget bureau have not been altered. Senator Jones of Washington, chairman of the commerce committee, asked unanimous consent for uu agreement to impose^ a limited cloture on debate on the ship aid bill. Senator Brookhart of Iowa promptly objected and then Mr. Jones laid the bill aside for the immediate consideration of the Lenroot rural credits bill. Mr. Lenroot took a fling at the Capper bill recently passed by the senate, saying it does not liberalize credits, "but simply restricts credits to the Idea of making them more accessible to bankers buying live *6tock paper." Mr. Lenroot explained that his bill provides for government aid to the extent of $60,000,000 which, used as a revolving fund, will extend $000,000,- 000 credit for farmers. tried by court martial. The French also arrested President Greutzuer of Rhenish Prussia. After long conference with General Simon, however, lie was released with the warning that unless he obeyed all demands of the French he would again be arrestejj. A score of nationalist, leaders were aiyested ln connection with tfie rioting. In tl»e absence of the German police, order Is being maintained in Dusseldorf by patrols of French Infantry. More troops are arriving here en route to the Ruhr valley. Miners throughout the Ruhr are leaving their Jobs gradually. • Paris, Jan. 27.--The allied reparations commissions rejected Germany's appeal for a moratorium by a vote of to 1. and proclaimed Germany In general default of reparations. American Observer Boyden did not speak. Louis Barthou, French representative, withdrew France's moratorium plan and the commission decided to notify the allied governments of German defaults. K%V K' #7 ' ' | ' • $ 5 B l a n f o r d , I n d . , J a n . 2 9 . -- S h e r i f f K - Harry Newlin was shot in the ghoul* '"i*1 tier ni)d two men shot and killed by deputies and "another wounded In a j. ,-t riot at a dance hall here early in the j". \ fnornlng. The sheriff was called to ; - the scene after someone fired three p fchots through a store operated by col- ; ^ored persons, who were in the place ; . taking an invoice. . >V j • __________ ~ ^ .ife'VoLA AND CHARLIE TO WED ; - Fun King Gulps and Blushes When S > 4 Negri Tells of ftip ' Wooing. v,v fW Moste. Cal., -Ian. 2fr. IVrta ^ jgrl has capitulated. Snuggling on the! r >(Rhoulder of Charlie Chaplin, who' 4 jblushed and squirmed like a small boy caught pilfering a Jar of jam, covered . (with confusion, she proudly yet, diffidently announced to the world the J ibetrothal of the queen of tragedy to jf the king of film's funny men. LIVING COST STILL AWAY UP Sixty-nine Per Cent Higher Than 1913, Labor Bureau Statistics Show. In Washington, Jan. 27.--Final figures announced by the bureau of labor statistics show that in the country as a whole the cost of living In December, 1922, was 09.5 per cent higher thab for the same month in 1913, the last year before the World war; 2.8 per cent lower than ln December, 1921, and 1.9 per cent higher than ln September, 1922. 964 U. S. VESSELS TIED UP Total Fleet Is 1,379, Aggregating ft£4M11 Deadweight Tea%-- 415 in Operation. ff" RUSS AND TURKS IN WAR PACT ; ^ ( Pari* Hears That Moscow and Angora ^ Governments Have Signed Mil- Itary Compact. /V.. -tods, Jan. 29.--The Trtbuna cfgati-- of the Belgrade government, annonnces from a "reliable source" the ^ signing by the Moscow and Anp>ni governments of a military compact concluded between Foreign Minister Tchltcherin and Ismet Pasha at Lausanne, a Matin dispatch says. Washington Jan. 27.--A fotal of 1,379 vessels, aggregating 9,846,611 deadweight tons comprises the fleet owned by the shipping board which announce*! that 415 of its vessels were In operation and 904 tied up at the beginning of the new year. STEEL CORDON AROUND-RUHR 0FMCE-H0L0ING CLASS BIG Fifteen Million Persons in United States Supported by Taxes, Says Congressman Rainey. Urhana, 111., Jan. 26.--In the last 65 years federal taxes have increased from 46 cents per capita to $30, approximately sixty-five times, Congressman Henry T. Raln«y said in an address to farmers. "Our ofllce-holding class probably exceeds In the number the entire office-holding class of any three European nations," said Representative Raineiy. "According to estimate, there are on the federal pay rolls and on state pay rolls, Including pensioners and bondholders, S^TjO.OOO men and women. If we include dependents, there are at least 15,000,000 people in the country supported by taxes. And there are only 30,000,000 )>eople In the country ' engaged In productive'labor.". . FRENCH TROOPS FIGHT MOBS Invading Soldiers Clash With Angry Germans in Several Cities of the Ruhr, Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washington.--For the week ending January sit--QltAIN--Chicago cash market; No. 2 r«d winter wheat, $1.30; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.16; No. 2 mixed t orn, 71c; No. 2 yellow corn, 71c; Nt>. 3 white oats, 44c. Average farm prices: No. i mixed corn in central Iowa, 5»e; No. 1 dark northern wheat In central North Dakota, 98c; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas, fl.01. HAY--No. 1 timothy. $17.00 Cincinnati, $21.00 Chicago, -$16.60 Minneapolis. $20.00 St. Louis; No. 1 prairie, $12.60 Minneapolis, $16.00 Chicago, Jlti.00 est. I^ouis. KEEL)--Bran, $l'7.<*>; middlings. $36.50; rye middlings, $25.00; (lour middlings, $28.60 Minneapolis; 34 per cent linseed meal, $53.75 Minneapolis; white hoininy feed, $30.50 St. I<ouis, $tl.M Chicago; gluten feed, $42.65 Chicago. FRUITS AND VKGETABLES-Danlsh type cabbage, $36.00 in Cincinnati, $18,000 20.00 f. o. b. western New Tork points. Texas Savoy spinach, $1.50@1.76 per bu. basket in leading cities. Sacked round white potatoes, $1.35^1.45 per 100 lbs. in city markets. $1.06 f. o. b. New Tork points; northern round whites, 9&e@$l.l0 in leading cities, 60@67c f. o. b. shipping points. Baldwin apples, $4.6©@5.00 per bbl. in city markets, $4.2&&4.60 f. o. b. shipping points; northwestern extra fancy boxed Jonathans and winesaps, $2.25&2.S0 in midwestern markets. Middle-western yellow., onions, $z.;r>(ra3.l0 per 100-lb. sack ln con-r SUminK markets. ^ LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs/ top, $S.2o; built of sales, J7.75©8.U>; medium and good beef steers, $T.75@11.00; butcher cows and heifers, $3.75@10.25; feeder steers, $3.£f>^8.1i>; lifsht and medium weight veal calves. $s.50@12.00; fat lambs, $13.00@15.15; feeding lambs, $12.75®1o.$; yearlings, $9.25 fcl3.25; fat ewes, $5.00£'.8.3o. DAIRY PRODUCTB-Butter. 92 score, 48%c Chicago. Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins, 26^4c; daisies, 25c; double daisies. 26%c; longhorns, 27Vfcc; square prints, 2SV&C. ROOSEVELT ESTATE $981,171 Details of Property Owned by Fprmfr President Piled in Court by ' Executors; " New Tork, Jan. 26.-^Details of the estate of Col. Theodore Roosevelt were filed in Supreme court ln art accounting by his widow, Mrs. Edith K, Roosevelt, his son Theodore, and hi* cousin, George Ktnien Roosevelt, as executors and trustees. The executors report that upon Colonel Roosevelt's death they received a total of $801,171, which does not Include .5180,000 as the value of his only real estate, his Sagamore Hill estate. The remainder vras la personal property. Jan. 2t*--Fren«||a troops fought mobs in several cities of the Ruhr and the Rhlnelnnd. French dragoons tired at the crowds of angry Germans and rode them down in Dusseldorf, where General YVeygand, chief aid of Marshal Focli, was busy completing final plans for the isolation of the occupied areas from the rest of Germany. The Dusseldorf mobs fought the French cavalry with stones and a French lieutenant was injured. One German was hit b.v a bullet. Here in Essen the French massed machine guns to cow demonstrators, but finally withdrew them when the German mounted police dispersed (he mobs. GRAND JURY INDICTS L4JNDIN Generpl Weygand Says Occupancy • Witt Cease'When Berlin Shews Good Faith. London, Jan. 26.--"France will not leave the Ruhr until the Germans display good will in paying reparations," Generurl Weygand told newspaper men at Du eldorf. "We have tried every courtesy with the Germans, but they refuse to mak« any bgreements. We find nothing but bad faith." MANAGER AND $50,000 GONE Pelie* »f Country in Hunt for Mortimer E. Laufman of • Pittsburgh. Twenty Others Included in True Bill v Connection With Chicago School 'Board Inquiry. ' Chicago, Jan. 27.--Fred Lundln, for*, mer political companion of Mayor Thompson, and twenty others were Indicted by the special grand jury on a charge of conspiring to defraud the school board. Mr. Lundin and Virtus Rohm, It Is understood, are charged with conspiracy in connection with school Insurance contracts, gives through the Rohm agency and handled by the Southern Sureties company, In which both,Mr. Luudin and Mr. were stockholders. Springfield. -- Wheels of /ortlM, games of chance and gnmWlnl' de- , prices of ail'kinds that are said to lure the unsuspecting Into sad experiences at country fairs, are to be no more l£ leaders of the Illinois Association o€' Agricultural Fairs have their way. The association will meet on February 7 and 8, and this matter will betone of its most Important consldera-: tions, according to B. L. Davison, director of the state department of agrl-; culture and secretary of the assocla-' lion. / ' >:&*;: Springfleld.--Loan r fexnpanlai licensed by the state have shown'a decrease in numbers since the small loan regulating act became effective In 1917, according to the records of the state department of trade and commerce. They have dropped from 156 in 191S to 135 In 1922, of which 64 are In CookJ county. The state is now operating under what is known as the uniform small loan act, which provides *for a license fee of $50 a year, and sets the rate of interest at 3% per cent a month. Urbana,--How research work of education nl institutions pa.vs dividends of many millions of dollars each year was cit^d when President David kinley of th« University of Illinois, in a recent address stated that "the discoveries and Improvements of the University of Illinois agricultural experiment station, If adopted on all the farms of the state to which they are applicable, would result In a single year in an additional value of agricultural products of more than $200,000,- 000." Belleville.--M. W. Borders of Chicago filed suit to enforce the performance of a contract involving the sale of 20,000 acres of coal land In Freeburg township, in St. Clair county, valued at $1,000,000. The defendants are E. W. Clark & Co., retiring owners of the East St. Louis and Suburban Land company. It Is claimed that Clark agreed to sell his holdings or else buy the half interest owned by M. .W. Borders of Chicago, but later changed his mind. Bloomlngton.--The Chicago «T. Alton railroad is to enlarge its yards here by laying 14 switching tracks each with a capacity of 85 cars, according to announcement of the road officials. The extensions will make It necessary to demolish the hotel owned by the Company, the transfer of a library fniilding to a lot across the street and the moving ftf a freighthonse several hundred feet east. Springfield. -- Car and locomotive concerns ln Illinois were leaders in increased employment and higher wages for December, according to the monthly report of the Illinois department of labor ipade public here. There was an increase of 15.8 per cent in the number Qf railroad shop workers and their wages also jumped nearly 20 per cent from November average. Pearl City.--Depredatons of wolves in Loran and Kent townships, Stephenson county, have become so serious that farmers are organizing a hunt in which it is expected 100 or more will take part, ln the hope of4 rounding up and killing the marauders;. tThe hills west of Pearl City are said to harbor a pack of timber wolves numbering nearly a dozen. . Rockford.--Judge R. K. Welsh, In Circuit court, appointed Charles Holmquist temporary receiver for the Central Park Amusement company, on application of the People's State bank and Trust company, to protect the latter until a hearing on the receivership is had. It is understood the amuses in ent company is Indebted to the sunt of $150,000. Fulton.--wnen nunters were about to shoot down what appeared to be a ^my. Pilot Rights Plane Within 40^ fine, fat raccoon in a treetop near President Ur^es Economy in All Government Department and in Con- . greet--To Make Special Effort y'-[, to Balance Accounts. Washington. Jan. 30.--The anticlpated deficit In the nationul budget for the current fi&'al year which ends July 1 has been reduced to $92,000,000 froqa an earlier estimate of $273,000,000, President Harding announced before the fourth regular budget meeting.*--.Re-, ductions in expenditures and increased revenues combined to reduce the deficit, he said. Congratulating the assembled cabinet of this and bureau chiefs for saving $181,000,000, Mr., Harding urged continuance of rigid economy in the hope that^the $92,000,000 would he wiped out and the fiscal year ended with a balance on the right side of the ledger. , . Estimates for the next fiscal year, ending June 30, 1924, Indicate an excess of reeepts over expenditures for the first time since this country entered the World war. Mr. Harding said the present figures show the government will have a balance of $120,- 000,000 at the end of that period, this sum being the estimated excess of receipts over the $3,198,000,000 that will be required to run the country from July 1, 1923, to June 30. 1924. The 1924 budget is $196,000,000 less than the appropriations for the current fiscal year. Mr. Harding expressed the hope that congress would alsc enter into the spirit of economy practiced by the administrative branches. Bnt he made It plain that it is not expected or desired that congress should relinquish any of its prerogatives so wisely given to 'the people's representatives by the founders of the government. * SAYS BLOOD FLOWS lit RUHR Parle Newspaper Gets Rumor That French Kill Twenty Germani ' at Boppard. Palis. Jdn. 30.--Twerfty Germans nre reported to have been killed when French soldiers were obliged to use their arms to protect themselves during a violent nationalist demonstration at Boppard, near Blngen, says the Echo De Paris. The newspaper says it has been impossible to obtain confirmation of the report on account of Interruption of communication with the Rliineland. It is asserted*"the demonstration originated through the arrest of the burgomaster of Boppard. 250,000 National Guard Strength. Washington. Jan. 29.-- A special committee of regular army and National Guard officers has recommended to Secretary Weeks that the National Guard be held at a tninimijr» peaee strength of 250,000. > Irish Rebels Wreck TralfHf- * Dublin, Jan. 29. -- Ireland's most spectacular railway wreck occurred Saturday night ln County Wexford when Republicans captured four trains and piled them on top of each otfepr In a mass of twisted steel. Sanford Nomination Considered. Washington, Jan. 27.--Senators Nelson, Colt and Shields were appointed a subcommittee to consider President Harding's nomination of Federal Judge E. T. Sanford oC Tennessee to -the Supreme court. Yntlt, Jan. 29.--A general alarm "for the arrest and a charge of grand larceny of Mortimer E. Lautman, genecyt merchandise manager of Knufmann tiros., owners of « large department vtore in Pittsburgh, who disappeared here Thursday with 9B0,- 000, was sent out by the police. NEW CHICAGO POST OFFICE Ppaimaster General Work and Treas- 7 *irer Mellon to Submit $10,000,- 000 Plan to Congress. Washington, Jan. 27.--Postmaster General Work and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon are expected to recommend soon a new $10,000,000 post office for Chicago. The report will probably be completed and submitted to congress within two or three weeks. #'• . R a i l C a s e H e a r i n g P o e t p o n e d . Bt. Louis, Jan. 26.--Postponement until March 19 was taken in the federal court here on hearings on the Supreme court's mandate for separation of the Southern Vaclflc and Central .Pacific railroad systems. mi _ Volstead Attacks Rep. Keller. Hf ashlngton, Jan. 26.--Chairman Volstead ot the house Judiciary committee made a speech In the house attacking Rep. Keller (Republican, Minnesota) for lmpeachmenf of Atioc& ey General Daugherty. . Bill for Vice Presidential Mansion. Washington, Jan. 27.--Senator Warren. Republican, introduced a bill authorizing acceptance by the government of the $500,000 marble home on Sixteenth street which Mrs. J. B. Henderson has offered for vice presidents. Man and Woman filled. Memphis. Tenn., Jan. 29.--Mrs. Ruth HcElwain Tucker, twenty, and Duncan Waller, nineteen, a traveling salesman of Mayfleld, Ky., were found shot to death on a lonely r^ad several miles east of this city. \ ^ vM'/V 29.-- Law Violation Big Problem. Washington, Jan. 27. -- President Harding will call a conference of the governors of the 48 states of the Union to meet in Washington in April or May to consider the widespread disregard of the ep'hteenth amendment. paldwin Not to Return Here, Report. London, Jan. 27.--Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin, who Ueaded the British debt mission to the United States, will not return there, it is understood. Ambassador Geddes probably win continue negotiations. Three Boy Scouts Killed. West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. Three youths were killed and r five others were injured near here when one of them fired a shot into dynamite which had been placed for safekeeping IB a knapsack. More Irish Executed. Dublin, Jan. 27.--Patrick Cunningham, William Conroy and Colm Kelley, all of Tullamore, were executed tt Birr. Kings county, for possessint; arms and ammunition an*1 for theft froui residences. Prague to Have Fair. Prague, Jan. 29.--Preparations are well under way for an international Industrial fair to be held in I*rague from March 11 to 18. More than 2,600 Czechoslovak firms will be repoe^ifl^ed ln 18 groups. Poland Can 8tand Alone. ; Nef York, Jan. 27.--The need for American relief in Poland has passed, and Poland is now not only aMe but willing 'to carry on without outside assistance, according to tiM American Relief Administration. Y To Build Powder Plant. Washington, Jan. 29.--The FTnnlah government will erect a powder factory financed by an appropriation ot about $296,928, according to a report from Consul Davis at Helsingfor* Tbe- plant will be at Ahlbaclfft,, American Troops Saif ' ? ; Antwerp, Jan. 26.--The transport St. Mihlel left here Thursday with the American troops which have been on duty at Coblenz. About sixty men were left behind on the Rhine to dispose of goods. * FRANCE WON'T ANNEX RUHR Premier Poincare* Says, However, That French Will Remain . Germany Pays. '" Paris, Jan. 30.--In an address to American correspondents here, Premier l'oincare* flatly denied that France Intends to annex the Ruhr In order to obtain fuel for the Lorraine metallurgical Industry. He s«ld tlie French army will prolong the occupation until the German government executes its reparations oblgations according to'the Versailles treaty. Willi m tell of •weet tit Ihc Mm of WWGLFTS. It satisfies till sweet tooth anil aids digestion. Pleasure and benefit Wwa- COUGH Try PISCS AiMnliUtflr quick A | sssr cat Mamck-M 36c eat Chronic Constipation Relieved Without the IIsm of Laxatives Knjol is a lubricant -not • medicine or laxative QQ cannot gripe. When you are constipated, not enongb of Nature's lubricating liquid is produced ia tbe bowel to keep the food waste soft and moving. Doctore prescribe Nnjol because It acts like this natural lub rlcant and thua replaces it. Try it today. A UUORICANT-NOT A LAXATIVE jte- Takes Month to Paint Auto. It takes a month to paint an auto mobile. While going through the paint shops It receives 24 distinct operations, one upon another. Tbe bodiea are dried after each coat. - -- J - --3 FALLS NEARLY FOUR MILES Feet of Ground and Makdb , Safe Landing. Mount Clemens, Mich., Jan. 30.--Unconscious because of the severe cold. First Lieut. James I). Summers, a pilot of the first pursuit group at Selfridge field, fell from an altitude of 19.000 feet to within 400 feet of the ground here, a drop of nearly four miles, before he recovered lyl* j3en9.es, righted bla plane and ma<|e f safe landing. ' Daugherty Is Exonerated. Washington, Jan. 2d.--The report of the Judiciary committee exonerating Attorney General I>augherty of the Impeachment charges brought by> Representative Keller, Republican, was adopted by tbe houae, 204 to 77. FASCISTI HOLD MUNtCH CITY Bavarian Government Unable to Cope With Nationalists--Minister Qui^a-- Americans Warned. Munich, Jan. 90--With Munich in the sole possession of 180,000 Fascist! for the last two days, the Bavarian government confessed Its failure to cope with the mad nationalists, and Minister of the Interior Schweyer, who was charged with keeping order, resigned. Americana are warned to get out. Two Die In Irish Battles. Dub|ln, Jan. 30.--Colonel Coyne of thte Free State army was killed In a fight with Republicans on the Llmeriek- Kerry border, and a Republican soldier was killed in a sklriulsb, at Castlemaine, County Kerry. J Smuggled Liquor Sought. '->-i Atlantic City. N. J., Jan. 30.--Liquor supplies which were brought a«hore recently by a fleet of liquor runners which did a wholesale business off the New Jersey line, are being sought by federal prohibition agents. Gompers Asks Porto Rico Quilt. - Washington". Jan. 30.--A request fhftf the War department send a commission to Porto Rico to investigate labor conditions there was made by Samuel Gompern, president of the American Federation of I.abor. Movie 8tars to Wed. Jjoa Angelen, Cal.,'Jan. 510.--Harold Lloyd, motion picture comedian, and Mildred Davis, his leading woman for three years are engaged to be married, according t* i^porta fa flftn Wotot here. A-' "here, they were astonished to see the "coon" start to descend the tree, head first. It proved to be a monkey, instead of a raccoon, and one of the hunters who captured the animal will keep it as a pet. If Is believed to have escaped from a circus or carnival company. Springfield.--There were 38,279 public school teachers In Illinois In 1921, and of this number the Illinois State Teachers' association had a membership of 26,331, according to an announcement made by the aasoclatlon here. Bloomlngton.--Citizens of Bloomington are agitating for the erection at a convention hall to cost approximately $50,000. It has been suggested that the building be erected and when paid for turned over to the American Loglon. DeKalb.--Israel Joseph, who purchased at master-ln-chancery sale, for $90,000. the C., A. & D. electric railroad, announces he will continue to operate the line. Instead of junking It, but will substitute steam or gasoline for electricity <aa motive power. Springfield.--Efforts of the state department of health to have milk used in Illinois cities pasteurized are meeting witb success, according to Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, director of the department. The department Is urging cities to pass a model milk ordinance which It has drawn up. Freeport.--Twelve members of tlie Ku Klux Klan,.in full regalia, visited a country chinch near here while services were being held and presented the minister, Rev. E. L. Deam, with $25. Rock ford .--This city, one of the first large municipalities of Illinois to go "dry" under the local option law bad more arrests for drunkenness durthe last year than for any other of fense, according to the J nual report of Chief of Police A. E. Bargren Drunks arrested during the year numbered 725. Speeders were next, 345!, Jacksonville.--The fourth annual auto show «f Jacksonville has bo-n planned for March 12 to 17. Restrictions limiting the show to local ex hlbltors have l>een removed, and any dealer unywhere may exhibit this year. .',y -• ' M?;,'":V V t . : : vv ; - | AMERICAN TOMGGOCQI TURKISH VIROINIA BURLEY <5 for 10 < I SLOW DEATH Aches, pains, nervousness, difficulty in urinating, often meto serious disorders. The world's Standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid tronbleagj» - JLATHROP'S ^ ^ ^ HAARLEM OIL BBBBB bring quick relief and often ward c/f deadly diseases. Knownasthenatkmal remedy of Holland for more than 200 years. All druggists, In three sues. 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