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Illinois t; ¥ & t - V 5".^ it Id.--Illinois is remarkably fees "from the Spanish influenza this Mhtar, there being but 54 cases* in the •late, of which 44 are in Chicago. The following telegram has been sent to Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon general of the United States public health service, Washington, D. C., by Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, director of public health, reporting the cases of communicable disease reported to the department during the week ending December 13, 1919: "Diphtheria, 268, of which Chicago has 185, Streotor 4, Alton 3, Granite City 4, Peoria 9, Belleville 7, Anna 8. Scarlet fever, 350, of which Chicago had 252, Evanston 10, Elgin 8, Galesburg 4, Peoria 3, Springfield 3, Rockford 5. Smallpox, 84, of which Chicago had 2, Kirk wood IS, Roodhoufe 4, Peoria 5, Monmouth 33. Influenza, 54, of which Chicago had 44. Typhoid fever, 21, of which Chicago had 4, Marshall 3, Oblong 3, Poleomyelitls, 2, of which Chicago had 1, Mascoutah 1. Epidemic meningitis, 1 In Chicago. Lethargic encephalitis, 4 in Chicago. Chancroid 22. Gonorrhea 442. Sypteilitis 322." Chicago.--Chicago and the rest of j ViS-' . Illinois have started to yank the cam- 7; patgn against High Cost of Living out . of the polite conversational stage into - one °* action. As an outcome of Gov- . <rnor Lowden's anti-hi conference the 8tate's attorneys in all the counties are expanding and developing the fair t* ' > '-'I "> Prtce committees, recently launched under government auspices. Mayors fet v f v .* and other officials of sizable cities and ~ villages are to get behind the movement in their municipalities. Women's clubs, civic organizations, welfare societies are to swing into line in a statewide crusade to bring prices tum- • bling. As one starter, the delegates » sent word to Washington asking congress to enact a law requiring retail dealers to tag their goods with the cost price from the manufacturer or producer. Chicago.--More than 10,000 employees of the. steel mills at Gary, Hammond and East Chicago, Ind., and South Chicago, who were laid off dur- , sing the coal famine returned to work. . In a few days ali the plants will be ^operating at maximum capacity. P. ij|A. Newton, general superintendent of the Illinois Steel company, said that steel plants in the Chicago district have enough orders on hand to keep them busy for three years and that the mills will be operated day and night throughout the holiday seaiSon. Most of the plants have posted signs announcing that no vacations & will be granted to their men. Springfield. -- Governor Lowd$n's Christmas present to the taxpayers of / Illinois is a 20 per cent decrease in the state tax rate. The rate, as fixed the past week, upon which „ the next batch of taxes will tye collected, is 40 ( Cents on the $100 valuation. It means a saving to the taxpayers of $4,000,000 over the <"5 cent rate of 1918 and a if'f' 'saving of $8,000,000 over the 90 |^;*<cent rate of 1917. The big cut, it is '• explained, is made possible entirely ytf t / 'through the budget system and the adt> yi *" ministratlve code. The last legislature changed the basis of assessment fom * ;1*one-thlrd to one-half of the full value. . Springfield.--What Illinois achieved j' - ' . during the war is graphically told in V<-v *the 1919-20 Blue Book, just completed : ; . and given over to Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson. The publication recounts in detail the accomplishments ,y,*f4 of the various state departments, the . V" j fifty-first general assembly, the state > . . council of defense and other state %l|| , agencies during the past year. It contains a most exhaustive collection of state data and Is replete with informal §gjlf f; tion on state officers and other state celebrities. '• ' Springfield.--F. H. Law, assistant ^ •*.' superintendent of the liilnoft Central , .Railroad company, who has been rep- 'resenting the regional coal director in Jthis city for several days, has returned / J •=. - to Chicago. All bans have been lifted the state and national government, and no applications for fuel have been £ 'If fef1 ,th* f t 1 ' . received by State officials for several rdays. Chicago.--All restrictions on delivery of coal and coke by dealers have been taken off. T. W. Proctor, chairman of the regional coal committee, which has been sitting with its* fingers on Old King Coal's pulse for weeks, has decided the patient is now able to go about business without any further assistance. Jacksonville.--Illinois college has launched a drive to raise an -endowment of $1,250,000. Of this sum $125,- 000 will be utilized for a new library. Alumni organizations have promised to co-operate. Bloomington.--The proposed state checker tournament, which was to have been played here on December 26, 27 and 28, has been postponed until Februray 23, 24 and 25. Springfield.--Hundreds of Illinois farmers are taking advantage of the federal farm loan system in securing the money necessary to meet the cost of improvements, acquiring additional land and of the various changes they wish to make this season, according to a federal farm loan circular Just received here. Springfield. -- Duncan McDonald, president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, has sent letters to locals urging a movement for the removal of Federal Judge A. B. Anderson of Indianapolis because of his decision in the coal strike. Chicago.--Four thousand of Chicago's 5,000 saloons will turn down an empty glaBs and turn up their toes on Jan. 1, They have been holding on to their leases and their staffs of bartenders since July 1 in hope of a reprieve. But now, convinced that no legal pulmotor ever win be available to resuscitate John Barleycorn and his numerous family, they will lock their doors and yield without further strnggle-- or go into the restaurant or soft drink business. M. J. McCarthy, secretary of the Illinois Liquor Dealers' Protective association, made these admissions. SpringPeld.--The -[rr*"TWf court up* held the state 8«MKha*d «p*ure law. It knocked out 4^ clause, which provided tiat Ihe Automobile or othdr vehicle by which liquor was being transported might he des'royed. The court also upheld the validity of act validating community high schools created under an act, which the court held invalid. "We hold the curative act is valid.'* the court said la deciding the case, an appeal from Cass county; All bonds Issued under the old act are now valid. Another ruling of the court authorized the state treasurer to honor warrants drawn upon him by the legislative Zlon City investigating committee. The court held it entirely within the province of the legislature to make appropriations for such a committee. The court also ordered a new trial for Edgar A. Strause, Peoria banker, con* victed of the murder of Berne M. Mead. The finding was reached 00 evidence that the bailiff had acted" im properly and on faulty Instructions of the judge. Springfield.--Housing conditions in the Old Soldiers and Sailors' home at Quiney are crowded, according to a letter from the managing officer, B. R. Hieronymous, here. HieronynSbus had asked for the installation of an old soldier and his wife. In replying, the managing officer said: "We can care for the old couple, but they will probably have to live in separate places all winter. We now have 25 couples separated for the reason that we have no rooms for them to be together. Today there are 370 women in the home. Three men's cottages and two wards In the hospital have been taken for the widows. Old men are sleeping in the attic. We had hoped that we never would have to use the attics again, but owing to the high jrost of everything we are compelled tb utilize all space." Springfield.--Recent disclosures by a local newspaper man has brought out Springfield as a near Monte Carlo. Gambling is rampant in the capital city while police sit idly by, an Investigation shows. Chief of Police Morris, on ibeing confronted with the evidence, said it is all a "lie." An army captain, however, whose^ name is withheld, writes to the newspaper declaring he alone knows of 37 gaming houses in Springfield. The captain, a resident of the city, declares the places are being operated by "graduate crooks who have fleecers mixed in all games to two times the willing victims." He offers to-personally conduct a committee of citizens to the places, "where open gambling in a 11^ forms is going on." '• Springfield.--Income tax delinquents" in this federal district are fa the ml* norlty, According to Collector of Internal Revenue Pickering, who ha; Just closed the collection on the last income tax of this year. !$>tices to the few tardy taxpayers have been sent out and Mr. Pickering expects a clean slate with but very few prosecutions in a week or two. During the last collection period approximately $3,500,- 000 collected in the district, Mr. Pickering declares. The largest tax paid amounted to over $325,000. Collection of income taxes for the current year of 1920 will begin January 1, it is announced. Springfield.--What ti^e constitutional convention can do toward improving education in schools of the state will be told here at the annual convention of the Illinois State Teachers' association to be held December 29, 30 and 31. An appointed committee that has been delving into the subject for more than a month will make a report of its findings. In addition, speakers will talk on the question. Teachers from all partp of the state are expected to be present. The delegation this year promises t«> be . the largest ever recorded. Bloomington.--Officers for the Illinois State Horticultural association for 1920 were elected at the convention held here as follows: President, Dr. J. R. Lambert, Coatsburg; vice president, A. J. Wharf, Olney; secretary, A. M. Augustine, Normal, and treasurer, J. W. Stanton, Richvlew. Both of the latter two served last, year in the same offices "to which they were re-elected. Pekin.--Charges that two estates here have been dodging taxes are being probed. That of the late H. W. Daab wa? found to aggregate $25,000. yet the executor. It is alleged, paystaxes on a few hundred dollars only. That of Henry Scliroeder was found to be worth $45,000, it is asserted, yet the valuation turned in Was only $15»« 000. Springfield.--Reports. from throughout Illinois indicate that practically every miner is back at work. Only a few mines remained closed according to reports to the state headquarters of the Illinois Mine Workers, and the majority of these are idle while repairs are being made. Galena.-- Salvage of driftwood has become a profitable occupation along the Mississippi river. William Green and sons collected one raft which contained 4(50 logs, trees or timbers of large size. Springfield.--After assigning some cases on the docket and continuing others for further investigation, the state court of claims adjourned its session until the second Tuesday in May, 1920. The court is composed of A. C. Clarity of Freeport, recently appointed to succeed Ralph E. Eaton of Mount Carroll; William S. Phillips of Ridge; way, and Benjamin H. Miller of Lib^ ertyvllle. Freeport.--Natural Ice ten inches thick Is being cut on ponds In the vicinity of Freeport, the harvest being started earlier than for a score of years past. Decatur.--The Illinois State's Attorneys' association will hold its annual convention here Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30. State's attorneys from all over the state will be present* Strcator.--Streator has the distinction, of being the first city in central Illtnois to adopf* the free textbook proposition. At a special election only 69 adverse votes were cast. Aurcra.--Aurora policemen have petitioned the city council to gmnt them an eight-hour day. They now work about twelve hours. Chie4 Webber has asked that twelve men be add«| l» tk« force. Ct w BALK AT PLAFf President Wilson Names Robin- •bn, White and Peaie al ; .Commissioners... tm CLASH OK SaiCTIOlt Mine Owners Deny Any Agreement to Let Body Fix Wages in Protest on Personnel--May Repudiate Whole 8cheota. Washington, Dec. 28.---President Wilson announced the appointment of a commission to consider diffen es between the bituminous coal 'miners and operators, In accordance with the peace plan proposed by Attorney General Palmer and accepted by the United Mine Workers at Indianapolis last week. The three members whose acceptances have already been received, it was announced, are: Henry M. Robinson of Pasadena, Cal., to represent the public. John P. White, a former president of the United Mine Workefi#, to speak for the workers. Rembrandt Peale, a Pennsylvania mine operator, to guard the interests of the operators. Immediately after the persoriiifci the commission was announced and a fetter to its members made public, stating that both miners and operators had agreed to submission of their differences to such a tribunal, the executive committee of the bituminous coal operators issued a statement denying that they had agreed to such a basis for settlement of the strike as the president had outlined and stating that they had not been consulted as to the terms altd conditions of the agreement. The attitude of the operators was taken as a clear indication that they may repudiate the whole peace plan undertaken by the president and the attorney general. aw-"J5S wmm MUTINY ON U. S. TRANSPORT Eleven . Members of Crew of • America Are Brought Ashore in Irons. the New York, kec. 23.--Eleven members of the crew of the transport America, including two petty officers charged with mutiny on the high "seas and other crimes, were taken from the ship in irons when she docked at a Hoboken army pier. Other arrests are*expected*™ he made, as the transport crew is reported to have been in almost open rebellion sine? leaving this port last Novemher on a trip to Europe and return. An I. W. W. agltatpr Is said to have fomented the trouble. The America, an army transmit, manned by n^civiilan crew, returned from France with members of the American pence mission. Six men are in the ship's hospital suffering from gunshot wounds. Inflicted during the mutiny or In fights aboard the transport. According to an officer of the America, bolshevik and I. W. W. agitators have been causing trouble among the crews In the transport service for some time. MANY REDS ARE DEPORTED "King" Berkman, "Queen" Emma ind 247 Other Aliens Rave as the Transport Sails. New York, Dec. 28.--Snarling hitter curses at the United StateS government and United States officials, 247 rabid "reds-" defied America as fhey were deported for an nnknown port on board the United States transport Buford. Although flanked on either side. by hnsky Khaki clad and fully armed marines, Emma Goldman, her beady eyes almost closed, shouted: This is the beginning of the end of the United States. I shall be back In America. We shall all *>e back^ - PROTEST EXILE OF REDS Chicago Federation Fight* to K<l$P Unfon Aliens in the United States. Chicago, Dec. 23.--The Chicago Federation of Labor came out officially in opposition to the deportation of aliens who are members of any union affiliated with the A. F. of L. A resolution was adopted calling for the appointment of two delegates from each trade group in the Chicago federation to confer on means to protect any union man of Chicago "from banishment and exile." TJie plan is to prevent the deportation of any alien ion whatever charge if he belongs to a Innlon. ^4 •: •/ ;ii; Held on Conspiracy Charge. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 2T1.--Ten civilian clerks and a San Antonio physician have been arrested on charge-, of conspiracy to defraud the government of army supplies, and $1,500 worth of army goods have been re; covered. .. " Vienna Stations itortftift. & Berlin, Dec. 23.--Dispatches from "Vienna report riotous scenes around the railway stations in consequence of the government's announcement trade had been suspended In Austria during fbe boiidays. Many were injured. ^ ; . Court Bars Near Beer. '4 » St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 22.--Manufacture of .Intoxicating liquors, or "beverages near Intoxicating, though not actually intoxicating," even for one's own use, is unlawful In Minnesota, the state supreme court decides. Gen. Pablo Gonsales, chief of the southern department of the Mexican army, who Is a candidate for the presidency of the Mexican republic In the ••lections which take place In June, 1920. The southern department Includes Mexico City. The general was born In the state of Nuevo Leon, near the American border, an>1 is weil versed in English and Americnn literature. Much of his early education was received in America schools. MRS. TABOR TESTIFIES 8AYS 8HE WA8 WITH DAUGHTER AS DEATH CAME. Declares Maud 8uccumbed to Attack of Asthma, May, 2, 1916--Buried Body and Told Son of Death. Paw Paw, Mich., Dec. 22.--Maud Tabor died at 2 a. m.. May 2, 1916, while she sat In an armchair at her home alone with her mother. Mrs. Sarah I. Tabor, aged motlier of the Lawton trunk mystery victim, made this statement to the coroner's jury here. Her daughter had been ill of asthma for some thrqe days, she said. On the night of May 1 the girl became worse, the mother said. Describing the last night's vigil, Mrs. Tab'or, her face twitching, manifested the first signs of strong emotion she had displayed during the wearisome journey from California and the subsequent grilling by authorities. * Rising to her feet and stretching out her arms she described the scene in detail. Maud was delirious. "We're coming to the creek, mother. We're coming to the creek!" Mrs. Tabor said her daughter cried. "The water, mother! The w&ter! I'm going to fall in." She denied flatly that Maud or Joseph Virgo, the undertaker to whom she was secretly married, had ever discussed an illegal operation, contradicting Virgo's own testimony. With these words, the aged mother said, Maud passed away. It was Tuesday morning. Several days later, Mrs. Tabor said she dressed the body and placed it In the trunk. Not until the following Sunday did she hear the news to the home of her son, Walter. With the coroner's inquest completed and a verdict returned to the effect that Maud Tabor died as the result of an illegal operation, county authorities" are endeavoring to delve more deeply Into the mystery-enshrouded lives of the Tabor family. G.O.P.CAMPAIGN OPENS JAN. 5 Chairman Hays to 8tart Machinery Eight Months Ahead of the Usual Time. Chicago, Dec. 20.--The Republican party starts the presidential campaign of 1920 as a going eoncern at Chicago January 5, 6, and 7. National Chairman Will H. Hays expects to push the button that sets into motion the machinery authorized by the national Icommittee at Washington last week. Practically all of the members of the national committee are to meet here in consultation with Chairman Hays. Chairman A. T. Hert has summoned "the members of the committee on arrangements for the national convention to meet on January 5. The topliner feature will be the preliminary session of the men and women who are to enter upon a six months' job of formulating a tentative draft of platform that will be submitted to the committee on resolutions of the Chicago convention next June. Yank, Mex, Die in Battle. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 20.--An American provost guard and a Mexican civilian were killed during a pitched battle between American soldiers and police and Mexican smugglers at the linternation..i boundary line near here. Mother Drowns Three Babies. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Dec. 23.--Mrs. Lucy M. Mullenax, thirty-four, wife of a farmer, was arrested here on the charge of murdering her three infnnt children and of having murderously 'attacked her mother-in-law. Germans Loot Lithuania. Riga, Dec. 23.--The last elements of the forces of Col. Avaloff-Bermondl evacuated Lithuania on December 14. It is learned that the retirement was accompanied by widespread looting and #>^her outrages. fiermondt In Berlin, v Berlin, Dec. *20.--Col. A v uT < fft- Bermondt, leader of the Russo-German forces which attacked Riga during the autumn, arrived in Berlin Wednesday and was received by Gustav Noske minister of defense. < France for Two-Year Service. Paris, Dec. 22.--Technical officers who have been considering modifications of the military law to be submitted to the government have agreed upon a bill fixing the duration of military service at two years. It Attorney General Palmer Announces "Big Five" Surrender to Government. LIMIT IS nit OK ACTIVITIES Must Sell All Holdings in Stock Yardt^ Railroads and Terminals, Newspapers and Cold-Storage Ware- ; , 4 houses arid Brarichf^., Washington, Dec. 20".--Attorney General Palmer khnounced that the five big packers, their main subsidiaries, principal stockholders and managers had surrendered to tbe government's cout&btions against the monopolistic growth of the packing industry and its control of unrelated industries. N % the entry of a permanent injunction decree, to which the pickers have consented, their activities are to be confined to meat and by-products, eggs, butter, poultry, cheese and condensed milk. Refrigeration Is to be limited to the cars necessary for carrying their output. By the decree, which Is to be secured by the attorney general within the near future, the packers are to be required to sell their holdings in public Btock yards, stock-yard railroads and terminals, to disassociate themselves with the retail meat business, and with all "unrelated lines." Tlita to be done within two years. This solution of the packers' situation, which had its Inception with an investigation by the federal tr^de commission and wi|:h the placing of the information in the hands of the attorneys general, will render unnecessary the filing of suits against the packers. "In general," says the department of justice statement, "this decree prevents the defendants from exercising any further control over the marketing of live stock. It forever prevents them from any control over the retailing of meat products. It eliminates them from the field of meat substitutes with the exception of eggs, butter, poultry and cheese, which are left for future consideration and appropriate action; and therefore, the urice of meat is within the control of the people theinselvesi' ' ' " "It places the conduct of these great Aggregations of capital immediately under the eye of a federal court with reference to their business practices. But, greater than all, U establishes the principle that no group of men, no matter how powerful, can ever attempt to control the food table of the American people*, or any one of the necessities or component parts of it. "The department of justice, havfng In mind the necessities and interests of the whole American people In this critical reconstruction period, feels that by insisting^pon this ^surrender on the part of the packing business it has accomplished more for the American people than could have been hoped for as a result of a long-draivn out legal battle.", UnJer the decree, the defendants, of whom there are 86, are compelled: 1. To- sell under supervision of the United States district court, preferably to the live stock producers and the public, all of their holdings in public stock yards. 2. To sell, under the same supervision, and in like manner, all their interests in stock-yard railroads and terminals. 3. To sell all thsir interests in market newspapers. 4. To dispose of all their interests in public cold-storage warehouses, except as necessary for their own meat products. 5. To forever disassociate themselves with the retail meat business. 6. To forever disassociate themselves with all "unrelated lines," including wholesale groceries; fresh, canned, dried or salt fish; fresh, dried, evaporated or canned fruit..; confectioneries, sirups, soda water fountain supplies, etc.; molasses, honey, jams, jellies und preserves; spices, sauces, relishes, etc.-; coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa, nuts, flour, sugar, rice and cereals (with an exception to be noted), bread, wafers, crackers, biscuit. spaghe"J, vermicelli, macaroni, cigars, ($ina, furniture, etc. 7. To abandon forever the use of their branch houses, route cars nnd autotrucks, comprising' their distribution system, for any other than their own meat and dairy products. 8. To submit perpetually to the jurisdiction of the United States district court under an Injunction forbidding all the defendants from directly or indirectly maintaining any combination or conspiracy with each other or any other person or persons or monopolizing. or attempting to monopolize, any food product In the United States or Indulging in any unlawful practices. Qiven 36-Year Sentence. Springfield, Mo., Dec. 23.--Howard Bogardus, confessed slayer of Roy W. Sitton at Winona Thanksgiving day, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 35 years in the penitentiary. House Pasaes Anti-Alien fill. Washington, Dec. 23.--The Immigration committee's bill providing for the deportation of all aliens affiliated with anarchistic organisations was passed by the house. The vote was unanimous. Fall Fatal to U. 8. Flyer. Arcadia, Fla., Dec. 22.--Lieut. Norrift 8. Bailey of Worcester, Mass., was instantly killed, and Lieut. E. W. Brandenstein was injured in the collision of their airplanes at an altitude c/f i 4,000 feet. $35,000,000 to Canadians $)|$iwa, Ont., Dec. 20.--Canada'! share of the profits of the canteen system of the British expeditionarj forces amounted to $35,00to,000, it wat learned. The taoney haf beett brought from England. Government Victory. Washington, Dec. 22.--Term!nation of the soft coal strike was not a settlement, but a victory, for the government, Attorney General Palmer told the senate wtwniKHi laveettgetlu» the strike. W U yd George, Outfining I Bill, Warns CommoUt of v'Mriifi Opposition. NO PUI ACCEPTABLE TO ER1 Details of Nlw Home Rule Bill ptalntd to House--Refers to rage in Dublin"--Hopes .for a Fair Scheme, f;v: m A new photograph of Mrs. John Oliver South, recency appointed chair--' man of the women's division of the Republican national committee. She succeeded Mrs. Medill McCormlck, who wfts compelled to resign because of illness. Mrs. South is the daughter of William O. Bradley, Kentucky's first Republican governor and one of the two Republicans whom the state has Jent to the United States senate. She has been prominent In club, suffrage and civic work for years and has been active in the prohibition movement. BERGER IS RE-ELECTED WI8CONSIN SOCIALIST DEFEATS FUSION CANDIDATE. Rep. Dailinger Says He Will Object When Milwaukee Man Preaenta Himself to Be 8worn in as , Member. Milwuakee, Dec. 22.--Victor L. Berger, Socialist, was re-elected to congress from the Fifth Wisconsin district, having defeated Henry H. Bodenstab, Republican, running as a fusion candidate, by 4,806 votes. Berger's total vote was 24,367 and Bodenstab's 19,561. Tbe returns Indicate that approximately 9,000 voters did not go to the polls. The total registration in the district was about 53,- 000 voters. Berger's vote in 1918 was 17.822, and his opponents' combined vote was 22,854. His plurality over Carney, Democrat, was 5,507. Carney polled 12,315 and Stafford, Republican received 10,539. Should the house of representatives again refuse to seat Berger, there will be a vacant chair until the regular election in 1920, as Gov. B. L. Philipp announced he would not call another special election. "L do not believe in spending any inore «f the people's money in that way," the governor declared. Mr. Bodenstab said: "I thlnl; tnat the majority of tbe voters cf the Fifth district have been misled by a false propaganda. I aip ready to continue in the fight to rid the community of foreign agitators and bolshevik adherents." Washington, Dec. 22.--No move to dispute for the secontf time the right of Victor L. Berger, re-elected to the house of representatives, to a seat is expected until he presents himself to be 'sworn in as a member. Representative Dailinger, Massachusetts, chairman of the elections committee, said. "I shall then object, as 1 did the previous time," Mr. Dailinger said. The house may take action on a resolution to deny Berger a seat without the formality of referring the matter to the flections committee or reopening hearings, he explained. ATTEMPT TO KILL FRENCH Civilian la Slain When Bullet Miaasa Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland - in Dublin. Dublin, Dec. 20.--An attempt was (Dade at one o'clock *n the morning to assassinate Viscount French, the lord lieutenant of Ireland. Lord French was driving between the Ashton gate of Phoenix park and the vice regal lodge when a shot was firod. A civilian near by was struck and instantly killed ,by the bullet. A policeman was wounded at the same time. Lord French, however, escaped the fate evidently intended for him. Lord French had been !n charge of the repressive measures since the proclamation was recently issued suppressing the Sinn Fein. t , Jenkins Case 8tlll Alive. Mexico City, Dec. 22.--New Indian witnesses in the court investigation at Puebla into the case of William O. Jenkins, the United States consular agent, testified that they saw him de- Mver arms to rebels. t v J - i Chilean Harbor to Be lmprov||f' Washington, Dec. 22.--The Chilean government has awarded a contract for harbor Improvements at Antofagasta to_a native constructing company, a report to the department of commerce states. j To Sign Peace Protocol. ' London, Dec. 20.--British plenipotentiaries will proceed to Paris to sign the peace protocol. The final papers of ratification are expected to be signed by Britain, France, Italy and Germany on New Year's day. Carlisle Back In Prison. Rawlings, Wyo., Dec. 20.--"Hello, Bill!* "Howdy, Cap!" These were the greetings exchanged between Warden Price and William Carlisle when the latter was returned to the Wyoming state penitentiary. " totadon, /.we; , si^-Premiar i George addressed the house of commons on tbe Irish question. The premier last week announced his purpose of presenting to the commons on this occasion the details of the government's Irish home rule bill. In opening his address Mr. Lloyd George remarked upon the extreme dlftkjilty af his task, "difficult Indeed." Me said, "after such a discreditable outrage as has just been perpetrated in the city of Dublin." Tbe premier Said parliament mast get the fact rtght into its mind that In the existing circumstances no possible scheme for Irish home rule was universally acceptable. Therefore, he continued, parliament must assume the responsibility and propose what It thinks fair and just. A settlement would be found not in the enactment of a home rule scheme; but in its working. Two legislatures, one for Ulster and one for southern Ireland^ would ba provided, and the way Is left open for* a union of the two sections, should they decide to take this step. Fullest possible freedom would be accortlsd the Irish legislatures in administer* ing the affairs of the island, while in matters affecting the empire Ireland would have a voice in the imperial parliament. The two legislatures to be created In Ireland, the premier said, would clothed with full constituent powers to create a single Irish legislature to discharge all powers not specifically reserved to the British imperial Hawent. ^ The premier said thiit the Irish c<&- rrtjmtlon to the' Imperial services was estimated at £18,000,000 annually. A joint exchequer board would settlfe the rate of contribution for tbe future nnd the question of taxable capacity., It was "proposed to place £1,000.000 at the disposal of each of the two parliaments to cover the initial expendHture. ' " " • Ireland, said the premier, was tlk6 only country in Europe except Russia * where fhe classes who elsewhere were on the side of law and order were oDt of sympathy with the machinery jft the government. While Ireland was never so prosperous as today, the fact remained, he declared, that Irelattd was never so alienated from British rule as she is today. Any attempt at secession, the premier announced, would be fought with the same determination, force, aad resolution as had been shown tiy t*a northern states In America. The representation of Ireland at Westminster, Mr. Lloyd George announced. would be reduced under the proposed measure to 40 members, aa < . in the act of 1914. * ) Each of the two parliaments would have taxation powers equivalent to those of the state legislatures of the United States. The Income tax and the excess profits and super taxss would be levied imperially. The Irish parliaments would control all local matters and all machinery for the maintenance of law and order except the ldgher judiciary and the army and navy. . •» The customs and excise servicss would be retained by the imperial pa^ liament, the premier stated, bat when Ireland was united It would he open to the Imperial parliament to consider whether united Ireland would have control of the customs. The premier said the bill would contain clauses protecting the rights of minorities. The postal service would not be transferred, he added, until there was a single parliament in Ireland. * . " V The government proposed to^glfa^ the Irish government the advantage of all duties and taxes raised in excess of a fair contribution *° Imperial services, and a free gift, in ad- , dltlon, to finance the development of the Irish parliament, the premier declared. * ' It would rest with the Irish peopla themselves, said Mr. Lloyd George^ , whether they desired union. Th«S consent of the British .parliament would not be required, and in order to offer a greater inducement to union,; the government proposed that certain' additional taxing powers slionld force, Lenine Depends on China." " Paris, Dec. 24.--Nicolai Lenine be*' Ueves China is* the next big counttj^ to become bolshevist, according to advices. From Warsaw comes a report, that Trotzky plans to invade Poland lipxt spring with a huge Chinese ar Supreme Court Recesses. Washington, Dec. 24.--The Suprer^a court recessed until January 5, without handing down an opinion on the coil# stitutionality of sections of the Volstead prohibition enforcement act 4i£* fectlug the alcoholic content of beer^'C. U. 8. Army Suppliea Stolen. Paris, Dec. 24.--Police authorities at St. N'uzaire have arrested French, Spanish and American robbers who have been stealing American army stocks and carrying them away "V •automobiles, according to the Matin. Princess "Pat" Gives Birth to Son. - London, Dec. 24.--Lady Ramsay, formerly Princess Parida of Connaught, gave birth to a son. Princes* Patricia was married to Commands!? Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay eC the royal navy in February. ... . .,',1