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p s . * f - T ; • p ^ x v ^ > IHE MeHENBT PLAINDEALER, MjcHENBY, IIX> -• *• i »i fijKev-iwr. ' -' -•«•* v • -J'" •'" " J.UCTSTO r, ...HVERT STRIKE ' Y ISteps Into Breach Between Big ., backers an4 Their I' " Rp;v Employees. \ "" ' • •*' . Tr*r OBADIAH GARDNER W:r-M^ £ mm SEES THE PRESIDBU fallowing Long Conference With Chief , Executive, Telegram* Are Sent * to the Packers and Heads of Labor Union*. • Washington, March 14--Thegbvern ment stepped into the breach between the "big five" packers and their employees to prevent a strike in that Industry as a result of wholesale wage reductions announced by the packing companies. Following a long conference with I*resldent Harding, Secretary of Labor Davis sent telegrams to the heads of the "big five" and to Dennis Lane, secretary of the Amalgamated Heat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen of (North America, "requesting" them to send two representatives of each side of the controversy to Washington "to make possible such an inquiry into the situation as may be helpful In leading to a Just and satisfactory solution." J Secretary Davis' telegrams declared the "federal government is deeply •concerned afyut the maintenance of Industrial activities" and that "the whole problem of industrial readjustment is of widespread public qpncern." The text of Mr. Davis' telegram follows: "The federal government Is deeply concerned about the maintenance of {Industrial activities In fullest underetanding and hopes there will be* no Interruption of the continuity of employment in the great packing Industoy. If the Department of Labor can fee helpful in promoting understanding and can aid In any way to avoid the cessation of operations, such services by this department will be given most gladly. "The whole problem of industrial readjustment Is of such widespread public concern that the Department of Labor, with the knowledge of the Departmems of Agriculture and Commerce, requests that two representatives of the employing packers will feport to this department to make possible such Inquiry into the "situation as may prove helpful In leadtag to a just and satisfactory solution. "I am sending a like request to the employers and am acquainting them with this request to you. Surely there arast be a just solution, and the good offices of this department are tendered In the hope of finding that solution so essential to the promotion of «be common good, f "JAMES J. DAVIS." i The telegram to the employes was Addressed to Dennis Lane, secretary of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workers of North America. It was identical with the message to the packers, except that it requested that "two representatives of labor engaged in the packing Industry" be sent to Washington. This action by the government and Secretary Davis' comment on the situation in the packing Industry marks the first declaration of policy by the Harding administration in handling Industrial questions during tlie reconstruction period. From the language of the telegrams, it is indicated that the government will exercise the full force of its power to prevent a general cessation of work in any of the primary industries of the coqptry while conditions continue disturbed. The packing house employees had ftetllied the White House that a strike *Ote was being taken and that a general walkout depended upon what the President coiiW do to prevent the an- ' uounced wage decreases being carried Into efTect. The workers charged that to make wage cuts at this time would violate an agreement between the packers and their employees which was made with the sanction of the Department of Labor. ) While there has been no Indication ef the attitude the administration may take in the present railroad wage controversy, the action in the packers' case generally is interpreted here as Indicating that the government again will take a hand to prevent a tteup in the event that the railroad situation becomes critical as a result of wage reductions. Burn Michigan Judge in Effigy. Coral, Mich., March 14.--As a protest against the action of Judge J). M. Pa vis in imposing what was termed a lenient sentence on J. Skeook, convicted of a statutory offense, 200 persons, Including prom'inent women of the village, burned the judge in effigy. The latest photograph of Obadtah Gardner of Maine, appointed in 1918 by President Wilson, chairman of the American section of the international Joint commission between United States and Canada. Mr. Wilson requested his resignation and appointed W. B. Wilson, secretary of labor. Mr. Gardner has declined .to resign. RULE RHINE PORTS Allied Troops Complete Occupatwn of Cities, French General Says Military Move la in No Sense a Hostile Act to the People. I Military Headquarters, Neuss, 1.--allied forces nave vlrtu- Allied March 11 ally completed the occupation of the Rhine ports of the Ruhr region, all that remains to be done being the seizure of a few villages and Important cross roads. As yet commanding officers bftve not arranged for a division of the occupied zone between the British, Belgian and French units* gathered along the eastern side of the Rhlne- The soldiers engaged in the operation were delighted with their "military promenade," which was favored by unusually fine weather. They drew comparisons between the reception given them here and in Frankfort last year, and thfre seems to be a Sort of friendly atmosphere in the occupied district. A Duesseldorf newspaper said that If the allied authorities followed o^it the lines laid down in the proclamation by General Defouette, the occupation of the city would be "supportable." General Goucher, in direct command of French units here, has issued a new proclamation, saying in substance that the German delegates at the London conference showed unwillingness to observe the Versailles treaty and that the allies were forced to coerce the German government to fulfill Its obligations. He has laid emphasis on the fact that the occupation is in no sense a hostile act towqpd the population, and that not only was the freedom to work guaranteed, but the allied authorities would do their best to Improve the condition of the people and assure an ample food supply. He had stated, however, that the people must !obey any regulations that may be laid down. BEER RULE.GOES: DAUGHERTY Palmer's Opinion to Stand for the Time Being, Says the At. torney General. Washington, March 12.---Attorney General Palmer's opinion that federal prohibition enforcement officers have no right tb limit prescriptions for whisky, beer and wine, and that they should grant permits for the manufac-' ture of real old-fashioned beer and wine for medicinal purpose, will 'stand for the time being. The new attorney general, Harry M. Daugherty, said he will review the opinion in a few days, but that it stands unless it is reversed by him. The new attorney general «lso Indicated that he is opposed to placing the entire responsibility for enforcement of the federal prohibition laws in the hands of the Department ot Justice. T Woman Organist Is 8lain. New York, March 15.--With skull fractured and finger prints showing plainly on the torn throat, the body Of Mrs. Edith Wilson, pretty young iphurch organist, was found in a mudmired lot at Perth Amboy, N. J. NOMINATED CURRENCY CHIEF D. R. Crissinger of Marion, qj Named for Comptrollershipt la Banker. Washington. March 11.--D. R. Crissinger of Marion, O., was nominated by President Harding to be comptroller of the currency. Mr. Crissinger is a lawyer and banker and lifelong friend of the President. if . GREAT EMPIRE & * ' Turkish Treaty Greatest Victory Jto Napoleon's ^CppQijejI. ' ; .of Austria., : GIVE* THE BAGDAD RAILWAY Uttf Gives Paris the Key to the Near ' ,lut, Thereby Realising tthe Kaiser** Ambitions for a "Mittel Euro pa." 5 Paris, March 15.--"The greatest victory French imperialism has won since Napoleon's conquest of Austria." In these \^ords a high neutral diplomat summed up the significance of the Franco-Turkish separate peaoe, which will be signed it l'aris by Easter. Under the treaty France becomes the absolute owner within Turkish boundaries of the famous £agdad railway, thereby realizing for France the kaiser's ambitious dream of a "mittel Europa." The enormous strategic Importance of the Bagdad line can be understood when it is remembered that France ulready possesses a direct line from Paris to Constantinople, while whe la heavily backing the creation of a new railroad scheduled to run from Danzig via Prague to Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia and then to Turkey, which, though not touching Germany or Russia, will traverse the countries of the "little entente," which was founded and fostered by astute French diplomacy and aided by the Roumanian wizard statesman, Take Jonesca. In other words, the possession of the Bagdad railroad will give France the key to the Near East, hitherto held by the British navy in the Dardanelles, making her Independent of. her British ally as regards creating a market for Frencfh commerce in Turkey and Asia. . While this agreement conflicts with the British Interests, especially as regards petrol, observers here believe that Prenfier Lloyd George was driven to consent to France scrapping the Sevres treaty and signing a separate peace with Turkey owing to the strong agitation in England against the enormous expense of $60,000,000 for British occupation of Mesopotamia provided in this year's British budget, which,"at the same time, does not provide a single penny's relief for the taxpayers* On the other hand. If England moves out of Mesopotamia now It will amount to a free gift of Turkey to France, because Great Britain cannot hope to enforce terms on the Turks* contrary to those contained in the Franco-Turkish treaty without alienating herself from France, on whom she de|>end8 to keep a strong front against the United State*. I0SEPH W. F0RDNEY 'WANT PACKERS - AT MEDIATION Secretary of Labor Davis Is s Asked to Avoid Any # % Delay. Here Is a new portrait of Representative Josfeph W. Fordney of Michigan, who has been in congress since 18H); his emergency tariff bill failed of passage in the last congress, and will be taken ui) 4>y U)e Sixty-sixth congress.^ >. • 1 iii ^ U. s. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT U. S. LIFTS BAN ON BOOZE flovornment Has No Authority to Prohibit Making of Liquor for • Medicinal Purposes. Washington, March 11.--The government Is without authority to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor, wines or beer for nonbeverage purposes, according to a ruling made by the attorney general and published by the internal revenue bureau. The opinion, one of the most comprehensive dealing with the question of prohibition, expressly states that there must be no limitation to the use of liquors, except that prescribed by congress in limiting the sale of spirituous liquors to one pint for ten days. The question of limitation thus, the opinion slid, is left to the good faith of the physician. With all limitations lifted .on permits for whisky, wine and beer for piedical purposes, prohibition enforcement will be made more difflcr.lt than in the past, Prohibition Commissioner Kramer stated. To Yield No U. 8. Rights. Washington, March 15.--No American rights have been surrendered because of the war and none of them will be surrendered. This tersely expresses the basis of the Harding forftgn policy. Fleet Reaches Esquimalt. Victoria, British Columbia, March 12.--The Pacific squadgm of the Canadian fleet, the light cruiser Aurora nd the destroyers Patriot and»Patriian, are at Esquimalt, British Columla, having arrived recently. Tub Census In Boston. Boston, March 15^--In 1880 state statistics show there were 40.2 persons for each bathtub in the city Latest figures show tubs have Increased until the average is 4.4 persons for each. Say Nine Men Control Roads. Chicago, March 15.--The charge that nine men control and have dictated the policy of all the railroads of the country was contained in a telegram sent to Senator Albert S. Cummins at Washington. u Seek to Enjoin Packers. Omaha, Neb., March 12.--Injunction proceedings to prevent any reduction Of wages or readjustment of working Itours for packing-house employees Were considered at the conference of IWrerkera' delegates bwe. * Gain in Postal Savings. Washington. March 14.--Deposits In United States postal savings banks during February totaled more than $10,000,000, bringing thf» grand total, March 1, to $ 163,350,000, it was announced here. Utah Loses National Guard. Salt LaJie City. March 14.--This state lost lis National Guard when the Utah senate struck from the state budget the appropriation to maintain the soldiery and armories of that organization. 4 m TAR NONPARTISAN LEADERS Kanaas Citizens Show Their Opposition to Speakers in No Uncertain Manner. Great Bend, Kan., March lfi.--An antl-Nonpartlsan league demonstration here culminated in the escorting from ^own of J. Ralph Burton, former United States senator from Kansas. £nd several associates and the tarring of i. E. Stevlc, A. A. Parsons, organizer and Kansas state secretary, respectively, of the league. All Grain Prices Decline--Chicago • Cattle Lower--Hogs and Sheep .Higher--Potatoes Up. WEEKLY MARKETGRAM. (By U. 8. BUREAU OF MARKETS.)0 Washington, March 12.--For week ending March 10.--GRAIN--Market higher on good expprt demand early In the week, but prices then declined on favorable reports of crop conditions and bearish construction- placed on government crop report, Chicago May wheat undergoing a net loss of 4c, closing at $1.57%; May corn \c, at 70^c. On the tenth all grain prices declined despite resumption export business and other bullish news. Reported France took 600,000 bu wheat at seaboard, and sales via Gulf exceeded 200,000 bu. France also said to have bought Argentine wheat cheaper than American. Oklahoma weather bureau confirms green bug reports; high dry winds reported at Kansas City. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat 17-20c over Chicago May; No. 2 hard 10-12c over; No. 2 mixed corn 6%c to 7c under May; No. S yellow 6^4 to 6%c under. For the week Minneapolis May wheat down 6c, at H.5014; Kansas City May 4%c. at »1.51%; Winnipeg May higher, at $1.87%. Minneapolis flour and wheat demand little better. KaftsaB City milling demand fair. HAY--Quoted March 9: No. 1 timothy, *20 Minneapolis, $26.60 Memphis. $22 Cincinnati, $27.80 Chicago. No. 2 timothy, 117.50 Minneapolis, $24 Memphis, $26 Cincinnati. No. 1 clover mixed, $16.50 Minneapolis. $20.50 Cincinnati. No. 1 prairie, $16 Minneapolis, $15 Kansas City. No. 1 alfalfa, $21 Minneapolis, 27 Memphis, $19 Omaha, $23 Kansas City. No. 2 alfalfa, $17 Minneapolis. $20 Memphis, $10 Omaha. r EED--Corn feeds unchanged. Cottonseed easier and linseed meal quoted $1 higher. Alfalfa meal in poor demand. Quoted: Bran $23, middlings $22, Minneapolis. 36 per cent cottonseed meal $25 Memphis. $34.50 Philadelphia. Unseed meal $40 50 Minneapolis, $41 Buffalo. No. 1 alfalfa meal $19 Omaha and Kansas City. Gluten feed $37 Chicago. White hominy feed $23 St. Louis, $32 Boston. Beet pulp $32 f. o. b. New York. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Potatoes up 10-16c per 100 lbs northern shipping stations, at $1.10-1.20. Chicago carlot market firm, up 10-15o, at $1.40-1.45. Round at ^we8tern New York stations up 10-20c, at $1.25-1.30 sacked. New York up 25c, at $1.50-1.65 bulk. Cold storage Baldwin apples at western New York f. o b stations advanced 25c per brl at $5. Baldwins slightly higher in city markets, $6-6. Northwestern ex. fancy Wlnesaps $3-4 >er box. Yellow onions steady western v sh'PPinK stations, 65c per 100 lbs, i5cJ1.25 in wholesale consuming mar- ^AIRY PRODUCTS-Tendency In butter markets has been downward during the week. Prices now average 6-6c under those of a week ago and markets are now very weak. Trading Is slow and little, but regular business is materializing. Supply exceeds demand and dealers Shading prices In some Instances. Closing prices, 92 score; New York and Boston 48c, Chicago 46V4c, Philadelphia 48%c. Cheese market steady during the week with no material changes in prices. Trading confined mostly to small lots. Eastern cheeae nas reached western markets, account lower costs and has had somewhat depressing effect. Closing prices at Wiscon- Iiri m,"\ry markets average: Twlna, Wfce Daisies 27^C. Double Daisies, 26\4c, l^nthorns, 27c, Young Americas 25%c. rf, STOCK--Compared with a week ago ^.hlcago cattle prices show slight declines while hogs and lambs are generpiXi !,*her' Peef Bteers and butcher cattle down 15-25c. Feeder steers firm to 25c nigher. Pat lambs up 2B-75e; yearlings •? We per 100 lbs; fat ewees down 25c; medium and light weight hogs up 50c to whe^v?,u.WPlKlU8 weak 6c lower. March 10 Chicago prices: Hogs bulk of sales, $10.10 '"111.40; medium and good f steers, 40-10.25; butcher cows and ? feeder steers, $7.60@9.76; MRO i * n7? £ e , d l l ;m J v e l K . 1 2 t v e a l r a l v e a IS. 50-1". 75. fat lambs. $8.75-11 • fpprltnff e^es.8^!:9-261 yearlln*8- *72S:9-25- "fat May Serve Elaborate Meals. Pari*, March 14.--Paris hotels and restaurants are officially allowed to ,Serve meals of more than two courses, the last of the warr food restrictions having been thus removed. Orange Convention 8et*for 1928. Winnipeg, Man., March 15.--The Imperial Orange Council of the World will hold its convention here In 1923. George P. McReedy, deputy grand master of the Orange lodge of Manitoba, announced. Princess Margarets to Wed. Ob(>enhagen, March 15.--The betrothal Is announced of Princess Mnrgareta, daughter of, Princes* Waldemar of Prussia, and Prince Rene of Bourbon, brother of the former emperor of Austria. Politician Ende Hie Life. Chelsea, Mass.. March 14.--Harry m .Tames, aged flfty-three, former city solicitor, vice president of the National City bank of Chelsea and a member of the Republican state committee. klUsd himself by shooting. 25,000 War Vets Jobfees. New York, March 14.--More than 25,000 veterans of the Worm war are members of New York's army of unemployed. It WB3 announced nere by an official of the Service club, a rebabllltatloc organisation' TO PROJECT THE INNOCENT American Legion Takes Steps to 8hf»!d Meh Wrongfully Classed as' m 8lackera. Indianapolis, March 18.--National officers of the American Legion here took steps to protect men who may be wrongfully classed as draft evaders in the lists to be Issued soon by the War department, and*to make certain that none guilty of evading military service escape, j Bulletins were sent to all the Legion posts and units of the women's auxiliary, directing them to afcslst the De. partinent of Justice in establishing the 'correctness of the lists. : ' --T Belgian Shot at Pula^MfQ. Brussels, March 14.--A Belgian guard was wounded by a bullet ared by an unknown person In a street of Duisburg. according to a dispatch. The circumstances of the shooting have not been disclosed. Reds Offer "Huge" Rewarda. Warsaw, March 14.--Leap Trotzlcy has offered a reward of Ive million rubles for the body, dead or alive, of General Koslovsky. General Koslorsky offers ten million rubles far Trotsky's body. 4RM0UR PLANS qp-OPeUTIOII Would Give Employees Equal Repre. sentation in Determining Wages-- Dennis Lane of Workers' Union Brands Plan aa Bunk. Chicago, March 16.--Packet*" ployees will be represented by Dennis Lane, secretary-treasurer of the isfeat Cutter^' union, and one other leader, at the ftieeting with Secretary of Labor Davis to effect mediation in Washington next Monday, it was announced in# a telegram Jo the secretary. "We wiir4 defer to you and two repre* «itwives will be present at your meeting in Washington on March 21. We would greatly appreciate a statement from you as to whether or not packers will preserve status heretofore existing pending your mediatory efforts. We • also respectfully suggest that you arrange to have the packers' principals present," the telegram said. "In ttoe past, men who had to report back to their employers before making decisions were sent to the meetings," Mr. Lahe explained. "We wish to keep anything like that from entering into tWs conference." Word came from Washington that Attorneys James C. .Condon and Carol Meyer of Chicago had arrived to represent the packers before Secretary Davis. Others on the mediation board will be Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace. It was announced A the headquarters of the union that Samuel Gompers will be here to speak at a masa meeting at employees and to attend a session of their representatives, at which a definite plan of action in fighting the pay cuts will be decided on, " , The unions announced they pidh an alliance with farmers against the packers. J. Ogderi Armour sftid a co-operative plan, to become effective Immediately, would give Armour & Co. employees equal representation in the determination of wages, working conditions, welfare, and all matters of mutual Interest. An election to chqose representation on a temporary committee which will determine the methods of election In the plant will be held. Swift & Co., it has been indicated, will announces similar plan in the near future. Dentils Lane branded the plan" as "bunk^' "It is the old game of a company union wherein Mr. Armour and other packers will put up men who wjll pose as the representatives of their fellow workers," he said. "We're satisfied that the packers are not going to get away with this fake democracy. There is ifo more chance of the men standing for this than there would be for the packers consenting to have the men elect the directors of tlieir companies." FiUME SCORNS U. S. CONSUL Wants Recognition) to Be Mutual, So American Leaves City ,'v" . for Trieste. ,i Triesta, March 16.--William Keblinger, the American consul to Flume, left tiiat city for Trieste tp await instructions from the State department at Washington, after having been refused recognition by the Flume government. Dr. Antonia Grosslch, provisional head of Flume, sajd to Mr. Keblhiger: "We were surprised at this action on the part of your government in asking us to recognize you and protect you when the United States has not recognized us." Before, the war Flume had a large/ trade with America. SPECIAL SESSION ON A1$IL.11 Senator Lodge So Announces at White tfcpuse After Conference wi* Harding. Washington, March 16.--Congress will be called into special session Monday, April 11, Senator Lodge announced at the White House after a conference with President Harding. The date Is a week later than that which had been generally discussed and will give congressional leaders additional time In which ft) frame the proposed program as to ta» and tariff , S.v Reds Drive on Poland. ' StfWkholm, March 18,-The * AftOBbladet's Riga correspondent says that fym 18 to 20 Bolshevik divisions, with artillery and an aviation corps, are advancing against Poland ih the districts of Emoiensk, Vitebsl and Orsha. Kansas Anti-Cigarette Bill Falls. Topeka, Kan.. March 10.--The Whlt« anti-cigarette bill failed of passage In the house. It provided penalties tor smoking or possessing cigarettes, as well as for selling or gtrlng them away. Rods Lose Petrograd, Report. Copenhagen, March 11.--Kronstadt rebel troops have captured Petrograd from the Russian Bolsheviks, according to a dispatch from Heislngfors. The city was faiwp «!tw • Itmxj bombardment. , , v ' . • - • i Admits Slaying Organist, filth Amboy, N". Y., March ?l«i-- Geocgft Washington Knight, negro, twenty-two, confessed he had attacked llrs. Edith Wilson, church organist, into was murdered near her home Saturday night, according to the pollca. Find $200,000 Toledo toot. TcAedo. O., March 16.--The recovery of $200,000 worth of the loot In the $1 000,000 Toledo post office robbery of February 17 was announced herb. More than $145,0Q0 worth of the bonds was recovered In New York city. Poisons Her Children. Blunt, 8. D., March 16.--Alice Collins. age three years, is dead and her two sisters, Mabel, twelve, and Mil drod, fourteen, and their mother. Mrs. JArthur Collins, are dying'of polsou administered by the mother. uggets From Illinois Urbana.--One-eighth of tlfe farm land In Illinois is now embraced in drainage and levee districts, including 4,500,680 acres, according to a recent report of the state geological survey. The formation of these drainage districts was an experiment on the part of the geological survey to And out the condition, as to drainage, of Illinois farm lands and to find a way of making more lands In the state productive. The report also states that there are 1,150,000 acres of land lying in rlver^and creek bottoms which la unusable because of the frequency of overflows. This land alone would produce crops to the value of $75,0Q0,- 000 a year If properly drained, according to G. W. Plckels of Urbana who compiled the figures qo the drainage projects. Chicago.--The great white plflgne ls losing its grip on Chicago, according lo Health Commissioner Robertson's annual report on death causes which is nearly ready for publication. Tuberculosis is listed as the cause of 2,652 deaths In 1920. This is 572 less than lr 1919, and 1,175 less than In 1918. A combination of clrcumstainces which, in the opinion of health authorities include prohibition, cleaner air, and the removal by death from "flu" in 1918 of many sufferers from tuberculosis, accounts In part for the big saving in lives. The 1921 reports so Car show a still further drop. Springfield.--More than 1,000 public school teachers of the state have retired under provisions of the Illinois teachers' pension and retirement fund since the fund was created by law six years ago, R. O. Clarlda of the teachers! pension department reports. Of the number of retiring teachers* 949 retired on the full annuity of $400 a year. Ninety-two retired on disability, receiving annuity according to the number of years they have served as teachers. Springfield.--A plea f<* a $20,000,- X)S distributive school fund'for Illinois is made In a letfer from Robert C. Moore of Carllaville, secretary of the Illinois State Teachers' association, to the state director of finance. ¥r. Moore declares that even an Increase in the state tax rate would tend to equalize widely differing school tax rates pnd would help thousands of children in poor, Crowded districts to have a fairer chance for an education. Springfield.--The state of Illinois < Is caring for 290 World-war veterans suffering from mental disorders, ac-" cording to Frank D. Whlpp of the state department of public welfare. These veterans are in eight state hospitals, he said, and constitute approximately 5 1-3 per cent of the 5,-100 cared for lif all hospitals in the country. 1 t Joliet.--Inmates of the penitentiary are allowed to talk in the •cell* ana shops where formerly the silence rule was enforced. Welfare officials claim such a ruling, coupled with the- pro» gresslve merit system, makes the convict better fitted to re enter society. Veteran prison guards prefer the silence rule. They say that when permitted to talk, prisoners become argumentive and more apt to quarrel. Chicago.--Daylight saving, approved by referendum last November,, goes Into effect at 2• a. m. Easter Sunday, March 27, when clocks and watches will be set ahead one hour. The railroads are already making up their "summer" time tables. The suburban trains will operate on central standard time, as last year, but trains will be scheduled approximately one hour arller. Rockford.--Winnebago county will have an additional cotanty office^ beginning In November, 1922, that of Probate Judge. _Recent census figures show the population to be In excess of 70,000, making the election of a Probate judge necessary. Springfield.--Frank I. Mann of Gilman was elected president and Ralph Allen of Delavan vice president of the Illinois Farmers' Institute in session here. Peoria, Monmouth, Belleville, Dixon and Princeton bid for next year's meeting. Pana. -- Old Stonington Baptist church was destroyed by fire originating from an overheated furnace. Loss is estimated at $9,000, partly covered by Insurance. This is the third time the edifice has be«n destroyed by fire. Bloomlngton. -- Eighty wagonloads of corn, contributed by as many farmers of Woodford county, totaling 3.000 bushels, were shipped to New York, the first contribution of central Illinois to the starving people of Europe fnd Asia. Bloomlngton. -- The wolf season never closes In central 'Illinois.- Frequent kills have been reported of late, and it appears to l>e impossible to exterminate the animals. Canton.--Tax collections for the last year In Cantop were $136,879.98, according to the "county treasurer. Chicago. -- Sixteen vaccinations failed to save Dr. Thomas Jones of this city. He was Included- In a list of eight victims of smallpox reported to the health department. It was explained, however, by Health Commissioner Robertson that none of the 1® vaccinations had taken. Rockford.--Dr. W7 A. Maddox, president of Rockford college, has been notified that the institution is to receive a gift of $10,000 froir. the Rockefeller foundation. The money will be used to Increase faculty salaries and employ additional Instructors. Decatur.--Clergymen of this city are seeking to reduce the Sunday amusements where they conflict with the services in the churches. 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"Take an hour to shave you?" "Oh, no, sir; but I had to wait *ttt the barber finished his story, i If Yon Need a Medicine You Should H»a tbe Best Have you ever stopped to reason why it is that so many products that are extensively advertised, all at once drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? The: reason is plain--the article did not fulfill the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says "Take for example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a preparation I have fold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows excellent resuits, as many of my customers testify. No other 'kidney remedy has so large a sale." « According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact, so many people claim, that it fulfills almost every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments; corrects urinary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism. Ypu may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium* size bottles for sale at all drug stores.--Adv. That Much Settled. "We were made for each other, weren't we,, dear?" "1 don't know, George. "What Is your salary ?" "Thirty per week.** "No. we were not made 'for other." fmportant^to Wotftere Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOHIA, that famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature • In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cty for Fletcher's Csstoria Spanish Lead as Wine Drinkers. As a wine driuker the Spaniard sets the pace, with aa average of 36 gallons a year, leading the Frenchman by four gallons and the Italian by eleven gallons. i * Garfield Tea stimulates the liver, corrects constipation, cleanses the system and rids the blood of impurities. All druggists.-- Adv. A woman speaks volumes with her eyes and whole 'libraries with her tongue. Any brand of hops may be used for brewing trouble. TOOK A FRIEND'S ADVICE Champaign, 111.--"Evter since I de*N veloped into womanhood I have been t r o u b l e d with functional disturbances and fainting spells. I was under a physician's care but no medicine I took seemed to do me any good. A friend who had gene through the same e x p e r i e n c e and had found help by taking Dr. Pierce'h Favorite Prescription urged tne to try It. I tried It, and> to my great delight the Prescription brought about a wonderful change. I can speak in the highest tenns of It " MRS. 8. W. KNOTT, lfl« N. Market St. Contains no alcohol. Send 10c to Dr.. Pierce, JBulbkk. *. "IS. tor a trial *