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Free State Is Created as Body Approves the Treaty. it* DE VALERX LOSES, 64 TO 57 8ivm Hundred Fifty Years of EnmNy Ended by the Vote--De Valera Declares Republic St HI Exists and Refuses to Resign, Dublin, Jam 9.--The republic of Ireland Is dead; long live the Irish Free State, The republic died when the chairman of Dail Elreann announced a vote on the treaty of peace with England. Sixty-four voted for the treaty and 57 against It Before the vote was announced the news of how It was going had reached the many thousands assembled outside the National university and round after round of cheers disturbed the calm of the assembly, which a few minutes later was thrown Into as great a fever of excitement Itself. The end came after the long weary debate lasting nearly a month, with an Interruption for the Christmas holidays. Griffith and Collin* Attacked. The speech that had most effect In favor of ratification, though It was Intended to oppose such action, was made by Ctathal Brugha, also known as Charles Burgess, the minister of defense, who lias been a bitter opponent of any settlement with England. His speech must have won ten votes for the treaty because of the violence of his attacks on Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins. He sneered at Mr. Griffith as a man vrbo would never have found a place in public life if it had not been for the republic of Ireland. He denied Mr. Collins had a military record, saying he was only a subordinate commander jind accusing him of seeking publicity, n defending Erskine Childers, Mr. Brugha said Mr. Childers had done more than any one man to arm the Irish people. Mr. Griffith, in summing up In favor of the treaty, made a masterly speech lasting more than an hour. He protested in a dignified manner against attacks on his personal integrity, pointed out the advantages of the treaty, and appealed to the Dail to accept it. D* Valera Holds Up Resignation. After the vote was taken. Mr. De Valera sat for a moment with his head resting in his hands and then rose, saying: "Whatever has happened, whatever they do, the republic is still the legal government of Ireland. I suppose my resignation is due, but not yet. I call those who voted against the treaty to a meeting with rug tomorrow at 12:30." Mr. Collins m&tle a dramatic appeal for unity, declaring that it was the daty of all Irishmen to work together to preserve public safety. He was Interrupted by Miss MacSwiney, who said the republic still lived and it was the only government that she would ever recognize. There can be no union between God and mammon," she shouted. Mr. VaiBtk tried to speak again, Bald only inaudible words, and then broke into tears. j1 .-Collins Sends Message to U. ft. Mr. Collins said: ?Tell Irishmen in America and elsewhere from me that our duty Is to preserve unity and to work together to make a new Ireland. I am sorry that my appeal to the other side few a Joint committee to carry on was refused. We must do the best we can. There will be some fonn of provisional government and we will appoint a I small delegation to meet the English to arrange for taking over the administration of Irish affairs-" Mr. Griffith was too tired to" talk. As he left the hall he was cheered by a vast crowd who followed him across Stephens' Green towards the Mansion House. The multitude cheered and shouted: "God bless Griffith and Collins." k Dublin has gone crazy. Crowds are parading the streets, shooting, sing- -tug, and building bonfires. The police are looking on, but their services are not necessary, as the cmhk4s are good natured. What Treaty Mean* The Irish treaty with Great Britain, which was ratified by the Dail, provides: Ireland shall have the same status Zip the British commonwealth of na / Hons as Canada, Australia, New Zea- 'land and South Africa. Ireland is to be known as the Irish Free State, and ik. will have a parliament responsible for' the administration of the country, with an executive answerable to parliament. , A provisional government will be instituted to function until an Irish parliament and government can be set up. bat the temporary government mnst be superseded within* 12 months. The British crt.wn shall be represented la Ireland In the same manner as In Canada-- a governor general to be appointed who is acceptable to Ireland. Ireland shall have complete control of all Its governmental affairs. It will have its own army, but the army must not be larger In proportion to Ireland's population than the British army in proportion to its population. The British forces in Ireland will be withdrawn Immediately upon ratification of the treaty. status of Ulster. Ulster will be included In tl*e Settlement, but it may vote Itself out within a month after the British parliament has ratified the treaty. In case it decides against uniting with southern Ireland its status will continue under the act provided for In 1920. In such a case a boundary commission will be constituted to determine a final boundary between Ulster and the rest of Ireland. The Irish Free State agrees to assume an equitable proportion of the British debt It is to provide harbor facilities for the British navy on terms to be decided by the two countries In convention. Religious freedom and education will be safeguarded In both the northern and the southern governments. It is provided that formal ratification of the treaty by Ireland shall be made by a body elected under the British parliament's government of Ireland act. This provision will be met by the reconetitutlon of the Dail Eireann as the first provisional parliament of Ireland. The members of the Dail were elected under the British home rule act^ - Says America Favors Treaty. Harry Boland, Mr. De Vaiera's Amerlean envoy, provided a sensation when he declared he was against the treaty as a republican, although he knew that most people In Ireland and nearly all the people in America were in favor of it In reporting on the American loan he declared that the state of Illinois In 1919 raised $397,000 in 12 months at a cost of $80,000 and last year it raised $552,000 In three weeks at the same cost Unification of the Irish-British peace treaty practically brought to an end the fight for Irish freedom that has been waged for more than.1 750 years. The British parliament has already unanimously approved the treaty. • Friendship between the English and Irish people ceased at the time of the invasion of Ireland credited to Stronghow, heir to the earldom of Pembroke and a liege of Henry II. This conquest occurred In the Twelfth century. . . Henry H dispatched a force of Anglo- Norman troops under Diarmld MaeMurragha to occupy Dublin. That city and several other Irish towns were taken. After this victory. Strongbow. one of the lieutenants under MaeMurragha, married the leader s daughter. He assumed the throne of Lelnster at his father-in-law's death In 1171. Henry then went to Ireland and established Dublin castle as the seat of government. The castle has been the headquarters for Great Britain.in , Ireland ever since. First Revolt In 179ft. The first revolution In Ireland was in 1798. It was almost entirely directed by Protestants, one of whom was Lord Edward Fitzgerald* a picturesque Irish leader. Robert Emmet, a Protestant, was one of the beSt loved heroes of Ireland. He organized the revolt of 1798. Later Emmet was captured, convicted of treason, and was hanged on September 20, 1803. In an eloquent speech from the gallows he bade no one to place an epitaph on, his tomb until Ireland was free. Other great men in Irish history Include Theobold Wolfe Tone, Henry Grattan, Charles - Stewart Parnell, Daniel O'Connell, "the great liberator," and Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, who starved himself to death for the Irish cause in a British prison. De Vaier» Elected in 1919. Eanion De Valera was elected president of the "Irish Republic" by the Irish national assembly. In 1919. He was In hiding then, hunted by British troops, following his sensational escape from Lincoln prison. He was born in New York city. His mother, before her marriage to a Committee Begins Consideration of Report of Special Sub- ^committee FROWN AT LIMIT 4N CRAFT Favor 8et of Rules for Flyere In War -Report Declares Limitation*! I • Xlieavier Than Air Machin^. v r Is Impracticable. Washington, Jan. 9.--The committee on limitation of armament of the five powers began consideration of the report of the special subcommittee on aircraft which held that effective limitation of aircraft is impracticable except in the case of lighter thau air machines, and which proposed a new treaty to govern the use of commercial aircraft In war. The subcommittee it» a voluminous report On all phases of the aircraft situation submitted the following conclusion : "The committee is 'of the opinion that It is*hot practicable to Impose any effective limitations upon the number of characteristics of aircraft, either commercial or military, except in the single case of lighter than air craft The committee Is of the opinion that the use of aircraft In 'War should be: .governed by the rules of warfare asadapted to aircraft by a further conference which should be held at a later date" The conference committee will resume consideration of the subcommittee recommendations today. It was predicted recently that it will not go beyond the report of Its subcommittee, which is composed of experts representing all the participating powers whose conclusions are regarded as sound. When the future conference may be held or where, could not be predicted, but It la prooable that there will come from this conference a recommendation -that a world conference of juridical experts be hold in the near future to consider the general question of revision of the rules of warfare. This conference, It was admitted In an official quarter, cannot conclude consideration of this phase of the agenda and will urge that It be turned over to representative Jurists of the powers. In that conference rules for aircraft could be laid down together with a general revision of the rules of warfare. With respect to the limitation of heavier than air military aircraft, the ' subcommittee found it impracticable for the following reasons: "1. The difficulty of finding a basis for the proportion of aircraft to be allotted to the various nations. "2. Hie difficulty of devlslong technical methods to Impose such limitation. "3. The difficulty of enforcing such methods. t "4. The Interdependence between air power and a commercial aircraft industry which It is not practicable to limit." Respecting civil and. commercial aircraft, the subcommittee, after discussing the great possibilities of useful development, submitted the following conclusions: *• .» "This committee understands .that the purpose of this conference Is to promote peace and to remove the causes of warfare. It must be understood distinctly that If the conference decided.to limit the development of commercial aircraft in order to retard the development of nir power the Itn-, mediate result will be the retarded development of means of transportation and communication which will Itself, if unrestricted, largely act to bring about the same result, the removal of some of the causes of warfare." GOTHAM DRY HEAD INDICTED Karl Ling, the new charge d'affaires of the German embassy In Washington. Upon appointment of a German ambassador, Ilerr Lang will become German consul genera) at New York. He has been in the diplomatic service 24 years* ' HEAD OF BANK SLAIN President of May wood, III., Depositary Killed by Bandits. Chief of Police and Bank Meaienger Wounded by Five Outlaws Who Seize $12,000 Payroii. Maywood, Il'l, Jan. 7.--John Soffei, president of the Maywood State bank, was shot and killed, and Chief of Police Louis Sweeney of Maywood and Arthur Benson, the latter a messenger of the bank, were wounded when five armed bandits robbed them of $12,- 000 pay roll for the American Can company. Chief Sweeney was shot under the right arm and was not seriously wounded. Messenger Benson was shot in the side. The robbery and murder occurred at St. Charles road and Fifth avenue. Maywood, two blocks away from the bank. The bandits gave no chance to the banker, the chief of police or the messenger even to hold up their hands. They ordered the pay roll car to stop, and when that was done the robbers emptied their pistols into the pay roll guards. Mr. Soffei was fatally wounded and died a few minutes later. When Soffei fell the robbers stopped shooting. Two of them leaped from their car and wested the money bag from Benson. Then the automobile roared away to the west As they disappeared, a crowd of citizens gathered about the bank car. Sweeney pulled himself from where he had fallen and waved- hie hand, at them. "Get out on the roads," be -cried. The , murdered banker was sixty years old. He lived at 400 North Third avenue, Maywood, with his wife. His daughter. Mrs. Fred Volkman, also lives in Maywood. Soffei had been president of the Maywood State bunk sinob 1% WKfh organised 21 years ago. De Vatefd Beaten lit Daft for Re-Election by 60 to V0tC LOSER REJECTS COMPROMISE Three Prominent Politician* Named by the Federal Grand Jury. Also New York, Jan. 7.--Harold L. Hart, former federal prohibition .director for the state of New York, was among a Spaniard, was Kate Coll, native of , score of defendants named In the se- County Limerick, Ireland. Shortly be- | cet indictments recently returned by fore the Irish rebellion of 1916, he was teaching Gaelic at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin. Ttoen he became a major In the Irish forces. Michael Collins, who gained In power during the last year, both at war and at peace, Is considered the logical successor to De Valera as leader, although an older man "may be chosen as the first premier. The Sinn Fein organization which concluded the peace agreement with Great Britain was formed in 1905 for the purpose of boycotting all things English In Ireland. Arthur Griffith, signer of the present treaty, was one of the prime movers In the organization of Sinn Fein. HITS MOTION PICTURE OFFER Senator Harrison of Mississippi Tells Senate He Sees Plan to Con. trol Legislation. Washington, Jan. 9, -- Protesting agninst acceptance by Postmaster General Hays of the position as Tiead of the motion picture industry, Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, declared in the senate that if the mo tion picture producers "get the biggest politician in the Republican party to head that Industry, we must look upon It with suspicion." Senator Harrison said he'was "fearful "that if the former Republican national chairman "becomes the head of the motion picture Industry he will placc a censorship upon some Democratic pictures that should be shown •Defeated Leader Shaken by Emotios and Hie Resignation Speech Is Delivered In a Broken, Halting Voice--Continuee Fight " ^ Dublin, Jan. 11.---Arthur Griffith announced himself as president of the Irish Free State. He formed a government for southern Ireland after Eamon» De Valera once more had resigned as president of the Irish republic and Dail Elreann had voted down a resolution to re-elect him by a vote of 60 to 38. The resignation of De Valera carried with it the resignation of the Dail cabinet. De Valera was shaken by emotion and his resignation speech was delivered in V broken, hailing voice. Michael Collins suggested that committees be appointed by the two factions to attempt to arrange a compromise. "None of us wants to see Mr. De Valera resign," he said, De Valera rejected the offer. Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Jteln, addressed the house, saying the^ ratification vote Saturday night represented the will of the Irish people. "Nothing is going to prevent the intentions conveyed by that vote from being carried out," he added. Despite his resignation, De Valera Indicated he would attempt to continue the exercise of power. He Intimated he would again, run for president and that In the meantime he would continue the head of the republican forces and the organization that has been collecting funds for support of the republican movements. ... He told the Dail that, while he and his supporters would continue the political fight against their opponent, they would not a"llow factional differences to interfere "with their protection of Ireland's interests. If the opposition wants us we will be there to fight interference. from outside of Ireland." he said. "At every step we will be with you." * The deputies cheered for both JDe Valera and Griffith. Adherents of the Collins-Griffith faction -charged De Valera with attempting to set up ^dictatorship of the minority." 'De Vaiera's attitude is bad tactics for Ireland," said Collins. "If the people will not trust me I will resign and go before them to explain my position. Mr. Griffith is forming a new provisional government. If it cannot go ahead the opposition Is to be blamed. We only want a fair chance. That is all we ask." Collins, as commander of the Irl^h republican army and minister of finance In the old Sinn Fein cabinet, announced that "all subscribers to the republican loan would be puid to the last penny." London, Jan. 11.--British government officials are already drafting the new Irish bill, which will create formally the Irish Free State. It will be Introduced in parliament about January 13. A government committee Is working out the details for the transfer of all administrative machinery in Ireland (exclusive of Ulster) to the new provisional government which the Sinn Fein will establish at Dublin. A subcommittee, headed by.Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill, is working out the details for the Immediate removal of British troops from southem Ireland. • FIND TRAIL OF BANK CASHIER Mifsing Employee of 8t. Louie Dajr - Van# Night Depository Sean at . St Charles, Mo. * ' St. Louis, Jan. 9.--A. O. Meininger, ilttlssing cashier of the Night and Day 5j»nk here, which closed its doors when the state director of finance, J. G. Hughes, took charge of the bank, * jflue to an apparent shortage of $260,- 000, was seen at St. Charles, according to John Grothe, chief deputy sheriff of St. Charles coofity. An automobile abandoned by Meininger at that' place Is being hel<? by him. Deputy Xirotlie announced Grothe said he was told that Meininger boarded a train at St. Charles lor £ansas City. Relatives of Meininger said they kuew nothing of his whereabouts. Until the time of his disappearance relatives said Meininger was staying at a hotel, where It would be convenient to his work. Melnlnger's peculations from the bank's fuptis probably covered a period of years. the federal grand jury investigating enforcement of the Volstead act here. This announcement was made by United States Attorney Hny.ward after the indictment had been unsealed* Three politicians named by Mr. Hay. ward as indicted were: William A. Orr, who _ served as secretary to Charles S. Whitman when he was governor of New York; Owen B. Murphy, treasurer 'of the Bronx Democratic county committee; Thomas F. Duffy, prominently Identified with Bronx polltics. All are charged with conspiracy to defraud the government through collusion to obtain large quantities of liquor In-excess of that called for in basic withdrawal permits. curable ailments of the kidneys, liver and bladder. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Stand* the highest for the reason that it has proven to be just the remedy needed is thousand* upon thousands of distressing casts. Swamp-Root makes friends quickly because its mild and immediate effect ia soon realized in moat cases. It is a gentle, healing vegetable compound. Start treatment at once. Sold at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium and large. However, if yon wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a aample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.--Advertisement. rTANSiv TSuneo Matsudaira is now secretary general to the Japanese arms conference delegation. He is chief of the American and European section of the foreign office and has long experience in China and Europe. U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekiy Marketgram by fureau of Markets and Cropi» Washington, Jan. 9.--For the ending Jan. 6.--GRAIN--M&rkei unsettled and j5»r«r first half cf week, followed by sharp break on the third, influenced by Fort Dearborn bank difficulties. Market rallied on the 4th and ciuaed firm on the Ith, but prices are considerably under those of a week ajro, Chicago May wheat losing 6%c and closing at $1.12; Chicago May com down zc at a3-mc. Closing prices In Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.18; No. 2 hard winter wheat $1.07; No. 2 mixed corn, 47c;- No. 2 yellow corn, 47c; No. 3 white oats, 34c. Average price to farmers In central Iowa for No. 2 mixed corn about 34%c; to farmers in central North Dakota for No. 1 dark northern wheat, $1.04; to farmers In central Kansas for No. 2 hard winter wheat, 88c. For the week Minneapolis May wheat down Vfa, closing at $1.19%; Kansas City May wheat down 6%c at $1.04%; Winnipeg May wheat down i^c at $1.®. Chicago July wheat closed at $1.01>4; Chicago July corn, 54%c; Minneapolis July wheat, $1.14%; Kansas City July wheat, 96c; Winnipeg July wheat, $1.07%. HAY--Quoted January 4: No. 1 timothy. New York, $29.50; Pittsburgh, $22.00; Cincinnati, $20.50; Chicago, $23.00; Minneapolis, $18.50; Memphis, $22.50; No. 1 alfalfa. Memphis, $2j.00; Minneapolis $21.00; Chicago. $24.00; Kansas City $18.50. No. 1 prairie. Kansas City, $12.00; Minneapolis, $15.E0; Chicago, $17.00. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Potato markets strong in East; prices higher In producing section. New Yortt sacked round whites up 20c f. o. b. at $2.25 per 100 pounds; up 2fic to 40c In city markets at $2.35-2.50. Northern sacked round whites up 20c In Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at $2.25-2.35. Chicago carlot market off 40c during week, but recovered 20c at close to $1.75-2.00 for sacked stock; bulk stock ranged $1.90-2.05. At shipping points prices up 5c to 20c, closing at $1. <0-1.96. Demand for onions Improving; price advancing. Eastern Yellow Globes In 100- pound sacks ranged $5.75-6.00 f. o. b. Connecticut valley points. High point of season reached in Philadelphia at $6.fl0-fi.40; other markets 25c to 7£c higher at $6.60- 6.00. Mlddln western red varieties $fi.00- 6.60 In Chicago, 8t. Louis and Kansas City. California yellow and brown varieties up 25c to 50c at $5.50-0.00. Apple flnarket conditions and prices practically unchanged from a week ago. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices were practically steady during the week. Beef steers were firm to 25c higher, while butcher cows and heifers were generally 25c higher. Feeder steers unchanged. Fat lnmbs ransred from 35c to 50c npt hlcher. while fpeding lambs were steady. Yearlings advanced 50c; fat ewes. 75c. January 5 Chicago pr'ces: Hogs, top. $8.00: bulk of sales. $7.15-7 65: medium and good beef steers. $6 50-9.??;: butcher cows and heifers. $3.35-3.25; feeder steers. $5.00-6.50: lleht and medium weieht veal calves, Jfi.5O-'>.K0; fat lambs. $11.00-12.10; feeding lambs, S9.00- 10.75; yearlings. $"5.50-11.00; fat ewes, $4.00- 6.75: stocker and feeder shipments fi^-i twelve important markets during the week endlne December SO were: Cattle and calves. 2?,*?07- ho^**. 3.061: sheefi. 22.697 DAIRY PRODUCTS - Storage butter very quiet. Closing prices, 92 score: New York, 39\4c; Chicago, 35c; Philadelphia 40c; Boston. 40'^c. Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese markets. January 4: Twins, 20c; Daisies, 20%c; Double Daisies, Toung Americas and Longhorns, 20"4c; square prints, 22\*>c. Long Distance. Sambo, in heaven, had just C*t It** tus, far below, on the asbestos ouija board: "HeUo, Rastus; "how yon gettin* 'Song?" "Oh, I'se havin' a fine time. Don't haf to work much; jest shovel in soma coal now and then. How's you-all?" "I'se workin* purty hard. We haf to sweep up de clouds, pull in de' stahs, swiieh on de light an* give S# ole sun a shove every niorninV . "How come yon-ail have so much work to do?" "Well, sab, to tell the truth, we're klnda short o 'help op heah."---Odcago Phoenix.' ) _ „• i'. -- -- .i. Applied Advice. **I see young'Richieigh has given his limousine to a well-known actress." "I suppose that Is 'his idea of hitching one's wagon to a star."--Boston Transcript. r "c ~t " MOTHER! OPEN* NEWBERRY' IN OWN DEFENSE BONUS LEGISLATION SOON CHILD'S BOWELS WITIt CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP KILLER OFFERED BIG PRICE Twenty Thousand Dollars Promised Gunman to Kill Ex-Polics Chief t In Montreal. * . Montreal, Jan. 9--Vincent Trescoll, who was found slain in a rear storeroom, was promised $20,000 to' kill Gonzajrue Savard former Montreal po lice captain, detectives snfd they had learned. Trescoll, alleged New York gunman, came here with two others of his ilk. but thev quarreled and he was shot, the jwilice understood. Savard was instrumental in the prosecution of nine men hangetl for murder. Bonus Is Indorsed. , Wash In (rt on, Jan. 10.--A gWieral agreement for the enactment of a bonus bill for former service men early in tiie present session of congress, It was indicated, was reached at a White House dinner conference. Michigan Senator Makes Sweeping Denial--Knew Nothing of Cim- * *- paign Fund, He Says. - s Washington,' Jan. 11.--A sweeping declaration of his innocence was made in the senate by Senator Newberry (Rep.) of Michigan. "faking the floor for his own defense ln^the ouster proceedings brought by Ilenrv Ford, the defeated Democratic enndidute, Senator Newberry emphatically denied personal knowledge of the collection or expenditure of the "larse campaign fund spent in his behalf. "As God Is my witness." said Senator Newberry, "I am not this day and tytir conscious of having done. In connection with either the primary campaign or the general election of 1918, in the state of Michigan, a single act thflt was, or Is, in any way unlawful, dishonest or corrupt, and this I say to the senate of the lTniteil States without reservation or qualification." ^ PLOT AGAINST MEAT PUNT w .: , Alleged Conspiracy to Dynamite Morrle Packing Concern at Kaneas City Revealed. Kansss City, Kan., Jan. 9.--An al- . ^^4-iieged plot to dynamite the Morrls"fc packing plant here, was being Instigated 'by police. Ten men, captured in a raid l»y a riot squad were ^ff^fjeing held in Jail. Andrew Craska and •Tony Wasslvickh of Chicago were the % *ing leader of the bCtUL -- FLEES JAIL, DIES IN CRASH Burglar Convicted of $25,000 Robbery Escapes Without Raising Alarm. Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. Gene Logan, convh-ted dT n "|25,000 burglary, sawed his w ay. out of the county jail here, stole a car and started south. A few miles south of town he attempted to make a turn at speed, the car turning over, and wfcTlnstantiy WlKrtt _ Michigan to Have Boxing. jLansing, Mich., Jan. 10.--Boxing ta Michigan was given a new lease of life by Governor Groesbeck, with the stipulation, however, that It be concted in strict conformity with the state laws regulating the sport. Flees jail, Dies in Crash. Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan, Gene Logan, -convicted of a $25,000 burglary, sawed his way out of the county Jail here, stole a car and started south. The car turned over, and he was Instantly killed. Mrs. Tyler Quits the Klan. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 7.--Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler of this city has announced her resignation as assistant to E. Y. Clarke, imperial beagle and head of the propaganda department of the Ku Fifty Die in Athens. Jan. 7.--Fifty bodies have been recovered from the Greek torpedo boat destroyer I .eon. anchored In the harbor of Piraeus, which was wrecked by an' explosion of a torpedo on board. Edgar H. Farrar, Attorney, Dies. New Orleans, La., Jan.- 10.--Edgar Howard Farrar, age seventy-three, prominent attorney of New Orleans and former president of the American Bar association, died at of Poisonous Gas in Discard. Washington, Jan. 9.--Proposal by the American delegation to abolish the use of'poisonous gases In warfare and adoption of the final Hoot resolution \yerv the two events of a day Ul the ts conference. .v Big Family Youngstown, O.. Jan. 9.--Mayor Oles offers n tjob at $100 a month with rent free and' garden space to the Y town man with th* largest family of children. The place is that of guard at tM citjf* tessrvQii-. , - I. . ~ ' . . r i - . • , - - . . ~ : f President Harding Convinced That Refunding of War Debts Is Feasible. Washington, Jan. 7.--President Harding, convinced that refunding of the foreign war debt can be made to pny for a soldier bonus, will soon make recommendations to congress for bonus legislation. This Information was given from an authoritative source. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Is able to submit to the President a detailed plan for payment of soldier compensation by the issuance of treasury certificates of Indebtedness against the foreign war debt. It was learned. The President expects to submit this plan to congress before the ertd of the month. XTour little one will love the "fruity" taste of "California Fig Syrup" even if constipated, billons, irritable, feverish, or full of cold. A teaspoonful never fails to cleanse the liver and bowels. • In a few hours you can see for yourself how thoroughly it works all the sour bile, and undigested food out of the bowels and you have a well, playful child again. Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup" handy. They know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for genuine "California Fig Syrup," which has directions for babies and children of : all ages printed on bottle. Mother t You must say "California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup.--Advertise inent ' Utilizing a Calumny. "Your enemies are now saying that you eat with your knife and use bad grammar." "Don't contradict 'em," cautioned Senator Sorghum. Out our way ft great many people do the same thing, and the effect will be to convince 'em that I am not tryIns.,jtOij^t.^U«|^^r," pose as a hlghbrow.'*- More Absorbing. "I had a long talk with Cousin Jurd L6pp in town today," related Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge.- ' ^ "How did he say his folks W8st* taquired Mrs. Johnson. V "I plumb forgot to ask him. Yon" see, he was telling me all about a sick dog fgfy.jgofc?'--Kansas City Stt|. "Exceptions. ,v ' Ati? asitotfomer says that the'fenh "fixed," as applied to stars, is a misnomer. Still, we know some stars that are mighty well fixed.--Boston transcript. f --^--7 ' ' '* • Some of the most successful magazine writers devote their trleut to the advertising pages. y Pepper Gets Penrose Seat. $*tltlnde!phin, .Tan. 11 .--George WhaiV ton Pepper. Philadelphia lawyer, was appointed T'nited States senator by Governor* Sproui to succeed the late Boies Penrose. The appointment stands until a successor Is elected. ^ Russia Accepts Bid. London, Jan. 11.--The Russian Soviet government has accepted the Invitation of >he allied powers to attend the conference for roping with the problem of European economics, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. Okuma Still Lives. Washington, Jan. 11.--Count Okuma. formerlv premier of Japan endlong one of the most nofcd statemen of the Orient. Is still alive, according to the last advices received by the ssv here. 1 It's easy enough to become a great financier If you have money experiments. ^ " There probably would be women inventors if they were anxious to discover new wrinkles. Vegetarians ought to be able to glvn sage advice. 8. Mitehell Washington, Jan. 11.--Charles S. Mitchell, aged sixty-seven, editor in chief of the Washington HerAld. died at his home here. He had been ill more than a month following a .. ;.:v ;-:Vt Keeper Shot in Jail Break. Cattlesburg, Ky., Jan. 6.--Len Hood, Boyd county jailer, was probably fatally shot by a prisoner who made his getaway in a Jail delivery here. John Brumfield, held for larceny, escaped. Orville Morgan, Irontown, O- and John Owens were recaptured after breaking Jail. -J 644,662,000 Yen for Arma. Washington. Jan. 9.--Out of a budget of 1,466.000,000 yen, Japan will apply (J46.662.000 yen to the army and navy, according to advices to the Department of Commerce. The Davy Is to receive 393,000.000 yen. Lottie Ptckford to Be Wed. Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 9 Plckford, motion-picture actress, sister uf Mary Plckford. and Alan Forrest, also a film pluyer, took out a marriage license and announced they married In Los Angeles. • ' Head of Jap Bank Dies. 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