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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 4 Jan 1923, p. 6

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*;sf ^^:fWuf^ff <yp- I CHART OF MTOAttONS OUT # APPLICANTS must AVERAGE 75 PER CENT IN ALL WRITTEN WORK. > WM_ >Vi* Springfield.--The following schedule <»f 45 examinations for 1023 was Issued kere by the state department of registration and education: * Medical--Jan. 9, 10 and 11, Chicago: April 10, 11 and 12, Chicago; Jane 2C. ^#7 and 28, Chicago; Oct 10 and 11, Chicago. it;?. Pharmacy--Jan. 18, IT and 18, ^ r f!prin>rfield; March 27. 28 and 29. Chi-1 :i' - fago; June 12, 13 and 14, Chicago; ug. 21, 22 and 23. Chicago; Oct. 30, L and Nov. 1, Chicago. £..'.'y Structural Engineers--Jan. "ft. Chicago; March 6, Chicago; May &, 9 and v 'f0, Chicago; July 9, Chicago; Sept. 11, Chicago; Nov. 6, T and 8. Chicago*, iv | Real Estate--Jan. 8|nnd 9, Chicago; Warch 5 and 6, Springfield; March 7 - fend 8, Chicago; July 9 and 10, Spring- ' •'*; ield; Sept. 10 and 11, Chicago; No*. f.v« ;;.|2 and 13, Springfield. ^ i - ; Qualifying Medical--Jan. 8, Spring- - < « ; Ield; April 9, Springfield; Jilly 9, / ' jfprlngfield; Oct. 8, Springfield. . j. ' .} Plumbing--Jan. 13. local board la Jlttes over 10,000; April 14, same; July 4, same; Oct. 18, same, r'.'i <Architect--May 2. 3 and 4, Urbana; f/ ffov. 13, 14 and 15, Urbana. Chiropody--June 4, 5 and 6, Chlca? f"• fo; Oct. 17, 18 and 19, Chicago. i'%. Dental--June 19, 20, 21 and 22, Chl- Springtield.--governor Small, Lieutenant Governor Sterling and Audttor Russel. defendants in a suit for an accounting on state funds while they *} *>t were treasurers, were ordered to answer in the-Sangaiyon Circuit court March 1. The motion fixing the time was made by Assistant Attorney General Boord. Judge Jones recently held parts of the treasurer act of 1908 invalid, but held that the defendants would have to answer the bill for recounting filed' by Attorney General Brundage. Springfield. -- Prlntfng of 000,000 blank applications for the Illinois soldiers bonus is under way, Adjt. Jen. Carlos E. Black announced at Springfield upon receipt of the final proof of the application form. The proof was approved and returned at once to« the printer. While there will not be 000,000 applicants for the bonus, this number of blanks will be printed to insure an adequate supply. One hundred or more extra application blanks will be sent to each American Legion post to take care of those mutilated or lost. Belleville.--Joseph Bailey, "hortlcul-* turist," has resigned his $4-a-month job. When his bill for $20 for tending the flowers on the west side of the nKnUINu UIhilu public square for five months Svas pre- : , ifago; Nov. 18, 14, 15 and 16. Chicago. - ,H * Embalmer--March 6 and 7, Chicago; -&*• -/^une 29 and 30, Chicago. ; V -* Nurses--Feb. 15 and 16, Chicago; .# ^lay 8 and 4, Springfield; July 19 and '*>; ftfeO, Chicago; Oct. 4 and 5, Chicago. * j Optometry--May 8, 9 and H), Chica- -i.jfco; Oct. 17, 18 and 19, Chicago. ;» Applicants falling In practical work •w- Jnust retake all examinations, while ., jfhose failing Ita written work will be Allowed credit on all grades above 75 -Jper cent at the next examination. Exr fv ^luninatlons will be conducted in Engt.•> Ilsh only, and only the lists of the suc- ;!•'V; «essful applicants will be announced. Mn r-: Illinois News In Brief. '1 , Carbondale.--The county board of •npervlsors has decided that judges |.%7 -Ifend clerks of election, contrary to the ; . : * custom of previous years, vfrlll receive ' v_'J)nly one day's pay for one day's work. •{ fTwo days' pay has been allowed in : iformer years on the ground that the ;(flection officials put In ten hours while the polls were open and five or six y fiours after closing time. The pay Is $6 a day. Elgin.--Because It was charged / they tied their three-year-old daughter to the leg df a table until she was too * Jireak to stand, and otherwise mistreated her; Mr. and Mrs. Anton Steph- |?^ytiaves haves lost custody of the child. If'tThe Dupage county court has placed r' Jthe girl In the care of Mr. and "Mrs. ^Va^ieorge Corel of Napervllle, who have '.adopted her. •L" t Abingdon.--A • committee of Ave 'trustees of Heddlng college at Ablng- '/Idon, which failed to reopen last fall, ."lb as voted to ask nilnois Wesley an p *.. junlversity at Bloomington to join in a i^/'f<ombii»ed financial campaign next 4 •};>. ' spring. The committee considered SV • .plans for bnildlng a gymnasium at jj^££^jthe college. 1Springfield.--Women from all sec- Si?; jtlons of Illinois who are interested in 0 Ipolltlcs are planning a big demonstra- , ition January 3 when the Fifty-third .general assembly convenes, and Mrs. ^%*;HLottle Hoi man O'Neill of Downers • jQrove Is sworn In as the first woman jmember of th£ Illinois house of representatlves. Rockford.--Forty acres of timber- •^^^and, four miles south of Durand, has ]been offered the board of supervisors |^v-;^°r the county's new forest preserve, ^ * (which was authorized at the Novem- ; ber election. The board has named a ^ 4 special committee to develop the pre- •. ser\re. Danville.--Merger of the Illinois state poultry show with that of the Central States Poultry association has been completed, and the combined exhibition of the two organizations will be given at banvllle January 3 to 7. sSpecial exhibitions of poultry culling and breeding will be a feature. Rockford.--A. O. Anderson, a resl* dent of Stockholm, Sweden, wants to come to the United States to live, and would like to locate at Rockford, provided he can get a Job on the police force. He has written to Chief A. E, Bargren asking for a job. Oalesburg.--The second fennual conference of the Older boys and Girls' association, under the auspices of the State Sunday School association, opened at Oalesburg December 29. One thousand yourvg people were present. Elizabeth.--Stricken with apoplexy while working about his farm, John Wand, sixty, was found half-frozen in a cattle yard and died a few hours later. Dixon.--The Lee county board of supervisors rejected a proposition to appropriate $25,000 for the erection of 'v^'ia soldier memorial arch. ittfe Decatur--More than 2,000 toys were « ' ^made by the children of the fifth and v." sixth grades of the public schools t& :Wt°r sale to Christmas shoppers. Pu- 5 ^ p^s °* 3un,or high schools made gl 5?articles for the grownups. The schools of Decatur joined In the sale of the fm4i toys. Decatur.--City Commissioner 3. F. hk . Mattes haa made a formal request on the circuit judge of Macon county to pla<v before the grand Jury charges of ||k > misappropriation of public funds. The • charges were made by Commissioner Alex Van Praag. Alton.--l'lan^are being made by the * stockholders of the First State and . Savings bank of Wood River, which wa<l r®<*ntly closed, to open tlte bank, stockholders have voted to levy t ; an assessment of 100 per cent. They Ipfe-fr;' said the depositors would be paid in full n th« reopening of the Instltu- . / •, flon. Moltoe.--The Mollne Elks' lodge Is plans drawn for a clubhouse, to cost about $150,000. The building wijl K!,f i; be two stories and basement, but 00 p!vv constructed that ' additional staiias may be added Utar. Presfdent Wants World ttornml* sion of Financiers to Settle Reparations. EtMN POUGY DOfflED Senator Borah Withdraws Amsnd ment to the Navy Appropriation Requesting Call of World ' ^Economic Confarenoa. ^ ih .* >i V: seated to t he board of supervisors members of the board objected that it was too much to pay. Then Chairman Drews of the square committee explained that Bailey, who didn't want the Job in the first place, had been Induced to take It on the promise that he wouldn't be bossed around by every member of the board. Springfield.--governor Small's supporters will control thf state senate at its next session which opens at Springfield January 3, according to. State Senator Richard Meents of Ashkum. Senator Meets, n strong supporter of Governor Small, and the probable pilot of the administration's road bills in the next general assembly, made this prediction after a conference the governor had with downstate senators friendly to bis administration. Free port.--Charles Doerr, Jr., aged twelve, has brought Suit against the city of Freeport, the Freeport Water company and the Freeport Qas company for $25,000 damages for the loss of a leg, charging negligence on the part of the three defendants. Playing near the curb in front of his home, the boy was struck by a skidding auto and his left leg so badly crushed that amputation was necessary. Urbana.--Foreign student enrollment in the University of Illinois this year is much smaller than last year, according to figures just announced at Urbana. At present there are six Japanese stndents, compared to 20 last year, while the Chinese students have dropped from 90 to 70, and there are now only 24 Filipinos compared to nearly twice that number last year. Springfield. -- Leading Democrats from aH over the state are expected at Springfield January 8, when the Jackson day celebration and banquet will be held. Former Governor and United States Senator-elect Samuel J. Ralston of Indiana is to be the principal speaker, and It Is believed that a presidential "boom'* for hbn will be launched at the banquet Urbana.--The department of agricultural education of the University of Illinois Is reported to be co-operating with agrifl||)tural teachers of the state and the state supervisor's office in Springfield I9 publishing a monthly bulletin In order to gather news from the field of agriculture to take to agricultural teachers. Springfield.--In fixing the state tax rate at 45 cents on the $100 assessed equalized valuation, the state tax commission at Springfield admitted that the values of Illinois farm lands had decreased since the end of the World war, and made allowance for the depreciation. Rockford.--Finding a check for $57.25, Louis Prlxiscot twelve, took eight of his young friends on a "carouse" of sodas, cakes and candles and gave each of them a cash present, the amounts ranging from 10 cents to $10. The youthful "Santa" was subsequently arrested. Aurora.--At a public meeting of the school patrons here a committee of 15 was appointed to inquire Into the reported overcrowding of, the public schools, particularly the West side high school. Recently the West side school board took action barring tultlon- paylng pupils. . , Springfield--Dr. Elmer B. Hagler, president of the Springfield ehamher of commerce, w*io had two sons In the array during the war, filed a "friendly" Injunction suit to test the constitutionality of the - oilers' bonus act. The objections raised are all technical. Pekln.--Establishing of a new state bond highway connecting Pekln and Decatur is being urged by good roads advocates of Macon, Logan and Tazewell countfes. The road would paw through Delavan, Mount Pulaski, Latham and Warrensburg. Lanark.--Mr. and Mrs. David Stoner, elght.v-elght and eighty years old, respectively, celebrated the sixtieth, anniversary at their marriage a few days ago. Springfield.--Four hundred bids on 193 miles of new paving Is 27 counties were opened at Springfield by the state division of highways JL one of the most extensive rbad programs ever planned by Illinois. The total cost of the work involved will be approximately $5,650,000. The wort: is to be done in 1923. Jacksonville.--Miss Katherine Forward, executive secretary of the lldrgan county Red Cross chapter, has resigned to take a position as Red Cross liaison officer In the veterans' bureau at Springfield, Springfield.--Planes for a nlon passenger station at Yandalla, to be built by the Illinois Central and Big Four railroads, have been approved by the Illinois commerce commission. Under ruling of th6 commission the station must be open for business by July 1, 1928. Nauvoo.--Citizens of Nauvoo havs asked the United States government to build a rescue harbor on Lake Cooper for Mississippi river boat% Lake Cooper is formed by the widening of the river ocasloMd by the river at Keokuk. . , , , . Washington, Dec. 30. -- President Harding favors the settlement of the German reparations dispute through a commission of disinterested financiers, economists and other experts representing the allied and associated powers, in the event that the conference of premiers In Paris next week falls to solve the problem. If the United States were Invited by the European powers to appoint American members of Buch a commission to determine the amount of reparations Germany can pay and to recommend a plan of payment the President would accept the Invitation and name the delegates as representatives of the United States. The administration Is firmly convinced that the occupation of the Ruhr district of Germany by France or any other resort to force In preference ot adoption ot the plan favored by tbe administration would be a tragic mistake. These disclosures were made at the White House officially following the action of Senator Borah (Rep., Ida.) In withdrawing his proposed amendment to the navy appropriation bill requesting the President to call a world economic conference. The senator abandoned his fight following assurances by Senator Lodge (Rep., Mass.), Watson (Rep., Ind.), and Mc» Cormlck (Rep., III.) that the administration is endeavoring1 to accomplish the same purpose aimed at in the Borah resolution. GALES * ON BRITISH COAST Twenty-eight men Drown When Five 8hlpa Qo Down--Much Prop* arty Damage. London, Dec. 28.--Gales which have swept the British coasts In tbe last two days have destroyed five ships, with a loss of 28 lives. Part of the western coast, where the storm was especially severe, Is strewn with wreckage. Streams near the coast are flooded, and bridges have bean washed away. Exchequer Chief Baldwin Tells ef In* tontlen as He Leaves Washington. London, Dec. 28.--Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, leaving. London to embark at Southampton aboard the Majestic for America to confer with Washington officials on the British debt said: "We hope to fund the debt and get the burden of Interest eased. Naturally, the last word Is with America. If we effect a settlement It will be an example to Europe which might augur a settlement of even greater problems. If successful,, we hope America, seeing the result of one mission, will be kind to a much more important mission Bonar Law will shortly undertake-- reparations." ILUM0IS WOMAN, 103, DIES Mm tlrena Beard of Murphysboro Had Six Great-Great- Grandchildren. Murphysboro, 111., Dec. 29.--Mrs. 81- rena Beard, who died at her home near here, was reputed to be the oldest woman in southern Illinois. She would have been one hundred and four years old February 20 next. She Is survived by seven grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and stx great-great-grandchildren. BREWER LEMP KILLS SELF Head of Big 8t. Louis Brewery Enda Life--Worried Over Financial Losaea. St Louis, Mo., Dec. 80.--Worry over the passing of his famous brewery and the resultant heavy financial loss was given by business associates as the reason for William J. Kemp, millionaire president of the brewery bearing his name, shooting himself to death in his office here. SHOOTS WIFE, SELF, fllPENTS SpMngfleld, (III) Man Overoome by RMnorae Saves Woman's Lift " --Both Will Llva, '• S? Springfield, IlL, Dec. 28.--After shooting his wife and then himself, Louis Watkins, overcome by remorse at sight of her prostrate body, bound up ber shattered arm and stopped a bleeding artery, thereby saving her life. Both will live. They bad Quarreled over a threatened divorce. DUBLIN REBELS USE BOMBS Blew Up Half of Dawson Street In Effort to Kill Denla ' MacCullagh. Dublin, Dec. 29.--Republicans blew up half of Dawson street, when a group forced open a dcor In the home of Denis MacCullagh and placed a lighted mine inside. Tbe MacCullagh home was blown to pieces and several others were wrecked. To Build Cars With Baths.' * Omaha, Neb., Dec. 30.--The Union Pacific railroad system lu negotiating for the construction of 18 observation cars, each with equipment for baths. It was announced nt the system's headquarters here. Japs to Quit California. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 30.--Japanese farmers in CalifDtnia are planning to quit the state and establish themselves either In Sinaloa or Nayarlt, Mexico, according to a story in tbe Loe Angeles Times. v- U. 8. Baoka Allien, Lausanne, Dec. 29. -- The United States supported tbe allies agninst the Turks as the Lausanne conference neared the breaking point. The conference' was considered likely to break Up-M any moment. RAFAEL m.. Jookheer A, D. D. De Graeff haa been transferred from' Japan to be minister in Washington from the Netherlands. This photograph was made when he landed at Qan Francisco. DEBT MISSION SAILS British Hope to Fund Tb$ir W$r IK; TURN GOLD FLOW TO EUROPE Metal Being Returned to Old Coan* rjjjfei Hi Payment of - Hn|WVtt ' Says Hoover. 't Washington, Dec. 27.--The steady stream of gold which poured through America's ports as an import has been reversed by a steady growth of prosperity and now Is being returned to European countries as one of the chief exports. Most of the surplus. Secretary Hoover told President Harding and tbe cabinet, is sent In payment of Imports and its circulation in foreign countries Is an important factor In stimulating American baafc GERMANY'S DEBT 4$ HUGE Country's Floating Indebtedneaa Hlta the Trill ion Stage in Paper Marks--A Record. Berlin, Dec. SO.--Germany's floating dgbt exceeded all records by passing 1,000,000,000,444 paper marks ($135,- 185,135). The reichsbank's gold reserve Is exactly 1,000,000,000 gold marks ($250,000,000), hence it could buy up the floating debt at the present rate of exchange--7,400 papar marks to tbe dollar. SEEKS CREDIT FOR GERMANY Senator Bursum Presenta Bill to Bn-' able Teutons to Buy Goods In * , United 8tatea. Washnigton, Dec. 80.--Tbe extension to Germany of a credit of $1,000,- 000,000 raised through the sales of United States government bonds was proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Bursum (Rep., N. Mex.). The credit is intended for the purchase of American foodstuffs and raw materials by Germany. TURKS TO CARfW ON WAR Caucaaion Division of 6,000 Effectives Sent to the Frontier at Moeul. London, Dec. 80.--An Exchange Telegraph correspondent cables • from Athens that he learns «on reliable authority that the Turks are sending reinforcements to the frontier at Mosul. A Caucasian division, commanded by DJevad and consisting of <J*000 effectives, has left Van and Is proceeding in Jthe direction of Mosul. NO WORLD MEET - : ^ "Hands Off" Borah Ptan,Harttno Tells the Senate in Letup ^ ft ..I NO DEBT CANCELATION Department Working on Prsb* President's Letter Doee Not Dl* eloee Nature of Action Already Taken by Administration. Washington, Dec. 29.--President Harding made a direct entrance Into tbe flght against Senator Borah's amendment to the naval appropriations bill providing for an International economic and disarmament conference. In a letter to Chairman Lodge of the senate foreign relations committee, President Harding declared adoption of the amendment to be Inadvisable in view of what the American government already is doing to help settle European problems. The President intimated clearly that success of the Borah plan would hinder present efforts by the State department. Senator Ldtige visited the White House Thursday morning, before the senate session opened and conferred with the President. After the senator left, the President held a conference with Secretary of State Hughes. The President's letter, sent to Chairman Lodge at the capttol at the opening of the second day ot debate on the Idaho senator's amendment, declared that although the reparations question was he heart of the European economic difficulties, the United Sttites could not oictate a settlement of the reparations dispute, and to call a conference before It was known definitely that the conferees probably could frame an agreement would be futile. Tbe President's letter did not disclose the nature of the action already taken by the State department to help smooth Europe's path. FIGHTS BIG POSSE ALONE Weet Virginian Taken Wounded After Home Has Been Riddled In Battla of 1,200 Bulleta. Btaabenvllle, O., Dec. 26.--More than 1,200 shots were exchanged between officers and armed citizens and Joseph Jones, fifty, at Follansbee, W. Va., after Jones had shot Harry Jones, a deputy sheriff, and barricaded himself In his home. Jones was taken after bis home had been riddled with bullets from machine guns and riot guns and he had been shot in the leg. EXECUTE MORE IRISH REBELS Two Man, Nanted Murphy and Wh»- lllii, 8hot at Kilkenny, , aa Guerrillas, Dec. 80.--Two more republican Irregular prisoners were executed by the Free State authorities. The executions took place at Kit* kenny. According to the official announcement, the men were named Murphy and Whelan. They had been engaged In guerrilla warfare against the regulars. BUST KILLS MINE INSPECTOR Four Reeouera Are Overcome by Gaa in Lu'dington (IlL) Coal Pit. Decatur, BL, Dec. 20.--Charles Finley, a mine inspector, was killed in an explosion of mine damp in a coal mine at Ludlngton, twenty miles southeast of here, while two hundred men watt* ed at the top of the mine to go to work. Four miners .?ho sought to rescue Flnley were overcome by gasea and were themselves rescued. MAY SEIZE GERMAN FORESTS Indicted In Bosch Sale. Mgw York, Dec. 29.--Joseph fey, sales director at the New York office of the alien prorerty custodian, and Martin B. Keir, said to have purchased the Bpsch Magneto assets from the custodian; were Indicted. Freight 8hip With Forty Men Misaing. New York, Dec. 29.--The German freighter Hglnrlch Kayser. Savannah to Bremen,. Is believed lost. It was last heard from December 6, when It was reported In distress 600 milea* east of Cape May. It bad a crew jof 40. 1584,614,191 P. a BUI. *' Washington, Dec. 29. -- Appropriations aggregating $684,614,191, for the operation of the Post Office department during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1923, were provided In a bill reported to the house. . \'}1r ' "Mi '.T 1 Premier Hughes' Friends Loe*. Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 28. -- Five of the twelve members of the Hughes cabinet are shown, on consideration of the second counts in the preferential voting system, to have been defeated in the recent election. Americans Close Rues Deal. Moscow, Dvc. 28.--A contract calling for payment lof 1,000,000 gold rubles ($500,000) hawbeeu closed between the ltusslan government and the American Allied corporation, which will Import J", ( " i L C '* A * . < . i r f t o ' J L . J ' • . C S ' f . J , f e , » . L f r . 1 French Premier Plans Taking Over State Timber Lands for Default in Wood Deliveries; Paris, Dec. 28.--Premier Polncare plans to follow up the reparations commission's decision, declaring Germany In default of her wood deliveries by presenting to the allied premiers' meeting here next week a scheme for taking over the German state forests as a guarantee. %'f' K ' i/ Bomb In Maile Kllle One. Marshfield, Wis., Dec. 29.--Mra. James R. Chapman was killed, her husband's left band was torn off and a grandson of the couple was thrown Into a hysterical collapse by the explosion of an infernal machine, sent to Chapman through the malls, disguised aa a Christmas package. No Fuel Famine. Washington, Dec. 90.--Federal B'uel Distributor SpenlB stepped out of oft flee assuring President Harding in a final report that, barring extreme weather, the country has pasted the fuel danger point for this winter. Denatured Alcohol Formula Approved. Washington Dec. 30.--Commissioner of Internal Revei.ue Blair has approved sale of alcohol for use in manufacturing motor fuels when a gallon of gasoline is added to eveqt 100 gallons of ethyl alcohol. <' " •• 1 Qeddes Tours EtHs I stand. New York, Dec. 29.--Sir Auckland Onddes, British ambassador, waa taken by Secretary of Labor Davis on a tour of Ellis Island to Investigate complaints made in the British par- »«• of treatment of im Italian Fort Blowa Up. Bome, Dec. 29.--A fort near Trent blew up during ti e night, and nine men wer^ killed. Accidental explosion of a shell set off the other ammunition. The explosion scattered debris tpw tb«.fort for an an* of mji r / r: s ' Rafael Oreamunn, former Costa Rican consul general la New York and secretary to 'the original Cwata Rican delegation to tbe Central American conference. Is now a delegate to the conference and, it Is understood, will succeed Dr. Beecbe as minister to the United States. • U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washington.--For the week ending December 28--GRAIN--Chicago caah market: No. 2 red winter wheat, 11.33; No. 2 hard winter wheat, (1.27; No. 2 mixed corn, 73c; No. 2 yellow corn, 78c; No. 3 white o&ta, 44c. Average farm prlceB: No. 2 hard winter wheat In central Kansas, $1.0{; No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, 60c. HAT--No. 1 timothy, $17.00 Cincinnati, $22.00 Chicago, $21.00 St. Louis, $16.60 Minneapolis; No. 1 prairie, $16.60 Minneapolis. $18.00 St. Louis. PEED--Bran, $26.26; middlings, $2L00; flour,, -middlings, $27.00; rye middlings, $23.00>" Minneapolis; 34 per cent linseed meal, $61.00 Minneapolis; gluten feed, ftXM .Chicago; white hominy feed, $28.S0 St Louis, $32.00 Chicago; No. 1 alfalfa meal, $28.60 St. Loula. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Sacked round white potatoes, 9&c@$1.06 f. o. b,; northern round whites, $1.00@1.10 Cincinnati. Northern Danish type cabbage range generally $20.00@30.00 per ton bulk In city markets, $16.00017.00 f. o. b. at Shipping points. Baldwin apples, $t.26@ 6.00 per bbl. in consuming markets; cold storage prices ranging $4.26(^4,50 f. o. b.; northwestern extra fancy boxed Spitxenburgs, $1.75@2.00. Middlewestem yellow onions, $2.00@2.25 Chicago. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hoga, top, $8.60; bulk of sales, $8.30®6.S6; medium and good beef steers, $8,30@8.60; butcher cows and heifers, $3.75^10.25; feeder steers, $3.50@7.60; light and medium weight veal calves, $9.00@11.00; fat lambs, $13.00015.40; feeding lambs, $12.75@14.7&; yearlings, $Bk* ©13.00; fat ewes, $6^6@8.26. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter. 92 score, 60%c Chicago. Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary markets; Twins, 28%c; daisies, J7c; double daisies, 26%c; longhor&s, 26^,c; Bcjuare prints, 27c. DE VALERA STILL FIGHTING Sinn Fein Leader In New Pledge ts Carry on the War In Ireland. , Dublin, Dec. 27.--BamaT A Valera has issped a declaration, which he signs "on behalf of the government and the army," extending greetings to every citizen and soldier of the republic. saying: "We consecrate ourselres anew to the achievement of the independence of our country." He appeals to the people to pray that God "shall bl$ss our efTorts and bring our harassed people the liberty, peace and happiness they need and desire." U. S. BANK SAYS TRADE GOOD Federal Reserve Report Declaree Industrial Conditions Were Better ' In November. Washington, Dec. 30.--Production, employment and trade continued toi show an upward trend during November and prices registered a further advance, according to an article summarizing the geneanl business and financial conditions throughout the several Federal Reserve districts published in tbe Federal Reserve Bulletin here. BALKANS RALLY FOB NEW WAR Qreefca, Turfce and Jugo^Jave pmpar , ,lqa to Renew Armed CpnUleL --r •" , -Home ReportfM--.'- - ftbrtfe, Dec. 20.--News from bans states that both the Greeks and Turks are preparing to renew armed conflict. The Greeks, It 13 reported, are massing a large army on tbe Thracian frontier, and the Turks are getting ready to resist an attack. 'Jugo slavia also Is mobilising a large number of troops. r Meyer Heada I. C. C. IffiMhington, Dec. 80.--In accordance with the policy ot rotating tbe chairmanship of the Interstate commerce commission among its members, $althanar H. Meyer has become chairman for a one-year term. Justice Day la Honored. Waihlngton, Dec. 30.--Chief Justice Taft published correspondence between members of the Supreme court and William R. Da>, the former complimenting Mr. Day on his servlcee «a a member of tbe court. Sliver Commission Proposed. Washington, Dec. 28.--Because d* crearfed use of silver In foreign coin* is threatening the American mining industry, Senator Nicholson (Col.) Introduced a resolution for cretftion ,o£ n United States silver commlssloct " War Frauds Jury to Report Soon. Washington, Dec. 28.--The special District of Columbia grand jury which has been investigating fraud In connection with government wartime c«>n tracts. Is expected to report before tbe ma ot thla weak, s » , Farmer! and sire LM mwrngranon. Juhi "• • ' SH&RTA6E OF COMMN iilBIIR -- ' Houae Committee at Washington In r Hearing to Representatives ' s the National Manufacturers' Association. 3?^-: Washington, Jan. 2.--The big industries of the country and farm organizations have Joined in a determined drive to procure such relaxation of the immigration restriction law aa will relieve the present shortage of coil* mor labor. f With the backing of the senators and representatives of the leadiug industrial and agricultural states a concerted effort will be made to obtain legislation at this session of congreas which will operate to admit probably not less than 100,000 aliens in excess of the number of lmmigrancil coming in under the 3 per cent quota law. The house committee on immigration will give a hearing to a committee of the National Manufacturers' association, which will propose three major njodiflcations of the present restriction law. The plan was worked out In consultation* with agricultural leaders and its essential features were^ approved at the recent meeting of the American Farm Bureau federation In Chicago. The recommendations of tile fiaaap^> facturere' compilttee follow: "1. That In fixing the quota of each nationality of otherwise admissible aliens under the present law, due regard should be given to the ascertained annual emigration from tbe United States of persons of such nationality. ^ "2. That the secretary of labor shall be authorised, upon the presentation to him of satisfactory evidence of n continuing shortage of labor of a par-, tlcular class or type, to admit otherwise admissable aliens in excess of the quota until in his judgment such condition is improved. "3. That provision shall be made far - physical examination of aliens 4ft ports of embarkation or where their pasports are vised except that such requirement shall be waived upon assurances of another government that satisfactory examination haa been made." REVOLT OPENS IN MOSUL Hangars of the British Air FojMpi* Burned, 8ays a Dispatch From ^ .4-' Angora. Leu tin, Jan. 3.--A rewott l out In Mosul, In the kingdoui of Iraqt, says a dispatch from Constantinople to the Dally Mall. The report la credited to a dispatch received from Angora. The hangars of tbe British air force, which is policing Mesopotamia on behalf of the Arabian goverament, are declared to have beat burned. ' TAFTHAS 2 NEW GRANDSONS Chief Justloe of Supreme Court Beoemse grandfather Second ilma ^ ' in Two Days. . Cincinnati, 0„ Jab. 2.--Chief Justice Taft of the United States Supreme court became a grandfather for the second time In two days when a son was born Monday night to Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Taft Charles P. Taft, II., another son of the chief justice, announced the birth of a son Sunday. ENGLAND WILL -PAY DEBT U. .S. Ambassador te Qreat Britain Mafcee Personal Report te-Er<ri-- :, dent Harding. ' -- • • • • New York, Jan. 2.--Great Britain will pay Its debts to the United States. Ambassador George Harvey announced on his arrival here to make a report to President Harding, on cer- > tain Jnformation for which the President asked. Mr. Harvey refused discuss tbe President's summons. BRITISH GET OUT OF TURKEY Escape From Constantinople te {hp* prus and Malta as New War Neara. ^ Valetta, Malta, Jan. 2.--In rout qnence of the uncertain situation tB Constantinople 1,000 British subjects and Maltese will leave that city at once, it was learned here. Of these 000 will be landed at Cyprus and tUw remainder brought to Malta. * Plunkett in U. 8. on Miaaion. f , Ifew York, Jan. 2.--Sir Horace pit#; kett, nominated us an Irish Free State senator, arrived here to study American agriculture and the method of maintaining the congressional ence library. Many Georgians Jailed in '22L Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2.--Sixteen peraona out of every thousand In 1SB counties of Georgia were committed to jatl for varying terms during 1022, according to a report of tbe "IT*" jallu visiting committee. < , ; .. • "w-o- Charged With HusbandV Murder. " Beaumont, Tex., Jan. 2.--Mrs. Hiram Knox was arrested at Hemphqi, charged with the murder of her husband, millionaire lumberman, found dead Jn his room November 25, with, a bullet wound in the head. ft*!' 28 Million In Nnrthcliffe BstatewfJ London, Jan. 2.--A new estimate the fortune left by Lord Northclilfe Is given by the London Daily Express* The amount of the publisher's estate is now estimated' to be In excess ef f^,99Q£Q&... , . ,, . . .-its. itf-:

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