Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-12-24
News Brevities
of Illinois


throughout the winter. The commits
siOner asked that all appeals of beg
CARS be refused and that the beggars
| be directed to the city prison.
Tuscola.-John 5. Quirk, former
cashier of the Arcola State bank,
who pleaded guilty TO charges of fOrg-
cry and embeZZlement in connection
with the loOting of the Arcola State
bank, will be sentenced by Judge
Sentel January ). 1t is understood
that Quirk's father, Michael I. Quirk.
also under indictment, may not be
tried as his health is critical and
sentence of his son is expected to
hasten his death.
Urbana.-Ralelghs Sibyl, a Jersey
owned by the University of Illinois,
holds the worlds record for milk pro-
ductiOn of living Jersey cows as a re-
| suit of the production of a 365-day
record of 1S.S744 pounds of milk.
which was completed a few days ago.
The former record was held by Jer-
sey in Massachusetts, which died sew
, eral years ago, and produced 1860
! pounds in one year Raleighs Sibyl
is valued at $4,000.
ChicagO.-The Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, in a decision handed down here,
held that the checkoff system. by
which dues and other union assess
| ments have been forcibly deducted
from coal miners monthly pay is le-
gal. District Judge A. B. Anderson of
indianapolis, who early in November
! issued a temporary injunction against
the checkOff system. was directed to
recaSt his decree. Another hearing of
the case will be held in Indianapolis.
FreepOrt.-Judge Harry Edwards
/ held invalid section 81 of the Illinois
motor vehicle law which makes it
! miSdemeanOr to have in ones posses
| sion or to offer for sale an automobile
! with the engine number altered or de-
! faced. The court held that, unless a
! person knowingly possessed or offered
! for sale such a car. he did not violate
| the law. Judge Edwards also declared
! that provisions of the law requiring
removal from cars of engines with al
! tered numbers were invalid
Washington, D. C.-Sharp losses in
| the number of persons engaged in ag-
riculture in Illinois were reported by
| the census bureau. Despite the losses
the farms lead in the greatest num-
Der of people employed in the state,
with 33S,210 males and 1850 females
registered as farmers or farm labOrers.
| This was a total decrease of 1896
over the previous census. Clerks,
except in stores, numbered 9S, JIG
males and 50293 females. There were
66,444 statesmen and 26,292 saleSwOm-
| en-.
NauvOO.-One hundred and twenty
five students will arrive at the United
States veterans bureau cOnvalescent
training center at NauvOO after the
| Christmas holidays. according to school
officials. There are now 116 men at
! Nauvoo. Most students have thus far
been housed in large brick structure,
originally built for Catholic sisters as
"A boys school. With the new influx,
n recently built frame dOrmitOry will
be brought into use. The school takes
care of veterans discharged from gov
eminent hospitals until they are able
TO carry on work in regular technical
Institutes or colleges.
Springfield The lOng-drawn-Out
controversy over the rightful claimant
to the mayOralty chair in Atlanta was
brought into the Supreme court for
settlement. Samuel Iddings, who
styles himself mayor of Atlanta In
his mandamus petition, was duly
elected last April. The city coun-
Gil, however, voted to GUST Iddings and
appointed Otto Dreher In his stead.
The Logan County Circuit court ruled
that Dreher was not the authorized
successor in court action filed by
Iddings The city council, city clerk
and city treasurer refuse to recognize
Iddings, his mandamus petition sets
forth.
Springfield.-Warren county stood
first among the counties Of Illinois this
year for the higheS1 yield an acre of
spring wheat, oats and barley, accord
ing to the October crop report of the
United States agricultural statistician
for Illinois. The average yield an acre
Of spring wheat for the entire state
was 14.5 bushels. Warren county pro
duced an average of 81 bushels; fol
oats, 26.5 bushels; Warren county
1915 bushels; for barley, 26.3 bushels
Warren county, 80 bushels. These fig
ures for Warren county brought the
| figures for the western district of Iln
nois to the top, establishing average:
of Adams, Brown, Fulton, Hancock
Henderson, Knox, McDonOugh Schuy
Ter and Warren as follows: Sprin.
wheat, 1913 bushels; oats 800 bushels
and barley, 1873 bushels. These aver
ages are well above those for the en-
tire United States, which were: Spring
wheat, 100 bushels; oats, "A bushels
and barley, PIP bushels.
Taylorville.-A report recommend
ing the encouragement of long tenur
by tenants; the promotion of soil fer
tility by cooperation of landlord an
tenants and the inculcation of mutua
respect and understanding betweel
landlord and tenant was unanimOusl
adopted at a meeting of more thal
$50 Christian county landlords an
; tenants here.
Chicago.-Contracts for 81, 900 FIRE
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