Chicago eagle., 1922-02-04
Neus BreDities
Of Illinois


Decatur-R l. Randolph of hioagc
was elected president OF the Illinois
S ciety of Engineers at the annual
convention here. Other officers are
vice president, H. +. 4;abbitt. Univer.
sity of Illinois; trustees. VI. c. Taylor
Bloomington, and W. D. Jones, Chi
cagO.
Springfield.-More than 10000 Hi.
nOis farmers have joined the United
States Grain Growers. Inc. while af.
tiliatiOn of farmers elevators anG
grain growers associations at local
shipping points have reached 800. Rob
ert n. Clark, national organizer, an
nOunced.
Spring has more Le
giOn members than any one state in
the United States. This was the an
nOuncement of Commander William
r. McCauley of the Illinois department
at Bloomington upon his return from
Indianapolis. Ind, where he attended
a conference of Legion leaders from
all sections of the country.
Pana.-When the merchants Ci Pana
advertised a Dollar day, at which time
many articles of goods were TO be
sold for 81, the clergymen of the city
advertised that they, too. would cut
prices on weddings Some of the min
listers announced that any couple
would be married on that day for q
single dollar. The reduced rate stimu-
lated the matrimonial market
Springtield.-Th rules for filing
primary petitions will be the same
this year as in former years, the sec
retary of state announced. The first
day for filing petitions for the primary
election on April II will be February
10, and the last day will be March >
In accordance with established Gus
tom petitions received in the regular
mail on the morning of February 10
will be filed before any others
ingtield.-Efficient medical inSpec-
tiOn of children in the schools of the
state is being strongly emphasized by
the state department of public
health. The department says that
many times when a child becomes ill
and proper examination is not made to
determine the exact nature of the ill
ness, a disease not recognized as seri-
Gus is spread among the children of
the schools and into their families
causing an epidemic.
Chicago.-The escape of Lucky
Tommy" O'COnnOr from the Cook
county Jail on December II, four days
before he was to have been hanged
for murder, was due to Incompetence
lax management and complete break
ing down of Jail discipline for which
the sheriff in the last analysis is indi-
rectly responsible" said a report is
sued y a committee of the Chicago
crime commission Sheriff Peters was
not directly blamed for the escape.
Springfield.-Th first official figures
of the election of six delegates to the
constitutional convention to ill va
ccncieS caused by five deaths and one
resignation SHOW the new members
are: Second district, Chicago, George
w. TebbanS; Twentieth district,
Charles d. Cary, Kankakee; Twenty
second distriC+, B. III. Pinnell, Paris :;
Twenty-seventh district, Chicago, Stan
ley Adamkiewicz; tO.tieth district,
Edward f. Adams, TaylOrville; Forty
second district, Clinton G. COnkling,
Springfield.
Peoria.-The city council refused to
adopt the resolution sponsored by the
Chicago city council which called for
modification of the prohibition laws to
permit the manufacture of beer YnG
light wine. The aldermen were taI
on the vote and the matter was tabled
| by the voice of the mayor. Much in
terest has been held in the action of
the Peoria council, as this city was
| commonly termed the wettest city in
| the United States" before prohibition
| because of the many distilleries 10.
| Gated in the city.
ChicagO.-Thirty or forty thousand
workers were out of employment in
| Illinois i'll December than in NOvem
ber according to reports from 731 diff
| ferent industrial establishments in the
| state, employing a third of the tota
| number of industrial workers III Hi
nOiS. The reports were made 10 the
Illinois Free Employment office. NJ
| statistics were given for January, bu
as January and February mark th'
| peak of unemployment, as a rule, the
! presumption of officials was that un
employment now is greater than tha
of the close of December.
Urbana-BecauSe it is obviously i'm
| possible for any person or group of per
sons to point out Offhand what tn
agricultural program for the state o
Illinois should be for the next quartz
century, there was appointed at tn
close of the agricultural cOnferenc
held recently at the university a com
mittee to be known as 1.-The Univer
sity of Illinois Committee on Agricul
tural Development" The cOmmitte
represents all the agricultural inter
eStS of the state-SOil Improvement
crop improvement livestock industry
dairy industry. horticulture, Orna
mental planting, marketing, transpOl
tatiOn, domestic and foreign tradt
rural life problems, reclamation, co
Iege of agriculture and expeTimen
station, agricultural extension service
Springfield. - Illinois land {
Egypt has challenged China and Al
kansas with its first rice crop. A. T
Scofield, in Jackson county, put paI
of a farm into rice last year. He hal
vested a 75-bushel per acre crop an