Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
News Nuggets
From Illinois


draw more than 700 athletes TO Ur-
bana. Fifteen track and six field
events will be on the card this year.
The meet will be divided into two
divisions, Glass 4 including athletes
from schools of an enrolment of more
than 400 and Glass B taking in ath-
leteS from schools with an enrolment
under 400. In addition to the Inter
Scholastic track events, numerous other
athletic features will entertain the
host of high school visitors who year
ly attend the InterSchOlaStic meet. A
track meet between Illinois and Wis
cOnsin and also baseball game be-
tween these institutions will be held.
Last year, 100 high schools of the state,
represented by more than 600 athletes
participated in the meet Champaign
won the Glass 4 events and Forrest
the Glass B division events
Springfield.-Last minute "jokers"
in the appropriation bills that are
damned through the Illinois legisla-
ture in the closing hours of the bien-
NAL sessions will become ancient his
tory if the new state constitution is
adopted. The convention has insert
ed in the new basic law a stopper for
all "jOkers" in financial measures. if
the members of the legislature are on
the alert. The new constitution will
provide that all appropriation bills
and all reports of conference commit
tees of the two houses of the legisla-
ture must be furnished every mem
Der at least three days before such
measures and reports come up for
final passage. They must be printed
also in their final form and contain
all amendments and other changes. 50
that the members may know what
they are voting on and just how they
are spending the taxpayers dollars.
ChicagO.-Fed NJ ROlenS of the In
dependent, MurphysborO. was elected
president at the reconstruction con
vention of the Illinois Press associa-
ton here. Other officers elected are
Vice presidents, John H. Harrison,
Commercial-News, Danville; J. +.
Dertinger, Record, Bushnell; Miss
Catherine McLain. Post, La Sale;
treasurer, William J. Smith. the Sun,
Waukegan; secretary. II. L. William
son, state superintendent of printing
Springfield; executive committee, s.
+. Preston, the News. Gillespie;
Charles b. Mead. Republican. Gene
va; John VI. Sheets. Oracle, Oblong
Paul r. Goddard. TazeweH County
Reporter, Washington. and Benjamin
$. Herbert, National Printer-Journal-
list. Chicago.
Springfield.-GOv Small named
the remaining two members of the IL
linois deep waterway commission.
The commission represents the state
at conventions of the lakes-tO-the-gulf
waterway. The members appointed
are: State Senator Martin b. Bailey
of Danville, Representative Charles +.
Moore of HindsbOrO, Douglas county
Governor Small also appointed Miss
Bridget H. Sullivan of Chicago as pub
lie guardian of Cook county. Miss
Sullivan is a member of the law firm
of Laird, Scheyer < Sullivan. George
H. Pauk of Quincy was appointed pub
lie administrator of Adams county.
Urbana.-Steer riding, roping and
other Western sports featured the
Davenport roundup" staged by stu
dents of the Agricultural club of the
University of Illinois as a farewell
party to Eugene Davenport. dean Of
the college of agriculture who will
sever a 27-year connection with the
university at the close of the school
year.
Springfield.-Un totals of the
dOwnState vote cast in the Republican
primary for congressman az large.
with only Rock Island county lacking,
gave John J. Brown of Vandalia
lead of 1928 over Mrs. WinnifreC
Mason Huck of Chicago. Totals were
as follows: Brown, 1O1, 467; Steven
A Day, 69,572; Huck, 1924
observation-disclosures of meeting pres
ent increases in state and city taxes
so as to avoid any general slump in
business will be discussed by repre-
sentatives of practically every large
business establishment of the state
when they gather in Decatur May 10
at the Illinois state conference of
credit men.
Springfield.-Th mine workers of
Illinois do not want government in
terventiOn, but prefer to deal directly
with Illinois operators, and the time
when such a conference can be held
is mot very far off," Frank Earring
ton, president of the Illinois miners
told newspaper reporters.
Springfield.-Need of reforestation
in Illinois was recognized by the con-
stitutiOnal convention in adoption of
section requiring the general as
sembly to enact laws encouraging
forestry and authorizing the legisla-
ture to classify for taxation areas de-
velOped to forest culture.
Galesburg.-Rev. Charles E. Ne
Kinley, for II years pastor of the
Central Congregational church. has
resigned his pulpit TO take effect at
the option of the congregation.
Urbana.-The Illinois State Associa-
ton of Letter Carriers will hold it's
annual convention here July % and
%. Invitations have been sent out
by w. r. Courtney, president of the
Urbana local, to all branches of the
organization.
Observation-Disclosures Sheriff John w.
Wilson, Walter OMalley and Ben f.
Battleson were found guilty here of
burglary and larceny in connection
rnhhnrt Of no S<0% h4, l.