The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 12

PAGE TWELVE A I Thursday Evening, January 2,1919. DEFENDS Y.M.C.A. AGAINST CHARGES Soldiers Not Charged For Hot Chocolate or Soup on Front Lines, Says Harry Fisher In Address Before City Club. "The Y. 11.

c. A. aid not sell hot! chocolate or hot soup to the men in the front lines In France. That was i always given away to the i i awn," said Harry Fisher, the first noan to go from Decatur to servo with the army Y. M.

C. A. In France and one of the first to return to Decatur from the i i district as hp spoke before the City club at tin luncheon Thursday noon. Mr. Tishcr was among the first SO across with the Y.

M. C. A be ing in fact number -66 of that organization to cross, and as he whimsically said: "On the boat on the over we -were the 'jump off men' Since there were not enough i boats to so around and tiie i i men were looked upon as more valr- able than the men, we were give: 1 a rope and told that if the ship was hit by a submarine we could off and tic the rope to aiiythi'm afloat, if we could find it." PRICES FOR Mr. Fisher also quoted prices at which the Y. M.

C. A. canteen sold I Means Fewer Carnivals for Coming Year. A I I I articles to men in the service at a 77 Ehe hnd F(ruck mler canteens, prices which were very ami his The shni luid much lower than on the same I M'loiU- and he Maimed iho title here in America. lui kl( mn Mr.

Fisher, as soon as he arrived IB France, was assigned to the fighting units of the Marines and lie passed through the terrible fighting at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Woods where the Marines went in with S.iOD and lost in the with the Prussian showed them somtehing- they had nerer learned before. We showed them that men did exist who would up and fight them tmtll they up." SENT TO ST. MIHIEL. Mr. Fisher was sent to the Pt Mibtol sector and he told graphically the waiting- in the billets there for i word to go forward.

If the days When orders came that no one should on the roads and of tho mmblinir Of font and the marching of men in night as preparations were made Ruby Angel Pleads Guilty in J. P. Court. I i Ansel a fined $6. SO by 1 Justice Keeier Wednesday, and will have to pay for a window he broke in the front of the Weignnd grocery on i W.iti-r street Tuesday night.

He had had some trouble i another fellow and was i In bad temper le a st 1 More He ha lea a th widow, breaking the glass and i i Ins hand. We went to a physician to a wound dressed. Wile the police weic investigating the robbery at the gun More, where a i iiad been broken, they learned that Angel bad tot attack. Of the final day when the colonc-l came around and uked the T. M.

C. A. men if they expected to BO with the troops. On being assured that they did. In- told them to get ready then and that night at 11 o'clock the American gun lire broke loose, seemingly tearing up the very earth and lighting the heavens i fire.

The next morning the boys "jump- over" but Mr. F-shc-r said it was not battle. It was a race nnd the American troops made thirteen miles in two days and went around Mount Fe was finally taken with a loss of 150 men, where the French the previous year had lost in a futile effort to capture it. The men raced along to with the army and to serve LITTLE GIRL ILL with hot soup and chocolate. TO THE ARGOX.NE.

Later Mr. was trantferrttl to the Argonno, hich from his description, must ha', been quite as bad or wroie than Bellcau Woods or Chateau Thierry. At one time as the attack progressed through that terrible three weeks of fighting. Mr. Fisher said been cut on the hand by broken glass, so tliey took him to a a for investigation on the theory that the wound might have been made by the glass in the Rupert window.

Up to a time the police did not know who broke the window. Angel confessed to breaking the latter window and agreed to pay for the rt-pairi-. Small road shows, barn stormlns companies and street carnival companies that must use extra cars for thu transportation of their baggage are effectively put out of business by tho new baggage tariff Just received by the Wabash ticket office according to the reading of the tariff by the local passenger and ticket men. A minimum charge of $50 is made or the movement of any special car and it matters not vhether the car belongs to the show ompany or Is furnished by the rall- oad company. In addition to this the company traveling must purchase a i i of fourteen tickets.

As a tax private cars owned by the show companies must pay a storage charge for such period as the cars occupy side tracks. It has been a common practice for a tent show to remain at a place like Cerro Cordo or Blue Mound for week. The storage charge for I parking charge for a private car under such circumstances Is $3 a day for each of the first four days with a minimum charge of $10. For the next three days there will be a charge of 1C a day and for each succeeding day the charge will be $10. The railroads reserve the right to substitute a box car for a baggage car, car for car and also the right to move such cars by freight trains.

MOVED BY FREIGHT. Big shows such as circuses are moved as freight and do not come under the regulations stated above. is also understood that companies of i people or more are exempt from some of the baggage car charges i apply to smaller companies. The contract required for the movement of show companies and show baggage, i i the damages which may be collected for each animal killed at $100 and not to exceed 5200 in the aggregate. Tho damage for each dog is limited to $25 with nn aggregate of J100.

For other wild or domestic animals the damage for each must not exceed $50 with an aggregate of $2f)0. The damageg to personal baggage of employes of the show company must not exceed $100 in each case or an aggregate of $2.500. For musical Instruments the a i damage in each case limited to $25 i an aggregate S300. For pieces of baggage of greater value than I the owner may Surprisingly Large Number at First Sessions. BUILDINGS I Students Wear Overcoats and Sweaters.

James Millikln University opened after tho Christmas holidays with an unusual number of both students and faculty ready for work. All of the faculty with the exception of Miss Mae Sobey and Prof. Luther B. Henderson, were present. Miss Sobey Is sick, at her homo in Hancock, with an attack of the influenza, and Prof.

Henderson Is confined to his home in Docatur by the same affliction. Dean Lillian Walker, of Aston Hall, telegraphed that she was snow bound and would be unable to reach Decatur in time for the opening day. MANY S. A. T.

BACK. An unexpectedly large of the S. A. T. C.

boys were present but the great number who did not return was quite noticeable at the exercises Thursday morning. A number of students will be In school Friday who were unable to et there Thursday. DROP IN TEMPERATURE. The drop in a came at an inopportune time for the school as special stokers were being installed In the heating plant and only two boilers were available to heat the great group of buildings. The cmperature of the class rooms was so low that sweaters and overcoats were popular in the classes.

WHO IS FIRST WAR ORPHAN OF MACON COUNTY? The Macon county chapter ot Ute Red Cross has been asked to In the name of this county's first war orphan. A small sum of money has been given to the Red Cross for the benefit of the first war orphan of the war and the headquarters office Is notifying all chapters to send In the name of the children of tho first man of the county to die In the service In this war. It Is believed a Lieut. Tunis Wilson was the first Macon county man to give his i in tho service. declare the value, pay excess charge and in rase of loss collected the a at wliich it was valued.

that he had MX hours' t-ieep in twen- death was c.i flays. Owing to the fact that they were under constant observation of the enemy they did their work at jflchts, serving the men who had often lost or thrown away their "-ron rations" In the haste of pursuit nnd always helping wherever possible. 3Mrst aid. helping the walking helping at the dressing stations, ourselves useful in every possible capacity," said the man. GREAT RIFLE WOKK.

The remarkable rifle work of the American doughboy came in some interesting discussion. To the Germans it was a constant wonder and At one place, near some little where the Crown Prince had tired in a castle, the Prussian Guard VR posted to oppose the American Advance and after they bad been driven out a large number of German dead were noticed all I i in the lame peculiar position near the castle d-all and opposite the American lines. Y. M. C.

A. mc-n went over to ook them over and as they turned Germans on their backs It was noticed that every man was shot throuRh the head. Graphically the DecaMr man told of 1 life on the extreme front He told of beinp in an o'd house i their chor-o- lata and soup at p'ao tiM end of the house was shot away, chimney shot o'f anil shells foil so tblck In the garden a dirt was mil over the house I Thi? was nne Incident of a of that whl'-h i ally broke the hack of the German a near Metz and Sedan. ONE DAY, DIES I.oU 1'nullnr KuBlr, Aged Four, Victim of Lois Pauline Engle, i daughter of Mr. and Mrn.

William Engle, at i o'clock Thursday morning at the a i residence, east of the club. She was four years old and was an only child. Her msed pneumonia, after an Illnes. of one day. The body will be taken to Vandalia at Friday morning for burial THREW BOTTLE THRU WINDOW I.ottlc Ryflpr HAN Xnrrow capes CnnfrNaed.

En- Tuesday i i while Mrs. Lottie Hyder was bitting by her window rf-adlng the paper threi young boys passed the house and one of them threw a beer bottle through the i dow. It nanowly missed her head. Had it struck her on the head it probably would have, killed her. The police were i i and they rounded up three boys, who finally confessed and agreed to pay for the window.

They were too small to be locked up. and Mis. Ryder agreed not dow was repaired. NO MORE FAIR PRfCE LISTS Decatur Committee Will Probably CenHe Actfliltlpi. It Is presumed that Decatur's fair price committee which lias been issuing prices on foods for nearly a year, has ceased its activities.

The local food administrators whose existence as such expired with the old year and who were chairmen of i the price committee, have assumed that the life of the committee ended with the expiration of the foor administration generally. In Chicago Harry A. Wheeler, state Young Mother Leaves Two Little Children. Mrs. Lucile Martin, wife of Cyo Martin, formerly of Decatur, died at noon Thursday at her home in Paris, 111.

She was twenty-two years old. Her maiden name was Lucile Markwell. She was born In Decatur and lived here all her life until about a year ago. She was well known and had many friends here. She is survived by her husband and two children, Donald, nged a year and a half, and a baby, Mary Belle, aged four weeks.

She also leaves her parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Markwell, of East St. Louis, a sister, Mrs.

Kdgar Rogers, and two brothers, Edward Markwell and Chester Markwell, all of East St. Louis. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. MBS. MART A.

CUERY Mrs. Mary A. Curry, age 84 died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. Robinson.

Springfield, Thursday morning at 2:10 o'clock. She Is survived by tho following children. George E. Curry, Bend, Oregon; John IT. Curry, Lima, Ohio; Charles M.

Curry, Lovington; James H. Curry. necatnr: Mrs. A. Robinson Mrs.

A. F. Foster of Springfield; 'one brother; Henry Brown of Tarmer, Illinois and one sister, Mrs. C. C.

Burroughs of rialnville, Kansas. The body will be brought from Springfield Friday afternoon and will be taken to the residence of H. Curry, 1032 North Monroe street, where the funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Burial will be in Wykles Cemetery. W1LI, COME BACK MEN.

"In nil concluding remarks Mr. Fisher said: Those soldiers were boys they went over there but they i come bark men They have lived veara in few S'flt'fSfme woTM B0 1 JhJ I o1 has officially de- C. A. men will able to dared the fair price committee's use- fffl the positions they left here, but thoso fulness at an end and It is expected men. those doughboys, have shown to men much older In the real spirit of sacrifice Js.

I have been in the hos- pltali and dressing station? and time after time I heard the words: "There's a fellow fioxt to me. doc. who needs attention ivorho than I do. Look after him first." "Anfl ivhen these come back true American should give them lift possible. They may be rough In language, they may have come habits you do not care to have yourself, but after all men.

They have prov- SINGS "MESSIAH" IN WASHINGTON Mother in Jail in Springfield. Mrs. Gussie Mutlock of Decatur Is in the Sangamon county jail at Springfield, charged with i abandonment. Her four weeks' old baby is being cared for at the Springfield Redemption home. The Sprlng- fied News-Record says: "The babe, then only two weeks old, was left in Springfield with Mrs.

Mae Fortner, waitress in a local restaurant two weeks ago, by the mother and George Brockway, accused of being the father. "According to tho Fortner woman who took steps to have the parents located and charged with the abandonment of their child. Mrs. MatlocU and Erockway promised to return from Decatur the next day and take the child after leaving it with her. "This is denied Ly the Mntlock woman, who said this i the Fortner woman volunteered to take the child and care for It, since It could not be placed In the Redemption Home by the parents.

"Mrs. Matlock is 24 years old, while the man whom she accuses of being the father, Is near T0 years ot age. She has known him for about six years she says. She has not lived with her husband for two years am claims to know i of his where abouts. "When arrested by Detective JacI Walsh of Springfield Mrs.

MatlocV was at the home of her mpthcr, Mrs Clara Mundwcll in Decatur." But Titles Remain as They Have Been. The officials In the Millikln National Bank say that does not mean a thing, that all titles remain just as they have been, but the regular customers who went Into that bank Thursday morning were surprised when they saw that every man In the long i from President O. B. Gorln's desk back through the tellers' cages had moved up a peg. J.

M. Brownback was In the chair usually occupied by O. Gorin, S. E. Walker was using Mr.

Brownback's old desk and Guy P. Lewis was sitting where Smith a lias been for so many years. "Just re-organizing so a the steadily increasing volume of business be taken care off," said Mr Brownback. O. B.

Gorin was at the desk in the private office but i Insisted that titles remained unchanged. BUS. YEAH The past year has been a particularly busy year in the banks because of the enormous a of government business which was thrown upon them by the a i Liberty Loans and other drives and in many banks no vacations a taken by the executive officers since tho i began. "Just i i it so that some of us can get away some times," said Smith Walker. "We've had our noses to the grindstone for more a a year and we are trying to arrange It that we can get a little relief." Thu bank election takes place about the middle of this month I.

C. Superintendent Trar. ferred to South. IS BIG I Popular Official Has Made Good in Work. J.

W. llevron, superintendent ol the Springfield division of the Illinois Central railroad, with headquarters at Clinton, has been transferred to the Tennessee division. No circular announcing this change has yet been received here. i Hcvron was suddenly called and left for the south Wednesday morning. Ills headquarters will be at Fulton, Ivy.

The Tennessee division, ot which Superintendent llevron becomes the lead, is a much heavier one than tiie Springfield division. The work and the responsibilities are greater and the salary larger. The yards ire where the great i a i for are made up and dispatched. POPULAR OFFICIAL. Mr.

llevron has been i dent of thu Springfield division and ie has been one of the most popu- superintendents the division has ever had. He came here from Kanka- cee, where ho had been trainmaster. le is an alert, i i and capable 'ailroud man and i all is a gen- leman and a scholar A NO ACCIDENTS. i J. W.

Hevron. of the Springfield i i i of the I i i Central has set a a January, a i as a of no accidents for his i i i lie has directed a i a to all employes calling a i to the 100 per cent record of the division in tho various i bond campaigns and asks a they a a record a good for the no accident that there will be no more meetings of the Decatur committee. MASONIC STATE INSTRUCTION SCHOOL 75 NEW TEACHERS Austin II. Scrogin of I.oln Enelemnn Member of ChoriiK of 700 Miss Lois Engleman and Miss Fern Roland both of whom are In government work in Washington are sins- ing the "Messiah" in a big chorus of 700 or 800 voices. The government Is arranging to take the entire chorus to sing'for one of the big army camps near Washington.

Mr. themselves such and no one who -nag with tbera did not hlmMlt to willing to make the same manly sacrifice counted. Pretty talk doe? not Interest them but real manhood does." LUCKIEST MAX. Fisher told one I i which out a lauph. He was hasten- IBK to the front helping with the wounrled ween he found a young fellow from Mip- sitting bv the side of the road.

offered to help him when the young nan replied that there were others who iMftded it worse. He claimed to be the luckiest man In the a He was not hurt and he told Mr. FishT to Ko alonff. Mr. Fisher Insisted that if the fellow needed any help he would to give it but tho young soldier tUd IN EV SPA PER and Isaac Cutter of Camp Point, grand, master and grand secretary, of the Illinois grand lodge of.

Masons, have sent out official notification of state schools of Instruction which are to be held during the nonths of January, February and March. A three days' session of the state school of instruction will be held in Bloomington March 4, 5 and Other schools will be held at tne following places: Harrisburg, Jan. 7, 8 and 9. Jacksonville, Jan. 23, 22 and 23.

Bixon, Feb. 4, and 6. Chicago, Fob, 18, IS ana 20. HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED For MUtOFS In Decatur Schools Since Laot Spring. With five new teachers on the Job this morning and three teachers who were nb- sent yesterday back in their places the public school fachlnB Htaff was In altogether better shape Thursday than It has been eince the holidays.

Harris or the Dennis ncliool was hack in her placo this morning. She waa out only one day. Emmoni or Ibe Durfee is also hack after one clay's absence and Miss McAmlg of the Pugh school has returned to duty. Mr Robiaon the new teacher In the Junior high san work Thursday and he I. the' last of the five employed since the schools were dismissed tor the holidays.

A total of seventy-five new teachen have been employed, tester, iMt Presented by Decatur Drug Co. Employes. Eighty employes the Becalm Drug; company and members of theii amilies were entertained at a New Year's day dinner at the y. M. C.

A ullding by Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Burks.

The event was a delightful one and he employes showed their high regard for Mr. and Mrs. Burks by pre- entln them with a handsome bou- uet of American Beauty roses. After the dinner, the company gathered in the Heuben Betzer library on the second floor of the association Short talks were made by Mr. Burks, H.

Roth nnd H. Dearth, officers of the company, and by Dickey, F. A. McBrlde, .7. E.

Miles and other employes. Each group expressed Its appreciation of the fine spirit of co-operation shown by the others. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. E.

D. Dague of Wilmington. N. Mrs. Ruth Montgomery and children of Toledo, and Rev.

and Mrs. H. C. Philllpl of Streator. MANY CALLS FOR MORE NURSES The federal labor bureau continues to be flooded with inquiries for nurses to help In families where influenza is afflicting: members.

People seem to have fear of this particular disease which causes them to hesitate to go out to nurse or to help in families where the disease la prevalent. 1,000 Dresses to Be Made By Jan. 15. The Ilcd Cross has sent an appeal for more sewers. Thero are thousand little dresses that must be finished sent to Chicago by Jan.

13. These dresses are made of wool and are for the two year ofd tots of devastated countries of Europe. If these dresses nre finished by Jan. 15, it a be tho moans ot saving many lives. The Chicago Hed Cross is a i to a shipment so that the dresses i reach France Feb.

1. When the dresses are linlshed there are over a thousand pairs of under- drawcrs to be made for tho eight year old boys. These must be in Chicago by Fob. 1. Individuals as well as groups ami societies arc asked to call at the Rert Cross headquarters for a i a for these dresses.

A representative of thei Red Cross has just returned from France with information that the need of refugee garments is greater now that it ever has been, lie says that hours mean lives. FARMERS PLAN ANNUAL MEETING In Circuit Court Room November 8--H. IF. Danforth of St. Louis Will Be Speaker.

Scraps of News ABLE TO BE OUT. Charles McClcar, who wan Injured a few weeks ago wbcii a Norman a delivery wagon pinned him against the corner of a i i In Kabt Prairie uvonuo, Is able to be out, but has not entirely recovered. ICE. This makes Fishing club members llilnk of an ico crop. WOMIC.N-.

Women readers of the papers are now a i i ods of January sales ami arc a i i tint stores. IXING DISTANCE TOURING. Onu iJBcatur man Is already a i for an a i i to Calif i a Ibis year, a Svpicmlii-r i Is i maps and i routcrt SAID HY "I'lcave close tile door" A Christmas trees are still seen ihvxe i shied in homos; nearly all, It is noticed i electric i instead of candles. BACK TO Uci'Rltir students in schools a a from home arc leaving dally. UI.SCHAHGE.

llohnrl of Mr. and Mrs Thompson Erwin. lormerly of Pc- "alur, low of i Ills honorable discharge i yin tlio irniy lust Thursday. He wan stationed at Camp K. C'.

A i CliTlfs In dry goods stores i i i i i of piece goods Thursday ng a a to tho I i i Is t.ikcn on the ast of i luncheon i i i take pl.ieo at tho Hotel Orlando next day noon will probably be one ot most Interesting fvnluies of i a a mcullnH of the Macon Co-in- ty Farm bureau i i i i bceln il.at morning at 10:30 In the oiivult eo.ui room In the court bouse. At tho morning PI-PS. on 11, i torth, president of federal bank at St. Louis, xvill a on ilf federal pyeti'in nf a loans and It ran be used to a a a i i land owners of Macon county. I i A his a the reports of PU'sident, A.

A i the i i Gcoriio A. i a the treapurcr. M. C. Slooltey and the i i i advlpor.

i i bn i th- work of the i At noon Ihp i a i the i i luncheon be Hcrvod to llin i of tin- i- I'eau and su-li i MS i i raro to invite. TALKS AT Lf.SX'HUO.V. At the luncheon li Tlionit a i of the McLean I Utiroau, i talk or the a of or- ganlKt'd effort a and I orter J. i i i t.ilk on "The Factory and rnrnuT. ond ktnki-r i also a cm the rvl.itioti of the banker to a i i i Industry of the Members of tin- f.irm bureau a i expected to attend and they may invite and bring i them such f.mntr i ns tlioy choose.

Tho COM of the luncli will be "3 cents and It ill ncc'cMswary for iho office Hie farm bureau to how provide for by Tuesday i i to U.SJILL Finishes Training at Camp Hancock. is nKCovuui.vc; Mls-s Hazel Soft on, a ot Irs. Ncllio Pefton of St. Kltno, who nn operation for a Itls nt the a and Macnn Coun- hospital, is getting alons nicely. Jer expects to return home i i her in about two weeks.

Interclass a a Games Planned. A meeting of the high school board of control of athletics was held last night and plans were mado for athletics for the girls. A schedule has been arranged for six interclass basketball games between the girls of the four years In the school. This schedule will begin next week and will last three weeks. Later in the year volleyball will be taken up and after that track athletics.

The hockey season last fall was very successful and this game will be further encouraged. Hikes are to ba made a recognized form of athletics. The girls' athletics will be under the direction of Miss Kable, teacher of mathematics. A special effort Is to be made to get more girls to take up athletics. This movement Is new and to encourage It each athlete making twenty-five points will receive a class numeral and each one making fifty points will receive a i t'ccil R.

Gregory ly came i the National Bank of iJccntiir Thurs- d.iy i in his i of etond i a ordnance a Gregory left i a tu i n- i i a work us I i private and lie ame back as a -I'coml i i i says a lie earned hi 1 umnilspion Mi-lit lirt-Kors hard work. lie was sent first to Hie technical school fit lirndcy nt Peona and ordnance a i i fichoos at camp Hancock, lie i it in m.iny hours every day In as wel ns in hard work i He received his discharge from the Porviee last week. People You Know I Mrs. J. M.

Gray nnd daughter, Ln cile, rctiiriifd home Sunday i from a i in a a i a James Gra who has been for the a and who was. In a i a also, turned to -New York from a a i a HOWARD POTTER BACK TO SCHOOL a Potter, who lu.s uoci spending his i i par ents, Mr. and Mrs. U. S.

Potter, B15 South Oakland, returned to tho civ sign school at tho municipal pier ir Chicago. He has just finished his course thero and will leave Saturday for Pelham Bay, New York, where he i finish his" course, which will take about two months. Two of his came down i him the Friday before Christmas and went to their homes Dec. 24 Monday another chum caino from Lorraine, Ohio, and they left together for Chicago yesterday afternoon. Several of the boys asked to be released when tho armistice was signed, but the officers talked to them and persuaded them to remain the navy.

Only married men who have dependents Will be released. DEEDS RECORDED. Camp to Roy O. Worrell, lot 20, sub division of tot 1, In the sett, 10. 10, 2 O.

Cross to W. R. Lukenblll. lot block 3. (n.OOO.

A. J. Dunfiton to R. Howoll, lot 36, ilock 2, M. Johnson's subdivision of lots ne 1C, 2 i and 7 the ne'i.

FOUR NEW CASES OF FLU REPORTED four new cases of Influenza wcie reported Thursday. They are In the families of: E. H. Black, 390 East K. Jf.

Clark, 3C5 West North. O. Carroll, 742 East Rogers. J. Watts, 1284 West Wood.

Tffree of these cases developed Dec. 31. Only one has developed so far this year. BORN. To Mr.

ana Jlrs. C. 13. QlllBlry. 1200 North WorJford street, on Clirlntmus day, a dnuplUfcr.

Tn Mr. nnd rivrtc YT. 11B1 West Mncoii street, at the Decatur and Macon County "Wednesday, Jo. 0, City Council Notified of Session. A i of niomliiK a i a i was iTi'Clvcil from A a Stephens, of the I i i i i i i coiiHnlss.cn, a i i i i I bc hearlnt; In a nt i o'clock Tuesday morn- i J.in.

I I i i nC cas a electric i-ervfcc by public t.t i los I'rior to such eJCtens.ons were made by UK' companies at their i-xiH'nsp. I l.iis Uio government placed i i i on such extensions, i i a wore absolutely netcs'-ary. and i i the cons to Pay the cost of the I i l.Uinr and a i a used. The hearing is to decide It any a i Is In be a The i a i wax referred to the corporation counsel for report. i a i was alno received from n.

"Watson, a i a of the Home Hiilo i i a League of I i nois, a i furllu-r cooperation In a i i i i i not This was received and placed on i a i J.tn 2. a i a i i i-hijiv df th" i br i In of i i tloiiH i i clvctrn i i Secretary told i a i a I disclosing a a i a a i by th" nvw drc.ilna,.^lil New Mexico, i i i the i whii-h Is bo a all liig i-blpw a i i i I i Tiie New Mi-Men's a a i i i a tu il. i i i lioi'KeiiiuT a speed i to gh'e i a ppecj of L'l I I The Bcci-ctary eroixiiny tt crulhliitt fpccd had beo one Iho i In 1 i i for i i bine The neorolary the i i a i a a i i irlc-drivcii. I'. I'ootu I a i cxpl.tn i of the i i i df i i i i a i i ,1 it I a a a i pcrlment no MEETING AT Y.

M. C. A. I A I To IHKCUNN PlnttN fnr ImlnMrlnT SciTt'tnry. Tho i i of Pccittir ina.mif.ic.

i to consider tho i of the a a i of nn I i a Boore- ot tho Y. M. C. A. for Pocatur i bo held Friday evening Instead of Friday noon as i i a planned.

Several of tho a a wore a to a such a meeting i tho i of tin' day. 'ih. on the IS YOUNGEST AMBASSADOR TakuBhl Nakamura, new Japanese ambassador to Argentine, who Is on his way to BeunoH Aires, Ig DIP youngest man in the diplomatic ncr- to hold an Important poet. a i Tlin i i i from Kraiu-c of four i a i i i ahmit H.tiOO IroopK, a a H. djiy In cal lo to dm Thi-y nro Tolmi.

I 'la and the Ali.inu in r.ir Nov tho i i i i i I i i i i i i i i i a art- i c.isu.d office is a Tho Tol'ia. in, IIIR i i i a i i Ivry compK-le: CCth ro C'niMruc- Ilon Kciuadrnii, compli'H 1 c.i-.uul company 321. The film. I I i a a rector hond'iuarlnrs. supply a nnd i a i a i a I a i a i a i Hrolnr i miplily company ir.th, I i nnd 7 a i i cnMiiil a ami i i i I officers.

Tile Aba.nnc.irr' is 1" i i c.iMml company N.i 1 ami i a cifflccrn: DIM unlcd, and officers. A col retted i by the war a i lo'lny i a the SGth ca.lrr- anl i Mh i i i on tho transport Jue a N' York Sunday. ALL ARE Fire Island. X. Jan.

--A boat loaded troops from tranKport Northern Pacific rap. sized'hy the heavy turf, tlirowlnz tccn doldlcrn nnd life cavers the water. All were paved. One soldier and tln-co of life, pavers were a tlio boat Life guards 011 horc rtisl.orl Into iMirf, nnd nflcr rcKcuine the others, drafted the boat to tlic licacli, where the four who were unconscious, were revived. WOULD ESTABLISH AIRPLANE FACTORY A man who wants to establish an.

noroplane factory In Decatur wlroil It. J. HolmcH. nf tho Anso- clatlon of rommerce. a be reach Ducalur nomc lime Thursday..