Chicago, May 15. ? Prohibition en
forcement officials were stirred to ac
tivity when they learned that the mem
bers of a prominent secret organization
had raffled off a case of "fine Old
(Tow." Investigators were sent out and
after due Inquiry returned to headquar
ters considerably crestfallen.
ffo well and so secretly had the raffle
been advertised that the proceeds
amounted to $'.',000, which Is a consider
able figure, even In these days, for a
ease of "Old crow."
The Government men learned that
when the holder of the winning ticket
opened the case he found an old rooster.
The rooster crowed and so did the win
ner.
st itnoi, i:m?im:mk.\t iti:<oitn.
Madison May l ?> i-'mn ? Inpements
within two months' time Is the record of
ths Madison High School, which wit
nessed weddings In Rockford of four
pretty girl students since February. The
latest recruit Is Mtss l<orraine Stcensrud,
senior, who has forgotten ths privilege
of graduating with her class in .Tune to i
lierome the bride of Ka>mond l'rlndi-1
vine, clerk in Madison. j
distributed. The soldiers, under the
scheme, were to make application, re
ceive tile money and then turn it over
to the lender, but it now develops that
the discharge is made void by the trans
fer. That does not mean that the for- <
mer soldiers will not get his bonus, but
does mean that the lender loses the har
vest he -had been reckoning on.
A soldier who has lost, mislaid or as
signed his discharge can obtain a service
certificate from the Federal Government
which he can use to obtain the bonus.
