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i f ^ W P W P l l f i i P i P ^ i WN " News- Jl V>f ;'<*/ ' W'-H. . .viA t m Marconi believes he is receiving signals from the planets From Illinois •-i,Wff ' •> y:f I SsssS 40i*jaru -&• & F OOtTHfB? yon recall jftet Terne"* "Ten Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." Well, his submarine Is now an accomplished fact, Isn't It? And doubtless you read Kipling's "With the Night Mail." Well, the Atlantic has been crossed In a single flight, hasn't It? Probably, also, you read EL G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," in which the Martians descended upon us with fighting machines even [more formidable than the tanks of the great war land a mysterious agent of wholesale destruction even more deadly than any gas used by either pride. Well, who shall say that Wells hasn't the right jtdea about Mars being inhabited by beings just (as smart as we are--and probably a good deal (smarter? It is a bold man who say "impossible" these (flays. Anyway, Gugllelmo Marconi, the famous Italan engineer, who perfected wireless telegraphy, as opened up an exceedingly interesting question j this statement: "I have encountered during my experiments with wireless telegraphy most amazing phenomena, jfctfost striking of all Is the receipt by me personally of signals which I believe originated in the ce beyond our planet. I believe it is entirely ible that these signals may have been sent y the inhabitants of other planets to the Inhablnts of earth. "i "If there are any human beings on Mars I fcrould not be surprised If they should find a means "|)f communication with this planet Linking of $he science of astronomy with that of electricity (nay bring about almost anything. ,< "While our own planet is a storehouse of wonders, we are not warranted in accepting as a fact Abe general supposition that the inhabitants of fur comparatively insignificant planet are any lore highly developed than inhabitants (if there e such) of other planets. , "For all we know, the strange sounds that I (pave received by wireless may be only a forerun- |ier of a tremendous discovery. "The messages have been distinct but unlnteliglble. They have been received simultaneously London and In New York, with Identical in- „, tensity, indicating that they must have originated a great distance. "These signals are apparently due to electro- 4jfnagnetic waves of great length, which are not dnerely stray signals. Occasionally such signals '«ian be imagined to correspond with certain letters of the Morse code. They steal In at our stations irregularly at all seasons. We do not get "j|he signals unless we establish a minimum of 65- Igalle wave lengths. Sometimes we hear these planetary or Interplanetary sounds 20 or 30 minutes . #fter sending out a long wave. They do not ln- •• i|errupt traffic, but when they occur they are very ^ (persistent. "The most familiar signal received is curiously musical. It comes in the form of three short raps, J'hich may be interpreted as the Morse letter '8,' ut there are other sounds which may Btand fof •lather letters. "The war prevented an investigation of £he Hertzian mystery, but now our organization Intends to undertake a thorough probe." « ! Australia corroborates Marconi's statement, rjlighly skilled and experienced operators at Sydney have received numerous signals similar to sfhose reported as having been received in England, •they consist of frequent repetitions of two {ashes, representing the letter M. They are on ave lengths of 80,000 to 120,000 meters. The W ir I? ,|ec I Australian experts say such wave lengths have 1|ever yet been used by any wireless station of r.lhe earth. Now what do the electrical authorities say on »|he general subject? Here It Is, In brief: Thomas A. Edison has this to say: "Although , |j am not an expert In wireless telegraphy, I can -plainly see that the mysterious wireless interruptions experienced by Mr. Marconi's operators may tie good grounds for the theory that inhabitants ?#f other planets are trying to signal to us. Mr. liarconi is quite right in stating that this Is entirely within the realm of the possible. "I have given some thought to the matter and Can record one personal experience which may <fr may not have bearing on proving that Mr. Maril Is right. I was seated on the peak Of a great jtlle of Iron ore near the reduction plant at Orange day, when I noticed that the magnetic needle was jumping about in astonishing fashion. The thought immediately popped into my mind that static signals from some other planet were probably responsible. This idea took such a hold op me that I made the definite suggestion that there be established in the ore fields of Michigan a station where scientific vigil might be kept, in the hope that the great masses of ore In that region would attract magnetic signals from Interplanetary fface. "If we are to accept the theory of Mr. Marconi that these signals are being sent out by Inhabitants of other planets, we must at once accept with it the theory of their advanced development. Either they are our Intellectual equals or our superiors. It would be stupid for us to assume that we have a corner on all the Intelligence In the universe." Nikola Tesla, the famous Serbian inventor »*ut . electrical expert says: "Marconi's idea of coin- ' munlcating with the other'planets is the greatest and most fascinating problem confronting the human imagination today. To Insure success a body of competent scientists should be organised to study all possible plans and put Into execution the best. The matter should be directed probably by astronomers with sufficient backing from men with money and Imagination. Supposing that there are intelligent human beings on Mars, success is easily within the range of possibility. In March, 1907, I stated in the Harvard Illustrated. Magazine that experiments looking to communl||>; tlon with other planets should be undertaken. ' . "In 1899 I built an electric plant in Colorado and obtained activities of 18,000,000 horsepowar. In the ^course of my experiments I employed a receiver of virtually unlimited sensitiveness. There were no other wireless plants near, and, at that time, no other wireless plants anywhere on this earth of sufficient range to affect mine. One day my ear caught what seemed to be regular signals. I knew that they could not have been produced upon the earth. The possibility that they came from Mars occurred to me, but the pressure of business affairs caused me to drop the experiment. "The thing, I think, that we should try to develop Is a plan akin to picture transmission, by means of which we could convey to the inhabitants of Mars knowledge of earthly forms. This would enable up to exchange with them not only simple primitive facts, but involved conceptions. To talk to Mars seems to me only a matter of electric power and perseverance." frank Dyson, British astronomer royal, believes we could get Hertzian waves from other planets. Prof. Edward Branley, Paris, inventor of the coherer, is sceptical. Prof. Domenlco ArgentieH, Rome, says the supposed signals are worthy of careful observation. Prof. Albert Einstein, the German astronomer and author of the theory of "Relativity" that la apparently upsetting all accepted doctrines, lieves that Mars and other planets are inhabited, - but if Intelligent creatures are trying to communicate with the earth he should expect theam to u>s e • rays of light, which could mnch ynore easily be controlled. Are there Inhabitants on Mars? That's a question on which scientists differ. Among scientists who have won the right to speak with authority the foremost was the late Professor Lowell, director of the observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz. Not only was Professor Lowell convinced that Mars was inhabited, but he believed the people had a much higher degree of intelligence than those on earth. He dwelt particularly on their inventive genius. In 1914 he found a new opportunity for strengthening his pet belief by announcing that Instead of losing any of their canals the Martians had built two new ones, which could be seen plainly through the telescope. "We have actually seen them formed under our eyes," Professor Lowell said at the time, "and the Importance of it can hardly be overestimated. The phenomenon transcends any natural law, and Is only explicable so far as can be seen by the pres ence out yonder of animate wllL" Professor Lowell had little to say about the appearance of the beings on Mars. Edmond Perrier, director of the museum of the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, constructed the first picture of the Martians as he conceived them. He said in part: "The men on Mars are tall because the force of gravity Is slight. They are blond because the daylight is less intense. They have less powerful limbs. Their large blue eyes, their strong noses, their large ears, constitute a type of beauty which we doubtless would not appreciate except as suggesting superhuman Intelligence." On the other hand, Dr. C. G. Abbott holds that if wireless messages are being received, it is not Mars sending the signals, bat most probably Venus. Abbott is director of the Smithsonian astrophyslcal observatory and assistant secretary of the Smithsonian institution. He says Mars > is eliminated as a possibility because known conditions on that planet would not permit the existence of any form of living creature. It is too cold there and there Is practically no water vapor In its atmosphere. Assuming that Mars or some other planet Is signaling us, what can we do In the circumstances? Apparently we can do much. Dr. James Harris Rogers of Hyattsvllle, Md„ who has devoted his life to the study of electric waves and Invented the underground and underseas wireless used during the war, declares he Is going to undertake to teach the Inhabitants of •Mars the rudiments of Intelligence of this planet. -Within a year wireless communication will be ytablished with Mars, Dr. Rogers believes. L. J. Lesh, a New York radio engineer, suggests that one of the methods of constructing a gigantic station would be to erect huge antennae suspended by balloons like the British dirigible R-34. He asserts, however, that a still better way would be to use huge and brilliant shafts of light as antennae for the system. He thinks that projectors could be grouped around one spot where a great amount of electricity could be generated. He suggests Niagara Falls or some other spot with an enormous amount of water power. ^ Elmer A. Sperry has a searchlight, capable of .producing a beam having the illuminating Intensity of 1,280,000,000 candle power. He would form a group of 150 to 200 of his searchlights and direct their combined beams In the direction of Mars. An aggregation of that sort would possess the luminous equivalent of a star of the seventh ^magnitude such as our telescopes are able to pick up readily. Therefore, assuming that the Martians had glasses of equal power, they should have no trouble in catching that dot of light from a distance of 35,000,000 to 40,000,000 miles. It would be possible, no doubt, to operate these lights so that they could give slow signals which would fill all the requirements of a system of communication.' However, an array of lights of Ithis character and the needful energizing plant would cost a pretty sum. The outlay might be warranted some day, but certainly not until it Is certain that we are being called by one of our neighbors out In space* JUST WRITE TO YOUR RATS f v >4fttrangest Among the Many Remedies' xA ~ Recommended for Exterminating V • i, the Pest. Rats are a great plague, and just now We are-suffering from them to an un- , , visual degree. They are difficult, indfeed. to get rid of. Poison has Its disadvantage*, observes a writer in London Answers. A large monastery near Budapest once had to be deserted for months because a rat catcher had poisoned all the rats, and the stench of the dead bodies was Intolerable. The best trap Is said to bes a barrel half full of water, the top covered in, and provided with a trap door that shuts itself again as soon as a rat has fallen through. (This door should be fastened and the trap well baited for several nights before catching actually begins.) To drive rats out of a place, as apart from destroying them, several plans have been tried. One Is to blow a bugle often and loudly In the places they are in the habit of frequenting. Another Is to catch a rat alive, tar him all over, or hang a small bell around his neck and let him loose again; it Is said that this will frighten his brethren out of the place. The most curious way of getting rid of rats perhaps Is the old plan of writing them a letter, which must be in rhyme, warning them to so and placing it in some convenient spot where they will flrfd it The present writer has heard of a case when this is said to have proved successful. - ttM'i',fe- Stars of "Dipper.* The stars of the "little dipper" art all constantly moving at tremendous velocities and mostly In different directions, say astronomers, but so vast la their distance from us that they have not changed theij relative positions to any appreciable within the memory of man. James Clark, sentenced from Woodford county for burglary, escaped the new penitentiary at Joliet. The University of Illinois has accepted an invitation for a dual track and field meet with the University of California squad at Berkeley, Cal. Union plumbers at Carbondale, Het* rin, Marion, Murphysboro, West Frankfort, Christopher, Benton, Duquoln and Mounds are on strike for $10 a day instead of $7. Aurora washwomen are forming a union to fl,x a minimum Of 45 cents an hour for their work. The present average wage is 35 cents an hour, with carfare to and from work. John Corson Smith, Jr., son of the late Gen. John Corson Smith, lieutenant governor under Governor Oglesby, Is dead at his home In Oak Park. Mr, Smith was a thirty-third degree Ma son. Extension of the Kankakee and Urbana trolley line from Paxton to Bloom Ing Is being urged, the new line to touch the towns of Elliott, Gibson City, Saybrook, Arrowsmith, Ellhworth, Holder and Padua. The Rockford Riding club will open Its clubhouse, now nearlng completion, on April 1. The club will purchase saddle horses for the use of members who do not care to own riders, and will also supply ponies for the use of members' children. Rev. Wilbur F. Sheridan, D. D, Methodist minister, lecturer and author, is dead of paralysis at the North Shore health resort at Evanston. Doctor Sheridan for years was the nation al executive secretary of the Epworth League. By the terms of an agreement en tered Into between the Joliet local No, 75, Hod Carriers' Building and Com mon Laborers' union, and the Joliet Contractors' association, only Amerl cans and those with first papers will be employed. On account of shortage of houses at Kewanee contractors for large new extensions of the Kewanee Boiler com pany are obliged to construct twelve barracks, similar to those in cantonments, for use of workmen on the building Job. < Roadhouse council has passed an ordinance that the office of city marshal and night police shall be elective In place of appointive. The salary of each one was Increased. The city marshal will now receive $105, and the night police will receive $95. John Kelley, aged fifty, said to be the shortest man In Illinois, is dead of apoplexy at Macomb. Kelley was 44 Inches In height and weighed 150 pounds. He was normal physically. In his younger days his legs were double- jointed, enabling him to move as rapidly backward as forward. John Swartz, son of a farmer n Joliet, who has met with much success ss a trapper, captured a white weasel. It has been rare that such a freak of nature Is reported In this state. Old trappers say that It Is very seldom that the fur develops such color. By the terms of the will of George S. Hanna, who died at Bloomlngton recently, the sum of $106,667 Is given to the Bloomlngton bureau of social service and $83,333 to the local branch of the Salvation Army. His widow gets one-half the estate outright, amounting to $2.r»0,000. Arrested on complaint of the boy's parents, upon the charge of assault. Prof. J. W. Calvert of the Depue high school was fined $25 and costs. It was claimed that he was too rough In ad ministering corporal punishment upon Tobias Francis, a pupil charged with violating the school rules. The school board supported the teacher and. appealed the case. Streator has a family of five generations. A child was recently born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Detremlnlng. The grandmother of the third generation Is Mrs. Ira Helm. The great-grandmother of the fourth generation Is Mrs. Charles Hawking who is sixty-two. The great-great-great-grandmother of the fifth generation Is Mrs. Emily Mc- Callln, tyred eighty-five. John Rodebaugh, aged seventy-seven, Is believed to hold the record for length of time as a ward of state or county Institutions. He was first admitted to the Kankakee -hospital for the Insane 50 years ago and was later sent to the Stephenson county farm at Freeport. He has since ocupled one or the other of these lnstItut!ons. Recently he became violent after being regarded as harmless for many years and has been sent to the state hospital at Watertown. Delay, that will amend If not-defeat the daylight saving ordinance now pending before the Chicago city council, was caused by the ultimatum delivered to the council Judiciary committee by officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor, that members of organized labor will not set their clocks ahead, regardless of any ordinance passed by the city council. A salary Increase for Springfield grade and high school teachers of $25 a month for the remainder of the present school year, retroactive to March 1, was voted by the board of education. A ruling declaring It Is without Jurisdiction at present to enforce the state law limiting railroad passenger fares within Illinois to two cents per mile was entered by the state public utilities commission. The railroads are now charging three cents per mile under schedules established during their operation by the federal government. URGES BASIC LAW MEN TOSPEED UP President Woodward Cites Importance of Attendance, f •* MUCH WORK FOR COMMITTEES Branches Will Dispose of Many Propoeals During Next Two Week* • --Says Tax System Creates Crooks. j[ Springfield.--The constitutional convention was presented the past week with the report of Col. William H. Beckman's committee on military affairs and it put pep Into the convention. President Charles E. Woodward set this report for consideration this week. "I want to impress upon all delegates," declared President Woodward in a "speed-up" speech to the convention, "the absolute necessity of attending all committee meetings from now on in order that the report of every committee may be ready with reasonable dispatch. Most of the Important work of the next two weeks must be done in the committee meeting." "The present tax system makes crooks. If the owner lists certain property for taxation, his income is confiscated and ho is on his way to the poorhouse. Most citizens want to .avoid that road." Thus Col. Abel Davis summarized his views on the tax laws after listening to E. B. Seitz, John Brenholt, and ether members of the Alton Chamber of Commerce detail "the gross In equalities of the taxing system.' Seitz insisted that "the tax dodger is not confined to Cook county alone, but appears to have numerous rela tives with the family characteristic downstate." The discussion came in the revenue committee of the constitutional con ventlon. Seitz said that the average value of automobiles in Madison county Is $263. "Why do your neighbors prefer flivvers?" inquired Delegate Johnson. "Comparatively few of them do," replied Seitz. "They have good cars, For the purpose of taxation we have 4,300 autos in the entire county. But when we came to Springfield we found there are 6,400 cars owned in Madison county. "Another Illustration Is the value of improvements on improved land. The average for the county is $23 per acre. In one township the average improvement i<er acre is more than $914, in another $302, and in a third $117. On the other hand the average improvement per acre in another township Is $5 and in two others $6 each. "Two townships out of 23 with an acreage of one-half of 1 per cent of the county total of improved land, are assessed at 60 per cent of the county's total Improvements." A string of farmers living along the western end of the northern boundary of this state believe they live in Illinois, but really Inhabit Wisconsin, while over toward Lake Michigan some Illinois citizens are paying their home taxes to Wisconsin authorities In good faith. This situation was explained to the miscellaneous subjects committee of the constitutional convention by Elam L. Clarke, delegate from Waukegan. Through errors made by surveyors In 1831, he said, the boundary observed since by Wisconsin and Illinois is 3,200 feet north of where It legally should be at the Mississippi river and 2.900 feet too far south at Lake Michigan. This would throw a part of the city of Belolt, Wis., into Illinois. The legal boundary, the one fixed In the present constitution, is a line from Lake Michigan to the -Mississippi at latitude 42 degrees and 30 minutes north. As it does not coincide with the line observed by the two states by almost half n mile at each end, the two crossing about the center, Mr. Clarke is asking that the situation be taken care of by the new constitution. He would have the legal boundary made the one erroneously laid out for 42-30 by the early surveyor and which has since been used by the states. From a legal standpoint the error might become of great Importance," he said. "Should a murder be committed north of the correct 42-30 line In the territory claimed by Illinois, Justice might be blocked. "The murderer when brought to trial in an Illinois court might set up the defense that legally the crime was not committed In Illinois, but In Wisconsin. He would have the constitution and the correct government surveys to back him up." DOCTOR ADVISED BIANGEff CUMATE Rmt Down and Lungs Hurt--Stayed Home and Gained 22 Pwwda '4 ! "la Irovenher. 1SH, I had a na> eel* and la grippe, which left me with a tad cough. My lungs and shoulder UldMl hurt BO I couldn't sleep and I finally ^ to give up my Job and was ordered tochange climate. In April, 1912, I " taking Milks Emulsion. On the bottle I could see a change. My was better and I commenced to ~ gali*' strength and weight. Now (August J3i; 1312) I have used 23 bottles, have to-# ' creased 22 pounds in weight and believe^ I am permanently cured."--W. p. Boor-* land. Route 6, Wolf City, Texas. Mr. Bourland was fortunate In com* • mencing to use Milks Emulsion when b«t did. A run-down system Invites diaeatre. Milks Emulsion costs nothing to try. Milks Emulsion Is a pleasant, nutrltivef: food and a corrective medicine. It reiJ., ; stores healthy, natural bowel action, d(K> - !ng away with all need of pills and phjrt4 lea. It promotes appetite and quickly! puts the digestive organs in shape to a»*| simiiate food. As a builder of flesh and|' strength Milks Emulsion is strongly r#©-#\ oramended to those whom sickness haiS, ' weakened, and Is a powerful aid in resist* ing and repairing the effects of diseases. Chronic stomach trou! constipation are promptly relievi ally in one day. This is the oply solid emulsion m&d9, and so palatable that it is Mtta with a_ spoon like ice cream. Truly wondarfn« for weak, sickly children. No matter how strvere your case, ywfc are urged to try Milks Emulsion undwr^'J; : ^ this guarantee--Take six bottles Tinind with you, use It according to directions^ and If not satisfied with the results yout$ money will be promptly refunded. Prlc«(», ?* 60c and $1.20 per bottle. The Milks S:mul.f!\.::0's1s sloa Co., Terre Haute, Ind. Sold •verywhere.--Adv. ; • > • fWil ¥ How Tastes Change! Paynter--Aren't we losing our tasta|^ for the finer things? *' Greene--I'm afraid so. After a has eaten margarine for a time rei butter tastes as if there was som thing the matter with it 1--London swers. , ii*y, WHY DRUGGISTS SWAMP-ROOT years druggists with much interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swainpthe great kidney, liver and bladder dne. It is a pkyridu'i praseriptfcn. ^ Swamp-Root Is a strogthening cine. It helpa the Udnaya, liver and blad-r der do the week astara intended should do. Swamp-Root has stood the test of It is sold by all druggists on its and it should help you. No other kidney^ medicine has so many friends. Be sure to get Swamp-Root sad start treatment at once, > However, if you wish first to test tUf great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer ft Co., Bin# ham ton, N. Y., far sample bottle. Whea writing be san sas Bilks this ptper.-rAdr.s .^jgj • ' m/m-,^'y. '-'>11 Just His Fee* * Russell Limped Into the house with. J his feet In a twist and his face year-*/ ing evidence of pain. ! .,'Jj "Do your new shoes hartl" hto >?|| ther Inquired. v lib "No, but my feet do." .1 II Health Is the fashion. Tkke Garfield ^ Tea, the herb laxative which poriQa* blood and brings good health.--Adt^ ,*j Heard at the Club. ,% Then you don't think Cheatem > j straight?" | "Straight I Why, if that fellow J, swallowed a wire nail he'd cough np < < % a corkscrem."--Boston TrsnscrlpC, HOMELESS! 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This Is a consolidation of all the military proposals before the convention. eliminates proposals Nos. 14, 112 and 234, and retains the first five sections of article 12 of the present constitution. As It stands It provides that persons having conscientious scruples against bearing arms may be exempted from military service by the legislature, but that no such person shall be exempted from service declared to be noncombatant ... Crtrt Ctrtelhalrc QntrkFy WtWimSr and heals burning, Itching and torturing Skin diseases. It instantly stops the pain of burns. Heals without soars 2Sc and 60c. Ask your druggist, or send 25c to Xhe J. W. Cote Co., Rockford, I1L, for a pfcg-Adr. Reversing Methods. "Too are the same kind of your father was before you." "Then why is tie now always meT* A 8panish dwelling, to cost about 135,000, will be erected by President Hertz of the Yellow Taxlcab company on his estate, bordering Fox river, bo * tween Algonquin and Cary. For Uniform Taxation. Delegate Mack has introduce* ft w*- enue act which requires that the general assembly shall provide for the taxation of all tangible property, real and personal, by levying a tax by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall be taxed uniformly in proportion to the value of his. her or its tangible property and that such value shall be ascertained by some person or persons to be elected in such manner as the general assembly may direct. The proposition has been referred to a committee tor consideration. $100 Reward, $100 Catarrh is a local disease greatly lofloenced by constitutional conditions. It therefore requires constitutional treatment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINES Is taken internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. HALL'S CATARRH MEPICINB destroys the foundation of the disease, gives "the patient strength by improving the general health and assists nature ii* doing its work. flOO.OO for any case of Catarrh that HALL'S CAT*B.T?ja. MEDICINE fails to cure. Druggists 75c. Testimonials F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. OhlOw %y M Trusted. The City llan--My boy. when I waa your age, I was st my desk at (ma o'clock in the morning. His Son--That may be, pa, bat 1 know the business Is perfectly safe In your hands, even while I'm away. jim ** Morning CeepYour EVes Sl«an - ClMr Haalthy M ^Kw^CMMiariHteiOtalkUA