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^ ^ , > > . , r r v ^ x 4 H > - - ' . - \ 4 ' " r , " * . 1 - 'fc . 4'^'««"•."> ,.- f« .V ' ' ' " *"' "' ^ ' ' '"•**. " 'J, FAMILY PAINTER'S we RS. SPARKS sat in the window of the little flat, darning. Tommy Sparks, aged foar, had been allowed to go alone to play In the great yard that lies between the apart­ ment building and the swell private resi­ dence which faces the drive. Mr. Sparks wa? at his office, and all the young Sparkses, barring Tommy, were at school. From Mrs. Sparks' vantage point in the lit­ tle bay window she could catch occa­ sional glimpses of a painter in the big yard next door, who was moving along ^lowly from stone to stone painting the foundation of the house of their rich neighbor a subdued sort of red color. Mrs. Sparks was dreamily wonder­ ing why the foundation which had been pfetty in its natural hue, need­ ed painting at all, when Tommy Sparks toddled in through the door­ way leading from the kitchen. Tommy had come up from the yard the back way. Tommy had some streaks of red running diagonally down from each corner of his mouth, and hiB linen dress was spotted in places with the same color. "Tommy Sparks," demanded his mother, "what on earth have you been eating?" Tommy climbed into a chair, swung his legs in his infantile way and said: "Mamma, painter's pie's good." Mrs. Sparks gave one hurried^, hor­ rified glance through the window at the red paint which was being daubed on the neighbor's house, and then turned her anguished countenance toward Tommy. "Tommy," her voice was a pleading wail, "did you eat the painter's stuff out of the pail?" "Yes, out of the pail; painter's pie's good," answered Tommy. Mrs. flparkg shrieked. The maid rushed in from the kitchen. "Get the doctor, the druggist and Mr. Sparks," screamed Mrs. Sparks. "Tommy's eat­ en paint and sugar of lead and every­ thing. Go, girl, go." Susan rushed through the door, sent the corner druggist flying up to the house, or­ dered the clerk to telephone Mr. Sparks and then sat out on a chase for the doctor. In the meantime Mrs. Sparks was moaning over Tommy, who was tak­ ing the unusual commotion which he had created 1 as blandly as would most four-year-olders. He insisted on occa­ sionally reiterating that "painter's pie was good," and at each reiteration the mother's heart sank. The druggist rushed in. "Tommy has eaten paint. Heaven alone knows how much. It must have had sugar of lead in it, and that's sweet and that's why he ate it." The druggist grabbed up . Tommy, half threw him onto a lounge, and then turned to the mother. "Control yourself, Mrs. Sparks; life depends on instant action. Get me salt, potash and softsoap." Luckily Mrs. Sparks htd all three articles in the house, aid she rushed off to the kitchen and bought them back. Tommy as yet stinted no sign of collapse. Jhe drug­ gist put two tabiespoonfuls of salt in half a glass of lukewarm water and forced Tommy to swallow it sputter­ ing. This dose was followed up with a heroic one of potash, and then Tommy was made to swallow a large coffee cupful of softsoap. With the soap down "and Tommy's eyes hang­ ing out of his head and well down over his cheek bones, the drugglBt turned the youngster over on his stomach on the couch and shook him. The only thing about Tommy that didn't rebel at this treatment was his stomach. That held onto its' unaccus­ tomed load with a„pertlnaclty worthy of something better. At this juncture the painter appeared on the scene. He admitted to the tearful Mrs. Sparks that he had left his paint pot on the ground where Tommy could have found it for about five minutes while "he went round the corner to get a glass of beer. At this instant the doctor fell in At the door on the heels of the maid. He approved the druggist's treatment and added fro it a large dose of ipecac. "Under this last added horror Tommy's etomach and spirit both gave way. Like the younger hopeful in Helen's Babies, he played whale, and while he didn't cast up Jonah he cast up pretty near everything else. While Tommy was in the throes Mr. Sparks arrived, ashy-lipped and shak­ en. The doctor turned to him. "I tru^t, Mr. Sparks, that if we can keep hini at it for ten minutes more we may save his life." Tommy kept at it. The painter, who had retreated be­ fore the stricken countenance of Mrs. Sparks, now reappeared. He was car­ rying in one hand a dtnner pall, which he held upside down to show those assembled that it was absolutely empty. "When I came to work this morn­ ing," the painter sahl, "I had three pieces of berry pie In this pail. I ain't got any now, a fact I just dis­ covered. I guess maybe the young­ ster knows where it went." Tommy, just out of a paroxysm, turned his head and caught sight of the empty dinner pail. "Painter's pie's good." he murmured. Mrs. Sparks sank into a chair laugh­ ing and crying hysterically. A grin appeared on Mr. Spark's face. The doctor and the druggist looked dis­ gusted. Mr. Sparks gave the painter a dollar. "Go to a restaurant and get a square meal/' he said. "Henry," said Mrs. Sparks, still in a struggle between two emotions, "what shall we do with that boy?" "Wfll," answered Henry as he sur­ veyed Tommy and his surroundings, "I think from the cleaning these two professional gentlemen have just giv­ en him, that if we could turn him in­ side out he'd make a good advertise­ ment for some brand of soap." The Sparks' Old Soldier Janitor. "Eliza," said Mr. Sparks on the night of the day that they moved into their new flat, "this apartment life is worse than one of Dante's circles. I'll make just one more move before I die, and that will be into a house in a suburb. Here we are just mofred, everything topsy-turvy and no girl. Of course, the latest acquisition from the employment bureau had to leave us just to throw all the burden of the packing up and the unpacking on us. Then again the janitors of all flats are devils. I'll bet the one in this build­ ing will prove to be worse than any of the others, and even a man accus­ tomed to using strong language can't say anything stronger than that. Just look at this muss, will you, and no one to help us flx up." Just then the front doorbell rang. bm ft ease of false pretense keep her.?" "Not by a jugful. Ill send Mrs. Smithkins the price of her advertise­ ment in an anonymous letter. 'To have and to hold' is a good motto in a case like this." That girl Rose, who stumbled Into the Sparks' flat that moving day night, was a dream. She cooked things to a turn; she was willing; she didn't have a cross word Ih her vocabulary; she didn't care to go to balls on Sat­ urday night, and she was plump and good-looking. The Sparks' family life was ideal. One morning as Mr. Sparks was leaving the building to go to the office he met the janitor, who was coming up from the basement leading a child with each hand. Mr. Sparks had bare­ ly noticed the janitor before. This morning something in the man's bear­ ing struck him and turning, he said: "WiHiam, you've been in the service." "Yes, sir," said William, "I put in five years in the Fourth cavalry." "I can tell a regular the minute I clap eyes on him," said Mr. Sparks. "I put in a good many years myself. You have two flne children here, Will­ iam." "Yes," said William assentingly, and then Mr. Sparks said "Good-bye." That night wlin Mr. Sparks reach­ ed home his wife said: "The janitor came up today and washed the win­ dows. I didn't think it waB a part of his work, but he said it was all right and insisted. He told me that he used to be in the regular army and that he knew you had been in the service, too." "That's it, Eliza," said Henry, "an old soldier likes to do tliings for an­ other old soldier. He washed our win­ dows because we had both done hard duty on the plains. He must be a good, Bteady fellow, for he has a wife and two children. They have a flat in the basement." Mr. Sparks met William quite fre­ quently after this. William always saluted. If he happened to be stand­ ing still as Mr. Sparks passed he would came to "attention," clicking his heels together the while and salut­ ing like the old campaigner he was. Almost every night when he reached home Mrs. Sparks would tell Henry of some new act of attention on the part % Her* the best fir! that ever worked out stumbles In on us by accident, and we get a janitor who serves us as though we were moguls." Things went on this w4f tor months. Henry Sparks told five real estate agents to quit looking up a country home for him. "Ifou can't beat the combination I've got right here in the heart of Chicago," he said. A box of cigars went a long way with the janitor. He insisted on beating the Sparks rugs, he gilded the radiators, he fixed the door knobs, and toward the end of the second month he was washtng the windows every other day. The windows of the other Oats were dingy and finger-marked. Rosa was a pearl of great price. She anticipated every wish of every mem­ ber of the family. Thefe was ilttle left for Mrs. Sparks to do btit to em­ broider and to mend Prances' stock­ ings. For some reason or other, Henry Sparks, though he had always prided himself on his perspicacity, never noticed that whenever WllHam found that something in the kitchen needed fixing the job was always one that required three or four days' time. One night Mr. Sparks went down town to do some work. He didn't get back till one o'clock. He slipped off his shoes at the door so as not to awaken his wife. He passed through the hall, and feeling hungry he went back through the .dining room with a mind and appetite bent on exploring the kitchen pantry. The door leading into the kitchen was shut. In his stocking feet Mr. Sparks made no noise. He opened the door quickly. The kitchen gas was burning. Prom the far end of the room cauie a click- ing noise. William the janitor was standing at attention with his heels brought sharply together. As the man jumped to the position of a soldier Mr. Sparks saw that one of his arms had just dropped from its position of embrace about the waist of Rosa, the maid. Mr. Sparks was horrified. He went back to days when as a "non-com" he had verbally lashed some bluecoat duty derelict. "William," he said in a voice of thunder, "how dare you! You're a scoundrel, tyir!" "William's hand went to his fore­ head in a salute. "Rosa and I are to be married next week, Mr. Sparks," he 6ald. "Married!" was the gasping re­ sponse. "How about your wife and two children down stairs?" "That's my widowed sister and her two little ones. She's been keeping house for me," said William. Mr. Sparks groaned and went limply back Into the front room. He waked his wife. "Eliza," he said, "our dream is over. Rosa is going to marry the Janitor. It wasn't any old soldier sentiment at all that made him wash windows. I'll tell Hunt In the morn­ ing to look for a home for us in the country," and, sighing, Mr. Sparks went to bed. At the breakfast table next morning William and Rosa came in hand in hand. "We're going to be married next week, Mrs. Sparks," said Rosa, "but my sister wants a place and I'll send her here. She's a better cook than I am." At this bit of information Mr. Sparks' face cleared visibly. "You both have my blessing," he said; "send in your sister Rosa, and if Will­ iam leaves here I'll get old Highrates, the landlord, to send a good janitor in his place, but I'll take good care that he is not an old soldier." And then, forgetful of everything else, Mr. Sparks turned to his wife and said. "They can't resist an old soldier, can they, my dear?" IING OF WELL MILIEU SIXTIETH ANNUAL ILLINOIS EX- POSITION WILL BE A SUCCESS. BOYS' SCHOOL IS OPENED Aviators Fail to Reach Capital City on First Day--Madame Gracla In Sensational Auto Exhibit Feature. "WHAT ON EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN EATING?" Henry Sparks stumbled over two trunks, his daughter's bicycle, barked Ms shin, bruised his toes and finally reached the door. There in the hall stood a young woman, comely ai'd strong looking. "Is this the place you want a girl?" she asked. A sudden joy leaped into Henry Sparks' heart. "Yes," he said. "Come in. We have just moved; we're all up­ side down here; Look out for the boxes!" Then Mr. Sparks led the way Into the dining-room and turned the caller over to his wife. "Yes, wc want a girl," said Mrs. Sparks; "we've juet moved in, and it may be you won't want to stay now; you see how things are and what cleaning is to be done." girl. "I'm not afraid to work," said the girl. At this answer, Henry Sparks, who stood in a corner, almost fainted. The girl produced a letter from a Luther­ an clergyman in a little country vil­ lage. It happened/thai Henry Sparks knew the man. The girl was taken on the spot, as she declared she was ready to go to work then and there and would have her things sent right over from her cousin's. * During the whole conversation Mrs. Sparks' face had worn rather a puz sled expression. When the girl had volunteered to stay Mrs. Sparks said: "How did you happen to know we wanted a girl?" "I saw your advertisement," was the answer. "Here it is," and the girl pulled out a copy of the morning pa­ per. Mrs. Sparks took it. "Mercy," she exclaimed, "that's the advertise­ ment of Mrs. Smithkins. who lives in the flat underneath this. You came to the wrong apartment." "Well, I like the looks of this place anyway, and I'll stay." "Henry," said Mrs. Sparks, "won't of the janitor. "He came up and went all over the plumbing today," she said one night. "He said he wanted to make sure that there wasn't any sewer gas in the place " "There, it is Just as I told you. Kllza," said Mr. Sparks; "this janitor doesn't want to see the family of an old soldier suffer. I'll give him a box of cigars tonight. Eliza, this is the finest kind of life. Never talk to me again about taking a suburban house. Danger in "Shuttle Kissing." "Shuttle kissing." as a vehicle for the transmission of diseases from one person to another employed in Eng­ lish weaving sheds, is the subject of a recent report which has been issued as a parliamentary paper. The "kiss­ ing" referred to takes place when the operator puts the thread through an eye in the shuttle. This is done by placing the shuttle in the mouth and sucking the thread through the little opening. The report says that while the investigation has shown the pres­ ent method to be uncleanly "and may even be a possible means of spreading infection," the committee does not think the time is yet ripe for insisting either by act of parliament or by reg­ ulations on the abolition of the exist­ ing form of shuttle. Nuisance at the Table Stc-y of the Man Who Always Tried to Be Funny, Especially Be­ fore Guests. I11 a story by Mary Stewart Cut­ ting in the Woman's Home Compan* ion appears the following characteriz­ ation of a man who made himself a nuisance bj always trying to be funny: "Mr. Brentwood was well born, well educated and successful in affairs. He had. in the eyes of his family, one fault--he had a masculine sense of humor of a homely, almost rural type, at which his family winced uncon­ trollably. Mrs. Brentwood, even from the earliest days of their marriage, had been wort to implore her Theo­ dore when they were expecting com­ pany, not to te funny- "Certain jc-kes or mannerisms of his at the table were of daily occur- rence. Hardly noticed any more when were nlone, they sprang into startling prominence when there were gueets. He (|lways said. 'People come from miles around to hear us drink soup.' He jovially inquired if he might 'borrow the butter,' or if Ellen, the waitress, could 'spare him another IN A HURRY TO THE END Where are the old ladies of yester­ day? All Ground us are young wo­ men of from fifteen to eighty, active and wide awake.- The self-acknov- ledged old lady of fifty years ago is ,<00 more. That this is due ^Ftoo little home li, ' It has come with tb- c^HH^Rinies. The old-fashioned l.ui;.j9jHMjH fret; she grew old grace i i1 IfeWliJfc i e tl y. For her, life had a l The women of today--and are men to be excepted from the rule?--stay young until beyond the middle life; they Jive in a hurry to the end; then, when the time of breakdown comes, it comes all once. The old-fashioned pld lady departed Jafcifdre the age of the turbine engine, the wireless telegraph and the aero­ plane. The memory of her brings the suggestion of quiet and repose, like the delightful atmosphere of some of the low, wooden, wide verandahed country houses our grandfathers knew. N o w no woman is more than thirty- five--but we don't believe that wo­ man's clurre have had nearly as much to do with that as the changed spirit of the times, which makes it neces­ sary' for woman of today to fret at the 'steady monotony" of home life.--Cincinnati Titaes-Star. London's Dairies. In London and its suburbs there are twelve thousand dairies. slice of bread.' He made puns on the vegetables and he had a habit of look­ ing with sudden suspicion at any dish handed to him, no matter how famil­ iar, and asking disgustedly, 'What is this, anyway?' Strangers always in­ spired him particularly to their enter­ tainment. Certain ancient, inherited anecdotes could be endured by his wife and children, even if with ach­ ing strain, but there was a bathtub story (Mr. Brentwood had In his early boyhood migrated with his parents to what was then the edge of the prai­ ries) beginning mendaciously. 'You know, we never took baths when I was a boy,' that, though it was amus­ ing, nearly went beyond the pale of refinement, and an awful toothbrush story which positively did. If people laughed at his stories. Mr. Brent­ wood became practically un tram­ meled. "Another common table remark by Mr. Brentwood was that he never had any use for potato Balad, because cold potatoes always reminded hjm of cold feet. It was also his habit to admonish people to eat slowly and distinctly.' He got this from the old saying, 'Read slowly and distinctly.'" Unflattering. Hugo Arnot, the historian of Edin­ burgh, was one day waited upon by a woman who requested him to advise her how she might best get rid of an admirer whose Importunities caused hor annoyance. The woman was the reverse of fascinating, and Arnot, be­ ing indisposed to flatter her vanity, replied: "Oh. you had better marry the fellow." "Marry htm!" replied the astonished woman. "I would see him hanged first." "Marry him, then," persisted the humorist, "and IU bet hell Boon hang ^himself." Springfield--The sixtieth annual Illinois state fair opened in Spring­ field. Despite the failure of the avia­ tors to reach the capital city, the opening day of the exposition was por­ tentous of succes. The other events scheduled were successful. The crowds In attendance exceeded the expctations of those In charge. The biys' state fair school opened yesterday wl%h an enrollment of 220 farmer boys from all over the state. The mule race and the sensational automobile triple somersault by Madame Garcia were the features of opening afternoon's events. Jack Bean, a famous Union county mule, the property of the Maxwell M. Crouch Mule company of St. Louis, won the event, making the half mile in 1:04. Jack Bean has the reputation of being unapproachable in the run­ ning mule class and has won every race in which he has been entered. He is 18 years old. There were eight starters in the race. Madame Garcia, a Cuban woman. Is one of the sensations of the fair. She descends a long, steep incline at a break-neck Bpeed; at the end is thrown In space, turning a triple somer­ sault in the air before she descends. A large crowd witnessed the event yesterday. There were several concerts by the Great Fair band, composed of the Cap­ ital City, the Watch Factory bands of this city, and the Majestic band of Decatur. On the second day of the state fair Eddy Korn made his Initial flight. Korn is an altitude flyer and makes no profession of being a sensational­ ist. He made a pretty flight, but ow­ ing to the fact that the wind was somewhat treacherous arose only to a height of about five hundred feet. He brought his machine around the race course and over the fair grounds In a notheasterly direction, heading back pver the grandstand. He made his descent without the slightest accident. Horace Kearney drives a Curtis machine and is known as one of the most daring aviators flying. He came to Springfield after making a record trip from Gays Mills, Wisconsin, to Wauketa, twenty-six miles away, In twenty-one minutes. The trip was made against the wind. He reached Wauzeka about 4 o'clock and left for Chicago at 7 o'clock the same evening. He arrived in Springfield and brought his machine ftamediately to the grounds where he spent the afternoon in attempting to get it ready for a flight. Darkness prevented the trip. Kearney, a frail young fellow, is wearing the coat which Gill donned before his fatal flight at the Chicago meet three weeks ago. He Is also car­ rying the watch which Paramlee car- fled when he met his death in a fall firom a biplane. Aeroplane conversation was all that wa* heard on the fair grounds dur­ ing ».he day. When Korn was making read; for the flight, a large number of persons crowded about his machine and the police experienced Bome dif­ ficulty in keeping the crowds back. Many In State Law Examination. As a profession the legal fraternity shows no sign of diminution. At the regular quarterly examination of ap­ plicants for admission to the bar, held in the hall of the house of representa­ tives, one hundred and eleven sub­ mitted to the written examination re­ quired. Of this number, all but one were males, the lone female aspirant being Mrs. Hattie M. Hoff of Clinton. III. The examination was In charge of the state board of law examiners, com­ posed of George W. Wall of DuQuoin. president; William R. Wright of Ef­ fingham, secretary and treasurer; Charles Bartletl of Quincy, D. B. Snow of Ottawa and Russel Whitman of Chicago. Under the rule of the supreme court, these examinations are con­ ducted every three months, either by written or printed interrogations in whole or in part, the first at Ottawa on the last Tuesday in February; at Chicago the first Tuesday after the Fourth of July; at Springfield the first Tuesday in October, and at Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in De­ cember of each year. Kankakee Man Named Head. At the final session of the thir1 teenth annual convention of the Illi­ nois Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers' association, held In Peoria, the following officers were elected: President, John F. Lueth, Kankakee; vice-president. William Morris, De­ catur; secretary, J. A. Montellus. Piper City. Phil Hoffman of Pekin and A. R. Keeler of Altoona were chosen directors of the association. Turns $146,049 Into Treasury. The state treasury* was enriched >146,049.12 when State Treasurer Ed­ ward E. Mitchell turned In the above amount, representing the interest on public funds during the last twenty- one months. The Inheritance tax for the fiscal years 1911-1912 amounted to $3,687,029.77, as compared with $1.- 112,514.12 for the preceding fiscal year. In addition to this large in­ crease In public funds, State Treas­ urer Mitchell has collected $13,000 on property of former Treasurer Spauld- ing of the University of Illinois, who defaulted. $4,000 which was appro­ priated by the legislature for expenses In selling bonds, was saved and turned Into the treasury through the action of Treasurer Mitchell in making the sales by mail. Pythlans Will Meet In Rockford. The forty-third annual convention of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, Knights of Pythias, will be held in Rockford, beginning Tuesday, October 16. The present grand officers are: Grand chancellor. Charles L. Ritter, Murphysboro; grand vice chancellor, Joseph M. Omo, Chicago; grand keep­ er of records and seal, Henry C. Cald­ well, Chicago, serving his thirty-fifth consecutive year; grand master of ex­ chequer, ' Millard F. Dunlap, Jackson­ ville; grand prelate, William K, Whit­ field, Decatur; grand master at arms, Thomas Williamson, Edwardsville; grand inner guard, Augustus A. Par- low, Danville; grand outer guard, John J. Reeve, Jacksonville. The conventions of the grand lodge usually continue three days; the last convention of the grand body was held in Springfield, beginning October 17. The representatives, grand offi­ cers and members of the committees numbered about 600, while some 200 or more additional members were present to receive the grand lodge rank. While Springfield has the distinc­ tion of being named in the constitu­ tion of the grand lodge as the place of holding the regular conventions in case no other selection is made, it also has the record of having had nine annual conventions. The first seven annual conventions up to and Includ­ ing that of the year 1876, were held in Chicago. Since that time three other conventions were held in that city; the eleventh in 1880; twentieth In 1889; thirty-Beventh In 1906. The first convention held outside of Chicago was held in Springfield, the eighth, in 1877. The others were the twelfth In 1881; thirteenth, in 1882; sixteenth, in 1885; twenty-second, in 1891; twenty-fifth, in 1894; thirty-sec­ ond, In 1901; thirty-ninth, in 1908, and forty-second, in 1911. Peoria has had four. Blomlngton, two, the tenth, in 1879, and the twenty-first, In 1890; Danville, two, the thirty-first, in 1900, ] and forty-first, in 1910; Decatur, two, twenty-fourth, In 1893, and thirty- sixth, in 1905. Galesburg, two. nine­ teenth, in 1888, and twenty-ninth, in 1898. Rock Island, two, twenty- seventh, in 1896, and thirty-fourth, in 1903. The following cities have each had one convention: Belleville, seven­ teenth, 1886; East St. Louis, thirtieth, 1899; Jacksonville, eighteenth. 1887; Joliet, fifteenth, 1884, and Mollne, thirty-eighth, 1907. ILLINOIS Peoria--Gen. Grenville M. Bodgtfy of Council Bluffs, la., was re-elec&- * ed president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ses- • slon of the forty-second annual re­ union of the order here. The follow­ ing' were elected vice-presidents: Gen. John C. Black, Chicago; Gen. Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhall. Washington; Gen. John H Stibbs. Chicago; Mrs. Charles H. Smith. Cleveland; P. To- cumseh Sherman. New York city; Mrs. James A. Sexton. Chicago; CoL O. D. Kinsman, Washington; Gen. J. W. Marlow, Connecticut; MaJ. A- V. Bohn, Colorado; MaJ. T. J. Coch­ rane, California; Mrs. Grenville Par­ ker, New York city; MaJ. H. V. Os- born, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Capt W. M. Scott, Georgia; Mstf. D. W. Reed, Ten­ nessee; Mrs. O. C. Towne, Rockford, 111.; MaJ. J. 8. Lothrop, Chicago. Free port.--The thirty-fifth annual convention of the English Luther­ an Home and Foreign Mission­ ary society of the synod of northern Illinois opened here. There are about 125 delegates in attendance. Mrs. David Davey, Chicago, is the presid­ ing officer. i Bloomlngton.--S. R. Hills of this city boasts of an apple tree in full bloom, although the tree carries ap­ ples of the first crop this year. The mixture of apples and blossoms at the same time is considered a remarkable freak of nature. Grants Absence Leave. Adjutant General Dickson issued an order gianting a twelve-day leave of absence from October 6 for twenty of fieers and one hundred men of the Illinois Navai Reserve to attend the fleet review to be held in New York October 12 to 16. The commanding officer of the naval reserves is directed to designate the officers and enlisted men who will constitute the detachment. Chicago Place of Meeting. The Illinois S^ate Building Loan association will hold itB thirty-third convention at the Pilsen auditorium, Eighteenth street and Blue Island ave­ nue. Chicago, October 10 and 11, ac­ cording to plans announced. The as­ sociation embraces 568 building asso­ ciations in the state. Two hundred and fourteen of this number are in Chicago. The Chicago associations represent a capital of $19,000,000, while the total capitalization of all the associations in the state Is $7?.- 000,000. WaTker May Go to Operators, Rumor. John H. Walker, president of the Illinois Mine Workers, will become a coal commissioner for the Illinois Coal Operators' association, is the rumor that is being circulated. Mr. Walker is now in Europe, and according to the report, the coal operators are twaiting his return before making his appointment public. It was declared that at a meeting of the Coal Oper ators' association, held some timp ago. Walker's name was proposed. '.Valk er Is said to have been offercJ the friyw once beore, hat refused it- Pardon Board to Meet. The regular session of the state board of pardons will be held Tues­ day, October 15. The following cases have been set: William W. Irby, Hardin county, murder; William Chambers, Franklin county, murder; Charles A. Ethridge, Bond county, murder; Charles A Hensel, Bureau county, murder; Thomas Waters, De Witt county, mur- cer; Canford Pruitt, Johnson county, murder, Philip Mernaugh, Hardin county, murder; Ray Powell, White- sides county, murder; Frank Ains- worth. Greene county, murder; Rich­ ard Waller, Saline county, murder; William Schleuter, St Clair county, assault; Walter H. Culium, Pope coun­ ty, murder; Carl Farmer, Perry coun­ ty, assault; Paul Stewers, Perry coun assault; Harry West, La Salle coun­ ty, murder; John H. Brown, Wayne county, receiving stolen property; Jesse Koser, Carroll county, murder; Clifford Gilbert, Coles county, murder; N«oah Foster, Christian county, mur der. I l l inois Corporation!. Secretary of State Doyle Issued cer­ tificates of Incorporation to the fol­ lowing: Alyea Manufacturing company, Chi­ cago"; capital. $10,oao. Incorporators, Charles B. Alyea. Graham Van Ness. Preston Clark Electric Service Construction com­ pany Chicago; capital. $2,500. Incor porators, L V. Murphy. Ambrose Mc­ Laughlin. George C. Schnackel. The Original Song Boosters' club, Chicago Incorporators, Milton Weil, Louis Oppeuheim. Harry Kransman. Gee Bros Teaming company, Chi­ cago; capital. $15,000. Incorporators, Wilson L. Gee, Benjamin F. Gee James F. Fardy. Illinois Psi-Omega association, Ev enston; social Incorporators. "William C. Levere, Seymour E. Wheelock Clyde D Foster. The Dunbar Athletic and Social club. Chicago. Incorporators, William Jonos, Harry Leuenberg. John W Brown. * Eureka Stove and Heating company Chicago; dissolved. Standard company. Quincy; capita; stock Increased from $5,000 \o f40,)00 Champaign. -- Resolutions adopted by the Pan-Hellenic coun­ cil of the National Sororities and Fraternities at the University of Illi­ nois that are intended to put a stop to hazing and the Intimidation of freshmen. It is the Intention of the Greek letter council to cause this form of activity to be looked upon as some­ thing below the level of a gentleman. The resolution follows: "Whereas certain acts of basing and unwarranted ed intimidation of freshmen are likely to happen at the beginning of the col­ lege year and whereas such practices are Injurious to the name and repu­ tation of the University of Illinois^ and whereas as hazing is wholly un­ becoming to any loyal student who Is sincere and looking for the best inter- ests of his university advanced an41 her reputation unsullied by such acta be it resolved that the Pan-Helleulc counsel representing the national fra­ ternities and organization at this uni­ versity does hereby put itself on rec­ ord as strongly condemning any such acts and will do all It is able to stop their continuance." Joliet.--Governor Deneen, speaking at Joliet on the question of stats regulation of the Insurance busi­ ness, said that after dn expert he employed had attended all the great insurance conferences and conven­ tions in the country for over a year and had reported remedial legislation, fourteen bills were submitted to tho general assembly and becaire laws. The governor said that as a result of this work Illinois insurance legisla­ tion now ranks with that of such states as New York and Massachu­ setts and other old and Important In­ surance states. Nashville.--Mr. Wesley Lemen arrested by Sheriff Henry Vogel- pohl at Addietille, brought h«r« and placed under a peace bond. The arrest was a sequel to marital trou­ bles between Lemen and his wtfo. which began right after their mar­ riage, May 25, 1912. Kewanee.--Rt Rev. E. M. Dunne, bishop of the Peoria diocese of the Catholic church, and fifty priests of the diocese came here and celebrated solemn pontifical mass in memory of Rev. D. I* Crowe, pastor of the church here, who died recent­ ly in Rome. Springfield.--President Walker of the United Mine Workers of !U|!* nois may accept a position as commis­ sioner for the Illinois operators. It is said that Walker, who recently re­ turned from Europe, is considering an offer which will transfer him from the ranks of the minors to the opera­ tors. Bloomlngton.--Leaving a farewell note in the family Bible statins that he was in love with two girls and unable to make a choice, Bert Eve, a clerk in the clothing afore at Minonk, crawled under the porch at his home and shot himself through the stomach, narrowly missing hlft heart. He may recover. Peoria. -- The thirteenth Illinois Retail Implement and Ve­ hicle Dealers' convention wa* brought to a close by an executive session which Included an address on "salesmanship," by W. E. Hall of Jacksonville. The convention next year will be held In December. Freeburg-- Mental agony, ewuwl hQT the belief that his son, Joe, 9, who was drowned in a mill pond at Freeh burg, several miles south of Veilevill. July 25. last, had been buried alive, caused Joseph Dambacher, Sr.. to have the boy's body exhumed. evidence was found that the rtftd was alive when buried. Gillespie--James Kler Hardie. mem­ ber of the British parliament, Socialist and labor leader, spent several howf In Gillespie visiting miners who formerly his friends in England. Alton--Noami Scranbia. *5. the annulment of her marriage to seph Seranbia She was compelled bf> her parents to marry the man, an#, when she refused to give up her cfcll«K hood games and her girl friends, vat severely punished by her parent*. .Th? husband has disappeared. % Xt i m) A' Elgin.--A Woodstock man his automobile to miss a street e*r« ran down Albert Wroaa, twelve, aadt;C seriously injured bim. The wife was so overcome tJirt At from t*»e machine. • •* s u 5,. ..m