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>:v '.-V< B LETT** It WNT OUT tY SECRE- 0ICKIR80N OP BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. WANTED TO HELP §fr' fctiks them to Take inter** in Yoilths Becoming Membera--Every Boy ' ' Over Ten and Under Eighteen Years Eligible. W pfffignem.--Farmers of are Purged to interest their boys in the i, growing of corn in a letter sent out by Secretary Dickirson of the state board of agriculture. The letter urges farm­ ers to take an interest-in the move- .... ment, and have their boy* enrolled as members of the Boys' Corn club in the county in which he resides. County superintendents of the state • will receive copies of the letter sent out by Secretary Dickirson, and every boy over ten and under eighteen years old is eligible to membership in the club. All boys are urged to communi­ cate with the county superintendents and become member* of the club. The . letter is as follows: "An effort is being made to enroll in the Boys" Corn club of the 102 coun­ ties in Illinois, at least one boy over ten and not over eighteen yean old to .' represent each rural school in. the .state. "The matter of organizing boys' corn dubs in Illinois by common consent, - has been assigned to the county superintendent of schools who has 'available an efficient corps of assist­ ants and is assured of the hearty co operation of the teachers of the rural schools. "The great educational value has been demonstrated of the efforts of • the members of boys' corn clubs to 'obtain large acreage yields of corn re­ sulting from careful selection of seed, fertilizing the soil, the thorough prep- aration of the seed bed, the careful 'planting and thorough cultivation of : the growing crop. "The lesson in corn culture learned I* by the members of the Boys' Corn •clubs will make him and the boys of his neighborhood much better farmers j$. for life. "The field of corn grown by the boy " holding flue grand champion trophy of "Illinois for largest yield of corn per : acre was visited by 85 neighbors dur- •: ing the growing season, and his yield of 150 bushels an acre would have i been much larger, but for injury of the young corn from insects and a : heavy windstorm that prostrated the w stalks in August. f "You cannot render a more impor­ tant or popular service to the taxpay- *': ers of your county than to Organise iy and prowobe an efficient boys' corn club. "In a number of counties in Illinois the honor of the presidency of the Boys' Corn clubs is given to the boy having the best record ln-*e©rn grow­ ing. "You are invited to send this office the addresses of the officers of the Boys' Corn club of your county, pres­ ident, vice-president, secretary, treas­ urer and the five members of the exec­ utive committee. "Bulletins on com culture and other inspiring literature will be sent to the / names of the parties you send the un- ,. dersigned in compliance With the above request "Your hearty co-operation in the jp above matter will largely increase the v-; • corn crops of this state and add much a>j" ^ to the practical education of the mem- bers of the Boys' club of your county and their associates." ;&• • Pi & il Dunne Talks on Geed ItsMfc The need orbettarjfoaii 4* IlltaoH was emphasized by wov. Edward flV Dunne, speaking before the Illlnoli Highway Improvement association at Chicago. "The Illinois roads are a disgrace and a scandal," said Governor Dunn*. "The state ranks twenty-third in point of road improvement, with only tie® per cent of the roida properly^ con­ structed. "If my influence can help the situa* tlon, however, the next ten years will see this state take its place among the leaders in road improvement" Governor Dunne said in part: v "Illinois is the third state in the United. States in population, wealth and political and commercial impor­ tance. "It is the premier agricultural state of the United States. Its soil, on the average, is three times as valuable in selling price as the average soil of the United States, and yet in that impor­ tant feature which gives value to the farm, to-wit: the roadways which lead to its gates, Illinois is scandalously and deplorably in the back ground as compared with most of the other progressive states of the Union. "In the matter'of ratio of improved roadways to unimproved roadways, Illinois holds today the hoodoo num­ ber of 23. In other words, 22 of the states of the United States have a greater ratio of improved roadways to unimproved roadways than has the great state of Illinois. "I was surprised to find upon inves* tigation within the last 24 hours} that Illinois has a smaller percentage of improved roads than has the United States in general. In other words, the average percentage of im­ proved roads to unimproved roads in the whole of the United States on De­ cember 31, 1911, was ten and one- tenth per cent, while the average in the great state of Illinois was only nine and forty-seven hundredths per cent on the same date. This situation of affairs has been, and is, a reproach to the intelligence and a blemish on the reputation of this state. "Most of the public utilities of our state were under the control of pri­ vate hands of corporations, practical­ ly without statutory or administrative regulation, until the year 1914. All of these utilities, however, owned by pri­ vate corporations, have been, by the action of the last legislature, brought within the control of the public utili­ ties commission of the state of Illi­ nois, and will be compelled by that commission to give decent service to the public at reasonable rates; but the greatest utility of all, to-wit: the public roadways of the state are abso­ lutely under public control and in pub­ lic ownership, and yet the public of the state of Illinois, owning and con­ trolling this greatest of all utilities, has failed in its duty to give decent transportation to the farmers and citi­ zens of Illinois, by making these roads decently passable." 4..., • C0NST1TUT10IIAUST LEADER BmTI#HPRIMIEHACCEPTS~ RES­ IGNATION OFSEELY-NAWBS WOVE CAUSES BIO SURPRISE 0 The custom house at NogaleB, Mexico, is the headquarters of President Carranza, the constitutionalist leader, and here It is that every move of the constitutionalists is carefully discussed. The photograph shows the leader and his cabinet after one of thetjie session*. Lett to right, seated: F. Escudero, hxlnlstsr of foreign affairs; Governor May- terena of Sonora, President Cartian. General Pesquelra, Antonio la Pena. Standing behind Carranxa is Major Tre- vino, chief of the personal staff. REBELS IN fORREON FORCE FROM EAST FIGHTS WAY TO CENTER OF CITY. Visit 8!te for State Hospital. Whether or not the recent explo­ sion of a powder mill at at Alton, ad­ joining the site selected for the new state hospital for the insane, will re­ sult in the board of administration changing the location for the new in­ stitution, depends upon a report to be made to the board within the next few days. Members of the board visited the site and personally investigated the possibility of a recurrence of the recent explosion after the new hos­ pital is erected and occupied by wards of the state. > Central State Creamery Men Meet A meeting of the Central Illinois Creamery Men's club was held in Chi­ cago. About fifty attended. Prof. G. L. McKay of Chicago, secretary of the National Creamery and Butter Manu­ facturers' association, spoke. An aux­ iliary to the Central club was formed and will be known as the Southern club. The officers of the Central club are : President, John Nelson, Peoria; vice- president, L. Nielson, Galesburg; sec­ retary, P. A. Jormenson,' Champaign. New Corporation*. Secretary of State Woods issued certificates of lncorpartion to the fol­ lowing: American Burglar Alarm company, Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incorpora­ tors--William X. Dana, Otto P. Lex, Ross B. Whitney. Boston 8alt Fish company, Chicago; capital, $15,000. Incorporators--Rob­ ert Cederstrom, Robert Cederstrom, O. T. Crissey. The Federal Inn, Chicago; capltaL $2,500. Incorporators--William H. Hupeler, Louise W. Vogel. The Lauff Hotel company, Granite City; capital, $20,000. Incorporators --Charlotte Lauff, Philip G. Lauff Philip Laut. Mount OHve Monument company, Chicago; capital, $1,000. Incorpora­ tor*-- B. A. Zimmerman, Agrew L. Myers, M. K. Busse. Railway Electric Manufacturing company. Chicago; capital, $25,000. Incorporators--Max W. Zabel, Otto M. Wermich, Hazel Ann Jones. Salomon Waterman company, Chi­ cago; capital, $5,000. Incorporator*-- Herbert M. Lautermann, Calvin M ifeoaya, x Karl Dairidi^*-^'/-; Alton Delegation Sees Dunne. usX* Governor Dunne entertained a dele­ gation of business men from Alton, who came to confer with him and with the state board of administration officials relative to the effect the loca­ tion of another powder factory near the site of the new Alton State hos­ pital will have upon chances for re­ taining the state hospital. It was not fully realized antU the explosion several days ago of the plant of the Equitable Powder com­ pany that the company's plant was but a mile and a half of the site picked fcr the state hospital. Efforts, it is said, are being made to induce President F. W. Olin of the powder company and others interest­ ed to move the new plant to a more distant location, but the powder fac­ tory people like the location recently vacated by the explosion. What the outcome of the situation will be i*rnot known. - ' Would Bulkl Labor Temple* A communication from the officer* of the State Federation of Labor to locals over the state approves of and urges the erection of labor temples. Quincy and Staunton have one each and other cities are contemplating taking up the idea. The desire is ex­ pressed that soon every city dnd town in the state will have its labor temple, including a co-operative store, restau- lant, reading room, gymnasium, of­ fice*, meeting room* and assembly room. Genera! Villa's Foreea Capture Gome* : JUkelo on Third Assault v ---Federal* Retreat. SINKS; Chihuahua, March 81.--Such new* aa arrived from the front at Torreon Sunday was unfavorable to the reb­ els. Local rebel officers admitted they had received dispatches from the front, but declined to reveal the con­ tents. A report originated at one of the hospitals after more wounded arrived In Chihuahua that General Villa had been wounded slightly and 'forced ty retire from the field. Juarez, March 30.--General Villa •aid, in a telegram received here, that virtually fcll Torreon, Including the entire business section, was in the hands of his soldiers. Gen. Monclove Herrera, his own rebel brigade and part of the ZaragoBa brigade, all veterans, were reported by Villa to have entered Torreon from the east, 4,000 strong, and to have fought from house to house and street to street until the bull ring on the northern fringe of the town was taken with the section of the city through which the railroad passes. This in­ cluded the business, section or most of It Gomez Palacio, Mex., March SO.-- Four days of fighting, including three desperate assaults by the rebels, en­ abled Gen. Francisco Villa to move Into this place and establish headquar- 'tera within three miles of Torreon. The deciding assault was preceded by a bombardment after which the infan­ try and cavalry dashed Into the streets of Gomez I%laclo. Rifles, machettes, pistols and hand grenadeB were used in a hundred different encounters in the narrow thoroughfares. The gren­ ades, of home manufacture, were light­ ed with cigarettes, which are an unof­ ficial part of the equipment of evfiy, Mexican soldier. To Punish Narcotic Drug 8elltrs. The state board of administration started a campaign to put out of busi­ ness druggists in the state who have been selling cocaine, morphine, heroin and other neurotic and narcotic drugs in Illinois in violation of the law. A list of five Chicago and five down- state druggists who have been making a practise of selling drugs of the char­ acter and to whom many inmates of the state Insane hospitals attribute their downfall, is given in a letter sent to the state board of pharmacy by the board of administration with the request that they be prosecuted. Apple Growers Meet In Quincy. More than one hundred apple grow­ ers from ten states met in Quincy to attend the annual convention of the Mississippi Valley Apple Growers' as­ sociation. The meeting was devoted to the dis­ cussion of apple growing and an ad dress by Prof. Charles Pickett, head of the horticulture department in the University of Illinois. James Handly was re-elected secre­ tary and Henry C. Cupp of Quincy suc­ ceeds Richard Daltpn of Sayerton, Mo^, as president. Marriage I* Annulled., Admitting a violation of the laws of Illinois, which prohibits a marriage ceremony within a year after a decree for divorce has been secured, the marriage of Marcella Van Dyke tu William G. Van Dyke was annulled by order of Judge Creighton. Mrs Van Dyke filed the bill several weekB ago. She declared that she and Van Dyke married in the state of Iowa within a year after he had been di­ vorced, and they returned to Illinois to: reside, in violation of tlirs state tm- f Rome, March 30.--Countess Dentlce di Fraeso, formerly Georgiana Wilde of St. Louis, is ill* of typhoid fever. When *he 1* able to travel she prob­ ably will join her mother, Mrs. Sllgel, In Paris, and stay with her during the period of convalescence. Lexington, Mo., March 80.--Mrs. Mayette Carlou shot and killed Henri Harve when he Interfered to save the woman's eighteen-year-old stepdaugh­ ter from abuse. Tokyo, March 80.--The condition Of Dowager Empress Haru Ko was much worse. All hope of her recovery was abandoned. Madrid, March 30.--It is reported that three pictures of great value by El Greco have been stolen at Toledo. Parie, March 80.--Aviator Garaix ascended 5,200 feet with an aeroplane in which he carried eight passenger*. This is a record for a flight with that number of persons. PARDONED TO BE EXECUTED * ; , PHsonsr In Penitentiary at Little Rock" Glveq Executive "Clemency" to Avoid Legal Question. Little Rock, Ark., March 30.--A lev minute* after receiving a pardon from Governor HayB, which released him from a 115 years' sentence, Fred Pel- ton, a negro, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary here for the killing of Melvina Hatton, negress, whom he murdered to secure 50 cents. There was a question as to the legality of the electrocution of Pelton until after he had served hi* 115-year sentence, and for thla reason the paxdofts-w## Slanged. . • White Hcuae Wedding Near. Washington, March 31.--The shop­ ping tour of Miss Eleanor Wilson in New York i* believed to indicate that her wedding to Secretary of the Treas­ ury McAdoo will take place tivIi, earlier than had been expected.. . LARGE PART OF WESTERN HALF £ jDF NEW YORK IN DANGER V; ^ OF HEAVY WOS8E8. RIVERS IN OHIO ARp HfSING i f l l , • ' .•*" ; * ' <' Washfn* dcff 4f Brldgtfl tu# OfT Ti^r fie on Several Irtterurban Lines--Co­ lumbus Fear* Repetition of Disaster of One Year Ago--Two Dead. .. New York, March 81.--Floods through the valleys of the state were reported on Saturday to have caused much property loss daring the last week. The warm weather of the last few days has melted much of the heavy snow which fell earlier in the month, and this, with a steady fall of rain throughout the night, has swollen all the streams, many of which are out of their bankfe, flooding the towns. At Troy the Hudson river has as­ sumed flood proportions, and with the water rising rapidly merchants along the river front are removing good* to safer places. Amsterdam reported on Saturday that part of the bridge which spans the Mohawk river was carried away. Schenectady, N. Y., March 31.--Two unidentified men were drowned when Freeman's bridge, over the Mohawk river, two miles west of here, was swept away. The damage done here by the high water thus far amounts to ^200,000. f Albany, N. Y„ March 81.--The Hud­ son river 1* rapidly rising here and dwellers along the river front are mov­ ing to places of safety., Buffalo, N. Y„ March 81.--Towns In western New York are threatened with a repetition of the disastrous floods of a year ago. In the lowlands of the Tonawandas residents are going to and from their homes in boats, owing to the overflow from tiie Tonawanda and Ellicott creeks. At Batavla the municipal sewage disposal plant Is .eight feet underwater. Whitehall, N. Y., March 31.--The level of Lake Champlain has risen four feet within the last twenty-four hours. Should the rapid thaw now in progress continue the worst flood in the his­ tory of this region will result, it is said. Elmira, N. Y^ Magch 81.---With every river and creek swollen over its banks by a steady downpour during the last twenty-four hours, flood conditions were alarming throughout the entire southern section of the state. Cincinnati, March 31.--The Big Mi­ ami and Whitewater rivers and other small streams in this section went on a rampage. Two temporary bridges used by the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg ft Aurora Traction company were washed away, cutting off traffic be­ tween Cincinnati and Indiana town* along the road. Columbus, O., March 81.--With the Scioto river climbing a foot an hour, and the MuBkingum and Licking rivers out of their banks along the lowlands, a recurrence of the disastrous floods of March 26-28, 1918. Is feared. Tornado 8trlkes In Kansas. Topeka, Kan., March 81.--A score of small houses were blown down, Mrs. Charles Van Buskirk probably was injured fatally and four families are missing as the result of a tqni&^Q wfeich swept across Frederick, Hulk of Sunken Steamer Blown'Up. Norfolk, Va., March 28.--The hulk Of the Old Dominion liner Monroe, »'hioh was sunk by the Merchants and Miners' liner Nantucket with the loss of more than two score, lives, „was blown up with guncotton. V-, Castro Figures In Ffot. *' Wlllemstadt, Curacao, March 28.-- Army officers and politicians were placed under arrest following the dis­ covery of a plot to overthrow the Venezuelan government. Cipriano Cas- teo is.said to be involved. l* BELMONT ON STAND, HITS SON Millionaire Appears as Witnss* In Suit ^ J for Separation Brought by Offspring'* Wife. New York, March 88.--August Bel­ mont took the stand to aid the case of his son Raymond, who. 1* being sued for separation by Ethel Lorraine Belmont, a woman well known in the Tenderloin. Mr. Belmont testified that his son had spent $13,856 since his marriage in November, 1912. He said emphatically that there was noth­ ing flatter with his son's intel­ lect. ' General Carranza at Juarez. •Juarez, Mex., March 31.--Gen. Ye- nnstiano Carranza, supreme chief of the rebels, established his headquar­ ters here, and. the Mexican border is again the provisional capl^l ft the revolution-torn republic. i 45,000 Miner* to Be iiiie. Columbus, Ohio, March 31.--"The 45,000 coal miners in Ohio will be­ gin an indefinite period of idleness oh April 2," said George F. Savage, secretary of the Ohio .organisation of United Mine Workers. ^ f «'•. » Former Judge Ewlng Very til. Unlontown, Pa", March- 28.--Former Judge Nathaniel Ewlng. chairman of the public service comm'ssion, is seri­ ously ill at his home he-l-«. About six weeks ago he was suddenly stricken 111 and his death was then expected. U. 8. to Probe Junk Trust. Los Angeles. Cal., March 28--An ex­ tensive investigation of allegations that a junk trust, controllfb^ the coun, try west of the Mississippi, lstence will be begun here month by Hie federal grand Jury; STEAMER ST. PAUL IN AUSTRALIAN SOWN HARBOR. French Vessel Hits Rook and Plunges Bottom of <•: • • -'•i • Ocean. - ••• tk New York, March 28.--The French liner Touralne, whose four days' tardi­ ness in reaching this port caused ap­ prehension for a time, was reported 110 miles east of Sandy Hook by a wireless dispatch. La touralne is bound from Havre, which she left March 15 with 350 steerage and 209 first and second class passengers. A previous dispatch reported her pro­ ceeding slowly with deranged ma­ chinery on account of heavy seas she had encountered. TRADE HEARINGS APRIL 6 Illinois Men Will Testify on Collective %kf0atnlng and Arbitration- See slons In Washlngtonw "V'Xw-T:: -- Washington, March 30.--Several witnesses from, Chicago and Illinois will appear before the federal Indus* trial commission, which will begin public hearings here on April 6 on the subject of collectives bargaining, con­ ciliation and arbitration. The hear­ ings will be held in the assembly room of the Shoreham hotel and will continue four days. Frank P. Walshi chairman, will preside and the nine commissioners will be present. Each of six large Industries in which trade agreements or other fprms of col­ lective bargaining have been fti oper­ ation during considerable periods will be considered separately. Prominent' railroad officials and labor leaders will testify at the hearings. • Effort* of the King and Cabinet Fall to Induct Generals to Withdraw • Their Resignations Fr^?^ y • the Army. < QUEEN TO VISIT U. S. IN MAY Eleanor* of Bulgaria Completes Plans v ^1|pir Trip--Always Interested In ; -t v. / • ,• Americans. •• - Sofia, Bulgaria, March 27.--Queen El Pan ore of Bulgaria, who some time ago declared her intention of visiting the United States, announced that she would depart on her journey from the Bulgarian capital diirlng the third week in May. Queen Eleanore will be the first reigning queen to Visit the United Statee. She IntendB to make a study of American institutions and peoplte, in which ehe has always been greatly interested. Her majesty was much touched during the recent Bal­ kan wars by practical sympathy dis­ played for her suffering subjects by Americans. London, April 1.--After all the many solutions of the government crisis which had been proposed and discussed Premier Asquith announced a decision to the house of commons on Monday which none of the prophets had expected or even suggested. The prime minister himself will as­ sume the burden of the war office, in addition to his other and almost crush­ ing duties. He will resign from the house at Ihl* critical stage, when the second reading of ^be home rule bill is about to be taken up, and will appeal to his constituents in Eaet Fife, Scot­ land, within a few days for re-election. Field Marshal Sir John French, chief of the imperial general staff, and Gen. Sir John Ewart, adjutant general, de? clined to withdraw their resignations, In spite of the army order, which Vis­ count Haldane cleverly framed ao a platform on which the generals might stand with consistency and honor. It thus became impossible for Col. J. E. B. Seely, who was co-signer with them of the assurance to Brigadier General Gough that the army would not be used to Suppress the Ulster op­ position to home rule, to retain the secretaryship for war. His resigna­ tion, therefore, was accepted after he had been for *ome day* under Are from the ne w spapers of his o wparty, Which insisted that he must go. Viscount Morley of Blackburn, lord president of the council, who was part­ ner with Colonel Seely in drafting the Offending praragraphB of the docu­ ment, stands in the same position and his withdrawal fi'om office is expected,. The only practical loss to the party meantime will be the withdrawal of Mr. Asquith's voice from the debates. "Oh, I'll be handy if I'm wanted," Mr. Asquith remarked to Andrew Bonar Law, the opposition leader, who thought that the home rule bill could not be proceeded with in the absence of the premier. Mr. Asquith .apparently consulted no one except the king before his bold decision. H1b colleagues in the cabinet seemed to be as surprised as the other members of the -house when he re­ vealed hi* plans. Mr. Asquith is al­ ready first lord of the treasury. The political seers gather that Mr. Asquith is in fighting mood. They have been saying recently that he had shown the effects in hlB physical ap­ pearance of the heavy strain of his long labor in office and would gladly see the government defeated. But it looks at the present moment as though he had taken a new lease of life and proposes to make the reorganisation Of the army a fighting issue. . "The whole army system may have io be recast," Colonel Seely remarked Significantly. Both houses debated the situation at great length, but the debates simmered down into mere assertions, on the one side, of a plot to seduce the army, and, on the other side, of a plot to crush the Ulster covenanters with denials and counterdenials and heated personal­ ities •• ' YieUt To LjiBa E. SEVEN BANDITS HOltt UP BANK Set Schoolhouse on Fire at E!maf " Wfeph., to Distract Attention--Ee* caps With Loot of $3,700. Tacoma, Wash., March 80.--Seven armed men entered the Elma National bank at Elma, in southwest Washing­ ton, made a prisoner of the cashier and escaped with about three thousand seven hundred dollars. The bandits, according to the report received here, set the town scholhouse on fire to dis­ tract attention. Several shots were fired, but no one was hrut DENY DESTRUCTION OF SHIP Searchers Find No Trace of Hawaiian Boat Reported to Have Been Blown Up. Honolulu, Hawaii, March ports of the destruction of the inter- Island steamer Mauri, with the loss of many lives, was said to be untrue. A search of several hours failed to dis­ cover any wreckage of the steamer, which was said to have blown np off Pearl Harbor last night. Man Who Shot Negro Out on Bond. Fort Wayne, Ind., March 81.--A. C. Trentman, a wealthy brewer, was re­ leased on $10,000 bonds pending the recovery or death of a negro waiter at a hotel. Trentman ehot and seriously wounded Bruce. Wealthy Oil Man Dead. ' Oil City, Pa., March 31.--B. F. Bran* drea, one of the wealthiest and most prominent oil operators in Pennsyl­ vania and the owner of a large poul­ try fang* dropped dead at his borne here. •' • ' "rt Pennsylvania Lays Off 1^50 Men. Aitoona, Pa., March JW.--Orders we} e Issued by the Pennsylvania Rail­ road company to lay off 1,250 shop­ men here at once. The reason for the suspension Is a lack of work. This la tpe largest reduction since 1907. i HILL, U. S. EXPERT, DEAD Man Wh<> Organised the Editorial /^•raneh of Bureau Expire* 3$ -'; ; Franklin, Va. '.' •r,- » ' ' . .SK." > . < Washington, April 1.--George W. 1H1U, for many years a prominent offi­ cial of the agricultural department, died on Monday after a protracted ill­ ness at Franklin, Va. When the secre­ tary of agriculture first became a mem­ ber of the cabinet Mr. Hill organized the editorial branch and developed the plan of widespread circulation of, ag­ ricultural literature to farmers, agri­ cultural journals and the press gen­ erally. His knowledge of departmen­ tal affairs led Mr. Roosevelt, when civil service commissioner, to urge Mr. Hill's selection for that board. Mr. Hill was born in England, educated at Paris and Montreal and formerly was on the editorial staff of the Montreal Herkld. His son, George Griswold Hill, is Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune. Toledo Citizens Ride Free. Toledo, O., April l.--With deci­ sions in all court proceedings Involv­ ing Toledo Railways & Light company .franchises delayed, Toledoans are rid­ ing free on the street cars. Reports showed that 22,000 passengers were carried free. T£at was 16 per cent of the traffic. No fares are collected from passengers who refuse to^.yay more than three cents. v i vVw Convict Saved From Hanging*." Jefferson City, Mo.; April 1.--Gov­ ernor Major refused to pardon James Schrum, now serving a 99-year, prison term for the murder of Mont Hall and thus made It impossible for the sheriff to to hang Schrum for anOtfcdr murder. Dies Playing Suicide. Kansas City, Mo., April 1. Play­ ing suicide with an old revolver he believed not loaded, Virgil Wyatt, six- year-old eon of Mrs. Luclnda Wyatt, shot and killed himself while .his two younger brothers looked on. i *| ' Order* Suit to Oust Oil Triiit Columbus, O., April 1.--Judge Dil­ lon granted an alternative writ order­ ing Attorney General Hogan to insti­ tute proceedings to oust the Standard Oil company and its subsidiaries fium doing business in Ohio. the coun' is in ex- within / a Pope to Hold a Consistory. Rome, Italy, March 28.--It was de­ cided by the pope to hold a consistory either at the end of April or the begin­ ning of May, unless unforeseen cir­ cumstances intervene. About a doxan #***** ?r cardinals will ba appoints*. .v,;' jwrdin^ 1 General 8lcklee Near to De^Vh. New York, April 1.--Gen. Daniel E. Sickles is at the point of death in his borne here following a stroke of Pftralysls three weeks ago after the death of his housekeeper, Mrs. W11- iftbart,Ind.:--"I soffefcsd f< teen y ears . emale weakn&M* pnfa* and {negoisilf ttm. The pain* l*,v- mj side* were in* creased by walking' or standout an tpf f e e t u d l h i d a u d i ' • < : awful bearingdosni ' feelings, waa pressed jn and became thin aa$ . r^ pale with dnfl,bea*£ / ^ eyes. I hadsixdo®*'- >>, Vf0 tow from whom I received only tempos "V/&'• rary relief. I decided to give Lydia & Pfoikham'e Vegetable Compound afaiH rW! trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihaw#-:,. > v now twed the remedies for four mow and cannot express my thanks for wl tfaey have done for me. r' "If those Hxx*s will be o? any benefit you have my permission to pubUflfeT them." -- Mrs. Sadib Wixxiams, 45ft V^at UTflrhft** Tn^vano James SfereeV Elkhart, Indiana, Lydia E. Pmkham'a Vegetable Con* poond,made from native rootsand herbs^ ' " contains no narcotic or harmful druggy 5. and to-day holds the record of being th% :: moat successful remedy for female 111$ we know of, andthoosands of voluntary testimonials on file in the Pinkhan| laboratory at Lynn, Haas., aeem-t^':';-.^ prove this fact ' j If you bare the slightest doubt: \ thatXydia E. Plnkham's Yegetel i- ble Compound win help you, wrlt4 to LydiaEUPinkhsm MecUcineOor (confidential) Lym,Mai»., for ad* vice. Tour letter will be opened* " read and answered by * womaipt^l and held in atrlet confidence. - . '-"i-V*- HIS MIND ON HIGHER THINQIX f ̂ ' Scholar Unable to Sit Down and son Quietly on Matters fit * Everyday Life. ^ | A monument waa recently unveiled to the memory of Henri Poincalre, famous mathematician and physicist* who was a cousin of the president of j**v, % France. The occasion recalls a stoi or two of his remarkable absent-min edness. Almost every day Poincalre left hi)!". money lying about somewhere. Final*', v ; ly his mother sewed his purge into thf ^../^ *1" pocket of his coat But one day;'7v yjS when he had dressed In a hotel, put on his overcoat without the coa% 1 ; -- and left that lying on a chair. Needf ' s-, less to say, he never saw the pursf; " again. St One evening lie was looking in ^ Closed bookcase for a manuscript^ During the search he set the lamp oaj. £ a shelf in the case, and in a momeni. . .. of abstraction closed the door of thf, v cabinet, and sat down in darknesaT, v After he had pondered for a time 0$ ' ..u the disappearance of the light, ba-.-; came to the conclusion that he had suddenly become blind. That seemed to him quite possible, since bis eyejif. were weak, anyway, and he groaneA at the thought of his deplorable cond^: >l; ' tlon. Suddenly, to his surprise, f ^ oucaui Of light appcaTcu, COmmS frorjjfc-- - the adjoining room, and he remarked^'. with much satisfaction: "My sight <T, seems to have come back again." Noi.:.; .'^ ./ even then did he think of the lamp 1%.*, v the bookcase!--Youth's Companion. / Water for St. Petaraburg. y The city council of St. (fretefrtwrjp*' Is considering a measure appropria^ »v ing $25,000,000 tor a supply of purp ;v;:. c'vV-' water, to be drawn from Lake Ladoga^; 40 miles away. On reaching the hs\r ;>|i i'. V'l doga pumping station the water wi® be driven Into reservoirs and filters* whence It will flow through the pipejt( unaided to the capital and there di%> .' tributed. The capacity of the work4^ which will be ready in 1920, is calc% | lated for a population of 4,600,Q®<|̂ - Too Lat*. [ iVv She--What's your opinion of' aai» riage? • v - " He--Sarry. bnt I haye # •* ready. - >14 Vxi-S V -Vs ^ CLEVER WIFE Knew How to K*ep Peace In Ffmll/» * . V'i It is quite alguiflcant, the number of. persons who get well of alarmin heart trouble when they let up on co: fee and use Postum as the beverage meals There la nothing surprising about 1 however, because the harmful alkalol --caffeine--in coffee is not present ii Postum, which is made of clean, har<a ^ wheat. ' . "Two years ago I was having s^.- much trouble with my heart, write^ ^ a lady in "that a,t timely ... I felt quite alatmed. My husband toolf; , me to a specialist to have my hear^ : n examined. "The doctor said he could find nop organic trouble but said my heart wa* irritable from something I had beeui ' accustomed to, and asked me to trj^t../'/• and remember what disagreed wiUfc.^ - if, • • • me. "I remembered that coffee alwaydfc ; soured on buy stomach and caused m#p*">- •' .* i. j : ii- '3 • p i r -% T,4 ' -:i: trouble from palpitation of the hearts.* So I stopped coffee and began to usC Poetum. I have had no furthe^:- trouble since. . *^^1 "A neighbor of ours, an old man^j^vfe was so Irritable from drinking coff&| .-f that his wife wanted him to drinl|- Postnm. This made him very angn£§^ but his wife secured some Postum andKiv made It carefully according to direo^ tions. "He drank the Poetum and did not know the difference, and is still usln^; • £y\ Vr1;-' ft to his lasting benefit. He tslls hw1- wife that the 'coifee' is better than MTC .'r ~ & ttsed to be, so she smiles with him anq^ ; > keeps peace In the family by serving*' Postum instead of coffee." • Name given by the Postum Co.|-:; Battle Creek, Mich. ^ Postum now comes in two forms:! Regular postum--must be writ ' ^ boiled. ISc and SSe packages. * f ' '; V' -v Instant Postum--Is a soluble pow- -A.-- der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly m In a cap of hot water and, with creaut ' vf and sugar, makes a delicious beveragA ; > Inatantiy. 30c and SOe tin*. The cost per cup of both kind* * *4lc.1 about the 'same. ' "There's a Reason" for Postum. 0 • °r i.' Ii Mia far OroauaL Mm ' A: