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JiWCttKltUl W / V •Bloody Caneer Aof Carranza's r • 0h ie f Genera l . • '< , ' J w MURDERER AND PLUNDERER i*|h t* • ;--. ?&£•. r ;̂ Starting as a Cattle Thief, He Haa ̂ Hun the Criminal Gamut--Mas- £l-v^ -' aacrva of Prisoners a«d N*- Combatant*. k > <. Gen. Francisco Villa, leader of the '% ^^aonstitutlonal forces In northern Mexl- ' a-.\v«$o, Is more frequently in the public *'.'-'4ye than the Spaniard, Carranza, '^"^.•"^hom he Is presumed to serve- H?s press bureau la far more active and fhis dasli as a commander gives to him i Importance as a news maker, aver- h i '̂ hadowing for the. time being the trail , : murder, plunder and outrage which ; Igiapo hi* field of operation. Murder, plunder and outrage are " jfalla's specialties. He was reared that ' . *ay, and increasing opportunities J; v-^iliave made him a masfcer hand la the "v;;v'-*:1jjiusines8. To Americans his career is - i worth studying in connection with his •• ' published appeal to the United States • r-'Ab raise the embargo on war material : ;pnd the certainty that with constltu- lionalist success he will sit close to If Hot. actually In the presidential chair •-®f Mexico. tW?; • villa's 8tart in Life. •'•^#•,4.."W°n*Phy of Villa, complied by * fh'e Bo&lon Transcript and read by alienator Lodge in the United States •enate supplies the following facts: l Francisco Villa was born at Las .^-^jfcieves in the state of Durango about ' !^fliie year 1868. He Is wholly unedu- Y., :.^ated, being unable to read and barely '•v able to sign his name. About the ! + year 1882, when only fourteen years ' -Of age. he was sentenced to a term of Imprisonment for cattle stealing. On \fcls discharge he settled in the mining y: - temp of GuanacevL where a few * • months- later he underwent another •entence of imprisonment for homl- • i _ «ide. When he came out of prison for 'rr.,'-' the second time he organized a band •£r ' Of robbers, which had their headquar- 4ers in the mountainous region of "Pe- ; fico" in the state of Durango, and ^®re the terror of all that district. Xft In the year 1907 he was in partner­ s'{') |Uilp with one Francisco Reza, stealing «attle in Chihuahua and selling th/em la the Untied States, and then steal- ordinates, Cristobal Juarez, of steal* ing on his own account, he killed him one night In the latter part of No­ vember in the Calle de la Liberadad. In the early part of May, 1913, Villa, with 75 men, assaulted a, train at Baeza, state of Chihuahua, that was carrying bars of gold and silver val­ ued at 100,000 peBos, killing the crew and several passengers, Including Messrs. Caravantes and a Senor Isaac Herrero of Ciudad Guerrero. '• Murders In Cold Blood. Late in the same month be entered'!*1 the town of San Andres, Chihuahua, and assaulted the house of Senor Sabas Murga an haciendado, who, with his two sons, tried to defend themselves. Two of his nepliews were killed, but the Murgas got away. Villa tuau got hoia ot two sons-in-law of Murga who had not taken any part, in the fight, and after torturing them to say where their father-in-law had hidden his money, he had them killed. Towards the end of the month Vil­ la's band took the town of Sta. Rosa­ lia, Chihuahua, shooting all prisoner* and treating the principal officers with terrible cruelty. Colonel Pueblecita was shot and his body dragged along the streets of the town. The com- mercfal houses of Messrs, Vlsconti, Gen. Francisco Villa. Ing mules and horses In the United .States, and selling them in Chihuahua. Ill consequence of some disagreement lie shot and killed Reza in broad day­ light, while sitting in the plaza in the City of Chihuahua. During the early jKrt of November, 1910, he attacked Abe factory of a Mr. Soto, in Allende, *tate of Chihuahua, and killed the owner. By threatening the latter's daughter he forced her to show where She bad bidden a sum of $11,000, which he stole and used for arming a consid­ erable force. He then joined Ma­ cro's revolution, uniting his band -With Urblna's column. In January, 1911, he was at Casas Grandes, Chi- Huahua,« where he killed Carlos Ala- torre and Luis Oritz for refusing to •pHy him the money he demanded for itheir ransom. At Batopilas,. state of >€hihuahua, in February of the same jrear he tortured a lady named Senora Maria de la Luz Gomez until he made lier pay him $30,000. She died from the effects of the barbarous treatment she received. Outrages at Juarez. When Ciudad Juarez was taken irom the federals in May, 1913, he .killed Senor Ignacio Gomez Oyola, a , man of over sixty years of age, under the following circumstances: Having Sent for him, Villa asked whether he ]gad any arms in his house, and on aaying he had not. Villa, "who was drew his revolver After rifiing the I- TFeated on a table," «nd shot him dead. «orpso of money and valuables it was thrown into the street. After the triumph of the revolution, Villa, in November, 1911, obtained a •monopoly from the then governor of Chihuahua for the sale of meat in the •City of Chihuahua, which he procured Ay stealing cattle from the neighber- ihg farms. Suspecting one of hi« aub- Sarli, Cia Harlnera, Bordo y (Spaniards) and many others were totally sacked. Many private pernors were murdered, one of the worst cases being that of a Spaniard, Senor Mcn- tilla, cashier of the house of Cordo 7 Blanco, who was shot over the bead of his wife, who tried to defend him. Vil­ la personally kicked her in the face as she lay on the dead body of her hus­ band. He also himself killed a Senor Ramos, secretary of the court of first instance. < Massacre at Casas Grandee. In July. 1913, Villa took Casai Grandes, Chihuahua, and shot mora than 80 noncombatants, violating sev­ eral young girls, amongst them two young ladies named Castillo. He attacked and took the town of San- Andres, which was held by the federals, in September, 1913, shooting many peaceable residents and more than 150 prisoners, many of these be­ ing women and children. In shooting these people, in order to economize cartridges, he placed one behind the other up to five at one time, very few of them being killed outright. The bodies of the dead and wounded were then soaked with petroleum and thrown into bonfires prepared for the purpose. The prisoners were forced/ themselves to make the bonfire.and, cover with petroleum the rest of the victims. " After this he went to the small town of Carretas, where he took prisoner a man of more than seventy years of age, named Jose Dolores Moreno, de­ manding from him a ransom of 9200. As he could not pay Villa killed feint with his own hand. . >! All His Prisoners Shot. f ; On September 29, 1913, Villa, hav­ ing overpowered a force of over 500 federals commanded by General Alvi- rez at Avlles, fifteen kilometers from Torreon, had every prisoner shot. Villa has shot in Chihuahua 150 non- combatants, the greater number being poor people who could not leave for want of means or because they thought they ran no risks, as they took no part in politics, for all the people in any way connected with the govern­ ment had left before Villa entered the "city. Special mention may be made of the case of Senor Ignacio Irigoyen and Senor Jose A. Yanez, who, though in no way connected with politics, were taken by Villa and tortured for several days with threats to shoot them until they paid ransoms of $20,- 000 each. Having obtained from Villa himself safe conducts to leave by train for the border, the train In which they were was caught up at Monte­ zuma by a locomotive in whioh were several officers in Villa's confidence, headed by an ex-Maderista deputy called Miguel "Baca Ronquillo, who 'took them from the train and shot them to the presence of the paason- gera. CITY OF MEXICO PUCE OF TERROR Medill McCormick Tells Perns ; Met in Huerta's Capital AMERICANS KEPT IN PRISON Correspondents Are Arrested and In­ sulted--Trade Is at a Standstill and Aii Feel Dictator's Gov­ ernment Is Doomed. Broken Hydroplane at Sea. A broken hydroplane was pickSd up at sea off the north coast of Scotland about a week ago by the trawler Lord Durham, when outward bound for the fishing off the Faroe islands. The por­ tion is about 16 feet in length, but there are no identification marl's. It has been deposited with the receiver of wrecks at Grimsby. There appears to be some mystery in connection with the matter. The admiralty have sta­ tions In Orkney and,, at Cromarty, but so far as Is known publicly there has been no accident of a kind to leave a portion of a hydroplane floating in the water. It will be recollected that some time ago there was an accident at Cromarty to a pilot who had taken the first lord of the, adminalty up for several flights there, but the machine was not left in the sea. The exact place where the part of the hydro­ plane was picked up is not given, and unless thefe has been an unreported naval mishap, it is impossible to ac­ count for the find. It may be recalled that at various times, as far north as Shetland and south to the Buchan coast, and especially In Orkney, ru­ mors of strange aircraft heard at night were rife. The stories were never authenticated, and were gener­ ally disbelieved. In any case; they happened so long ago that the alleged airships of that time can hardly be connected with tha Lord {^ir£»a»'a freight • % r . i A Needless Queatloh. "Did you have any ancestors on the Mayflower?" ^ • "What a foolish question to ask. You've never heard me boasting that I had, have you?" Vj ,;s,, Where He Waa Deficient. » • 4,, ^"What's the matter? Don't I know 'bow to cut meat?" demanded thef dls- * \ charged butcher. "You do," replied *•, proprfctor of the meat market. **But your hand does not weigh enough |f; " ty ret«& It profitably."--Judfe. : : > 7 D a l l y T h o u g h t . L\ V Life Is short Let us not throw any It away in useless resentment, ft is best not to be angry. It is best to tpe qigcjgly reconciled.--Samuel John- Neeeaslt Endeavor with the others, of for that th ingB which otMra.- "Someho shorter 1: saw you.' "Well, down for Patience. liUent in bearing infirmities of >ever they be; last many fail- S borne with by • if v: \ ̂ to have growt ler, since I las' ed and sotna t-Dispatch. By MEDILL M'CORMICK, ' Spaclal Correspondent In Mexico of the Chicago Dally News. Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 12.--Amort- cans are in prison In Mexico City, hald Incommunicado In places un­ known to th£ Brazilian legation. I do not know how many are so held by the police. When I left Mexico City on a French special jtraln for Puerto Mexico,, Walter Whiffen of the Asso­ ciated Press was under arreat for the second time within 24 hours. Mr. Doster of the International News serv­ ice was In jail, and so was Mr. Sutton of the Washington Post An American named Schuler and a locomotive engi­ neer who had returned from Cuba looking for his family were also in prison. Luis d'Antln, interpreter for the American embassy; dare not leave the precincts of the Brazilian legation, while his wife is afraid to leave the house in which she is hiding. The Mexicans would have taken d'Antin, but for the Intervention of the repre­ sentatives of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the mediating powers. Americans Are Not 8afls. ; The City of Mexico is Inarticulate, dazed, afraid. Americans are not safe there and they ought to leave. Other foreigners are alarmed. Mexicans do not speak aloud the names of con­ spicuous men or of strategically im­ portant places. There are Mexican spies everywhere and everywhere they are looking for American spies. The Mexican authorities hold that war ex­ ists, but that there is an armistice by virtue of the mediation of the "A.-B.- C." powers. Yet no American is per­ mitted to send a cable message or telegram. I had to get a foreign friend to Inform my family and the Dally News of my release a second time and he doUfcted whether the message had .^aas«d }he censor. Prois iW^ssages by correspondents who are .not Americans are censored •o that they are valueless. Although Americans are not safe and are for­ bidden to cable home, they cannot go to the British or German legation for protection. There may be reasons of high diplomacy why Brazil should represent our interests In Mexico, but It is a fact that although he does his best, Senor Cardoso de Oliviera Is unable sufficiently to protect our fel­ low citizens In Mexico City if there be rioting. Even if there Is none 1 am afraid We shall be sorry that the care of American interests was taken out of the hands of Sir Lionel Carden, the Rritish minister. Suspicion and Menace In Air. When Richard Harding Davis and I reached Mexico City after onr trip from Vera Cruz we went about looking for lodging apd food. Suspicion and menace were in the air. Rurales and police with firearms patrolled the streets, which by day were almost as bare of life as by night Every auto­ mobile bore the flag of its owner. Many flags hung from the windows for the protection of the houses and gave the city a sardonic look, like that of a horrid old woman dying with a painted face and decked with finery. Saturday morning I set about my mission to see certain well-informed foreigners and Mexicans, to bring out of the city the news of conditions which the censor refuses to pass and which, indeed, it would be dangerous fbr a resident to go about collecting. I saw Important members of the French, German and English colonies, as well as Americans. I have reason to believe that no correspondent for weekB has been able to receive such important expressions of oplpion. Huerta Government Doomed. The Huerta government cannot ad­ vance against General Villa starved as it is for revenue and ammunition, and presently It must fall. How long it can resist Villa's advance is proble­ matical. There is now talk of General Huerta's overthrow by local revolution and of his assassination. I saw him out automobiling. Many people think that he wishes to provoke intervention and that he sent General Navarett to­ ward Vera Cruz for that purpose. Trade is at a standstill. No freight Is moving on the railroads and oil fuel is becoming so scarce that the number of passenger traini has been radically reduced. Control of the Mexican rail­ way has been taken by the govern­ ment from its English owners. Peo­ ple fear a sacking of the city by the victorious Villa forces or its looting by the mob if General Huerta Is killed or overthrown by a local revolution. E They Advocate Intervention. Thus it happens that some Mexicans and nearly all foreigners now advo­ cate intervention. Everywhere, I asked two questions: First--"If General Huerta resign and the Carranzistas consent to a compro- hise, are there enough elements out of which a reasonably representative government can be "constituted?" "Yes," was the answer most frequent­ ly given* "if they and the mediating Effect of Wireless on Birds. Observations made in sections of the world where there are many wire­ less stations indicate that birds are -disturbed in a singular way by the wireless waves. It ia stated that gulls are appui"«uU> U»e principal sufferers, but that also large numbers of doves are In some way prevented from find­ ing their way home when there are Wireless stations in the line of flight This strange phenomenon is attributed to some effect of the other waves not et understood. powers give to the United States their TOoral authorization to intervene. If the Huertistas and Carranzistas re­ fuse to compromise their differences, no." Second--"Is a single presidential autocrat necessary to the preservation of order in Mexico?" . /• "No, if a compromise government Is assured of American military support in the event of further revolution.** Pessimism Is General. T But none of those with whom I talked was sanguine. All considered compromise .possible rather than prob­ able. I shared their pessimism as I went past the battered American club to the beleaguered and worried little Brazilian minister. What hope is there wjjAjA tfAVArn H2CM v builds an opera bouse more beautiful than any such building In the British em­ pire or the United States, while tha majority of the people have neither letters in their heads nor shoes on their feet? Henry Rice, who used to live in Chi­ cago, took mo to the general of police. We drove past cabmen who looked and dressed like blanket Indians and past officers as smartly uniformed as the French artillery staff. The gen­ eral gave us permission to leave the city. We hurried pass the boulevard- ed Y. M. C. A. buUd'ag to the Frsnch special train, on which we had be«h iovlted to go to Puerto Mexico, leet tha general of poHce change his mind. Describes His Experiencss. X do not like to give too much space to our own experiences, but I must re­ late them in so far as they illustrate conditions and ahe attitude of the Huertistas toward Americans. Twice we were arrested and once held in­ communicado a short time and searched as spies for Incriminating documents. Thursday morning Rich­ ard Harding Davis, Frederick Palmer and I left Vera Cruz by train for the gap in the railway where the Mexicans cut the track April 22. It is not sur­ prising that we were stopped. It is surprising that two of got to Mexico City and back again with so little de­ lay. Palmer has the appearance of an American man of letters. Davis says the farther we advanced into the inter­ ior the more I looked like a shaven Uncle Sam. Davis himself looked to me like a mixture of John Drew and Theodore Roosevelt shaken well be­ fore using. He and I, anyway, seemed selected for defeat Adam Weimar, a German-American employed by the Banco National, who started with us from Vera Cruz, did what he could to help us. Davis had letters from the Brazilian consul to his minister in Mexico City. I had a personal letter from the French consul introducing Davis and me to General Maas, while in addition I had a certificate which 6howed that I represented a great Eng­ lish newspaper. Our credentials, like Mercutio's, were not much, but enough, but Palmer had only a visUing card. Men Placed Under Arrest, From the gap we rode by rail to Paso del Macho, where we stopped for luncheon. It was very hot and the platform was packed with waiting Mexican ref­ ugees from Vera Cruz. Suddenly I saw Davis going through the crowd with a shabby little officer at his el­ bow. As I started to his rescue an­ other officer, still shabbier, tapped me on the arm and invited me to follow him. 1 did. As the guard closed around us we turned to welcome Palmer's solemn accession to our ranks. Off to the Jail we marched, little sandaled soldiers shuffling along on either Bide. They drove a crowd of men and women out of the jail court Into the pail and asked us for our pa­ pers. They read the papers and than offered a chair first to Palmer, not to sit on, but to facilitate the removal of his boots to see If his socks contained dispatches. They searched us, but I politely refused to give up my letter to ueueral Maas, which saved us. I unlimbered my Spanish. They put us in a nice cell and sent for another officer. 8entlnel Loads His Gun. Meanwhile a lieutenant, who looted like a doorkeeper in a "movie" show, put a sentinel over each of us and os­ tentatiously loaded his gun. Dayis said something by way of .oondoloace. "Silencio!" said his sentinel. So we sat, cross, hot and mum-- above all, mum. Presently came a lieutenant who|could speak French. I unlimbered that language, too, and out we were sent without a guard. Gen­ eral Maas was very civil. He did not ask Davis or me about our nationality, but Palmer's visiting card would not do. He had to go back to Vera Cruz. We had no more adventures. A drunken brakeman said he was deatl) on Americans, but if we were English' we could give him a few centavos for beer. At Orizaba we spent a comfort­ able night in a hotel kept by a French­ man. Friday we left for Mexico City. It was not until we were leaving the railroad station for our hotel In the capital that anything befell us. Then a young man with the manners of a hotel runner stopped us. We discov­ ered that he waa a detective. * Accompanied by this man and a half a dozen of his colleagues, we went to the office of the inspector of police. With us went E. T. Oakley, resident correspondent of the London Times, to see us through. There we found Walter Whlffen, who had been confined for twenty-four hours without a bed, linen or sanitary facilities. Sut­ ton also was there. Oakley vouched for us and presently we were taken to the Brazilian legation and after an hour's parley were released upon our agreement to leave the city within twenty-four hours and to send no news by mall or cable during our stay there. wMeant 8areastlc." A lady in a town lying under the Rockies was much distressed at hear­ ing a small clique In her town refer to themselves as the "smart set" She appealed to an ex-United States senator and asked him what he under­ stood by the term "the smart set" He replied: '1 think I can give you an inkling. In the eastern part of Colorado and in the western part of Nebraska there is a large tract of land known as tho 'rain beR.' It never rains there.'* ' i t . .r" •' "TV"*.-. • t • "w. •:M% IN SPRINGFIELD UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVEL- EH-a* A8&0CIATIQN OF ILU ̂ "'"tNOIS MCK . ' • -t • ^wt; L0VETT GRAND COUNSELLOR Other Officers Are Named at ChlctifO • Mestlr.g--Sodjr Dccides to Wad ' Delegates to the National -" Convention. 8pringflel<L^The United Comtaerciai Travelers' Association of Illinois at the state convention in Chicago picked Springfield for the next meet­ ing place. It was decided to send a delegation to the national convention in Colum- bues, OMO, June 23, to start a move­ ment for the establishment of a home for Orphans and widows of the mem­ bers. A fund of $70,000 already haa been raised and the delegation wiil seek to obtain an appropriation to build the home and provide for its permanent maintenance. State officers elected were as fol­ lows: F. F. Lovett, Decatur, grand coun­ sellor. W. J. Sullivan, Chicago, junior grand counsellor. C. A. Wooley, Chicago, grand secre­ tary. T. W. Davis, Freeport grand treas­ urer. A. V. Varnum, Peoria, grand con­ ductor. O. B. Bishop, Bloomlngton, grand page.. H. F. Boone, Springfield, grand sen­ tinel. H. V. Lannum, Champaign, and D. L. Barnett, Mendota, members of the grand executive committee. A. C. Kennedy of Freeport becomes past' grand counsellor. Officers were installed by Claude Duval of Kansas City, supreme coun­ sellor. Members of the executive committee are H. S. McCracken, Chicago; A. C. Kennedy. Freeport; F. F. Lovett, De­ catur; D. K. Clink, Chicago; J. F. Cojver, Plttsfleld; O. G. Miller, Spring­ field; H. G. Meyer, Jacksonville, and G. W. B. Hart, Chicago. H. V. Lannum of Champaign and D. Ia Barnett of. Mendota were chosen to fill two vacancies on the grand execu-. live committee. Agreement -Is Reached. The two-year agreement between the Illinois state organization of the United Mine Workers of America and :he three repreaen&tlve operators' as­ sociation of the state was formally signed at the offices of the Illinois 3oal Operators' association in Spring- Held. This closes a series of negotiations which have beeh without record in the listory of the coal situation since the idvent of union labor in the state, 'rom the standpoint that the union had ;wo associations to deal with, the Illi­ nois Coal Operators' association, the 'epresentatives of the Fifth and Ninth listricts, and the Central Illinois Coal Operators' association. The following are the officials of the 'our organizations who signed the- igreement: For the Illinois Coal Op­ erators' association. President C. L. Schmick of St. Louis and Secretary- Treasurer F. C. Honnold; for the Fifth ind Ninth districts. President Charles T. Brewster and Secretary C. H. (Cause; for the Central Illinois Coal Operators' association, President C. H. Hurst and Secretary George A. Wood; for the United Mine Workers )f the state of Illinois, President Pope tnd Secretary Duncan MacDonald. Logan Monument Halted. The meeting planned here fqr Me­ morial day, when a move to erect a monument to Gen. John A. Logan and & memorial for volunteer soldiers was ;o have been formally launched, has teen postponed because Governor Dunne cannot be present that day. The governor, Senators Lewis and Sherman and Mrs. John A. Logan of Washington, D. C., who are to attend, #111 be consulted as to a convenient lay for the meeting. General Logan was born at Murphysboro. State Sen- »tor Kent E. Keller of Ava started the movement. Worthen post, No. 128, (J. "A.. R., sent out over six hundred letters to the G. A. R. posts in Illinois and several hundred letters indorsing the plans have been received in feply. Bankers of Group 8 Gather. Bankers of Group 8 of the Illinois Bankers' association held their annual meeting in Jacksonville. The district for the group comprises the counties of Adams, Greene, Morgan, Hancock. Pike, Caes, Jersey, Schuyler, Calhoun, Menard. Scott and Brown. Music Teachers Adjourn. E. R. Lederman of jCentralla elected president of the Illinois Mu­ sic Teachers' association. Other of­ ficers elected were: Vlce-preBident, Mrs. W. C. Paisley, Ottawa; secre­ tary and treasurer, H. O. Merry; chairman of program committee, John B. Miller, Chl<^go; chairman of audit­ ing committee, Odvin V. Schafer, Dan­ ville. A resolution providing for an examination by a committee of 16 of all those fishing to ha recognised, as teachers was adopted by the associa­ tion. <• . £ : • alfe,' Illinois Incorporations. Secretary of State Woods issued certificates of incorporation to the fol­ lowing: American Magnesia Products com­ pany, Chicago; capital, $15,000. . Incor­ porators--Arthur A. Sherrard> Frank Bagley, Clarence J. Silber. Van Dorn Coupler company,. Chi­ cago; capital, $10,000. Incorporators --William T. Van Dorn, Emma B. Van Dorn, Herbert B. Van Dorn. William B. Van Dorn, Edith V. D. Gavin. Carlinville Commersiai ciafc^CavUa- ville; dissolved , - Ellglbles for Civil Service Jobs. The state library, which is under the direction of Secretary of State Harry Woods as ex-offlcio librarian, will soon be operating with a full quota of civil service employes. The state civil service commission announced a list of eligibles for the positions of assistant librarians. Miss Eva Fowler, who has been serving, was already under civil service. The other library employes, all of whom werQ under civil service, resigned after Secretary Woods took charge, with the exception of Mrs. Estelle Baird, who was forced out by Woods' order snd is now thftt h.6 prosecuted for violating the law. Five will be appointed. The fol­ lowing passed the civil service exam­ ination for deputy warden of the pen­ itentiaries: William Walsh, Peter E. E. "Klein, Patrick J. Mullin, Chicago, and Lawrence Ryan, Decatur, Walter L. Morris of Jacksonville was among those who passed examination for as­ sistant registrar of U. of I. Merit Board to Fill Place. It is regarded as probable that no attempt will be made to fill the posi­ tion of Patrick H. Hart, deposed sec­ retary of the state bureau of labor commissioners, who disappeared re­ cently, until after the state civil service commission holds a qualify­ ing examination Bome time within the coming two months. Eugene Colgan and James F. Morris, both of Spring­ field, have been mentioned for the po­ sition. For the present Luke D. McCoy, chief clerk of the state fish and game commission, is acting secretary of the bureau of labor. Rebekahs Will Gather May 26. Plans have been completed for the sixteenth annual meeting of 'the Re- bekah lodge of the Twenty-third Illi­ nois district, which will be held in Mt Sterling May 26. Mrs. Virginia C. Thomas of Quincy, president of the state organization, and others will ad­ dress the meeting. y The program for the day will b#: ' Morning 8ession. ' 9:30--Reception of visitors. 10:00--Adjournment of committee. 11:30--Adjournment for luncheod. Afternoon 8esslon. . 1:30--Introduction of visitors. v Address of welcome, Profl M- L> Test, Mt. Sterling. Response, Mrs. V. Catherine Thomas. Quincy. School of Instruction, conducted by Mrs. Myrtle Tandy, state vice-presi­ dent, Jacksonville. t.:30--Adjournment for dinner. • Night Session. 7:30--Musical program. Piano solo--Miss Edith Brown, Mt Sterling. Address--Prof. C. W, SellaTS, Mt Sterling. Vocal solo--Miss Ethel Twombly, Mt. Sterling. ^ 8:00--Lodge opened \ by Mt. ster­ ling Rebekah lodge No. !•©.* News Nuggets From Illinois? Kewanee.--O. £. Yocum, owner of ' vj' the Yocum bank of Galva, one of tho £ ^ wealthiest men in* western Illinotjg^, '^||| died in his bank of heart disease. • v'1. t-'- Champaign.--J. M. Griffin, EvanstOBj. was unanimously elected captain IlH- nois swimming team next year. Con- sistent point trotter wcrk irnprov each meet Strong team assured nett i i f|; year, no "varsity" men gradust?. Galesburg. -- Eugene Reed, throd years old, was wounded probably fa- tally at Roeeville by the discharge of « \ a small rifle while he and his brother, Orrie, five years old, were playing "sdt- dier." Chester.--Charles Lynn, for matfy * : s > years purchasing agent of the sooth- - "• v J em Illinois penitentiary and Repub- llcan politician, died in Chicago, ; where he had gone to close a deal, :'-W> Meeting of Anti-Saloon League, Directors of the Anti-Saloon league of Illinois met in Springfield, indorsed county option, anti-shipping, "blind tiger" and residence district bills for the next legislature and elected offi­ cers as follows: President, Alfred T. Capps, Jackson­ ville; vice-presidents. Bishop W. F. McDowell, Chicago; William B.-Ot- well, Carlinville; John B. Lennon, Bloomington, and A. J. Scroglng, Lex­ ington; secretary, Rev. Chris Galsener, Springfield; treasurer. Rev. Scott Mc- Brlde, Chicago. Mr. McBrlde will continue as state superintendent. The following 'were elected as head­ quarters committee: Mayor W. W. Bennett, Rockford; Rev. M. P. Boyn- ton, T. J. Bolger, Rev. W. 8. Marquis and E. M. Bowman, Chicago; Rev. Charles L. Morgan. Elgin; W. A Smith, Chicago, and A. T. Capps, Jack­ sonville. „ * Auditor Brady Sees Gain of t&OOIMMQ. State Auditor James 1 J. Brady anticipates an addition of approxi­ mately $5,000,000 to the assess­ ment rolls for 1914 as the result of the ctrculsr in connection with the assess­ ment of consignments and other goods in the hands of agents April 1. The circular was Issued recently. A large number of assessors have reported to the auditor that carloads of automobiles have been held on the railroad tracks until April 2 or 8, it was stated, at which time the agents took up the drafts that were drawn against the Shipments, and in this way attempted to avoid listing thlB prop­ erty, claiming that it had not passed into their possession April 1. In every Instance the auditor in; structed the assessors to list this prop^ erty and in the event of the'refusal of the agents to schedule, to assess a penalty of 50 per cent on the valua­ tion and report such refusal to the state's attorney. It has also developed that large cor porations having distributing branches in this state have attempted to avoid listing property in the hands of agents, and assessors have been instructed to proceed to list such property at the assessors' valuation. •tats AKHs Asksd. For the purpose of procuring infor­ mation needed in the preparation by the Ruseel Sage Foundation of the so­ cial survey of Springfield, In that sec­ tion under the direction of Franz Schneider, who has charge of public health work, the state food department has been, requested to Bend into the city four additional inspectors, that a complete inspection may be made ot all places where food Is mads and kept. tor a tract of land. Duquoin.--After a brief suspensio^ the Paradise, Queen and Security' mines have resumed operations and are now running nearly full time. The suspension at the mines covered period of repairs and installment of-"* • facilities to increase the output Springfield.--Permission to orgaifr- ^ ize the Farmers' bank of Mount Pij-1 laski, Logan county, was granted by Auditor Brady to L. K. Scroggin, A. C. Scroggin, L. B. Scroggin and T. A. . Scroggin. The capital stock will $100,000. ; ;S. Newton.--Henry M. Kasserraann; county judge of Jasper county, for­ merly mayor of Newton and for many years a member df the southern Illi­ nois bar, died. A widow and six chil­ dren survive. He was a brother ot Representative John Kassermann a the Illinois legislature. - Peoria.--Three thousand miners r&"" turned to work- in the Peoria-Canton sub-district following the adoption <4! the new wage scale at a joint confer^ ence of mine workers and operators here. Probably fifty thousand men are expected to resume work in tho central and southern districts of tho state within the next week. Springfield.--The end of the invest!- gation of the books of Patrick Halt, ^ secretary of the state bureau of labor. here indicated a shortage of $3,900. Hart disappeared about two months ago and his friends have not seen him •wince. He was appointed by Governor -Dunne pending an examination by tho civil service commission. He was rec­ ommended by state labor organist* ' tions and was under $10,000 bonds. f Anna.--George A. Armstrong and -•} Miss Margaret Faris, for many yean ^ missionaries at Ichow Fu, China, were married here at the home of the bride's slBter, Mrs, C. H. Wiley. They will not return to China, but will tako up farming at Castor, Alberta, Cana­ da, The bride is the daughter of, ReflT". Dr. J. H. Faris, pastor of a Presbyteri­ an church in Miami, fMa., and formerly pastor of the Anna church. Mt - Sterling.--The local lodge o| Rebekahs completed all arrangements for the sixteenth annual meeting of the twenty-third Illinois district, which will be held in this city May 26: anA as the members of this order in this' city are always equal to all occasioiui that present themselves It goes witih out s&yiug thai iue visiting ReoeaatM}' will be shown a good time when ths^ come to the capitol of "Little Brindla.1*' Nashville.--Nine girls and five boys were Tiidus&tsd from the MsSbvflSte high school. Dr. Eugene Weiffenhach.' dean of the Central Weslyan collegSb at Warrenton, Mo., delivered the coos* mencement address. The graduates were: William Reither, Mary Lanc$ Freida Brandhorst, Alma Schlabfe Flossie McClay, Mae Teel, Harry Fred- eking, Edith Driskill, Edwin Schmitt. Bessie Smith, William Gohlmeyer, Ruth Snead, Floyd Seyler and Maty Halbert - , Champaign.--One hundred persemd scattered from Chihuahua, Mexico, fit ' Daw BO n City, Alaska, who finished1 courses in University of Illinois be­ tween 1868 and 1898, but who we## not given degrees because of failurw t o f o l l o w c o u r s e s p r e s c r i b e d f o r a t t a i n - ' • | f ? | ment of same, were awarded do»""- grees by the council of administration^ Council removed this restrictive ba*- rier and degrees were issued. Moot /• of degreep are titled "Bachelor and Science" and "Bachelor of Law." ^ Duquoin.--The annual election of jvft f.M v . •*(! *• ^ ' teachers in the Duquoin city schools resulted as follows: Superintendent C. W. Houk. John B. Ward School-- - ^ : Robert B. T^mpleton. principal, and Misses Byrd Taylor, Flay William*' i,1 Louise Kelly. Fern Fallon, Clara Kln& ^ V Cornelia Pierce. Lylia Hinckley, Caiw ^ rie Rogers, Margaret Hinckley, Toitt* ette Weinberg and Elizabeth Holmeat *, r" ^ ^ *, ^ teachers. MoKlclcy School--Miss Teu® ^ Ki of fc. 8elect Decatur. . After selecting Decattir as Ifc# «ext meeting place and electing officers, the state convention of the Knights of Columblis adjourned at Quincy. The following officers were elected: Deputy--William H. Browu, Chicago. Past deputy--J. Ls Roy Hackett, Chicago. Secretary^-Bdwatif Houlihan, Chi­ cago. Treasurerr-X V- Keahner, Edwards- ville. - Advocate--w; 1\ Rosa, TTyrtsgflsW Golden, principal; Misses Margaref Moody, Kate Rodman and Clarft' Sneed, teachers. Children's Homit School--Miss Floes Cross. Lincolil»;? School--W. E. Taborn. principal; M1%^; A. L. Anderson. Miss Emma Tata William Barnett. teachera. Aurora.--An automobile driven bp Arnold Foulke. star guard of the foo|? ball team of West high school, Aurora^ ran over and killed Katherine Vales* 4f s'-Wi1? v- tine, seven years old. In front of tho /, ;'v!." child's home in Bat&vla. FOutke l*j^ • a son of W. IX Fteulke, treasurer the Western Wheeled Scraper costi 'W' -'Vwl -•> ."'VV pany. ... Springfield.--The state civil servlcOtf ^ ; commlsison Saturday, June C, will ^$||v duct its first examination for deputy * state fire marshal. Men from twenty* five to fifty years old will be eligibl#.. to take the examlnatloa. The twfc will be held In this city. Springfield. -- Despondency broughit/^if^;^ •On by ill health and domestic iroubl# , * caused J. W. Tilley of Pawnee to drin$ carbolic acid. He died in less than a%.;^!:'J • hour. Tilley was thirty-four yeart^>: old and married. His, wife had left^ >"*.^4 him and returned several tisses, ing him for the last tiow two ago. Freeport.--During a severe electrical vw^„* storm lightning strack a street ca4£*v!^'9^ in which 60 persons were rldiaft/ shocked several of them etneraly set the car on fire. Tfesre was a lc and * number «t jpernwB hr*ise& :