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US'i MY AT THE FAIR TIME FOR DEDICATION OF STATE BUILDING AT EXPOSITION DECIDED ON* EXHIBITS COVER WIDE FIELD jLlneoln Rejics, Agriculture end Art Are Included in Display Made by the Members of State Commission. Springfield.--Members of the Illinois commission of the Panama-Pacific In­ ternational' exposition, in , session in the office of Governor Dunne, set Feb­ ruary 26 as the date for the dedication of the Illinois building at the exposi­ tion. The report of Adolph Karpen o£ Chi­ cago, chairman of the commission, on the work done by the commissionv),p to the present time was rea$. and ap­ proved. ( Resolutions on the death of Edward Tilden, who was a member of the com­ mission, were adopted. It was an­ nounced in this connection that the governor will not fill the vacancy. Present at the meeting were Gov­ ernor Dunne, commissioner from Illi­ nois; Chairman Kerpen, Secretary John G. OgleBby, Treasurer Samuel Woolner, Jr., and Deputy Commission­ ers Martin B. Bailey, DanVille;. F. G. Campbell, Xenia; Charles H. Carmon, [Forest; W. A. Compton, Macomb; N. Bin* Franklin, Lexington; W. Duff iPiercy, Vernon; David E. Sftan^han, Chicago; F. Jeff Tossey, Toledo. In the evening the commissioners and a large number of members of the senate and house were present at the exhibition of the moving pictures tak­ en at the state institutions, cities of Illinois and other point of interest, -which will be shown in the Illinois Irallding during the progress of the exposition. One of the striking items of Mr. Karpen's report is the one relating to finances. This item shows that, while the commission expended $102,- 228.47 of the $229,508.50 'Appropriated, the sum of $83,272.64 has been em­ ployed tn the expenditures made thus far in connection with the construc­ tion, decorating, furnishing and equip­ ping of the building, and only j$18,- <936.88 has been spent by the commis­ sion for other purposes. The legisla­ ture appropriated $10Q,000 for the building and the contract price was $89,000. The report deals with the unexpect­ ed and unannounced curtailing of the 6,000 square feet of space originally given to Illinois to 2,958 square feet. The space of which Illinois was de­ prived was allotted to the Chinese government, and no protest tof the commission was heeded. Mr. Karpen assured Governor Dunne that the com­ mission had met the emergency and that the Illinois exhibit will be cur­ tailed only slightly. s Among the features of fne Illinois building is a $20,000 pipe organ. Mo­ tion pictures will be shown in the the­ ater on the first floor. An exhibit of 46 oil paintings by Illinois artists is to be supplemented by 70 others, also from Illinois. Sculpture, designed by Lorado Taft especially for the build­ ing, also will be on display. Besides the Illinois building, the commission, says the report, has pro­ vided for other exhibits, agricultural, live stock, dairying, mines, education and educational institutions and a Lin­ coln memorial exhibit. The Lincoln exhibit is now ready. It is under the supervision of Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, secretary of the Illinois State Historical society. This exhibit will be housed in the "Lincoln room" ol the Illinois building. "Because Illinois leads all the world in its agriculture," says the * report, "the commission has set aside the sum of $35,400 to be expended, it neces­ sary, on the exhibit." There are four days of unusual im­ portance to the Illinois end of the ex­ position. The dedication day, Febru­ ary 26; Illinois day, July 24, when Governor Dunne will be present, ac­ companied by the entire First regi­ ment, I. N. G.> Chicago day, October fl, and one day In March, during Presi­ dent Wilson's visit to the exposition, when the commission hopes, as the reporter expresses it, to "entertain Mm in a modest way at the Illinois building." Teachers' Pension Fund Favored. Strong reasons for the enactment of a bill providing for a state teachers* pension and retirement fund and varied bursts of unpremeditated oratory for "peace" and others for "war" were furnished members of the Springfield School Teachers' associa­ tion and a few score of the public at a Teachers' Training school, Spring­ field. The teachers' were met simply for the purpose of learning more about the legislation which is to be proposed at the present session of the general assembly, for their benefit Superin­ tendent of Schools Hugh S. Magill, author of the bill and subsequent redactor of it, after the principal speech had been made was called upon by the president, Miss Susan E. Wil­ cox, for an address. He spoke admir­ ably, setting forth the justice and wider merit of the proposed measure. "The Anglo-Saxon sentiment speaks strongly for war and war is exalted," said he. "A maji shoulders a gun and goes out for ninety days and publk sentiment in the past has favored him a pension. The new humanity wif. also in the name of justice so favol their servants of the time of peace." The audience was heartily in aym* pathy with the thought conveyed by Mr. Magill's speech and prolonged an applause. A citizen of the "United States," probably through slight deafness, be­ gan "war," for he was twice permitted to express himself before he acte*?. With numerous Biblical illusions he defended "war and slaughter." He mentioned the "Hosts of Israel," slaughter of the innocents, and the death of Jesus Christ. What ,he said probably was true, hut it was uncalled for by the remarks by the superintend­ ent of schools. His "defense" or attack was received coldly. A few applauded and one loudest in applause rose to advance the "defense" and attack. He de­ clared that he had been requested to come to the meeting because he was a representative in the general assembly. During Mr. Magill's address the pro­ fession of teacher was referred to as among the most exalted. The legislator apparently took issue with the superintendent. Walking to the front of the room he looked full at Mr. Magill and with a rising voice upheld the warrior as the most honor­ able among men. Whether meaningly or not he misinterpreted the senti­ ments of the author of the pension bill, who while he commiserated the exaltation of war, said he was proud to number among his antecedents com­ rades of Ethan Allen and soldiers of the Civil war. Ab if to contradict a statement made in derogation of patriotism (which Mr. Magill did not utter) the assemblyman turned time and again to the superintendent of schools and bending toward him praised the man who fights for his country. As the speech was lengthened several women left the room. At the conclusion the audience looked toward Mr. Magill in expect­ ancy, but he held his "peace" and fur­ ther "war" was averted. Following the meeting he declared that his talk was misconstrued. STARTLING POISONING CASE IN NEW YORK STATE Article* of Incorporation. Piano Parts Manufacturing com­ pany, Chicago; capital stock, $5,000; Incorporators, Fremont Arnfield, Alex­ ander Smietanka and Charles P. Mol- throp. Xenia Benevolent association. €hica- fpt>; name changed to Crawford Hunt­ ing and Fishing club. Chicago-St. Louis Automobile boule­ vard, Galesburg; capital increased from $6,000 to $300,000. • The National Association of Adjust­ ment companies, Chicago; capital, $2,- 600. Incoroprators--Isaac S. Berkman, Emll V. Van Bever and Lloyd M. Brown. I. Wall Commission company, Chica­ go; capital, $12,000. Incorporators-- Fred Bernstein, Aleck L. Bernstein and Cllne C. Broslns. Hoyleton Electric Light company. Hoyleton; capital, $5,000. Incorpora­ tors--K. A. Stelnhauser, C. A. Stein tauser and H. W Eixmann. Allsteelequin company,, Aurora; in­ crease of directors to four Instead of three. General Porcelain Enameling and Manufacturing company, Chicago; cap- Hal, $10,000. Incorporators--Andrew (tallik, Anton Gutl and Frank Brazda. Bear Bros, company, Chicago; capi­ tal, $50,000. Incorporators^Charles L. Bear. Earl W. Stewart and G. M. Bear. Elgin Supply company, Elgin;. capi­ tal increased from $2,500 to'{10,000 and name changed to Kane County Supply company. Converse Cooperage company, Chl- qhgo; capital, $25,000; incorporators, Resile Carroll HoIlingsheaA, A. Llech- tjr and Alfred Beck.. View of the Odd Fellows' Home for the Aged at Yonkers, N. Y., eight helplesB inmates of which are alleged to have been poisoned by orderlies to get them out of the way; and, on the left, Frank J. Fuchs, president of the home. B'JJECHER ON FIRE AND SINKING IN THE NORTH SEA Decrease in Fire Losses. From the fourth annual report of Walter H. Bennett, state fire marshal, some interesting information can be gathered, showing as it does a total of 11,605 fires reported to the state fire marshal's office during the year 1914, as compared to 8,432 for the year 1913. This increased number of fires represents more than any other one thing the increased efficiency of those officers whose duty it is to re­ port fires to the fire marshal depart­ ment, rather than any material in­ crease of the fire loss in the state. "I am satisfied," said the state fire marshal, "that the Insurance loss In the state of Illinois for the year 1914 will total at least a half million dol­ lars less than it did in 1913, and I shall be very much disappointed if the difference in favof of the year 1914 is not even considerably greater than this." The fire loss in most of the large cities of the state of Illinois shows a material decrease for the year 1914. The only large city In Illinois which shows an increase of any consequence is the city of Decatur, which has an increase of over a half million dol­ lars. This, was occasioned by the burning of the Powers block, which was an especially stubborn fire to fight, and it is doubtful if all the fire departments of the state could have saved the block from destruction after the fire had once started. Taking the entire 25 cities together, being all of the cities in the state with a population of 15,000, we find a total decrease in the fire loss amount­ ing to $1,726,945; and if this tabu­ lation could be carried on down to cities of 5,000 population, the total de­ crease in the state would exceed two million dollars. During the year 1913 there were 387 deaths by fire, and during the year 1914 287, a total saving in life of an even hundred. HEWS OF THE STATE Carlinvllle.--Sheriff Knoemoeller was busy serving warrants on the proprietors of "soft-drink" places in Carlinville who were indicted by the Macoupin county grand Jury in its final report. The indictments are a result of the activity of the Law and Order league, whose members claim that after the saloons were voted out some of them reopened for the an­ nounced purpose of selling buttermilk and soda water, but in reality sold "harder" fluids. v Pana.--George Hill, seventy years old, a well-to-do farmer southeast of Pana, fell dead of heart stroke. He had been in fairly good health. Hill was a large land owner and was wide­ ly known in this section. Harrisburg.--Orders were given to the miners at O'Gara mines Nos. 14 and. 15 to remove the tools from the mines, as the mines were to close down indefinitely on account of the poor market conditions. About wven hundred men were thrown out of en* ployment. • m KtWS 6t«y CORPORAL HOLMES, V.C. DECLARED HEIR TO BRITISH FORTUNE ILLINOIS STATE NEWS L1TTIE JOKE OF WEBSTER'S* Haw He Refused to Appoint WaabUW ten Irving Dispatch Bearer to Himself. •'M German armored cruiser Blucysher, which was destroyed by the British in the recent North sea battle, photo­ graphed Just before she turned ovfer and went down by the stern. The crew were singing patrlotio songs as the ressel sank. Many of them were rescued by the English. FRENCH CREEPING INTO THEIR TRENCHES • Corporal Holmes, V. C , who was given a great civic welcome the other day when he returned to London from a field hospital in France, won the Victoria Cross by saving a British gun under incessant artillery fire from the Germans, and by other equally brave deeds on the battlefield. The Status of the Cass. "Some of these theorists say war is a tonic for the race." "That may be, but If you ask the British, I'll bet they teli you it is Teu) tonic." TINY STOVES FOR SOLDIERS By a decision just rendered by lu« probate court of London, England, the great battle for the Slingsby fortune has been decided at last In favor of Teddy Slingsby, the four-year-old subject of this photograph. The decision in effect declares him to be legitimate son of Charles Raymond Slingsby, though two brothers of the former lieutenant of the royal navy who settled in San Francisco and married Miss Dorothy Cutler Morgan have claimed otherwise. Little Teddy becomes heir to an income of $50,000 per year. Germans Adopt Ingenioue Device Which the Japanese Found of Great Usefulness. /J To protect the German soldiers against the rigors of the Russian win­ ter, the Elbinger Zeitung recommend? the use ef tiny stoves for individual soldiers fighting on the Russian war front. These stoves, it is explained. *rere carried by Japanese soldiers as a part of their equipment against the Russians. Each stove measures about five by three by one inch, aad is covered on the outside with silk. Within is placed a single bar of coal specially prepared, which glows and burns for from six to eight hours, distributing its warmth evenly. The stove is wrapped in a handkerchief, and then laid on the soldier's abdomen, heart or back. This sends through the whole body a health) and comfortable warmth and tents to prevent the soldier's catching 4 . cold. In case of illness the stove can be laid upon the part of the'body af­ fected. The price of the stove, ao* cordihg to the German paper, Is only one mark i25 cents) and the coal bar, lasting about six hours, costs only two and one-half pfennig (one-half cent). netitral Model 'Neutrality. Cates--Are you keeping right, along? Clemens--I have been neutral fbr so long I' have forgotten by this time which countries are fighting. Kewanee.--That the peach crop of this section of Illinois may be almost a complete loss is indicated by reports from various sections of the state, ac­ cording to Irvin Ingles, proprietor of a local nursery. Centralia.--The Southern and Cen­ tral Illinois Dairymen's association will convene in Centralia Thursday, February 25. The main speaker will be J. P. Mason, president of the state association. Galesburg.--William A. Bates, who murdered Mrs. E. K. Davis and seven- months-old Mildred Warfield, pleaded guilty before Judge Thompson and asked for leniency. It is expected he will go to the penitentiary for life. Aurora.--Rev. John Quigley, assist- | ant pastor of Holy Angel's church, has been transferred to Elgin, where he will be assistant to Father McCann in St Mary's church. He will be suc- ! ceeded at the local church by Rev. Wil­ liam Donovan, who has been assistant at St. Charles. Joliet--Miss Mary Comstock, eighty- two years old, a pioneer of this city, was burned to death in her home at 30n Herkimer street. She had plenty of money, but used candles to light her home. She fell asleep while read- a Bible. The wick of the candle fell and Ignited the bedclothes. Joliet.--The mangled body of Henry Ahlborn, thirty-seven years old, wealthy retired Fentone farmer, was found on the track§ of the Illinois' Cen­ tral railway two miles south of Mones, near here, by Frank Depperman, a sec­ tion foreman. The Joliet police doubt the theory of the dead man's relatives that he was waylaid by tramps. Decatur.--All danger of a scarlet fever epidemic in Decatur is believed to have been passed and the quaran­ tine has been raised by the state board of health. The cases. all were amopg children and the situation is hot so serious as was at first thought. School sessions are being conducted as usual. Champaign.--One of the oldest mar­ ried couples in the state celebrated their sixty-fourth weddiiig anniversary at their home in Rantoul, near this city. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Hecker were married in 1851 in Huntington county, Indiana. They came to Illinois in 1870 where they have since resided. Mrs. Hecker is eighty-two years old and Mr. Hecker eighty-seven. Both are in excellent health. Cairo.--Lester Moody and Thomas Clapp were sentenced to life imprison­ ment by Judge W. N. Butler, who stated that had it not been for their youth they would have been hanged. Moody and Clapp were arrested In St Louis on December 7 last, for the rob­ bery and murder of David and Adam Brown, two wealthy bachelor brothers at Dlswood, near here. Galesburg.--Harrison Markwell, who It is alleged murdered U. P. Aiken, night engineer of the Union hotel, pleaded not guilty before Judge Thompson. He will be given a hear­ ing Monday, February 15, when the prosecuting attorney, who has a strong case against Markwell, which includes a confession,! will demand the death sentence. Marion.--Mrs. Delia Williams, want­ ed for more than a year for a forg-ry at Johnson City, this county, in which the bank lost almost one thousand dollars, was arrested and placed In Jail here. She does not deny her guilt and hints that others were im­ plicated. She is a young and beauti­ ful woman and has two small children who are being cared for by Jailer Fos­ ter and wife. Carrollton.--Mrs. Clyde Llnder was unexpectedly appointed truant officer by the Carrollton board of education. At a meeting of the board Mrs. Un­ der remarked that she wished some­ thing might be done about the chil­ dren loitering on the Btreets, instead of attending school. A member asked whether she would act if appointed truant officer. Mrs. Llnder replied she would and sho was immediately appointed. Joliet. -- Four thousand, persons jammed the huge tabernacle, erected for Jollet's five-week revival services, when Dr. Robert E. Lee Jarvis, evan­ gelist, opened his campaign. "We've got the devil on the run already," shouted Doctor Jarvis. "Wait until I get my second wind and we 11 run him out of town and Into Chicago, where he always gets a welcome." A volunteer choir of 500 sang at the meeting. Pana.--August Cazalet, eighty-nine years old, retired banker, horse deal­ er, died at his home In Assumption following a protracted illness. He es­ tablished the first store in Assump­ tion and held large business and resi­ dence properties. He was owner of 2,500 acres of land in Christian county and his -estate is valued at between Ave hundred thousand dollars ahji eight hundred thousand . dollars. He was born in France and had made 15 return trips to his native land. Peoria.--J. P. Mason of Elgin was re-elected president of the Illinois State Dairymen's association at the closing session of the forty-first an­ nual convention here, and H. C. Horne- man of Watseka, vice-president. Springfield.--Francis G. Blair, state superintendent of public instruction, has withdrawn as a director of the Illinois educational exhibit at the Pan­ ama-Pacific exposMtfu, because the management curtail^Jhe space which it originally allotted to Illinois. James M. White of the University of Illinois will succeed Superintendent Blair as director. Aurora.--The suit of Rev. Father J. F. Quinn against the C., B. & Q. rail­ road for damages, caused when an au­ tomobile in which he was riding was struck bv a "passenger train at Big Rock, was settled out of court for. $260. Jacksonville.--Bert Davenport of Alexander killed a large gray wolf, the carcass of which he brought to the county clerk here. For the dead animal Davenport received $5. The wolf' was one of a pack which has been committing "depredation, in eastern Morgan .and western Sanga­ mon counties. i.":<k : When, In 1826, Washington Irving^ was preparing his "Life of Columbus,* " he took up his abode at the home off, the American consul in Madrid, andf I;*; some time later, while collecting maH' /1 terials for his "Conquest of Granada - ' t'i v* ind "The Alhambra," "he lived fo: quite a long time in southern Spaing Then, after serving as secretary or the American legation at London, h# % returned from his long sojourn abroadj g t to his own country to enjoy the fruitaf of his fame. f/iy But, as time went on, the memoriedt. % of those days in Spain grew sweeter^ and there sprang up in his breast 9 t * ^ longing to visit again the land where* life had been so pleasant. So, lni ' • wE 1842, says the Youth's Companion, h# J| resolved> to call upon Mr. WebsteiV *f / ,'s then secretary of state, and ask of '-vv^^ him the humble post of bearer of disiK. . patches to the minister of Spain, wh^ was about to be appointed, in order diminish the expenses of the trip t• that country. When he called on the secretary at. his private residence, however, and1* preferred his modest request, he wa( a little embarrassed by the hesitation of Mr. Webster, who told him that he could not grant the request unttf he had consulted the president Ac-. cordlngly, Irving took his leave, his gentle nature somewhat hurt by snch. cold treatment. When he returned a few days later to learn what success his petition hatf met, his embarrassment was further increased when, in the course of ft long conversation, Mr. Webster made no allusion whatever to the subjeol of the much-desired position. J^t length, convinced that that was this secretary's method of conveying his refusal, Irving rose to take his de­ parture. Then Mr. Webster, rising with him, said: I regret to say that I have found tt Impossible to give you the position ft* which you asked the other day, be­ cause"--and here he smiled quizzical­ ly and placed his hand on Irving'# shoulder--"because this morning the president appointed you envoy ex­ traordinary and minister plenipoten­ tiary to the court of Spain! And neither I nor the president," continued Mr. Webster, as Irving stood speech­ less with astonishment and delight* "consider It In keeping with the ho«H or and dignity of that high position that you should be a dispatch bearer to yourself." .M , 8heep Breeding In Japan. Imports of wool into Japan now amount to about seven million dollars a year, with a tendency to increase along with the increased demand for woolen textiles. It is therefore con­ sidered important to breed sheep In Japan. A Tokyo commercial agency bulletin says that experiments are be­ ing made at the farm of Marquis Matsukata and in Chlba prefecture, while the department of agriculture and commerce is encouraging some villages in the island of Hokkaido to breed Bheep. The department has de­ cided to appropriate about fifteen thousand dollars for sheep breeding in 1915. It may be Impossible to make sheep breeding as prosperous in Japan as In foreign countries, on account of geographical and other con­ ditions, but if encouraged and carried on as a subsidiary business of farm­ ers, some of the domestic demand may be met In view of this fact the department seems very eager to en­ courage stock farming.--Consul Gen. George H. Scldmore, Yokohama. ••Mother" and "Archie." Among the grimly humorous de­ scriptive letters written from .En- rope's war zone is the following, at which a British ofiicer is the author: "Our artillery is being gradually re» enforced and we are able now to reply to the German heavy howitzers with shell that is even weightier than their much-vaunted 'Black Marias.' The howitzer I refer to is 'Mother.' She has been so christened by the Tom­ mies, and the name is not inappropri­ ate. She is of matronly dimensions, but comely withal, and has done ex­ cellent work while she has been with us, and more than one of her family of field matteries scattered round the front owes its existence to the atten­ tion 'Mother' has devoted to the Ger­ man eight-inch heavy fcowitzem. 'Mother's' shell weighs 300 pounds. She ranges most accurately. 'Mother' is usually accompanied by 'Archibald.* which is one of the new antiaeroplane guns. Archie Is mounted on a motor- lorry. He fires a 13-pound shrapnel shell and is daily becoming more ex* pert in his attentions to hostile alr-; craft. Activities of Women. Women are being employed to telfe' moving pictures of war scenes in, France. H In Louisiana a woman's property comes community property upon mar­ riage. Six girls are taking the full farm course at the Albert Lea (Minn.) col­ lege. Miss Lenore Cawker, Milwaukee'a rich dog catcher, will be paid $500 ei ye ax by the city tor work that costs her $3,500 a year. Fifty-three per cent of the women employed in the department stores of New York city receive less than $8 per week. The Countess Lonyay, a daughter of Leopold of Belgium, and once a future empress of Austria, is now a Ret Croea nurse. Quack Tree Surgeona. * So many quack tree surgeons eat tree repair fakers have sprung up. -Ito the detriment of fine trefs that might have been saved by competent treat­ ment, that the Massachusetts Forestry association has arranged to inspect and advise as to the proper treatment required by any shade trees belonging to its members without charge. Tre* surgery requires considerable knowl­ edge and experience and the operas tioas of unskilled parties often resttl% in more harm than American. t "C: -C.