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Mil Hi • - j - / ^ ite DEATH PEHALTY IT AVAIL wi,s^;v.; GOVERNOR DUNNE, IN MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE, RECOM­ MENDS IT8 ABOLISHMENT. CONFINEMENT IS HIS POLICY Makes the Claim That Extreme Pun­ ishment Hat Not Put an End to Crimes That Call for Its Enforcement. Springfield.--Pleas foi* the passage of a law abolishing capftal punishment in Illinois and for the appropriating of 91,000 for the carrying on of the work of the state commission on unemploy­ ment were made in two special mes­ sages sent to the legislature by Gov­ ernor Dunne. Including his regular biennial mes­ sage, Governor Dunue has sent five messages to this legislature. One asked for a law which would compel lobbyists to register and another asked for the immediate passage of an appropriation to reimburse farmers and stock raisers who suffered finan­ cial loss through the slaughter of their cattle in the effort to stamp out the foot-and-mouth epidemic. Governor Dunne's message on capi­ tal punishment quotes statistics which tend to show that the states having a capital punishment law rank, as a Tule, among the states having the greatest percentage of homicides. "Imprisonment is equally effective, "with less opportunity of irrevocable mistake," says the message. " 'Thou ehalt not kill' is the law of Chris­ tianity and should be the law of the twentieth century humanity. MIn this state of ours 651 homicides were committed in 1910, after nearly a century's enforcement of this law, while in our neighboring state of Wis­ consin, Where capital punishment has been abolished, the percentage of homicides has not been much over 50 pfer cent per capita of those commit­ ted in Illinois. "Such condign and repulsive pun­ ishment has, therefore, failed to have a more deterrent effect than imprison­ ment. Let us put to death not the wretched convict but the law which heretofore has taken his life without real advantage to society or the state.4' Three bills providing for the abolishment of capital punishment al­ ready have been introduced in the lower house of the legislature. They were introduced by Representatives George TJ. Lipschulch, Democrat, of Chicago; John H. L.yle, Republican, of Chicago, and Joseph A. Watson, Re­ publican, of Elizabethtown. Following is the full text of the message asking that capital punish­ ment be abolished in Illinois: "Gentlemen of the Forty-Ninth Gen­ eral Assembly: I respectfully recom­ mend the passage of ft law abolishing capital punishment in the state of Illi­ nois. "The strongest If not the sole logi­ cal argument in favor of its retention 1b. that it acts as a deterrent upon the criminal and Is therefore a protection to society against the commission of murder. If it is proved to be such a de­ terrent I would not urge its abolition. Experience in the United States does not sustain the contention. Capital punishment by law has been placed upon and has remained upon the stat­ ute books of nearly all of the states of this nation since the inception of their governments. "United States statistics of 1910 show that five of th^se states rank among the twenty states having the lpwest per capita of homicides, all of these five states having a percentage of less than .08 in each 10,000 inhab­ itants. The other noncapital punish­ ment state, Kansas, has the same per­ centage of homicides, 1.01 in 10,000, as have the states of Illinois and Ma- •ryland, in both of wheh capital pun­ ishment has been enforced. "The 21 states of the Union having the highest percentage of homicides, all of which have a greater percentage of per capita than Illinois, Kansas and Maryland, have capital punishment in their criminal codes, and such punish­ ment has been duly enforced. "From the foregoing statement of statistics it will be seen that the states having a capital punishment law rank as a rule among the states having the greatest percentage of homicides, while those which have abolished cap­ ital punishment as a rule rank among those which have the lowest percent­ age of homicides. "Such condign and repulsive punish- * ment has, therefore, failed to have a more deterrent effect than imprison­ ment in the United States. "Why, then, should capital punlsh- ttMftt fee longer retained in Illinois? "E. F. DUNNE, "Governor." v Adopt Convention Resolution. The constitutional convention reso­ lution was adopted in the senate. ^While the senators were voting on it, supporters of the convention plan in the house were busy making arrangements for a hearing on the resolution before the entire member­ ship, sitting as a committee of the whole this week. That the convention resolution will be submitted to the public for ap­ proval was the claim of its chief ad­ vocates. If ratified, it Will come back to the general assembly of 1917 tor the issue of the convention calL The vote in the senate was 42 to 5. Denvlr, Haase, Roos, Shaw and Smith voted in the negative. Glackin and Harding were absent. Before the resolution was offered in the senate, Senator Morton D. Hull of Chicago offered an amendment, cut* ting down the long preamble. The amendment did not affect the purpose of the resolution, but merely deleted the preliminary numbvr of "whereas" paragraphs. The Hull amendment was adopted unanimously. The resolution as submitted to vote and as it will go to the house is: "Resolved, By t&e senate, the house of representatives concurring herein, that a convention is necessary to re­ vise, alter or amend the constitution of this state, and that the question of the calling of such convention shall be submitted to the electors of this state at the next general election, as provided for in article 14 of the pres­ ent constitution." A strong fire insurance restriction bill was prepared overnight for in­ troduction by State Fire Insurance Su­ perintendent Rufus M. Potts. The bill provides for the establish­ ment, immediately upon passage of the bill, of a state fire insurance com­ mission to regulate the business of Are companies doing business In the state, the commission to consist of Insurance Superintendent Rufus M. Potts. State Fire Marshal Walter A. Bennett and a third commissioner to be appointed by the governor. At the same time a resolution call­ ing for the appointment of a legisla­ tive commission to investigate the fire insurance companies and report back to the present general assembly was prepared for introduction. This reso­ lution is adverse to the resolution In­ troduced in the senate last week by Senator William A. Compton of Ma­ comb, whose resolution provided for a report from the legislative commis­ sion either to the present or the next general assembly. The insurance de­ partment declared the Compton reso­ lution was Introduced to delay the in­ vestigation. Conventions for the selection of Ju­ dicial candidates for June elections were given preference in the elections committee of the house when the com­ mittee voted 9 to 8 against reporting out emergency bills providing for spe­ cial primaries for the naming of can­ didates. The bills which the committee "killed" were Introduced last week by Representative John S. Burns of Chi­ cago and Dan Donahue of Blooming- ton. Members of the committee voting to kill the bills were Bentley, Brink- man, Dahlberg, Conlon, Griffin, Mad- sen, Kasserman, Purdunn, and Scholes, chairman. Voting to report the bills to the house were Perkins, De Young, Flagg, McCormick, Rosten- kowski, VlckerB, Moore and Thurns. The state senate adjourned after continuous session of 17 hours. Ad­ journment was taken after naming a rules committee consisting of Four Republicans, one Progressive and four Democrats. The rules committee named con­ sists of the following: Republicans--Hull, chairman; Cur­ tis, Latham and Swanson. Progressive--Harris. Democrats--Hurley, Hughes, Camp­ bell and Herlihy. Articles of Incorporation. Following corporations licensed by Secretary of State Stevenson: A. Friedman & Brothers, Chicago; capital stock, $10,000. Incorporators --Richard P. Poulton, Hato Hibbard and Benjamin E. Cohen. Chandler Sales company, Chicago; capital stock, $2,500. Incorporators-- William J. Fox, James J. Leahy and Bdgar J. Phillips. Chicago Auto Wheel company, Chi­ cago; capital, $10,000. Incorporators ---John E. Kelley, H. H. McCarthy and M. V. Walsh. / Chicago Waste company, Chicago: capital, $10,000. Incorporators--J. George Collops, C. W. Brown and Wil­ liam A. Hoffnauer. • Maquon Drug company, Chicago; capital, $4,000. Incorporators--E. L. Jimison, P. C. Lafferty and Fred Wells. Rapid Engraving company, Chica­ go; capital. $10,000. Incorporators-- Benjamin O'Hara. Louis Weber and frances Mead. W. H. Harman * Co.,-Chicago; cap­ ital stock, $10,000. Incorporators-- Russell Mort. Edgar B. Elder A*ad James Arthur Miller. '1 '•' <&» iA National Guard Program Outlined. Adjutant General Dickinson gave out the details of the annual tour of duty of Illinois National Guard fo» this year. The First regiment of in­ fantry will go to the Panama-PacifiQ exposition at San Francisco, but at their own expense. They will be there in time for Illinois day, July 24. The Eighth, Fourth and Fifth regi­ ments will ca^p at C^~;. Linculu, Springfield, on the following dates: Eighth i-egiment, August 7-14; Fourth regiment, August 15-22; Fifth regi­ ment, August 22-29. The Seventh, Second, Third and Sixth regiments will camp at Dixon on the following dates: Seventh regi­ ment, July 11-18; Second regiment, July 18-25; Third regiment, July 25- August 1; Sixth regiment. August 1-18. The First cavalry will make a prac­ tice march out from Chicago the first woek in July. The field artillery will go into camp with the regular army troops at Sparta, Wis., at a date to be fixed later. The Field Hospital corps will camp with the regulars at Sparta, Wis., early in July. The Engineer corps will take part in the joint man­ euvers with the regular army at Wafchington barracks, Virginia, in Au­ gust at a date to be fixed later. STATE NEWS BRIEFS , Champaign-- Edmund J. James was re-elected president of the University of Illinois for a term of two years at the annual meeting of the board of trustees. Chicago.--William P- Carey, presi­ dent of the Carey-Lombard Lumber company and interested in the lum­ ber business in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, died. He was Qftv-six years old, a native of Bloomington and foi year^ a resident of Wichita, Kan. Avm.--Mrs. Elisabeth Comber, fifty- nine years old, wife of Rev. Fred Comber, pastor of the Ava Free Bap­ tist church, died at their home in this city. She was an ordained minister of the Free Baptist church. Albion.--An Edwards county cen­ tennial celebration will be held in Al­ bion on March 19. All the schools of the county will tak^part State Su­ perintendent Blair, State Senator Kel­ ler, chairman of the Illinois centen­ nial committee, and a delegation ot the state legislature will att«ud. JOHN D/S WIFE DIES MRS. ROCKEFELLER SUCCUMBS SUDDENLY AT HOME AT P&- 7 CANTICO HILL8. ' HUSBAND AND SON ABSENT - TST--Tr Oil Magnate In Florida When End Came--Sister at Bedside--Wife of World's Richest Man Was Seventy- Six Yeaca of Age. New York, March 15.--Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, wife of the richest man in the world, Is dead. She passed away Friday morning at 10:20 at the Rockefeller home at Pocantico Hills, after an illness of several months. She was seventy-eix years old last Sep­ tember. Although Mrs. Rockefeller had been an invalid for many months, it is un­ derstood that her death came unex­ pectedly. Her husband and her son were at Ormond, Ma., and were ad^ vised that Mrs. Rockefeller had taken a critical turn for the worse. Mr. R&ckefeller and his son immediately engaged a special train. Mrs. E. Par- malee Prentice, Mrs. Rockefeller's daughter, and Miss Lucy Spelman, ht<r sister, were the only immediate relatives present when she died. Laura Celestla Spelman Rockefel­ ler was born in Kadsworth, Ohio, of well-to-do New England parents, on September 9, 1839. She was her hus­ band's junior by two months. As a child she lived in Wadsworth, in Bur­ lington, Iowa, in Akron, Ohio, where her father, Harvey B. Spelman, achieved a competence in the dry goods business, and later in Cleveland. In the grammar school at Cleveland she met John Rockefeller, when they were fifteen years old. Rockefeller was a country boy. She was the daughter of one of Cleveland's leading citizens. His home was a lit­ tle farmhouse; hers, one of Cleve­ land's handsomest residences. Not­ withstanding other differences, the awkward youth and the city girl had in common a love of study and simple tastes, and they became fast friends., Young Rockefeller prospered be­ yond his fairest hopes. As soon as he felt that he could ask her to become his wife he did so. They were mar­ ried September 8,1864, the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, and started to keep house in a little two-story brick residence on one of Cleveland's side streets. Upon her marriage she be­ came a Baptist, and to her religion and her home she devoted her entire time. The surviving children are Alta, wife of E. Parmalee Prentice; Edith, who married Harold Fowler McCor- 'mick of Chicago, and John D. Rocke­ feller, Jr. U. S. MAN SLAIN IN MEXICO J. B. McManus Murdered In Home at Mexico City by Zapatistas--U. 8. Flag on House. Washington, March 15.--President Wilson and his cabinet, in session on Friday, were informed of the as­ sassination by Zapatistas in Mexico City of John B. McManus, an Ameri­ can citizen, of Chicago; that the American flag was ignored and insult­ ed, and that the United States consu­ lar seal on the residence of McManuB was violated when he was shot. The cabinet discussed the case at length. Later Bryan announced that the de­ mand for punishment and indemnity would be insisted upon. The Ameri­ can demands were served by Brazil­ ian Minister Cardoso directly upon General Salazar, the Zapata general in command of Mexico City. Two thousand Mexicans stormed the national palace in the capital to se­ cure the liberty of ^50 priests said to be imprisoned. The effort failed, but it was followed by a riot in which Gustavio, the chief of police of Mexi­ co, was stabbed. Two Mexicans,were killed and at least twenty persons injured. It was said that when the Zapatistas had control of the city Mc­ Manus had trouble, and when they at­ tacked him in his home he killed three cf th-r-. After Wiling McManus the slayers are said to have looted the house. U.S. DEPUTIES STILL MISSING It is Feared That Indians Ambushed the Eight Men--General 8cott's Efforts Unsuccessful. Bluff, Utah, March 12.--The party of eight deputies believed to have been ambushed by Indians near Douglas Mesa have not been heard from, and their fate is unknown. Marshal Nebe- ker has sent out parties to look for them. It Is expected that Marshal Nebeker will advance against the In­ dians about Saturday. General Scott's efforts to effect peace have been un­ successful. A Ute that came Into Bluff said that the Indians had pro­ cured plenty of ammunition from Mexican sheep herders. Mystery for Chicago Police. Chicago, March. 15.--The police faced a deep mystery in their inves­ tigation of the death of F. C. White, whose body fell or was hurled from the seventeenth floor of a down town office building. To Kill Rockefeller Herds. New York, March 15.--Virtually all of Westchester county was quaran­ tined because of the discovery of hoof- and-mouth disease among herds there. Order affects estate of John D. Rocke­ feller. '.J 7 i"*?"*.. . Mf' Czar Visits Helsingfors. Helsingfors, England (via Petro- grad), March 13.--Emperor Nicholas arrived heret from Petrograd and was given an enthusiastic greeting. "The city is decorated gayly in honor of the imperial visitor., Chance for Sealing Vessels. St. Johns, N. F., March 13.--The lee pack in which the sealing steam­ ers Diana, Erik, Viking, and Terra Nova have heen caught is changing Its direction and the ships will be able to escape. ILLINOIS BREVITIES Moline.--The annual encampment of the Grand Army of Illinois will be held here June 1-3. Plalnfield.--Plans have been ae» cepted by the school board for the erection of the new high school build­ ing voted by the taxpayers last year. Galesburg.--Fred Cline, a farmer living near Abingdon, was instantly killed when a team ef horses which he was hitching to a wagon became frightened and ran away. Galesburg.--"Uncle" Rufus Cleve­ land, one of the few survivor* of the Mexican war and a Civil war veteran, is dead here at the age of ninety years. Sterling.--Dope fiend burglarized George P. Perry's drug store iere and stole all of the cocaine and mor phine in the store, amounting to hun dredB of doses. Abingdon. -- Fred Cline. residing five miles southwest of Abingdon, was knocked down by a team of runaway horses driven by his fifteen-year-old Bon. and was inBtantly killed. Champaign. -- The University of Illinois has 6,004 students and 777 instructors, according to an an­ nouncement made by President Ed^ mund J. James. Peoria.--The committee appointed to look after the guaranty fund for bringing Rev. "Billy" Sunday to Pe­ oria for a religious campaign reports that $18,000 of the $20,000 desired is pledged. Mount Sterling.--Rev. M. W. Wright, who has been pastor of the Baptist church for several years, has resigned and gone to Cedar Rapids, Neb., where he has accepted the pas­ torate of the Baptist church. Bloomington.--Advices received by local relatives announced the suicide by shooting of Harry H. Jones, wealthy mine owner of Phoenix, Ariz. He left here 20 years ago. Jones was well known in Chicago and New York. He leaves one sister. Chicago.--Joseph Fish, lire insur­ ance adjuster,' charged with having conspired to cause the burning of a clothing store, was found not. guilty of arson. Fish was acquitted on Christmas ev^ of a previous charge of arson. He was accused of having paid David Korshak $1,160 for starl­ ing the fire. Decatur.--Julius Usqurn, eighty-one, a hero of four European wars, includ­ ing the Crimean war of 1855, died at his home In Pana. Usqurn was a guest of honor at the big French cele­ bration held In St. Louis last year and at which he was one of the prin­ cipal speakers Invited by Gov. David R. Francis. Anna.--Dr. W. W. Mercer, assist­ ant superintendent' of the State hos- rital; Dr. E. C. Jacoby, employed on the medical staff; Plumber Doyle and Engineer Fitch of the same institu­ tion have tendered their resignation* to the state board of control on com­ plaint of Dr. R. A. Goodner, superin­ tendent in charge, who detected and traced Intoxicants into the room of one of the employees. Their succes­ sors have not been announced. Pontlac.--Frank L. Smith of Dwlght announced his candidacy for the nom­ ination of governor on the Republican ticket. Previous to his announcement the Livingston county Republican committee passed resolutions indors­ ing his candidacy. The committee also indorsed the candidacy of George W. Harris of Pontiac, Thomas M. Har­ ris of Lincoln, and Sain Welty of Bloomington for circuit court judges in this the Eleventh judicial circuit. Elgin.--Percy Calame, twenty-one, struck by a speeding automobile at State Btreet and Walnut avenue, died at the Sherman hospital, and a few minutes after he died the police re­ ceived a note from Robert Meadows, son of W. J. Meadows, superintendent of Borden's Condensed Milk plant, ad­ mitting that his car hit him. The po­ lice spent the entire night hunting the machine, which speeded away from the scene of the accident, dragging its victim nearly a block. Sterling.--A faithful Scotch collie saved John Clark from a horrible destfc on hir. farm nenr 0r~r~z~?.'z, north of here. Clark was attacked by an enraged bull who drove him to a corner in the barn yard. Clark's cries for help brought his wife and the collie and the wife and dog battled with the bull the best they could for some time, but being unsuccessful. Mrs. Clark secured help by using the telephone but during her absence and before farmers arrived the faithful Scotch collie kept up a constant at­ tack on the heels and nose of the bull, causing the bull to divide his time be­ tween the man and the dog and by this method the life of Clark was saved. When neighbors arrived Clark was unconscious and bleeding from many wounds. Physicians found five ribs fractured, One leg and arm bro­ ken, but state that he will recover although it will be long and K-dious. The dog holding the bull at bay taved his life. Pana.--After being closed fcr five months by quarantine due to scarlet fever and measles, the public schools and churches of Owanectf were per­ mitted to resume sessions and meet­ ings by an order of the board ot health. Several cases of scarlet fever are still being treated, but the epi­ demic Is thought to b& under control. There were several deaths. Mount Vernon,--The Mount Vernon Ministerial Alliance has designated Sunday, March 14, as "go-to-church day." The ministers have asked for the assistance of every church mem­ ber to interest some nonchurchgoer. Mattoon.--Dr. Harold Ronalds was arrested following his indictment on a charge of having murdered his wife. Alice, during a debauch in the physi­ cian's home on New Year's night. The crime became known as the "Ruby poison mystery." The doctor has 'been out on parole. Pana.--William M. Anthony, seven­ ty-four years old, retired farmer and Civil war veteran, died at his home in Grope City, following two days' ill­ ness of pneumonia. He moved Into Grove City from his farm only three days previous, ftis widow, foi^r atns and three daughters survive. - ' -i r.K ,«L COST H.K. THAW $6,000 SLAYER OF STANFORD WHITB PAID TO FLEE ASYLUM. FATE TOO MUCH THE COLONEL'S GOLD MINE Oat in Gregory Countv, Sooth Dakota* Uvea Colonel Johnson, the famed Alfalfifc King of that great section. . About thirty years ago he left Wisconsin!' for that domain. All he had was willing' hands, a clear brain and a bright vision* Today he is the owner of thousands eft acres, president of several banks. Oeftnsie Loses Fight When Conspl* racy Charge Is Denied--Million­ aire Planned Escape. New York, March 12.--The story of his escape from Matteawan, of the plot leading thereto and the subse­ quent flight tnto Canada was told by Harry Kendall Thaw before Justice Alfred Page in the criminal branch of the supreme court. , Thaw denied* conspiracy. He as­ sumed all credit for the escape. He admitted psying Richard Butler $6,000, out of which Butler was to reward the others and gave Richard, alias "Educated Roger," Thompson, the chauffeur, a "present of $1,000 in addi­ tion to $10 to $15 daily wage." Thaw declared that he had been ad­ vised. prior to his escape, by the late Alfred Henry Lewis, that there was no law in New York state making ,it a crime to escape. Thaw declared that his plan to es­ cape was worked through "one of his agents," H. A. Hoffman of Pough- keepsle, once undersheriff in Dutchess county. Hoffman, he declared, hired the men, arranged for the motor cars and at his (Thaw's) direction , sta­ tioned the cars outside the gates ot Matteawan on the morning of August 17, 1913. Stanchfleld in his cross-examination tor the defense tried to show that Thaw was sane at the time of his es­ cape, realized that he was sane, and that as a sane person was Justified in leaving Matteawan. The ruling out of evidence to show Thaw sane, a vital blow to defense, came during the cross-examination of Bernard H. Kelsey, deputy sheriff of Colebrook, N. H. Stanchfleld asked Kelsey whether Thaw did not appear entirely rational. Deputy Attorney General Cook objected and the crucial battle was precipitated. Justice Page sustained the objection. The jury waa excluded during the arguments. Buffeted by Misfortune. He Was Unable to Understand World. HAD ROSEATE DREAMS Hie Feet Were on the Road to Success When Demon of Ill-Luck Inter­ vened and Haunted Him to Grave. iP1 BERLIN CLAIMS BIG VICTORY Germany Asserts Foe Lost 48,000 In Big Battle In Champagne District --Own Lossee Were Heavy. Berlin (Wireless to Sayvllle), March IS.--An official statement issued by the general staff on Wednesday de­ clares that the three weeks' fighting In Champagne has resulted in a victory over the French equal in importance to the recent victory over the Rus­ sians In the Masurian Lakes district of East Prussia. The German losses are admitted to be greater than the German losses In the Mazurian fighting, but on the oth­ er hand the French losses are esti­ mated at over 45,000 men. Reference is made to the enormous amount of ammunition used by the French. MAKE GAINS IN FLANDERS British Forces Make Material Ad­ vances Against the Germans- Take 700 Prisoners. London, March 13.--Material ad vances for the British forces and the destruction of the Coutrai-Menin rail­ way junction In West Flanders Is an­ nounced in an official statement from the war office on Thursday. The state­ ment follows: "An advance was made by British forces on March 4. The Indian corps, operating over a front 4,000 yards long, gained three-quarters of a mile on Wednesday, taking all the German trenches and occupying positions for­ merly held by the Germans. Seven hundred prisoners were taken. A British airman destroyed the Courtral- Meuin railway Junction.** 173 DIE ON BRITISH CRUISER Commander and 172 Others Go Down With the Bayone--Torpedoed by German Submarine. London, March 15:--The adm!rall> issued an official statement reporting the loss of the auxiliary cruiser Bayone while on patrol duty Evidence points to her having been torpedoed by a German submarine. But 27 of the Bayone's crew of more than 200 were saved. Fourteen officers drowned, in­ cluding the commander. The Bayone was a steel twin screw steamer of 5,984 tons. She was built in Glasgow in 1913. was 416 feet long. BATTLES WELSrt TO DRAW Willie Ritchie Holds Champion to an Even Break In Ten Tame Rounds of Milling. New fork, March 13.--Willie Ritchie and Freddie Welsh boxed a tame ten- round draw in Madison Square harden on Thursday night before a big crowd. I " Ask for a Change. Washington, March 16.--Banks Is 34 counties of Wisconsin filed a peti­ tion with the federal reserve board asking to be detached from tlie fed­ eral reserve district of Minneapolis and jollied to the dlctrtct of Chicago. Newton Dougherty Freed. Jollet. 111.. March Hfc--N. C. Dougher­ ty of Peoria arrived at the peniten­ tiary Saturday at 9:05. At 9:45 Gov­ ernor Dunne in a telephone call to Warden Allen ordered his release. His pardon was forwarded. $250,000 Left to "Hobo." St. Louis, Mtfrh 15.--James Eads How, founder of *I<e Brotherhood Wel­ fare association tod known over the country as the "millionaire hobo." was given $250,00c hy the will of his mother, Mrs. James Fllntbam How. Have Operation on M'Adoo. Washington, March 15.--An opera­ tion for appendicitis was performed on Secretary McAdoo at a hospital here on Friday. The physicians is­ sued a bulletin saying the operation had been successful. J. Chicago.--Joseph Macaluso died In a Chicago hospital a few days ago, and he died without understanding the world. Several months ago Macaluso sat in his squalid home in the metrop­ olis Of the lakes, trembling with the bitterness that filled hia heart. He was dying then, and he cried out to a visitor: "Why should they do this to me? Why should I Buffer like this? My children have nothing to eat and have nothing to eat, and we are cold and I--I am dead soon. Why?" The man who couldn't understand wasn't railing against poverty. Hoped to Make a Fortune. Macaluso had come to America with a wife and dreams of a fortune. He had worked and succeeded, saving a little of the money he made each month, investing it In a store. He was a laborer with ambitions. Things were looking rosy. "America--I tell you there is no country like it," Macaluso used to say. Then one day two men with United States badges came and ar­ rested him. He was wanted in Italy for the murder of a boy. Macaluso, unable to believe what had happened, pleaded and fought In vain. He was extradited. Lay In Prison for a Year.' They tore him from his home and family and left them to shift for them­ selves. While Macaluso was being car­ ried across the sea his wife spent the savings of the happy years. While Macaluso was being detained in an Italian dungeon awaiting trial his wife Bold the furniture they had bought In the happy years. For one year Macaluso waited In a dark cell, his skin growing yellow, his eyes black and lustrouB with the fever that was eating into his strength. For a year his wife washed clothes, TJ XI Came and Arrested Him. scrubbed floors and each week sold another piece of furniture. The Victim of a Mistake. Then Macaluso went on trial. It was a mistake. The Italian government had made a mistake; the American government had made a mistake. They begged Macaluso's pardon, but wouldn't pay his fare back across the ocean. Charity .raised the lnoiicy; an^ Jc came home. He found his wife and his little girl, Angelina, living in a squalid reyEir flat. They were desti­ tute. They had spent everything. Joe, pale and trembling, couldn't get work. Jle grew worse in health. Deep­ er and deeper the bitterness of his Itfe sank into him and finally Joe was taken to the hospital. His lips, thin as the edge of paper and as colorless, trembled in a remembered prayer as he was dying. His wife and family were unable even to raise the money to bury him. They, too, do not understand. CALL IT HORSE AND HORSE Man Who Shot Bird Turns to Shoot Another and Is Put Out by No. 1 as It Falls. San Jose, Cal.--Sydney Farrlngton, a wealthy rancher, was knocked "cold" by a duck which he shot In South Bay, according to a story vouched for by other members of the Huntington club, of which Farrlngton is a member. Farrington took a shot at a pair of high-flying birds. With the first bar­ rel he killed duck No. 1. He turned quickly to bang away at duck No. 2, and as he ran his eye along the gun barrel No. 1 fell squarely on the back of his neck. Farrington was "out" for several secouds, . { , , He was none the worse tor the ex­ perience. Mystery In a Suitcase. Niagara Falls, N. Y.--The police are puzzled over the finding of a suitcase containing a man's clothing and a package of letters written in German, found in a clump of bushes on Goat island, a short distance above the American Falls. The letters were written by Ernest Meyer of Cobmoosa. Mich., and Frits Meyer of Emmons, tfan. The Real Winner. The man who really wins in a la^ gait Is the lawyer.--Atchison Globe. ii He has found a veritable gold mine ia ' hia thousand-acre Alfalfa field, and what tm of particular interest to you and me is that hid first Alfalfa Seed, twenty-five 5ears ago or more, was purchased from the obn A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, WiS» The Colonel says: "The best paying crap in hay . or grass, or pasture food ia Alfalfa, It. outranks everything in money value." Salzer's Alfalfa is good on your owai farm, for three to five tons of rich haST per acre, and with the aid of "Nitr&geoT (see my catalog) its gnArtfc is aboolate||S certain. 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Yoar Drug-gist will tell you that Murine Relieve* Sore Eyes, Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesat Smart, Soothes Eye Pain, and sells for SOe. Try It in Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes foe leal? Sjrelidsand Granulation. Adv, -v. ,. Flattered. Mistress--Bridget, it always to me that the worst mistresses get the best cooks." Cook--Ah, go on wid yer blarney! m Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle Ol CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy tec infants and children, and see that It Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's OutooriM ' III Timed Gesture. Percival--You should have the audience laugh at Professor venyelp. Penelope--I didn't think he was sop* o posed to be funny. Percival--He waan't; bnt just as ha started to recite 'The Frost Is on the - Pumpkin," he reached up and scratched his gray head.--Youngs town Telegram. An Apt Student. A young woman who came to Co» lumbia to take her degree of doctor of philosophy, married her professor in the middle of her second year. When she announced her engagement one of her friends said: "But, Edith. I thought yon came op here to get your Ph. D." "So I did," replied Edith, "but I hai no idea I would get him so soon." The Way It Goes. "Judging from the way that man talks, he must be fairly hard up. Do you suppose he's hungry?" "Oh, no. He's been keeping six m tor cars and has had to dispose of oaew The man who's consoling him get* & salary of $2,000 a year." But If a young man's salary is only $6 per week he is apt to think his heel giri is dearer than he can afford. . KIDNEYS CLOG UP FROM ;£ EATING TOO MUCH MEA{ Take Tabiespoonful of Salts If Hurts or Bladder Bothers--Meat I Forms Uric Acid. We are a nation of meat eaten amt our blood is filled with uric acid, saya a well-known authority, who warns us to be constantly on guard against kid­ ney trouble. 'A The kidneys do their utmost to tarn the blood of this irritating acid, hut become weak from the overwork; they get sluggish; the eliminatlve tie* sues clog and thus the waste Is r^ tained in the blood to poison the en­ tire system. When your kidneys ache and fed like lumps of lead, and you liave stinf ing pains in the back or the urine la cloudy, full of sediment, or the blad* der is Irritable, obliging you to seek relief during the night; when you have severe headaches, nervous and diasy spells, sleeplessness, acid stomach or rheumatism In bad weather, get from your pharmacist about four ounces ot Jad Salts; take a tablespoonrui in a glass of water before breakfast each morning and in a few days your kW» neys will act fine. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, to neu­ tralize the acids in urine so It is BO longer a source of irritation, thus en4» ing urinary and bladder disorders. Jad Salts is Inexpensive and cannot Injure; makes a delightful cent lithia-water drink, and nobo^ ran make a mistake by taking a little occasionally to keep the kidneys deui and active.--Adv. ,: ^ The first Brazilian vasal to « the port ef Boston *M receatiy tWe. - ,.f • -..'a j • A-