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M'HENRY PLAINDEAXER, M'HENRY, ILL. STATE WATERWAY • MEETS OPPOSmON u U Oftizens iI River Valley TeH Dunne Objections to Igoe Bill. GOVERNOR URGES MEASURE Executive Declares Waterway Will Be of Advantage to Every Citizen and Taxpayer in State of Illinois. Springfield.--Citizens of the Illinois river valley, between Morris and Otta­ wa, told Governor Dunne and the members of the legislature why they would oppose the administration's plan for a deep waterway connecting Chicago with the Mississippi river. The plan, as outlined in the Igoe bill, "Is now before the legislature. Manufacturing industries would have to be shifted; large sections oF valuable bottom lands would be in- undated, and extensive changes made In the sewage systems if the admin­ istration plan was carried out, the Illinois river valley people told the governor. As a substitute plan extensive im­ provements of the Illinois and Michi­ gan canal were advocated. Under the Igoe bill it is proposed to expend Approximately $1,000,000 dredging the canal bed from Joliet to Channahon. Engineers familiar with the project estimated that the canal from Joliet to La Salle could be made serviceable for approximately $1,500,- 000. Manufacturers of Illinois and other middle West states would have a quicker and cheaper means of trans­ porting their goods to the Pacific coast and the entire Mississippi river •alley would be more closely con­ nected were pleas advanced here by Governor Dunne in support of the pro­ posed waterway which would connect Chicago with the Mississippi river. The governor and members of the waterways committees of the legisla­ ture arrived here tonight on the trip over the route of the proposed water­ way and were guests of.the Ottawa Business Men's association. The party arrived here tonight from Joliet after having made stops at Channa- lion, Marseilles and Morris. Governor Dunne urged that the leg­ islature pass the Igoe bill, which pro­ vides for the building of the. proposed waterway at an approximate cost of $3,500,000. Under the provisions of the Igoe bill an eight-foot channel would be built from Joliet to La Salle. Such a channel would connect at Joliet with the Chicago drainage canal and at La Salle with the Illinois river, thereby creating a direct water route between Chicago and New Orleans and thence by way of the Panama canal to San Francisco. "The bill before the legislature," said Governor Dunne, "provides for tolls to cover the cost of the opera­ tion of the waterway and interest upon the bonds which would have to be is­ sued. After the waterway is com­ pleted, in my judgment, it will not be necessary to levy another dollar. "The waterway will be of advantage not only to the cities along its route, but to every citizen and taxpayer m the state. The market prices of all the produce which comes from the farms such as wheat, corn, hay, live stock and dairy products, are made in the city of Chicago, the greatest mar­ ket center of the state, and if this wa­ terway will have the effect of reduc­ ing freights to and from Chicago it will increase the values of every bushel of wheat and corn and every animal sold by the farmers from their firms. "On the contrary, if we fail to recog­ nize the great opportunity which will come to the manufacturers and pro­ ducers and the farms and factories of this state, in my judgment, competi­ tion with the producers in the East, where they have the benefit of ocean transportation, will be disastrous to the producers of the state of Illinois and the Mississippi valley." Treasurer May Run for Governor. State Treasurer Andrew Russell who in a political meeting in Chicago Thursday night was boomed for gov­ ernor in 1916, admitted that he may Consider the matter, but that positive,, announcement is yet premature. * "I may be a candidate but just now my hands are full getting my own office into running order for two years," said the treasurer. Road Day April 22. A proclamation was issued by Gov­ ernor Dunne changing the date for "Road Day" from April 20 to Thurs­ day, April 22. The governor found after he had set April 20 as Road day that it fell on the same date as many off the municipal elections down state. Incorporations. Connor-Laurence company, Chicago; capital, $12,000; general contracting apd construction business. Incorpora­ tors--Frank Connor, A. P. Laurence ahd Richard Betts. Charles F. Wilson, Chicago; capital, $S,500. Incorporators--Charles F. Wil­ son, L. W. Bevard, John A. Castag- nino. El Hatillo company, Chicago; cap­ ital, $2,500. Incorporators--Charles A. Treadwell, Robert W. Schupp, John H Gavin. Champaign Delivery company, Champaign; capital, $5,000. Incorpor­ ators--M. A. Nelson, E. H. Schaefer, Michael McGraw and E. F. Hegenbart. ^Denny-White Advertising company, Chicago; capital, $2,500. Incorpora­ tors--Paul P. Harris, ErneBt C. RenefT and Raoul W. Vanier. Famous Player Souvenir company, Chicago; capital, $1,000. Incorpora­ tors--M. £L Marks, S. Schwar and G. Mjarks. John Grogan, Chicago; capital, $25,- 600; grocery, bakery, fruit business. Incorporators--Malachi Grogan, John Qrogan and Hyman L. Weiss. Women Want Longer Hours. The cry voiced by business men fpr a "legislative rest" and the assertion of the employers that women preferred working long hours are two defenses against the McCormick. eight-hour bill offered the legislative committee on Industrial relations at the hearing in the Morrison hotel In Chicago. Minnie M. Wolk, head matron of the Northwestern Elevated railway, which employs 308 women as ticket agents, said that her charges worked ten hours a day except at the loop sta­ tions, where they put in nine hours. The matron also testified that the women were perfectly content to work ten hours and were all in the best of spirits and health. "They prefer working ten hours to eight," she said. Asked why anyone should have such a preference, the matron explained that if they worked eight hours a day their pay would be reduced 20 per cent a day and that the women do not desire this. Mrs. J. S. Potts of the firm of Jacquer, millinery and gowns, declared her concern employed 70 women who worked nine and a half hours a day and wanted to work more when they could. For extra work, Mrs. Potts ex­ plained, they received extra pay. Asked if she knew the effect of long hours upon infant mortality, Mrs. Potts answered she never had given the matter any thought. T. E. Don­ nelley, president of R. R. Donnelley & Co., printers, testified that 450 wom­ en worked for him and that they worked as long as there was some­ thing for them to do and would not have it otherwise. Other employers had the same argument to make, all of them adding that what business needed was a legislative rest. Drys Gain Three Counties. Three new entirely' dry counties re­ sulted from local option elections held in Illinois downstate townships. Added to the 52 counties previously without saloons, 55 out of the 102 counties in Illinois now will be pro­ hibition territory. Marion, Franklin and Jasper are the three new dry counties. Nearly 100 saloons were put out of business out of 350 involved in the elections. The drys won victories in numer­ ous small towns, but the wets held their own in the more Important cities. The wets won by unexpected majorities in Danville, Kankakee and Murphysboro, the three largest cities where township local option elections were held. The chief dry victory was in Cen- tralla, which for 60 years has been wet Thirty-eight saloons are af­ fected. Results in the various townships were as follows: Dry (Were Wet). Alden' Stanton Centralia Barren (Sesser Pontiac Village) Sandoval " Hampshire Pawnee Glasford St. Marie West Dry (Unchanged)*- Mount Sterling Johnston City Galatia Gridley Oblong Ohio Alba Wet (Unchanged). Danville Lacon Kankakee Morton Murphysboro York Bourbonnais Minonk Roanoke Dundee Algonquin West Dundee Sumner South Fork Montmorency Atkinson Warsaw Carpentersville Women's votes had but little effect on the elections. In nearly all cases where the drys won .the result would have been the same if only men's votes had been counted. This is In contrast to last year's elections, when most of the dry victories were made possible by women's votes. Pawnee was made dry by votes of women. Marion, one of the three new dry counties, Is the county in which Cen­ tralia is located. Sandoval, another wet township in this county, also went dry. Centralia and Sandoval have been the only wet spots in the county. The dry majority in Centralia was about 300 and in Sandoval 228. Franklin county was made entirely dry by the vote in the township of Barren, which Includes the village of Sesser, which has beer, the only wet spot in the county. The drys did not lose territory in any of the 52 counties which hereto­ fore have been dry. One of the principal dry victories was In Pontiac township, in which is located the city of Pontiac. The town went dry by 850. A year ago the township voted dry by 759, but the action was nullified by the courts. Women were responsible for the suc­ cess of the drys last year, but this time the result would have been the same if only the men had been vot­ ing. The election in Danville was one of the hardest fought In many years, but the drys were not as well organized as last year, when they came within 182 votes of carrying the city of Dan­ ville. Pardons Board to Hear Appeals. At the meeting of the state board of pardons thiB month the following cases will be heard: Andrew Berry, Sangamon, murder; Samuel F. Brock- man, Montgomery, murder; Edward Burr, Kankakee, confidence game; James D. Elmore, Williamson, mur­ der; Clyde Gant, St. Clair, murder; Aaron H. Miller, Mountrie, perjury; Charles A. Murray, Peoria, murder; Harry Martin, Washington, rape; Wil­ liam G. Stewart, Macon, selling intoxi­ cating liquor in antisaloon territory.' Dunne Fights Hog Cholera. A general reorganization of the state biological laboratory, which would make it self-sustaining and in­ crease by 500 per cent die production of serum for bog* cholera, a disease which causes an annual less of $3,000, 000 in Illinois, was recommended by Governor Dunne. The governor advise's an expendl ture of $25,000 for equipment and tht appropriation of $50,000 to be used at a permanent operating fund ror tlM production of serum.' News Brevities of Illinois Mount Sterling.--Henry Gilker of Clayton is In jail here on a charge of blackmail. C?lro.--More than 300 out-of-town Hoo Hoo were guests of the Cairo or>{ der and assisted In one of the biggest concatenations ever attempted in this part of the country. Johnston City.--Joe Paisly, a miner, was caught under falling coal ih the West Side mine and so crushed that It is believed he cannot live. He came from Virden ten months ago. . Centralia.--The Elks' Home associ­ ation hel i its annual meeting at the clubrooms and elected the following directors: T. L. Joy, J. E. Hefter, J. J. Bundy, L H. Johnson, W. E. C. Lyons, O. H. Kurth and F. B. Miller. Murphysboro.--The annual meeting of the Southern Illinois Teachers' as­ sociation convened here, 900 register­ ing. The meeting will continue three days and 1,800 visiting teachers are expected. Peoria.---Peoria police are seeking an unidentified negro who murdered Mrs. William H. Schriver here after attempting to attack her. The negro cut the woman's throat and then es­ caped. The crime was witnessed by her four small children. Blobmington.--Mrs. Savillah Wyatt Latham, widow of the late Col. Rob­ ert Latham, founder of Lincoln, 111., and a great friend of President Lin­ coln, died here. Mrs. Latham was known for philanthropic work, having given much to Lincoln college, which her husband founded. Springfield.--One hundred and sev enty-five men attended the first father and son banquet of the T. M. C. A. Officials of the association are great­ ly pleased with the success of the affair. Chicago.--Chief Gleason Instructed commanding officers to notify police men to prevent children roller skat­ ing on streets and boulevards. The number of accidents to boys and girls inspired his action. JohnBton City.--Police emptied two barrels of whisky, one barrel of gin and three barrels and several caseB of beer into a sewer. The Jiquor was seized in a raid on a blind tiger March 17, when Charles Bruitt was killed while resisting the officers. Altamont.--Jacob Zimmerman died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Kuffel. Mr. Zimmerman was in his ninety-eighth year. He was a sol­ dier of the Civil war for three years, spent several months in Andersonvllle prison and was on the ill-fated Sul­ tana. Springfield.--Governor Dunne has changed the date of "road day," on which general work on the roads of the state is urged, from Tuesday, April 20, to Thursday, April 22, owing to the fact that a number of munici­ pal elections are held on the 20th. The governor Issued a proclamation changing the date. Cairo.--Federal court opened in Cairo with Judge Francis M. Wright presiding. Among the important cases are those of J. J. Harker, former cashier of the Johnston City bank, and two Chicago men charged with mis­ use of bank's funds. The case of C. G. Tindell of Unionvllle, accused un­ der the Mann act, is on the docket Danville.--John Pogendorf, twenty- three years old, an employee of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad, was found dead in a closet at the home of his parents. There was evidence that he had taken his own life. A revolver was lying near by and there was a bullet wound In the head. The family was %way from home during tne evening. No reason is known for the act. Chicago.--Municipal elections w^re held in several cities of IllinoiB out­ side Chicago. The results for mayor: Springfield, Charles Bauman, nonpar­ tisan; Peoria, Harvey Woodruff (Rep.), re-elected; Galeuburg, Prof. J. L. Conger (Peo.); Freeport, H. H. Stahl, nonpartisan; Bloomington, E. B. Jones (Rep.); Qulncy, William K. Ab­ bott ( Dem.), re-elected; East St. Lou­ is, Fred W. Mollman (Dem.). Springfield.--A general reorganisa­ tion ofvthe state biological laboratory, which would make it self-sustaining and increase by 500 per cent the pro­ duction of serum for hog cholera, a disease which causes an annual loss of $3,000,000 in Illinois, was recom­ mended by Governor Dunne. The gov­ ernor advises an expenditure of $25,- 000 for equipment and the appropria­ tion of £50,000 to be used as a perma­ nent operating fund for the production of serum. Springfield.--An increase of $25,000 In the appropriation for additions to the equipment and buildings of the state biological laboratory, which would enable it to produce Ave times the amount of hog cholera serum now turned out, and would place the In­ stitution on a basis where it would maintain itself and not be an annual expense to the state, is recommend­ ed in a statement issued by Governor Dunne. Sandwich.--Andrew McMurtrie of Saline, Kan., and Miss Jeanne Cleator of the Isle of Man were married here At the home of the bridegroom's brother, John McMurtrie. The bride, who came from her island home for the wedding, was a childhood friend of McMurtrie. Centralia.--Three placet were robbed here. N. T. Rude's Bhoe store was entered by the use of a skeleton key. Plate-gla-ss doors were smashed and the cash registers robbed in the Gnash & Mein>n meat market and in Antonio Toric^lli's saloon. Two ar­ rests have been made. Mackinaw.--Word has been received *rom the Chautauqua association that It decided upon June 25 to 29 as the dates for its meetings here next tumm&r. . . Galesburg--Rev. Frank E. R. Mil­ ter, pastor of the First Baptist church of Galesburg, had received a call from the First Baptist church of Elgin. Springfield.--Investigation was start­ ed of a fire which destroyed the Pres­ byterian church at Pleasant Plains near here. The Easter morning serv­ ices .were in progress when the blaze ras discovered. The loss was estimat­ ed at $8,000.1 HEAVY R6HTING IS ON FRENCH PU8H FORWARD AGAINST GERMAN WEDGE IN MEUfliE REGION. TAKE LES EPARGES TRENCHES Beilin Denies Claims and Says Rushes Are Repulsed With Heavy Losses to the Enemy--Teutons Cap­ ture Drel Grachten. London, April 12.--The French of­ fensive in the district between the Meuse and the Moselle has developed into one of the most desperate bat­ tles of the war. Official reports given out in Paris on Friday declare that the Important position of Les Eparges, which domin­ ates the plain of Woevre, now is com­ pletely in the hands of the, allies. Trenches here, it is reported, were "choked with German dead." In the forest of Montmare, it is claimed, fifteen attacks of the Ger­ mans in efforts to retake trenches cap­ tured Thursday were repulsed. The reports adds that heaps of German bodies lay upon the ground afterward, while in Champagne the Germans were mowed down in a similar offen­ sive movement. The French claim also the capture of 600 feet of ground In the forest of Ailly. The French are inoessantlj bom­ barding St. Mihlel, the point of the wedge they are trying to force out, and at the same tlmo are attacking the two sides of the wedge with in­ fantry and artillery in an endeavor to reach the roads which lead from St. Mihiel to Metz. If the progress al­ ready is as great as the French claim it to be, these roads should now be almost within reach of the French guns. Berlin denies the claims of success made by the allies, however, and offi­ cial statements say that all French attacks were repulsed in this region, with tremendous loss to the French. The Germans report that the Belgians have been driven out of Drel Grach­ ten, on the Yser canal, with heavy losses. PRINZ EITEL INTERNED ROCKEFELLER'S CAR HITS BOY Oil Magnate Leaps From Auto and Helps Pick Up Uncon­ scious Child. Tarrytown, N. Y., April 12.--The big Rockefeller limousine with John D. Rockefeller as one of the occupants ran into and severely hurt George Edgar, twelve years old, on Friday. The boy's parents are poor. The chauffeur was at the wheel, and with Mr. Rockefeller inside were members of the family and two nurses. The auto­ mobile was just rolling out of the Rockefeller grounds on an outing to West Point. Mr. Rockefeller was first out of the car and helped the woman nurses pick up the unconscious boy. The Injured boy was taken to Tarry- town hospital. The visible hurts are lip cuts and scratches but a concus­ sion is possible. Mr. Rockefeller telephoned to the hospital: "Do everything possible to help the boy." Later he sent a messenger to the parents expressing his sympathy and assuring them that everything would be done for ,the child. SEE BUSINESS BOOM IN U. S. Treasury Officials Base Statement on Bank Reports---Revival of Trade Activity Spreads to Every Line. Washington, April 10.--Treasury of­ ficials predicted continued improve­ ment in business conditions through out the country. Their optimism was based on reports from eighty national bank examiners, which the depart­ ment made public on Friday in a state­ ment declaring the recent past has been marked by a steady return to conditions existing before the Euro­ pean war upset American commercial relations, both domestic and foreign. Revival of business activity in vir­ tually every line, was found. Good crops are exported. COMMANDER OF GERMAN CRUIS­ ER ABANDONS DA8H TO 8BA. ELDERLY MAN "OFFICE BOY" STEAMSHIP N00RDAM ARRIVES Has 200 Passengers From Germany- First Voyage Since October, When She Struck a Mine. New York, April 9.--Bringing 200 passengers, mostly from Germany, and a cargo that Included 8,500 ca­ naries. 300 partridges, 200 pheasants, four swans and two Belgian storkB, the Holland-Amerioan steamship Noor- dam arrived on her first transatlantic voyage since last October, when she was damaged by striking a mine. Her officers report that the English chan­ nel is sown with mines, a passage only 2,000 feet wide being left for ships. Red Book on War Crimes. Berlin, April 13.--The foreign office at Vienna has published a red book, containing nearly 250 official docu­ ments concerning violations of inter­ national laws by hostile governments since the beginning of the war. Peace Prayers for May. Rome, via Paris, April 13.^--Pope Benedict issued a decree for the re­ cital of prayers for peace in Roman Catholic churcheB over the world dur­ ing the month of May. The prayers were composed by the pope. Paris Bars the Tango. Paris, April 12.--The Argentine tango was absolutely banned in Paris by a decree of expulsion Issued against five tango professors who had established themselves here and were organizing clashes. Say* Help Failed to Arrive--Vessel Will Be Held Inactive Until End of War. Newport News, Va., April t.-- Commander Thlerichens of the Ger­ man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich on Wednesday night hand­ ed the following letter to Collector of Customs Hamilton: "I inform you that I Intend to In­ tern S. M. S. Prinz Eitel Friendrlch The relief I expected appears not to have arrived in time, so the number and force of the enemy's cruisers waiting outside the bay makes it seem impossible for the dash for the open sea to be made with any hope of success. "I have decided not to deliver the crew and ship to a fruitless and cer­ tain death. "I am greatly obliged tor the cour­ tesies shown by all United States au­ thorities. "Respectfully yours, THIERICHENS," Collector Hamilton immediately wired the news of the Prinz Eitel commander's action to Assistant Sec­ retary of the Treasury Peters, who was in charge of the cause tn Wash­ ington. He then lifted the embargo on the departure of merchantment flying bel llgerent flags, releasing about twenty five British steamers. Officers and crew of the Eitel were downcast. Commander Thlerichens himself declared that the action he had been forced to take made him sick; that he was heartbroken to be compelled to resort to such a step. KAISER TO PAY FOB FRYE Germany Takes Liability for Destruc­ tion of U. 8. 8hlp--Case Will G4 Before Prlxe Court. Washington, April 10.--The German answer to the American note present­ ing a claim for the destruction of the William P. Frye was made public by the state department on Thursday. While the action of Captain Thle­ richens in sinking the Frye Is justi­ fied by the German government, Herr von Jagow, German minister for for­ eign affairs, tells the United States that the American owners of the ship and cargo will receive compensation "even if the prize court should declare the cargo contraband," because the Prussian-American treaties of 1799 and 1828 provide that contraband be­ longing to the citizens of either nation "cannot be confiscated by the other in any case, but only detained or used in consideration of payment of the full value of the same." New Yorker Who Hae Tried Scheme More Than Satisfied With Results Achieved. A Broadway business man was talk­ ing to a friend who was looking for a good office boy. "Cut out the boys," he said with confidence, "and get an old man who is willing to work for less than a man's wages. I began it about a year ago and I never did a better thing. I got the suggestion from a taan not in business, but a physician. He had ordered some article or other which had not come promptly and he came in person to see about it. I told him, which was true, that I had- been bothered so by changing my of­ fice boys that I couldn't get It to him. Then he blew out at me and asked me why I didn't get an old man to do office boy work and I wouldn't have any more bother. "It looked so different at first that laughed at him, but he insisted so that it was the only cure that I con­ cluded I would try it. I knew of an old chap, honest and living with his son, doing small jobs and helping all he could for his keep, and 1 asked him how he would like to be office boy for me. He laughed just as 1 did at first, but I insisted on his trying it and he agreed to come and do the best he could but wouldn't guarantee that he would be satisfactory. "He came the next day and though he was a bit slow at first he was al­ ways ready and willing and in a week or so I was so well satisfied with him that I wouldn't have traded him for all the boys I had been bothered with for five years. He isn't perfect, nor is anybody, for that matter, but he is reliable and honest, never soldiers on me, doesn't smoke cigarettes or read dime novels, isn't fresh around the store, is always polite and is always on time. "I pay him $7 a week and he 1b glad enough to get it, and he isn't so old but that he is good for at leaBt ten years of duty, which will also be ten years of comfort for me and the entire store. I don't say that any old man will be as satisfactory as this one, but I do say that nine-tenths of the old fellows will make better office boys than the average we have to put up with. "Try an old man for an office boy and see If you can do any worse than you have been doing. Several of my friends are doing it and so far they are all pleased with the change." GERMANS ADMIT LOSS OF U-29 Admiralty Finally Accepts Official British Report of Destruc­ tion of Craft. Berlin, via Amsterdam, April 9.-- The German admiralty has given out an official statement in which the loss of the submarine U-29 is accepted The text of the communication fol­ lows: "The submarine U-29 has not returned from Its last cruise. Accord­ ing to a report of the British admi­ ralty of March 26 this vessel, with her crew, waB sent to the bottom. She therefore must be regarded as lost. It is generally accepted that the U- 29 was commanded by Capt. Otto Weddlgen, who had charge of the U-9 when this submarine sank the cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and Creasy last Sep­ tember. CONVICT REFUSES A PARDON Bose Taylor Has Served Twenty-Six Years and Only Wants to Prove Innocence. Atlanta, Ga., April 12.--Preferring to die in prison rather than obtain free­ dom without vindication, Bobo Taylor, confined on a murder charge for which he has served twenty-six years of a life sentence, has Just declined Gov­ ernor Slaton's offer of pardon, "It is an amazing case," said Gov­ ernor Slaton. "I would like to free Taylor, but he won't let me." SEVEN STORIES IN COLLAPSE One Man Was Killed and 8everal In­ jured When Toledo (O.) Factory Building Gives Way. Toledo. O.. April 12.--One man was killed, two were fatally Injured and ten others seriously when seven stories of steel construction work col­ lapsed at the new Overland automobile factory here. All the ambulances in the city were called. The injured are all in hospitals. It Is feared the list of dead may reach five or six. No cause for the collapse is known. FATIMAS PLEASE! Real Daughter of the Regiment. "Our regiment has adopted a two- 'jyear-old Turkish girl baby," writes a Cossack who is serving with the Rus­ sian advance into the Turkish Cauca­ sus. He explains: "During Our for­ ward movement last week one of our men found in a farm house this baby, which had been abandoned by her flee­ ing parents. The starving little crea­ ture was cleaned, clothed and fed, and then taken to the staff quarters. In the Greek church of the village of Bar- dus the foundling was christened ac­ cording to the rites of the Orthodox church, the commander of the regi­ ment acting as godfather and Princess Gelovanna, a Red Cross nurse and wife of a member of the duma, as god­ mother. The child was named Alexan­ dra Donskaia, after the name of the regiment. The officers and men of the regiment subscribed monthly amounts sufficient to pay for rearing and edu­ cating their regimental daughter." Shorter Hours for Women. New York, April 12--Announce­ ment is made by the Western Union Telegraph company of an eight-hour day in place of nine hours for woman employees, to take effect at once. The order affects 2.000 women. Twilight 8leep for Monkey. Bridget is to be given the "twilight sleep" treatment. She is a royal Mar­ moset monkey, and the best in the land is none too good for her, accord­ ing to the Huntington (W. Va.) po­ lice officials, who have had Bridget for a pet for a year. She has re­ placed the inevitable station house cat. She is about to become a moth­ er, and everything is in preparation for the operation. Bridget and her royal consort, Joe I, a majestic ap­ pearing Simian, were presented to the police last year by a carnival company. Since they have been at the station there has been a great decrease in Intoxication in Hunting­ ton, as on several occasions occupants of cells "saw mon^egp." Burglar Phones for Police. Shot In the shoulder while in the act of robbing the Glenbrcck (Conn.) station of the New Haven road, Ellas Treadwell, with a long criminal record, was forced at pistol point to summon the police to arrest himself. Tread- well is in the Stamford hospital. Robert A. Gourley, station agent at Glenbrock, has been sleeping in the ticket office for a long time to pro­ tect the property against burglars. He was asleep when Treadwell, forcing a window, entered the waiting room. The noise awakened Mr. Gourley, who ordered Treadwell to surrender. When he attempted to flee Mr. Gourley fired at him. Treadwell fell. Air. Gourley then made him arise and call the po­ lice on the phone. May Give War Nurses Vote. Ottawa, Ont., April 12 --All soldiers in the Canadian contingent, whether twenty-one years old or not, and fe­ male nurses should be given the vote, it was urged before the house of com­ mons in committee. German Scientist Is Dead. Berlin, Aprii 12.--The death of Prof. Friedrich Loeffier, the German scien­ tist, who in 1884 discovered tbe diph­ theria bacillus, was announced here on Friday. Doctor Loeffier was born I occupied by the army. Violators tn ISM. I Qf this order will be punisked. Wells Poisoned In 8outh Africa. Capetown, April 10--The Union British forces at Aus are experienc­ ing great difficulties owing to the poi­ soning of the wells and the destruc­ tion of the pumping plant at Kubus. Land mines have been exploded. Liquor Barred to Troops. Paris. France, April 10.--The gen­ eral in command of the army of ths Vosges has forbidden the purchase or sale of spirituous liquors in the terri- American Lumber for Japanese. The prospects of selling lumber to the Japanese are discussed in a re­ port entitled "American Lumber for the Japanese," recently issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic com­ merce. The report was prepared by Commercial Agent Franklin H. Smith, who is making an investigation of the lumber market in the far East and Australasia. The trade with Japan at present amounts to an ex­ change of American softwoods, chief­ ly Douglas fir, for Japanese hard­ woods, principally oak. Copies of the report can be purchased for five cents each from the superintendent of docu­ ments, government printing office, Washington. It Is designated Special Agents Series No. 94, One Sport Still Open. The bill introduced In the New York legislature which makes it a misdemeanor "to conduct or partici­ pate in any eating or drinking con­ test" is intended to bar such sports as eating lobsters or boiled eggs for a record and not to Interfere with the go-as-you-please efforts of guests at boarding-house tables to get their share of'the best. Good tobaooo is what every smoker wants. The careful msa makes sore he gets it by Biking (or Fatima Cigarettes. Fatimaa are simply good tobacco blended to suit the greatest number of men. Have yoa smoked a Fatima lately? i are The Polite French. Bacon--You know the French very polite people. Egbert--I have always heard so. "Why, even when they takp a Ger­ man trench it is said they apologize." LOW ROUND TRIP FARES TO CALIFORNIA'S EXPOSITIONS AND THE PACIFIC COAST Low round trip fares are now IB effect via the Scenic Highway of tht Northern Pacific Ry. to California's Ex­ positions via the North Pacific CoasL These tickets permit liberal stop-overs and enable the tourist to include both Expositions as well as a stop-ov^fc at Yellowstone National Park via Gardt ner Gateway. If you will advise when you will plan your western trip, I will be pleased to quote rates, send a copy of our hand­ some Expositions folder as well as Yellowstone National Park and travel literature, and assist you in any way possible in planning your 1915 vaca­ tion trip. A. M. Cleland, General Pas­ senger Agent, 517 Northern Pacific Ry., SL Paul, Minnesota.--Adv. Getting Ready to Jump, feast--Is he still on the walsr wagon? >*• Crimson beak--Well, he's not still *!* it; in fact, he's very restless. n DOICT VISIT THS OAUFOKW1A JOC- POSITIONS Without a nppty of Allan's Ptet- Eise. the antiseptic powder to be shaken Into the Shoes, or dissolved In the foot-bath The Standard Remedy for the feet for 25 years. It fives Inataal relief to tired, aching feet and prevents swoUan, hot feat. On* lady writes- "I enjoyed every tnlaale »f my atay at the Expositions, thanks to Allan's Foot-Eaae tn my shoes." Cat tl TODAY Adv. Shot silk is poor material for use fe making war balloons. ARE YOD a Savings Bank Depositor? Thon thlm /< for You For a safe and profitable Invest­ ment, a first mortgage on a good farm la bard to beat. Your8aving» Bank, to whom you trust your money, and your life Insurance Company whom you expect to look after your family when you are dead and gone use good first farm mortgages as a large part of their Investment of the funds ln- fci'UHted to their care. Taiaa ©a Your Mortgages in Oklahoma are paid by the bor­ rower which is quite an item. Investigate our standing. i for list 901 and bmoktmt. Writ* i OKLAHOMA FARM MORTGACUO OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA Florida LahuS For Sale to Settlers In tracts of ten acres and up­ wards, in Volusia County, idapted to cultivation of citrus fruits, vegetables of all kinds and general crops. Situation healthful. Send for circulars. Write in English. Railroad runs through tract. Will sell on month­ ly payments. Agents wanted* Address Florida Land & Settlement Ci* Care Alex. St Ckir-AbraiM, Attorney (15-19 Dyst-Upcfaorch BM*. Jsckasavfll*lfch Official Denial No War Tax on Homestead Land la i l'he report that a war tax Is to be placed ea Homestead lands in Western Canada having been given considerable circulation in the t'uited States, this Is to advise all enquirer* that no such tax has been placed, nor is tlwre any Intention to place a war tax of any nam* pn such lauds. (Signed) W. D. Scott, Supw ot Immigration,Ottawa,Canada.March ISlh. 1SIJI PATENTS WatMB K. C»l» Patent Lawyer.Washt D.C. Advice and books RaMe reasonable. Bigbaat latMcnoee. ntfeai. You Can't Cut Out A BOO SFAVIK.Fl rr or THOBOCOHP1K, but INE will clean them off permanently, and you work the horae *»me tl**- Does not Mister or remove «• hair. $2.00 per bottle, dchvj£f' VVU! vou more « Book 4 K frse. ABSORB^*;. -p «he aseptic Hnime.t for reduce# Varicose V enw, Kupnaen VAWM.K t.1