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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 12 Jul 1917, p. 2

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rk ' ' ,'>c &';w* FOTAL MONEYS FOR ILLINOIS Stneral Assembly Votes Fifty- One Millions and Governor Lops Off Over a Million. INTERESTING 4" ̂ T & V i. Silts • iriaen With Other States Shows - That There Has Been a General x" Increase in Appropriations f 1 in All of Them. i . •Springfield.--The Fiftieth general • iiln nililj passed 74 appropriation bills, carrying a total of $51,581,344.38. The majority of these bills reached the governor In the closing days of the ses­ sion. He vetoed bills and items ag­ gregating $1,070,243.33. This left the net appropriations for the entire ses­ sion $50,511,101.05. To obtain a fair comparison of ap­ propriations this year, the increase in appropriations in other states should be shown along with Illinois. The fol­ lowing table fairly illustrates the im­ mense increase in cost of government daring war times : State. 1815-17. 1917-19. Illinois .......i......#*7,791,971.44 $60,511,101.06 Ohio .... »,*(«.599 4S 49,919,249.09 " Michigan 16.713, .'66.00 17,416,580.31 California ».047,i30.00 27,291,^46.06 . . . 1 9 1 5 - 1 6 . 1 9 1 7 - 1 8 . Massachusetts ....*19,0^1,647.^0 25,804,644.79 •One year In contrasting the appropriations of the Fiftieth general assembly with those of the Forty-ninth general as- bly, conditions and certain items should be taken into consideration. For instance, under the civil adminis­ trative £ode passed during this ses­ sion, consolidating all boards and commissions into nine departments, all tends paid Into the treasuries of state institutions (other than the University of Illinois), must hereafter be paid Immediately into the state treasury, la the past it has been the custom for many of these institutions to use the moneys paid to them, which were not Included in the appropriations, and the the public generally knew nothing of them. -• A + •• tt>mr Wardens to Fight to Hold Jobs. %tate game wardens of Illinois who •re legislated out of office by the con­ solidation act are expected to make a fight in an effort to retain their posi­ tions. The fight is led by S. A. Ed­ wards of Decatur, who contends that he is still on the job because he was selected from the eligible list of the state civil service commission, and his term of office does not expire until April, 1918. There was a. roundup of game and fish wardens and deputies at Decatur, at which the subject of re­ moval was disciissed, and plans were Jaid to retain their places under the civil service law. x Mall Named Examining Officer. - William Hall of Springfield named a miners' examining officer by Governor Lowden. Hall is a miner and has been prominent in the work­ ings of the local organization for some time, and is a former member of tfee legislative committee. He will as­ sume the duties of liis office at once, which carries a salary of $1,800. The membership of the board consists of four members. The other three ap- pointees are William H. Turner, Col- linsviile: John A. Turrle, Ilarrisburg, and Joseph C. Via no. Coal City. ^ndage May Step in. "*"~TTnle£si the St.Clair county authori­ ties prosecute the instigators and ring- lenders of the East £t. Louis riots to the limit, Attorney General Brundage %11I step in, Assistant Attorney Gen­ eral Wilkerson asserted. "No per- fttnctory grand jury inquiries followed • by whitewashes for the guilty persons "Will be submitted to," he said. •//.;> Jtf Help Coal Situation. " Co-operation from the railroads, ,:'4bal producers and coal consumers is tliked by the state council of national #iefense in a series of letters analyzing 1 ti\e recommendations of the coal pro­ duction committee, which has Just con­ cluded a special investigation for the purpose of increasing the productioq an) facilitating the distribution of ooaL The letters were sent to five groups, "tie coal operators, coal dealers, coal- earrying roads, connecting roads and tadustrial plants, public utilities, cities nd towns comprising the chief con- Joiners. The urgent need of providing places for storage of large quantities of coal was pointed out to all the com- -mission urging that storage at the mines would permit mining to be con­ ducted on days when no cars were ,available; storage by the railroads •waiting opportunity to unload and storage by retailers and consumers Would prevent unnecessary accummu- lations by operators or railroads. * * X "* 1* V f' • » -I V • - - « Crum Gets State Jolt. Judge William H. Crum of Spring­ field has been appointed examine* of Fire Lloyds and intecinsurance in the state insurance department. Mr. Crum was for thirteen "years and rtine months assistant chief clerk In the state insurance department, hating been appointed by Governor Yates in 1903, and serving through the adminis­ trations of Governors Yates and De- neen and three years of Governor Dunne's administration. He was a candidate for the Republican nomina­ tion for state auditor last year. The salary of the present position, which is a new one created by the appropria­ tion bill for thq compensation law, is $3,000 per year. * . * *1 t J ' ' THE McKENKT PLAINPEA1JER, Mcl 7 LY, IOj* OPEN DOOR--BUT ONE TO BE •to,, ' JS ORDERED INTO :fE0ERAL SERVICE Proclamation Tells Men Jo ~"^3leariy August 5 Bo WILL BE SENT INTO CAMPS Factory Inspector* Named. ? ̂ Governor Lowden appointed the new state factory inspectors. They are; Arthur F. Klees of Aurora, vice Thomas Lawliss, resigned; James Mul­ len of Alton, vice James J. CFMalley, resigned; William North Of Danville, vice C. O, Nelson, resigned; Sidney Glass of Chicago, vice John W. Lan- non, resigned; Carl Kreston of Chica­ go, vice George Gabriel, resigned; Cor­ nelius Hoffman of Chicago, vice Wil­ liam Watson, resigned; John 8.v Mc- caslin of Peoria, vice Thomas J. Walsh, resigned; Jacob Conraths of Chicago, vice William Stoffel, re­ signed ; R. R. Dorothy of Morris, vice John Murray, resigned; Mrs. Sadie Greenliood of Chicago, vice Miss Eliza­ beth A. Grady, removed. Harold C. Perkins of Chicago was appointed assistant superintendent of the Chicago free employment .office, vice Paul Monaco, resigned. - %*r 4 New Departments Begin Duties. Affairs of state government, which for many years have been in charge of 200 boards, have shifted to the control of nine department heads and their as­ sistant's. The new directors assumed the oath administered by Secretary of State Emmerson and in a short time were in their new offices. Governor Addresses Them. After the oath had been adminis­ tered Governor Lowden, who was in­ strumental In bringing about the pas­ sage of tiie consolidation bill, delivered a brief address. He suld; "The success of this administration depends upon you gentlemen. Each one will be responsible, and I know that each will make a good showing." The new officials filed separate bonds in the sum of $10,000 eafch. The original plan was to have a blanket bond filed, but this *>ytem was abol­ ished upon recommendation of Attor­ ney General Brundage. . These Are New Directors. The new directors are: -- Department of Finance--Omar H. Wright, Belvidere. Department of Agriculture--Charles Adklns, Bement. Department of Labor--Barney Co­ hen, Chicago. Department of Public Works and Buildings--Judge Leslie Puterbaugh, Peoria. ^ Department of Mines and Minerals-- Evan D. John, Carbondale. Department of Public Welfare-- Cha *les Thorne, Winnetka. Department of health--Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, Springfield. Department of Trade and Com­ merce--William H. Steady Ottawa. i Department of Registration and Education--Francis W. Shepherd son, Chicago, New Offices Are Assigned. Charles Thorne, in charge of the de­ partment of public welfare, will have offices on the first flour, formerly occu­ pied by the state board of administra­ tion. The office of Omar Wright, head of the finance department, will be es­ tablished in the north wing of the sec­ ond floor, In which the farmers' insti­ tute has been housed for several years. The institute directors will be given rooms on the fifth floor. Other, headquarters have been as­ signed as follows: Department of pub­ lic works, in rooms occupied by state charities commission, west wing, first floor; health department in same quar­ ters on south side of east wing, first floor; director of registration and edu­ cation, south wing, first floor in rooms formerly Occupied by graduate nurse examiners; agriculture department, north wing of second floor, in rooms used by stallion registration board; department of mines and minerals, first floor, west corridor; director of labor, west wing of first floor. Appointees to Tike Places. In addition to the department l^ads assuming their duties, a number of other changes will be made in the cler­ ical force of Secretary of State L. L. Emmerson. Richard Steele of Spring­ field will become executive clerk. Mr. Steele held the same position in the office for a number of years and for some time has been employed in the office of State Auditor Russel. Wil­ liam Schwarze of Springfield becomes head of the shipping department to succeed Thomas W. Maloney of Car- rollton. A. C. Rexreth of Waterloo is named assistant in the shipping de­ partment. Morris Made Secretary. James F. Morris of Springfield was % . it appointed secretary to Evan John, di- k. f^teotor of the department of mines and fj vjfainerals. Mr. Morris has been for the : • jfcast four years secretary of the state 1 Hntnlng'bwrd and is president of the '.s State Federation of Labor. Mr. John announced the appointment of 7 , :%homas Lewis of Panama, Montgom- ;-*ry county, as state mine irisptK*tor for . jjthe first district, comprising the coun- ^ °f Will, Grundy, Livingston and £ , Salle, to succeed Martin Bolt of j^ |$prlng0eld. . / • f) t .pryor Resigns. ; r J. H. Pryor, chief engineer with the , ^«tate public utilities commission, has J -Resigned and gone to Chicago. A. J. '.KJranata of Springfield has been ap- jjointed cashier In the automobile de- V . !>artment of the secretary of state's " office. A. Henry, Bogardus, Jr., of •^Springfield, who has been an inspector j(6f the state fire marshal's office, was Appointed by Fire Marshal John «?. .©amber superintendent of Investiga*- i^v'-.ition Act Declared invalid. ' The bill passed recently by the Fif­ tieth general assembly to validate township high school districts and the legality of which has been questioned, was held to be invalid in a decision given by Circuit Judge Norman L. Jones of Carrollton. Judge Jones' opin­ ion on the legislature's act was given In Springfield when he passed on the question of the validity of the Wil- llamsvllle high school district, the legality of which had been attacked in quo warranto proceedings instituted by Charles Van Meter and others. 1 Hold Bill Badly Drafted. In passing on the recent act of the legislature the court held that it was not valid for the following reason "Because the bill not only attempted to validate districts that ha<? been at tempted to be formed under1 the act of 1911, but U also attempted to amend the general school directors In thedls- I tricts formed under the act of 1911; ' and that the act of the assembly did ! not on its face purport to amend the Kenernl school law of the state, be- Wlsconsin, Iowa and Michigan Troop* Called July 15, Illinois on 2§th and .v ' Indiana and Missouri on ?.August 5. A..,,..,.. : V - * ^ | . ^ ' tVashington, Jnly H.-^The last step necessary to" make the entire National Guard available for duty in France was taken on Monday by President Wilson with the issue of a proclamation drafting the state troops into the Army of the United States on August 5. Unofficially it was indicated that. 687,000 is the number of men to be selected for the . first national war army from the millions registered' June 5. Prior to the application of the draft regiments in the northern and eastern section of the country are called into the federal service as National Guards­ men in two increments to be mobilized' on July 15 and 25. The operative date of the draft wps delayed until August 5, so that all regi­ ments can be taken into the army s!» multaneously. Text of Proclamation. The president's proclamation lows: "1. Whereas, the United States of America and. ,the Imperial German government are now at war, and hav­ ing in view the'consequent danger of aggression by a foreign enemy upon the territory of the United States and the necessity for proper protection against possible Interference with the execution of the laws of the Union by agents of the enemy, I, Woodrow Wil­ son, president of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States anl through the gover­ nors of the respective states, call into the service of the United States, as of and from the dates hereinafter respec­ tively indicated, all members of the National Guard and all enlisted mem­ bers of the National Guard reserve of the following states, who are not now in the service of the United States, ex­ cept members of- staff corps and de­ partments not included in the person­ nel of tactical organizations, and ex­ cept such officers of the National Guard as have been or may be specifi­ cally notified by my authority that they will not be affected by this call. States Called Out. "To wit: On July 15, 1917, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Vir­ ginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Iowa, North Dukota, South Dakota and Nebraska. "On July 25,1917, Maine, New Hamp­ shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Dela­ ware, Maryland, District of Columbia, V'^ginia. North Carolina, South Caro­ lina, Tennessee, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Ore­ gon. "The members of the National Guard of the various statefe affected by this call will he concentrated at such places as may be designated by the war de­ partment. August 5 the Day. "II. And under the aufliority con­ ferred upon me by clause 2 of section 1 of the act of congress to authorize the president'to increase temporarily the military establishment of the Unit­ ed States, approved May 18, 1917, I do hereby draft Into the military service' of the United States as of and from the 5th day of August, 1917, all mem­ ber- of the National Guard and all en­ listed tnembers of the National Guard reserve of the following states, to wit: New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan. Wisconsin. Minne­ sota, Iowa. North Dakota, Nebraska, Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Con­ necticut. New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- and. District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten­ nessee, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho. Washington, Oregon, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Okla­ homa, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Colo­ rado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and California. , Under Army Rules. "UT. All persons hereby drafted shall on and from the fifth day of August, lfJIY, stand discharged from the mllltla, and, pnder the terms of section 2 of the act of May 13, 1917. he subject to the laws and regulations governing the regular army. 'IV. The members of the National Guard, hereby drafted into the mili­ tary service of the United States shall be embodied hi organizations corre­ sponding to those of the regular army. The officers not above the rank of colonel of said organizations of the National Guard who are drafted and whose offices are provided for in like organisations of the regular &rmy, are hereby appointed officers in the army of the United-States. r 'The noncommissioned officers of the organizations of the National Guard, the members of which are hereby drafted, are hereby appointed non­ commissioned officers in their present grade." ' 8. I>egreid of < cntralia was ap- j cause tt was not drafted as Is required pointed superintendent qf Inspection Ji. S. Hc pe* of Sumner is retained. by the constitution fxv t'^e amendatory Kit*" Gas KIHs Crew of D4vm» . Gslveston, Tex., July 11.--Over­ come by gas, the entire crew of a Ger­ man submarine was found dead by A British patrol, which towed the'U-boat into port, according to a story'told by the captain of a steamer. * &lx Fires in New York Yard. flfew 'York, July 11.--Auth<¥rltle$f at the New York navy yard are investi­ gating the slrfyi fire in six weeks at tlii s govermueKt station,"It was learned. The latest blaze was discovered on an ordnance dQgk. 8# FLEET ROUTS DIVERS 8UBMARINE8 ATTACK TRANS­ PORTS ON WAY TO FRANCE. At Least One U-Boat Sent to Bottom as Result of American Jackies* Fire. Washington, July 6.--American de­ stroyers convoying transports with troops for France fought off two sub­ marine attacks. The first news of the fights was given out by the committee on public Information with the formal announcement of the safe arrival of the last of the transports with their convoys. At least one submarine was sunk. Both of the attacks were made in force, showing that the Germans had Information of the coming of the trans­ ports and planned to get them. This announcement was issued: "The navy department received word of the safe arrival at a French port of the last contingent of General Per­ shing's expeditionary force. At the time the information was released an­ nouncement also was made that the transports were1 twice cttacked by submarines on the way across. "No ship was hit, not an American life was lost, and while the navy dis­ patches report the sinking of one sub­ marine only, there is reason to be­ lieve that others were destroyed ta the first night attack." PUSH GERMANS BACK STRONG OFFENSIVE RE8ULT6 IN FAILURE, SAYS PARIS. U. S. SHIP ORLEANS SUNK 8teamer Torpedoed and Four of Crew Drowned -- Armed Naval Quard Saved. Washington, July 9.--The American steamship Orleans of the Oriental Navigation company has been torpe­ doed and sunk by a submarine. Four of the crew were drowned, but all members of the armed naval gdard were saved. The. state department an­ nouncing the sinking withheld the place and the time of the attack. The Orleans, with the Rochester, openly defied Germany's ruthless sub­ marine warfare by sailing from New York to France soon after the break In diplomatic relations between Berlin and this countfy. WANTS ALL GRAIN PROTECTED U. j. Food Administrator Asks Chi­ cago Board President to Build Stockades Around Elevators. Chicago, July 7.--J. P. Griffin, presi­ dent of the Chicago board of trade, re­ ceived word from United States Food Administrator Hoover asking that stockades be built around all elevators within the Jurisdiction of the local board. Griffin at once called a meet­ ing of the warehouse committee to act pn the request Germans Turn Guns on Strikers. - Amsterdam, July 9.--Another out­ break of labor troubles occurred at Hamburg between strikers and work­ ers from the government munitions plants. Soldiers killed one man and wounded eleven. « Husband of Prettiest Girl Enlisted.^ . Louisville, Ky., July 9.--Thompson Buchanan, playwright, enlisted here In the First Kentucky regiment. Mr. Buchanan Is the husband of Ksftherine Wlnterbotham. known as "the prettiest fitl in Chicago.** Dr. W. 8. Woods, Banker, Dlee.^ Excelsior Springs, Mo., .Tuly 7.--Dr. W. S. Woods, a retired banker of Kan­ sas City, Mo., dted here from paraly­ sis. He was seventy-six ^ears old. and was & dominant figure In Kansas City financial affairs. U. 8. Loans $100,000,000 to Britain. Washington, July 7.--Additional loans of $100,000,000 to Great Britain and $60,000,000 to Italy on Thursday afternoon brought the total war loans of the United States to the allies to J1,?%000,000V . French Lines Remain Intact and Not One Soldier Was Taken Prisoner ^--Teutons Mown Down. French Front in France, July 7.--• After their strongest offensive effort since Verdun, the Germans on Thurs­ day found themselves thrown back everywhere along an 11-mile front on the Chemin-des-Dames, leaving the ground thickly strewn with their dead apd having failed to take even one French prisoner. The French lines're­ mained intact and the French com­ manding general who watched the op­ erations throughout from the front trenches was able to declare that not a single yard of territory had been lost. The Germans came forward every­ where in the closest formation and in successive waves, preceded by the fa­ mous "shock" troops, who were mowed down. Berlin, July 7.--Renewed attacks by the French on the Chemln-des-Dames, east of Cerny, were broken up with heavy losses, army headquarters an­ nounced. Only raiding, artillery and- aerial operations 'are reported from the other fronts. London, July 7.--Continuing his tac­ tics of "mixing" his blows at the Ger­ mans, Field Marshal Hnig struck suc­ cessfully at the enemy southwest of Hollebeke In Belgium; "We advanced our lines slightly over a front of 600 yards," he reported. 78 DRAFT FOES TO PRISON Federal Judge Landis Orders Rock- ford, III., Defendants to Chicago Jail--Must Serve Year and Day. Freeport, 111., July 7.--Seventy-eight draft evaders were sentenced to serve a year and a day each In the Chicago house of correction by Judge K. M. Landis on Thursday in the federal dis­ trict court here. The sentences speci­ fied "hard labor." Two others were sen­ tenced to jail for 30 days and another was sentenced to 90 days. The rest of the 150 odd men on trial will be sen^ tenced later. Judge Landis also ordered that each man be required to register. Individual questioning of each of the defendunts brought Into court for sen­ tence in connection with opposition to the army draft at Rockford was under­ taken by Julge Landis. Be asked each man how long hex had lived in thl* country, why he had not applied, for naturalization papers--if the man was ah alien--and what his reason was for not register. Most of the culprits said they would not register now, even If given the op­ portunity, and gave opposition to war as their reasons. OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ipiMATIS Cf0P AT JHMJh- 7 BILLION «U8HEl*. * f / V - - __ BIG INCREASE 111 ACREAGE Farmer* Make Answer to PreeidenVa Appeal for Food for the AlllegM-1 Big Gain in Wheat and Nevf . Mark for Potatoes. - V1 U-Boat Sinks French"Diver. Paris, July 10.--The submarine Arl- ane was torpedoed and sunk by a Ger­ man U-boat In the Mediterranean, ac­ cording to an official report. All the officers and part of the crew perished. Nine men were saved. # . Turks and Greeks at Waif*?* London, July 10.--According" ftrt press dispatch recived at Amsterdam from Constantinople Turkey considers as equivalent to a declaration of war the action of Greece in breaking off diplomatic relations. , f , j --^-- 1 ---• German Agent Suicide* * " NeTv York, July 7.--Richard Timrjerscheidt, representative of Ger­ man interests in China, committed sul- cid« here by jumping from his rooms on the tepth floor of a bachelor*apart­ ment house. Home Departs for Prison. Bostoh, July 7-.--Werner Horrie, Ger­ man reservist, who attempted to de­ stroy the Canadian Pactflc railway bridge at Vanceboro, Me., left Boston for Atlanta' to begin an lS-months' sen­ tence. >PS PROM ISED, " " Ibstimataf _ cirop, isS" Wheat, (whiter and spring) «8",000,000 Corn 5,124,000.000 White potatoes . 452,000,000 am; Washington, July 11.--A 3,000,000,- 000-bushel crop of corn this year is the answer returned by farmers of the United States to President Wilson's call for food for America's qllies in the war. Never before has such n crop been grown. Wheat remaining on farms July 1 Is estimated at 15,720,000 bushels. In its first forecast of corn produc­ tion this year the department of ag­ riculture announced that July 1 con­ ditions forecast a crop of 3,124,000,000 bushels. Sixteen million more acres this year were' planted to corn than last year and the acreage exceeds the former area record planted in 1909 bx,, 13,000,000 acres. The wheat crop, responding to bet­ ter weather conditions during June, shows an increase of about 22,000,000 bushels in prospect, with a total cf 878,000,pOO bushels, or 38,000,000 larger than last year's crop. A record crop of white potatoes also Is forecast with a production of 452,- 000,000 bushels. That would exceed the previous largest crop, grown in 1912, by 32,000,000 bushels. Prospects at the rye crop show a slight decrease from the June forecast, but the pro­ duction will be a record, with a total of 56,100.000 bushels. Condition-of crops July 1 follows: Winter wheat, 75.9; spring wheat, 86.3; all wheat, 78.9; corn, 81.1; oats, 89.4; barley, 85.4; rye, 79.4; white po­ tatoes, 90.1; .s^eet potatoes, 81.9; to­ bacco, 86.8; flax, 84; rice, 85.1; hay, 84.3; apples, 64; peaches, 55.2. Condition of corn and spring wheat by important states; Corn--Ohio, 85; Indiana, 801 Illi­ nois, 81; Iowa, 86; Missouri, 87; Ne­ braska, 86; Kansas, 77. Spring Wheat--Minnesota, 87; North Dakota, 73; South Dakota, 89. production forecasts of the coun­ try's principal crops, announced by the department of agriculture, follow: Winter wheat, 402,000,000 bushels; spring wheat, 276,000,000; all wheat, 678.000.000; corn, 3,124,000,000 bushels. Condition of spring wheat Is given as 83:6; 'corn, 81.1; corn acreage, 121 »- 045,000. • First announcement of areas planted (In acres), follows: Corn,v 121,045,000; white potatoes, 4,384,000; sweet potatoes, 904,000; to* bacco, 1,418,000; flax, 1,939,000; rice, 968,000. RUSS TAKE 7,000 TEUTONS 8lavs Also Capture Several Tow*n»-- Vienna Admits Defeat /tafHjfpd 6tanielau. -r / ' ' o' v " " London, July 11.--Vienna has ad­ mitted defeat before the furious on­ slaught of the Russians around Stan-' islau. The first line of defense has fallen, the Austrian war office says. The Austrian^, outgeneraled and out­ fought, abandoned their line after a two days' battle. In entente circles this news, coming from Vienna, was taken asv a forecast that Stanislau and Halicz would soon fall. Petrograd, July 11.--Several villages and more than 7,000 men have £een captured by the Russians west of Stanislau in Gallcia, the war office an­ nounced on Monday. Forty-eight guns, including 12 large size, and many machine guns also were captured by the Russians.* Russian cavalry^ pursuing the enei^r, has reached the Lukva river. EMMA GOLDMAN TO JAIL Draft Plotter and Alexander Berkman Each Sentenced to Two Year* and Fine of $10,000. nr < New York, July 1L--Emtaa man and Alexander Berkman were found guilty of conspiracy against the selective draft act on Mondhy. The Jury was out but 20 minutes. Federal Judge Mayor immediately sentenced them to two years' Imprisonment each and fined each $10;000. After their sentences are served both are liable to be deported." Berkman Is a Russian who served time for an attempt on the life of Henry C. Frick. Emma Gold­ man claim* citizenship on her-father's application. U. 8. Ship Is 8unk by Diver. London, July 11.--The 3,198-ton American steamship Massapequa has been sunk by a German submarine, It became known here. The members of the crew were saved, being landed at Jlle de Sein, near Brest, France. Governor Cox Wins Miss Blair? Chicago, July 11.--Miss Margaretta P. Blair, member of the young society set, Is engaged to be married to Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, according to a report from Dayton. The marriage will take place In September. Swedish Colonel Murdered. Stockholm, July 11.--Col. Hjufmee Smltt of the Swedish general staff was found murdered. The circumstances suggest an attempt by the murderer to get possession of military ptans in the .colonel's keeping. Defers Work on Big Plants.' Washington, July 11.--The bulMteg of an $11,000,000 armor plate plant and a $1,500,000 naval laboratory will be deferred probably limit the end of the war, it was announced at the nary .department. to value. Kill All Flies! "MB" * UmiUwM. Dab Daisy Pty Killar >«M by «Se*«era, em |w* , j br «m--«. ItJk "«OLO somas, as* M ml* avc., bkoomlyn, h. v. ,5 OMFalseTeeth Bought Broken or in any condition. We pay up to $5.00 a set according once and get our ofici will return teeth. Domestic Supply C»,, ENEMIES COME WITH SUCCESS One Will Not Seem Right to Any It He Does Not Seem Wrong to Many, Declares Writer. Ton don't make a real success wltb* out making real enemies. You cannot hold a strong position without strong opposition. You won't seem right to any if you don't seem wrong to many# Says the Labor Chronicle.- A useful life can't be entirely peace­ ful and carefree. You must do your duty as you sea It. w Every earnest man In every genera. tlon has paid the price of individuality. You can't dodge. \ The greater you are'the greater the penalty of your progress. The farther you go, the wider your range, the more you Increase the points of contact with which you must reckon, and, there­ fore, you multiply your battles against misconception and slander and ewp? and malice. . * w&w -aM-.i' Didn't Want a Miss Point. Willie was riding in a street car with his mother. In the seat back of them was a man reading in a rather loud voice to a companion the story of some boyhood escapade. Willie, twist­ ing around, listened to the recital with open mouth. The mother, on ap­ proaching her destination, rose to get off the car, taking Willie by the hand, but Willie would not budge. "Why, Willie, what's the matter? We must get off here!" exclaimed the mother. "I don't want to get off," cried the boy, "till I hear the end of the story!" Some Grievance l ' The railroad official invited the stera citizen to communicate his troables. "I want you to give orders," de­ manded the visitor, "that the engineer of the express which passes through Elm Grove at about 11:55> be res* trained from blowing his whistle on Sunday mornings." "Impossible!" exploded the official. "What prompts you to make sUdi • ridiculous request?" "Well, *>u see," explained the citi­ zen ih an undertone, "our pastor preaches until he hears the whistle blow, and that confounded express was twenty minutes late last Sunday." --Lamb. .. , ,(i. . No Wonder. n»e cynical person was standing in front of a part of an exhibition of 4o&) art talent labeled "Art Objects.""' The native, swelling with pride, awaited the visitor's verdict. "What do you think of our effortaT* he asked at last. "Well," said the cynical one, "I sup­ pose Art does object, and I cant blame her, but there doesn't seitt'ti* be any help for it." r - 1 A Test Required. "Johnny, It was very wrong for fOO and the boy next door to fight.** "We couldn't help it, father." » "Could you not have settled your dif­ ferences by a peaceful discussion off the matter, calling in the assistance of unprejudiced opinion, if need be?" "No, father. He was sure he could whip me, and I was sure I could whip him, and there was only one way <*> find out.* t s Who Saw the Gentleman? . Advertisement: "Lost -- Walking stick by a gentleman with head."--Boston Transcript. ^ ---- * -- A gentleman is a human being £(flxi» binlng a woman's gentleness Mid a man's courage. ifvafUii Grape-Nuts Made from choice whole wheat and malted barley, this famous food retains the vital mineral elements the grain, ac essential balanced nourish- but halting many ccrcal foods. m of for f c " l _ ' - : - . rrom every •--good flavor, rich nour­ ishment, easy digestion, convenience, economy, health from childhood to old •ge*--Gf«i>erNut« food. "There V* Reason0 ». .A-feSi.' ® * - •m

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