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?> j-t l„^H< ;•?• * *.»$'*»' • 7 /.( THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER. «f-^,r^r{T TO ? *.-: <"/» "t MCHENRY, Edict by Governor Lowden Urges Aid in the War-Savings Movement. • ECONOMY HABIT IMPORTANT )Q«vernment Securities Safe and Gon- ^ HIS Medium--Plan Will En«l>to Country to Meet Cost «*' Reconstruction. "tk Springfield.--Gov. Frank O. Lowden lias issued the following proclamation designating the week beginning Febru­ ary 3 as "Thrift Week," urging every citizen of Illinois to aid In the war­ mings movement during the week: A Proclamation, . "We should tneet the extraordinary expenditures of our Government at this time, so far as possible, from in­ dividual savings. This is the old- fashioned way--it is the safest way. To accomplish this, the government has worked out a plan for the sale of •war-savings stamps and certificates. That plan is admirable. "Under it, even the day laborer can become the holder of government se­ curities, on terms more favorable than the richest in the land. Under it, there Is Opportunity to teach even the echool children habits of thrift such as never existed before. Our people have t>een noted for their extravagance and 'wastefulness. If we shall succeed In cutting out that waste and extrava- Igance, we shall easily be able to fi­ nance the war. What is equally im- iportant, we shall form such habits of •raying as to be able to meet all the cost of reconstruction at the close of the war. If these habits shall become fixed, we shall have acquired our great­ est national asset, and shall be perma­ nent gainers financially because of the twar. If our people generally shall be­ come owners of government securities, Ithey will be better citizens, and we shall have a better country. "I, therefore, designate the week be- glnning February 3, 1918, as 'Thrift Week,' and urge upon all men and women, and boys and girls of Illinois, 'to begin to save in proportion to their taeans, through the safe and generous medium thus afforded by the govern­ ment. "FRANK O. LOWDEN, "Governor.'* (Wow Statue of Lincoln. ' A revival of the controversy over (the merits of the George Grey Bar- Inard Lincoln statue, to which so much •objection has been made by Robert "T. Lincoln and others, has followed the appearance of a new statue of the -emancipator, the work of Andrew lO'Oonnor of Worcester, Mass. It was taiade for the state of Illinois and is to Bust of Statue of Emancipator to Be Unveiled at Springfield en April 18. i>e erected In the state capital grounds at Springfield and unveiled on April 18 as one of the features of the cen­ tennial celebration of the idmisstoQ of Illinois into the Union. ; The plaster cast has been on exhibi­ tion in the Seligmann galleries in New York, where it has attracted wide at­ tention among artists and sculptors, who are contrasting it with the Bar­ nard statue. O'Connor represents Lincoln as he appeared when he left Springfield on February 11, 1861, to go to Washing­ ton and assume the duties of the pres­ idency. The pose is of marked sim­ plicity, but not lacking In strength and dignity. The head is most remark­ able. The face reflects all the human sympathy, vision and reverence ex­ pressed in the f&rewell address deliv­ ered by Lincoln as he stood on the rear platform of his train on departing for Washington. To Aid Income Tax Collection. Members of the state council of tie- fense are to be called into action soon to assist in the drive to bring, in all returns under the new income tax law before March 1. Samuel Insul, chair­ man of the oouncil, made the pledge of assistance to Julius F. Smietanka, collector of Internal revenue. According to a ruling made, even dead men will be compelled, under certain circumstances, to pay Income taxes. This decision came up as the result of questions asked by the ad­ ministrator of an estate. February Term of Supremo Court. One hundred and etghty-two cases make up the docket for the February term of the Illinois supreme court •which convenes February 3. The dock­ et consists of 95 civil cases, 49 cer- tioraris, and petitions for rehearings have been filed in 38 cases. Among the cases on the advisement docket is that of ^Chicken Joe" Campbell, slayer of the wife of Edmund Allen, former warden of JOllet penitentiary. He has been sentenced to death. *Te has been reprieved until the case can bo re- T"- School Fund for the State. Illinois will receive $93,772.25 fron the federal government, under th« Smith-Hughes law, for purposes of vo cational education, detailed plans foi which have been approved by botl United States and state authorities and will be announced soon. The appropriation runs for the" fis cal year 1917-1918, from July 1 tc June 30, and will be augmented eacl year until the year 1925-1926. On this account, $41,105.92 will gc for teachers' salaries and for teaching trades, home economics and industrial subjects; $30,764.50 will go for prepar ing teachers to give instruction in th€ foregoing subjects, and $21,901.83 foi salaries of teachers, superintendent! or directors of agricultural subjects. Increasing amounts will be paid tc •Illinois, provided required appropria­ tions are made by the legislature, at follows: 1917-18 993,772.2&{1922-23 282.066. £ 1918-19 ......*.137,581.92; 1923-24 313,560.# 1919-20 ....-.,,..181,381.60(1924-26 376,567.71 1920-21 .......».219;018.37il925-2it .........439,576.5t 1821-22 250,o62.2oj According to the federal plan foi teaching of agricultural subjects, at lotment to any state is made in th« proportion which the rural population bears to the total rural population of the United States. These and all other estimates connected with the scheme are based on the 1910 popula tlon. < 1 Likewise, for industrial subjects, the allotment is in the proportion which the> urban population of the state bears to the urban population of the United States. Members of the Illinois vocational board, recently appointed by Governor Lowden to administer the funds, are as follows: Francis W. Shepardson, director of the department of ; registration and education; Francis G. Blair, state su­ perintendent of public instruction; W. H. Stead, director of the department of trade and commerce; Charles Ad- kins, director of the department of ag­ riculture, and Barney Col\eu, director of the department of labor. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS WILSON IN ILLINOIS Will Redeem Excess Fare Coupons. Holders of excess fare coupons, which have been turned Into money by the recent decision of the United States supreme court establishing a maximum rate of 2 cents a mile, are to get their cash as soon as possible. The announcement was made by Edward J. Bruhdage, attorney gen­ eral, representing the state, and Silas S. Strawn, counsel for the railroads, atfer a conference In Chicago. No­ tices to this effect will be posted in every railroad ticket office in the st»te. "Beginning at ml&night January 26," said Mr. Strawn, "the railroads will receive for redemption the coupons evidencing the payment of excess fare. The coupons may be presented at any ticket office of the issuing railroad and will be promptly paid by check. "Until February 1, on account of Inability to reprint tickets and issue Instructions to agents, the railroads are compelled to continue charging at the rate of 2.4 cents a mile, each ticket sold carrying a redeemable coupon for the excess charge." Work Overtime to Catch Up. Industries, large and small, through­ out the state which were affected by the five-day closing order of the Unit­ ed States fuel administration are going to work overtime in order to catch up with the business that was lost during the enforced idleness. This was the announcement made by John M. Glenn, secretary of the Illi­ nois Manufacturers' association. The step is considered of great Importance to manufacturers and others holding contracts for government work. Mr. Glenn also declared that the manufacturers of the state would not give any sanction to the suggestion of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, that a seven-hour day be instituted by the government. Earl Dean Howard, deputy state fuel administrator, in addressing the Chicago Retailers' association, de­ clared the shortage will continue. He pleaded that both the spirit and the letter of the law be observed. Will Fight Three Diseases. A vigorous fight against three dis­ eases common to Southern states-- trachoma, hookworm and malaria- has been undertaken by the Illinois state department of health with Dr. John J. McShane, chief of the division of communicable diseases, in charge of the campaign. Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, head of the department, said Increasing prevalence of these diseases in southern Illinois has led him to undertake a survey of conditions, which will be followed by corrective and curative measures. More than 1,000 letters have been sent by Doctor McShane to physicians in southern Illinois in an attempt to discover where the infections are cen­ tered, and hundreds of replies have come back bearing witness, he said, to the fact that the department Is con­ fronted by a problem. Freak Numbers Snapped Up. Automobile fans have learned that most of the freak state license num­ bers are gone. For Instance, No. 1 belongs to Sidney S. Gorham of La Grange, No. 13 to Dewltt Montgomery of Springfield, No. 23 to Sam E. Thrall of Chicago, No. 100 to C. J. Doyle of Springfield, No. 1818 to John C. Sny­ der of Metamora, and No. 1918 to L C. Elston, Jr. of Highland Park, Reports Indicate no falling off In the demand for "pet" numbers. Some want the superstitious numbers, and others return them post hpste. Increase In 8tate's Coal Output. Production of coal In IllfiHfW In­ creased 15,309,997 tons during the year ending June 30, 1917, as compared with the preceding year, according to the annual report of Evan John, state di- restor of the department of mines and minerals, submitted to Governor Low* den. In the year ending June 80, 1917, a total output of 78,983,527 tons was re­ corded from 810 mines employing 80,- 893 men. The large Increase In production ap­ parently was due to "speeding up/* All girls under sixteen years found on the streets at Rockford without their parents after 9:30 at night will be turned over to the T. W. C. A. by the military police, city officials de­ cided. The decision was reached after a conference of Mayor Rew, Police Chief Bargen, social workers and Brigadier General Kennon, command­ ant at Camp Grant. Mrs. Frank Haas, forty years old, and her son Ernest, seventeen, residing west of Mansfield, Ind., were instantly killed when a covered buggy In which they were riding was struck by the northbound Florida Limited on the Chi cago & Eastern Illinois near Danville. Twelve men were Injured In the mine of the Benton Coal company at Benton, according to Information re­ ceived at the office of the state direct or of mines. The engineer of a cage which was being lowered Into the mine lost control of his engine. Ten of the men were taken to the hospital &t Zlegler. Three thousand admirers of Lieut. Patrick O'Brien of the Royal Flying corps were disappointed at a banquet tendered the hero of Kankakee coun­ ty at Momence on his arrival home. Only 450 plates were provided at the banquet and offers as high as $20 each were made for the envied tickets. Kabenawwoywence. a Chippewa In­ dian, said to be one hundred and thir­ ty years old, who was In Chicago from his home at Cass Lake Minn., to at­ tend the automobile show, does not like the white man's bed. Although he occupied a room with a bath at a leading downtown hot£l he slept on the floor. He said that beds in hotels and berths in sleeping cars give one a cramp. According to the records at the agency Where Kabenawwoywence lives, he Is the oldest Indian In Amer­ ica. Gov. .Frank O. Lowden was Installed as grand orator of the grand lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Masonic temple at Springfield. Bishop Peter J. Muldoon of the Rockford diocese has been made gen­ eral chairman of the war council of the Roman Catholic church In America. Bishop Muldoon, It Is understood, will have general control of all war work agencies organized by American Cath­ olics here or abroad. The state civil service commission announced that the next examination for the position which has always been known in the past as deputy game and fish warden will be held throughout the state on May 18. After being denied a pardon from the Joliet penitentiary, John J. Halpln, former captain of detectives in Chi­ cago, has applied for a parole to the division of pardons and paroles, In ses­ sion at the prison. Miss Florence Hinton, Decatur nurse in the One Hundred and Eightieth base hospital In Flanders, died January 22 of cerebro-spinal meningitis, her fam­ ily was notified by the war department. She was a graduate of the Illinois Training School for Nurses, Chicago. More than 120,000 persons have signed the dry Chicago petition, ac­ cording to an estimate by Philip Tar- row, general superintendent of the Dry Chicago Federation. Chicago Is on sugar rations. Harry A. Wheeler, state food administrator, announced that, by an agreement with wholesalers and brokers, three car- loads of western beet sugar, approxi­ mating 200,000 pounds, will be appor­ tioned among about 1,000 retailers. Reports received Indicate that little re­ lief can be expected for some time. A shortage In brown sugar also was re­ ported by retail grocers. Prices of fresh eggs to the consum­ er were advanced to 71 cents a dozen by the price committee of the Illinois food administration. Severe cold weather was given as the cause. Cadet Frank L. Serry of Evanston was almost instantly killed at the gov­ ernment aviation field near San An­ tonio, Tex., when his airplane collided with a second plane driven by Cadet D. C. Dunham of Rochester, N. Y. Dunham died in the base hospital. Secretary Baker and the war de­ partment were criticized by Rev. L. B. Cain of the Edgewater Presbyterian church of Chicago at the funeral serv­ ice of Vernon Rockefeller of the One Hundred and Seventh Wisconsin engi­ neers who was burled at Streator. Rockefeller died of pneumonia con­ tracted at Jefferson barracks while ginning on the floor with a single blanket to cover him. The days of grace for food prof­ iteers In Chicago are drawing to a close.t All stores selling food above the government's prices will be vls- ted by an inspector from Harry A. Wheeler's office. Much Information has come to the office of the Illinois food administrator to the effect that retail dealers are selling foods at high­ er prices than the government has au­ thorized and that wholesalers, in some cases, completely Ignore the wishes of the food administration. Sergt. James A. Gillespie, quarter­ master corps, finance department, Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Gillespie, Springfield, is dead, and Private Howard Colgan, headquarters troop, seriously injured as a result of . a motorcycle accident. Confusion reigned In Chicago be­ cause of the first heatless Monday. Violations of the spirit or the letter of the federal fuel order were report­ ed to the Illinois fuel administration In such numbers that the limited force detailed by the department of justice was swamped. Mrs. Llda Wlsa, seventy-four years old, and her son, Julian, fifty years old, owner of the Commonwealth Varn­ ish company, 4124 Parker avenue, Chi­ cago, were found asphyxiated by gas In their home, 3345 Wellington avenue. The police believe the mother and son entered into a suicide pact. The son had been sickly for months and had been confined to his bed. The Southern Illinois Light and Pow­ er company filed applications with the state utilities commission at Spring field for leave to increase Its rates for power at Butler, Montgomery county, and also at Greenville, Bond county. President Has Promised to Addroea Farmers' War Conference at State University, Telling tho 4 ^ ' Part of Farmers.- - ' . P " ' V PiWftTfcnt Edmund Mills of the tf^f- versity of Illinois, announced that President Wilson will attend the farm­ ers' war conference and deliver an ad­ dress on the part farmers play in the war, provided no hew International de­ velopments interfere. The war confer­ ence will be held at the university from January 28 to February 1, in co­ operation with the state council of defense. Illinois is the banner farm-crop state. Value of her crops last year exceeded that of Texas, which car­ ried away the honor In 1916. Iowa's crops were slightly under those of Texas In volume last year, placing the Hawkeye state In third position. Iowa was in second place In 1916, with Illinois third. All potatoes discovered in the hands of speculators at Chicago are to be forced into the open market, Horace C. Gardner, chairman of the price com­ mittee of the United States food ad­ ministration, announced. It 1s believed the action will relieve any possibility of a shortage and result ill lower prices. The price of potatoes from re­ tailers to the consumers was advanced one cent per ten pounds by the price committee. Potatoes from Michigan, Wisconsin and the Dakotas are now retailing in Chicago at from 26 to 28 cents for ten pounds. Western po­ tatoes retail from 27 to 30 cents per ten pounds. Two hundred and fifty miners In the employ of the Pand Coal company at Pana in their mine No. 1, who some five weeks ago refused to work be­ cause the washhouse was cold and damp, are the first miners In central Illinois to come under the ruling of Fuel Commissioner Garfield of the United States and be compelled to pay a fine of $3 a day for their first day they were idle and refused to work and a fine of $1 for the second day that they did not work. Dr. David Klein, state analyst for the division of foods and dairies of the Illinois agriculture department, lias re­ ceived a commission from Washington appointing him a captain in the sani­ tary corps of the United States army, and as a result a fifth star has been added to the service flag In the Chica­ go offices of this branch of the state administration. Recent promotions at Camp Grant are as follows: Headquarters com­ pany--To be corporal, Private John M. Wiochert of Dundee. To be musi­ cians (third class) : Privates Fred­ erick R. Parllefe, Rockford; Edward C. Rocking, Woodstock; Fred J. Vaughan, Dixon; Roy White, Warren; George W. Rogers, Belolt, Wis. Com­ pany G--To be sergeants: Corporal H. H. Henry. 6314 Dorchester avenue, Chicago; Corporal William Wilczyn- ski, Chicago Heights; Corporal Al. M. Senn, Chicago. The mystery shrouding the Identity of the sixteen-year-old girl who was arrested at Chicago on her arrival from Youngstown. O., carrying a satchel In which were 36 sticks of dynamite, was solved when she broke down and told federal authorities her name Is Josie Lande and that she Is from Youngs- town, O. She Is being held under $20,- 000 ball. Philip D. Armour, nephew of J. Og- den Armour, has resigned as director of Armour & Co., following an order from the war department to report at Columbus barracks, Columbus, O., for Instruction In ground aviation duties at the school of military aeronautics. Mr. Armour enters the schoqj as a pri­ vate. i Paul J. Cassldy, twent? be years old, 3265 Cottage Grove ** fnue. Chi cago, a substitute clerk ins *e post of­ fice, accused of taking 2fiff^ents from the mails, was arraigned;before Unit­ ed States Commissioner Lewis F. Ma son. Cassldy admitted the theft. He* was held in $1,500 bond for a trial be­ fore Federal Judge Landls. Thirty-two dollars was paid at Free- port for a bushel of seed corn at a farmers' sale. This Is three times the normal price of the best tested seed. An application, the first of its kind In Illinois, to operate a motor express line, was filed with the public utilities commission at Springfield by the Chi­ cago, Waukegan and Hammond Trans­ portation company. Kerosene will bo used as fuel. The annual session of the Illinois conference of the United Evangelical rhurch will he held at Dixon beeinninn; Thursday, March 21. Bishop W. H. Fouke of Napervllle will preside. Fear of being drafted drove William Hundredmark of Oregon insane. The day he was sent to the asylum rela­ tives found he was placed in class 4 and probably would never have seen service. G. R. Morrison of Savanna, for 17 years superintendent of the Racine A Southwestern division of the St. Paul railroad, will be succeeded by C. O. Bradshow, formerly with the Great Northern. Mrs. William Werner, wife of a fanner living two miles east of Des Plalnes, shot and killed her four-year- old son William. Jr., In their home While playing "bandit" with him. She nulled the trigger of a shotgun she didn't know was loaded. She became hysterical and begged to be hanged. Fred Neiderhausen, thirty, a clerk of Hinsdale, fell under and wa« killed by a Burlington train in that village. The shock of the sight result­ ed In the death from heart disease of j Goodwin Perkins, executive secre­ tary of the Chicago dty departments of the Y. M. C. A. As the state of Illinois will eventu­ ally be called upon to perpetually maintain good roads, the division of public works and buildings will exer­ cise Its full power to Insure that the highways are constructed In the best possible manner. This statement was made bv Chief Highway Engineer Clif­ ford oider at the closing session of the county highway association at Springfield. The Illlnots Veterinary Medical and Surgical association will hold Its an­ nual meeting In St. Nicholas hotel, De­ catur, on January 23 and 24. Member* from all over the gtate will attend. ^ 3 KILLED, MANY j HURT IN WRECK flyer From Sioux City and ! Omaha Leaves Rails at . Granger, Ht MANY I0WANS ARE INJURED t MICHIGAN YOUTHS IN CRIME PACT 'en of lleven Coaches Leave Ralto and Roll Down 25-Foot Embank- ment--Wife of Counsel for Road Among Dead. Chicago, Jan. 30.--Three persons are known to have been killed and many others were injured when an Bllnoia Central combination flyer from Sioux City and Omaha jumped the track at Granger, 111., 28 miles west of Chl- eago. Ten of eleven coaches plunged from the rails and rolled down a 25-foot em­ bankment. Many of the passengers, of. whom there were 200 on board, were pinned under the wreckage. Those who were not Injured faced death by freezing. The Dead: Mrs. Dwight Henderson, Sioux City, la., wife of counsel for the Illinois Central railroad; Sidney Spitzer, five months old, 1435 North Western avenue; M. O. Thompson, Sioux Falls, S. D. Seriously Injured: Mrs. J. M. Byler, Manson, la., a bride of Sunday, who was on her honeymoon, condition crit­ ical ; Miss Viola Berg, Le Mars, la.; Miss Jessie Craig, Sioux City, la.; Charles Esche, Iowa Falls, la.; Mrs. C. V. Jones, Fort Dodge, la.; Mrs. Bertha Spitzer, Chicago.; C. D. Thom­ as*, Huntington, Ind., a soldier nt Camp Grant on his way to Chicago; Mrs. Arthur Trapp, Dubuque, la. Among those less seriously Injured were: Julius Byler, Mansdn, la. ; S. E. Bell, Fort Dodge, la.; S. .7. Berg, Le Mars, la.; George Cameron, Fort Dodge, la.; Charles Cameron, Fort Dodge, la.; Charles \V. Ellis, Iowa City, la.; Charles Krollman, Evnnsville, Ind.; Charles F. Miers, Sioux City, la.; A. J. Trapp, Dubuque, la.; William Winget, Sioux City, la.; L. L. Wright, Mansou, la. The wreck occurred at the same switch where a troop train carrying sol­ diers back to Camp Grant after a holi­ day in Chicago recently was derailed. The train was running about twenty miles an hour when it reached Granger at 2:10 o'clock. Mrs. Spitzer had just put her baby to sleep and laid it on a car seat. There was a crash as the tender of the second engine--No. 1087 --left the rails and the long string of coaches piled up against it. Mrs. Spit­ zer leaped to rescue the baby. It had disappeared. The injured and other passengers pinned under debris shrieked for help. Maj. Henry L. Schelling, coming from Camp Grant to Chicago with soldiers, was on the train. One of the soldiers was among the Injured. The others went to the rescue with the major and dug out the Imprisoned victims. Appeals for help were flashed to Chicago and Elgin. The doctors and nurses from Chi­ cago and Elgin gave first aid and the passengers from the wrecked train were taken on board the relief train, with the injured in hospital cars, and taken to Chicago. The victims were taken to hospitals In Chicago. A broken rail caused the accident. TRANSPORT HITS MINE; 40 DIE French Steamer Drome Destroyed Near Marseilles--Liner Andania Torpedoed Off Ireland. Paris, Jan. 30.--Forty persons were killed when the French transport Drome and a trawler struck a mine within sight of Marseilles on Monday. Aviators soon afterward discovered several mines in the same vicinity. London, Jan. 30,--The big Cunard liner Andania and the steamer Cork were torpedoed and sunk by subma rines In the last 24 hours. Seven pas­ sengers and five of the crew of the Cork were lost. Several stokers on the Andania were killed. The Cork, which was 1,279 gross tons, was torpedoed without warning. Tlie torpedo struck her amidships and she sank in five minutes. Many of the passengers were in their berths at the time. The survivors were landed at a port of western Eng­ land. The Andania was torpedoed off the Ulster coast Sunday morning. All of the 40 passengers were secued by pa­ trol boats. The Andania, 13,405 tons; was built In 1913 and had made many trips be­ tween British and American ports. There were no Americans among the passengers, who were booked in Lon­ don for the Andania. Widow Gets $6,000 Job. New York, Jan. 30.--Mrs. Ellen A O'Grady, widow with three daughters, was appointed deputy police commis­ sioner. She has been a probation offi­ cer in Brooklyn for several years. The appointment carries a $6,000 salary. Big Bridge Goes Down in Africa. Ottawa, Jan. 30.--Violent rainstorms have occurred in Rhodesia, South Africa, causing considerable damage. The big Odiziriviven bridge, on the main railway between Salisbury and Beira, has been carried away. British Casualties Lower. London, Jan. 80 -- British casualties, during the week ending Monday were 8.588, divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 25; men, 1,- 714. Wounded or missing: Officers, ; men, 6,721. 1 Friend of Lincoln Dies. ' Seattle, Wash., Jan. 30.--'Thomas Wardell, friend of Abraham Lincoln, dv *d here on Monday, aged one hun- dr»d and two years. He conducted a stote opposite Lincoln's law office in Springfield, 111. Inspired by LuridPfcturesof Ex­ tortion Scenes Seen in the "Movies." • Ht. Pleasant, Mich.--Sixl^yfttaya, ranging In age from fifteen to seven­ teen years, and members of prominent families here, are believed to be the members of the gang of blackmailers operating under the direful title of the "Black Four," with the object of ob­ taining, through threats of death, money from business men and other well-to-do citizens. It Is believed the daring youths were led into a life of crime through wit­ nessing the many "vampire" and "un­ derground" pictures shown In the CHhRTEK OF BLACK FOUR we" oo hereby pRWree TO b£ LOyAi io ouft, GM6 & m HOfloft, 9c CLOKV, &TO IHF TIWTOIV DEATTF- Tho Boys Called Themselves The Black Four." * ••movies,'* The names of the school­ boys have not been made public and no arrests have taken place. The boys are said to have confessed to threatening George H. MacGilllvay, a druggist of Mt. Pleasant, with de­ struction of property In case he refused to hand over $500. A letter containing the threat was found under MacGllll- vay's drug store door. The boys called themselves the "Black Four." Only four boys were at first members of the band, which was organized some months ago. Two more were admit­ ted later. John S. Weldman, president of a state bank and one of the wealthiest men In the county, received a letter threatening himself and family with death If he did not leave $30,000 burled In a certain place. The charter of the "Black Four" Is In the hands of the sheriff and reads as follows: "We do hereby promise to be loyal to our gang and risk even death for its honor and glory, and to the traitor, death." HOLDS DOWRY, LOSES HUBBY Wife Charges That New York Attor­ ney Demanded $10,p00 or • Divorce. New Toric.--'Your father got fhe best of me. He promised me $10,000 to marry you, and he didn't give me a cent. I don't care whether he gave you the money or not. The money belongs to me. You are responsible." This declaration, according to the complaint filed by Mrs. Selma Levin- son, in a suit for separation from Isaac Levinson, a lawyer, was made by the defendant just one month and two days after their marriage. The plaintiff alleges the defendant told her he would get the money. If not in an agreeable way--In one that would be disagreeable. "If you don't give me that $10,000, then I want to get a divorce," the plain­ tiff says she was told. According to Mrs. Levinson, she re­ ceived $10,000 as her dowry, but the defendant did not get It nor was promised It. MAN STUMBLES ON FORTUNE Janitor Picks Up Paper and Finds He's Heir to Half of 9t00fi00 Estate, Greensburg, Pa.--C. E. Ellsworth, janitor at the public school building, swept out the rooms as .usual the oth­ er night A bit of paper caught his eye and he re&d that he was heir to half an estate of $600,000. The estate is that of Robert L Ells­ worth, aged eighty-eight, who died 18 months ago at his home in Washings ton and left his entire fortune to his nephew In Greensburg and his sister, Mrs. Elvlna Blndon of Washington. The nephew here had lost all trace of his uncle, neither having seen nor heard from him for more than forty years. Soon after he received notice of his fortune from an attorney. 9,500,000 \cres of Wheat in Kansas. Topeka.--The Kansas board of ag­ riculture has estimated that 9,500,000 acres of winter wheat have been sown In that state. Based on 100 per cent condition of the state's growing wheat is 70.1 per cent or lower by 5.8 points than was reported a year ago. The government apportionment of wheat for was 10,000,000 acres. 8ayv Leg Is Worth $12,500 an Inch. San Pedro, Cal.--Victor Peterson has placed a valuation of $12,500 an inch bn his leg. He has sued the Lando and Podesta Produce company for $2Sk>- 000 for an accident which shortened his right leg two Indies. Success of a New Rasndf for Raftfafthf IMmjt ft--Hnt Qcmrenr, Ir.t*--* I am glad to Ml wba6| Dr. Pierce's Annrlc has done for me; it Up; a fine remedy. I have been a great sale, ferer with my back and hip for years tafjf Anuric did wonders for me. I have Ukflt two bottles of the tablets and tell ei one what a good medicine it Is."--Maas^ STELLA. STECKDALL, M4 Madison Street*. * DALE, III.--"This Is to certify that t- have used the Anuric Tablets for kidne^. trouble and can truthfully say that they have been of great benefit to me. I had pains in my limbs at night so that I oould not rest. Since I have taken the tablets that Is all gone and I am not disturbed more than once a night Before taking Anuric I had, to get up three or four time&l I think It is ft grand remedy.--MABCTO F. ALLY*. NOTE: Folks in town and adjoining counties are delighted with the results they have obtained by using ANURIC*" the newest discovery of Dr. Pierce, wh#r... is head of the Invalids' Hotel and Sorg# ical Institute, in Buffalo, N. Y. Thos# who started the day with a backache^ stiff legs, arms and muscles, and aft' aching head (worn ont before the day began because they were in and oufc of oed half a dozen times at night) ar#, appreciating the perfect rest, comfort^ and new strength they obtained froai Doctor Pierce's Anuric Tablets, dcubli strength. To prove that this is a cer* tain uric acid solvent and conquer® headache, kidney and bladder disease# and rheumatism, if you've never use<i the Anuric, send ten cents to Dr. Pierco for a large sample package. This will prove to j?ou that Anuric is many time® more active than lithia in eliminating uric acid. If you are a sufferer, go tf your best druggist and ask for a sixty* cent bottle of Anuric. • V i ; 8topp»t« of th« bowel More cattle a!« of panl/sia < bowels and being drenched thaa all other bowel troubles Dr. David Rob«rt«* luAXOTONIC, Price 50c fed dry on the tongue will overeoi j»araiysls and stoppage of the bo we! thus 'avoiding drenching which 3A dangerous In Itself. r Real KM Practical BOM TndMfkS fl*Ml far fTM WeU>t mt 4kwM« «» If no dealer In your town, writ* , . David lobsrtt' tit. Ca* 100 Onai Anna, Varimka, VIBm F t. May's Treatment conquers worst caat* <j| epilepsy. Spasms, Convulsions, Nervous DUM* ders. Generous $2.00 bottle sent free. STAT* Agf DR. W. H. MAY, 553 PEARL ST., N. VJ e "LAND OFFERING^ Along the Kansas City Southern Railway.!: now rpady for distribution. Contains lists of {iroTed and unimproved lands for saie at all Btattoo# D Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana Mia Texas, together with reliable information oonoenjf ' log the towns, cities, agricultural and mineral r#> source* iwmr which the lands are located- WIS#., P. K. Woodruff, Director nf Develepweet . 625 K. C. S. Ry. "Id*. Kansaa City. M# Second Line of Defense. To maintain one soldier at the frosijb:.! requires the labor of four men In pro* ductlve pursuits. '$S' America Saving Tin Cans at Camfh. Washington.--To help conserve the nation's tin supply, orders have been sent to army camps to save all tin cans. A campaign for the conserva­ tion of tin will be carried on among tho public. For a disordered liver, take Tea, the Herb laxative. Ail druggist* Adv. QUESTION ALL MUST ANSWEf = Time Comes When Every. Man Wifjf^ ':'4 Ce Asked as to the Harvest Ho ' t-":-, Has Reaped. Earth shows her harvest tn pride fullness or regret of bitter poverty;! what Is ours--we who also have ha§ our year? As the old phrase has What fruits have we brought forth! Man Is not bound to the seasons al tilled land is and needs no barn t|j£ gather his soul In when autumn eomes$ but, with the same plainness, hi either does not yield the values bfr which mankind truly lives. When fall closes down on summer's parting thfr greatest and the least of us hav| either helped or hindered the pei nent welfare of our race. Man's o business is to Increase Justice a kindness; to make more of patie humility and courage; to see to It thi evil loses and that good is stren ened In the unending conflict of th forces. For the soul's harvest homo It is either tares or wheat; there is n|t fallow ground. The sowing Is unsee* of others^ and the reaper, also, but thp care and thought that go to the growl' Ing of the crop are much the sam4 But man's own harvest Is Infinity an# eternally more important than that which he wrests from the field.--Oo>» Iter's. A Mistake. MA laboring man hai choice of occupations." "There you are mistake always take his pick." Terr mat. • '"*• il - •! i. He ca» - ! ' ' lYomen whose sensitive nerves often yield to coffee's harmful stimulation, appre date the change resulting from a ten days'trial of ^INSTANT . POSTUM INSTEAD If comm. Such a delicious drink makes the change easy and better nerves moke it a permanent one 'Theresa Reason 4 y + rVi