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w MHENRY PLAINDEALER, M'HENRT, ILL. lustrations & C. D I^hodes COKYKlCrHT 1914- I9r OODD,A\EAP ^ CCiMtHNy II 8YNOPSI8. yr ": ^/curiou* crowd of nalgbftuN£*ifa«e the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander, County judge and eccentric recluse, fol­ lowing a w„eu woman who proves to be the widow of a man tried before the Judge •Ed electrocuted for murder years before. Her Udugmer is engaged to the judge's •On, from whom he is estranged, but the Murder is between the lovers. She plans to clear her husband's memory and asks the judge's aid. Deborah Scoville reads the newspaper clippings tolling the story Of the murder of Algernon Etherldge by John Scoville in Dark Hollow, twelve years before. The judge and Mrs. Sco­ ville meet at Speccer's Folly and she •hows him how. on the day of the mur­ der, she saw the shadow of a mail, whit­ tling a stick and wearing a long peaked cap. The judg» engages her and her <ta.Ught«r Reuther to live with him in his • mysterious home. Deborah ?».:id her law­ yer, Black, go to the police station and •ee the stick used to murder Etheridge. flhe discovers a broken knife-blade point embedded In it. Deborah and Reuther go to live w'th the judge. Deborah sees a portrait of Oliver, the Judge's son, with a (Hack band painted across the eyes. That night she finds, in Oliver's room, a cap With a peak like the shadowed »ne, and • knife with a broken blade-point. Anon­ ymous letters and a talk with Miss Weeks increase her suspicions and fears. She finds that Oliver was in the ravine On the murder night. CHAPTER X---Continued. She had rather have died, nay, have had Reuther die, than to find herself forced to weigh fund decide so mo­ mentous a question. "" For, however she might feel about It, not a single illusion remained as to whose hand had made use of John Scoville's stick to strike down Alger­ non Etheridge. How could she have When she came to piece the whole •tory together, and weigh the facts •he had accumulated against Oliver With those which had proved so fatal to her husband? Deborah shuddered. Aye, the mys­ tery had cleared, but only to en­ shroud her spirits anew and make her long with all her bursting heart and shuddering soul that death had been her portion before ever she had es­ sayed to lift the veil held down so tightly by these two remorseful men. But was her fault irremediable? The only unanswerable connection be­ tween this old crime and Oliver lay in the evidence she had herself collected. As she had every intention of sup- presbiug this evidence, and as she had small dread of any one else digging out the facts to which she only pos­ sessed * clue, might she not hope that any suspicions raised by her inquiries •would fall like a house of cards when she withdrew her hand from the top­ ping structure? She would make her first effort and see. Mr. Black had heard her com­ plaint; he should be the first to learn that the encouragement she had re­ ceive was so small that she had de­ cided to accept her present good luck without further query, and not hark back to a past which most people had buried. • • • • • • * "You began it, as women begin most things, without thought and a due Weighing of consequences. And now you propose to drop it in the same freakish manner. Isn't that it?" Deborah Scoville lifted her eyes in manifest distress and fixed them de- precatingly upon her interrogator. Mr. Black smiled. The woman de­ lighted him. The admiration which he had hitherto felt for her person and for the character which could so deveiopthrough misery and reproach as to make her in twelve short years the exponent of all that was most at­ tractive and bewitching in woman seemed likely to extend to her mind. VI am reconciled simply from neces­ sity," was her gentle response. "Noth­ ing is more precious to me than danger it further by raising false hopes. That is why I have come to cry halt" "Madam, I oommend your decision. But why should you characterize your hopes as false. Just when there Seems to be some justification for them?" * Her eyes widened, and She regarded Siim with a simulation of surprise, which interested without Imposing *pon him. "I do not understand you," said she. "Have you come upon some clue? Have you heard something which I have not?" Mr. Black took two or three crushed •Old folded papers from a drawer be­ side him and, holding them, none too plainly in sight, remarked very quietly, but with legal firmness: "Do not let us play about thp bush •fey longer. Tou have announced your intention of making no further attempt to discover the man who in your eyes merited the doom accorded to John Scoville. Your only reason for this-- if you are the woman I think you-- lies in your fear of giving further op­ portunity to the misguided rancor of an irresponsible writer of anonymous epistles. Am I not right, madam?" Beaten, beaten by a direct assault, because she possessed the weaknesses, as well as the pluck, of a woman. She could control the language of her lips, but not their quivering; she could cieet his eye with* steady assurance, but she could not keep the pallor from her cheeks or subdue the evidences of her heart's turmoil. Her pitiful glance acknowledged her defeat, which she already saw mirrored in his eyeat Taking it for an answer, he said gently enough: "That we may understand each oth­ er at once, I will mention the person who has been made the subject of these attacks. He--" "Don't speak the name," she prayed, leaning forward and laying her gloved hand Upon his sleeve. "It is not neces­ sary. The whole thing is an out­ rage." His admiration was quite evident It did not prevent him, however, from saying quite abruptly: "Men who indulge themselves in writing anonymous accusations sel­ dom limit themselves to one effusion. I will stake my word that the judge has found more than one on his lawn." She could not have responded if she would; her mouth was dry, her tongue half paralyzed. What was coming? The glint in the lawyer's eye fore­ warned her that something scarcely in consonance with her hopes and wishes might be expected. "The judge has seen and read these barefaced insinuations against his son and has not turned this whole town topsy-turvy! A lion does not stop to meditate; he springs. And Archibald Ostrander has the nature of a lion. Mrs. Scoville, this is a very serious matter." I do not wonder that you are a trifle overwhelmed by the results of your ill-considered Investigations." "Does the town know? Has the thing become a scandal--a byword? Miss Weeks gave no proof of ever hav­ ing heard one word of this dreadful business.' "That is good news* You relieve me. Perhaps it is not a general topic as yet" Then shortly and with law­ yerlike directness: "Look over these. Do they look at all familiar?" She glanced down at the crumpled sheets and half-sheets he had spread out before her. They were similar in appearance to the one she had picked up on the judge's grounds, but the language was more forcible, as wit­ ness these: When a man Is trusted to defend an­ other on trial for his life, he's supposed to know his business. How came John Scoville to hang, without a thought be­ ing given to the man who hated A. Ether­ idge like poison? I could name a certain chap who more than once In the old days boasted that he'd like to kill the fellow. And it wasn't Scoville or any one of his low-down stamp either. A high and mighty name shouldn't shield a man who sent a poor, unfriended wretch to his death In order to save his own bacon. "Horrible!" murmured Deboirah, drawing back in terror of her own emotion. "It's the work of some im­ placable enemy taking advantage of the situation I have created. Mr. Black, this man must be found and made to see that no one will believe, not even Scoville's widow--" "There! you needn't go any fur­ ther with that," admonished the law­ yer. "Have you any idea who this per­ son is?" "Not the least In the world." "I ask because of this," he explained, picking out another letter and smil­ ingly holding it out toward her. She read it with flushed cheeks. Listen to the lady. Tou can't listen to any one nicer. What she wants she can get. There's a witness you never saw or heard of. A witness they had never heard of! What witness? Scarcely could she lift up her eyes from the paper. Yet there was a possibility, of course, that this statement was a lie. "Stuff, isn't it?" muttered the law­ yer. "Never mind, well soon have hold of the writer." His face had taken on a much more serious aspect, and she could no longer complain of his indifference or even of his sar­ casm. "You will give me another opportu­ nity of talking with you on this mat­ ter," pursued he. "If you do not come here you may expect to see me at Judge Ostrander's. I do not quite like the position into which you have been thrown by these absurd insinua­ tions. It may even lead to your losing the home which has been so fortu­ nately opened for you. If this oc­ curs you may tount on my friendship, Mrs. Scoville. I may have failed you once, but I will not fail you twice." Surprised, almost touched, she held out her hand, with a cordial "Thank you," in which emotion struggled with her desire to preserve an appearance of complete confidence in Judge Os­ trander, and Incidentally in his son. Then she turned to go. The lawyer appeared to acquiesce in the movement of departure. But when he saw her about to vanlBh through the door some impulse of compunction, as real as it was surpris­ ing, led him to call her back and seat her once more in the chair she had so lately left. "I cannot let you go," said he, "un­ til you understand that these insinua­ tions from a self-called witness would not be worth our attention if there were not a few facts to give color to his wild claims. Oliver Ostrander was In that ravine connecting with Dark Hollow, very near the time of the onsJaught on Mr. Etheridge; and hei certainly hated the man and want­ ed him out of the way. The whole town knows that with one exception. You know that exception?" "I think so," she acceded, taking a fresh grip upon her emotions. "That thrt was anything more than a coincidence has never been ques­ tioned. He was not even summoned as a witness. With the judge's high reputation in mind I do not think a single person could have been found in those days to suggest any possible connection - between this boy and a crime so obviously premeditated. But people's minds change with time and events, and Oliver Ostrander's name uttered in this connection today would not occasion the same shock to the community as it would have done then. You understand me, Mrs. Scoville?" "You allude to the unexpected sep­ aration between himeelf and father, a^d not to any failure on his part to sustain the reputation of his family?" "Oh, he has made a good position for himself, and earned universal con­ sideration. But that doesn't weigh against the prejudices of people, ro.ised by such eccentricities as have distinguished the conduct of these two men." "Alas!" she murmured, frightened to the soul for the first time, both by his manner and his words. "You know and I know," he went on with a grimness possibly suggested by his subject, "that no mere whim liee back of such a preposterous se­ clusion as that of Judge Ostrander be­ hind his double fence. Sons do not cut loose from fathers or fathers from sons without good cause. You can see, then, that the peculiarities of their mutual history form but a poor foundation for any light refuta­ tion of this scandal, should it reach the public mind. Judge Ostrander knows this, and you know that he knows this; hence your distress. - Have I not read your mind, madam?" "No one can read my mind any more than they can read Judge Os­ trander's," she avowed in a last , des­ perate attempt to preserve her secret. "You may think you have done so, but what assurance can you have of the fact?" "You are strong in their defense," said he, "and you *will need to be if .the matter ever comes up. The shad­ ows from Dark Hollow, reach far, and engulf all they fall upon." CHAPTER XI. Changes. . "Reuther, sit up here close by mother and le& me talk to you for a little while." "Yes, mother; oh, yes, mother." Deborah felt the b9loved head pressed close to her shoulder and two soft arms fall about her neck. "Ate you very unhappy? Is my little one. pining too much for the old days?" A closer pressure of the head, a morn vehement clasp of the •ncirr.lln* arms, but no words. They were sitting in the dark, with just the light of the stars shining through the upper panes of the one unshaded window. Deborah, there­ fore, had little to fear from her daugh­ ter's eye, only from the sensitiveness of her touch and the quickness of her ear. Alas, in this delicately organised girl these were both attuned to the nicest discrimination, and before the mother could speak Reuther had started up. crying: "Oh, how your heart beats! Some* thing has happened, darling mother^ something which--" "Hush, Reuther; it is only this: When I came to Shelby it was with a' hope that I might some day smooth the way to your happiness. But it was only a wild dream, Reuther; and the hour has come for me to tell you so. What Joys are left us must come in other ways; love unblessed must be put aside resolutely and forever." 8he felt the shudder pass through the slender form which had thrown itself again at her side; hut when the young girl spoke it was with unex­ pected bravery and calm. "I have long ago done that mamma. I've had no hopes from the first 11M look with which Oliver accepted my refusal to go on with the ceremony was one of gratitude, mother. I can never forget that Relief struggled with grief. Would you have me cher­ ish any further illusion after that?" "Then you will not think me unkind or even untender if I say that every loving thought you give now to Oliver is hurtful both to yourself and to me. Don't indulge in them, my darling. Pnt your heart into work or into music, and your mother will bless you. Wont it help you to know this, Reuther? Your mother, who *»»• griefs, will bless you." "Mother, mother!" The next morning found Deborah pale--almost as pale as Reuther Knowing its cause herself, she did not invite the judge's Inquiries; and anoth­ er day passed. With the following morning she felt strong enough to open the conversation which had now become necessary for her peace of mind. She waited till the moment when, her work all done, she was about to leav^ his presence. Pausing till she caught his eye, which seemed a little loath, she thought to look,her way, she observed, with perhaps unneces­ sary distinctness: "I hope' everything is to your mind. Judge Ostrander. I should be very sorry not to make you as comfortable as is possible under the circum­ stances." Roused a little (suddenly, perhaps, from thoughts quite disconnected with f!T SWEEP ALLIES BACK QERMAN8' SUCCESSES NORTH OP YPRE8 ATTRIBUTED BY FOe - y-'U' 70 OAS BOMBS. • • '.'t ,m • FRENCH GAIN AT ST. MIHIEL NO EMBARGO ON ARMS She Held Out Her Hand With a Qor- dlal "Thank You." those of material comfort, he nodded with the abstraction of one who reo- ognizes that some sort of acknowledg­ ment is expected from him; then, see­ ing her still waiting, added politely: "I am very well looked after, if that is what you mean, Mrs. Scoville. Bela could not do any better--if he ever did as well." "I am glad," she replied, thinking with what humor this would have struck her once. "I--I ask because, having nothing on my mind but house­ keeping, I desire to remedy anything which is not in aooordanoe with your exact wishes." His attention was caught and by the very phrase she desired. "Nothing on your mind but house­ keeping?" he repeated. 1 though', you had something elBe of a very par­ ticular nature with which to occupy yourself." "I had; but I have been advised against pursuing K. Tits folly was too great" "Who advised your* Nearly Half a Mile of Trenches Taken at Famous "Wedge" en the Meuse-- Teutons Capture 1,000 Men and Four Guns. Berlin (fSk London), April 26.-- An official report on the progress of hostilities was given out in Berlin on Friday. It said: "in the western area of the fighting we advanced from our front at Steen- straate, east of Langemarck, against the positions of the enemy north and northwest of Ypres. With a rush our troops moved forward along a line ex­ tending as far as the hills south of Pilken and east of Douon. "At the same time they forced their way. after a stubborn fight, across the Yser canal at Steeustraate and Het Sas, where they established themselves on the western bank of the canal. At least 1,600 French and British sol­ diers were taken prisoners and thirty cannon, including four heavy British guns, fell into our hands. "Between the Meus# and the Mo­ selle the active fighting again became more lively. The artillery battles were especially fierce at Combres, St Ml- hiel and Apremont, as well as at a point northeast of Fllrey. Infantry attacks on the part of the enemy fol­ lowed only in the wooded country be­ tween Ailly and Apremont The French penetrated this region into cer­ tain sections of our foremost trenches, but they were partly driven out again. The fighting at close .Quarters con­ tinues. "The village of Embremeuil, west of Agricourt, which had been taken by us and which was set on fire by the French with their shells, has been ovacuated by our outposts. The hills north and south of Embremeuil were retained." The French war office on Friday is­ sued the following statement: "in the evening there were fairly lively engagements in Belgium. in the bend of the Yser, north of Dlx- niude, Belgian troops repulsed an at­ tack against the chateau of Vicoque and inflicted heavy losses on the ene­ my. North of Ypres the Germans, by employing large quantities of asphyxi­ ating bombs, the effect of which was felt for a distance of Two kilometers (about a mile and a half) behind our lines, forced us to retire tn the direc­ tion of the Yser canal. "Toward the west and in the direc­ tion of Ypres toward the south, the enemy's attack was checked. Vigorous counter-attacks enabled us to regain ground and make many prisoners. "In the wooded valley near St. Mi- hiel, by an attack east and west of the positions previously captured, we took 700 meters (nearly half a mile) of trenches and made about one hun­ dred prisoners, Including three offi­ cers." 3,000,000-MILE COMET TAIL Photograph of Meiliah's Ethereal Wanderer Reveals Formation of Two Branches. just as they must have come in the old days when he confronted his an­ tagonists at the bar. "Mr. Black. He was my husband's counsel, you remember. He says that I should only have my trouble for my pains, and I have come to agree with him. Reuther most oontent herself with the happiness of living under this roof; and I, with hope of contributing to your comfort." CTQ BK CQNTUTOID,) - - Foxy Pa. "Be is very popular with his wife of late." "And him such a flirt How does he do it?** "She called him tip the other day and said: 'Hello, dar­ ling,' and he recognised her voice and replied: *You have evidently made a mistake; I am not your darling. I have the dearest sweetest most beau­ tiful wife In the world, and she Is the only woman 1 permit to sail me darling!'"--Houston Post NOBLE HOUSES OF WORSHIP Those of the Second Generation America Well Worthy of Their High Purpose. In The earliest houses of worship in the country were mere sheds, and are long since vanished from the face of the earth; but of the second genera­ tion of churches, buildings carefully planned to be worthy dwelling placcs of the Spirit and sancta of devotional exercise, there are numerous surviv­ ing examples not scarred by restora­ tion or remodeling. Mr. Embury finds the public buildings, especially the church buildings, of the colonial era exhibiting a design more homogene­ ous. more free of sectional differentia­ tion than is the case in the architec­ ture of dwelling houses. And there was less change in the principles of decigs in si! ths 'years between 1638 and 1830 than in the next quarter of a century. U there was in church architecture, as between the North and South, any appreciable difference * respect of Puritan simplicity and taocratta luxury it la said to have been, in reversal of reasonable expec­ tation, in the direction of ornamenta­ tion in the North and severity of de­ sign in the South. "Probably," says the author, "the richest and most or­ nate of ali American churches were Christ church and St. Peter's in Phila­ delphia, midway between North and South." The regional comparison is not particularly illuminating. All Outdoors Their Ensmy. These Korean children, living in mud huts and playing in yards circum­ scribed by bamboo paling or mud walls, have not a square chance at cleanliness. Sanitation is unknown In the ordinary Korean household. Fresh air is considered an enemy rather than a friend, and all apertures through which a little air might enter are carefully closed. The smoke from the fire, where the family rice Is cooked, runs through a pipe under­ neath the earthen floor of the living ! its effects TAKING CREDIT FOR SUCCESS Few Are Willing to Allow That Oth­ ers May Hsve Been Helpful In One's UpwSrd Climb. Suocess means to the avefsge per­ son merely the reward of merit; but to the few who understand its sig­ nificance It means a great deal more. It stand* for much' patient prepara­ tory worx, the foundations of which are often laid by others but which it is left to us to make use of. We can­ not get very far In this world without the help of others, and it is this fact that we so often lose sight of when prosperity begins to shine upon us and life is opening up with brilliant promise. We like to feel the pride of achievement because it seems in some way to enhance our self-importance, and the latter quality is one that many of us^flnd very stimulating in We like to succeed, first room and finds an exit on the side of the wall, and not upon the roof, and these blackened exits are a part of the side-wall decorations of homes.--Christian Herald. of all, and then we like to feel that we deserve all the credit Indeed, it often happens that the very weakness of human nature deludes us into a tem­ porary belief that ws are solely r$- sponsible. We consider only present conditions and do not concern our­ selves with certain facts that to oth­ ers appear self-evident Success sometimes turns our beads; it flatten our self-importance and before we know it we grow by leaps and bounds in our estimation.--Charleston News and Courier. Flagstaff, Ariz., April 24.--A direct photograph of Mellish's comet made at the Lowell observatory shows a tall composed of two divergent branches, the longer one of which Is probably not less than 3,000,000 miles in length. Observctions of the spec­ trum of the comet revealed the pres­ ence of the usual cometary gases. Cy­ anogen is one of its more prominent constituents, but appears in this com­ et in peculiar spectroscopic form, which may be of special scientific in­ terest, while hydro-carbon is less prominent than in most comets. Other gases or vapors ere evidenced by the presence in the spectrum of several strong, bright bands, but the chemical identification of these is as uu^IAOwu, THAW WINS COURT BATTLE Slsyer Granted Jury Trial by Justice Hendrick--Case Up en May 17. New York, April 26.--Harry K. Thaw on Friday won his long fight for a sanity trial. Justice Hendrick of the supreme court handed down a deci­ sion granting the slayer of Stanford White a hearing to determine whether he is sane or Insane. The trial of Thaw's sanity will be conducted be­ fore a jury, Justice Hendrick deciding that it was within his power to grant this request and set the trial for May 17. Thaw's lawyers declared that the de­ cision of the court assured Thaw his freedom, as they had no doubt they would be able to convince any fair- minded Jury of his sanity. PRESIDENT WlL&ON REPLIES TO GERMAN PROTEST. .... Nelson's Wife Will 8ue. Portland. Ore., April 27.--Fay King. Denver, cartoonist first, and wife of Oscar Mathew Battling Nelson, sec­ ond, said: "I haven't seen Bat Nelson for two years. I think I shall get a divorce when I return to Denver." GUHMH.. . A new export industry tas sprang up In Denmark as a consequence of the war, that of the making of gul- lach--a kind of stew. Gullach is packed in tins and forwarded to Ger­ many in great quantities. Every vacant factory, workshop and bakery all over the country has been turned into a cooking place for the produc­ tion of gullach Even with this in­ crease of facilities the manufactur­ ers say that the demand is greater than the Bupply. Anybody who can cook gullach need only apply to the German quartermaster's office in Berlin to get funds to put up a fac­ tory for cooking it. The consumption by the German army of gullaeh amount* to millions of tins weekly, Finnish Steamer Is Sunk. Stockholm, April 27.--The Finnish steamer Frack has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Gulf of Bothnia. The ship was bound from Stockholm to Abo with a cargo of Iron. The cr«w was saved. 7 Executive Denies Charge of One-Sided Neutrality In s Calm and Dlf. nifled Document. Washington. April 23.--The United States will not apply an embargo on arms or change its neutrality laws during the progress of the war. This is the answer of President Wil­ son to the memorandum submitted by Count von Bernstorff, the German am­ bassador, impugning the good faith of the United States in the enforcement of Its neutrality. The note, which was drafted by Counselor Lansing and amended by the president is a calm and dignified re­ pudiation of the charge made by the ambassador. It rejects th© ambassa­ dor's proposals to establish an em­ bargo on arms and to use this coun­ try's export trade as a means to com­ pel England to permit foodstuffs to reach Germany. It proclaims the polftsy of the United States to be as it has been, the up­ holding of its rights as against any and all belligerents and the enforcement of the laws of neutrality which were in force at the time the war began. Moreover, the president asserts that any change of the principle involved, such as the German ambassador sug­ gested, would be a direct violation of American neutrality. The communication Is courteous and polite. The president showB his view that it would have been more in keep­ ing with the proprieties had the am­ bassador mentioned several matters connected with the general subject of American neutrality, which he failed to nention; and that the ambassador stepped beyond the bounds when he sought to take up with the United States questions this government is discussing with Great Britain. News Nuggets Prom Illinois MRS. STORY'S TICKET WINS D. A. R. President-General Retained Office by a Majority of 234 Votes --Congratulated by Opponents. Washington, April 24.--Memorial hall rang with cheers on Thursday for Mrs. William Cummlng Story when she called the congress of the Daughters of the American Revolu­ tion to order, following her re-election as president-general. She also car­ ried her entire ticket to victory in the balloting. Mrs. Story was retained in office by a majority of 234 votes. Mrs. George T. Guernsey of Independ­ ence, Kan., went to the platform and congratulated her succcessful oppo­ nent Ten Story vice-president-gen­ erals were choBen. Mrs. George B. Ransdell, wife of the senator from Louisiana, was elected treasurer-gen­ eral; Mrs. William A. Smoot of Vir­ ginia, organizing secretary-general; Mrs. Grace H. Pierce of New York, registrar-general, and Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln of this city, editor of the D. A. R. Magazine. WILL NOT VISIT OKLAHOMA President Not to Attend Convention of the Southern Cemmercisl Con* gress at Muskogee. Washington, April 23.--President Wilson will not attend the annual con­ vention of the Southern Commercial gongress to be held in Muskogee, Okla., from April 26 to 29, became known definitely. Secretary of Labor Wilson will be the only cabinet member present, but among other officials from Washing­ ton who will attend are Assistant Sec­ retary of the Treasury Malburn, As­ sistant Secretary of Commerce Sweet, and Assistant Secretary of Agricul­ ture Vrooman. RAINS BRING NEW SUFFERING Mayor Wooldridge of Austin, Tex., Ee- tlmstee the Damage From Floode at $1,000,000. Austin, Tex., April 27.--Heavy rains falling here brought new suffering to those whose homes have been badly damaged by the floodB and who have endeavored to csutlnue to live in them, despite the damage they have sustained. Mayor A. P. Wooldridge de­ clared on Saturday that $1,000,000 damage to property has been done. Eighteen lives lost is the total re­ ported to date in the floods. MARSH ON DEMOCRATIC BODY Waterloo (la.) Man Elected National Committeeman to 8ucceed Martin J. Wade. Des Moines, April 23.--W. W. Marsh of Waterloo, la., was elected national Democratic committeeman on Wednes­ day to succeed Martin J. Wade, re­ cently appointed district judge of the United States court of the southern district of Iowa Violent Earthquake la Recorded. Buffalo, N. Y., April 26 --An earth- ^take of unusual severity, sharp and well developed, was recorded on the seismograph at Canisius college on Fr\day. It was estimated the center of disturbance was 2,700 miles south. William Thaw Is Unharmed. Pittsburgh, April 26.--Fears of Wil­ liam Thaw II, who is serving as an aviator with the foreign volunteers fighting for France, were set at rest when his father received a cablegram which read: "William safe." T7 ~ Big Order for Brakes. New York. April 26 --Westinghouse Air Brake company has announced the receipt of an order for 17,000 sets of air brakes. The order was worth $1,- 000,000, and is the largest single air­ brake order ever recorded. All Concerned Hopeful. Canton, O.. April 26 --The confeis ence between coal operators and min­ ers o' Ohio. In an effort to settle the strike which has tied up mine opera­ tions for more than a year, opened here with all hopeful of settlement Crippled Children Hurt. Cleveland. O.. April 24.--Fourteen crippled children were badly hurt and four of them are reported dying as the result of pp accident here when a'! street car struck a van lu which the children wpffe riding Death Takes Rsbbl Levy. Chicago, April 24.--Rabbi Abraham Reuben Levy died at his home here. He was the organizer of the Jewish Agriculturists' Aid Society of America. Overwork was believed to nave has­ tened his death. Lincoln.--Lincoln Odd Fellows will erect a $40,000 temple during the ing summer. f Abingdon.--Members of the Congre­ gational church here have voted td- erect a new church this summer. Effingham.--Thomas Davis' head was blown off here by the discharger of a shotgun which he was cleaning. Harmony.--The general store hero of Edward Marks and two adjacent storerooms were destroyed by fire> with a loss of $3,500. Chicago.--In an automobile accidents near Mitchell, 111., four men and one* woman frotp St Louis were injured< and the car damaged slightly. Dixon.--Retiring Mayor W. B. Brin- ton announced himself a candidate tor the Democratic nomination for gov­ ernor in 1916. Bloomlngton.--William Johnson, ru­ ral route carrier out of Gibson City, was killed when his team ran away, hurling him against a pole. Decatur.--The executive board of the Illinois Hotel Clerks' association has selected Decatur as the meeting place of its next state convention. Peoria.--WHlfkm H. Woodward, six* ty-flve years old, committed suicide by shooting. He had been a sufferer from paralysis for ten years. Oregon.--Miss Margery Campbell of this city has received an appointment as teacher in the Indian school con­ ducted by the government at Ignasio^ Colo. Knoxville.--The Knox county fair will be held September 21, 22, 23 and 24 at Knoxville. This was decided at a meeting of the Central Illinois Trot­ ting and Pacing association. Mount Sterling.--Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bradney celebrated their sixtieth wed­ ding anniversary at their home in Timewell with a dinner, at which fourteen were present whose ages av­ eraged seventy-two years. Taylorville.--Taking advantage of thftg^bsence of the telegraph operator and agent in the Wabash depot here, a robber pried open the cash drawer in the station and escaped with about forty dollars in currency and cash. Evansville.--Igniting his clothes when he attempted to fttrike a match on the seat of his trousers, Reuben Trice, eight years old, was so badly burned that the skin may be grafted on the wounds to save his life. Evansville.--Michael Iluller, thirty- two years old, committed suicide by drinking poison because his mother had censured him for taking money from the cash drawer in her grocery store. Warren.--Mrs. A. R. Canfield, Sev­ enty-four years old, is mayor of War­ ren. She was elected, defeating Dan­ iel Staver by four votes. Mrs. Can- field Is the first woman in Illinois- to be made chief executive of a munici­ pality. Jacksonville.--Under the7 direction of tfee department of rural affairs of the chamber of commerce men have* begun marking the trail of the ocean- to-ocean highway through Morgan county. They began at Alexander and will work westward. Logansport.--A robber, who held up Joseph Louis, a diamond dealer. In his home, escaped with rings valued at $1,500. The man took three dia­ mond rings from Louis' clothing and jerked two more from his victim's fin­ gers, threatening Louis with a revol­ ver. East St Louis.--Although his pros­ pective bride weighs about two hun­ dred pounds, and appears to be twenty years old, a marriage license was re­ fused here to Frank Russell, twenty- six, of Webster Groves, Mo., and Ethel Bocer, fifteen, of the same place. The girl's mother corrected her when aha said she was eighteen. Duquoin.--Yeggs entered the Du- quoin post office through the rear win­ dow and blew the safe, escaping with $4,000 in stamps and cash as well as some valuable mail. Policemen Jones and Plumlee went to the post office after hearing the explosion, and as hey approached the officers were ao- nnotwj h» n triiarH placed nutnidn the office to stop. Fire was opened by tho guard when the policemen refused to stop, and a battle ensued in which S& shots were exchanged. The yeggs* two In number, escaped through aoi. alley, leaving their tools and a shot­ gun. Bloomlngton.--Born eleven years ago with what is known as a cleft palate, without a roof to his mouth and which affected his speech. Rob­ ert Simpson was given relief by am unusual operation performed in tho Frances Willard hospital, Chicago^ Surgeons formed a palate by cutting out tissues from behind the nose, ro- enforced by a temporary palate of lead. It is believed new tissues and membrane will form at points where the transfer was made and that thO' patient will be able to talk without difficulty or impediment. The operar tion is very rare and attracted much attention in surgical centers. Fort Wayne.--Fifteen valuable dafti • have been poisoned here within tM last few days and the police are at a loss to understand what motive tits poisoners have for such extensive ogh erations. St Charles.--Farmers along t|a route of the new state-aid road from St. Charles to Elgin have consented to give any amount of land necessary to eliminate the crooks in the course, according to town road officials. Alton.--Alton churches report hav­ ing taken 1,256 new members as a re­ sult of the recent evangelistic cam­ paign. Peoria.--Bradley institute debater* won a victory over the team from Augustana college on the quastioa. "Resolved, That labor unions should be exampt from the Sherman anti­ trust law." Edwardsvllle.--Fourteen memorials have arrived here for the graves qf Civil war veterans buried in Edwards* vifle and vicinity. The memorial^* were supplied by the war departmee|, .. Springfield --The supreme court ^ holds in a decision handed down Ife the case of Chicago vs. O'Hrien. thai!,, the city has no right to Hceise <ietec(»-v „ Use agenciea - fi w • ** ' '^-'4 y| ̂ ; . $r ' ii •* S".- 'V-.' * "m iiSPJ' - < "• [i .if.M