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>* ^ '- "v ';• A ' , 'J'*,'" V ^vv?T ' ^""j** r' -, V^*' , * •• ' " *> ' *r ""f m* * w • AV Mchenry, nmmm:mm&:: :3MMmmm. r'W 'r^S'U "^ ""'* ^-^'Z: i -4 ^ •- r"£t*i ^>> -«t».T.j! V» o-'i- TOWNS ARE FLOODED 2 SLAYERS EXEGUT NORWEGIAN CITY THAT WAS DEVASTATED BY FIRE , 4 MMPEWRV LOSS AT JOLIET, IUL. ' « ESTIMATED 18 AT r«fcV $1,000,000. -OiJjC. MANY DRIVEN FROM HOMES u":! M «K.J • •* Heavy Rain and January Thaw Causes Millions of Dollars' Damage at Chi­ cago and 8uburbs--Part of Fox River Valley Inundated--Peoria Hit. Joliet, 111., Jan. 24.--With six feet ot water standing In the streets In the residential district of Joliet, and several hundred families driven from their homes, this city is paralyzed by the flood waters of the Desplaines riv­ er and Hickory creek. Property dam- Bfe is estimated at more than $1,000,- 000. All electric lights were extinguished and street cars were stalled. Only a few lines in the western part of the city could be operated. Railroad traffic also was tied up by the inundation of the yards. Hundreds of freight cars on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad were held up when the yards were flooded. The yards cover almost twenty-five acres and were flooded to a depth of four feet. More than 1,000 persons were driven from their homes and sought refuge In police stations and hospitals. Fac­ tories employing more than 5,000 men were compelled to close when the wa­ ter flooded the engine rooms. Chicago, Jan. 24.--Hundreds of per­ sons were driven from their homes, hundreds of basements flooded, and southwest section of the city Is under K flood which swept Chicago and its suburbs as the result of the January thaw and a heavy rain. Property damage will run into the millions, according to police esti­ mates. Fire companies in all parts of the City responded to calls for help. Many families living in basement apartments sat on tables and boxes, as the chairs and other furnishings floated about the homes. Water six feet deep was reported In several t>arts of the city. Aurora, 111., Jan. 24.--The Fox river overflowed its banks here as the re­ sult of an all-night downpour. The northeast section of the city is under water. Several thousand persons live tB. the district. The water rose eight feet In the nfrht and In still rininir Sewers could not carry the water off forty-five miles of paved streets, and thousands of basements were flooded by water, which backed up in drain pipes. At Mooseheart, seven miles north of Aurora, where are the national of­ fices, home for orphan children and in­ dustrial school of the Loyal Order of Moose, a squad of men worked des­ perately to prevent from giving way a dam which holds in check an artifi­ cial lake a mile long. The lake is above the school, but the buildings are protected in a meas­ ure by an intervening deep and wide ravine, which points toward the river half a mile away. Peoria, 111., Jan. 22.--Rail, telegraph and telephone service in and out of Peoria is badly crippled, the result of 9 storm which swept this section. Thirty-six head of cattle on the Wil­ son farm and twenty-five head of cat­ tle on the StrauBs farm in the Kickar poo bottoms were drowned before they could be moved. The T. P. & W. rail­ road bridge over the Illinois river at Peoria dropped over a foot. A "Q" passenger train has been marooned all day at Edwards, 20 miles from here. M. & St. L. trains are unable to get out of Peoria. Miles of track have been washed out on other railroadB and acores of bridges along highways destroyed by ice. The principal danger spot in Joliet was in the district known as Brooklyn. In that section the water rose to a height of six feet and a swift exodus of inhabitants began at daybreak. MEXICAN OUTLAW8, WHO MUR­ DERED AMERICAN RANCHER, ARE SHOT TO DEATH. • U. S. CITIZENS SEE EXECUTION Men and Women Watch Firing Squad In Cemetery at Juarez Kill Duran Brothers--One Admits Murder of Bert Akers. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 25.--Fifty Amer­ icans, among who were several women and also representatives of the United States government, saw a Carranza firing squad avenge on Sunday the murder of Bert Akers. The I>uran brothers were executed legally at dawn in the cemetery at Juarez, Ber­ nardo cursing Americans with his last breath and begging mercy for Fed- erico. "It is unjust to kill two of us for one American,' caid Bernardo. "It is giving two eyes for one tooth. "I am willing to die, because I killed the gringo, but my brother ought to allowed to live." The bullets of the firing squad killed Federico, but Bernardo was con­ scious after he fell. The officers com­ manding the firing squad gave him the "mercy shot" through the head. The bodies of both Mexicans were buried immediately. Bernardo and Federico Duran were Mexican cattle thieves and were con­ demned to die by the Carranza au­ thorities for the killing of Akers Fri­ day at San Lorenzo, a few miles be­ low the international boundary. The execution was attended by many besides Americans. m BRITISH SHIP SINKS AT SEA Steamer Polientis Goes to Bottom After Battle With Gale--All on Board Saved. « Halifax, N. S., Jan. 25.--After a bat­ tle with the elements lasting more than a week the British steamer Pol­ ientis sank in mid-Atlantic on Sunday. All on board were saved. News of her loss was flashed here by wireless from the Italian liner Giuseppi Verei, which rescued the crew. Calls for help were first sent out from the Polientis last Wednesday. They reported she wag leaking badly. Her pumps were unable to keep in check the inrushine water. She had been leaking for three days. Shortly after dark the men aboard, alarmed at the rapid filling of the disabled ship, flashed signals to the Verdi, whose boats immediately responded. A high sea was running and the men man­ ning the Verdi's boats were able to reach the Britisher only after a hard struggle. When all were at last safely aboard the Verdi the Polientis, which had been left wallowing in the trough of the sea, was seen to give a violent lurch and then disappeared beneath the waves. FIVE NEGROES ARE LYNCHED Georgia Mob Hangs Blacks From Limb of Tree--Held in Connec­ tion With Murder of Sheriff. Albany, Ga., Jan. 24.--Five negro men taken from the Worth county jail on Thursday at Sylvester were hanged to one limb of a tree on the outskirts of Starkville. The bodies, containing many bullet holes, were cold when found. Forty or fifty men, acting with precision indicative of carefully laid plans, had taken the five negroes from the Jail and sped away in automobiles They were being held in connection with the killing of Sheriff Moreland of Lee county in the Christmas holi­ days. Starkville is a hamlet three miles from Leesburg, the county seat of Lee county. Four of the victims were of one family--Felix Lake and his three sons. Frank, Dewey and Major. The fifth vtcis Rodiua Sea- more. TRAIN IS CRUSHED; 10 DIE Cascade Limited on Great Northern Hit by Avalanche Near Corea, Wash. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 25.--The Cas­ cade limited on the Great Northern railroad, bound from Spokane to Se­ attle, was struck by an avalanche on Saturday near Corea station, on the west slope of the Cascade mountains. The two rear cars--the diner and a day coach--were swept 300 feet down into a gulch. The diner caught tire and was destroyed. The day coach, crushed, lies beneath a great pile of snow and bowlders. Four bodies have been recovered from the wrecked cars and the railroad authorities say the nujpber of dead probaftty will not exceed ten. Fifteen of the passengers were injured. The bodies recovered were those of: Bert Klrkman, Sheri­ dan, Wyo.; W. F. Carter, East Van­ couver, B. C.; Edward Batterman and baby, Wenatchee, Wash. A ten-year- old son of Mr. Batterman is missing and it is feared he is dead. The injured were taken to Scenic, a few miles below Corea, and cared for by physicians. Movie Actress Seeks Divorce. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 24--Mrs. Leota P. Henderson, who has gained fame as a motion-picture actress in Chicago, filed suit for divorce here. Her stage name is Lillian Lor­ raine. DUAL AIR RAID NEAR LONDON General view of Bergen, one of the chief cities of Norway, which was partly destroyed by Are. buildings were burned and thousands of persons made homeless. FATAL BOWL FIGHT AT PENN UNIVERSITY At least 400 m War Office Announces Attack on Kent­ ish Coast--One Person Killed. London, Jan. 25.--The ea«st coast of Kent was raided twice on Sunday by German aircraft. Jn the first attack, which was made early in the morninjr by. a Teuton aeroplane, nine bombs were dropped. A number of fires were started. The second attack was made by two seaplanes early in the after­ noon. The following caBualtics oc­ curred: One man killed; two men, one woman and three children slight­ ly injured. |s> ft •Wiy * w?".- •;.-v .ndLr'- ':s General Carpenter Dies. Philadelphia, Jan. 24.--Brig. Gen. Louis P. Carpenter, U. S. A., retired, died at his home here on Friday after­ noon. He was seventy-six years old, and entered the army in November, 186L Big Ports Are Unprotected. Washington, Jan. 22.--Two great American seaports--New York and San Francisco--would be at the mercy of an enemy fleet armed with modern lang-range naval guns, according to Q«n. B. M. Weaver. "L" Trains Crash; 20 Hurt. New York, Jan. 25.--Twenty persons, most of them women and children, were Injured here in a collision b< tween two elevated railroad trains crowded with passengers, on a new draw bridge over the Harlem river. Allies Bombard Gallipoll. Constantinople, Jan. 25.--A hostile cruiser shelled the Turkish positions on Gallipoli peninsula near Teke- burnu on Thursday, but was forced by the Turkish batteries to retire, the war office announced here. Ten Trains of Refugees. EI Paso, Tex., Jan. 22.--American owners of mines in Mexico are arrang­ ing to send ten special trains to vari­ ous districts to bring out employees who are in peril of death from raiding band? Of bandtta. 25 Killed In Hawaii Storm. Honolulu, Jan. 24.--The storm which raged over the Hawaiian islands for a week is known to have cost eleven livee on the island of Maui, where the gale vented its greatest fury, and the death list may reach twenty-five. This 1b a photograph taken during the annual bowl fight between the freshmen p.nd sophomores of the Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania, in which one had lost his life and six others were badly injured. At the left is a por- rtf the fronhmnn rlftHS Rnd Was UNITED STATES 8UPREME COURT RULES REVENUE AMEND­ MENT CONSTITUTIONAL. , OBJECTIONS ARE SWEPT ASIDE Decision by High Tribunal Goes Into History of Legislation and Holds That Contentions Against Law Are Without Merit. twenty years old INDIAN A CAPITOL GUARD LAYING LABOR BUILDING CORNERSTONE . -V , >.-\v x > '.W W. -s.,.... Samuel Goiiipevs, Secretary o£ Labor Wilson and others taking part in the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the new building being erected In Washington as headquarters of the American Federation of Labor A OFF FOR ITS TRIALS Washington, Jan. 26.--The Supreme court on Monday upheld the constitu­ tionality of the income tax law. Chief Justice White announced the decision in the case of Frank R. Brushaber, stockholder of the Union Pacific rail­ road, who sought to enjoin the com­ pany .from paying the tax on the ground that it was unconstitutional. He swept aside the several objections to the law in whole or in part. Most of Justice White's opinion was directed toward overruling the con­ tention that the income tax amend­ ment act provided a hitherto un­ known power of taxation. Going far into the history of income tax legis­ lation, the chief concluded the argu­ ment was without merit. Advancing to other points; the chief Justice held that the tax was not un­ constitutional because it was retroac­ tive. The argument that the law was un­ constitutional because labor, agricul­ tural and horticultural organizations and such were exempt^ the chief jus­ tice held, was answered by decisions under the corporation tax law. He said the point was only another illus­ tration of an erroneous assumption that the tax was imposed under a new power conferred upon the gov­ ernment by the sixteenth amendment, whereas it was a power recognized to exist from the beginning of the gov­ ernment and thus decisions defining the taxing power previously rendered were applicable to it. Five separate suits to test the con­ stitutionality of the new income tax were brought in the federal courts throughout the country soon after the law became effective and all found their way to the Supreme court of the United States. For nearly fifty years the fight for and against a federal in­ come tax has been in the courts. The Income tax imposed during the Civil war and the years immediately fol­ lowing was not attacked with the seriousness of later cases; it was not UiilU LUC CioVclaau uumluiutrutlC!! placed an income tax in the Wilson tariff act. that the fight became seri- "ous. The contest over the validity of the tax in 1894 and 1895 before the Su­ preme court was one of the most bit­ ter ever {ought out before the court. One of the lawyers, James C. Carter, warned the court against setting up its judgment to thwart the will of 60,000,000. Joseph H. Choate, oppos­ ing, called upon the court to exercise its judicial power regardless of any popular or populistic propaganda. DOVER RAIDED BY GERMANS Bombs Dropped on Great British Port --Two English Airmen Engage Teuton Seaplane. London, Jan. 26.--The third German air raid upon England within two days, and the second upon the great British port of Dover, the gateway of prac­ tically all British shipping to France, was made on Monday, resulting in a thrilling aerial battle between three aeroplanes over the port. Both Berlin and London officially .announce the attack upon Dover, the London press bureau reporting the battle between two British aeroplanes and a German seaplane. The German machine escaped. The Berlin statement says: "Two German naval aeroplanes dropped bombs on aviation sheds of the British in Hougham, west of Dover. Heavy fires caused by the bombs were clearly observed." AUSTRIANS OCCUPY SCUTARI The battleship Oklahoma, latest superdreadnaught to be added to the United States navy, here seen as she passed beneath the Brooklyn bridge ou her way to the coast of Maine for official trials, stood the first tests welL She developed a speed of 21.47 knots. USE FILMS FOR EDUCATION Swies Issue Fourth Loan. Berne, Jan. 24.--The Swiss govern­ ment is preparing to issue a fourth loan of $20,000,000. It will offer for subscription bonds bearing- 4% per cent Interest. The proceeds will be used for the army. Authorities of State of Iowa Have a New Scheme, Which Promises to Be Successful. By co-operation with the motion pic­ ture producers of the state, Iowa main­ tains a film library which is expect­ ed to be an important part in the edu­ cational system of the state In years to come. Notable events In Iowa such as the state fair, the annual "$1,000 000" stock parade, big football games, ;;j etc., are taken by motion pictures com­ panies which exhibit the pictures until they„are no longer commercially proflt- iitfte when they are turned over to the curator of the historical department of the state who preserves them for edu­ cational uses. Street scenes in im­ portant cities, public buildings, the operation of Industrial plants, the Keo­ kuk dam and other aspects of the so­ cial and Industrial activities of the state are shown in the collection, which includes about 50,000 feet of him. *The plan of collecting and pre- Frank Janis, a Sioux Indian from Tripp county. South Dakota, is one of the men employed by Uncle Sam to protect his property. He has joined the force of police that guard the capi- tol at Washington. Janis is well edu­ cated, owns a big farm on the Rose Bud reservation and drives his own automobile. Rehearses in Six Languages. Richard Ordynski, the Polish pro­ ducer who Is now in New York, Is very different from the average Broad­ way theatrical manager. The latter usually speaks but two languages-- English and profane. Ordynski speaks eight. ' When Pavlowa was here he con- duoted some of the rehearsals in six languages--conversing in Russian with the fan?ous dancer, in Polish with some of her ballet, French with the conductor, Italian with the mem­ bers of the orchestra, German with the property men and English with the house manager. Professor Ordynski--he was once a member of the faculty of the Univer­ sity of Cracow, despite the fact that he is only thirty years of age--has been invited to deliver a course of lec­ tures on Polish literature at Colum­ bia university. serving films which portray social and industrial conditions of the day, sug­ gests possibly revolutionary changes in teaching methods, particularly the teaching of history. Actual pictures will convey to posterity an Idea of the life of a preceding age far more graph­ ically and economically than books or lectures. Taken in conjunction with the phonograph, motion pictures may leave to following ages a transcript of the events of the times and an Impres­ sion of its celebrities far clearer than is now possible. important Town in North Albania Captured by Emperor's Army. Vienna, Jan. 26.--An official state­ ment issued here on Monday says: Scutari has been occupied by the Austro-Hungarian troops. Several thousand Serbians who formed the garrison retired southward without offering resistance. The Austro-Hungarians have also occupied Viksic, Danielovgrad and Podgoritza, Montenegro. The disarm­ ing of the country has been carried out up to this time without friction. At several places the Montenegrins did not even wait until the Austro- Hungarians appeared, but laid down their arms. Alleged Bandit Captured. Washington, Jan. 26.--John Harri­ son, one of the alleged bandits who held up a Baltimore & Ohio "money train" and escaped with a large sum of money in West Virginia last Octo­ ber, was arrested at San Antonio, Tex. Greece Seeks Loan. London, Jan. 26.--Reuter's corre­ spondent In Athens says that he can state on good authority that negotia­ tions between Greece and the entente powers for a loan are progressing fa­ vorably and are nearing a conclusion. Girl Falls 200 Feet; Lives. Chicago, Jan. 26.--Minnie Werner, twenty-three years old, fell from the sixteenth floor of the Transportation building, and though she fell over 200 feet It is believed she will survive. She hit an auto loaded withi pajer boxes. Train Blasted; 2< Injured. Fayette City, Pa„ Jan. 26--Charles Doland and Joseph Greenly were per­ haps fatally injured and 19 other min­ ers were seriously hurt by an explo­ sion in the Apollo mine of the Pitta- burgh Coal company near here. WOMAN AVOIDS . Medicine Which Made Stir* geon's Work Unnecessary. Astoria, N. Y. -- " For two years I Was feeling ill and took all kinds of tonics. I was met­ ing worse every Jay. I had chills,my head would ache, I was always tirea I could not walk straight becauge of thepain in my back and I had pains in my stom­ ach. I went to a doctor and he said I must go under aq operation, but I did not go. I read ixj t h e p a p e r a b o u t Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound and told my husband about it. I said 'I know nothing will help me but I will try this.' I found myself improv­ ing from the very first bottle, and in two weejfs time I was able to sit ddwn and eat a hearty breakfast with my hus­ band, which I had not done for two years. I am now in the best of health and did not have the operation." -- Mrs. JOHN A. KOENIG, 502 Flushing Avenue. Astoria, N. Y. Every one dreads the surgeon's knife and the operating table. Sometimes nothing else will do; but many times doctors say they are necessary when thev are not Letter after letter comes to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how operations were advised and were not performed -or, if performed,did no good, but Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound was used and good health followed, If you want advice -write® to Ijydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co« (confidential), Lynn, Mass. ' Happy is the wife who believes that her husband Is the best man on earth. When all others fall to pleas* Try Denison's Coffee. So He Is. "What ia a dietitian, pa?" "A dietitian, my son, is a doctor who tells you never to eat anything except the things you don't like." WHY SUFFER SKIN TROUBLES When a Postcard Will Bring Free Samples of Cuticura? Which give quick relief for all Itch­ ing, burning, disfiguring skin troubles. Bathe with the Cuticura Soap and hot water. Dry and apply Cuticura Oint­ ment to the afTected part. They stop Itching Instantly and noint to SDeedv heaiment orten when all else rails. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, DepL I* Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. To Ease Her Mind. The nurse was writing a letter for a wounded soldier. "There's something I'd like you to put in. miss." said the soldier hesitat­ ingly. "Well, what is itr "You won't mind, now ? Just put 'The nurses in this hospital are all rather elderly persona.'" "That isn't quite true," said the youthful nurse. "It isn't, miss; but it'll ease my missis's mind wonderful. She's always been a bit on the jealous side." The missis's mind was eased.--Man­ chester Guardian. 8uppose They Drown in Meantime. In southern California where there is rarely rain, the houses are built ac­ cordingly. Roofs that leak are com­ mon, even in the best houses, to the amazement of easterners. One east­ erner who Is spending the winter there, complained to the landlord that the bungalow roof leaked. "Oh, yes," replied the landlord. "The sun dries out the shingles. After it rains a few times the Bhingles will swell and then you will not be bothered any more." Quite Different. "What Is meant by the odor of sanctity, father?" "I don't exactly know, my son, but you may be sure it isn't anything like the odors that float over to Riverside drive from the glue factories in Jer­ sey." It is the man who has lived on a farm who is perfectly satisfied to re­ main in town. Often Food Makes or Breaks It all depends upon the kind. A common cause of lessened vigor of body and mind is improper eating. Food should be selected that will supply oound, well- balanced nourishment for the physical and mental forces, and this is richly supplied by Nature in the held grains. Grape-Nuts FOOD contains all the nutritive ele­ ments of whole wheat and malted barley, including the vital mineral salts lacking in many foods that make up the usual dietary. These ele­ ments are imperative for building sturdy brain, nerves and muscle. Grape-Nut is economical, ready to eat direct from the package -- purq, crisp and delicious. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts Sold by Grocers.