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Vv .**;s*r ^ • ' THE - " :/ •%-•* - • ,i<t' ; v?< • '̂ mrnm . . . . .. __ . . . . . . . . . . . TVjggg pjl&ffT *; - „. <s* i|# mmm WINS OUT RS's CHICAGO MAN IS.VlCTOR OVER 1 *ICHARD * BARI^' * •;| Practically Official Count Give* the Cook County Candidate 2^56 Plurality in Primariea, "* Springfield.--Edward J. Brundage, on the face of the official count of the vote cast in Chicago and Cicero and fpr^ihe unofficial count in Cook county nt the primary election September 13, de- &|?? feated Richard J. Barr for the Repub- $£$ Ucan nomination for .attorney general |by 2,G56 votes. v it ^ i The vote cast in Cook County out- t S> «ide of Chicago has not been offi- ^4. *' cially tabulated, but it is not expected J' fo reverse the standing of the two can- " didates. The vote on the office fol- , , 'Barr. Brundage. I;, Downstate * .. .. <» .T9.15G . 31,213 V and Cicero (offi- V cial) . . .17,330 01,145 } Cook county- (anofflk i % %, Clal) •».»».• • • • • »• «, •3,150 8,035 P*M* , *w,w t&asm 90,642 £ X ,<i # Brundage's plurality 2,658 The result in Cook cotrtrty of the contest, so close it was not decided until the last precincts had been can­ vassed, isas follows : Ward. Barr. Brundage. 1,410s 352 2 ..•.•.«• •»'**•/»* 1,464 l,3o2 •8 .«V. . . •>.*:» * t«»528 2,o35 4. • 113 i52 . 226 <12 6 6 6 7 3 ,213 , T - s U v : 768 3 ,252 460 1,749 ... 520 >1,679 516 139 3.1 , t..i 88 099 1 2 . . & & 1 3 3 * * ' V 7 9 7 1 3 . 0 0 8 - . 8 , 2 1 8 14 188 1,279 15 •..k.Wi; 419 1,334 205 398 17 402 207 ,18 147 2140 19 ........... .... 30 455 ^0 350 448 21 273 1,808 *22 109 865 28 700 3,626 L24 .... 127 1,538 25 i .ir.:. I..;... 1,117 4,551 ,26 ........ 489 *081 ••21 ..*. J. v.T............ 731 1 8,978 28 512 1,420 • • ***»»£ ¥•*>•*•'•** **-*£• W10 • SO* ..«-.*•« 145 028 SI'.-. Ji* ' 296, $150 671 4.015 8i2 ' 1,965 3 4 . . » • . . 9 1 2 , . v . 1 * , 4 ( > 0 3 5 546 ^ 4369 City Cicero .17,063 8U64 .. 267 138 ..17,330 82,145 Illinois Ranks With Leaders. This is the season of state fairs. Enormous sums of money are being expended for the purpose principally of benefiting the agricultural pursuits of the various states. Illinois ranks among the leaders in the magnitude of its fair and the money expenjied on it. The Illinois fair is third in the amount of receipts, expenditures and state appropriation; fourth in the sum given for premiums, fifth in money collected from conces­ sions and eighth in the amount spent on entertainment to attract visitors. Last year the state fair receipts were $142,855.09 and the expenditures were $125,458.36. The fair received $58,000 from the state legislature. Iowa and Minnesota al6ne surpassed the Illinois fair in the amount of re­ ceipts. The Iowa fait took in $164,- 604.40 with no state appropriation, and the Minnesota fair $265,835.45. Only New York and Ohio surpass this state in the amount of state ap-f propriation. The New York fair last year, was given $83,500 by the New York legislature, and the Ohio fair $85,500 by the Ohio legislature. Illinois paid out $43,922 in premiums and $12,943.62 for entertainment. The general -attendance last year was 237,243. The number of paid admis­ sions was 145,375. The Illinois fair is under the direc­ tion of the state board of agriculture. The hoard is composed of the presi­ dent, vice president at large and 25 vice presidents, one from each con­ gressional district. These vice presi­ dents are elected by a convention of delegates who meet biennially on Wed­ nesday of state fair week. The presi­ dent and vice presidents are elected for a term of two years. No salary or, compensation ta judU inembers of the hoard.^ Preparfrto Budget. 4 The Illinois legislative reference bureau, unique among similar bodies In the (country, wHl play a more Scott Get* Another Reprieve, Springfield.--Another reprieve w^s s - granted l.y Governor Dunne to Elstou Scott, the negro sentenced to hang at JkIurpl«y»l»>ro a year ago. This latest reprieve extends his sentence from Oc­ tober 13 to December 16. The gover­ nor issued the new reprieve becuusc ^Sheriff White continues to refuse 1® ; state how many he would permit to |||^see the hangi'ig. The first, reprieve p was gruuted after Sheriff White had ^ made a public spectacle of another and more important part In iatlon during the coining winter. Al­ ready the bureau is at work on one of its most important duties--the prepa­ ration of a comprehensive budget to present to the legislature which meets In January. The bureau Is different from all oth­ ers in the Union in that it is composed of the governor and members of the legislature. Thirty-four other states have established such bureaus, but they are in most instances independent of the legislature. The Illinois bureau established by the forty-eighth- general assembly and was organised in September, 1813. Finley W. Bell was appointed secre­ tary. , X Besides the governor, it Is composed of the chairman of the committee on appropriations of the Senate and house and the chairmen of the 'commit­ tees on judiciary in the senate and house. The present members are Gov­ ernor Dunne, Senators Edward C. Cur­ tis and Richard J. Barr and Represen­ tatives Edward J. SmejJ^l and Wil­ liam P. Holladay. Casualties Fewer In State. Casualties in Illinois, resulttHg mm railroad disasters, accidents and care­ lessness, are on the decrease. This information is brought t© the public 'through the columns of the pub­ lic utilities commission bulletin. The bulletin contains the following on the subject: "The annual report of the accident division of the engineering department of the Illinois public utilities commis­ sion for the year ending June 30, 1915, shows a substantial decrease in the number of casualties, both In regard to persons Involved and as to causes of accidents. "A comparative statement of casual­ ties on steam railroads for the years ending June 30, 1914 and 1915, Is as follows: filled. Injured. r ' Total--1915 . , .709 13,639 Decrease--1915 182 2,609 "This Is a decrease In 1915 In killed of 20% per cent and Injured of 16ft per cer.t. •» "A comparative statement of casual­ ties on steam railroads for the years ending June 30, 1913 and 1915, Is as follows: Killed. Injured. Total--1913 ..995 15,128 Total--1915 ...709 13,039 Decrease--1915 280 1,489 "This Is n decrease In 1915, as com­ pared to 1913, In killed of 30 per cent and Injured of 10 per cent "A comparative statement of casual­ ties on electric railroads for the years ending June 30. 1914 and 1915, Is as follows: Killed. Injured. Total--1914 188 2,174 Total--1915 ......186 H28 Decrease--1915 2 1,246 "This Is a decrease in 1915 in killed of one per cent and Injured of 57 per cent. "These decreases are attributed largely to the manner In which the reports of accidents and investigations have been handled by the commission, particularly in reference to requiring commqn carriers to observe the "safe­ ty first" principle and to Install proper -safety devices, etc. "The accident division oi the engi­ neering department was created Feb­ ruary 1, 1915. Prior to that date, on account of insufficient help, accident reports were filed without regard to the reporting utility and a great deal of time and work was required in checking up these reports and ti4cing for the missing ones, in securing a list of the proper names and addresses of the official to communicate with, and properly to organize the office. This has now been accomplished and the department is in a position to give the accident reports the attention which is required. "While there was a substantial de­ crease In all kinds of accidents, the attention of the commission Is invited to the fact that of the total number of persons killed 60 per cent were tres­ passers and 15 per cent nt highway crossings. The chief engineer's report expresses the opinion that particular attention should be given to these kinds of accidents and thereby reduce the number of casualties to a mini­ mum. % Fo<ir Hurt In A«4e. Springfield.--The first fatal accident I1!;' * of the 1916 state fair occurred when jir ^ nn automobile containing a party from J i,1 llallville, I><*witt county, Rlippe«! off , {}uv r,rty,i ni,,j erasluM into n hedge j fence ubie miles north of t|jls city. ;vThe accident was caused by a v | rfdoud of dnst obscuring the driver's The Injured are: Ira Dement, f^'ownfr^ the car. fatally i%Jurc<!; Roy • ^ Dement, his brother, bruised and cut ; John Wnsroi.er of HallvWe, hnilsel JS?«nd cit at.il ,\VUlard Johnson »?f HaM-, >ine, tnAmbly UJnred Iruernjdly, ^ Orders Car Distribution. Sprlrigtleld.--The Illinois state util­ ity commission adopted a conference ruling providing for the equitable dis­ tribution of freight cors for the ship­ ment of grain. The ruling follows a hearing held several days ago, and is expected to relieve greatly the grain ear shortage that Is holding up ship­ ments throughout the state. The rail­ roads of the state are ordered to Com­ pile data by December 1 from all sta­ tions and elevators along the line to show the amount of business done by the individual elevators during the last four years. The fairs will then be dis- trib.iijied pro rats. Gives Away $40,000 Farm. Peoria--The gift of a farm valued at *40,000 by Henry Moffatt of Streft- tor to the Central Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, was announced. The.gift will be used to swell the endowment for superannu­ ated ministers. Kendall Is Re-Elected. PeoHa.--President W. Rufus $Mi- dall of W atseka was re-elected at the convention of the Illinois State Asso­ ciation of Highway Commissioners and Town Clerks. Claims to Be Paid. Wlnslow.--Claims against the per­ sonal estates of J. B. Fuller, failed private bankers, and his sisters, Mar­ garet and P.essle, will be paid In full, the trustees hiis announced. These amounted to about $10,«Km. An addi­ tional dividend at 1« per cent to credi­ tors of the Fuller bank wttl he paid before January 1." 4.970 at Champaign. Chatepniprn.--A total of 4,970 stu­ dents are i-'urolle'l in the University ol Stllnuts,. * gain pi 3W^«ver fo£t W, FOR CANADA'S NEW PARLIAMENT filNl2HN6S m Duke and duchess of Connaught just after the laying of the cornerstone for the new Cauadlan parliament buildings at Ottawa. The duke relaid the cornerstone, his brother, the late King of England, having first set the stone when the old parliament buildings, recently destroyed by fire, were in the course of erection. ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM SOON TO BE DEDICATED «4;-'-.y % Elephant Butte dam, which will be formally dedicated October 14 by President Wilson, is the largest irriga­ tion dam built under the direction of the United States reclamation service, and the largest mass of masonry In the world. The dam is destined to reclaim nearly 200,000 acres of fertile land In the valley of the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Tezas and 30,000 acres of land iu uiu Mexico. TOO POWERFUL FOR RESTRICTED TERRITORY CBOWN PRINCE RUPRECHT Indian Head, Md., may be abandoned by the United States navy as a proving ground for shells and armament as a result of the ricocheting of a shell in a recent test. The missile was fired from a 15-inch gun and pierced the heaviest armor plate used by the navy. After it passed through this obstruction it plowed through a sand bank, and thence through the house of a gunner who lived several hundred yards away. This photograph shows the hole made by the shell's entry,; and, below, the gunner's little daughter sitting astride the big projectile. THINGS THAT ARE NEW In a new electric fan the blades whirl horizontally to avoid causing drafts and the air passes over' water and is eooled. A mechanical device, largely com­ posed of rubber, has been Invented to loosen a "person's scalp to stimulate the growth of hair. In Scotland 23.8 per cent of illum­ inating gas is made in municipal works to 51.4 per cent in Ireland and 30.0 per cent in England. New apparatus for filling automo­ bile tires with air automatically cuts off the supply when the overlnfiation danger point is reached. From heretofore waste tomato seeds Italian canners are making an oil with rapid-drying qualities that fs useful In varnishes. Russia will reconstruct the water­ way system connecting Archangel with Petrograd so that veMsels of large size cau reach the capital, To reach the inner surfaces of the •eeth as well as the outside Is the aim of a double-ended toothbrush. Invented ly t Memphis dentist • Nigeria has been added to the lands in which valuable deposits of coal have been discovered in recent years. A new stopper for milk bottles has a spout at one side for pouring, a valve within the device closing against the admission of air when a bottle to which It Is attached is held upright A sergeant in the United States ma­ rine corps is the inventor of a port­ able topographical map that enables aviators to make quick and accurate reports of .their observations made in flight. Only about one-tenth of the vast amounts of Iron ore mined, in Spain annually are utilized at home because of the scarcity of native coal. As a new seashore amusement de­ vice an inventor has patented a trol­ ley car supported by floats that is driven over water by screw propellers. A new steamship line has been started to transport lumber between New Orleans and Cristobal, Colon, The present demand for ships has accelerated the shipbuilding Industry at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Ship car­ penters and wood workwrs are I* de­ mand New photograph of Crown Prinfce Ruprecht of Bavaria, commander of the German forces In the Somme re­ gion, where the allies are conducting a great offensive. Holidays in Danish islands. natives of the Danish 'elands (West Indies) apparently celebrate, the national holidays of all countries with complete Impartiality--the Fourth of July In honor of the country that wouldn't adopt them; the fourteenth of July because It is celebrated In Mar­ tinique, and It would never do to let the French negroes get ahead of them; the birthday of the king of Denmark, because the islands belong to him; the birthday of the king of England, because the islands once belonged to him; the birthday of the German em­ peror in honor of the Hamburg-Ameri­ can line, and the birthdays of all the royal families, I presume, as well as many local and Impromptu holidays of their own. They also are very scrupu­ lous about observing the Sabbath, at least in its negative aspect . Real Diplomat the House--What &> you want? * Weary Walter--I am de official rep­ resentative of de Woman's Household Kitchen Culinary Cuisine league and I'm making a coasr-to-coast trip, test­ ing the favorite recipe of de most prominent lady In each to\vn.̂ --Judge. Goats Are Favorites. In Switzerland the goat is placel ahead of all other animals. If a boy plagues a goat he wt |a«4 sent to prison. mm W- CAUSE GRAY HAIRS TRAINMEN TELL OF NARROW ESCAPES FROM DEATH. Florida Railroader the Only Suwrfwr of Crew When Caboose Waa Crumpled Up--Veteran Tells of Humorous Experience. ? '; * ^ • •' . . j ^ Miraculous escapes of trainmen'are frequent occurrences. Perhaps no man attending their convention has had a closer call than R. J. Perkins, Lakeland, Fla. Perkins Js young In the service of the A. C. L. railroad, but he has had about all the experience he wants. Two years ago, while in the freight service, he thought his time had come. He was sitting in his caboose with members of his crew, when an engine, running light struck the caboose from the rear: There was a crash and the caboose crumpled up Into nothing un­ der a heavy flat car of road ballast just in front Perkins was picked up from the debris with a slight fracture of the 3kull and a broken shoulder. Every other mau in the caboose was killed. . ' ' "Uncle" Sam Henry, gray-haired and gray-whiskered* hails from Pennsyl­ vania. For 62 years he has been in the service of the Pennsylvania, 47 of that period as a conductor. He has experienced almost, every kind of a thrill in that time, but has escaped un­ scathed. Once Henry tumbled down a 80- foot embankment with his caboose, and another time, when in the baggage car, saved his life when the car stood straight up on end after a head-end collision, by grabbing the life-rail above his head, while the heavy trunks went crashing down below him. To get back to the "smile side" of the conductor's life, "Uncle Sam" tells another: In the days long gone by, trains didn't run as fast as they do now, and passengers complained about their slowness just as much as they do now. A big, fat woman had just boarded hla train with a large family in tow. The train puffed out slowly as "Uncle Sam" asked for tickets. She dis­ covered she had forgotten them, start­ ed excitedly to explain, and then, re­ signedly, pointing out of the window, said: ' "See, there's my husband in that buggy. I forgot to get them from him, but he'll discover he's got 'em and catch up with us at Coleman. Don't worry." And, strange to say, according to this old-timer, the husband, lathered horses and tickets were waiting for the train when Coleman, seven miles distant, was reached. Dog-Worked Railroads. When the transport of supplies through the snow In the Vosges last year was of urgent importance, the French authorities conceived the Idea of using dog-drawn sleighs, and sev­ eral hundred trained animals from Alaska, northwestern Canada and Labrador were obtained. W7ith the end of the snow the dogs continued to he found useful. They are now being harnessed to small two-foot-gauge light railroads which run everywhere behind the front and they are very capable. Eleven dogs with a couple of men can haul a load of a ton up some of the most precipitous slopes in the mountains, and two teams of seven dogs each can do the work of five horses in this difficult country with a very great economy of men. Of thp three breeds in service the best is the Alaskan. In a Safe Plan, First Undergraduate--Have you tel­ egraphed to the old man for money? Second Undergraduate--^Yes. First Undergraduate--Got any an­ swer ? Second Undergraduate--Yes. I tele­ graphed the governor, "Where is that money I wrote for?" and his answer reads, "In my pocket" ALL-STEEL PASSEHOffl CM* Thosa of Latest Construction Af* RapMly Replacing WoodeA - Coaches an Railroads." ; • !f:| Notwithstanding the fact that Iff or two recent railroad train collisions f the all-steel passenger coach has fared quite badly, the growing tendency to substitute metal for wood is becom- ing more and more pronounced, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle states. In the accidents referred to- ' conditions were peculiar and railway managers, generally speaking, extol the merits of the metal car. From statistics obtained by a gov- . ernment committee it appears that of , 1.094 passenger train cars under con- ' struction for the railroads of the ̂ United States on January 1,1916,1,075, or 98.3 per cent, were all-steel. Six­ teen, or 1.5 per cent, were steel under construction, and only three cars were r constructed of wood. The change In the material used la constructing railway cars of steel has come about quickly, trials of the netr type of car having demonstrated that a marked saving in life, limb and prop­ erty resulted from the change from wood to metal. It was, as now trans­ pires. an important forward step In the campaign for safety first It Is trufc ; that the initial cost of construction ; adds considerably to the financial load of railroad corporations; but the safe ty of passengers, the greater immunity \ from accidents and the prolonged life . of the steel car more than compensate I for the greater original cost. The demands of the traveling pub­ lic In the matter of rapid rail trana- portatlon and increased comfort and luxury have had much to do with the * change of material of construction. For once, the demands of the public •/, make for the benefit of railway traffic managers. Anything which makes for the reduction of damage claims and ; long life for equipment ultimately re- i suits In reducing the cost of operation. 4? t; r 7|C *1 ,'v 4; < 4 RAILROADS NOT AT FAULT j People Who Titespass on Traeka fa j - Blame for a Disaster Ttat i .( ' Overtakes Them. .a! There is a phase of carelessness « *4 the part of the public that can be ' " ^ cured by nothing but drastic methods ' --trespassing on railroad tracks. Walk-- Vf'" ^ ing along or across railroad tracks ' * = makes a short cut for thousands of ' % , meh going to and coming from work, Y.-"j and they take advantage of it without y ^ regard to the fact that they are actual „ trespassers, that they have no more | right on the railroad track or right of» 'v way than they have to cross their * I neighbor's lawn or garden, and at- tempts to prevent such trespass by leg-'.^^J islative enactment usually meets Indig- . , , nant protest . The total number of such trespassers V killed -In the United States Is given In vSS the latest report of the interstate com- , 'C % y merce commission as 5,471 and of / j • these only 75 were killed In train acci- •' dents. The others met death through • • i their own carelessness or wilfulness, "* for there are always warnings posted .• • ! against trespassing on railroad prop- . ^ erty. The number of Injured is placed in the same report at over 6,000. • ' ,^ In Massachusetts there were the year preceding, 175. The average J • ' i number of trespassers killed la preceding ten years was. 147. > * \ trespassers killed in the last year for which returns have been made, and in > ii Korea Extending Lines. ,, A sum of $2,800,000 has been inchid- ^ i ed In the Korean government's general • • - ^ budget for the next fiscal year of rail- way expenses. No new lines will te ^ constructed, but the work already be- gun on two of the lines will be com* Dieted. ..ft* -; A Rails Used 44 Years, / -• . | Railroad men are discussing the IMV* • | time of a rail. There are rails in ̂ western Ontario In constant use that were rolled in Sheffield in 1872, 44 ' - '^<0 K, years ago. They look as If they might r last out the liqjf-ccntury.--Toronto A Globe. Vti' GREEN NOW MEANS "GO AHEAD" ? GO AFiEADI VTarBL# CAUTION1 d&OhV YELJXW roexAxnr JVZCJZ? STOP* cms- or rAjZ'iwmsr White signal lights, which mean "clear" or "proceed," have been aban­ doned' by the Pennsylvania railroad, because the increasing use of white light in buildings and streets close to the railroad's right of way may con­ fuse the engineers and lead to rear-end collisions. The white lights are replaced by green, which are visible at a great distance. Tills change makes neces­ sary a general revision of the signals throughout the system. A bright yel­ low, which can be seen for miles, will be used for caution. Red will con­ tinue to mean "stop." The number of white lights along the tracks has made such a change desirable for a long time, but it was not put in force because stained glass had not been perfected which would How to Fix Auto Push Rods. Push rods on an au$o engine, after long use, become worn and get noisy. To adjust them, you will generally find two nuts, or a screw and lock nut which you can adjust by loosening the lock nut, and screw the pin out until you have about the thickness of an oidinary business card between the two, being certain that the push rod Is in its lowest position. If no such adjustments are pro­ vided, you will either have to draw out retain Its distinctive coloring when seen at a great distance. The difficulty with the yellow lights has been that at long .range they have resembled white so closely that engineers have been unable to distinguish be&weea them. A yellow glass which produces a vivid yellow light that can be distin­ guished from white as far as it can be seen has been perfected after years of experimenting. In announcing the changes to be made the railroad says: "The proposed signal system has been tried out on the extreme eastern end of the New York division and has been found to work satisfactorily. II is also being adopted in parts of thf country off tlye Pennsylvania railroad lines, so that desirable uniformity will be obtained." eighth of an Inch larger than the stem drill a hole In the end the size of the stem to a depth of one-eighth ol an inch, then cut off long enough to leuve a small cup with the bottom in, then dress with a file until you get the proper clearance.--R- A. Bradley, (Jo** orado Agricultural College. 1 J • v*, • '•"C V *V" '? Improved Flat Cava. Wat ears tave been adopted |p-. German railroad upon which ordiaai$ open cars can be run and dumped feed* the valve atem o* take * cod ahotttooat jjUy in .