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s^-: ty PLAUyPK A Tilfflfc, McHEHM* : %*.- Kimtmfi Springfield. FlMll tfeat the stat* of tocma fcf d*iw «f ««Wr stated la capturing |MM: escaped ttHm Illinois panel tMttattiMi Attorney G» oral OuMna nM i u opinion to the Mm andlttag department. The opinion wi>-||>M to Mttki a dispute «Udi sraat «| tk» malt of the eecape from QtiMr penitentiary on April 27 of Waited Ihikcr, officially listed u convict No. 4742. Following Baker's aacape the atate offered a reward for Ilia capture and a week later he waa •mated by the sheriff of Binggold county, Iowa. Illinois prison authorttiaa promised to send for the escaped convict and meanwhile asked the Iowa Officer to hold him. When he was r#- turned to Illinois the prison authorities refused to pay the coat of treating Baker's Injuries and the expenses! which the Iowa official had Incurred In connection with the case. Carlinvllle.--Paul Blackburn, one of j the two men captured Ca a cornfield! by deputy sheriffs, confessed that he and his companion are the men who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff William Barnes at Nil wood. Blackburn, who at first said his name was Lockwood, gave his age at nineteen years, his home as Chicago, and said that he was an automobile mechanic. Charles Lewis, captured with Blackburn, said he was eighteen years old, and that he was a railroad clerk in Chicago. Lewis Is said to have confirmed Blackburn's confession. Blackburn was seriously wounded when captured, with a revolver bullet in his neck and slugs from a shotgun in his shoulder. Lewis was uninjured. Springfield.--If Americans should see America first, residents of Illinois should see Illinois first, the state deif* partment of agriculture believes, and for this reason the department is prei"% paring to "sell" Illinois through more •w "than forty fairs In every part of the State this summer. The campaign will ' be put on through a six-reel feature J motion picture entitled "Beautiful 1111- % nols." Through this medium the de- ~ partment hopes to show that Illinois ^ contains as many beauty spots as any section of the earth. Peoria.--Three persons were killed ^ near Eureka when a Toledo, Peoria & Western passenger train struck an au- ^ tomobile at a crossing. Three others c„* were seriously injured. The dead are: Marvin Mangold, two; Wilma Man- ; gold, four, and Ella Leman, twentyeight. All lived at Roanoke.. The serl- /**- ously injured are: Anna Mangold, mother of the two dead children; Mdba Mangold and Harley Mangold. £ Bloomington.--While another young •»; man was shooting at a target, a knot : hole In a shed at his home, Clarence Hamilton, twenty-one, Delavan, walked Into the shed to Inspect the marks ; made. A bullet missed the knot hole and struck Hamilton In the neck. He -J was taken to St. Francis hospital, Peorla. It is believed that the wound g* will not prove fatal. Chicago.--The Greater Chicago Lake Water company, organised to promote :2' a project for supplying Lake Michigan water to Chicago's neighboring towns, filed an application for convenience and necessity with the Ull nols commerce commission. The com pany, incorporated on July 15, also * asked permission to sell stock Christopher.--New Orient No. 2 mine • of the Chicago, Wilmington and Prank- : lln Coal company, located at West Frankfort, now holds the world's rec- , j ord for one day's coal hoisting. The record was established by hoisting 8,- 678 tons in eight hours, breaking the previous record of the Taller Coal company, Valler, of 8,664 tons. Canton.--The body oi Nell Lee Jar- - nagln, twenty-two, was found by his - parents hanging by a clothesline rope j in his bedroom. No reason for the youth's act is known. He was an express messenger on the M. & St. L. railroad between Peoria and Mason City. Urbana.--Miss Carol Henrichauser, for three years Instructor in physical ' education for women at the University of Illinois, has been named director of physical education for women at the Springfield (Mo.) Teachers* college and r will take charge September 1. Peoria.--Two young bandits bound the watchman of the Schulze Baking corporation, broke open two safes and escaped with $8,800 in cash and $250 - In checks. Dixon.--The Chicago ft Northwestmi railroad has started operation of a ?- gasoline motorcar between Dixon and Peoria, replacing the train which has • 7- been in operation on the branch. McLeansboro.--Martin Mann, eightytwo- year-old veteran of the Civil war, died at his home near here. He served through the war as a private In the t; Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry. Springfield.--Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fox were killed Instantly when their automobile was struck by a Chicago & Alton express at Hess Junction, two ,4' miles south of Springfield. 'p: Chicago.--Five men and three women, Including Jack Shapiro, lieutenant ^ of the sanitary district police, are held the police as suspected members "'? of a bandit gang whose activities are - said by the police to have netted more than $78,000. According to the police some of the suspects have admitted : three sensational express robberies. Dixon.--Robert Clewell of Polo was fined $500 and costs and given 120 days In the county jail by Judge WI1- Ham L. Leech In the Lee County court for driving an automobile while In- 1 toxlcated. Marion.--The last remaining gap on « route No. 37, the state hard road from Marion to Mount Vernon, has been closed with the completion of the slab on the big overhead bridge over the Illinois Central and Missouri Pacific B railroad tracks south of Johnston City, and the entire route is now open for traffic. Dixon.--O. H. Brown company, Dixon's oldest dry goods store, dosed Its doors simultaneously with the filing of a petition in bankruptcy. The petition sets forth aasets of $15,000 and liabilities of $42,000, of which $12,000 are secured. lUinoia to Raise Pkatif of Apple* Urbana.--"Present Indications are Illinois apple growers wlU hp* one of. tbei r most surest' art Oeesuiis." says W. s. Brooke hpiluilturul extension specialist of the college of agriculture at the University of Illinois. The 1125 Illllnois crop promises to bo 20 per cent larger than that at last year, while national produe- Uon will fall below that of hast year. "The nation's apple crop last year, which was much smaller than the record crop of 1923, was easily marketed," Brooks declared. "With a still further reduction in the national crop thla year, Illinois apples Should command a good prices "It would appear that at no time during the last tv* fears could the grower better afford to put forth every effort to produce maximum amounts of blgb quality fruit. To date, the aeason has been favorable la some respect* for apple growers, particularly in regard to the control of most pests. The unfavorable part has bean the dry weather and en extraordinary amount of fire blight. "It Is doubtful, howeverr If blight has materially reduced the strictly commercial crop which on many varieties was so heavy that the percentage of large sizes otherwise might have been low, especially under drought condldltiona. "The harvest season will be early. Eary apples from the extreme southern part of the state already have begun to move to market about ten days earlier than normal. It is probable that the harvest date on fall and winter apples will be correspondingly early, although this Is not necessarily true. Quality of apples at this time was never better.** Taylorville.--How correctly to meas ure the quality of the voice of a hog or chicken caller Is a perplexing problem confronting the committee for the state picnic of the Illinois Agricultural association, which will be held here August 26. County champion hog and chicken calling experts, both men and women, have been Invited from each of the 92 county farm bureaus, and now develops the question as to the right kind of measuring stick for the contest. ^ Marlon.--Two hundred fruit grower.) attended the meeting of the Southern Illinois Fruit Growers' association on the Logan Colp farm, one mile west of Carterville. The morning was spent In Inspecting orchards and truck farms In the vicinity as well as test plots of the University of Illinois. The tour was In charge of B. L. Weaver, vegetable extension specialist, and S. C. Chandler of Urbana, specialist In Insect control wort Mount Vernon.--James M. Latta has been appointed building and loan examiner under the state auditor, and Oscar Yandell has been appointed to a position In the warrant department of the state treasury. Latta, who was formerly clerk of the Circuit court, will continue to make bis home In Mount Vernon, as most of his work will be In the southern part of the state, and this city can be used to greatest advantage as headquarters. Chicago.--An active part in Chicago's fight for reapportionment of representation In the legislature will be taken by the Cook county board, according to a resolution introduced at the weekly meeting by President Anton J. Cermak. The finance committee will decide what amount shall be appropriated to support John B. Fergus' "Constitutional Apportionment Legion." St. Charles.--Lester Norris, the school-day sweetheart of Dellora Angell, who married the $28,000,000 heiress to the fortune of John W. Gates back In 1923 and settled down with her in St. Charles, has purchased the St. Charles Chronicle from Miss Lina Paschal, Its owner and publisher for 22 years. Springfield.--Angus W. Kerr, chief counsel for the United Mine Workers of Illinois, was appointed by Attorney General Carlstrom as assistant attorney general. It was announced. Roy Kidder of Sterling was appointed as assistant attorney general to handle Inheritance tax work. Kankakee--Miss Ruth Dale, cashler of an insurance company, has been appointed to the "town guard" force, an organization formed through the instrumentality of the Illinois Bankers' association to cope with bandits. She Is said to be the first woman so deputized In the history of the state. Champaign.--Charles Spanglo of Champaign, an automobile race driver died of injuries received while participating in a race at Loda. Chicago.--Property valned at $1,000- 000 Is listed In an Inventory of the estate of William Reld Manierrle, late Chicago manufacturer and attorney approved by Joseph F. Geary, assistant to Judge Horner In Probate court. Much of the $232,706 personal property consists of stocks and bonds of public utility corporations. Seven sons and daughters share the estate equally utder his will. Herrin.--Mrs. Virginia Williams, sixty- slx, a pioneer resident of Herrin and member of an old southern Illinoii family, Is dead. Jollet.--State engineers are said to be considering the proposed 5 per cant grades for bridge approaches In connection with the $20,000,000 waterway through Jollet. Any higher grade would be seriously damaging to stret levels and street traffic according to Mayor Sebrlng. Bloomington.--The body of Hlbbard O. Davis, sixty-one, managing editor and principal owner of the Bloomington Pantagraph, who died In Glendale, CgL, will be placed in a vault In the Glendale cemetery ana later wJD moved to this city. Use of Power orf UNDERGROUND CAVE REAL WONDERLAND •'•JwsstfSSi Agricultural Worker Able to Till Three Times as Many Acres. fev tkt States DuutaMt of Affricultura.) As a result of the Increased use of power and laboi^ saving machinery In terming operations and the opening of new lands well suited to the use of machinery the average agricultural worker In the United States Is now able to care for almost three times as many acres of crops as an Individual could handle 75 years ago, according to a study recently made by the division of agricultural engineering of the United States Department of Agriculture. At the name time the hours of labor on the form have been reduced and farmers have been relieved of much of the monotony and drudgery which formerly characterised their work. Power and labor together account for approximately 60 per cent of the total cost of farming and a better knowledge of the power requirements of farm operations and the adoption of more efficient types of power units will do much to cut down production coats. Second Only to Railroads. The primary horse power available for use on farms Is greater than that used In mining and manufacturing, and Is second only to that required for railroads. The total power used annually on farms amounts to nearly 18,- 000,000,000 horse-power hours and the annual cost amounts to a total of nearly $3,000,000,000. Up to the present little scientific study has been made of the basic power requirements of various farm operations. Although the plow Is one of the oldest agricultural tools for which power Is required, the fundamental requirements of plow design are still unknown and no satisfactory method of measuring the actual work done by a plow has yet been discovered. The University of Wisconsin has conducted experiments which show that It Is possible to run an ensilage cutter with one-half the power ordinarily used by this machine simply by employing proper speeds and an Improved blower. Farm power Is derived from animals, gas engines, (Including tractors, trucks and automobiles) steam engines and electric, wind and water motors. Up to about sixty years ago little power other than that furnished by animals was available to farmers. The small gas tractor, the truck, the automobile and electric power have only become Important as sources of farm power within the last ten or twelve years. The estimated total numbers of power units now on farms in the United Stat'es is as follows: Hones . .1^5,916,000 M u l e s . » • • • » . 4 , 6 5 4 , 0 0 0 Oxen ....•....••.••.....V.,. 200,000 Tractors 460,000 Trucks 366,000 Stationary •nsines........... 8,500.000 Electric Installations 600,000 Windmills 1,00ft,000 Automobiles ••••>•• 4,600,000 Gr$at opportunities exist for the cutting down of the cost of farm operations through the reduction In the labor requirements of each operation and by a better application of the power used. Before such savings can be effected, however, It Is necessary to make a thorough study of the basic power requirements, and of the factors which affect thfese requirements. Among these are: Climate, character of the soil, depth of plowing, cultivating, etc.; condition of the crop, size of fields, size and type of power units needed and mechanical efficiency of the tools or machines employed by the fanner. Topography a Factor. Topography Is a factor to ba reckoned with In considering the power requirements of farms In any particular locality. In the Central West the land generally Is smooth and Is not cut by many streams or ravines. This condition encourages the laying oat of large fields aad makes possible the use of large machines and power imtt^ m Eastern and Southern states, however, the land Is frequently hilly and cut by ravines and streasaa making small and Irregular-shaped fields necessary. Thla of course, discourages the use of large machines and results In a predominance of small farms. Probably the most serious drawback to the efficient use Of power In agriculture is the extreme seasonal demand. In each type of farming followed there is usually- some single operation which requires a large amount of power for a limited time and It is usually this operation which determines the minimum amount of primary power that must be available. In the corn or cotton belt the operation requiring the maximum power Is that of planting or cultivating--Sn hay or small grain It Is harvesting. Such conditions result In what is termed » low-power load factor and a high cost iter unit of power utilized. The peak load could frequently be reduced by reducing the acreage of the crop which requires this power, but as a rule the farmer is justified in retaining such a high acreage of the crop In question because of the relatively high net returns which may more than offset the higher cost of power used In this operation. Other factors which have an Important effect on the efficiency of farm power are the diversity of operations and the small power unit commonly employed under the control of one worker. of Rarm Bmmtf at New Mexico, w Orchard Fertility Is .Discussed in Bulletin "Fertility in the Apple Orchhrd" Is the title of a new bulletin just issued by the agricultural experiment station at the Pennsylvania State college. It Is prepared by Profs. R. D. Anthony and J. H. Waring, and Is the result of many years' experimenting with apple trees In both the cultivated and sod type of orchard. Copies of the bulletin may be secured free by writing to the Agricultural Publications Offices at State College, Pa. On most Pennsylvania farms the apple orchard is of the sod type, that Is, grass or clover is allowed to grow about the trees. It is pointed out' in the bulletin that general rules seem to have more exceptions in fruit growing than In most branches of agriculture. With this in mind, the State college pomologist's summarise fertility practices In the sod orchard as follows: "In the mature sod orchard from five to ten pounds of nitrate of soda or Its equivalent should be broadcast over the square In which the tree stands, two or three weeks before the blossom buds break. If a leguminous sod Is used, cut this application In halt If the sod shows any response to acid phosphate, use It regularly, one or two pounds with each pound of nitrate. Build up thin spots by the use of manure. "Cut the grass a little earlier than It would be cut for hay, before seeds have matured, and let it He In the swath. Do not pasture the grass. In dry seasons advance the time of cutting to decrease the water loss. If mice are present throw the dirt away from the trunks and fill the holes and mound up around the trunks with coal ashes. Also, poison the mice. Keep the leaves healthy by spraying and the trees properly opened by pruning." Ji underground wonderland^ Mi* passing in size, sublimity and beauty anything of the kind hitherto known, hfs been discovered by Dr. Willis T. Le% who has just returned to Washington after a summer spent in surveying and mapping a portion of the caverns torhleh run under the Guadalupe mountains, near Carlsbad, N. M. Doctor Lee and his associates, working under the auspices of the National Geographic society, traced the ramifications of the main cavern, an underground avenue about a half mile wide, for two miles under the mountains. How much farther It extends is not known. A gp£nt number of the smaller avenues branch off. No attempt was made to follow these. There Is every indication, Doctor Lee said, that tbe discovery of the Carlsbad cavern Is just s start of the wonders which further exploration of the Guadalupe mountain region in southeastern New Mexico and western Texas will disclose. Texas has already taken steps to set aside her section as a state park. It Is probable that the mountains are honeycombed with, subterranean recesses, Doctor Lee said. The most striking feature of the Carlsbad cavern Is the extreme delicacy of the architecture of the stalactites and stalagmites In the mammoth chambers. All sorts of fantastic, beautiful designs are worked Into the onyx marble. Doctor Lee found the caverns of Guadalupe mountains the home of a prehistoric civilization. Two skeletons) have been sent to the Smithsonian Institution for Identification. Other Skeletons, burled In baskets, were found on shelves In the walls. . The people who Inhabited the caves, are believed to have been close relatives of the basket-weaving peoplefarther west. The caverns are a geological and biological treasure house. There are literally millions of bats, blind crickets and worms and spiders of hitherto unknown spedes. Entrance to the cavern now la very difficult It Is necessary to climb 1,000 fo*t up a mountainside and then go down through a hole In the roof In a guano bucket for 170 feet. A walk of about two miles Is then necessary over very difficult flooring before the end of the main cavern Is reached. The avenue leads downward through great chamber after chamber, until one Is 800 feet below the surface of the earth outside. At this point the avenue drops off abruptly 90 feet. This has to be negotiated with a wire ladder. Mr. Lee explored s series of basement chambers never before seen by human eye. The cavern Is In dense darkness. The temperature remains all the at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Eye Is Best as Pasture in Late Fall or Spring The results of experiments on the question of hogging down rye are conflicting but when summarized a greater number of the tests show that It usually doesn't pay. Rye Is best utilised as a pasture for hogs In late fall and early spring and the anlmala are usually taken off so that the crop may be allowed to mature. All experiments show that hogging down rye Is not nearly as profitable as other pasture crops such as alfalfa, clover, etc.. and since you have the clover to provide forage that your rye would pay best to harvest and feed ground. SOY-BEAN DEALER IS SENT TO JAIL FOR "CHEAP SEED" FRAUD He Delivered Tarheel Black Instead of Otootan. trmiiil lv ths HUM States Pepaitmsat of Agriculture.) Because he thought that farmers "don't know beans," a certain exploiter of soy-bean seed Is now revising his opinion while serving a term In the penitentiary for violation of the postal fraud law. Some farmers "do know beans," and when some of these betterposted soy-bean growers recently received shipments of Tarheel Black instead of the Otootan which they had ordered, the matter was called to the attention of the Post Office department and the United States Department of Agriculture. Investigation by the post office officials disclosed the fact that this lone operator was advertising the higher- Priced variety, Otootan, for sale at about one-half the regular market value and doing a tremendous business. His plan called for no shipment of beans of any variety until the customer became insistent, and then he •Qbstituted the cheaper Tarheel Black. ®e was brought to trial and convicted of fraudulent use of the malls. Because of the high prices of the Otootan eod Laredo varieties there has been considerable substitution of the cheapblack varieties, such as Wilson, Ebony or Black Beauty, Peking and Tarheel Black. The moral In this little story is not only to know soy-bean varieties, but to boy soy-bean seed from reliable and •stsbllsbed seedsmen or grower* and beware of "cheap seed." There are others still at large ready to exploit the farmer's Inability to Identify the numerous varieties of soy beans. The prospective purchaser of seed should obtain samples before buying, and if not sure of the Identity of the seed should consult the county agent or the state agricultural college. Be sure you are getting the variety desired and not Some cheap substitute. FABUNDTES Useful Brimf Case Pew brief cases are used to carry briefs. Watch the crowds going to and coming from work--boarding trains or leaving ferries during the commuting hours--and It will soon become apparent that the city could not possibly contain so many lawyers or so many briefs as the cases Indicate. As a matter of fact, the brief case has become a sort of carry-all for men and women alike in New York, and is found useful In the transportation of a surprising variety of objects. The brief case Is a very genteel article. Observe the shopping crowd, especially in the better neighborhoods. A large proportion of women shoppers will be found carrying brief caBes. Toward the end of the day's purchasing expedition these bags, ordinarily flat, show many mysterious bulges. If they contain sausages or onions the public will be none the wiser. READY TO WED WOMAN WHOSE f <; MATE HE SLEW Young Eskimo KiUmd Hit FoMter Father Following Quarrml in Wood*. Edmonton, Alta.--Because he . Is ready to follow the tribal law and marry the widow of the man he murdered, Ikalukplak, an Eskimo, will be released from the prison at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, this summer. Mounted policemen will take him back to Alaska, where he will become the husband of Khattla, whose husband, Havougach, he murdered five months ago. Ikalukplak was given a five-year sentence for the crime. Havougach and Khattla, being childless, took Okalukplak as their foster child, according to the story of the case. The young man grew up strong and fearless and learned to love V • • Vr The Son Shot Hie Father to Death. foster mother, who now Is only twentysix years old. Her husband was forty when he was slain. Killed Foster Father. One day, It Is Bald, the young man and his father were walking through the forest when they quarreled. The father threatened to kill the son, but did not The son, however, shot his father to death, claiming that he feared for his life. The son was arrested and convicted and sent to prison. Then his attorneys said he was ready to return to Alaska and marry the widow of his victim, according to the law of his tribe. The government decided that the young man had been punished enough, so be will be paroled this summer. The woman who is to become his bride. It is said. Is preparing the honeymoon igloo now. Tritt to Kill StUs Coroner Him Hbm ! I Gedar Rapids, Iowa.---Married < v ttfc apparently held oet Ittfla I J promise to Leo McKee, twenty- ' * two, of Dubuque, who attempted ! \ suicide here while on his honey- | [ moon. He was cut down just In < > time to save his life. ] [ McKee was married to Miss < > Elsa Everett at Dubuque re- { J cently and they came here em < » their honeymoon. He was un- \ [ able to find a job and his bride < > chlded him for his Idleness. ! ! He stole sway to a barn and ' 1 placed a rope around his neck. < I The coroner gave him a dollar ) ) and promised him a job on the < > farm. He and his wife became ] J • reconciled. < > x A WINS HUSBAND AT GATES OF PRISON FaUt in Low With Vhakor Whilm Awaiting Dischargm* Lackawaxen, Pa.--William casually sat down on a bench in the jail yard where Julia M. Webster watted with some Impatience to bid her late host, the jailer of Wayne county, good-by. The jailer was perfectly willing to speed the parting guest, but certain formalities had to be compiled with. Julia had been "in residence^ 00 days, having entered a plea of guilty to a minor offense. Bennett never had seen the glri before in his life. He was merely a vtaitor looking around to see what sort of an old jail it was, anyway. The gbi la buxom, and she Is bright She smiled on the man, who is shy one arm, bat really one arm Is all that a quick thinker and a fast worker needs once a girl has smiled on him. Before the discharge papers had been made out the man had proposed* and before they had been delivered te her he had been accepted. They made tracks for the prothooo tary's office, where Julia answered ell customary questions In a rapid manner. She said she was born at Musk» gon, Wis., twenty-one years ago. Bennett gave his age as forty-one and said his occupation was that at salesman. After the necessary papers were filled out the couple went to the Presbyterian mans^ where they «ers united. Might Be, You Know A certain sour spinster always became annoyed when asked a question the answer to which she considered obvious. Thus on the lsst night of April last she asked the girl at the hotel desk to call her early the next morning by ringing her telephone bell In her bedroom. "To catch a train?" asked the glri. pleasantly. "For what other reason does one wish to be called early?" "Sometimes one Is to be queen of the May," suggested the girl, pleasantly. Shield to Be Returned The city of Quebec has just been notified that the shield taken from the gates of the old city after the capture of the place from the French by General Wolfe will be returned to It by the town of Hastings, England, as the result of a vote by the town council. The shfeld had come Into the possession of Gen. Wolfe Murray, who presented It to his home town. The town of Hastings voted at first to keep the shield, but reversed the decision. When grossed last? were the e e Take good care ct the gaowibm stock and feed welL • • • Well painted buildings are the best sign of s well-managed form. • • • Chickens need sunlight to prevent Tickets. Don't be stingy sunlight is free. 9 • • Spray melons and cantaloupeo with nicotine dust to protect the rlpes tram melon aphis. ^ • e • Seed treatment of oatt iBd ftttttoes provides an Insurance no fanner can afford to be without • • • Ground pumice stone mixed to a thick paste in sweet oil is an old reliable polisher for the horns aad haott of show cattle. 4 Beauty Before Utility Stenographers are often engaged for esthetic as well as utilitarian reasons. It is rarely, however, that the latter are completely ignored, as was the case in an advertisement that appeared In a New York newspaper. "Wanted," It read, "a stenographer. Must' be good-looking. Knowledge of typing not Gigantic Maple Tree largest maple tree In the state of Maine is In the dooryard of the Burd homestead at Fryebui* Harbor. Many people traveling through the town stop to admire It and to measure it The circumference of the tree one foot from the ground is 28 feet and at the smallest b»k «.» rvtrunk it is 22 feet around, More Information The young idea is still shooting wild, i some answers to recent school examinations show. In response to the question, "What did Wolfe do at Quebec?" one student replied, "The Wolf made war on Little Red Hiding Hood." Answers to other questions were, "An Irish bull is a male cow," and "Ceceaja are films shown at the plctens." • -;"V School on Wheels for Girls in "Bachwoodf * Brisbane, Australia.--A domestic science school on wheels Is one of the recent Innovations of the Queensland government designed to reach people living in the "backwoods'* areas. Three special railroad coaches In which the domestic science classes are taught have already been equipped and started on the road In charge of capable teachers. Others are now being constructed. The traveling school will remain from five to ten weeks In each center, according to the population and the Interest the local girls show in the adventure. Cooking, laundry work, needlecraft and housekeeping are taught In these schools. Fifteen girls may easily be taught In each class. In the "cow" country many of the girls come to the school on horseback, often riding 15 to 26 miles, while others use buggies, automobiles and even travel some distance on foot Free cook books and pamphlets on hygiene, sanitation and other crafts of Interest to the housewife are issued free by the government and distributed by the teachers. r Actor Fined for Writing Play in Railroad Depot Milwaukee.--When the great American play is written Judge George Page and a Milwaukee policeman may swell with pride and say, "We Inspired the masterpiece." The policeman arrested a playwright at the North Western station. He had been in a semi-concealed nook for oni hour and twenty minutes. The officer thought that' this constituted disorderly conduct Judge Page in District court agreed and fined Ignace Vlncek, twenty-eight, of 572 National avenue, $10 and costs. Ignace plays In a Polish stock company here and formerly acted in Chicago. "I am a playwright judge," Vlncek said. I went over to the nook to write a play and think up the business and the lines." Dr. Paul Rupp, county physician, examined Vlncek and declared he was mentally alert and quite Intelligent "I will put this scene in my next play," Vlncek said when be was fined. "And there are two characters here who will have star parts." r*- Alcohol Kills Lisbon, Portugal.--Five persons were killed and seven wounded and great property damage inflicted by the explosion of a copper vat at an alcohol plant at Rio Tinto, near Oporto, Portugal. Father's Debt Upset* Daughter's Manila.--Ruflna Aldales, sixteen years old, and Can dido Blnas, seventeen, recently approached the justice of the peace of Albany to be married. The ceremony was about to start wbna opposition arose from an entirely unexpected quarter. Patricio Mlrafior, thirty-seven years old, asserted that he had a prior right to the girl's hand, her father being Indebted to him in the sum of 75 pesos. The father admitted the debt and declared that he was willing to settle It He therefore proposed that Patricio take his other daughter, Ruflna*S elder sister, whom Patricio was willing enough to accept. Then another difficulty arose. The elder sister, who was to be traded, refused her father's wishes on the ground that die had been previously engaged to marry a Chinese merchant The father Is still trying to persaade his elder daughter to break her engagement with the Chinese flanca M order to settle his debt Drag Clerk Uses Both Hands for AU Work Council Bluffs, Iowa.--"Bud" drag clerk here, although he can write as well as any one, has nevsr been able to decide which "handedT* he is. Arnold picks up his pen with whtq|fe ever hand is nearest to it aad )M writes with either left or right He does about as well with one as the other. If he Is in a tarry, he can pick up two pens, one wtth each hand, and write two(different things at the same time. He can also writ% singly or doubly, blindfolded. Arnold finds It handy to be ambldsn* trous. One hand does not have Is know what the other is doing, he says; and he lets them tend to their own business. One hand might be a prescription while the other Is writing the label for the bottlejon a typewriter. The ability to use both hands csaMk natural to Arnold, he says. as- -Sfei • ten? Ite&diyHu.: % "i-xh- Scalded to Death Chicago.--Edward Sjaderskl, months old, was scalded fatally he palled a boiling pot of coffee fMa tbe stove. Dr. J. P. Urban was railed sod pronounced the bahy dead. ' • A' '-••fe'iirtiiiirfif' ? CtdPt Bellow Saves Canoeist* Fort William.--The cry of a youag moose calf saved Nels Nordahl, Dpeal township, from death when the mother of the calf was making a serious attack on him. ' The man was paddling around Jackllsh lake In a canoe when he aM a cow moose and two calves en tta shore a few yards sway. Nordahl emitted a shout to see tlMI* animals run away. However, the com moose dashed Into the lake straight for the canoe. The Impetus of her charge upset the canoe and when Nor> dahl fell out. he managed to keep tin canoe as a protection while the moone charged and charged again. Then one of the calves, evidently thinking it was being abandoned hy the mother, emitted a cry and Dm moose turned away from Nordahl tS answer the call of her young, . Nordahl made his eocape. , Balloon Blatt Kitts Ooblenz, Germany.--Five French estv^"; diets were fatally burned when a nog* rigid balloon, returning from a over Lutzel park, exploded lng. Ton other soldiers am la a oas condition. • Streator, 11L--John flra fell into e well at was drowned. R Is heUsied that ||; lost his balance in reaching for a flm that hung over the well r t C_ V. ,'-' •? ^ . . .... ... ... A * '1 •».' ...