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;*l«r McMEirKT ' i^ilin&EAijenS:; McHEXKT, lt,t. '*1 W' ** • tfvJ* WETS ARE VICTORS IN FIRST TEST VOTE ?. H. Gallagher, i/Vet Democrat f^pu Canton, Is Seated Over Galesburg Dry. DRYS MUSTER ONLY 56 VOTES ltl» Declared by Unbiased Observers S-% That Vote Does Not Indicate a Correct Line-Up on Dry ' Question. • ' f i ' - w - • 1 • - • „ f c i Springfield.--Wets have won In the? first test in the big prohibition bat- ' tie staged in the legislature. The decision came over a seat In the house. , reflecting the kcuteness of the wet and dry issue. The election com­ mittee reported in favor of a wet " Democrat, P. W. Gallagher of Can- , ton, and tlie drvs brought, in a minor- i ity report favoring the seating of WI1- / ijam H. Basil of Galesburg, a dry Ite- / .publican. The x&te was on a motion to substitute the minority report for the' majority finding. . The minority report was tabled by a vote of 84 to 56. This gives the wets seven votes more than a majority of the house. The drys, with 56 votes in their column on this test, lacked 21 of the number needed to pass the pro­ hibition referendum measure. Politi­ cians say it was a tactical blunder on the, part of the drys to force a test on this issue. Both sides to the liquor issue were fighting for a vote to be cast in the house, when the prohibition refer­ endum t>ill will be taken up on sec­ ond reading when the wets will en­ deavor *to sink it with amendments. i ~^k •' •= I Not Fair Indication of Line-Up. The debate disclosed the fact that William P. Holladu.v of Georgetown, a former wet, is lined up with the drys this session. Unbiased observers say the test is not an accurate line-up of the vote expected on the prohibition referendum bill, since a number of drys voted for the wet on the merits of the issue. Frank P. Caviezel of Chicago, in explaining his vote in favor of Gallagher, the wet, said his votfe should not be construed as reflecting his future course on wet or dry ques­ tions. Xllan J. Carter of Evanston blossomed out as a dry leader as a new member of the house and made a strong speech in favor of tjte minority report. Shurtleff Votes Dry. Edward D. Shurtleff, Republican steering committee chairman, voted with 'the drys, explaining his vote as .based on the evidence submitted to ttte election committee as being in favor of a recount. The wet and dry test came after the roll call for the introduction of bills was completed. James A. Wat­ son of Elizabethtown, a dry, 'Urged adoption of the minority report call­ ing for a recount of the ballots In the Galesburg district. Watson explained that Basil, the dry, was defeated by 4 only, 65 votes, fle cited one precinct in which he con­ tended someone lost 45 votes. A re­ count, he asserted, wag the only means to, ̂ settle the election,; Thomas N. Gorman ot Peoria. a wet, defended the majority report of the elections committee. He said noth­ ing was present in the committee hearing to warrant 'ft recount. He moved to table the minority report;' John S. Burns of Chicago, also a wet, spoke against the minority re­ port. He said Basil had been given time to supply evidence to warrant a recount and that he had not done It. 4lxty Millions for Good Roads. The '/good roads" propaganda, had Its day in the limelight, when the gen­ eral assembly was asked to consider a bond issue of $60,000,000 to pro­ vide new surfacing throughout the state. The proposed roads are "to connect with each other the different commun­ ities and the principal cities of the state." The measure, introduced by Senator Dalley, provides that the bond issue be submitted to a state-wide ref­ erendum. ; Owing to the senate supporters which the bill has secured, it seems safe to predict its passage in the upper house. FrOm all aifpearances the leaders of the good-roads movement have chosen - tlifcr year for their big drive, counting oti "the support of Governor I.owden and Secretary of State Emmerson, who, as the distributor 1o the various counties auto licegs^ feep, becomes Mvtor. ; • Anti-Treat AH!. Representative Flagg introduced an anti-treatlng bill In. Jthe bouse. For being a good fellow with, your neigh­ bor a fine of from $30 ty $100 is pro­ vided every time intoxicating liquors are the treat. Bar to Con-Con Resolution. A new argument against the con­ tention resolution has. been brought from Cook county. It is that there can fee no convention without violating the constitution Itself, until there has been reapportionment of senatorial dis­ tricts. which has not taken place in 80 years. 'Introduction of resolutions for amending the amending clause of the Institution, are taken by some to mean that the "con-con" supporters have begun to lose faith in their abil­ ity to rally enough votes to put over tjielr scheme. • • Compulsory Training Bill.' * }jiepresentatlye Oral P. Tuttle is preparing a compulsory military train- .' ln|? bill which he will Introduce in the lower house as soon as its Constitu­ tionality has been passed upon. The measure would compel all able-bodied men between the ages of nineteen and twenty-five to serve for a period of Mar months on active duty in the army. W sonie cases the %iieasurfe to'made to provide that the State can claim six taUMiths of the life of a man over twen ty-flve in cases where the disqualifi­ cations preventing earlier service jfcar ; been removed. . ^ • •l. Appeals te legislators. Describing support of the constitu­ tional convention resolution as, a test of party loyalty, Governor Lowden !»• sued a statement urging the house to take favorable action, when the reso­ lution comes up for a final vote. . The' governor referred to the decla­ rations in favor of the proposition by botii Republicans and Democrats anfl declared that members who votv against the resolution will repudiate their party platforms. The governor's statement was as follows: Party Pledges Must "Be- Kept.>f-. "In my- inaugural address I called attention to the constructive program adopted l>.v the Republican party in Peoria last September. I said: 'It must be carried out in good faith if we wish to retain the confidence of the people. Party pledges must be held as sacred as obligations incurred li other fields.' Since then the legislature has dona much toward fulfilling that platform. It has passed the adininistrative code bill, which consolidates the numerous state agencies under the governor in nine departments. That is the ful­ filment Of one' pledge. The admin­ istrative., code provides more thorough­ ly for a budget than any other state or national law in existence at the present tinie. This is tlie fulfillment of another party pledge. New Constitution Needed. "The consolidation lueanuri1 Is ft long step in the direction of simplified and centralized government. It went as far as it is practicable for the legis­ lature. to go until the state has a new constitution. "I'pon this great question the sen­ ate has done Its pa'rt. It has passed the resolution for a constitutional con­ vention and that resolution Is now pending in the house of representa­ tives. It will come up for considera­ tion next Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. Both Parties Must Support Resolution. "Both parties have declared in favor of a constitutional convention. They must therefore support this resolution or repudiate their platform. I believe In political parties. I know of no in­ stance in which self-government has been carried on successfully except through political parties. But politi­ cal parties are now on trial. If vthey are to retain the confidence of the peo­ ple they must keep faith with the people. The supreme test of loyalty to a party is to keep, in letter and spirit, its platform promises. People Want the Conventi'on. "The people of the state, in my opinion, want a constitutional conven­ tion. In any event, it is a question for them to decide, and all that the resolu­ tion does'is to submit the question to them. If the voters declare a*conven­ tion to be unnecessary, then the re­ sponsibility for the continuance of present conditions will rest upon them. "I am heartily in favor of a consti­ tutional convention, and hope to see the house pass the resolution provid­ ing for one;" To Spot the Speed Demons. Speed demons, who swish over country roads at reckless speed, en­ dangering their own lives us well us those of other travelers of the road, will be few and far between when Sec­ retary of - State Louis L. Emmerson gets his new special automobile inves­ tigators named. To see that "safety first" will bo the essential duty of these Investiga­ tors, who are named under the automo­ bile law. They serve without pay and have no police powers, but it is dis­ concerting to any speed demon to realize that' any pedestrian or gig driver may be a special investigator appointed by the secretary of state. At present the investigators named by former Secretary Stevenson are serving. Where these are found sat­ isfactory Secretary Emmerson will re­ appoint them. " "It is not my Intention to make the appointment political in any sense," Mr. Emmerson said. "The object of the statute is to secure a number of representative citizens interested lu tlft enforcement of the autoiuot*ile. and highway laws. who are willing to act unofficially as the agents of. the state. It is ^ fact that the activity the unpaid agents has greatly of WHAT MILITARY TRAINING WILL DO FOR BOYS f The photographs of two enlisted men taken before the enl is tment and after five months' service. Lieut. Col. James B. Allison of the Second South Carolina Infantry, now in the federal service at El Paso, Tex., shows these photographs as the most pronounced evidence of the good in universal military training. From left to right: Pri­ vate Tobe White, Company K. First North Carolina infantry, Who ctfmes from Buncombe county of that state, and Private W. C. Bryson of the same company. The photograph op the left was taken last August while the one at the right shows the same men January 20, 1917, five months later at Camp Stewart. Texas, showing White a gainer by 80 pounds and Bryson heavier by 30 pounds. BEAR RIVER DAM TO BE LARGEST IN COUNTRY ~~ This photograph slwws the building of the largest power dam In the country, which Is across the Bear rl^ver at Emigrant Gap, Cal. The dnm Is 600 feet long, 260 feet (Jeep and 260 feet wlde'at the bottom. TORPEDO STARTING ON DEADLY MISSION aided the automobile department of, this office in the past, and I am con­ vinced even more can be done In tills line In the future. Probe Into High Cost of Living. Two Investigations into the high cost of living are to be Undertaken bf the state. Act-ion precipitated in the fiftieth general assembly indicated one will go forward with the power and authority of the state public utility commission behind it, while Its com­ panion inquiry is to be undertaken by a committee of seven state representa­ tives, if the house approves. Simultaneously Representative Ha- vlll of Mount Carmel started"the ma­ chinery for a house inquiry. He in­ troduced a resolution officially calling attention to the state of affairs anc demanded that the books of cold-stor age warehouses and all other record* be thrown open for official inspection Power of compelling testimony ant administering the oath is to be con­ ferred on the committee. Guard Get Money. The senate passed without objection Senator Curtis* bill to appropriate $196,14T) for emergency expenses of the Illinois National Guard. The emergency appropriation was neces­ sary, according to . Adjutant General Dickson, to overcome a deficit in the Guards' funds caused by service on the border last summer. Senator Ilerlihy's bill to make It un­ lawful to sing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in rag time or In. conjunction with any other song was advanced to third Reading without any amend­ ments. Prison for Sunday Violators. Legislation to provide heavier pen­ alties for violation of the Sunday sa­ loon closing laws and to prohibit the owning of saloons by breweries l« strongly advocated by Mayor Thomp­ son of Chicago. The chief difficulty in enforcing the Sunday closing law is In the lightness of the penalty for its violation. the maximum punishment now being $200 fine. One of the bills the mayor favors provides a heavier fine for the first two violations of the law, with a heavy prison sentence after more than two convictions of law .itohktton. s vj.<v. Wonderful photograph showing a torpedo just leaving the tube on its havoc-wreaking mission. It is not often that the camera catches the torpedo just out of the tube, probably headed for an enemy "craft. All matter con­ cerning what description of vessel the torpedo Is being fired from, and of what navy it is a unit, has been withheld. RECORD BREAKER OFFERED GOVERNMENT / ; s-. HEROINE OF THE LACONIA t % * , • * '1 - , > & • ^ * • * $ > Mrs. Frank E. Harris of Philadelphia, who helped to place the women of th« Laconla in lifeboats. She cabled hei husband, Col. Frank E. Harris, U. S. An Fort Delaware, Del., that she lost everything when the -big liner wa» sunk. Mrs. Harris was on her way to be a Red Cross nurse ih England. She won the admiration and praise of the officers of the Laconla hy her coolness and bravery In the face of death. * i \ ^ ^ v % ' "I / v Carl G. Fisher, shown at right of illustration, has offered to the govern­ ment his express cruiser Shadow III, which is capable of a sustained speed of 30.1 miles an hour and is an Ideal craft for chasing submarines. Mr. Fisher is a well-known amateqr sportsman of Indianapolis und the builder of the speedway in that city. '» ; .> . » . < * * .jijfcJL J, a * " J* - WORTH KNOWING Missouri In 1915 produced 195,684 tons of lead. Italians are succeeding with experi­ ments in the production of cotton on the oases of Tripoli. A paste made of kerosene and wood ashes will hurry a slow fire with little danger to its user. In Ceylon the largest pearls are worth $200 to $230; in Europe and America they sell at more than tifree times this pile*. . - -- - - -r- -- * . • * , ' . Massachusetts in 1915 used 15,786,- 6S|0,000 cubic feet of gas. President Poincare of France has made a collection of photographs of English soldiers who have won the Vic­ toria Cross. Glasgow provides its policemen with warm food and tea when on duty at night by the use of electrically heated plates in signal boxes. * The annual waste in the United States of foods: available for cattle has been estimated at $100,000,000 by de­ partment of agriculture .experts. Got Her Shait. Evangeline was home from college 'or -a vacation, l-nte one afternoon she came in during a downpour of rain. "Evangeline," said her. mother, "were you out In f^l that rain?" "No, mother," said Evangeline. "I was merely ih a portion of the rain that descended In my immediate vicinity." ~ . *,"•< > " 1. '• 1 ! Mo AHbt. "We should all leave footprints In the sands of time," quoted the partor philosopher. "They would only show that some of us have been going back­ ward," objected the mere man.--Chl- cafo Herald. *f~'i f* f&J&L . -Jitli'./,. /I1 Oratorical Marathdft/- v "By Jove, that lecturer surely hits the nail on the head. He Is a far-sight­ ed man." "He's probably that, all right. But I've noticed particularly that he's profe ty long-winded." . ....-A- V, . •• . TORNADO DEATH " ' USTJSTWENTY ial Law Is Declared at New­ castle, Ind. RUINS GUARDED BY TROOPS wwawJi'Hy .v m '! 1 > - - S; , 'X, • .. A"* • ".-as'.'A / #¥ Y , ' f All 8aioons Closed and Work of Clean- ing Up Town Is Under Way--Ap­ peal for Aid Promptly . ** Answered. . Newcastle, fnd., March 14.--The finding alive of several persons report­ ed killed in ithe tornado which swept this city on Sunday lowered the death list somewhat, but one of the Injured died in a hospital and the list shows 20 dead. A score are Injured seriously jind at least 100 are suffering niinor'injuries. Three persons are missing. The property loss is estimated at $1,000,000. " Victims of Cyclone. The list of detid in Sunday's, to'rna- do, revised, follows: John Nellis, 25; Gray Davis, 38; Mrs. John, Davis, 60, mother of Gray Davis; Orville Davis, 12, son of Gray Davis; Everett Dunlap; Mrs. Achle Fletcher, 22; Mrs. Asa Wifli&mson; Mrs. Vera Williamson Higgins, 24, daughter of Mrs. Williamson; Opal Williamson, daughter of Mrs. William­ son ; Earl Razor, 14; Frank L. Newton, 29; Ethel Day, 12; Bernlce Day, 8; June Day, 6, sister of Bernlce; Ray Day, 24, brother, died in hospital; Ernest Waterman, 6. son of Asa Wa­ terman, three miles east of.city; Wil­ liam S. Lowery, 55; Jesse E. McLean, 7, .died in hospital; Price-Skelton, 24; Ei-nest McLean, 11. Newcastle recovered as rapidly as possible during the day, but settled down to face another night of cold and?' darkness. Suffering among many of the homeless Is intense1, $100,000 Fund Started. Before noon food distribution points were established antLpublic buildings and scores of private homes were thrown open for the shelter of the ref­ ugees. A committee of grocers and merchants at a relief mass meeting at the county building offered supplies of food, blankets and bedding, while other committees of business men pledged the gift of several thousand dollars in cash toward a proposed re­ lief fund of .$100,000. The amount pledged was inadequate for the immediate need of the refugees, however, and telegrams were sent to the mayors of 18 cities and towns in the vicinity of Newcastle, urging the pressing need of funds for the suffer­ ers and asking that relief committees be formed and money raised. An acceptance of an offer of Chicago packers to provide hams and canned fneats for the homeless was wired. "Send Funds," Is Appeal. To telegrams from Logansport and Indianapolis, Inquiring of the Newcas­ tle relief committee what they could do to aid, the wire was flashed back; "Send funds." The first city to. answer the appeal was Winchester, Ind.. the. home of Governor Goodrich. A committee there wired-$600 cash jind added they be­ lieved more would be forthcoming later. From Shelbyvllle came a committee of business men. They investigated conditions at Newcastle and returned to Shelbyville with a promise that an emergency fund would be forthcoming at once. Looters to Be Shot. Chief of the relief committees was that consisting of John W. Rodgers of Newcastle, Will Goodrich, a broth­ er of the governor, of Winchester, Ind., and Herbert H. Maddy of Mun- cie. Maj. P. A. Davis, commanding 150 Indiana National Guardsmen detailed to preserve order in the city, prompt­ ly declared the destroyed district un­ der martial law and ordered his men to shoot looters on sight. Mayor L. J. Watkins of Newcastle closed all saloons as the first step In preserving order, and also closed down the factories in the dt.V. By nightfall more than. 5,000 men were employed in this clear! ng-up work. It will be the task of weeks, however. Requests also have been sent out all over the countryside for the use of wagons to haul away the wreck­ age. These were coming In at a late hour in large numbers. Four Dead in Family of Six. The storm left in its wnke scores of pitiful instances of suffering and death. Of one family of six. that of Peter Day. three children, Bernlce, June and Ethel, all under twelve years of age, were killed, as was also Itay, a son of twenty-four. Mr. and Mrs. Day are lying seri­ ously injured In one of the locol hos­ pitals. Three out of a family of six per­ sons in another Instance lost their lives. They were Mrs. John Davis; her son. Gray Davis, and her grand­ son, Orville Davis. . Wayne Death Toll Tw^.- Richmond, Ind., March 14.--Al­ though early reports were that four persons had been killed by the torna­ do which swept Wayne county iu the vicinity of Hagerstown, later informa­ tion was that there were only two dead, the children of Harvey Gray, a farmer. SUP OF FIGS FOR' a mmm;. it is cruel to force nauseating, , harsh physic into a ^ sick child. i May Appoint Gerard. Washington, March 14.--Appoint­ ment of James W. Gerard, former American ambassador at Berlin, to succeed the late George W. Guthrie as ambassador to Japan, was urged upOs t^e state department by his friends. - ^ Johnson to Go to Senate. SacrtMnento, Cal., March 14.---Gov Hiram Johnson announced that he wlU resign the governorship of California on March 15. It Is believed that he will go to Washington to be sworn la aa United States senator. back at your childhood dQli Remember the "dose" mother Insisted on--castor oil, calomel, cathartics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our children it's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of*t physic simply don't realize what they^ do. The children's revolt is well-found­ ed. Their tender little "insides" ara injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli­ cious "California Syrup of Figs." Its action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet­ en the stomach, a'nd that a teaspoonful given today saves' a sick child tomor­ row. Ask at the store for a 60-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children* of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Ady. ' In a Quandary. , "You s^pmed touch affected by San­ son's hard-luck story." "I don't deny it. Spenson saw me get a ten-dollar bill changed and I wa» racking my brain to think up a good excuse for not lending him a quarter." SOOTHES ITCHING SCALPS And Prevents Falling Hair Do CutietiM, SOap and Ointment. -On retiring, gently rub spots of dan­ druff and itching with Cuticura Oint­ ment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water using plenty of Soap. Cultivate the use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for every., day toilet purposes. \ Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. Not Attracted. "Some day you'll be rich enough to retire from business." "Give up »my nice, pleasant office and stay home?" rejoined Mr. Growcher. "I should say not." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig­ inal little liver pills put up 40 years ago. They regulate liver and bowels.--Adv. Sure Test of Diamond.' Th^ fact that real diamonds are phosphorescent after being treated ID the following manner is said to make the following test a sure one: First of all, expose the 4tone for a few min­ utes to the light of an electric lamp. Then rub briskly on wood or metal. Now take it Into a dark place,' when the diamond will glow brightly. This does not occur in the case of a false gem. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE DOES IT. When your shoea pinch or your corns and bus* Ions ache fret Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath. Gives instant relief to Tired, Ach­ ing, Swollen,Tender feet= Over 100,000 packages are being used by the troops at the front. Sold ••er/where, 36c. Don't mccttt m.»y --Adv. Animal Yarns. "Ever read Aesop's fables?" "Yes," replied Mr. Growcher. "And I don't see what they were written for." . ' "Why, to point a moral." "But I don't see how a man who told such whoppers as he did could claim to have anything moral about him." Oldest Marble Quarry. v Vermont's oldest marble quarry, opened about 1795, still is being op­ erated profitably. Money Made in Potato Crops! SEE CLOVER-LAND FIRST LAND EACH Write us today. Don't hesitate. W« insure honest treatment. Ask us any quits tions you please. But write today. Tbe Upper Peninsula Derelopnot Bra 110 Urn Ntcfc