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X; >noral sanitation to triumph over the ruthless ew- jnies, booze and disease. lifv One- can read in the draft law, in the regutt» |f;|f|tlons and in the express actions of Secretary of. - War Baker that he means this arnfy of 500,000 Clean young Americans to be the first army that ."v »•*. «ver took the field and stayed in the field and re- ^ . 4 turned from the field untainted by the dual war |s ^' '*< * | Vices. Secretary Baker is determined that the - founds inflicted upon our army of liberation shall • fee those inflicted by the central powers, and not those so habitually inflicted . by the ^army upoa Itself. >'* Recreation is to take the place of idleness and Indulgence. Adjoining miasmatic swamps of booze and vice are to be drained. Resort will be / had in garrison to healthful exercise, to whole­ some amusement, to off-hour activities, tt> ath- letics, to play and to the <jevices that healthy men indulge in at home. Says Surgeon Major D. C. Howard in a recent War department bulletin: "Recreation will be of great value. Idleness Is said to be the mother of lechery. Wholesome amusements and athletics will make the garrison so attractive that the soldier will be inclined to spend his spare time in garrison. No present-day problem to military preventive medicine- is qf greater importance in relation, to the physical efficiency of the army than that of effectual con­ trol of venereal disease." Thus boldly Is the Issue stated, because thus boldly does the secretary of war propose to meet man's worst enemy, which Surgeon Major Maus describes as "The Great Red Plague." Here is the common foe of embattled mankind. Aid and comfort nave be£n given this enemy by the ill-advised and prudish censorship of social •science. ^ * .*> "We want no damaged goods In the American army of democracy," Capt. E. B. Vedder of the ' United States Medical corps, declares. And, to ehow how strictly does General Gorgas propose to make the American expedition as clean as he made Havana and Panama, the Wassermann test, and not mere height and eyesight la the supreme standard of fitness for this war. , v This 500,000 army of select men, possessing - youth, physique and health, the war department proposes to return to their homes, if they survive mere shot and shell, as fit fathers of a future race. The distressful (many returned men and officers say the disgraceful) social conditions that ob­ tained on the Mexican border will not be repeated at Plattsburg, at JWagara. at Fort Sheridan or In Europe. The El .Paso vice barracks, the hideoos dives--this nightmare will not be lived through again. It belongs to the typhoid-malaria age. The great American game of baseball will form, a vital part in the training of the soldiers of the army of democracy. When young America In civil life is not at woek it is at the ball game or at the motion picture show or at play in some form. The American expeditionary soldier will play as fast as he will train for service. This is^ the dictum of a recreation expert who knows the value of recreation, moral and educa­ tional, and who also knows the philosophy of Messrs. Baker and Gorgas. My authoritative in­ formant continues with an enthusiasm that la in­ fectious : "Good athletes take such pride in their physical fitness (and good soldiers are necessarily good venereal diseases than any other army In the world. Tests show that 16 per cent of the recruits are Infected on enlistment. Venereal prophylaxis Is the order of the day." , Statistics are available to those who will . not give them specific publicity showing , that these social diseases unfitted hun­ dreds of thousands of soldiers at the front from duty on the firing line. More terrible than the bullets of the combatants alike to the Invaders and to the Invaded were the ravages of these diseases at Badajoz, in the .Peninsular campaign, as to Rome and Naples In the Spanish invasion. More terrible than an aririy with banners are the camp followers In Its wake. These disquieting truths should be kept hidden, lest the patriotic spirit be discouraged, provided the United States proposed to take part In the wfcr on this basis, provided the propagation of disease were one of "our objects" in the war, and provided there were no way of protecting our 500,000 chosen soldiers and thereafter the nation from the ravages of a plague. But the war department knows this enemy to be vulnerable, and It proposes to fight It In the open field with social prophylaxis, and to crush it, both in the training camp and In its present so-fruitful lalr, the trench zones of Europe. But before these preventive recreation plans can be made effective there must be positive exclusion of the unfit. "Weed out the Infected" Is the new watchword of the recruiting authorities. Infected recruits. If not detected, will prove an Impediment to the army, filling first the hospitals and finally the pension lists. The draft law contains no provision more vital to the security of the nation than section 13, which authorizes Secretary of War Baker to draw a dead line about our military camps for Infection. The Canadian military camps became excursion uLucan 'Vv i. *J1 ̂ •=9^>roints for thousands of wives, mothers, sisters athletes) that they will not abuse their health by^ » r ... . . . whn h . no n„ Indulgences. But, aside from personal pride in fitness, play is In itself the great prophylaxis a&ainst immoral abuses. "Work is a prophylactic agent against disease, !>ut play Is Its counterpart, If not Its peer. Play means health. The play spirit alone Is strictly normal. Play Is the preventive against physical and mental and moral breakdown." " The rediscovery of play as a social agent Is one of the most vital discoveries of modern times. Becreatlon Is its organized application. It has been applied educationally. It has been delib­ erately applied to redeem the city youth from crime and degeneracy. But it lent Itself natural­ ly, unconsciously, to the adults, needs In the marvelous development of recreations other than booze and vice. Secretary of War Baker Is sensitive to modern sociological developments. It went wlthomt saying *hat, whatever might be his merits or demerits It) practical military organization, he of all men 9*vould bring to the American army of democracy <in appreciation of the sociological factors. A System of recreation for the enlisted man that will supplant booze and vice will undoubtedly take *hape from the earliest mobilization, and will con­ tinue to be a safety device for this uniquely prot tected army on the battle front- One observes with keen interest' that the war •department has engaged a number of recreation •experts for the supervision of recreation at the large training camps. There is here no mere -theoretic attention to play, no paper application of recreation philosophy, no mere philanthropic interest in the soldier's idle hour similar to the interest which a charitable gentleman would take in supplying tracts to a hospital, or books to an •old ladies' home, or a bat and ball to a nephe^r. The problem before us is scarcely of a part with rsewlng society work. However, to avoid any 3(pesture of sensationalism, it is well to follow tfee jplaln, serious words of the war department bulle- 1ns to illustrate the vice s{he of the problem, apt. E. B. Vedder of the United States Medical t "-(Corps, In War Department Bulletin No. 8, writes > rfubstantially as follows: | T * "Our sick report has l^een a reproach In that ifp~ Jliave had more men on the sick report because of and, under this cloak, of others who had no par­ ticular qualification except enthusiasm for the soldier and a pronounced reaction toward the uni­ form. ~ Drlven from the mile or more limit, these latter set up at whatever distance and expressed thel* patriotism in indulgences for which the war made a tolerant conscience. And Canadians are among the strictest puritans in the world. By devious pretexts, hundreds of these soldier-smitten wom­ en followed the units to Europe. We may quite as well Ignore the experiences of the allies in Europe, for our own experiences are rich enough. The government has issued no bul- < letln showing the number of soldiers incapacitated - by disease during the Mexican expedition, but the jonly available authorities, the individual militia­ men and officers, recite a distressing narrative of debauchery on the bor<|er. In more than one •instance dives were set up in full view of the officers' camp, though, of course, outside of the authority of the war department, And"4 to such wretched dens the soldiers resorted because of the utter vacuity of border soldiering and the lack of adequate recreation facilities. It Is these experiences which now determine the war department to achieve a new triumph for sanitation by inaugurating a system of thorough prophylaxis, substituting recreation for stupidity, idleness and'vice Indulgence. The American artny of democracy is not to be a disease-infested, boo*e- infllcted army. It Is to triumph over mankind's worst enemies before it leaves our soil, and It Is to carry Its triumphs to Europe, there to advertise i to the whole world the new America idea In social prophylaxis. To such an army ©very American mother will be proud to lend her son.--William J. Black, In New York Tribune Magazine: _ Use of Wireless In the Great War . Wireless has proved a great boon in war. • scout airplane today if up to the minute has a Wireless set aboard. This provides It with the' only means of communication with its base, or with the battery of heavy guns, when engaged upon the direction of artillery fire. The wireless is the voice of the oceans. It links up ship with ship, however distant from the land or from 4the recognized routes of trade. Without it modern n a v a l w a r f a r e w o u l d b e i m p o s s i b l e . T h e S O S signal Is the most urgent and sacred call in the wireless world, a call few operators will ignore. And yet the enemy has made false use of this signal. There was one case of an American skip­ per somewhere off Bantry bay, who, picking up an S O S some 50 miles distant, made thither at , top speed, to find on arrival, not a vessel In dis­ tress, but a German submarine, the commander of which not only made no apology, but was «o annoyed to find that It was an American instead of a British boat that he had snared that threatened to sink it there and then; and prq ably he would have put his threat into force had not a British destroyer showed up on the horizon. Another case was that of the cargo steamer Anglo-Callfornlan. homeward bound from Amer­ ica. She sighted a German submarine in mid- ocean, and made off as fast as her engine if'ould permit, the enemy in hot pursuit; her wireleis operator sending out the SOS signal as fast as he knew how. Meanwhile the shell fire grew fiercer, the ship was raked from end to end. They had not a single weapon of their own with which to retaliate, but they stuck to 1$ as only British sailors can. Then there came an answer to their ^signals, "Coming to your help. Hang on." It Twas from a British man-of-war, somewhere across the horizon, far out of sight. By this time the firing had grown so fierce that the operator was forced to manipulate his key lying on his back in his cabin. At last the welcome news, "Can see your smoke. Hang on." "For God's sake, hurry up; they're shelling us like h ," replied Jthe Californian operator. This the German op­ erator intercepted, and had his guns trained full on their aerial, their last hope of salvation. Lucki­ ly the German shooting was wild, and eventually the British warship hove In sight. Immediately the submarine dived, and they were ordered to report her trail. Yet earlier in the war occurred the unhappy Breslau and Goeben affair. When surrounded by British craft, these two powerful men-of-war succeeded In effecting an escape, sighted only by one of our light cruisers. Immediately she wire­ lessed for help. In the year 1915, 26 vessels were reported by the radio inspectors of the United States to have sent out the call for assistance. The calls in­ cluded accidents of all kinds, including collision, running ashore, broken-down machinery, storm, cargo shifting and torpedoes. In one case/ that of a Greek vessel which caught fire in mid- ocean, she was abandoned by the passengers and crew, aggregating 470. Within two and a half hours two other vessels had taken on board, In one case 341 survivors and In the other the re­ maining 129. The original vessel was entirely destroyed. On another occasion a vessel with 1,700 Italians aboard caught fire at sea. The SOS signal im- medlatey brought up another vessel, which took off 600 survivors, then conveyed the disabled boat Into port without the loss of a single life. DEFENSE COUNCILS irt the State Organization Aims to Secure Greater Co­ operation.- TO CONSIST OF FIVE MEMBERS Qutlook Is Good for Bumper Crops-- , Insull Wants Farmers Exempted | From Service--Evan John Heads State Mining Board. * Springfield.--The next work of UU- nois state council of defense Is to be the organization of the state by coun­ ties. Such organization was author­ ised at the meeting of the council and the chairman was instructed to work out a plan and begin the work. The policy adopted ny the council calls for an organization of an auxil­ iary body of not less than five mem­ bers for each county--four men and one woman. The woman member, wherever practicable, is also to be a member of the Illinois division of the %oman'8 committee of the council of national defense. Auxiliary organization is not to Stop with the county councils, but each one of those is to be given authority to form auxiliary committees of their own in order to keep in touch with all the •population centers of their respective counties. The object in getting the auxiliary bodies is to put the state council In a position to get qylck ac­ tion and team work throughout the state upon all important matters. Th<£ Illinois farmer has **done his bit- A summary of the crop report for Illinois of the crop reporting bureau of the national department of agriculture shows millions of bushels' overproudc- tlon for this year, as compared with last year, of corn, wheat, oats, pota­ toes, apples and all small grains and fruits. ^ The report, a foreeast for July 1, Shows: Cm*;' feu.. All wheat, bu.. Oats, bu Barley, bu ..., Potatoes, bu........... Sweet potatoes bu... All hay, tons Apples, bu Jpeacbea, bu July Forecast. .; 568,000,000 24,200.000 ....,,.194,000,000 2,090,000 14,080,000 774,000 3,210,000 8.070,000 486,000 Production Last Year. E>ec. Kstl. 306,800.000 16.226.000 172,096.000 1,920,000 7,260,000 720,000 4.661,000 4,848,000 760.000 Exempt Farmers, Asks Instill. The advisory farm labor committee of the state agricultural board has ap­ pealed to the Illinois defense council for support In obtaining exemption of all farm hands from the first draft. The request, It was explained, Is made In anticlpalton of a bumper crop which will require an excess of labor to harvest. Upon receipt of the request. Chair­ man Samuel Insull wired Governor Lowden suggesting that he take the matter up with the federal authori­ ties, and also wired Lieutenant Gov­ ernor Oglesby, now in Washington, asking him to ascertain the plans of the government in this regard. eld.. 47 THINGS WORTH KNOWING m; Mk4 lisr;' FA. • •v<Naturalists are at a loss to explain ^t&ow the whale can descend to a depth 3,000 feet, at which point the pres­ sure should be great enough to crush :lt. > A new project of American engineers lib a giant canal 260 miles long to con­ nect the Arctic ocean and the Baltic " 40ea. extending from Kandalaska on the -1White sea to Tornea near the Swedish *30"ontler on the Gulf of Finland. The •jk>st is estimated at 1150.000.000. " As Advertised. "*Y "The marrying parson of Gretna Green certainly shows jiis business in his garden." "How so?" "There is plenty of the matrimony via* , fcpt no canteloupe,** „ v - . . Expert Crook. Wigg--Has he (any knowledge of mechanics? a ' . Wagg--There isn't a shady scheme you can think of that he can't engi­ neer.--Town Topics. Unfitted. "It is of no use for those social climbers to go to a fashionable water­ ing place, as they talk of doing." "Why notT" ' "Because they will never be able to get Into the swim." ftmm . . Where He 8moked. Bacon--Ever in his library? ; Egbert--Oh, yes. 1 "What was the most consplcnoUSVo}- ume you saw there?" v | "A volume of smoke," . T MUCH IN UTTLE . Sweden has a food shortages Russia Is developing peat for'fuel. Bermuda has a daylight-saving law. Mexican laborers are leaving Texas. New Jersey factories seek wcfnan employees," South Africa buys United States rub ber heels. •' .. German newspapers h$ve raised pei copy prices. . . - .v.. Terra del Fuego 'Is^'^Wi a 'patoat packing house. M r-i' nji J <i * , S •late Mine Officers Named. Governor Lowden named the state mine officers, a new set of officials cre­ ated by the department consolidation bill. The appointees, with Evan John, director of the department of mines and minerals, will constitute the state mining board. The members named by the governor are: William Hutton of Du Quoin, James Richards of Belle­ ville, M. S. Coleman of Harrlsburg and James Needham of Chicago. The governor also appointed the fol­ lowing as miners' examining officials, they to take the place of the present state hoard of mine examiners: Wil­ liam Hall of Springfield, William H. Turner of Colllnsvllle, John A. Tuttle of Harrlsburg and Joseph G. Vlano of Coal City. Ordered Into 8ervlee. Nearly every National Guard organi­ sation In Illinois is at full war strength, and on July 26 the state will place In the field 21,364 enlisted men and 652 officers. The units ordered into foreign service and their head­ quarters are as follows: Enlisted Officer*. Men First brigade, Chicago..., * J5 8econd brigade, Qulncy. 4 J? Field artillery brigade. Chicago. 4 First infantry, Chicago 66 2.0W Second infantry, Chicago W ?»Vrr Third Infantry, Aurora Fourth Infantry, Vandalla Fifth Infantry, Qulncy Sixth infantry, Oeneseo Seventh Infantry, Chicago Eighth infantry, Chicago First Engineers, Chicago ..... First field artillery. Chicago... Second field artillery, Chlcag Third field artillery, Spr1ngfl<-_ Signal company, Chicago • •• Field hospital No. 1, Chicago.... « " Field hospital No 2. Chicago ^ Total The First infantry, Fifth Infantry, Sixth infantry, First field artillery, and part of the First engineers already are In the federal service. Need More Ambulanee Men. Adjutant General Dickson instruct­ ed Lieut. Col. Jacob Frank, chief sur^ geon of the Illinois National Guard in Chicago, immediately to organize four new ambulance companies and two new field hospitals for war service by July 25. A total of (500 men are need­ ed, including 60 medical ofiicers. The orders for the organization of the new units were transmitted to Colonel Frank by Adjutant General Dickson from the war department In Washing­ ton. Immediate action is desired, the war 'department explained. Nation WW Aid State Fair. That the United States government Indorses the holding of state fairs and will do all in its power to encourage them is the word brought back from Washington by Secretary B. M. Davi­ son, who has returned from a confer­ ence of secretaries of state fairs in the middle western states. The United States government will assist In every way in making state fairs a success, declared Mr. Davison. It is working out a plan to put large complete na­ tional exhibits at all state fairs. Burdette Removed by Governor. James B. Burdette of Chicago was removed by Governor Lowden as chair­ man of the state civil service commis­ sion after he had refused to resign in favor of Judge William D. Schofleld of Marshall, whom the governor ap­ pointed this week. The charge lodged by Governor Lowden was neglect of duty. Mr. Burdette, who Is a Demo­ crat, declined to step down, because, he said, his term of office^ does» iMl expire until 1919. , • Will Enforce Clvif Service Law. Gov. Frank O. Lowden has Issued a statement In which he gives the views of the state administration regarding the enforcement of civil service rules and regulations with relation to the administrative code now in effect: The governor states that he wished to make It clear that the civil service rules will be enforced by the adminis­ tration. On this point he says: "If this administration stands for anything It ip the enforcement of all laws as long as they remain on the statute books." The statement also explains changes In the merit law, made by amendments passed at the Fiftieth general assem­ bly. The statement follows: "There seems to be a misapprehen­ sion as to what effect the administra­ tive code, which has just gone Into ef­ fect, has upon the civil service ap­ pointees of the state. That code pro­ vides expressly that civil service em­ ployees under the old law shall not be affected so far as they may be needed under the new law by virtue of that act. Of course, many employees under the law as It was formerly have been legislated out of existence and are not needed under the present law. All others who were In the classified ser­ vice before remain in the classified service now. The Trial Clause. "There is also a misapprehensions as to the effect of the amendments to our state civil service law. The only ma­ terial change made was with reference to the trial clause. That clause as amended provides that the employing officer may remove an employee for any reason other than political, re­ ligious or race reasons. However, In all cases, he must state in writing his rea­ sons for such removal and give a copy of those reasons to the discharged em­ ployee and file a copy with the civil service commission. If he does In fact remove for political, religious or race reasons, the persons so removed may petition the commission and be granted a hearing upon the matter. If the commission finds that the removal Was for any one of these three reasons, the employee will be reinstated. *1 wish to make It clear that the civil service laws will be enforced dur­ ing this administration. I know of no way with reference to such laws, any more than any other laws, by which a compromise can be made between en­ forcement and nonenforeement. If this administration-stands for anything, it Is the enforcement of all laws as long as they remain on the statute books. "I have had a conference upon this subject with the directors of the vari­ ous departments, and I may say that they are in hearty accord with the Ideas so expressed." ILLINOIS EVENS Guard Sol lotting War Aid Fund* * The state has safeguarded the1-so­ licitation of funds for war relief, the relief of soldiers and sailors or other war purposes. With the exception of the Red Cross and such organiza­ tions as are authorized by congress to make collections It is now a misde­ meanor unless the solicitors are li­ censed by the Illinois state council of defense. The act by which this authority is given provides, under a heavy penalty for violation of its provisions, that on and after July 1, 1917, no individual, society, club, association or corpora­ tion shall engage In the solicitation of any war aid or war charity, with the exceptions hereinafter referred to, without first obtaining from the state council of defense a license to make such solicitation. All persons, societies, clubs, associ­ ations or corporations desiring such a license are required to make formal ap­ plication, under oath, to the state council of defense therefor and to fur­ nish such Information as the state council of defense may require. The family or friends of any soldier or sailor may supply such soldier or sailor, or the family and dependents of such soldier or sailor, with aid at any time without a license, and no license is required for solicitation by any so­ ciety, club, association, corporation, congregation or religious association or corporation among Its own members (unless prohibited by the requirements of the military or naval authorities of the United Stntes) or for solicitation for any war aid or war charity author­ ized by the congress of the United States or by any act or proclamation of the president of the United States. The council has created a bureau to have charge of licensing solicitor*, which Is In charge of an advlspry com­ mittee composed of E. J. E. Ward, chairman ; W. A. Fox and J. H. Gullck, which holds dally sessions to pass OK applications. Tornado Relief Funds. Plans for the co-ordination of the relief funds raised for tornado suf­ ferers at Mattoon and Charleston and at other Illinois points and the $275,- 000 appropriated by the general as­ sembly were made at a conference at­ tended by Adjutant General Dickson, T. J. Edmonds and John J. O'Connor of the Red Cross, Judge F. A. Jfeal of Chicago and Judge F. K. Dunn and T. T. Williams, representing the relief committees of Charleston and Mattoon. Relief funds In addition to that of the state were said to be $285,000. Auto Tax Increase Big. •Automobile license fees amounting to $1,374,947.46 were collected from 283,274 persons to whotn licenses were issued In 1917, according to a report issued by Secretary of State Emiuer- son in check-up on returns to the state treasurer. This compares with 208,757 licenses issued in 1916, which brought into the treasury $1.047,S93.74. Of these amounts the antomobtle owners of the city of Chicago are re­ ported to have contributed $78,452* In the year 1817 and during titoyoarldld. $02,463. Interesting Tidings From Town ami Countryside. BLOOMINGTON STRIKE Differences Settled and Men All Takmvi Back--Negroes Invited Back to ~ 3 E. St. Louis and Prom* ised Protection. Bloomington. -- The Bloomingteai street car strike has been amicably set­ tled after a conference of the Illinolst Traction system and the employees,, and the GOO state soldiers will be W longer needed. The company luuK agreed to take back in service the men: who left its employ a few weeks ago; and other minor differences were ad-' justed satisfactorily; East St. Louis.--The Chamber ot Commerce has invited the negroes to*' return, guaranteeing them protection- against any further molestation. The resignations of the chief of police and? the night chief will be demanded andi the police and fire board of the city will be reorganized. Lyndon.--In excavating here what to" believed to be a mastodon's -tooth wan dug up. It is 7V4 Inches long and 3%' Inches across the top. Harvard.--Masonic order here wUI build a $50,000 temple. Albany.--A sturgeon caught In the Rock river here by Horace Sanders weighed 10G pounds, and when dressed weighed 73 pounds. Ffeeport.--Stephenson county farm- et-s are killing groundhogs, the county having paid at 25 cents each, $743 for pelts. Galena.--Wild fruits are abundant is* Jo Daviess county and berry pickers swarm everywhere. Benld.--Roy Gray was electrocuted here when he came into contact with a high-tension wire of the Illinois Trac­ tion company. Freeport.--Alvin Ditsworth and an unidentified" man were killed and Ai- tone L. Millen fatally Injured when an old building collapsed. Juliet.--David B. Powell, sixty-nine, hero of Cherry mine disaster of 1908, died at his home here. Chicago.--Stanley Harrison, twenty- five, window washer, dashed fonr stories to the stone pavement below. Shelbyvllle.--Vigorous protests are being made to the city council to kill ordinance proposed by the barbers' union requiring the blowing of the fire whistle to announce the opening and closing of the shops. Pekin.--A new railroad, ten miles la length, Is to run between this city and Morton and connecting with the Santa Fe and Illinois Traction system. Rock Island.--Illinois Master Paint* ers' association will hold annual con* vention here August 7-9. Melmine.--Miss Dora Martin, who la driving a reaper for a farmer here, says it is time women helped the fann­ ers out. Peoria.--This city has secured a franchise in the Central league. , Virginia.--Democratic county cen­ tral committee has elected John Broecker of Beardstown as permanent chairman. Aurora.--Daniel Dledrlch of Chicago was killed by a leap from a fourth story window of the hospital here.. Chicago.--Mrs. Antonio Emma sjhot her husband through the left cheek. Aurora.--Mrs. J. F. Cooper of La Salle, and- her sister, Miss Martha Hass, twenty-two, went to ride with her husband In the engine cab while he was on duty as fireman for the Bur­ lington road, the train was wrecked at Oglesby, the engine turned over and Fireman Cooper and Hiss Hass were killed while Mrs. Cooper escaped tft» Jury. Freeport.--The Illinois poll tax law held unconstitutional by Judge O. E. Heard. Mattoon.--George Hatch, twenty* seven, who went Insane during a tor­ nado, killed himself here. St. Anna.--A Big Four passenger train left track and wrecked the tlon, killing Day Dubuque, fifteen, waiting for the train. Chicago.--The Chicago presbytery has accepted the resignations of Dr. 0. M. Brown, pastor of the First Presby­ terian church at Jollet, and Dr. Piecr* Beauchamp, pastor of the First church at SL Anne. Rockford.--Company A. First Illi­ nois engineers, has bought four pigs to eat the camp garbage. Rockford.--The First Rltnols en­ gineers Is surveying for a pontoon bridge over the Rock river to connect with roads leading to the cantonment. Chicago.--Committee of prominent colored people of this city have sent a memorial to Governor Lowden ask­ ing that the state provide adequately for the colored people who were driven out of East St. Louis. Bloomington. -- The Bloomingtott baseball team has disbanded. Waterloo.--John Stortsum, eighty- twt», resident of Montgomery county for 77 years. Is dead. Kantoul. -- Twenty-two airplane* made successful flight from the aban­ doned Ashburn field to Chanute field hefe. ^ rhicago.--Forty head of cattle sold for 14 cents on the hoof, the highest pr^ce on record here. feast St. Louis.--Rev. A. L. Snow af Macon, Ga., has accepted the call at th? Lansdowne Christ church here. Benton.--Elijah Dillon, forty-fles^ farmer, drowned hlsmestf while insane from heat. Aurora.'--The Burlington road an­ nounces a 10 per cent wage increase at Its shopmen. Chicago.--Federal ollcera in anen- tlonlng several persons who attended the "conference for democracy and terms of peace." sought to discover If there was any connection of the propa* ganda with Germany. y Virginia.--The Chownfng family lt*» : Ing in this section of the state held J big reunion here. ^ Havana.--""he annual farmers' insti­ tute of Mason county aad the fall fe* tival aad bwrieiftwlnE .,!» . lyteg