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•?r •,J!^1 jfeBtllOHr gilJXDEALER, MeHEXRT, ILL. r; Scene during the annual Weliealey college ceremonies showing Miss Elisabeth Bead of Bangor, Me., presMtatt <rf the freshmen class, crowned as "Queen Elisabeth." „ Hit Price Peak. ? I of Public to Meet further Advances Credited With Turning Scale. OffABTMEW STORES IfM ^Hothlng steek Surplus, Eepeelally In | Women's Wear, Likely to Bring Reductions--Silk Reductions Are to Be Permanent. f New York.--The substantial reductions that have been made recently In tbe prices ,of all commodities by department and other stores throughout the country have led the buying public to wonder whether or not these reductions are the forerunners of continued reduction In the high prices that have prevailed since America entered the war. In an effort to ascertain the cause and probable extent of the downward movement, the New York Times has made inquiries among representative merchants in the wholesale and retail lines as well as among financial leaders. Their replies seem to agree that a permanent reduction movement fats begun. • In the minds of many, however, there Is still much doubt as to the meaning of the reductions that have been announced and made by the department stores and other commercial houses. Even those who are not yet ready to say that a general fall in prices is to be expected are unwilling to predict that present levels will be maintained. A majority of wholesale and retail dealers admit that prices are too high and that a reaction must 4Mirae before the public will begin free V. tmying. ^ ' Surplus of Clothing. One phase of the reductions made by department stores has bfeen the ef- . fort of middlemen to discover how the plan is worked. Dozens of wholesale and,,retail dealers confessed that they or the** agents had made purchases at department stores for comparison W|th their own prices and qualities. . The representative of a big London department store said he had bought from a department store certain articles much cheaper than prices quoted t» manufacturers. In the wholesale clothing trade It la generally admitted that thtfte Is a surplus of goods. By some this surplus is •aid to be due to unseasonable weather, and by others it is admitted that the public has refused to pay existing prices. A number of representatives of this group said reductions must be made all along the line, from the manufacturers to the retailer. With ^overstocks already on hand, clothing dealers are said to be canceling orders. while the mills are eager for business and willing to offer price concessions. It is now predicted that fewer sales will be made during the coming season, if the reports of early fall orders, booked by the clothiers, may be taken as a fair Indication, but what Is lost In volume, the clothing trade hopes, will be made up In a concentration on higher class garments. In the silk market it is no secret that price reductions which have been made an to be permanent. Hog* stocks of raw silks are held in this country by Japanese interests and must be released following the break in the Japanese market, at substantially lower prices than were prevailing during midwinter when top prices were realized for raw materials. Members of this trade do not hesitate to say that prices have been too high, and that the time has come for a readjustment on an entirely new basis. A disposition to await developments has marked the cotton goods market There has been only gradual easing off In the prices of prlntcloths and sheetings which have a wide variety of uses when finished. In the prices of sateens and other fabrics used by the clothing trades the reductions have been more marked. Belief Is expressed In the financial district that commodity prices will continue downward because it Is believed that wholesale prices reached their peak In February, and that within a few weeks the reaction will take a stronger hold of the retail markets. Tells of Fight With Cannibals Rice Party Has Encounter With ffant White Savages |r" . South America. NOT AFRAID OF FIREARMS Professor Rice Says That In All His Experience in Tropical Jungles He Never Saw Such Ferocious Looking Savagea. York.--The (' exploring ptrty headed by Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, which dashed last February near the banks of the Orinoco with giant cannibals, returned here from Para. With Doctor Rice came Mrs. Rice, formerly Mrs. George D. Wldener of Philadelphia, who accompanied her husband on some of his South American explorations; Chester H., Ober, geographer of the expedition; A. W. Swanson, J. E. Mason and Dr. O. E. Byers. It was while exploring an unnamed tributary of the Orinoco river that the party was attacked. The discharge of firearms failed to scare off the savages, who were described as large and fierce, and the explorers only escaped by firing Into them, .killing either two or three. The party then turned back. Not Previously Seen Since 1763. The cannibals were almost white In color," Professor White said. "In all my years in the tropical Jungles I have never seen such ferocious looking savages. Nearly all were armed with bows and arrows and carried spears and blowguns. They were more than six feet tall and I recognized them as cannibals of the Guarlbos tribe, a mount^p legion considered the most ferocious of all the savages In either Venezuela, Colombia, oc Brazil." The professor declared he believed it was the first time these cannibals were met by white men since 1763, when a Spanish expedition discovered them. Record Trip for White Woman. Mrs. Rice was not with her husband on the occasion of the attack on the party. However, she traveled with the party as far as Esmeralda, Brazil, penetrating further into the Amazon wilderness than any other white woman, according to the explorer. The Rio Negro and other outlets of the Amazon were explored and charted. as well as the Casqulare canal and the Upper Orinoco, Doctor Rice said. A number of specimens were brought back for the Pea body museum at Harvard. BIDDIE GROWS SPURS #- Chicago Surgeon Produces He- Heo With Knift .Transplanted Glands Cause Hen to Develop All Characteristics of Chanticleer. '•# t Chicago.--The experiments of Dr. Victor D. Lespinasse of the Northwestern university in tinkering with the sex of the common hen and his demonstrations before medical experts have aroused the interest of chicken growers. # "•It was a simple enough operation,** explained Doctor Lespinasse; "just the transplanting of the Interstitial glands of a rooster to a hen. But the result was surprising and perhaps no one was more surprised than the hen Herself. Within a few weeks she began to develop all the characteristics ef a chanticleer. V "'She grew a comb and wattles. tSaddle feathers appeared next and finally a pair of spurs. She took to strutting pompously about the barnyar<^ lording it over the other fowls. "Instead of cackling, our nearrooster would essay a feeble kee-nkee. A full-sized he-crow is about the only thing that's lacking to complete her--or, I might say, his--roosterhood." The he-hen Is now on a farm In the suburbs of Chicago. In further experiments with animals, Doctor Lespinasse succeeded re. cently In producing "Siamese Twin" dogs. These didn't Jive long, but were perfect specimens. Qave His Reverenoe Leng RljRfet Lebanon, Ky.--After riding a mile on the pilot of the engine which had smashed his automobile, Rev. Father W. J. Rowlett told the engineer that he thought he never would bring his train to a stop. Father Rowlett was not even scratched. Wants Cat Wet Nurses To Nurse Baby Foxes New York.--A call for mother cats to nurse silver foxes waa received In New York from an upstate fox farm owner. H. M. Bacon, president of the New York Fur Auction Sales corporation, to whom the appeal for cats was sent, said the fox farmer was willing to take all the cats he could get A mother cat can earn $2.50 for six weeks' endeavor, he said. At end of six weeks, a litter of baby foxes becomes sufficiently mature to take solid food. Negro Qlrl Rich. Muskogee, Okla.--The richest negro girl in the United States is Sarah Rector, eighteen, who lives near Muskogee, Okla. Through oil found on the supposedly worthless land she owned she is now worth a minion and a half, ; • READY FOR TOURISTS France Will Use Hospital Trains to Carry Sightseers 0||f ' Battlefields. ' Paris--Hotel accommodations In ftance being limited, French authorities designated to handle the tourists that will visit the battlefields in the ^country this summer plan to use hospital trains to carry the sightseers. Each train will be arranged with all tiie necessities for a week or ten-day tour of the British, French and American fronts. , France expects 500,000 American tourists this summer. Steps have been taken to prevent hotels in the larger Jfwns and cities from charging exeesllpe rates. Buried Between Husbands. Cincinnati, O.--Complying with the terms of her will, the ashes of Mrs. Rfctherine Kern have been buried in Spring Grove <jemetery between the graves of hec two husbands, Mrs. Kern's wiU provMe a fwxl to take care ' #f the graves. MRS. SPIKER NOW A CITIZEN English Girl Is Made Happy by Action of Bureau of Immigra-* tlon. Baltimore, Md.--«Mrs. Emily Knowles Spiker, the English girl who married the brother of the father of her baby, Alfred Ray Spiker, in Fall River, Mass., was made happy by notification from the bureau of immigration of the department of labor that she had been officially recognized as an American citizen and will not be deported. The bureau also informed her lawyer that the two Liberty bonds of $500 each, put up by Mrs. Cora Spiker. wife of the father of her baby, would toe returned to her by the treasury department. The Spiker case has attracted widespread attention, owing to the attitude of Mrs. Cora Spiker, the wife of the returned soldier, who made affidavit that she had forgiven her husband and that bis confession had caused no change In the marital happiness, and to the attitude of Guy Spiker, her brother-in-law, who, before he had seen the girl, expressed his willingness to marry her. CM-CON DELAYS FI9HT ON I. & R. Lsaders Agree to AUow Matter to Lie Dormant Until After „ nventkHiT ^ • *•:' THllEASURE NOT VOICE RECORD BY "WIRELESS" Talking Machine in Experiments Repeat* Tones of Persona Fms» 1 Milea Away. London, England. -- Experiments which have been carried out here have resulted In the making of a talking machine record on wax of a voice transmitted by wireless telephone 40 miles away. While the voice was speaking at Chelmsford, In the county of Essex, where there is a high power instrument capable of transmitting the voice hundreds of miles, the equipment at the receiving plant In the Strand, London, was attached to a recorder which engraved the message in soft wax ta the same way as an ordinary machine disk Is manufactured. Farmers Are Displeased With Pro. poeal for Classification of Per- •anal Property for Taxation^ Battle Is In Prospect Springfield.--Constitutional convention officials and leaders of the Initiative and referendum movement have reached an agreement to delay action on the proposition until after the Republican convention, or longer. It Is very likely, In view of developments, that the real fight In the convention over the initiative and referendum will be finally postponed also until after the Democratic convention. A number olS pledged Initiative and referendum delegates plan to take the trip to the coast and convention leaders have agreed that there will be no attempt to force a vote during their absence. The postponement of debate 6n the initiative and referendum was agreeable not only to convention leaders but to the delegates who are leading the Initiative and referendum fight Capt. Charles E. Merriam, who, with Judge Willard M. McEwen and Delegates Latchford, Corcoran and Wolfe, have been directing the initiative and referendum forces, expressed satisfaction with the plans for delaying the fight "We are winning friend* every day," he said, "and I am more confident than ever that before the convention adjourns there will have been adopted a constructive, workable and Pfictical Initiative and referendum." A forward step toward the short ballot and tentative approval of the principle of classification of personal property, for purposes of taxation, are two of the most Important measures acted upon thus far by the constitutional convention. Consideration of the corporation committee's report was taken up the past week. The move toward a shorter ballot came when the executive committee voted to present as a separate article for the committee of the whole a proposal giving the governor power to appoint the attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer and state su perintendent of public Instruction This action will enable the committee to get the sentiment of the convention on this proposition. A battle royal Is anticipated If th»» action of the revenue committee, In voting as Its sentiment that It is ad visable that personal property be taxed, is Included in Its report. At present it seems certain that the Idea will be Incorporated In the report which Is soon to be out The following members of the committee voted for the plan: Delegates Depee, Dawes, Fyke, Gale, O'Brien, Whitman, Sutherland and Watts Johnson. Opposed: Delegates Barr, Shuey, Kerrick and Warren. Every Indication points to a sharp, clear-cut division between the agricultural districts and the industrial cen ters of the state when this proposal comes up before the convention. As a rule the delegates from the strictly agricultural counties and districts oppose classification of property of any kind. They see in it an attempt by capital and labor to shift the burd<*» of taxes to farm lands at the expense of the holders of bonds and other commercial paper that it will be easy to keep free from taxes. The proposal to classify only personal property is the start toward saddling tlin tax burden upon agriculture. It is rumored that the fight against this proposal will be led by the farming, railroad and certain real estate Interests. In retaliation they may attempt to write into the constitution a general plan for taxing all property both real and personal on ah equitable basis and in addition provide for an income or occupation tax. The Ralston Nolan bill now pending before congress, It is claimed. Is an example of what capital and labor are trying to put over on the farmers. Consideration of the corporation committee's majority report is completed. It has been sent to the committee on phraseology and style for approval of form and language. It* opponents believe they have eliminated the Jokers and danger spots they imagine it contained. Chicago's problems of Controlling Its public utilities may get some relief, however, through action of the Chicago and Cook county, and the municipalities committee, which #re reported to have come to an agreement upon a measure soon to be reported out. This will make It possible. It Is claimed, for Chicago or any city to make contracts with publk utilities that will be Inviolable, and which can be enforced. Consideration of the partial report of the legislative committee Is progressing rapidly. No provision Is made in the report for perfection of the new state budget system installed by Governor Lowden. Chairman Shanahan announced In response to the question why It ha* not been included, Jhat the budget plan is new and experimental, but that It is possible It wW -he written Into the committee's report later. Home-Rulers Fear Defeat Delegates in the constitutional convention who want home rule over utilities were more doubtful than ever of success as they review the corporations committee report as amended and adopted. The article on corporations as approved by the committee of the whole is silent on the control of utilities other than railroads. This. Is taken to leave their regulation to the utilities commission and bars the legislature from delegating regulatory powers to cities unless given this authority jteewhem la the constitution. ^r^irst Mortgage \* $100 and $50(ffltfi| Estate Serial Notes of Superior Merit k 'i * "In thm gummnt period of thm nadjuatmmnt of thm eutuitrf'm * fo: industrial and commercial affairs it ia wmU for investor* to ••wpin thm utmo*t caution in the iriiBtiaa of rfnmfmenfr.** Investors seeking the maximum of interest, in keeping with business prudence, with the minimum of risk, should obtain particulars concerning these attractive invest-,, ments. < , The notes are owneel t>y the ileV-T cantile Trust Company, having The Mercantile Trust Company is a member of the Federal Reserve Sys-*j' *£" tem, and by reason of such membership is under the supervision t>t the ^ United States Government. This means that every loan we make, in* eluding "First Mortgage Real Estate Serial Loans," is subject to exami-* " nation by Government Bank Examiners. These loans are also examinee^ < ^ by the St. Louis Clearing House Bank Examiners and the official Bank* * Examiners of both the State of Missouri and the State* of Illinois. ; : !, . v.' been purchased after a thorougfj > investigation of the security. Real ^ifi Estate Serial Notes secured by» t First Deeds of Trust have beent .V/ ; sold by us to investors in every; {iw part of the United States and many*1 foreign countries, without the lost ' Of one dollar, principal or to the investor. % •ft Descriptive circular sent on request, or ordar* for re«f estate notes to /teal Atate loon D«Mrtman4L jMcfcantilg Trust Compa Member Federaf Heser»e System 1ST. LOUIS C/Si MISSOURI/ npmty pernsnnf Cmpitwl mad Smphm 910.000,000 A Base Insinuation. • "What large and prominent ears the man before us has." "Of course. He Is a professional critic." Cut leu ra Soap for the Complexion. Nothing better than Cuttcura Soap dally and Ointment now and then as needed to make the complexion clear, scalp clean and hands soft and white. Add to this the fascinating, fragrant Cutlcura Talcum and you have the Cuticura Toilet Trio.--Adv. GREAT UTTLE BALL PLAYER Only One Thing Wrong With Mary Kllen Was That as a Pitcher, * She Lacked Control. Vtar-year-old Mary Ellen dearly loves to play with her seven-year-old brother and his little friends. To make herself what he labels a "good fellow," she Imitates all their traits. Now she Is permitted to go with them outside and play outside games. And recently they have begun to play ball. Mary Ellen's part in this has been for the most part chasing stray balls. But in her heart she aspires to be a pitcher. And the other day when her mother was out in the yard she exhibited her ability in that line. "Don't you think I pitch good, mother?" she asked. "Why, I throw out my leg every time I throw the ball--just like the man did out at the ball park." And she did, too, every time, though the ball went wild and landed quite In the opposite direction from which It had been aimed.--Exchange. 8trictly Belonged to Him. I was having the children help me In straightening up the living room. 1 had said I would do certain parts of the tidying up and that Edwin could do certain things and then Baby Betty could do some of the little work. However, I heard Betty fussing wltn Edwin to let her do something I had assigned to him and he said: "Why, of course, you can't That Is a middle sized work and I'm the only middle sized person here to do it" ASPIRIN Name "Bayer1* on Genuine Emerald Rarest Gem. Owing to world shortage, emeralds have become the rarest and most expensive of precious stones, says the Straits Times, Singapore. Prices during the past four years have been bounding up until the emerald la now four times its pre-war price. The reason for the scarcity of the stones is the poor output from the Colombian mines, which are government owned and produce 95 per cent of the world's Supply. These have not been working for seven or eight years. A flve-enrat stone, sold at; London recently, fetched $3,500 a carat. At Anakle, Queensland, Australia, some very beautiful velvety green sapphires of great brilliance are mined, and the miners are trying to persuade jewelers ro accept them as substitutes for emerald* Indignant taj the comer of a drug store which bears the sign, "C. W. Pugh & Company," the circulating library of a small town is kept. One day Fred, aged nine, came home very indignant after returning a borrowed book, and 6ald he would never go to the library again because the man laughed at him. His mother said: "Oh, no; the man didn't laugh at you. What did you say?" And Fred replied: **I didn't say notli- In*. I just said: 'Mr. Pugh, I brought your book back.'" "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" Is genuine Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only an unbroken "Bayer package" which contains prope? directions to relieve Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger "Bayer packages." Aspirin Is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Monoacetlcaddester of Salicylicacld.--Adv. LOOKED FOR THE SUBSTANCE ,0)4 Gentleman's Subtle Criticism of , Sermon Had In It m WofM ef Meaning. Dr. W. N. Prottsman was a Methodist preacher In Missouri for sixty years and in his prime was known as the Henry Ward Beecher of Missouri. The clergyman used to tell the story of his first sermon, which was preach* ed in a backwoods district In the mountains of Virginia. He had prepared an elaborate discourse and delivered it in what he thought was a masterly way. After the sermon he asked an old man in the congregation what he thought of the effort. "I'll tell you, pa'son," said the old man. "We uns up here In this neck o' the woods would rather have a lump o' sugar no blgger'n a hickory nut than a hull bucket o'sap." * Favorite Son*. T understand you are mentioned -as a favorite son." 1 "Entirely against my will," answere ' Senator Sorghum. "Most of th» favorite sons I have known have ha about as much chance of growing up to be real fighters-as the teachers' pets in the old days at school." Kept New Doll for "Company" Oaym. Nancy, my little niece's old doD, nt looking much the worse for wear, ao 1 sent a daintily dressed dolly to taka her place. A week after the prsasntatlon of the new doll I called at my dm* ter's and found Betty playing Witt Nancy, her old love. On asking her what had become of the new one, she replied: "Oh, she's nice for company days, but I like Nancy for plain days.* --Exchange. 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Michigan «7 back wttaevt qneHon OTCra SAL VB Caus In the treatment of ITCH, BIMOWOBM.TKmnter other Dove Hatches Chickens. A novel experience of Mrs. Ernest Hlrech of Pittsburgh has proved % success. Two doves owned by Mrs. Hirsch, after three weeks of waitioc; became the foster parents of a baby chicken. Mrs. Hirsch as an experiment placed a full-sized hen's eg£' uo* | der the mother dove. At the time she did not believe the dove would hatcil the egg and day by day watched the nest, expecting the dove to leave At nest. However, the birds alternated in sitting upon the egg and finally thete patience was rewarded. A "chick1* pecked its way out jof the* shell and immediately tried to get aat t«£-gfcf Make a list of ydnr acqnatntnlfea® and yon will be surprised at the ntua*- ber of small men that you know. •/A# i And the tullaby is many a kid-napping. responsible tor Men Wanted At Oace Curpeot«re, Lather*. Plastsssse, llia» era. 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