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J®'" .'*T ~T^:=£ -%'-7 ;*iiS:.'®:^ pssep . . . . . . . - * * • * • - - - V ^ V ? s 3 £ & s » ~ f % - « # - . • « £ - • » ^ r ~ ; r ~ v : - , : ; . - •'• ' < ! , ' ' - r ' • • / , v- J ? : . ; . ^ . * - . * . PLAIITDEALER, McHENftT, ILL. ~' . -;%i^')i^V3?f-i News Breoitiea| of Illinois | IlllllllllltlllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllfS Bockford.--Rockfonl park district Is the ultimate beneficiary of tbe bulk of the $30,000 estate of the late Thomas G. Leviugs, veteran township highway commissioner and donor of Thomas G. Levings park to-Rock ford. A. fund of $7,000 will go toward the improvement of Levings park should Mrs. Levings die within three years. Otherwise, at her death, the entire estate will be liquidated and the proceeds turned over to the park district. Galesburg.--Knox county has one of the largest boys' corn clubs In the state fl*the Rio Community club of 21 members, according to E. L Pilchard, club work specialist of the college of agrlsulture, University of Illinois. The local farm bureau has furnished each member with a half-bushel of seed. Manchester.--A small bronze tablet, placd on a giant granite bowlder In the city park. Is Manchester's tribute to Solomon Patterson, Revolutionary soldier, who served under Col. Samuel Culbertson. Four great-grandchlldrea took part in tbe unveiling of the tablet Springfield.--Dr. Charles Vlrden, visitation agent of the state department of public welfare, died at his home here. Doctor Vlrden had been engaged In welfare work since the administration of former Gov. Charles S. Deneen and came to this city from Evanston. He was sixty-five years old. Monmouth.--The "dog case** of Kirkwood, in which attorneys for Mrs. Mary Clark, Kirkwood, asked damages of 150, which she claimed were due her after the town marshal had killed her pet dog, has been disposed of by the court, in holding that Mrs. Clark could prove no ownership. , Springfield.--Donations totaling approximately $12,000 hare been made by 400 local teachers, librarians and museum workers in the campaign to raise $1,000,000 for Abraham Lincoln university. Those in charge of the campaign report more than $500,000 has already been subscribed. Peoria.--To correct defects In teeth among children of the public schools the Peoria board of education has engaged a dentist who will devote a large portion of his time to the pupils of the educational Institutions. During May this dentist filled 510 teeth for 180 patients. ' Galesburg.--MaJ. Gen. Harry C. Hale, commander of the Sixth corps area, received the honorary degree of LL. D. at the Knox college commencement exercises. Miss Harriett Vittum of the Chicago social service workers also received an honorary degree. Blooniington.--Reuben Harris, negro, one hundred threo years old, died here. He was born at Wlnslow, Ala., in 1821 and sold as a slave when ten years old. Daring the Civil war he served with the Seventy-seventh regiment and was •«n orderly. Alton.--Portions of the old Chicago £ Alton roundhouse, built approximately seventy years ago, are being torn down and transported to Glasgow, Mo., to check Inroads of the Missouri river, which is threatening to undermine .the right of way of the road. Kewanee.--The teeth of Mrs. Dragana MHesenvich, a boardihg house keeper, saved her life. When a robber was about to shoot her In an attempt to obtain her moaey, she clapped her teeth down on his trigger finger. He dropped his revolver and fled, screaming with pain. Galesburg.--Dr. William H. Maley , petted n bulldog that barred his way to the home of a patient. The animal Jumped at the physician, Inflicting a wound in his lower lip and chin. Doctor Maley hurried to Chicago to submit to the Pasteur treatment Watseka.--Bids on a concrete girder bridge between Danfortt and Douglas townships, three miles from Oilman, and on a concrete slab bridge In Iroquois township, Iroquois county, will be received by the county superintendent of highways. Springfield.--Judge Oscar E. Heard, Preeport, was sworn In as a justice of the state Supreme court. He was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice James H. Cartwrlght of Oregon. " Cairo.--Grover C. Koehler, Thebes, lawyer and four years ago a Democratic candidate for state's attorney, was shot three times. It Is alleged, by John Hazel. owner of a farm adjoining • tract belonging to Koehler. Edwardsville.--The bodies of a man and a girl were found In a ditch along the Edwardsvllle-Alton road, west of Edwanlsvllle. Indications were that the couple were slain and taken to the «reek bank, authorities said. Decatur.--Dr. A. O. Weese, head of tbe department of biology at James MUllken university, has resigned to accept a professorship in the department of zoology at the University of Oklahoma. Decatur.--Paul Becker, aged twelve, was fatally Injured by a fast Wabash passenger train here. He died without regaining consciousness. •Jtockford.--Two men are dead and --Me is dying, while several others are suffering painful Injuries as the result of the wrecking of a push-car train on the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul railroad near Lefevre, south of here. The dead are Dan Prltchard and William Doyle. t>ecatur.--This city claims the record for fishing licenses In central 1111- ' Wis. 2.300 being Issued th's year. Tbe n^w lake here Is attracting hundreds of anglers since the state game and Mi department has completed stock- 1*#; the resort. Springfield.--Governor 8mall Issued • requisition on the governor of Iowa f»r the return to RushvtUe, Schuyler county, of Orlen Chemawek and Ray • Parker, wanted on charges of grand v, larceny. The men, who are under artist at Keokuk, are alleged to have V Stolen an automobHe 'rom O. J. Greer. Bloomlngton.--Dorothy Peasly, four years old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. La wson Peasley of near Heyworth, -* was strangled to death when she lost ber footing after placing her head through a small hole in an autotruck / ^ ~ PekbL--The city council adoptoi resolutions opposing the bills before congress which would permit unrestricted flow of water from Laketf Michigan Into the Illinois river, charge lug the lake water emptying Into the river through the Chicago drainage canal invites inundation of property: along the river and menaces the health of, residents. Alton.--The foundation of* tbe historic old city hall here, which burned, recently, will be used for the ne\* building under a plan before the city council. The proceeds from a bond Issue of $75,000, passed before the fire, for remodeling the old building, are available, according to corporation counsel. If the building Is placed upon the old foundation. Chicago.--Fifty federal <®ry Crusaders, headed by Chief Field Agent Vursell and Group Chief H. B. Rldgeway, paid a surprise visit to the cities of Ottawa and La Salle. Twenty al leged Volstead titters were BUST KILLS 48 t ON BATTLESHIP on U. S. S. Missis* tippi Blows Up Daring Target Practiced; •a® Pedro, Cal.--The lives rf fWeo officers and forty-five enlisted men have been snuffed oat aboard the dreadnaught Mississippi In the navy's greatest peacetime disaster which brought to a tragic climax a week of sham battles and target practice. Aboard the hospital ship Relief lay the dead, killed by a premature explosion in the Mississippi's No. 2 turret, and the injured were aboard the arrested ' ^ew ^Ier!co- flagship of division No. and taken to Mollne for arraignment. The raids yielded three truckloads of moonshine whisky, wine and homebrew. Rockford.--Hereafter, when apparatus from the Rockford flr-» department goes tc the country to extinguish a blaze, $35 will be charged as a minimum fee. If the apparatus Is out over one hour, $25 will be charged for each Additional hour. Peoria.--Recommendation that four new school buildings be constructed in Peoria and that no more additions to elementary schools be made unless the buildings to which the additions are made can be replaced later, was made by Dean Charles K. Cbadsey of the University of Illinois. Alton.--Formacion of a "marksmanship" golfing club is contemplated by Charles Degenhart, Alton contractor, who claims charter membership after striking : 3d killing a bird in a drive for the first green on the Alton golf course. Puna.--Tirgll Page, twelve, and his brother, Garrett, fifteen, were Instantly killed and their father Herman Page, seriously injured when a tornado hit the Page barn near Pana during the storm that swept central Illinois. Danville. -- Coroner Colvin Biggs concluded his Investigation of the*Wabash railway disaster and returned a verdict holding no one responsible for the disaster. Five persons, who were scalded, are likely to die. Galesburg.--Wlllard M. Lampe of Chicago, secretary of the general board of education of the Presbyterian church, l.as been elected by Knox college altunnl as alumni member of the Knox board of trustees. Abingdon.--Hedding college, which was closed two years ago, will be reopened September 9. A movement to transfer the Institution to Mollne failed. Additional financing has been secured and the endowment Increased. Oregon.--A tablet to the memory of Capt. Joseph Ogle, after whom Ogle county was named, will be unveiled at the courthouse, Oregon, on Flag day, June 14. The tablet was supplied by Rochelle chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Shelbyvllle.--Illinois broom corn will be manufactured Into brooms within a few miles of the fields where It grows when Shelbyvllle's new broom factory begins operations. The plant Is expected to be In operation soon. Danville.--I. N. Simmons, a prominent business man of Mellott, Ind., Is In a critical condition at his home as the result of a mixup with Town Marshal William Dott. The marshal was arrested, but Is out on bond. Galesburg.--Loss estimated at $1,- 000,000 or possibly more was occasioned by a tornado and hailstorm that swept over this section. North windows in almost every building in the city were broken by the hail. Springfield. -- The Supreme court appointed Walter II. Jacobs, William T. Alden and John H. S. Lee, all of Chicago, as the First district committee on character and fitness of applicants for admission to the bar. Chicago.--Bar associations of Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois were represented, in a memorial sitting of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals out of respect to the late Francis* E. Baker, former presiding Jujtee. / Chicago.--Colles Engh, fifty-eight, used a shotgun to kill himself while his wife and two sons were at church. Despondency because he had been unable to obtain work Is believed by th« police to have led him to take his -life. Danville.--Judge Walter C. Lindley of the United States District court was one of the principal speakers at the graduation exercises of the nurs*s' class at St. Elizabeth's hospital. Rockford.--Tl» city health department plans to use chlorine gas for the relief of sufferers from colds and kindred ailments, according to Dr. N. O. Gunderson, health commissioner. Bushnell.--Fire, starting In the engine room from an unknown cause, destroyed the Bushnell Food and Produce company's property. The loss Is estimated at $200,000. Murphysboro.--Charles E. De Wltte, forty-eight years old, a fireman, was killed when an automobile In which he was riding was struck by an nilnoia Central passenger train. 0 Elgin.--Physicians of the Kane Coun-, ty Medical society have prohibited members from participating in the free dispensary of the Elgin nurses* council of the Elgin Health center. Physicians assert that many persons, amply able to pay for such a service, have Imposed upon the nurses council. Illllsboro.--A movement to organize a company of the Illinois National Guard in Hillsboro Is meeting with success, officers report. The new company will be a unit of the One Hundred and Thirtieth infantry. Canton.--Rare birds, flowers and animals, and a log cabin to be used as a museum, are among the bequests which the late William Edgar Cook, naturalist, of this city, has made to the Canton high school. Pana.--A class of 154 graduates of P#na Township High school received their diplomas at the annual commencement In the gymnasium auditorium of the new $200,000 high school. Harrisburg.--Mary Grace, wife of Charles Grace, former United Mine Workers' executive board member, dfed ban. . JAMES E. CHANDLER • of the battle fleet, while members of a naval board of Inquiry prepared to open Investigation. It was a ftareback from one of the guns that shot death In flames and poisonous gases back Into the turret through Its open ^reech. A second pua, the breech locked, let loose In the harbor here as the Mississippi steamed home with Its dead and Injured from the drill grounds and hurled a steel projectile dangerously sear to an outbound passenger liner. Just how the fatal explosion occurred is as yet undetermined. A partial!list of tfie~lead compiled unofficially follows: Lieut. Thomas Zsllers, twenty-live. Long Beach. Cal.; Ensign Marcus Erwln. Jr., tweaty-flve. battleship Mississippi; Enattrn William O. McCrea, twenty-three, battleship New Mexico: Christenaon. seaman, flrat class; I-awrence Henry Willis, seaman, first class: Vernon Brumfleld. coxswain; Andrew Rubin Kinney, seaman, second class; Albert Darazlo, veaman. second class; Hrlgham Foster Smith, gunner') mate, first class; Leslie Malone, pnnner'l tnate, first class; Doylo Shaw, seaman, first claas; Edward Homer Huffman, seaman, first claBs; John Albert Mc Cormlck, seaman, second class; Stanley Joseph Skrnas, boatswain's mate; Al bert Leonard La wson, seaman, first class; Fred Graham Ever, seaman, secand class; William Howard Ward, quartermaster, third class; James Thomas Wood, fireman, first class; George Allen Byera. boatswain's mate, first class; James Durvard Holllday. seaman, first class; Philip Cunningham, seaman, first class; Wallace Walttiam Keyes, boatswain's mate, second class; Frederick William Zacharlas, seaman, first class; William Geortre Cook, seaman, first class; Stephen Beto, seaman, first class; Frank Leo Kolonskt. seaman. first class; Bartholomew David Kinley, seaman, second class; C. C. Caldwell, . etman. first class; Joseph Berg, engineer, second class; George Eugene Maglll, seaman, first class; William F. Lubo. seaman, second class, Peter A. Flynn. seaman, first class; Howard A. Walkup, seaman, first claas; Frank B. King, seaman, first class; John D. Sharkey, seaman, first class; Clarence T. Bourgeois, seaman, first class; Floyd B. Kimball, seaman, first class; Claude N. Sullivan, seaman, second class; Andrew J. Sloan, fireman, second class; Rodney L. Anderson, seaman, first class; Floyd A. Raymond, seaman, first class; Paul Green, chief yeoman; Cedeirlc Kerr, seaman, second class; Bradford W. Smith, seaman, first class; Ted Carlyl* Reagan, seaman, second class; Norman Lee Barbee, coxswain; Forbes Carlton Hopkins, seaman. first class; Homer Sylvester Bridges. The explosion occurred while the battleship was practicing high elevation firing, taking advantage of the roll of the sea to gain distance. According to reports from members of the crew, one sailor called for electricity to be turned on for the charge and the switch was thrown open before the breech of the gun was closed, causing the terrific charge to fire backward into the turret. The explosion also Ignited fonr bags of highly explosive powder in the turret, addfng to the catastrophe. A number of men in the handling room nbove the turret were terribly burned by the escaping flaming gasses. ^ Admiral Pratt who In the absence of Admiral S. A. Robinson, is In command of the battle fleet, said that the disaster was the worst In the history of the navy. Other tragedies In which great loss of life occurred, he said, were to the U. S. S. Missouri In 1905, to the Kearsarge In 1905, and in the Hocla (Cal.) destrier wrecks last September. III Health Results in Writer** Suicide San FrancIsCo. ivt<»r Clark Macfarlane, noted «4»hor and playwright, committed sulcids In front of the coroner's office, adjoining the hall of Justice. He fired a bullet into his left temple from an automatic and died instantly. Long-standing 111 health Is given as the cause of the suicide. James E. Chandler of Ararat temple. Kansas City, is the newly elected Imperial potentate of the Shrlners. TRAIN ROBBERS' LOOT MILLION AND A HALF Bandit* Held Up Train tmd * jjMake Rich Haul mm Four autoloads of baflflltft held Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul mail train No. 57 about one mile south of Roundout, III., rifled the registered mail sacks carried In the sixcar train, and escaped. Accordlug to reports there were 20 highwaymen. They flagged the train at a crossing. As the engineer slowed down his locomotive the crowd of highwaymen surrounded the coaches and forced the mall clerks to open them. It Is estimated that the robbers got between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000 In cash. Federal- officials said the holdup promised to take rank a* the biggest and most daring In the history of< railroading. The robbers worked for 55 minutes PIOOTOSEEK . MAJORITY RULE Will Base Claim on Action of 1920 Convention, It J* Rumored. •V.. ... - ^-i'--•--------» •. New""Torfe.--Some of the McAdo», managers here Indicated they would fight for substitution of a majority rule for the time-honored two-thlrdf rule in the nomination of candidate^ at the coming Democratic convention. They claimed the two-thirds requirement actually was abolished by th4 convention of 1920. j Meredith Nicholson, Indians novel i 1st and politician, announced that the . i.HoosIer delegation probably would not •Jfonnally place Senator Ralston la V | nomination and that on the early ballots all of the state's thirty vote® might not be cast for him. Their punpose is to make Ralston a real dark horse. Edward F, GoUt-a, Missouri national committeeman, said his state, which has been claimed by McAdoo* probably will vote for former Gov. Frederick D. Gardener on the early ballots. George E. Brennan, Illinois leader* notified the Democratic national com* mlttee he will be In New York, as did Tom Taggart, Indiana leader, and former Judge Edward Moore of Toungstown, dominant In the Ohio delegation and manager of the Cox candldancy four years ago: Madden Sees Surplus of $50,000,000 in 192S Washington.--The bonus bill will be trtketr care of without a deficit and there probably will be an excess of ' $50,000,000 at the end of the fiscal year j 1925, according to figures compiled by i Representative Madden of Illinois. I The surplus for 1924 will be upwards I of $500,000,000 Representative Madden I predicts. I The figures which will be made pub- ) 11c shortly, show that congress rein * the" ^Hmlra^"the loot," which ! ?uced appropriations considerably beam ounts to between 42 and 45 pouches low the estimates t*at of registered mall. ; revenues will be much greater than Currency consigned 6y the Federal or,g,na,,f The increased Reserve bank in Chicago to banks in ! feve"ue '• th® ln' Milwaukee. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Seat- I tore,st ,on th^I rl^h debt which was lie, Spokane and other cities of the 'made ,n Cash ,n^ead of bouds- Reid, Murdoch & Co. Estabtidfd 1853 Chicago Mew York Bomoo PlMba^k >^0NARqk. *" DUTCH PHOCESS" COCOA Monarch has the rich quality and flavor that makes Dutch Process Cocoa so popular everywhere. This is a good thing to remember if you like Dutch Process Cocoa. When you ask lor Monarch, you get the quality you want and at the same time pay only about hall as much for it. AMERICAN PROCESS** COCOA Some people prefer American Process ' Cocoa. Farm House Cocoa is t&adr " Mjxcially for (hose who do. It ig s. ' quality cocoa--healthful and nourish-' i1*- Farm House is priced about 50% lower than many other brands of similar quality. You save money - •vary time you buy Fann House. Qmlity Jbr /O years Grocer*--Mrnarrh CoSec, Swmi Pick]**, Condiment*, Fruit*, Vegetable* and nil product* ol our kitchen* are *old only ^'7 Regular Retail Grocacs wbo own and operate theu own Mo Wit NtnStilts Chafn Storm :s;1 / Many "Dead Letter*" About 42,(100,00) letters pass through the dead-letter branches of the/ post office in the United States yearly because they are undellverahle. This Is at the rate of 8,500,000 a month, and assuming that It takes 15 mlnlites for the sender to write each of these letters, they represent a loss of 10,500.000 hours which, converted Into working days of eight hours each, would mean 1,312.500 days. Northwest was contained in practically all of the bags taken by the bandit*. War Department Will Find Funds for Bonaa Washington.--ltesponding to President Coolidge's request to bend every effort toward finding some way to go ahead with the administration of the soldiers' bonus law despite the failure of congress to appropriate the necessary money, the War department announced officially that the bonus would go forward as originally scheduled. All unappropriated funds ln the possession and under the control of the War department, amounting to several million dollars, will be utilized for tills purpose. The decision to use these funds was reached by Acting Secretary of War Dwlght Davis following a conference with Budget Director Lord and Comptroller General McCarl. Similar plans nre being developed by the Navy department aiMi veterans' bureau. It is understood, that treasury oflj» clals expect a greater surplus ln th< year 1925 than ln preceding years. Will £void Special / Session If Possible Washington.--T^iere will be no special session if It Is possible to meet the financial needs of the government without one. President Coolldge believes that can be done and he has Instructed government department heads to use every legal means to meet the emergency. Gaston Doumergue New President of France Versailles, 1-'ranee. -- Qaston Doumergtfe, president of the senate, was elected President of France by the national assembly here. M. Doumergue received 515 votes and Paul Painlc ve, president of the chamber of deputies, 30P. Tftere were 29 votes for various other candidates and eight blanks. Means Asks Removal of Government Aid Washington.--Gaston B. Means asked Acting Attorney General Seymour to remove Hiram C. Todd, special assistant to the attorney general, as prosecutor ln the prohibition cases against Mr. Means of New York. Japs Beat Exclusion Act San Francisco, Cal.--More than half of tbe 709 passengers ©u the Taiyo Mam, which has arrived, are Jnpanese, the vanguard of thousands seeking to enter before exclusion becomes affective July 1. • Wheat Crop Reduced Ty Washington.--\A smaller crop of wheat this year than produced last jrear was forecast by the Department of Agriculture in Its report bf June 1 crop conditions. Prominent Journalist Dead New York.--Hal Mackey Fink, fortyseven years old, advertising manager of the New York World and Evening World and formerly connected with Duluth, Des flolnes and Omaha newspapers, Is dead. Hoover's San to Wed Han Francisco, Cal.--The engagement of Miss Margaret Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Watson of San Francisco, &ud Jlec$>ert Hoover, Jr„ was afiouncfd. ' ' Will Not Negotiate With Jap Government Washington.--The State department announced it would enter Into no negotiations with the Japanese government that would have the effect of nullifying any provision of the Japanese exclusion section of the migration law. Police Guard Morgue Where Sailors Rett San Pedro, Cal.--Threats by radicals to blow up the morgue containing bodies of forty-eight victims of the explosion aboard the IT. S. S. Mississippi caused a strong armed guard of civilian and naval police to be thrown about the morgue. Information given to Police Lieutenant Hollowed was to the effect that members of the Industrial Workers of the World, whose hall was raided and wrecked by sailors, planned to dynamite the morgue In retaliation. The raid was said to have grown out of disparaging remarks made by radical orators regarding officers and men who perished on the Mississippi when a fourteen-tnch gun "flared back" on Its crew. British Golfer Wins Match With American Glen Eagles, Scotland.--In the presence of the largest crowd which has followed any match in the 1,000-gulnea tournament so far, Jim Barnes, the famous American golfer, was hea'en by George Duncan, 2 to 1, in the serni*- flnal stage. Liquid Oxygen Used as Remedy for Cancer Atlantic City Liquid oxygen has been used as a cure for cancer by a Ctilifornla doctor, L. E. Bedorth* of Denver told the Gas Products association convention. "The liquid oxygen freezes the affected parts and the cure im rapid," he said. Kansas Wheat Crop Shaft Topeka.--The state board bf agriculture reports for June shows Kansas will produce a wheat crop of only 113,211,000 bushels, a toss of 21,000,- 000 from May report. Condition Is tiS per cent normal. Nation's Death Rate for Year 1923 Low New York.--The population of the United States Increased 1,943,000 during 1923, according to estimates announced by the national bureau of economic research. On "January 1, 1924, the total population was 112,826,000, the bureau's figures show. In the latter half of 1923 a net Increase of 1,162,000 was recorded. "This was the greatest growth for a sixmonths' period in the nation's history. The unusual Increase is attributed to the heavy excess of immigration over emigration and the lowest death rate that ever prevailed during a riw- Uar period. Six Million in Russ Jewels Sold to Italy Warsaw, Poland.--The Polish government has sold the greater portion of the Jewelry obtained from the Russian soviet government in 1922 as compensation for rolling stock destroyed during the Bolshevik Invasion of Poland. The sate was made to the Italian Commercial Bank of Milan for $6,000,000. Truck Hit by Train; Two Instantly Killed Wooster, Ohio.--Two persons were killed almost Instantly, another probably fatally hurt and a fourth seriously injured when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck a truck of the Laroy Motorized circus at Orrville, east of here. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It Applicants for Insurance Shoali Use Swamp-Root Judging from reports from druggists who are constantly in direct touch with the public, there is one preparation that has been very successful in overcoming these conditions. The mild and healing influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is soon realised. It stands the highest for its remarkable record of success. An examining physician for one of the prominent Life Insurance Companies, in an interview of the subject, made the astonishing statement that one reason why so many applicants for insurance are rejected is because kidney trouble is so common to the American people, and the large majority of those whose applications are declined do not even. suspect that they have the disease. Dr. Kilmer'® Swamp-Root is on sale at all drug stout'* in bottles of two sizes, medium and lam*- However, if you wish first to test thm great preparation, nend ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a •ample bottle. When writing, be sure and mention this paper.--Advertisement. Callousness s - William A. Brady, the New York theatrical man, was talking abont a play which had failed so horribly that it was taken off after the first performance. "The author of that play," he said, "now feel that the New York public Is as callous as Jake, the scene-shifter, was. "Jake, the scene-shifter, started om night to lower the curtain a little too soon on a death scene. The actor who was dying rolled ills eyes toward the wings reproachfully. -" 'Half a minute, old man,' he whispered. 'I ain't dead yet.' " 'Well, hurry up,' said Jake, quite audibly. 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Once clear keep your skin clear by using them for daily toilet purposes. Don't fall to Include Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement. Record Class at West Point West Point, N. Y.--Four hundred and five cadets were graduated from West Point, the largest class in the history of the military academy. General Pershing delivered the address. Yankees Safe in Albania Washington.--All American citizens in Albania, where a revolution Is In progress, and where there has been much fighting, are safe, according to consular advices to the State department. „ Die* in Telephone Booth New York.--Frank B. Glltreth, fifty* six, Internationally known mechanical engineer and author, dropped dea<| of heart disease in a telephone booth at Montclair, N. J., after telephoning to his wife. Women Select Atlantic City Los Angeles. Cal.--The 1920 bienuia| convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs will be held in At^- tlantlc City, N. J., It was determined here by the board of directors. New York Banker Dead .Warrenburg, N. Y.--Louis Woodward Emerson, banker, prominent Republican leader and former member of congress, died at his home here after a long lllpess. Honor Tennessee Physician Chicago.--Dr. W. D. Haggard of Nashville, Tenn., a widely known surgeon, was elected president of the American Medical association. On motion his election was made ummlipoua. Palm Sunday The real reason for planting yew trees ln churchyards Is indicated in an excerpt from Liber Festlvalls. printed by Caxton In 1483, which reads as follows: "But for reason that we have no olive that bears green leaf, we take yew instead of palm and olive and carry It In procession; and so Is this day called Palm Sunday." An actor always likes to have friends, yet he never wants any one to take his part. (MIm«cU niaWy. LOVE quickly BMatlfil EverluttMf Flower Hpttyi Kara •*sy money making and 111 tiff sprays by mail, or at home. Instructions wtth sacfe order upon request. 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It's wholesome and children love its faves, %astFoam Quits Persian Post Washington.--Joseph Saul Kronfetdt, American minister to Persia, has resigned, according to the State department, and his resignation has Veenaccepted. , « Send for free booklet •The Art of Baking Bread* . Nut tli western Yeast Cot ^ 1730North Ashlaad A% ' Chicago, UL 7. / •