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The McHeoiy Plalndealer IHMMN4 TY F. Q. 8CHREINER. kbtlENRT, ILLINOIS. fur --- Aik>tlier American millionaire has {bought a Scotch cactle. Hoot, monl • Keep an eye on the weather or the !4octor will have to keep an eye on iyou. New York's first snowstorm cost the I city 1265,000. And it was only five 'Inches deep. Think of the nerve of a swindler •who tries to work a gold brick game ion a crowd of stock brokers. As we understand the hotel waiters, they are willing that the tipping hab­ it shall be abolished, provided-- Another victory for Turkey A Col­ orado farmer tried to use an ax on a gobbler and almost cut his hand off. Duelling in Prance 18 becoming a dangerous pastime. Duellist the oth­ er day tripped and sprained his ankle. Forty per cent, of the people living It New York are foreigners. Chicago continues to be the greatest American •city. The woman who entered rait against a. railroad for "loss of her complex­ ion," was simply suing for her trunk. It is proposed to send men to Jail for carrying firearms. If the proposition Is carried out the jails are likely to be overcrowded. The Kansas nlmrod who shot at a rabbit and hit six girls has achieved a record of which many a deer hunter would be proud. . The fact that 191 persons were kill­ ed during deer season shows that Eng­ land is not the only nation that takes Its pleasures sadly. When the poet summed up his rea­ sons why the female of the species is more deadly than the male, he forgot to mention her hatpin. The discovery of $477 in a new York Street beggar's pocket shows that there are still people who do not use the postal savings' banks. A woman college professor is paid to be able to speak fifty-four languages, but most women are able to make one language go a long distance. A physic an informs us that a wom­ an's age can be told by her pulse- Hereafter it will be considered a dead­ ly Insult to feel a woman's pulse. An anonymous dollar was lately re­ ceived by the conscience fund at Washington. The supposition is that it came from a consclence-etrteken trust. A Turk In a court case in New York Insisted on swearing by the beard of the Prophet Mohammed. The accuracy of such testimony naturally hung by a hair. There is food for a moment's reflec­ tion in the case of that ice cream dealer whose wife charges him with not taking a bath oftener than once a year. A Kansas Ctiy Judge says that all criminals arc small, sciawuy men. Evi- iently he never met one of them in an alley on a dark night, ready for business. "New York society has been shock­ ed by the dancing of a Pill p pi no girl." And she won't have to look elsewhere for engagements so long as she can keep It up. Another comet is said to have been Aiscovered seen in Germany, but it may be only one of the sparks the kaiser has let fly In the direction of the crown prince. The mayor of an Ohio city has re­ fused an increase of pay on the ground that the present salary is enough. This is truly, as it has been called, the hour of wonders. A Boston pastor is trying to induce bis trustees to establish "courting par­ lors" in the basement of his church, and the flippant say be is scheming to increase his own fees. A Pennsylvania psychologist reports that he has taught two chlmpanzes not only to talk, but to think. He ought to be hired to experiment with the sons of some of Pennsylvania's rich men. , There is in Delaware a young man who complains that his life is being made miserable because every woman he meets wants to kiss him He might try raising a beard or eating onions. New York waiters protest th«y don't want tips, hut adequate waives As a matter of fact, It would be neces­ sary to give them the salary of a bank president to compensate them tor the loss in tips, so it is likely palms will be allowed to itch as before. I, ANGRY STRIKING MILL WORKERS IN LAWRENCE, MASS., EN­ GAGE IN RIOT8. DOZEff OPERATIVES ARE ftURT 8even Infantry Companies, Battery of Artillery and Police From Near-by Cities on Strike Service. Lawrence, Mass.--Riots by striking textile mill operatives In this city re­ sulted in the calling out of seven com­ panies of infantry, Battery C, light artillery, and all the police reserves obtainable from surrounding cities. Thirty thousand hands are idle and extra precautions are being taken to save the miil properties from destruc­ tion by them. Thirty arrests were made during raids by strikers on the plants and a dozen operatives were Injured, none seriously. The trouble is due to a reduction in wages, necessitated, the mill own­ ers say, by a cut in the running time from 56 to 54 hours a week, compelled by the new state law, which became effective January 1. The law applies to factories where women and chil­ dren are employed. The first rioting began with an at­ tempt by the strikers to rush the doors at the Wood worsted mills and the Prospect woolen mill6. The attempts at both places were repulsed by the police, who used their clubs freely. Another crowd of over a thousand gathered at the Washington mills, where they had several minor scrim­ mages with the police. At the Pacific cotton mills a body of strike sympathizers had worked them­ selves into a fighting mood and bad just emerged from an assault on the mill gates when tbe Washington mill crowd arrived. Soon all was in an uproar. The police then charged the mob and fired in the air. The shots did not scare the strikers, and orders were then given to turn on the water in the mill hose. At this time guards­ men under Captain Randlett appeared, the riot act was read and the mob dis­ persed with a bayonet charge. ***# Yoong o>» #1© CKJCAxSQ •dCRooXA usv&rta pronoun IT nix? A10K6 tttt "WANT ' Mr?. LIABILITY LAW IS VALID U. S. Supreme Court Sustains Employ­ ers' Act of *908--Similar State Acts Good. Washington.--The Supreme court of the United States upheld the consti­ tutionality of the employers' liability law of 1908. By the terms of the decision state courts are permitted to enforce the act when local laws permit. This was the second and a success" ful attempt of congress to change the old common law rule that an em­ ploye of a common carrier could not recover damages from the carrier for Injuries received in his employment when the Injuries resulted from the negligence of a fellow servant. The first law, enacted in 1905, was de­ clared unconstitutional in 1908, be­ cause it embraced within its terms a regulation of intrastate as well as In­ terstate commerce. Justice Vandevanter announced the opinion, which was unanimous and a complete victory for the government on every point. The case had bene under advisement since last February. Justice Vandevanter declared that congress had the right to regulate the relations of interstate railroads to their employes. Congress had net gone beyond its power by abrogating the common law rule that an employ­ er was not liable for the injuries re­ sulting to employes from the negli­ gence of fellow servants. ITALIAN VES8ELS ANNIHILATE FLEET OF ENEMY IN EN­ COUNTER IN RED SEA. MANY SEAMEN ARE DROWNED Moslem Gunboats Are No Match for Opponents and Seven of Their War Crafts Are Destroyed and One Captured. Rome.--The first Important naval battle in the Turco-Italian war oc­ curred in tbe Red sea with the re suit that an Italian cruiser squadron sank tbe Turkish gunboats after a sharp conflict A large number of Turkish Beamen went down with their ships, but others were rescued by Italian warships. There were Beven gunboats and an armed yacht in the Turkish fleet, while the Italians bad one cruiser and two destroyers actively engaged. The reports received show that the Italian fire was terrific and effective, while that of the TurkB was weak and wild, indicating incompetence on tbe part of tbe gunners. The Turks replied, but their feeble armament succumbed to the superior weapons of the Italian war vessel* The fight was stiff, but soon ended in the victory of the Italians. Tbe shells 'from tbe Italian ships were not directed at the Turkish yacht Fauvette, which accompanied tbe^gun boats, and it was the only unit of the Turkish flotilla which was not de­ stroyed. The Fauvette is being brought to Rome under convoy. DR. WEBSTER PLEADS GUILTY MISSING HEIRESS IS FOUND Violet BueHler, Who Left Her Chicago Home in November, Discovered in New York at Work. New York.--Violet Buehler, the much heralded heiress, who vanished from the home of her foster parents In Chicago last November, was dis­ covered working as a servant in an upper East side tenement. From Chicago word came that the young woman's mother intended to come to this city and claim her. Then came a dispatch that her foster mother would also come here and put in a claim. Violet said she was too busy with other matters to give any opin­ ion as to whether she would go home with her real mother or her foster mother. She seemed to prefer to talk about John Clune, a waiter, and express her love for him, rather than say anything else. "I love Jack because he loves me and nothing in the world can part us," she said, "so what's the use of asking so many questions?" When Violet appeared in the chil­ dren's court Justice Olmstead asked her why she ran away from her Chi­ cago home. She replied: "Oh, I just wanted to see what life was." A Chicago woman la about to gi»© * coming-out party for her son Prob­ ably be will wear a dress coat cut princess style, trousers with diagonal goreB. diamonds and pearls and carry » bouquet of lilles-of-the-valley and jpaidenbalr ferns. John D., Jr., Quits Slave War. New Yorkr--John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will this week sever his connec­ tion with the campaign against white slavery, in which he has been actively engaged for two years. He plans, It is said, to turn his attention to an­ other kind of public service. , It is discovered that only 35 per Cent, of Boston children are normal The world's judgment that there is |K>methlng wrong -.boui Boston has IfcMB vindicated. An American Turk who went back to his native land to establish an ice plant had to undergo a crusade of op­ position on tbe ground that for men to make ice was to usurp the runc- tions of God. Some civilized crusades Against progress have about as much foundation in common sense as this of jtfcft. ettetq Bast/ ' King May Visit U. S. London.-- It is rumored in Court cir­ cles here that the king and queen may pay a visit to the L'nlted States after their post-coronation continental tour. Insurance Head Passes Away. Hartford, Conn. -- Vice-President John Williams Gunnison Coffran of the Hartford Insurance company, one of the best-known ai>d ablest fire un­ derwriters in the I'nited States, died at his home here following an apo- pleptic shock. Chicago Physician Will Be Sentenced January 22 for the Murder of His Wife. Oregon, 111.--Dr. Harry E. Webster pleaded guilty of murder when ar­ raigned In court bere on the first an slvcrcsry of his £uaiTiag« io Bessie Kent Webster, whom, by bis own confession, he killed. He will be sen­ tenced January 22. Attorney John E. Erwln of Web­ ster's counsel, in a brief statement after the defendant was taken before Judge Richard S. Farrand, announced formally that his client wished to withdraw his former plea of not guilty Webster, in response to lnterroga tlon by tbe court, tben made tbe plea of guilty In person. Judge Farrand asked the defendant If he understood that he was entitled to trial by jury, and if the plea of guilty was made of his own free will To each question Webster replied "Yes" In an even tone of voice. After he bad entered his plea Web­ ster seated himself at the side of his mother, who wept quietly throughout the proceedings. ELECT DEMOCRAT TO HOUSE G. A. Neely Wins Race to Succeed Late E. H. Madison, Republican of Kansas. Hutchinson, Kan. -- George A. Neeley, Democrat, was elected by about 1,500 plurality to the United States congress from the Seventh Kansas district, to succeed the late Representative Edmond H. Madison, Republican. Kepresentative Madison was elected in 1910 over Mr. Neeley, who alBO was the Democratic candidate at tbat time,, by 6,000 votes. Morse Sent to 8prlngs. Washington.--Charles W. Morse, the New York banker, has been or­ dered transferred from Fort McPher- son, Ga., to the army general hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. President Taft and Attorney General Wlckersham decid­ ed upon the transfer, believing spe­ cial medical treatment necessary. Aviator Ruchonnet Is Killed. Paris, France.--The French aviator Ruchonnet was killed while landtng in his monoplane at Senlis, about thirty-two miles from Paris. SECURITIES ARE SAFE NEARLY $400,000,000 REMOVED FROM EQUITABLE VAULTS. Threatened Billion-Dollar Loss May Dwindle Down to Actual Destruc­ tion of Building. New York.--Between |300,000,000 and $400,000,000 in cash and se­ curities were removed Intact from the vaults of two of the financial in­ stitutions whose quarters were de stroyed In the fire that gutted the Equitable Life Assurance Society bull* ing Tuesday. Tbe vaults of the Equitable Trust company alone yield­ ed $300,000,000. With additional assurances that the contents of the other huge vaults of tbe Equitable, the Harriman lines and the Mercantile Safe Deposit company had escaped serious injury, it ap­ peared evident that the threatened loss of more than a billion dollars would probably dwindle to the actual destruction of the magnificent build­ ing and the furnishings and records of its 325 tenants. FIGHT MANIAC WITH CANNON Negro Goes Insane by Intense Cold- Slays Father and Deputy Sheriff --Wounds Three Others. Rocbester, N. Y.--Driven suddenly insane by tbe Intense cold, it is be­ lieved. William Twiman killed his father, then barrioaded himself In his house at Scottsvllle, and in the battle which followed killed one deputy sheriff, fatally wounded another and slightly wounded two more. For hours Twiman held at bay a posse of police, deputy sheriffs and state troopB, all armed with rifles, and surrendered only when a cannon hur­ ried from the state arsenal had been trained on his fort. Then be calmly walked out with his bands above bis head and surrendered. Fearing a lynching, he was hurried to this city in an automobile. U. S. WATCHING SHOE MEN Bureau of Justice Hears Prices Are to Be Increased--Manufacturers Deny Report. Washington.--Officials of tbe depart­ ment of justice intend to keep a close watch on tbe price of shoes this year in consequence of the report that the price to consumers will be materially increased. If the advance is made, the government in all probability will institute an investigation to determine whether or not It resulted from a combination in violation of the Sher­ man anti-trust law. New York.--Officials of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' asso­ ciation. meeting in their annual con­ vention here, declared that no dis­ cussion of proposals for raising tbe price of shoes would be entertained at the present sessions. SEATTLE TO RUN A BANK City Council Passes Resolution to Take $5,000,000 Away From Private institutions. Seattle. Wash.--Tbe council passed a resolution calling for the creation of a municipal bank and trust depart­ ment to handle tbe city's moneys The resolution instructs tbe mayor to appoint a commission of five members to draw up plans for the city's bank. Tbe city carries balances in Seattle banks ranging from $4,000,000 to $5,- 000,000, which draws two per cent in­ terest The resolution proposes to have these fundB handled by the municipal bank. Must Let Priests Alone. Lisbon.--The foreign office received a joint note from the powers insist­ ing that Portugal exempt foreign clergy from the religious separation law. This is tbe first step taken by the powers In tbe controversy between church and state. Twenty-Seven Skaters Drown. Emden, Germany.--A section of the Ice on the Ems river gave way under a crowd of ekaters here, drowning 27. Several others are reported mlas- tng. Forty Poisoned at a Supper. Valley City, N. D.--Forty persons at Maxbass, N. D., are suffering from ptomaine poisoning from eating pie at a chicken-pie supper given by a church there. The pie was left in a tin pan for ag entire day before being wanned to be served. Beer "Ads" Off Transfers. Hartford, Conn.--The W. O. *T, U. has won its fight against the adver­ tisement of New England breweries on Btree' car transfer tickets in Hart­ ford, New Haven and tferlden. Convict Woman of Murder. Bay City, Mich.--Mrs. Vina Behr mann, charged with murdering her husband, Henry Behrmann, last Au gust, was convicted of manslaughter. The Jury deliberated 22 hours. Army Rifles for Schools. Washington.--Secretary of War Stimson has urged upon congress the passage of a bill which failed of enactment last session to supply dis­ carded army Krag-Jorgensen rifles and ammunition to schools and rifle club*. Vardaman is Exonerated. Jackson, Miss.--United States Sen­ ator-elect James K. Vardaman was exonerated of all blame in alleged ir­ regularities concerning the handling of executive contingent funds by botb heusea of the legislature. IN LESS STRENUOUS TIMES Explanation 6f the Difference BE­ tween Domestic Standards Now and Those of Lcrsg Ago, ' « -- 1 % - to the Woman'* Home Companion there is an Interesting presentation of the difference that exists between the domestic standard of young married women of today and those of the past generation. How. did the women of the middle class of a generation or two ago manage when they could not keep help? Following is the answer quoted from a Companion editorial: "They lived according to their means; they did not set up impossible standards, and they knew much less about the science of bringing up chil­ dren. They had no special style to keep up; gave the children a weekly bath; kept the table set between meals; did not serve their meals in courses, but put all the food on the table at once; confined their social affairs to evening calls and parties, and church suppers, at which they wore the same black silk, dress for at least two seasons; in short, every woman did only what she could, and her friends made it easier for her by doing likewise." Welcome. It was 3 o'clock on a cold and frosty morning, and' the weary cyclist had still many miles to go. Passing through a lonely village he saw a lighted window. Perhaps, he thought, he might be able to get some­ thing to eat and drink. So he knock­ ed. "Who's there?" came a gruff voice from within. "A traveler," the cyclist replied in clear tones. Back like a shot came the answer: "Then travel!" Most of life's so-called are merely comedies. tragedies Why He Couldnt Sit Down. Harry, aged six, is an orphan; but ah Indulgent grandmother and kind maiden aunt have taken care of him. The first pair of knickerbockers were secured recently, and it was a proud moment for the boy when his aunt put them on him on Sunday morning and he was permitted to go to church with his grandmother. Naturally maiden aunts know very little about the arrangement of knickerbockers, and there was a suspicious fullness in front and an equally mystifying tight­ ness in the back to be observed, as the little chap trudged happily along. In church Harry sat down, but did not appear comfortable and stood up. "Harry, sit down," whispered his grandmother. He obediently climbed back on the seat, but soon slipped off again. "Harry, you must sit down." "Grandma, I can't. My pants is chok­ ing me." She looked more closely than her dim sight had before permit­ ted, and discovered the new lltMe knickerbockers were on hind side be­ fore. Harry stood up during the re­ mainder of the service. A Good Turn. George Ade, with the gentle c y n i ­ cism of the confirmed bachelor, was talking in New York about New Year resolutions. "Every wife," he said, "loves to see her husband turn over for her sake a sew leaf--in his check-book." Why They Scout. Mr. Forward--And so two of your sons are Boy Scouts? Where do they do their reconnoitering? Mrs. Howard--In our refrigerator. --Life. ^ **CK YARD COMMUNING*. V* -&L The Dog--Is this a free concert? The Cat (pausing In his contented' monologue)--No, I get so much pur. A Fright. "lAdy," said Meandering Mike, "would you lend me a cake of soap?" "Do you mean to tell me you want soap?" "Yes'm. Me partner's got de hic­ cups an' I want to scare him." Too Much Reclining. "How was it that Gamps failed in his bed-manufacturing business?" "He got too much in sympathy with the business." "How could he do that?" "He lay down on the Job." Dissatisfaction. "So you were given an Interest in your employer's business?" "Yes," replied the industrious youth; "but I made a mistake in accepting it. I had less work as a regular employe than as a minority stockholder." His Exact Sort. "What kind of a gla$a of fashion did Ophelia consider Hamlet?" "As long as she called him Lord Hamlet I suppose she considered him a peer glass." A Hold- U p An Oppressive Trust* Before the Coffee Roasters' Association, in ses­ sion at Chicago on Thursday, Thomas J. Webb, of Chicago, charged that there is in existence a coffee combinTwnich is "the most monstrous tm- position in the history of human commerce." There is very slight exaggeration about this statement. It comes very close to being literally true. There is a coffee combine in Brazil, from which country comes the bulk of the coffee used in the United States, which is backed by the gov­ ernment of Brazil and financed by it, which com pels American consumers, as Mr. Webb said, "to pay famine prices for coffee when no famine exists." The worst thing about this is that the consum­ ers of the United States have been compelled to put up the money through which this combines, to further cinch them, has been made effective. There were formerly revenue duties imposed upon all coffee entering the United States. Those taxes were denounced as an imposition upon the people; as taxing the poor man's breakfast table, and the like. The taxes were removed. Immediately thereafter Brazil imposed an export duty upon, coffee up to the full amount of the former customs taxes in this country. The revenue which for­ merly went into the treasury of the United States was diverted to the treasury of Brazil. The poor man's breakfast coffee continued to cost him the same old price. But this was only the commencement. The *'•valorization" plan was evolved in Brazil. Through this plan the government, using the rev­ enues derived from the export duties for the pur­ poses, takes all of the surplus crop in a season of large yields and holds it off the market, thus keeping the supply down to the demands of the market and permitting the planters to receive a much higher price than they would otherwise have done. The United States Consumes more Brazilian cof­ fee than does the rest of the world. We are the best customers of Brazil, and Brazil buys little from us. Now Brazil is promoting, financing and maintaining a trust designed, and working effect­ ively for the purpose, to compel American con' earners to pay an exorbitant price for the coffee they use. What is the remedy?--Seattle- Port-In­ telligencer--Not* 19,1911. 1& r Standard statistics of th# coffee trade show a falling off in sales during the last two years of over two hundred million pounds. Authenticated reports from the Postum factories in this city show a tremendous increase in the sale of Postum in a like period of time. While the sales of Postum invariably show marked increase year over year, the extraordinary demand for that well- known breakfast beverage during 1911 is very likely due to a public awakening to the oppression of the coffee trust. Such an awakening naturally disposes the multitude who suffer from the ill effects of coffee drinking to be more re­ ceptive to knowledge o? harm which so often comes as a result of the use of the drug-beverage, coffee.--Battle Creek Evening Newi-JOec. 19,1911. POSTUM is a pure food-drinK made of the field grains, with a pleasing flavour not unlifte high grade Java. A Big' Package About \\ lbs. Costs 425 cts. At Economy to one's purse is not the main reason for using' Postum. It is absolutely free from any harmful substance, such as "caffeine** (the dru ̂in coffee), to which so much of the nervousness, biliousness ancl indiges- q|* today are due. Thousands of former coffee drinRers now use Postum because they Know from experience the harm that coffee drinKm ̂causes. Boil it according to directions (that*s easy) and it will become clear to you why-- "There's a Reason" Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Battle CreeK, Michigan.