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mm AS the reader ever heard the voice of the n ight -shrouded sea° . Has he heard the wi ld wai l of the raging hurr icane and the weird whispers of the ambros ia l ca lm? Has he seen sh ips creep out of the n ight when they blo t out the s tars Y with the i r darkl ing s i lhouet tes , o r when s e a a n < ^ a i e ° n e s a v e ^° r /S 6 \ £ r a . v patches of f ro th le f t t ra i l ing in the wake of breaking seas ; has he seen grea t gray sa i l s ooze out of the fog, or •h ips s tea l ing across the "moon glade" a thwar t the g l i t te r of s i lver cas t upon the waters by the impe­ r ia l votaress , when the rays p ierce the sa i l s so tha t they become gauzy f i lms? I f he knows these th ings , who shal l b lame him for not scoff ing a t the supers t i t ions of those who go 5 y NEXT HKRHI TO SPRINGFIELD OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED AT THE FINAL SESSION IN PEORIA. MARKMAN IS GRAND CHAPLAIN Cdci Fellows Vote to Return to Capital City--Peoria Fails to Muster Re­ quired Two-Thirds Vote to Retain Gathering. down to the sea in ships? Wil l he not ra ther give an ear to the tales of strange things seen and bel ieved by sa i lor - fo lk? I t i s the wr i te r ' s p leasure to was te t ime sa i l ing the sea in a smal l c raf t , usual ly a lone . Upon one of these voyages , having anchored upon the edge o t the Nore Sands , he awoke in the middle of the n ight to f ind h imsel f enshrouded by a th ick fog-- eer ie enough, the unin i t ia ted reader wi l l doubt less th ink . Upon looking out a t the b lack wool ly wal l of fog tha t sur rounded him, he d is t inc t ly heard h is own name hai led across the water . No o ther craf t was near . This s t ruck h im as be­ ing bo pecul iar tha t he ment ioned i t to a f r iend when he ar r ived a t one of the l i t t le anchorages , and the sk ipper of a barge , chancing to overhear , Bald : "That ' s the o l ' gen ' leman of the Nore! Of ten of foggy n ights ye may 'ear ' im a-yel l lns ah t in a k ind o ' ' e lp less way, but somet imes ' i s language i s something horfu l . They say as > was a f i rs t mate wot dropped overboard and swam to the sandi , where ' e walked about unt i l the t ide rose an ' drownded ' im." Upon another occas ion I was sa i l ing a long the coas t of Prance , under the c l i f fs upon which s tands Gr is Nez l ighthouse , which Is about the most powerful l ight in the wor ld . I t was a very dark n ight , and the revolving rays of the l ight ­ house kept f lashing upon the sa i l s of my boat , l ight ing them l ike a powerful searchl ight , unt i l proceeding a long the course I got out of the t r range . The s t range ef fec t had been forgot ten , only to be remembered in t ime to prevent me f rom becoming a f i rm bel iever in ghos ts . There out a t sea a ghos t ly sh ip was sa i l ing; she was ra ther too modern , perhaps , to be a rea l ghos t , for every sa i l se t l ike a g love--ghost sh ips were never par t icular in th is respect--indeed, she was one of those f ine sh ips out of Glasgow which are the las t words in sa i l ing craf t . From apparent ly nowhere a sh ip had come-- a ship uncanni ly g lowing wi th an unnatura l l ight . Her sa i l s were sure ly cobwebs and her ropes were sp ider s t r ings! S t range s ights and sound 's f requent ly come the way of seafarers . The grovel l ing h iss ing sea , breaking through the night . I t s appearance i s ghas t ly gray; I t comes f rom nowhere , i t fades away soon af ter . What could not the imaginat ion weave i t In to ' Shape or sound of sp i r i t s chased by the Evi l One, the dying wife wi th a rms outs t re tched, or sound of mother ' s voice Moreover , such messages as eea sounds give have f requent ly come f rom the dead; the howl , of the raging gale , or the mur­ mur of the gent le breeze through the ha lyards , have borne the depar t ing message in words tha t were exact ly those the los t one whispered las t . To the mind of one who knows the sea , i t would seem s t range tha t sa i lors a re not more supers t i t ions than thev are . and there a re cer ­ ta in ly manv reasonable excuses for the i r be l ie f In such s tor ies as tha t of the Fly ing Dutchman. toA pa tch of swir l ing vapor through the r igging of h is sh ip upon a dark n ight Imaginat ion does the res t ; he has seen the Fly ing Dutchman. Cornel ius Vanderdecken. a Dutch navigator of long ago. was making a passage f rom Batavia . For Havs and days he encountered heavy gales and baff l ing he^d winds whi le t ry ing to round the Cape of Good Hope St ruggle agains t the winds as he would , he los t as much on one tack as he gained upon the other. Struggling vainly tor nine hopeless weeks , he u l t imate ly found h imsel f In the same pos i t ion a 8 was in a t f i r s t , the •h ip having made no progress . Vanderdecken. In a f i t of wra th , threw himsel f on his knees upon the deck and cursed the Dei ty , swear ing tha t he would round the cape i f i t took h im t i l l the day of judgment . There upon came a fa i r wind, he squared h is yards and se t of f . but a l though h is sh ip p lowed through the seas he made no headway, for the Dei ty had tak­ en h im a t h is word and doomed him to sa i l the seas for ever . Supers t i t ion has i t tha t the appearance of the yhantom ship leads to cer ta in and swif t misfor­ tune . Old sa i lors wi l l te l l of the sh ip of the Fly ing Dutchman bowling aJong in the very tee th of the wind, and of her over taking the i r own ship which was beat ing to windward . Some of them Bay t l rev have seen her sa i l c lean through the i r sh ip , the swir l ing f i lms of her sa i l s and r igging leaving a cold c lammy fee l ing l ike the touch of death Cornwal l in the old days was remarkable for i t s wreckers , and i t s rock bound coas t was the scene of many evi l deeds . The Pr ies t ' s Cove wrecker du*ng his evi l l i fe lured many vesse ls to the i r doom upon the cruel shore by means of a fa lse l ight hung round the neck of a hobbled horse . To th is day the good Cornish fo lk wi l l te l l you of the phantom of the wrecker seen when the winds howl and the seas rage/h igh , car r ied c l inging to a log of wood upon the cres ts of the breaking seas , and how I t i s sent c rashing upon the rocks , where in the see th ing foam i t d isap­ pears f rom s ight . The wide s t re tching sand choked es tuary of the Solway has many a ghos t s tory and more than one phantom ship . The "Spect ra l Shal lop" Is the ghos t of a fer rv- boat which was wrecked by a r iva l fe r ryman whi le car ry ing a br ida l par ty across the hay The ghost ly boat i s rowed by the skele ton of the cruel fe r ryman, and such sh ips as are so un lucky as to encounter th is ghas t ly p i lo t a re usual ly doomed to be wrecked upon the sands . No money would tempt the Solway f i shermen to go out to meet the two Danish sea rovers whose ships , upon c lear n ights , a re seen g l id ing up one of the narrow channels which thrend the dr ied-out sands , the high-curved prows and rows of sh ie lds a long the gunwale g l i t te r ing in the moonl ight . These two pi ra t ica l sh ips , i t seems, ran in to 'he Solwav and dropped anchor there , when a sudden fur ious s torm came up and the sh ips , which were heavi ly laden wi th p lunder , sank a t the i r moor ings wl tH a l l the v i l la ins which composed the i r c rews Among the rocks upon the rugged coas t of Kerry was found one winter morning, ear lv In the e ighteenth century , a la rge gal leon, mast less and d««er ted . The Kerry wreckers crowded aboard , and wi ld was the i r joy , for the sh ip was laden wi th ingots of s i lver f rom the Spanish Main . They gradual ly f i l led the i r boats unt i l the gunwales were a lmost down to the water ' s edge , and has t i ly they pul led ' .o the shore In order tha t they might re turn for fur ther ingots be fore the t ide rose and f loa ted the sh ip ;away Near ing th^ shore a huge t ida l wave broke over boats and s h i p , a n d w h e n t h e w a v e h a d p a s s e d , t h e h o r r l f led women watching on shore saw no s ign re­ maining of boats , men or sh ip Wild horses would not ge t a Kerry f i sherman to v is i t the scene of th is d isas ter upon the anni ­ versary of the day the gr im t ragedy took- p lace , for only bad luck has come to those w h o have seen the re-enactment of the af fa i r , which Kerry fo lk be l ieve takes p lace upon tha t day . The Newhaven ghos t sh ip s igni f ied her own doom. A sh ip bui l t a t Newhaven in .Tanuarv . 1647, having sa i led away upon her maiden voy­ age , was thought to have been los t a t sea . when one evening in June , dur ing a fur ious thunder­ s torm. the wel l -known ship was s ighted sa l l ine in to the r iver mouth--but s t ra ight in to the eye of the wind unt i l she neared the town, when s lowly she faded f rom the s ight of the neople who crowded on shore to watch her . The ap­ par i t ion waa s igni f icant - the sh ip was never heard of again . The rocky coas ts of New England are haunted by many ghost sh ips . The Pala t ine Is the bes t - known specter . The coas ters and f i shermen of Long Is land Sound wi l l te l l you tha t whei t -a s ight of her i s got ten , d isas t rous and long las t ing s torms wi l l fo l low. The Pala t ine , a Dutch t rader , mis led by fa lse l ights shown by wreckers , ran ashore upon Rlock Is land In the year 1752. The wreckers , when they had s t r ipped the vesse l , se t her on f i re in order to conceal the i r c r ime. As the t ide l i f ted her and car r ied her f laming out to pea , agoniz ing shr ieks came f rom the blaze , and the f igure of a woman who had hid­ den herse l f in the hold In fear of the wrecker* s tood out b lack amid the roar ing blaze . Then the deck fe l l in and sh ip and woman vanished. The whal ing in Nantucket as vou wi l l remem­ ber , was in i t s pa lmy days car r ied on a lmost en­ t i re ly by Quakers . One Sunday evening a meet ­ ing was in progress ; the s imple serv ice seemed as though i t might pass , and the spi r i t moved none of the company The e lder Fr iend was Jus t about to of fer h is hand to h is ne ighbor In the c los ing of the meet ing , when a s t ranger /ose and declared tha t the Lord ' s wra th was upou a cer ta in whal ing ship , and tha t he had seen her in a v is ion descending a huge wave f rom the hol low of which she never rose . The meet ing c losed hurr iedly , but the speaker could not be found, and the sh ip was never heard of . Some of the bes t ghos t s tor ies a rc those which the wri te r has heard f rom the s imple fo lk of the sa l t marshes . I t i s hardly poss ib le to descr ibe these dreary d is t r ic ts , for when one has sa id they are f la t , s t re tching for mi les , and ra ther subjec t to mis ts , one has sa id pre t ty wel l a l l tha t i s to be sa id --the res t must be fe l t . However , Jus t aB there Is a ca l l of the s^a . so there i s a ca l l of the marshland You shal l go In to the sa l te rn and fee l i t s mois t brea th upon your cheek and the brea th of I t s sa l ty winds and the ozone of i t s ca lms You shal l be los t In i t s vas tness , and, threading I t s innumerable twis ted narrow waterways , which lead to nowhere , ye shal l t read i t s carpet of scent less f lowers . You shal l go to i t s very edge where the sea comes of teu- most , and where the f lo \» e rs decaying leave the i r rus t -colored remains . There you shal l meet mud, and the cry of the cur lew shal l mock as you f lounder in i t s f i l th . The moon shal l come up ref rac ted by the mis t in to unrecognizable shape , which shal l he b lood color You shal l be a gray shape , d i f fer ing l i t t le f rom the common th ings tha t a re there , for you shal l be enshrouded by fog; nay , i t sha l l s ink In to your very soul , unt i l you a re not f lesh and bones , but a par t ic le of fog yourse l f Tou shal l l i s ten to i t s s i lences ; you shal l be to ld th ings by them, and, s t rong man tha t you are , you shal l be af ra id . I s i t to be wondered a t . then , tha t these s imple Essex marsh dwel lers remember such ta les as tha t of the young skipper , home f rom a long voyage , whose has te to embrace h is wife , and the babe he had not ye t seen , b id h im to go the nearer way of the marshes ' The ta le has i t tha t in c ross ing a narrow gutwav, near Pi t sea , he sank I n the mud So deeply d id he s ink tha t he could not ex t r ica te h imsel f ; the more he s t ruggled the dreprr he sank, and wi th the horror of knowing t h a t the t ide was r i s ing and would come s tea l ing up the creek , he shouted . As the t ide rose h igher t h e louder were h is screams. The sa l te rns near IMts . -a a re lonely ; the cr ies were heard only by a h a l f w i t t e d p e a t c u t t e r , w h o o f t e n I n h i s l e s s s ane moments heard such screams and thoupht no more of t h e matter So the shr ieks became gu rg l e s and by the t ime the t ide had l i f ted the peat -cut ter ' s [Min t they had ceased The o lder fo lk a t th is s tage of the s tory as­ sume a myster ious a i r . and . wi th la rge-eyed g lanclngs a thwar t the i r shoulders , wi l l te l l you tha t the sk ipper s shr ieks a re heard on s tar l i t n ights as the t ide g l ides up tha t c reek So here a re my ghost s tor ies , and i f I - some­ t imes bel ieve I n them when I sa i l a l l a lone on the midnight deep, you wi l l not laugh a t me. Spr ingf ie ld .--The seventy-f i f th an­ nual grand lodge of I l l inois , I . O. O, F . , c losed i t s sess ions in Peor ia a f te r s tanding off icers had been appointed . O. L . Markman of Lawrencevi l le was appointed grand chapla in ; John J . Crowder of Peor ia , grand marshal ; J . J . Johnson of Car thage , grand con­ ductor , Char les F McClure of Sul l i ­ van , grand guardian , and A. H. Gardner of Glrard , grand hera ld . Judge Ot is J Humphrey of Spr ing­ f ie ld res igned f rom the board of d i rec­ tors of the Lincoln Odd Fel lows ' Or- phans ' home and G< n . James H. Harr i s oi ' Chjcago succeeds hin j - Spr ingf ie ld won the honor of en ter ­ ta in ing the grand lodge of Odd Fel ­ lows of the s ta te of I l l inois a t the i r annual meet ing in 1913. This resul t was obta ined on a vote a t Peor ia , where the grand lodge has been in sess ion , and came when Pe­ or ia , which again sought the conven­ t ion , was unable to muster a two- th i rds vote of the de legates , los ing by 5S9 votes . The vote was Peor ia 5 ,505 and Spr ingf ie ld 3 ,367. ( The present year i6 the f i rs t in a q u a r t e r o f a c e n t u r y t h a t a s e s s i o n o f t h e grand lodge has been held any w h e r e e x c e p t i n S p r i n g l i e l d . L a s t y e a r , h o w e v e r , t h e d e l e g a t e s d e c i d e d t h a t they woul d go to Peor ia for th is year , there l i ; s \ ing ar i sen n\ the t ime a fee l ­ ing of resentment over the ac t ion of the I l l inois genera l assembly in pass­ ing a resolu t ion forbidding t h e - re­ mova l o f the desks and chai rs f rom e i ther the house or senate chamber , which had the ef fec t of bar r ing the body f rom th^ use of these ha l l s on ac­ count o f lack of proper sea t ing space . Sess ions of the grand lodge for many years pr ior to 1011 had been held In the legis la t ive ha l l s , the grand lodge meet ing in the hal l of the house of representa t ives and the Hebekah assembly in the senate chamber . Las t year the grand lodge met in the armory and the assembly held I t s ses- s ions in Ar ion hal l . The grand lodge of Odd Fel lows, th^ grand encampment and the Hebekah assembly cons t i tu te one of the most des i rable convent ions he ld wi th in the s ta te , be ing composed of thousands of men and women of the h ighes t type of representa t ive c i t izenship , and th is c i ty i s s ignal ly honored by the de­ c is ion to re turn to Spr ingf ie ld for next year . Under the cons t i tu t ion I t I s requi red tha t a l l sess ions of the grand lodge shal l be he ld in th is c l tv , unless a two- th i rds vote of a l l the de legates i s ob­ ta ined to suspend th is sec t ion . Public Policy Questions Carry. Off ic ia l re turns f rom a l l the count ies In the s ta te , wi th the except ion of Cook, show tha t the three ques t ions of publ ic pol icy , submit ted to the voters November 5 , car r ied by a good margin . The vote on the three proposi t ions , as shown by re turns in the off ice of the secre tary of s ta te , fo l lows; No. 1 .--Tax reform--Yes, 339,575; no , 97,8 ' j r> . No. 2 -- Pr imary e lec t ion law re­ v is ion--Yes, 321,232; no , 76 ,243. No. £--Shor t ba l lo t--Yes, 308,964; no , S1.390. The vote on congressman-a t - la rge , ; outs ide of Cook county , fo l lows: j Republ ican--Mason, 207,282, Chip- er f ie ld , 203,602. j Democra t ic--Str inger , 272,599; Wil ­ l iams, 2f ia ,522. Prohibi t ion--Harr is , 12 ,582; Shaw, i 12 ,585. la# Socia l i s t--Huggins , 27 ,970; Thomas , ;>7,9 'K8. I So( \ ia l i f i l^ I^abor-Mar t in . 1 ,702; I Fenyves , 1 ,670. I P rogress ive--Maxey, 1S5.497; Boyle . ; 1S6.717. j Un t rus tees of the Sta te univers i ty the vote outs ido Cook county fo l lows: i Republ ican--Grout . 207.659; Bahren- I burg , 2n">, lS3; Pe terson, 205.709. 1 Democra t ic---Trevet t , 268.247; Hen- I ro t in , 267,282; Watson, 266,500. Prohibi t ion--Hood, 13 ,954; Seaman. 1S.41 £ ; Ranmev, 13 ,444. Socia l i s t--Cherney, 28 .215; O 'Rei l - ley , 28 ,166; rCaneko, 28 ,100 Socia l i s t I .abor--Neete , 1 ,725; Mol l - berg . 1 ,708; Carro l l , 1 ,708. Progrf*s .* i iv*»--Harr is , 190,522; Rob­ ins . 193.650; Hatch . 190,098. i Will Get New State Roads Law. Abol ishment of the present sys tem ' &f township road commiss ioners and the p lac ing In the hands of the s ta te j genera l supervis ion of the cons t rac- i t ion and maintenance of the publ ic h ighways of the s ta te a re the pr inc ipa l provis ions embodied in a draf t of a bi l l which Hi l l be presented to the For ty e ighth genera l assembly . The legis la t ive commiss ion which has been iuves t iga t ing the road ques­ t ion for severa l months has about com­ ple ted i t s labors , and Chai rman Ho­ mer J . Tice i s a t work comple t ing the proposed blU to present k> the legis la­ t u r e . The repor t wi l l inc lude among ; o ther i tems diges ts of f indings made by rura l mal l car r ie rs . 1 The proposed bill provides for a ; s t a te h ighway engineer , who wi l l have some supervis ion over county engl neers , to be e lec ted or appointed in earh county . The number of h igh- why commiss ioners In each township I wi l l be reduced f rom three to one , and : t h i s commiss ioner wi l l have jur isd ic- i t ion only over d i r t roads . He wi l l I work under the d i rec t ion of the coun­ ty engineer , who, in turn , wi l l be un­ der the d i rec t ion of the s ta te engineer . S ta te a id of publ ic h ighways wi l l be j ob ta ined through the automobi le fund. Dairymen ' s State Meeting. Arrangements a re being made for the th i r ty-n in th annual convent ion of I l l inois da i rymen, composing the Sta te Dairymen 's associa t ion . This convent ion i s to be he ld in Spr ingf ie ld January , 14 , 15 and 16, 1813, and wi l l be comple te in a l l par ­ t icu lars tha t make a successfu l (c la i ry meet ing . There wi l l be a program of address es and a lo t of demonst ra t ion work . I t I s p lanned to have a ca t t le demonst ra­ t ion each day of the convent ion . Live ca t t le wi l l be used as models and speakers wi l l ca l l a t ten t ion to the poin ts in these animals tha t serve as guides in the se lec t ion of da i ry ca t t le and the poin t tha t charac ter izes the da i ry type . I t i s p lanned a lso to have a demon­ s t ra t ion each day of mi lk and cream tes t ing and a but ter scor ing contes t for but termakers . Pr izes wi l l be of­ fered for da i ry ca t t le , the Idea be ing to induce nearby da i rymen to make ex­ h ib i t s f rom the i r herds so as to have the animals .on hand for the demon s t ra t ion lec turers . Pr izes wi l l be ofTered a lso to a t t rac t a la rge exhibi t of but ter and for en­ t r ies of mi lk and cream. In the but ter e ih ib t t both creamery and dai ry but ­ te r , in marketable shape , wi l l be recog­ nized , but there wi l l be no pr izes for ornamenta l des igns . In mi lk and cream there wi l l be two c lasses ; mar­ ket and cer t i f ied . Space wi l l be provided for a l l who may wish to exhibi t c reamery and dai ry machinery and suppl ies ; and the present p lan i s to .have the convent ion hal l and exhibi t room in one bui ld ing , conf in ing the whole convent ion to one place The legis la ture wi l l be In sess ion a t the t ime of the convent ion . Many Pass State Test. Ward Robinson, secre tary of the s ta te c iv i l serv ice commiss ion , an­ nounced the names of successfu l can­ didates for the e l ig ib le l i s t s in recent examinat ions . A number of Spr ing­ f ie ld people passed the tes ts . The l i s t Inc luded the fo l lowing; Mat t ressmaker--Andrew H. Mc- Nlchols and Mar ten J . McNIchols , Chicago. S tenographer--Joseph A. l inker , Chicago; Rose Crump, Kather ine ^ I Mahoney, Raymond P Mclntyre . Erma F Black, Helen A. S t r ickland. Hazel J M Montgomery. Grace K. Nordmeyer , I Cour tney C. Kepner Spr ingf ie ld , Car- | i le H Thorv , Peor ia : Edna Zlmmer- j man, St . Louis ; Ri l la J . Bowler . Al­ ton; Hanel W. Cover , Ottawa: Signe j Goebel . Dunning; Mar ie A. Kra tsch- mer , Al ton . Butcher--J. H. Crabray , Chicago; Elv is E. Myers . Crossvi l le ; Phi l l ip W. Stantz , Bloomlngton; Raymond M. j Eas ter , t ' l l in ; Ar thur C. Rhoads , Bar- tonvi l le : John A. Myers , Eureka; I George L Heinz , Pekin ; Char les Mar- | quardt , S turgis . Ky. j Housefa ther and Housemother-- I Ber t Knowlton and Mrs . Edi th J Knowlton. Chicago: Sarah E VanPel t Elg in ; Anna Elbracht . Lincoln; Ce ce l la A. Janson, Mrs . Helen S Len non. Mrs . Mary E. Lentz . Mrs . James E Sheets , Mrs . Emma Laney, Rose G. Ebber t , Ix i ra A. Moore , Cora M. Mason, Geneva; Elmer H. Imboden : Jacksonville; Emma C. Meyer, Tay* lorv i l le Opinion Interests Fire Rlskmen. Fire Insurance men genera l ly will be In teres ted in an opin ion handed down by At torney Genera l S tead , re- , l a t lng to the powers of the I l l inois leg is la ture in enact ing s ta te bui ld ing j laws. In the a t torney genera l ' s I op in ion , the legis la ture cannot c rea te an ac t requi r ing e lec t r ica l equipment I t o be Ins ta l led In compl iance wi th • t he ru les and regula t ions of the na- I t ional board of underwri ters . I t i would be p6ss lb le . however , for the | asssn- .b l j to de legate to some com- i miss ion , «wch as a s ta te board of en­ g ineers or bui ld ing commiss ioners , the I du ty of de termining what charac ter j of cons t ruc t ion would bes t car ry out I t he provis ions of the law and dl rec t - | ing the commiss ion to compi le ru les i and regula t ions to car ry out the pur- ! pose of the s ta tu te . LETTER "H" AN OBSTACLE Young Engl i sh Gi r l Tr ied Hard , bu t the Trouble Was Manifes t ly Hard to Overcome. Whi le two American ladles were Staying In London recent ly . Ada. the pre t ty daughter of the i r landlad) , Mrs Knight , became engaged The for tu na te su i tor ' s soc ia l s ta t ion , i t was com­ placent ly expla ined, was cons iderably above h is f iancee ' s At f i r s t the house­ hold b<.bblea wi th pr ide and happi­ ness , but soon the sympathet ic Amerl cans became aware of a d is turb ing e le­ ment . I t was the le t te r I I "Hada, my gi r l . " Mrs Knight would da i ly p lead , " remember Halber t ' s hed- d lca t icn! Remember ' i s heminent huncle ' Remember ' i s haunt , I^ady ' I 'n ter ! 'E l l never be hable to 'o ld hup ' i s ' ead hi f you don ' t come hup to the i r heapecta t ions . What ' l l they say hi f Mrs Halber t Owe don ' t ' andle ' e r ha i tches l ike a lady houghf HeB- pecia l ly , what ' l l th*»y say i f you miss- ca l l your hown 'ueband?" Upon her advice poor Ada obedient - | ly prac t i sed over and over again . "Mr , and Mrs . Halber t 'owe--Mr and Mrs Halber( 'Owe." but not to the anxious , mother ' s sa t i s fac t ion . | "Hi can ' t ' e lp I t . " Ada protes ted , a t ! l ength , in tears . "My hears h a i n ' t j heddica ted l ike Halber t s Hi say 1 , u u l l u e [ m r c 'Owe. but 'ow am I to know whether 'Owe a as 'Owe ' "--Youth ' s Companion I 'm saying 'Owe or 'Owe?" ' -- "Hada." was the reply , de l ivered ' wi th much digni ty , "Hl ' l l hadmit for j ha rgument Hi 'm care less wi th ha i tches , mysel f ; but my hears can be t rus ted | Y o u k ^p hon saying 'Owe, and Hl ' l l know in a hlns tant h l f h i t ' s 'Ow® or Owe Now, then: 'Owe '" " ( i ve ' 'Owe! 'Owe!" echoed Ada " 'C" . was tha t?" "T1- ' f i r s t 'Owe was 'Owe and the second Owe was 'Owe," pronounced her parent , judic ia l ly , "but the th i rd , oo v Plan to Pro tec t Depositors. Sta te legis la tors , eounoi lmen, bank­ ers and o thers f rom Cook county wi l l hold a Join t mass meet ing for the d iscuss ion of a p lan to safeguard de­ pos i tors in pr iva te banks before the legis la ture convenes In . January . This Is one of the p lans expected to resul t f rom the sess ion of the subcommit­ tee of the c i ty counci l leg is la t ive com­ mit tee named to cons ider the Cerm^k bi l l for supervis ing pr iva te banks . The proposed d iscuss ion wi l l be he ld before the next meet ing of the sub­ commit tee Its Class. "There i s a grea t dea l of horseplay in tha t dance ." "Oh, tha t ' s the pony bal le t . " New Illinois Corporations. Secre tary of S ta te Doyle Issued cer t i f ica tes of incorpora t ion to the fol low Ing: Commerce lx>ck and Seal Corpora­ t ion . Chicago; capi ta l $150,000. In­ corpora tors--A. R. Gibson, Thomas W Pot ts . M. T . Healv Household I ' t ens l l company. Chi­ cago; capi ta l . J2 .500. Incorpora tors-- Harry A Blossa t . Rober t E . Beaubien , Henry L Roxford . Educat ional company. Chicago: name cha ' .g td to Ankrum Adver t i s ing Ag^ncv. Will Meet In Springfield. The annual convent ion of the I l l i ­ nois Lives tock Breeders ' associa t ion wi l l be he ld in Spr ingf ie ld February 4, 5 , 6 and 7, 1913. This was the Infor­ mat ion brought to Spr ingf ie ld by Har ry M. Snape , secre tary of the Spr ing f i^ ld Commercia l associa t ion , who went to Chicago pr imar i ly for the pur pose of secur ing the convent ion . Al l sess ions of the meet ing wi l l be he ld a t the Leland hote l , and I t i s expected tha t 500 members of the associa t ion wi l l be in a t tendance . In connect ion wi th the g a t h e r i n g t h e r e w i l l a l s o l i k e l y b e h > I d a n e x h ; b i t i o n o f l i v e s t o c k , t o h e s h o w n a t t h e s t a t e f a i r g r o u n d s . T h e s e c r e ' a r y o r the associa t ion i s S idney ! ' Smith of S p r i n g f i e l d , w h i l e P h i l S ! I n n e r o f Taylorvi l le i s pres ident . 1 he o ther of f icers a re : Fi rs t v ice-pres ident , t 1 ̂ 1 ' D. Ford , Genesco: second vice pre^i dent , A. ' l - Duncan, Seaton; th i rd vice- pres ident . J C. Chapman, Vienna: as­ s i s t a n t s e c r e t a r y , B . T . A b b o t t . M o r r i son; t reasurer , Char les R. 1 a> lor . Wil l iamsvi l le ; chai rman exe . - ' i ' . lv^ c omm . t tec , Eugene D. F^unl i , 8h i rh) . N E W S O F I L L I N O I S Elgin -T 'pon a decis ion to b« handed down by Circui t Judge Slusspr i s sa id to depend the r ight to citizenship of many residents of I l l inois . The decis ion i s to be on the Question, "Is an alien who came to r i l inois previous to 184». when the Sta te cons t i tu t ion was adopted , legal ­ ly a c i t izen , wi thout be ing naturaV- l j ted^" Appl ica t ion of Samuel Behm, Virgi l , a farmer , for h is na tura l lzar t ion papers ra ised th^ ques t ion- George Car lson, one of P^hm's wi t ­ nesses , sa id he had never been natur« a l lzed . having i>pen a res ident of I l l i ­ nois when the cons t i tu t ion was adopted . Duquoln . -- Rev. Mar ion Teague, whom Rev. H. H. Wal lace wi l l succeed as pas tor of the Fi rs t Bapt is t church of Duquoin . 1p one of the p ioneer Bapt is t minis ters o t "Egypt" ' He has been a conspicuous f igure in church work in th is par t of the s ta te more than f i f ty years! Doc­ tor Teague was compel led to re t i re f rom act ive minis ter ia l dut ies because of de l ica te hea l th , be ing pas t s ix ty- s ix years of age . Spr ingf ie ld .--Repor ted lack of the proper enforcement of a quaran­ t ine has resul ted In an inves t iga­ tion by the state board of health ac Westvl l le A number of cases of diphtheria and smallpox have been repor ted f rom the place , and sani tary condi t ions , i t I s sa id , a re not good. Tbjp board's Investigation is be­ ing conducted by Ass is tant Secre tary J C. Westervel t Spr ingf ie ld--State supervis ion over al l roads In I l l inois wi l l be rec­ ommended to the next genera l assembly in a repor t of a specia l com­ miss ion named a year ago to make a s tudy of the road problem. The commiss ion now is comple t ing i t s re­ por t . and . in addi t ion to o ther Infor­ mation. it will contain a digest of repor ts made by rura l mai l car r ie rs f rom al l par ts o f the s ta te on the gen­ eral condition of roads. Homer Tice of Pe tersburg i s chai rman of the specia l commiss ion . Spr ingf ie ld--Fire of incendiary origin destroyed a restaurant con­ ducted by former Alderman John O'Neil, at Eleventh street and South Grand avenue. The loss is $3,000. O 'Nei l rece ived a "black- hand" lp t te r some t ime ago, te l l ing him that his enemies "would get even." Patrolman Mclaughlin says he saw two men run away from th« bui ld ing Th ev escaped. Jo l le t .--As her husband attempted to f lag an eas t bound Rock Is land train at Birstbridge. six miles southwest of Jo l ie t , Mrs . Wil l iam Williard, a pioneer resident of Will county , was s t ruck and. Ins tant ly k i l led . Her skul l was crushed and/ her l imbs severed . Bloomlngton.--Cc*e Goch, structural I ron worker of Kings Mounta in , Ky. , wan ki l led by a fa l l f rom a new br idge of the Chicago & Northwestern, which is being erected across the Illinois river. This is the third fatality slncu the structure s tar ted las t June . Champaign.--W. C. Woodward, class of 1911, University of Illi­ nois , c rack swimmer , whose home l» ' at 414 East Forty-fourth street, Chi­ cago, Is back In Champaign, after hav­ ing completed a tour of the world in 245 days, breaking the record for working the way around the globe , which was formerly 263 days. In Par is he sang American ragt ime songs to amuse f requenters of the cafes . Jacksonvi l le .-- Ex-Pres ident Char les W. Fairbanks of Indianapolis, Ind.. fn th is c i ty declared h imsel f in favor of a s ingle s ix-year te rm for pres ident , saying tha t I f such a law were now in efTect the chief execu­ t ive of the nat ion would have plenty af t ime to ge t acquain ted wi th h is of ­ f ice , and as he would not be p lanning for h is re-e lec t ion , he would be able to give his best services to the na­ t ion . Murphvsboro .--The three-year -old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lon York, l iv ing near Murphvsboro , swal lowed a hickory nut three weeks ago, caus ing pneumonia , which resul t ­ ed In her death The nut lodged in the chi ld ' s throat She swal lowed i t whi le be ing brought to Murphys- boro in an automobi le . Duquoln . -- Mrs Vera Bennet t , the fifteen-year-old wife of John Bennet t of near Hanaford . Is dead as the resul t of burns rece ived In mak­ ing a fire with kerosene She acci­ denta l ly sp i l led a quant i ty of the kerosene on her c lo th ing , which sud­ denly became igni ted The couple had bsen marr ied Jus t a month , having e loped to Missour i to wed. j o ' i e t -- G e o r g e G i l l Rober ts , who was con \U t< d o ! t he murder of John V. Knopf , coun ty commiss ioner , dur Ing a po l i t i c a l r v« in the Thir teenth Ward Republ ican c lub in Chicago, in November . Um 1 ' . appeared before the state hoard of pardons and asked for a fu l l par ik ' • :> . Rober ts ' counsel a rgued tha t h is c l i en t was the v ic t im of po­ l i t ica l sent iment , Clayton Fi re des t royed two two- s tory b u i l d i n g s . A man was seen pour­ ing oi l on one of them, but he was not captured E a s t S t Louis .--John Wil l iams used h is s tocking for a bank and $141 w a s s t o l e n . E l t r i r . Ida Bradford , former ly Ida L^g'w r , who eloped when she was fif­ teen. married Clarence Bradford, six­ t e en . was g iven a divorce for deser^ tion Fisher . -- Mrs . El la Mar t in , who was ser ious l j burned in t ry ing to nave her daughter , whose c lo thes became id ni rcd when gasol ine in s tove pol ts fc f l a r ed up, ! • dead.