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The McHenry Plaindealer Published by F. G. SCHREINER. McIIKN'RY, ILLINOIS. I BODY OF AMERICAN AMBASSA- AMENDMENT IS till GEORGIA LEGISLATURE SEES ER­ ROR IN PROPOSAL FOR CHOICE OF U. S. SENATORS. JEALOUS OF STATE'S RIGHTS Protest Wil l Be Sent tc Governors of the Other States to Get Support-- Claim Brings Confusion to Con­ stitutional Lawyers. "Washington. Dec 2 1 --A protest was f i led here Saturday b y the legis la ture of Georgia agains t the corns , taker by congress in proposing to l i t - - - i : ^ a cons t i tu t ional amendment ] - ro \a i ing for the d i rec t e lec t ion of s -enato : . - The protes t asser ts tha i the course fol ­ lowed was unconsi tu t iona) . T h e Georgia c la im ' . . r o u t ! , : c . . n t " n - • e i o n o n t l i e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l a a > ( r s i n congress . Of more impor tance i s the f a c t 1 1 v a t t h e a d o p t i o n o f a r e f o r m d e m a n d e d b y t h e p e o p l e w i l l h e t u r t l i e i delayed. Ar t ic le a o f the C o n s t i t r . t i o n p r o v i d e s t h a t , " t h e c o n g r e s s , w h e n e v e r t w o - t h i r d s o f b o t h h o u s e s s h a l l d t e m I t n e c e s s a r y , s h a l l p r o p o s e a m e n d 1 inputs to the Const i tu t ion ." ! There are ?t ! members o f t h e s e n a t e a n d 1 3 7 m e m b e r s o f t h e h o u s e T h e s e n a t e a d o p t e d t h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t b y 0 4 y e a s t o 2 4 n a y s , a n d s e w n j n o t v o t i n g , o n e v a c a n c y e x i s t i n g . T h e 1 h o u s e a d o p t e d t h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d ment by a vo te o f 2HS veas t o nays , f i v e r e s p o n d i n g p r e s e n t w h e n t h » i r n a m e s w e r e c a l l e d . 1 1 " r . o t v o t i n g , a t . d f i v e v a c a n c i e s e x i s t i n g . T h u s t h e s e h ! a t e g a v e t h e r e q u i s i t e t w o - t h i r d s m a ' J o r i t y , w h i l e t h e h o u s e d i d n o t . T i n h o u s e d e c l a r e d t h e a m e n d m e n t a d o p t ed on the ground t ha t two- th i rd s of t h o s e p r e s e n t a n d v o t i n g a p p r o v e d t h e amendment . A jo in t commit tee of t h e l e g i s l a t u r e of Georgia in an exhaust ive repor t dr - 1 clared t ' . a t the amendment * 'd id not rece ive two- th i rds of each house , and t h e r e f o r e , w a s n o t p r o p o s e d t o t h e : s ta tes in the manner pointed out by the Const i tu t ion for i t s own amend­ ment ." The repor t f i r s t dec lares t h e view j o f t h e c o m m i t t e e t h a t t h e c o u r s e t a ­ ken in congress was in derogat ion of t h e r i g h t s o f t h e s t a t e s . I t t h e n d i ­ r e c t s t h e g o v e r n o r t o r e t u r n t o t h e | federa l legis la ture the communicat ion | wi th a protes t agains t th is v io la t ion of ! r ights . I t urges tha t copies of the re­ por t be sent to senators and repre­ senta t ives in congress f rom Georgia and fur ther d i rec ts the governor to send copies of the repor t to the gov­ ernors of a l l the o ther s ta tes wi th the r e q u e s t t h a t t h e y l a y t h e n o t i t i c a t i o a b e f o r e t h e s e v e r a l l e g i s l a t u r e s i n t h e hope they wi l l suppor t the Georgia p r o t e s t . j The repor t c loses w i t h the p ledge | th a t G e o r g i a w i l l a g r e e t o t h e d i r e c t j elec t ion of senators provided the amendment i s submit ted to the s ta tes j In a "cons t i tu t ional mar iner ." Bear ing in mind the h is tor ic re luc- ' t ance of the severa l s ta tes t o par t wi th any of the i r reserved powers or to permi t any impairment of the sov­ ere ignty and independence they had wres ted in war f rom the Br i t i sh crown and so jealously safeguarded in the format ion of th is government , t he re­ por t says : " I t seems hut a prudent and proper adherence to our jus t and honorable t radi t ions to consent to no changes in the fundamenta l law except such as are made in s t r ic t conformi ty to i t s te rms." DOR ESCORTED IN STATE TO WAITING WARSHIP. REMAINS EN ROUTE TO U. S. Rites at Westminster Very Impressive --Over 2,500 Distinguished People, Including Royalty and Public Men of London, Attend Ceremony. THIRD MESSAGE IS IN TAFT REVIEWS WORK OF THREE DEPARTMENTS IN DOCUMENT. Ixmdon. Dec. 23 -- The remains of Ambassador Whi te law Held were paid the fu l les t honors by the Br i t i sh gov­ ernment Saturday on the i r removal f rom his I jondon res idence to the Br i t i sh warship tha t i s now bear ing them to the Uni ted Sta tes . The t roops escor t ing the gun car­ r iage which bore the body f rom Dor­ ches ter house to Vic tor ia s ta t ion Sat ­ urday morning cons is ted of a t roop t f l i f e g u a r d s a n d f o u r c o m p a n i e s o f S c o t s g u a r d s w i t h a h a n d a n d p i p e r s , who a l ternate ly p layed funera l marches and d i r i r e s . No carr iages f o l l o w e d t h e b o d y , w h i c h w a s t a k e n b y s p e i - i a l t r a i n t o P l y m o u t h , w h e r e a naval guard of honor sa lu ted the body. A par ty of seamen carr ied the coff in aboard the cru iser Nata l , ly ing a longside a Jet ty- Half way across t h e A t l a n t i c t h e Natal wi l l be met by two American warsh ips f rom Nantucket . Sa lu tes of 10 guns wil l be exchanged and the American ships wi l l escor t t he Natal on the remaindfr of her voyage. T h e memoria l serv ice for t h e la te Ambassador Whi te law Reid . ce lebra t ­ ed in Westmins ter abbey Fr iday, was an impress ive ceremony. The honor c f such a service i n Grea t Br i t a in ' s h i s to r i c cathedra l has on f ew occa­ s ions been accorded t o any but B - i t i sh suhiec ts of grea t prominence . In the < o t i L r e g a t f o n o f 2 . 1 1 " . w h i c h a s s e m - h h d . n e a r l y h a l f w e r e A m e r i c a n r e s i ­ d e n t s i n E n g l a n d , i n c l u d i n g t h e s t a f f o f the American embassy and con­ su l a t e gene ra l Royal ty , the govern­ m e n t a n d e v e r y c l a s s o f p u b l i c l i f e , w i th t he ar t i s t ic and l i t e r a ry worlds , were represented . Mr, a n d Mrs. Ogden Mil ls Reid , the son and daughter - in- law of the la te ambassador , a r r ived a t Plymouth , but the Crow n Pr incess Ceci l ie docked too la te to permi t of the i r reaching Lon­ don for the service . Wreaths f rom Pres ident Taf t and S"cre tary of S ta te Knox were dis ­ play ed in the abbey. Other wreaths were from King George, Queen Mary i and Queen Mother Alexandra . The mourners were John Huber t Ward, son- in- law of the la te ambassador ; the ear l and countess of Granard . Miss Breckinr idge of San Francisco and the i s ta f fs of the Uni ted Sta tes embassy and consula te genera l . TELEGRAPHIC NOTES 22 DIE WHEN GALE HITS SHIP Five Survivors From Lost Steamer Florence Escape in Small Boat in a Raging Sea. St . Johns , N. F . , Dee . 24 . - T w e n t y I two men out of a crew of 27 0 f Hie! f r e i g h t e r F l o r e n c e o f t h e F u r n e s s l i n e ( •went down to death when t he s teamer ' which had lo.st its bearings in a dense j fog , was dr iven asho re o f f S r Shot t ' s Fr iday night . F i \e of t he < r ow , Sec-[ o n d M a t e H e d l e y a n d f o u r s e a m e n , ! w h o t o o k t h e d a r i n g r i s k o f i . n d m g a shore landing for the others, escaped j d e a t h . T h e s e f i v e , t h r e e o f t h e m c a r ­ rying the other two, drained 1)., ; t ! j B e l v e s i n t o T r e p a s s y f r o m t l o - d e s e r t - . e d f i s h i n g h u t s o f S t S h o t t ' s S i m d a \ and then came to th is < -11 > win re the d isas ter was f i r s t repor ted Capta in Barr , the P n ' t . - d i . - k i p p e r the Florence , ordered the m.Oe a , , , : the four men to sea a t two cm l ock i : : t he morning, but by tha t tune Ua- 1 1« | . - h a d s w u n g f r o m e b b t o f l o w { m i l t i n gale , which had increased dur ing th n ight , had l i te ra l ly ground Hie v< s s" i t o p i e c e s . W h e n t h e m e n f i n a l l y f o u n d a l a n d i n g p l a c e a n d h a d c l i m b e d t o t h e t o p o f a s t e e p c l i f f t i n y s a w n o t h i n g b u t a m a s s o f w r e c k a g e w i n r e ' h . b o a t h a d g o n e a s h o r e . 30 .000 on a Death Train. Washington, I )ec . 24 . Travel ing to the i r death in a specia l t ram ?,n ,0(K) tu rkeys passed through here Sunday on the i r way f rom Tennessee to the tables of Chris tmas ce lebrants in Bal ­ t imore , Phi ladelphia and New York. Quake Shakes Martinique. For t de France , Dec. 24 . Much ex­ c i tement was caused Sunday by a sl ight shock of ear thquake. No damage has been repor ted . The shocks were fe l t shor t ly before seven o 'c lock and many people le f t the i r homes Washington, Dec. 19 . - -Paul Char l ­ ton , Uni ted Sta tes judge for Por to Rico , h i s res igned. Judge Char l ton i s fa ther of Por ter Char l ton , in a New Jersey ja i l , charged wi th murder ing hi : ; wife a t I jake < ' 01110 , I ta ly , two years ago, and awai t ing decis ion of the Supreme cour t as to whether he shal l be surrendered to I ta ly for t r ia l . , Washing 'on , Dec. 19. -- Pres ident Taf t d i rec ted the appointment of Dr . C a r l L . A I s b e r g , c h i e f b i o l o g i s t , o f t h e bureau of p lant indus t ry , depar tment of agr icul ture , to succeed Dr . Harvey W Wiley as chief of the bureau of chemis t ry . Wabash, h id . , Dec 20. --Bert Jack­ son. aged e ighty- l ive , an inmate of a county inf i rmary here , d ied Wednes­ day f rom fr ight due to the sudden death of two o ther inmates . Jackson had a morta l fear of a corpse . Elgin , 111 . Dec . 19 --Before the UnW- ed Sta tes government has served no­ t ice of su i t for d issolu t ion upon i t s of f icers , the Elgin board of t r ade , in a wi ld sess ion , abol ished i t s quota t ion ; commit tee . The ac t ion was marked • by a bol t of the d issent ing fac t ion f rom the annual meet ing Li t t le Fal l s , N. Y , Dec . --The grand jury a t Herkimer re turned in- , d ic tments Tuesday agains t severa l I .n t le Fal l s s t r ike leaders a r res t ed in the r io t here October 30, when two pol ice of f icers were shot . j Jo l ie t . I l l . Dec 21. - Al l the p t r ] 0 , , . j o ra tors of the In ters ta te Telephone company went on a s t r ike here ; Thur sday Jea lousy because an ope­ ra tor f rom an exchange in another c i ty was p laced in charge in b lamed Munich, Bavar ia , I «"• . Pr ince l . ' i d w i g , t h e new p r i n c e regent of b e c o m e k i n g a n d t h e w h o n e v e r h a s k n o w n " o v a l p e r s o n a g e , w i l l b e ! i p robabi l i ty , next year 1 1 • D e c . 2 1 . J u s t i c e : " f t h e I l l t n o i : - s t r i< lo t , wi : • s i 1 1 e a t M l . ! I . . in t ie r 11 . In I "< , i r s a r ' - > . , 1 1 I . M t r e c t ) v e Declares Lost Motion in Machinery of Government Due to Lack of Co-Operation. Washington, Dec. 21.--Work in the pos t of f ice^in ter ior and commerce and labor depar tments and af fa i rs in the Dis t r ic t of Columbia were reviewed in a specia l message , the th i rd s ince the shor t sess ion of congress began, was | submit ted to the two houses by Pres­ ident Taf t on Thursday. • T ranscending in in teres t what the | pres ident has to say about the work ' o f t l ie depar tments ment ioned, in h is d i rec t recommendat ion in a sor t of depar tments should be g iven sea ts on ; the f loor of congress . U n th is mat ter the pres ident says : I r ecommend the adopt ion of legis la­ t ion which shal l make i t the duty of heads of depar tments , the members of the pres ident ' s cabinet , a t convenient t imes t o at tend the sess ions of the house and the senate , which shal l provide sea ts for them in each house , and give them the oppor tuni ty to take par t in a l l d iscuss ions and to answer ques t ions of which they have had due not ice . The r ig id holding apar t of the execut ive and the legis la t ive branches of th is government has not worked fo r the grea t advantage of e i ther . There has been much los t mot ion in the machinery due to the lack of coopera t ion and in terchange of \ iews face to face be tween the rep­ resenta t ives of the execut ive and the members of the two legis la t ive | branches of government ! In t h e depar tmenta l sec t ion of h is j message Pres ident Taf t speaks of the j r ecent p lac ing of 000 postmasters on a c iv i l serv ice bas is and says tha t nothing could be fur ther f rom the t ru th than the charge tha t t he change was made for pol i t ica l purposes . The pres ident recommends revis ion of the land laws so tha t the in ter ior d e p a r t m e n t c a n w o r k t o t h e e n d s o f proper conservat ion of the na tura l re­ sources of the country . "The t rus t ques t ion in the enforce­ ment of the Sherman ant i - t rus t law is gradual ly so lv ing i t se l f , i s mainta in­ ing the pr inc ip le and res tor ing the prac t ice of compet i t ion , and i f the law is quie t ly but f i rmly enforced, bus i ­ ness wi l l ad jus t i t se l f to the s ta tu tory requi rements , and unres t in commer­ c ia l c i rc les provoked by the t rus t d iscuss ion wi l l d isappear " In wr i t ing of the work of the agr i ­ cul tura l depar tment the pres ident d iscusses "agr icul tura l c redi t s . " He says : "The secre tary of agr icul ture has made an inves t iga t ion in to the mat ter of c redi t s in th is country , and 1 command a considera t ion of the in­ format ion which through his agents he has been able to col lec t . I t does not in any way minimize the impor­ tance of the proposal , but i t g ives more accura te informat ion upon some of the phases of the ques t ion than we have here tofore had." , PROSECUTOR HITS TVEITM0E "GENERAL" ROSALIE JONES a?*! /} *<v ^ * tXKii mm® N E W S O F East St . Louis . -- Mrs . Ursul ia Za- hanyke wi l l re turn to Poland be­ cause she vio la ted the immigra t ion laws upon coming to America , accord­ ing to a decis ion of tha Uni ted Sta tes Supreme cour t and her husband and two chi ldren wi l l cont inue to remain here because they are too poor to pay the i r passage to Europe . Mrs . Za- hanyki was ordered depor ted four years ago. She took the case in to the cour ts and has fought I t through every cour t in the land. She was CANADIAN EXHIBIT8 AT LIVE STOCK AND LAND SHOWS CEN­ TER OF ATTRACTION. This i s "Genera l" Rosal ie Garden « 1 jones g iv ing the order "march" to the band of suf f raget tes who t ramped f rom New York to Albany wi th a message which they del ivered to Mr. Sulzer when he was inaugura ted as governor . J. PIERPONT MORGAN DECLARES CONTROL OF CASH IS IMPOSSIBILITY. ALL BANKS COULD NOT DO IT Likes Competit ion, but Admits Com­ bination Gives Him More Pleas­ ure--His Deposits Are $100,000,- 000--Names Steel Directors. Noel Scores All the Defendants "Dynamite Conspiracy" Case . Indianapol is , 1ml . , Dec 20 - - Olaf A. Tvei tmoe, the San Francisco labor leader on Wednesday w; is charged w i th be ing the man who di rec ted the , Los Angeles Times explos ion by Spe- ' c ia l Dis t r ic t At torney James W. Noel j i n h is a rgument in the "dynamite con- ! sp i racy" case before Judge Anderson, in the federal court here. j Noel ta lked for s ix s t ra ight hours , j during which he gave each of the de- j fendants a scorching and appealed to I t he jury to protec t socie ty f rom organ- j i zed cr ime. | He to ld the s tory of the gui l t of the I l eaders and the t ragedy of the Times explos ion more compact ly than has yet been g iven to the publ ic , connect ­ ing a l l the evidence wi th a comple te s tory . I t i s poss ib le for the Jury to re­ turn a verdic t in the case by the end of the week. Washington, Dec. 2 1 . - --J. Pier j>ont Morgan before the house , money t rus t inves t iga t ing commit tee Thursday declared " there could be no money t rus t . Al l the banks and a l l the money in Chr is tendom could not con­ t ro l money. The ques t ion of cont ro l i s personal as to money and credi t s . " The big f inancier was led up to h is answen by the examinat ion of Samuel Untermyer , counsel for the commit­ tee , who asked Mr. .Morgan i f "he did not fee l h is vas t power ." Mr. Morgan answered tha t he d id not fool i t . Once when the lawyer and the wi tness got in to a d iscuss iou of compet i t ion and combina t ion , Mr. Morgan sa id : " I 'd ra ther have combinat ion than compet i t ion . I l ike a l i t t le compet i ­ t ion , but 1 l ike combinat ion bet ter . Contro l i s the impor tant th ing . With out i t you can ' t do a th ing , but no one man could monopl ize money. One man might ge t cont ro l of ra i l roads , or merchandise , but never money and credi t . " Mr. Morgan 's d e c l a r a t i o n t h a t t h e r e , "could be 110 money t r u s t , " empha­ s ized by a v igorous bang wi th h is l i s t on the arm of h is chai r , came toward the end of the commit tee ' s sess ion , a t which the f inancier tes t i f ied as to the ̂ re la t ions of the house of Morgan w i t f i* severa l grea t corpora t ions . Mr. Morgan tes t i f ied tha t he bad LETTER SOURCE TOLD HEARST T E L L S CLAPP BODY WHO GAVE ARCHBOLD EPISTllES. Foraker Says Publisher Paid $ 3 4 , 0 0 C to Obtain Oil Man's Letters. Washington, Dec. 19 .--Before the senate campaign inves t iga t ing com­ mit tee Tuesday Wil l iam R. Hears t produced severa l new le t te rs bear ing upon the a l leged pol i t ica l ac t iv i t ies of John D. Archbold and the Standard Oi l company. Mr. Hears t tes t i f ied tha t he knew nothing as to the inc i ­ dents re la ted in the le t te rs or the c i r ­ cumstances in which Mr. Archbold might have sent money to former Senator Forager of Ohio and former Representa t ive Joseph C. S ib ley of Pennsylvania , to whom some of the le t te rs were addressed . C h a i r m a n C l a p p asked Mr. Hears t If he ever saw the or ig inals of the le t te rs publ ished in h is magazine . He sa id he was not cer ta in , but he be­ l ieved l ie had seen only the photo­ g r a p h i c f a c s i m i l e c o p l o R . "Of whom did you ge t them?" ask­ ed Senator Clapp. Mr. Hears t hes i ta ted a moment " I am anxious ," l i e began, " to tes t i ­ fy very fu l ly to everyth ing tha t 1 am personal ly concerned in and every­ t h i n g o f i n t e r e s t t o t h i s i n q u i r y . D o > o u f e e l t h a t t h i s i s e s s e n t i a l t o t h e I n q u i r y ? " Senator Clapp sa id tha t the au­ thent ic i ty of some of the le t te rs had been ques t ioned. Af ter members of the commit tee had ins is ted upon the informat ion , Mr Hears t responded tha t he got the copies of John Eddy of London, author of four of the ar t i ­ c les publ ished 1 in a magazine . He tes t i f ied tha t be did not know of whom Eddy procured the le t te rs . A s ta tement prepared by ( I i lchr is t S tewar t , descr ib ing how W, W, Wink- approved the pr ices a t which the sub- Held , a negro , son of Mr Archbold ' s s id iar ies of the Uni ted Sta tes Stee l } bu t ler , and Char les S tump took the corpora t ion were taken in to the big j John Archbold le t te rs" f rom the of- corpora t ion . Mr. Untermyer asked i f i o f ' h ' 1 Standard Oi l company ant ! he had not named the board of d i - ! sold them for $3-1 ,onf t to a representa- The hats were doffed to Canada during the two weeks of the Land Show and the week of the LJve Stock Show a t Chicago. Wil l ing to d isplay its goods , anxious to let the people of the cent ra l s ta tes know what could be produced on Canadian farm lands, and the qual i ty of the ar t ic le , Hon. m a r r i e d a f t e r c o m i n g t o A m e r i c a a n d j D r R o c h e > m l n i s t e r o f t h e i n t e r i o r her chi ldren are American by b i r th 1 o f C a n a d a > d i r e c t e d t h a t B u m c ien t h r r ^ s b a n < J i s a n A m e r i c a n b y j B p a c e b Q B e c u r e d a t t h e U n l t e ( , na ura l iza t ion . 1 s* a t e 3 Land Show, recent ly he ld , to I g ive some adequate Idea o f the field Danvi l l e . Heing shown a newspa- | resources of western Canada. Those per s tory where in his brother > i n c h a r g e h a d s p l e n d i d i o c a t ion . and Frank £as stated to have fallen in8talled one of the most attractive Into th^ lake at the Soldiers' Home, g raju and gras8 exhibits ever seen and rescued with difficulty. Polk ; anywhere. Thousands, anxious to get Whi te , r a i lway mach in i s t at Oaklawn , "back to the land," saw the exhibi t , nhops of the ( ' . <v 1 . 1 , a t tempted sui - I 6 a w w beat tha t weighed 68 pounds to e ld^ a t the same p lace . He was ad- the measured bushel , oa ts tha t , went fudged insane . Whi te came here 4 8 a n d b a r l e y t h a t t i p p e d t h e s c ^ e 8 I rom Chicago fou r weeks ago and is a t 5 5 p o u n d s . T h 8 c i O V er , the a l fa l fa , asser ted to ha \ e been in the sanl - wi ld p e a vine and vetch , the ry® tar ium in t f ia t r ' y f ° r severa l grass , the red- top and many other sue- months last summer undergoing treat-, culent and nutritious varieties of wild ment for nefvous t rouble . When his grasses demanded and deserved f rom brothar fe l l 01T the bank in to the lake the i r prominence and qual i ty the as* and narrowly escaped drowning. ; t en t ion they rece ived. The gra in In Kews was kept from the brother, but the 8traw, bright in color, and carry- n e v e r a l d a y s l a t e r a l o c a l n e w s p a p e r j i n R h e a d 3 t h u t g a y e e v i d e n c e o f t t , pr in ted the s tof*y. | t ru th of the s ta tements of Mr. W. I . Whi te of Ot tawa, and his a t tendant^ Champaign. ---\\ E Cl i f ford of | that the wheat would average 28 to Champaign, ass is tant cashier of the ; 35 bushels and over per acre , the oa ts first National bank, was appointed; 55 to 105 bushels, the flax 12 to 28, ass is tant s ta te t reasurer bv Sta te , bushels , were s t rongly in evidence , Treasurer -e lec t Ryan of Danvi l le ; and ar ranged wi th ar t i s t ic tas te on Cl i f ford i s th i r ty years o ld , a former* | the wal ls . The vegetable exhibi t was s tudent of the Champaign High school^ a surpr ise to the vis i tors . Pota toes , and University of Illinois and a mem- ! turnips, cabbage--in fact, all of It ber of the Kappa Sigma, Elk and proved tha t not only in gra ins was Knights of Co lumbus organiza t ions , wes tern Canada prominent , bot in vegetables i t could successful ly com­ pete wi th the wor ld . One of the unique and successful fea tures of the exhibi t was the suc­ cessfu l and sys temat ic da i ly d is t r ibu- He is pas t exal ted ru ler of the Elka lodge . / -- H i l l s b o r o . T h e h i g h w a y commis­ s ioners of the townships in Mont­ gomery county formed an organ- j tion of bread made from Canadian iza t ion here to be known as the j f lour . I t was a t rea t to those who got Association of Highway Commission- | it. Canadian butter, Canadian cheese ers of Montgomery County . The a t - and Canadian honey helped to com- sociation elected Ilenrv Leshman of ! plete an exhibit that revealed in a Hi l l sboro township pres ident and For . - j splendid way the grea t resources of ter McDavid of this city secretary and : a country in which so many Axner- t reasurer . The purpose of the organi - ! l eans have made the i r home. za t ion i s to f ight the p lan of having I A fea ture of the exhibi t was the the s ta te take cont ro l of the county I p lacards , announcing the severa l re- r °ads . cent successes of Canadian farm -- ' p roduce and l ive s tock in s t rong com- Spr ingf ie ld . --- The condi t ion of Judge j pet i t ion , wi th exhibi t s f rom other John P . Hand of the supreme cour t , • count r ies . There was pos ted the who was s t r icken wi th para lys is , i s j Leager Wheeler championship pr ize s t i l l cons idered cr i t ica l , though shows for Marquis wheat grown a t Rosthern some improvement. ' ' in 1911, beating the world. Then I . -- I Holmes of Cards ton entered the com- Ploomington -- Catching on f i re ; pe t i t ive f ie ld a t Lethbr idge Dry Farm- at n ight when none of the miners ! Congress , and won the wheat were a t work the bui ld ing of a coal ' championship of 1912 , beat ing Mr. shaf t a t Minonk was des t royed wi th j Wheeler wi th the same var ie ty of heavy loss . The miners wi l l be id le | wheat . Hi l l & Sons of Lloydmins ter , for severa l weeks whi le rebui ld ing is 1 Saskatchewan, in 1911 , won the Colo- !n progress . rado s i lver t rophy for bes t oa ts grown, _ competed for in a big compet i t ion a t | Columbus , Ohio , in 1 9 1 1 . The produce of Br i t i sh Columbia a t the New York Land Show in 1911 carr ied off the wor ld ' s championship for pota toes , and inc identa l ly won a $1,000 s i lver t rophy, and then, but a few days ago, the same province car r ied off the wor ld ' s pr ize for apples a t the Hor t i ­ cul tura l Show in London, England. Hut tha t was not a l l . These Cana­ dians , who had the termer i ty to s ta te tha t corn was not the only feed for former 1 f j n j s bing high-grade beef ca t t le , en­ tered for the fa t s teer championship R o c k I s l a n d • -- C h r i s K u e h l . f ive years o l d , o f D a v e n p o r t , la . . came to the government arsenal here wi th the avowed in tent ion of shoot­ i n g f ' o l . G . W . P u r r , c o m m a n d a n t o f t h e a r s e n a l , i n o r d e r t o f r e e G e r ­ many and France ." Kueh l was se ized t .y a gua rd near the home o f Colonel F i u r r . K u e h l i s b e l i e v e d t o b e i r . snne . S p r i n g f i e l d - H e n r y R i c e C h i ? a g o m i s s i o n w o r k e r - , e l e c t e d t o serve s ix months i n t l i e county 1 Live Stock Show in Chicago a 1 Ja i l r a t h e r than pay one r . n l toward ; p o l l e d A n g u s _-Glencarnock Victor ." | the suppor t of t he ch i ld born t o j^ e a r jy 300 ent r ies were i n the f ie ld . i ana , t : , 1 d K : i t h a t h e Castro Sailc for America . Havre , Dec. 24 . - -Cipr iano Cast ro , ex i led ex pres ident of Venezuela , •a i led f rom Havre for New York Sun day. Since he was deposed f rom the pres idency of h is country severa l years ago he has been l iv ing in Par is Four Auto Bandit# Take $1,200. New York, Dec . 24 . - -Four "auto bandits" attacked two paymaster* at the Si lk Fin ishing Company of Amer lea on the lower West s ide he re Sue day, beat them in to unconsciousness •nd robbed them of $1,210. la in ' P l l S U p r e i n e h p a n i l , v supreme s u f Y e r e d J e w e l e r S h o t t o D e a t h . ( ' l l lea^e 1 , d i a m o n d n • 1 1 t h e a t e r h e h : - - o f f i c e d . i r n 1 ; • d a y . H i s t e . < ! u g l y b u l l e t w < 1 o s " p h I I h n g i i p , • l , l t ; ! 1 ' I . . . M c V i e k e r ' s " l i s m u r d e r e d | n b i s 1 n o o n h o u r h e r e F r i - w a s f c , ; ; n , i w i t h a n i t i d i n t h e h e a d 148 KILLED IN THREE MONTHS 3,296 Were Injured by Railroads Dur­ ing Apri l , May and June, Ac­ cording to Report. Washington, D e c , 21, -- According to a bul le t in i ssued by the in ters ta te eommerce commiss ion the number of persons k i l led In t ra in acc idents dur­ i n g A p r i l , M a y a n d J u n e , 1 ! M w a s 14S. The in jured to ta led S.L '17 , Acci ­ dents to employes and o thers due to ra i l road opera t ions , inc luding i ' ^us- t r ia l acc idents , to ta led or th is number 2persons w e r e ki l led . The to ta l n u m b o r o f casual t ies on s team roads for the yea r ending June •".n , 1912 was 100.12.T Of th is num­ ber 10,OS." , were k i l l ed . This shows an increase of i s j t k i l l ed and 19.179 in the number in jured , compared wi th the prev ious \ear For the three m o n t h s . A t > r i l t o J u n e i n c l u s i v e , there were S.2 15 H o u c e A d j o u r n s to J a n u a r y 2 . W a s h i n g t o n , Dec 2 1 The house adjourned for the Chr is tmas hol iday recess un t i l lanuar> 2 wi thout rece iv­ ing Pres ident Taf t s message Thurs­ day. The message was sent a lso to the senate , which remained in sess ion . rec tors of the s tee l corpora t ion , but Mr. Morgan only sa id tha t he might Wave "decided who shouldn ' t go on ." "Can ' t you g ive the commit tee a s ta tement of the deposi t s of your banking f i rm in New York as of No­ vember 1?" asked Mr. Fntermyer Mr. Morgan approximated i t a t $100,000,000. Mr. Morgan produced, in response to a ques t ion , copies of the f i sca l agreements be tween J. P . Morgan & Co. and the New York Centra l and the New York, New Haven and Har t ­ ford Rai l road companies . Mr Mor­ gan sa id tha t there were no other- such agreements made by h is house He sa id the f i rm ac ted as f i sca l agents for o ther companies "by tac i t agree­ ment ." "You are ac t ing for a number of o ther corpora t ions , a re you not , in­ c luding the Uni ted Sta tes Stee l cor pora t ion?" sugges ted Mr. Cntormver . "Yen, but tha t i s by a resolu t ion of the board of d i rec tors of the s tee l corpora t ion ," sa id Mr. Morgan. As to o ther agreements whereby the Morgan house became t i sea l agents for corpora t ions , he sa id they w e r e " b y w o r d o f m o u t h o r b y c o r r e ­ spondence ." t ive of Wil l iam Randolph Hear t , was submit ted to the senate campaign ex­ pend i tu r e s i n \es t iga t ing commit tee by former Sena to r Joseph P . Foraker . "Mr Hears t sa id Tuesday tha t he did not know how the le t te rs were procured ' , ' dec lared the former sena­ tor . "Such a preposteroi i s s tory as tha t you might te l l to the mar ines , but to no one e lse ." TAFT LEAVES FOR PANAMA Sailed From Key West on Battleship Arkansas With Family and Party of Guests. Washington, D e c 2 1 P r e s i d e n t T a f t g o t a w a y f r o m W ' a . b i n g t o n T h u r s d a y n i g h t a t 1 0 - : : u o n h i s ( ' n t h a n d t i n a l t r i p t o P a n a m a , a f t e r p u t ­ t i n g i n a h a r d d a y ' s w o r k i n a n t i c i ­ pat ion of h is absence The pres ident ia l p a t t y l e f t W a s h ­ i n g t o n o n a s p e c i a l t r a i n o f I i \ e c a r s . T h e p r e s i d e n t i a l p a r t y e m b a r k e d F r i d a y f r o m K i v \ \ " » s t o r : b a t i b s h i p s A r k a n s a s a n d M o n t a n a M i s s I . o c ; s e T a f t . d a u g h t e r o f M r . a n d M r s C h a r l e s P , T a f t , a c c o m p a n ­ i e d h e r u n c l e a n d a u n t o n t h e u i n Miss Margare t Harr is a n d of which a jury found h im t o be the fa ther He was sentenced to s ix months in J a i l . " I w o u l d c o n s t r u e p a y m e n t o f the money as admiss ion of my gui l t . " "Glencarnock Vic tor" d idn ' t know a kernel of corn f rom a Prazi l ian wal­ nut . There were Iowa, I l l inois , Ne­ braska , Kansas , Minnesota , Wiscon­ s in and the i r corn-fed ar t ic le , de ter - naid the former evangel is t His wife j m ; n e d ( Q win, bound to beat th is b lack had to ld h im she would never l ive animal f rom the nor th , and his "noth- wi th h im again unless t ie s tood read ' . ' j n g 5 U (_ pra i r ie grass , ca ts and bar ley to se rve a ja i l sentence . feed ," as h is owner proudly s ta ted , but they d idn ' t . Canada and McGregor & Virden Whi le going to S t j Sons , wi th the i r "Glencarnock Vic tor ," I .ouls to v is i t h is wife and fami ly . , won, and today the swel ldom of Amer- John Onare fe l l f rom a sou th bound , i ca i s ea t ing of h is s teaks and roas ts car on the l l l i ro is Trac t ion sy s t em , --the champion s teer of the wor ld , rear Girard and was k i l l ed He was | But once more the herd of ca t t le f i f ty two years o ld and an o ld res ident tha t won the Sweepstakes a t the of t h i s c l t v . ] s ame show was bred and owned by -- I t he owners of "Glencarnock Vic tor ," I l loomli ig ton . George Cot tschalk 1 f ed only on pra i r ie grass , oa ts and a farmer , was shot dead by John, bar ley , near l i randon, Mani toba . The liurton of Somerset, K\ , an em ' royal reception given to Mr. Mc- ploye . in a d ispute o v e r w a g e s . P u r t o n s u r r e n d e r e d t o t h e s h e r i f f H e s a v s h e f i r e d i n s e l f - d e f e n s e . T r a i n C u t s O f f M a n ' s L e g . Columbus o . I ice 2 : ; W hi le run n ing to ca ' < h a 1 en 11 v 1 \ a n ;a t ru 1 n a t the Union s-a t io i , f -Vday. lames W i l t ­ sh i re , whose home is i : 1 I . \ ne l )but J Va. , fe l l and his r i rh t l eg was cut of t be low the knee by He t r ; i ; n " B l a c k R a n d e r " Dies. Montrea l , 2 : W i t h a n berent K p e e c h c : t s h o r t o n h ; s Carlo Hat t i s ta , a member < f " R l a c k H a n d , " m e t d e a t h o n t h e . nco l ips . the scaf fo ld here Fr iday tor Salvatore Mar iano the " d e r O l Bullet-Riddled Body F o u n d M e r i d i a n , M i s s . D e c . 2 . 2 T h > * b u l l e t - r i d d l e d b o d v o f a n t m i d e n t i l i i , ! n e g r o , w h o m u r e r e d P e r r y W i l k i n s o n T h u r s ­ d a y . \ \ : . y - f o u n d f r i d a y i n a s w a m p n e a r C e l . ^ A l a n e a r w h e n * l i e h a d e l u d i e a ' < ! » Suffrage Defeated in Michigan. I .a r i s ing . Mi<h, I te r 21 K<iua! suf ­ frage was defeated in Michigan by a major i ty of V e n T h a t i s the resul t o f t h e c a n v a s s m a d e b y t h e s t a t e b o a r d of ea i ivasHers The vote was 217 2 ,75 lor . and IMS. 1 35 agains t ^Coal Mine Blas t Kills Thirty-One. D o r t m u n d , (o- rmany. i>vc 20 Thir ­ ty-one coa l miners were ki l led by an explos ion of black damp in the .w hen- bach mine Wednehday. Six bodies h a v e b e e n r e c o v e r e d a n d t w e n t y - f i v e miners a re h1111 miss ing Taft Frees Moonshiner. Washington, Dec. 21 . Pres ident Taf t on Thursday pardoned Henry Nelson of Owensboro , Kv , recent ly s e n t e n c e d t o t h e p e n i t e n t i a r y f o r moonshine d is t i l l ing in the mounta ins of Kentucky. German Baron Kil led. I t e r l m , D e c 2 0 . - -Maron \ ' o ; l e n N a n n y v e p w a s k i l l e d i n a n m o b i l e a c c i d e n t n e a r A n t w e r p W d a y . W i t h t h e b a r o n w e r e G o l h n e t , M i l e . D e b a s s o m n i e r r e M i s s W o o d s . A l l w i r e i n j u r e d Gregor 011 h is re turn to b is home town was wel l deserved. Omiss ion must not be made of the -- ' wonderful and beaut i fu l d isp lay of Roekford When his foot caught in aPP l e s made by l i r i t i sh Columbia , oc- the belt of a farm engine here Edward cupying a full half section of the Johnson of Pe lo l t , Wis , was whir led grea t Land Show. This was in per- to h is dea th in the presence of many sonal charge of Mr. \V. E . Scot t , dep- relatlves who hail gathered for a fam u^' minister of agriculture for that llv reunion ' province, who was not only a host to those who vis i ted the exhibi t , but Pont ine A n n o u n c e m e n t of the v>as a l so an encyclopedia of informa- rna r r i nge of Miss I rma Hil l e f th is t ion regarding the resources of tha t r i t \ . en l v woman deputy sher i f f m country . With 200,000 Americans go- rut in ' to A R. Vogel of Kansas Ci ty ins to western Canada th is year , i t i s Mo a ; Peor ia . August .11 las t , was p leas ing to know tha t so many f rom th is s ide of the l ine can par t ic ipa te in the honors coming to that new coun­ t ry .--Adver t i sement . 1 Z u y - a 111 o- 1 !a ron $6,000 in Bills Stolen. Dennison. O, Dec 20 When ue- cre t se t v ie . - men a r r i ved here Wednes­ day, i t became known tha t Sf i .OtTD in b i l l s cons igned f rom the nub t reasury in New } ork to a bank in Mai le t ta , O. , had been s to len . Inmate of Poorhouee Is Rich. 1 F lynn Heads Secret Service. Mlddle town. N. Y. . Dec . 21 .-- Word j Washington, Dec. P i--Wil l iam J b e l i e v e d b y t h e a u t h o r i t i e s t o b e a u j F l . - n n o f N e w Y o r k w a s a p p o i n t e d t h e n t i c c a m e t o C h a r l e s D r a k e , a n i n - j c h l M o f t h e F r i t t e d S t a t e s s e c r e t s e r v m a t e o f t h e c o u n t y p o o r h o u s e , T h u r s - ; i c e T u e s d a y b y S e e n t a r y M a c V e . u h d a y , t h a t h e I s h e i r t o h a l f a m i l l i o n f i t ' t h e t r e a s u r y d e p a r t m e n t , s u c c e i d - dol lars . ing John FT Wllk. F i n d Man With H ^ a d Blown Off . Mason Ci ty . la . , Dec . 21 . - - l rv in Huckins was found dead by the s ide Two Women Found Dead. Columbus , Mo. , Dec . 2 0 . - Mrs . George Moore , s ix ty- one years o ld . and her mother , Mrs . Mary J Wilson. | of the road four m i l e s nor ihwest of ! e i g h t y - t w o y e a r s o l d , w e r e f o u n d d e a d | h e r e T h u r s d a y , w i t h t h e h a c k o f h i s i n t h e i r h o m e h e r e W e d n e s d a y , t h e i r I h e a d b l o w n o f f a n d a s h o t g u n w i t h heads crushed wi th an ax , e rupt v t -he l l near h im Blast Destroys a Roundhouse. Rocheser , N. Y., Dec . 2 0 -- A n ex­ plos ion in the boi ler room of the . \"e)w York Centra l roundhouse a t Sumirr f r - v l l le Wednesday des t royed the s t ruc ture , which was of s tone . F i f teen looomotives were damaged. Pol ice Ki l l a S layer . Memphis , Term. , hoc . i s -Adam J Poeh le r . who ki l led h is wire here Wed- n p sday, he ld a sc t uad of r>0 pol icemen and detec t ives a t bay for e ight hours Thursday before he was shot and ki l led by the off icers . made publ ic here pes Moines . Ia Dr J I Gibsor . F ta te ve ter inar ian , wi l l ask a law for b idding the impor ta t ion in to Iowa o: hog cholera serum except or j j fapproval o f t h e s t a t e d e p a r t m e n t , a n d f o r t h e r ig id • inspect ion by the same depar t ment of a l l labora tor ies In the s ta te making a serum. Ster l ing . The board o f superv i sors of Whites ide county has appropr ia ted money for the new workhouse and has dec ided tha t herea f t er the pr i soners wi l l be emploved in break ing atone for u se on count j roads l i loomington - E . G Teaney of Spr ingt 'e ld has been se lec ted as judge a t the fchow of t i re Centra l I l l inois Poul t ry associa t ion to be held here January 1 2 , 14 and 15 Kewanee . On a p iece of ground tha t had not been i»oken s ince :876. Thomas McXamara fecured a yje ld of 107 bushels of corn to the acre . J o l i e t Farm wives of Jackson wi l l uake a wagon load of doughnuts and cooKlea to be d is t r ibuted runonf .ha poor of Jo l ie t for Chr lBtm*« THE CASE. well. P r o n s o n -- You're not looki jn o ld fe l low. Woodson--No, indeed. I'm always feeling poorly before Christmas. A pretty girl will turn a man's head oln spite of the boil on his neck.