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n iWK McBcnfy Plaindealcr Published by F. a SCHREINER. McHENRY. % ILLINOIS. LOSE SUIT MINNE80TA WIN8 RATE CASE )N • UNITED STATES SU- [ *#REMC COURT. ' - P/tf* OF LAW IS VALID %tate It Given Right to Fix Charges £ and Regulate Traffic in Its Own -iffV1, Bttindariea -- DeeU«Ml ; v Unanimous. v*" Washington; June 11.--The state of Minnesota won a substantial victory In the Supreme court when in the Min­ nesota rate case Justice Hughes for the «ourt held that the rates of the Minne­ apolis & St. Louis railroad were con­ fiscatory and unconstitutional, but that the rates of tbe Northern Pacific and Great Northern were valid. The decision was & victory for the State on the interstate commerce phases of the controversy and upon the confiscatory features, with the ex­ ception of the portion affecting the Minneapolis & St. J^ouis. The so-called "state rate" cases have presented to the Supreme court tone of the momentous problems of the decade. In general terms, this group of cases called upori the court to decide two questions. One was whether the states In passing maximum freight and two- cent passenger laws had unduly inr terfered with interstate commerce. The other was whether those laws confiscated the prt<«rty of the rail­ roads by requiring them to transact business at a loss. The group consisted of 45 cases. All arose out of legislation enacted by State legislature about 1907, or just after the federal government had passed the Hepburn rate law. The 46 cases concerned directly the laws in six states--Missouri, Minnesota, Ken­ tucky, Oregon, Arkansas and West Vir­ ginia. Similar litigation arose in Ala­ bama, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Okla­ homa and South Dakota. In all, It was •aid that 76 suits in federal courts de­ pended upon the decision In the 45 cases before the Supreme court. The Minnesota cases arose out -of suits by stockholders of the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Minneapolis & St Louis railroads against the companies to enjoin them from obeying the maximum freight and two-cent passenger laws as unconsti­ tutional, and agalnBt the state officials to enjoin them from enforcing the laws. Judge Sanborn Of the United States circuit court of Minnesota held the laws unconstitutional, of a confis­ catory nature, and that they burdened Interstate commerce. The three suits were appealed to the Supreme court. Convictions of five officials of the American Naval Stores company at Savannah--the so-called turpentine trust--for criminal violation of the Sherman law were set aside by the Supreme court because of an erron­ eous instruction of the trial judge. Officials of the department of jus­ tice did not regard the decision as one .generally unfavorable 1jo the criminal section of the Sherman law. They never considered that they ha^ a strong ease. V /" Holding that one shipper cantiot sue lor rebates as damages because com­ petitors received rebates, the Supreme court reversed the decision of the Pennsylvania courts awarding to the International Coal Mining company of the Clearfield region of Pennsylvania a judgment of $12,000 against the Pennsylvania railroad. Justice Pitney, dissenting, declared the decision prac­ tically annulled the right of the ship­ pers to sue for damages conferred by recent legislation, leaving a right to sue only in the almoBt negligible in­ stances where the goods of a shipper came into competition with competi­ tors who received rebates. FEDERAL GRAND JURY CHARGE ION MEN BREAK SHERMAty iACT IN WEST VIRGINIA. " f SEE PtOT FIX PRICES Conspiracy With Coal Operators Al­ leged to Prevent Competition In ,; Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia--First Test of Kind. Charleston, W. Va., June 10.--Tho federal grand jury here on Saturday returned indictments against Presi­ dent John P. Wlrite and 18 other offi­ cials of the United Mine Workers of America charging them with having violated the Sherman anti-trust law. It IB alleged the defendants con­ spired with the coal operators of west­ ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to raise wages in the West Vir­ ginia coal field so as to prevent its competition with the four other states in the western market. - Besides White those named in- the Indictment are: Frank J. Hayes, vice- president; Thomas Haggerty, Joseph Vascy, James Canirell, Charles Hat- ley, Marco Roman, George H. Ed­ monds and Benjamin F. Morris* organ­ izers, and Tho HI as Cairns, president; Clarence C. Griffith, vice-president; James M. Crago, secretary; James Di­ ana, John Nutter, Rome Mitchell, W. S. Reece, P. D. Stanley, U. S. Cantley and A. D. Lavender, subordinate offi­ cers, all of district No. 17. The indictments charge that the na­ tional organizaztion of the miners fixes, the wages of miners of Pennsylvania; Indiana and Ohio and intends to union­ ize the miners in West Virginia, so as to fix the price at which coal of West Virginia can be sold in outside mar­ kets, thus permitting the competitive states to compete more favorably In the western markets with the product shipped from West Virginia. The markets specified are those of Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo, Cleve­ land, Detroit, Indianapolis and Chi­ cago. The object of the conspiracy, it' is charged, is to restrict the sale of West Virginia coal in these markets. The offense Is said to have started September 1, 1912, and continued to date. The alleged conspiracy has re­ sulted in much violence and lawless* ness at the mines of the West Virginia operators on Point and Cabin creeks. Loss of life and destruction of prop­ erty necessitated nfartial law. The indictments were said to be the first ever returned in which officials of the United Mine Workers were charged with violating the federal anti-trust act. It was commented that the indict­ ment came at a' time when federal legislation was pending to exempt la­ bor unions from prosecution under the Sherman law. MILITANT DIES FOR CAUSE CAMERA COMBINE IS SUED Government Brings 8ult to Dissolve. Esstmafi Kodak Concern for At* leged Violation of 8hermsn Act. \ "Washington, June 11.--The federal government Monday began proceed­ ings to smash the kodak trust. In a civil suit filed at Buffalo by or­ der of Attorney General McReynolds the government asks dissolution, by receivership, if necessary, of the Bastman Kodak company, which is charged with monopolizing the trade In photographic supplies In violation of the Sherman law. - It is the aim of the government to obtain a division of the assets and business of the Eastman company controlling 72 per cent, of the busi­ ness in the United States into such parts as will effectually destroy the alleged monopoly and restore compe­ tition. Emlfy Davison, Who Halted King's „ Horse ih Derby Race, Succumbs - ' to Injuries. -p, V ! . _____ M. ttpsettl;'"' England, June 10;--Miss Emily Wilding Davison died in Ep­ som hospital Sunday, where she was removed in a serious condition after having thrown herself in front of the klng'e horse, Anmer, during the run­ ning of the Derby last week, Although Miss Davison' Was badly injured and uhconscious for several hotin after she reached the hospital, the physicians for a time believed she had a chance for recovery. On Friday an operation was found necessary, but she failed to rally from this and re­ mained in a semi-conscious condition until her death. Miss Davison received the injuries from which she died when she dashed onto the Epsom Downs course during the running of the Derby and seized the bridle of Anmer as the bunch of horses were swinging Into the stretch. The horse stumbled and fell, throwing and severely injuring Jockey Jones and crushing Miss Davison. However, her most serious injuries were re­ ceived when Anmer arose and tram­ pled on her prostrate body. Miss Davison has been one of the most active militants in Great Britain and has been sentenced to jail eight timeB eince 1909 for her activities in connection with the votes for womon campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Pethrick Lawrence, Mrs. Emmellne Pankhurst, Miss Chrlstabel Pankhurst and Mrs. Mabel Tuke, representing the Woman's So­ cial and Political Union, were con­ demned by the king's bench court to pay $1,840 damages in a suit brought by a number of West End London shopkeepers for damage done by win­ dow-smashing during suffrage raids. As this was a test case it is ex­ pected that many similar suits will follow. FLORIDA'S CHICKAMAUGA MONUMENT DEDICATED rnmm. i'C •' f* » > / , m Ifeij V*? •> - fc-,v-v S Dedication of a monument by the state of Florida of the Confederate veterans at Chattanooga, Tenn. the Chlckamauga battlefield during the recent reunion 38 MEN FACE PRISON PICKETS FOUND GUILTY QF ^LAWFUL ASSEMBLY. UN- Jair Woman for Contempt--17-Year^ Old Leader Arrested So Often Patience Grows Tired. Peterson* N. J„ June 7.--A jury in Judge Klenert's quarter sessions court Thursday found 38 strike pickets of the silk workers guilty of unlawful as­ semblage In front of the Harding mill on April 26, and all now face a three- ypar term in prison and a fine, or both. Among thftse convicted are Hannah Silverman, the seventeen-year-old picket leader, and Benjamin Hagedorn, a local leader of the I. W. W. Miss Silverman has been arrested so many times that the police are ex­ hausted. After two days in jail for interfering with a policeman she got out on a writ of certiorari. She went to Recorder Carroll's court as a spectator at the trial of Harry Price, a striker arrested / for beating two women mill workers. In the course of an argument between the recorder and Lawyer IsidorKlen- ert, appearing for Price, Miss Silver- man tittered and then hissed. "Come up here," ordered the judge. "You're getting altogether too fresh around here. I commit you to the county jail for 20 days as a disorder­ ly person In a public place." So Hannah Is In jail and seems llke- Jy to stay there until the strike Is ended. . , IS CHIEF LOBBYIST TOWNSEND OF MICHIGAN DE* CLARE8 WIL80N INFLUENCES MEMBER8 FOR TARIFF BILL. SAYS IT MAY BE ACCIDENTAL Republicsns Hold Recent Denunciation Will Force Certain Members to Vote ss Chief Executive Wishes- All Deny Being Approached. WOOD FREE, COLLINS GUILTY Jurors In Dynamite Cass Fsil to Agree on Atteaux, Third Defend- ,/ ant on Trial. Boston, June •.--William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company, was acquitted on the charge of conspiracy to injure the textile strikers at Lawrence through "plant­ ing" dynamite. The jury disagreed in the case of Frederick E. Atteaux. Dennis J. Collins, who turned state's evidence. wa& found guilty on two counts and not guilty on the four other counts of the Indictment. The fact that Collins was not called for sentence, lent color to a report that he had earned a Suspension of sentence regarding the matter of an­ other trial for Atteaux. The court ordered that bail for At­ teaux be renewed pending disposition of his case. VOTE AGAINST BRITISH PACT Confesses 8laying Mother. • fronton, Ohio, June 11.--According to local authorities, Barkley Flem- mlng, twenty, of Coryville, O., a farm­ er, confessed here Monday to the mur­ der of his mother, Mrs. Flemming, and his brother, Culbertson, twenty-five. Mexican Rebels 8hoot a Spy. Laredo, Tex., June 11.--Juan Man­ uel Diaz, an alleged Huerta spy, was court-martialed at Columbia, Mex., Monday and immediately shot to death. He was charged with giving Information to the federals. Travelers in 8esslon. ' Richmond, Va., June II.--Delegates «-'v:lNin 42 states met here Tuesday for the twenty-fourth annual conrention of the Travelers' Protective associa­ tion of America. About. 1,000 dele gates were In attendance. Couple's Grief Too Grsffc. New York, June 10.--To join in death the three-year-old daughter whose passing was the end of all joy for them, Domlnick Jardina and wife ended their lives Sunday In each other's arms in a gas filled room. Accused of $7,500 Theft. Kansas, City, June 10.--Clarence H. Dickson, manager of the Missouri District Telegraph company here, was arrested Saturday, charged with mis­ appropriating $7,500 of the company's money. He was taken to jail. "Tama Jim" Goes Abroad. New York, June 10.--James Wilson, former secretary of agriculture, and Henry Wallace of Iowa, an authority on agriculture, sailed for England Sat- urady to make an exhaustive study tof the English tenant farmer. Coldest June <>n Record. Washington, June 11.--The coldest %eather ever recorded during June in the middle Atlantic and New England states, the Ohio valley and the great fakes region, was repor^, iHreather bureau Monday.»• v' ^ Noted Alienist Is Dead. London, June 10,--Dr. Forbes Wins- tow, the widely known alienist, died suddenly at his home Sunday of heart failure. He was sixty-nine years old, and the founder of the British Hospital for .Mental Disorders. «,a&L# " '-- .f. Veteran Becomes Dsddy st 84.. ' Bt. Joseph, Mo., June 10.--William 3 Coffleld, eighty-four years old, veteran of the Mexican, two Indian and the Civil war#, is the father of a girl baby, born Saturday. He draws a pension of $56 a month. Nine 8enstors Protest Renewal of Treaty on Arbitration Which Expired June 4. Washington, June 7.--Nine of the most Influential men In the United States senate behind the closed doors of an executive session Friday after­ noon voiced their protest against the renewal of the arbitration treaty with Great Britain that expired June 4. A similar treaty with France has been renewed. They declared that these treaties tied our hands In every direction where American interests should be protected. Washington, June 9.--Senator Town- send of Michigan threw the lobby com­ mittee into an uproar Friday when he virtually charged that the methods and Influence used by President Wilson and the Democrats In forcing con­ gressmen into line on the tariff bill constituted the "nearest approach to undue influence upon members of con­ gress" that could be found. Senator Townsend criticized the committee for not having asked mem­ bers of the senate whether the presi­ dent had sought to influence them, and declared even though the presi­ dent ha<} not intended It, his recent denunciation of "lobbies" working in support of changes in the tariff, would force certain senators to vote against amendments they knew to be just. "Who are those senators?" demand­ ed Senator Reed. "I don't care to name any one," re­ plied Townsend. The two Democratic members of the. committee present. Senators Reed and Walsh, indignantly resented any inti­ mation President Wilson had used patronage or threats to force any one to support the bill as a whole. Senator Townsend Insisted the committee had not asked any senator thus far wheth­ er President Wilson had tried to In­ fluence him. "I move," interrupted Senator Walsh, "that In view of the serious state­ ments made touching the executive, that any senator who has already tes­ tified may be recalled and Interrogated In reference thereto/' "I am for that," said Senator Nel­ son, and members of the committee agreed. Senator Weeks of. Massachusetts, also a Republican, following Senator Townsend on the witness stand, ex­ pressed the opinion that executives had had more influenfce in bills than all the persons put together who had come to Washington. CHINDA SEES WILSON JAP ENVOY 8UBMIT8 NATION'S PROTEST TO PRE8IDENT. WOMAN DIES FROM FRIGHT Succumbs When Auto Frightens Horse Sjpte' Is Driving, snd Death Follows* Plot to Arm Ulster Men. London, June 7.--A gigantic con­ spiracy to arm the Ulster Unionists for the purpose of resisting the com­ ing home rule regime lnlreland was discovered by Scotland Yard detec­ tives Thursday. % Raid Gives Pirstes $30,000. Hong Kong, June 9.--The French steamer Robert Lebeaudy, engaged In the west river trade, was attacked In the China sea by pirates, who secured $30,000, accordhig to reports received hsre Friday. Steamer Damaged by Mine. Athens, Greece, June 9.--The Bel­ gian steamer Kurland from' Antwerp, etjnuck a mine near the Island of Phleva, in the Gulf of Athens, FYiday. It was seriously damaged and had to be beached. Pleads Unwritten Law. Cincinnati, O., June 7.--Confessing that he killed John Kunzelman, a ho­ tel proprietor here, Robert Huber of Chicago Thursday pleaded the "un­ written law." Kunzelman conducted a hostelry at Mount Healthy. ms' Marine Firemen on Strike. Orleans, June 7.---Officials of the marine firemen's union Thursday declared a strike of its members in the employ of the United Fruit com­ pany in consequence of a cut in wages of from $2.50 to $5 a month. Paris, Tenn., June 9.--An automo­ bile was the direct cause of frighten­ ing Mrs. Rosetta Vandyke to death here. Late In the evening the woman drove to town In a buggy, an auto­ mobile whizzed by and the horse she was driving shied. Mrs. Vandyke be­ came helpless, being carried from her buggy to a drug store, where she died soon after. Fright, said physicians, oaused attack of heart failure. Meat Supply Grows Short. Washington, June 6.--The depart­ ment of agriculture Issued a bulletin Tuesday warning the nation that the supply of meat In the United States is getting shorter every year. In the year 1912, for the first time in the history of this country, the im­ ports of animals and animal products exceeded the exports. / Negro Gets Life Sentence. Dubuque, la., June 9.--Louis (Dude) Christopher, fifty-three, col­ ored, waB Friday found guilty of con­ tributing to the delinquency of Beveral young girls, and was given a life sen­ tence by Judge Bensoq. Refuses to Occupy Her Grsvsc - North Tonawanda, N. Y., June 9 -- After her grave had be^n dug and un« dertakers dispatched to a Buffalo hos­ pital for her body, Mrs. William K. Kelly of this city was found Friday alive and Improving. f^Vhlte 8laver" Sentenced. . . Conway, Ark., June 7.--W. S. ifaley was sentenced to H years in the fed­ eral prison at Atlanta Thursday on charges of white slavery. Witnesses proved Wiley had conducted a traffic in slavery for years. , Admits Killing Detectlv«i^\b,j! Critumbus, O., June 7.--Lee 6kg^:-a' member of the iron molders' union of Wheeling, W. Va, confessed here Thursday that he killed Detective John J. Reardon of Pittsburgb«at Steu- benvllle, O., in 191S. Insists on Repudiation of Anti-Allsn Laws and Recognition of Equality With United States. Washington, June 7.--'Viscount Chin- da, the Japanese ambassador, acting as personal representative of the mikado, had an hour's conference at the White House with President Wilson Thurs­ day, to whom he personally submitted Japan's grievances. This act of the Japanese ambassa­ dor was as extraordinary as it ' was dramatic and startling, in view of the full and free conference he had with Mr. Bcyan when he dellverd the rejoinder of Japan. The appearance of the ambassador at the White House caused the imme­ diate report and belief that the am­ bassador was not satisfied with either the comprehensiveness nor direct­ ness of Mr. Bryan's solutions and had appealed promptly to the president. It became known In less than an hour before the call of the ambassador at the White House that Japan had sug­ gested a "new proposition." Th6 proposition is, substantially, that the federal government shall make some official declaration which shall be a recognition of the conten­ tion of Japan as to her place among nations £nd the equality of her citi­ zens with the citizens of the leading powers of the world. FLASHES OFF THE WIRE. Cincinnati, O., June 6.--Mrs. Vera Schurma is dying in a hospital here from burns sustained when she gave first attention to the rescue of $210 hidden In her stocking when her clothes caught fire after a laipp ex­ ploded in her home. New York, June 7.--Eugenics has tar ken such a hold on the clergymen of the city that several of them at least have canceled vacation arrangements to advance the propaganda of health as the first requirement in marriage. Youngstown, O., June 5.--Seven workmen were badly burned, two fa­ tally, at the open hearth furnace of the Republic Iron and Steel company here. Calgary, June 6.--The city solicitor of Edmonton gave a decision that boxing cannot be prevented in the city under the present laws, and is perfectly legal. This will have a marked moral effect upon the trials of Burns and Pelky, as the crown bases its efforts to prove McCarty-Pel- ky bout a prize fight and therefore Illegal. ' • Buda Pest, June 6.--A rtot broke out Wednesday In the lower chamber of the Hungarian parliament when the premier announced the resignation of the cabinet. The police had to be called In to eject the unruly members. Stephenvllle, Tex., June 9.--Lee Jones, a wealthy farmer and a preach­ er, waB shot and killed Friday at his home near here by his two sons. The boys allege he abused their mother. McAlester, Okla., June 9.--Mrs. George W. Lewfe, Kansas City, Mo., was killed and 50 passengers Injured when* Missouri, Kansas & Texas pas­ senger train No. 9, south-bound, was wrecked six miles south of here. Indicted for Photographing $20 Bills. St. Paul, Minn., June 9.--Howard A. Guilford, editor of a local weekly paper, was Indicted Friday by the fed­ eral grand jury, charged with having photographed $20 bills with intent to manufacture counterfeits. Engineer Cooked to Death. Indianapolis, Ind., June 9.--James V. Seamon, aged twenty-seven, a Big Four engineer, was scalded to death here Friday when a cut of cars turned loose by a switching crew sldeswiped his en­ gine. » Cremate Austin's Body. London, June T.--The body ot'tKe" late Alfred Austin, poet laureate of England, was cremated here Thursday. Brief funeral services, attended only .by members of the Immediate family, were held. J $76*000 Firs in Indian^poliSnlU Indianapolis, Ind., June 7.--Flriftb-6 liev«d to have been of Incendiary ori­ gin, damaged t^he plant of the Mais Motur Truck company, In a suburb of Indianapolis, Thursday, to the extent of $75,000. ILLftiOIS HAPPENINGS Salem.--While the operator was absent for a few minutes, a thief rifled the cash drawer In the B. 4 O. 8.-W. railroad station and got $135. Murphvsboro.--Trustees i of Use Southern Illinois State Normal university elected Prof. H. W. Shryock president of the school to succeed Dr. D. B. Parkinson, resigned. Professor Shryock has been a member of tho normal faculty at Carbondale eleven years. Springfield.--Dir. C. / B, •. Dirks, as­ sistant superintendent bf ^the Elgin State hospital, was removed from his position by the state civil service com­ mission for Insubordination toward Dr. R. T. Hlnton superintendent of the hospital. The charges were pre­ ferred against Doctor Dirks by tho state board of administration. Bloomington.--At the annual meet­ ing of the Illinois state board of edu­ cation Charles L. Cwpen o£ Blooming- ton, for twenty years a member was elected president of the board, suc­ ceeding the late Pelig R. Walker of Rockford. Sterling.--The body oi a boy about one week old was found among the uncalled-for packages in the Adams Express office here by Joseph Fackler, local agent. The Infant had been killed by a blow on the head. It was shipped from Milwaukee May 31, ad­ dressed to George Staren. The only person of that name in the local pos­ tal zone is the eight-year-old son of Edward Staren, a farmer living near here. Mr. Staren said he knew no one in Milwaukee. The way blllB of the company show that thei sender's name was not given. On Jan. 18, 1912, a baby, killed by strangulation, was shipped here-, from Milwaukee by American Express under like circum­ stances. The officials believe some former Sterling woman, now in Mil­ waukee, Is making the shipments. Carlinvllle.--Joseph Hoelting was killed In the mines of the" Carlinvllle Coal company in this city. The min­ ers were not working and young Hoelting was working as a company man doing repair work. When set­ ting props and cross bars a huge amount of dirt .and slate fell upon him. ' Danville.--George Jerraulds, a ^unk dealer, was lodged in jail after con­ fessing that he had robbed the body of a floater found in the river of all its clothing and had sold the loot to a second hand store. The floater was A. B. Stearns of Springfield, 111., who fell in tho river while fishing several days ago. . Quincy.--It became necessary to seine the fish from the pond at the Illinois Soldiers' home in Quincy In or­ der to save the young goslings and ducks from destruction. The institu­ tion has been missing the young ducks that swim upon the surface of the water, but it was not known what be­ came of them until the fish were de­ tected In the act of pulling them un­ der. I ' Chicago.--The anltnal death rate In Chicago Is increasing, according to a report prepared by the health depart­ ment. During 1912, 1,071 cats were killed. During the first five months of 1913 1,192 cats have either died .or been killed. The death rate of dogs and horses also shows an Increase. Joliet.--Rev. Irrances J3yrnes, who WJM eight years one of Father Mur­ ray's assistants at St. Mary's church In Joliet and before that time with Father W. J. McNamee when he start­ ed the church at Plalnfield, has begun his new duties as assistant pastoi1 at St. Rose of Lima church, Ashland ave­ nue and Forty-eighth street, Chicago. Centralia.--At ~ttye annual meeting of stockholders of the Commercial club a board of directors was elected and officers chosen. The board of direc­ tors is composed of the following per­ sons: F. Kohl, Wm. Hutter, F. F. Noleman, V. E. Joy, H. G. Cormick, John Langenfeld, Wm. Grissom, E. E. Fyke, J. B. Gragg, C. C. Davis, J. F. Mackey, C. J. Kellem, F. B. Miller, B. F. English, L. A. Haussler. The of­ ficers of the board are: President, Wm. Grissom,' vice-president, V. E. Joy; treasurer, J. Hefter; .secretary. C. J. Kellem. Chicago.--The board of directors of the Illinois Grain Dealers' association was voted authority to decide whether affiliation between the Illinois and Na­ tional Grain Dealers' associations shall be terminated. L. G. MetoaU of Illinois was elected president. • """' ' P . • Paxton.--The semicentennial jubi­ lee of the Swedish Lutheran church closed after three days' session. Newman.--A black eagle captured In southern Illinois, and which has since occupied a cage in the public park at Newman, hatched out a set­ ting of gooBe eggs this week. The attendant placed the eggs in the oage several weeks ago. Dakota.--Gophers are destroying corn on farms in this vicinity and farmers have cotnmenced offering bounty for their destruction. It is said that the gophers are more nu­ merous than for many years, and are becoming a menace to crops. Areola.--While fishing in the Okaw river, Homer Carrier caught a large sized catfish to which was attached a huge specimen of the lamprey, rare in liiinois waters, The lamprey is a species of the eel family, which at­ tach themselves to other fish. ' 8pringfield. -- The first conviction under the federal white slave law in this city was obtained when Ben Burnstein, proprietor of a saloon, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve six months in the Peoria work­ house and pay a fine of $500. m- £1 BUSINE88 PROSPERING, TRAM fMCRBASINO AND FlNAWCMlEv^ ; i /- Hi ttOOD SHAPE. - 1... ^ The prawai tightening ap of saoiMf fnP must nefc b® looked a* being is any mam bw»rht about by financial ^ stringency. It Is really more a period of stock-taking xesorioQ to bv the banks to ascertain the true oonditlon of the flnanew a*d trade of the coun­ try. Legitimate business enterprises are not affected. Throughout the States there are those who if allowed to COIitijuue boffOWiBf. would inenw itably be a means towards precipi­ tating something a good deal worse than they feel now. In Canada, the conditions are excellent, $nd it to safe to gay business was never bet­ ter. The pulse of trade is carefully watched by the Finance Department of the Dominion government, and It is illuminative to read portions of the address of Hon. W. T. White, th« Finance Minister, delivered a few days ago before the House of Commons. Mr. White's remarks are in part as follows: "It falls agreeably to nay lot to a# tend my most hearty congratulations to the House end the country upon the prosperoua conditions which It continues to be our good fortune to enjoy. I aaa happy to announce that the outcome, of the laet fiscal year, which ended on March 31, will prove evfen more satisfactory as reflecting by far the highest pitch to which oar national prosperity has yet attained. I have every expectation that when the books are closed, it will be found that the total revenue will have reached the splendid total of $168,250,000, or an Increase over the year 1911-18 at over $32,000,000. Some Indication ot the magnificent growth of the Domin­ ion may be gleaned from the fact that this increase in revenue during the pe­ riod of one year almost equals the en­ tire revenue of the country seventy years ago. "The augmentation of revenue to which I have referred has not been irregular, spasmodic or Intermittent in its nature, but has steadily charao* terlzed each month of the entire fiscal year. It was of course mainly derived from Custome recciptc, but the other sources of revenue--excise, post office and railways--also gave us very sub­ stantial increases." "That in a period of great flnsa> cial stringency not only have we not been obliged to resort to the oon- gested markets of the world, but hare been able to reduce BO substantially ($23,000,000) the debt of the Domin­ ion, must be a matter of gratification, both to the House and to the people of Canada. '1 believe that during this period ' '§! ot exceptional money stringency the • || credit of the Dominion as reflected In the quotations of its securities has * ,::y. maintained itself among the highest In the world." Owing to the favorable state of ita finances Canada waa In a position to } -" pay off a heavy loan In cash withont £ ^ recourse to the issue of bills or g»> curities.--Advertisement. , ;-v. TIM _ I I , -'tv, Everybody's Doing It. ^,. .A' The premier of Servia once'ti&^lr' time had a round of official calls to spake in the ministry building. His first visit was at eleven o'clock and he had allotted 15 minutes to it. He called on a certain high official, stood talking to him for what he thought was his 16 minutes, and then proceeded across the hall to the office of another minister. On the way there he sought to ldbk at his watch. It was gone. He burst into the other minister's office and exclaimed: , - "This Is too much. Here I come to this place and call on a high official, and when I come out my watch Is gone. I will not stand It!" "Excellency," said the other minis­ ter, "pray be calm! I will see what I can do." Presently the second minister re­ turned and handed the premier his watch. "What did the thieving rascal say when you made him return ay . watch?" asked tfye premier. "Qh." replied the other minister, The did hot know I took it" - - r I / • ' .jj Information Wanted. A little girl listened quietly to the serious conversation of her elders. At last, hearing her father make an* Interesting statement anent the pos­ tal situation, she could no longer keep silence. \ "But, paba.", she asked, earnestly, "If the postofflce department doesnt pay for itself, then it can't have any money, can it? Then why do they keep on advertising postal banks?" lit Summer- •Is. When the body needs but little food, that little should be appetizing and nourishing. Then about the best and most convenient thing one can have handy is a package qf Toasties This food is fully cook­ ed--crisp, delicious and ready to serve <faect from the package. . Post Toasties with fresh strawberries and me hard to beat fh cream 'The Memory Linger* SeU fty Greets. Mtva Ctreal Oonpuf, I. OfrMk, Mloiiu.&.A. ' •' •« •J:? l-JY; .. ^ . 'W* ^1 *X'H M /.i.. t