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Mrs. Gilbert was clever enough to have girls to luncheon whom, she thought might become interested In Gloria. They came, and in the major­ ity of cases surprised Gloria by their charming nmnners and their beautiful clothes. Ker court was to be even more brilliant than she had dreamed. The girls were invited one at a time, to give both Gloria and the visitor the opportunity of booming well ac­ quainted. The luncheon guests came to call afterward, but by a strange mischance it was always whfen Gloria was not at home. She would go to the architect's office with Mrs. Gilbert, and would find on her return that several cardB had been left for her. The ball was so near that she made no attempt to pay any calls herself. She was too busy. Although railing at the fate which took him away most of the time, the first three weeks after Gloria's re­ moval to town were spent by Judge Gilbert in Chicago. Occasionally he ran over for a day, but even then his wife and their guest saw little of him. This would have made their evenings hang heavy on their hands had it not been for Joe Wright. He got into the habit of dropping in after dinner every evening and several times a week Mrs. Gilbert had him to dine with them. Late in the afternoons he and Gloria often drove together, the season of the year keeping them most of the time on the city streets. Once he drove with her to Locust Lawn, but as It was late when they reached there he did not get out, sitting in the run­ about while Gloria ran into the house for a few minutes. Neither Wright nor Gloria ever made an effort to direct the conversation into the intimate channel it had taken the night they first had met in Bel­ mont. One might almost have thought they l\ad agreed to consider them­ selves merely good friends, so imper­ sonal were they in what they said. For this there was a reason; rather, there were two reasons, his and hers. Wright was keeping a firm grip on himself because he knew the truth and was afraid. Gloria was self-possessed and would not have permitted him to pass the border of friendship, had he ddred, because she wished to know Belmont well. Even a hint of an en­ tangling alliance would prove* a hin­ drance. Thus it was that each was happy in the other's company. And if perchance they looked the sentiment that each had inwardly resolved not to breathe, they were happier still in the thought that some day their dreams would come true. The paper was occasioning Wright no great anxiety. Somewhat to his surprise the advertising revenue was showing most gratifying gains caused by the increase of local business. The Banner had more* advertising, but the new owner of the afternoon paper l^pd no cause to complain. Even his adver­ tising manager could not explain it. Main street merchants who had been out of the paper for years began to send in copy without solicitation. This made the head of the advertising department think that the millennium was about due. The real reason, un­ known to every one except the mer­ chants receiving the message, was that Dave Kerr had Bent out the tip for them to throw some of their patronage to the News. This was a shrewd move on the part of Kerr. He wanted Wright to have such a volume of business that if he should order all the advertising he could influence cut off, the paper would be instantly crippled. If the News had not much business, then anything Kerr might cause to be dropped out would only show that his power was slight. If he had to strike a blow he wanted it to be with a sledge hammer^ Another Important consideration which led him to take this step was that the merchants might believe, and he tipped it off in a manner which would be most apt to make them Jump to that conclusion, that he was himself interested in the News. This would tend to minimize Wright's influence if he should attempt a crusade, since the public would wink and say : "It's all a bluff, old man Kerr himself is inter­ ested in the paper." The boss even calculated that this would be strength­ ened by the frequency with which Wright was seen in his daughter's company. He was not looking for trouble, he never welcomed it, but he ^sought always to be prepared when it ; came. During her first weeks at Mrs. Gil- "Make th# Invitation for a Month." " Bert's Gloria saw little of her father. : She had at first frequently dropped in the changes could be made without i at his office, but he had intimated that driving him from the shelter of his : it was no place for her. Sometimes she would be. at Locust Lawn when Tom SYNOPSIS. Gloria Kerr, a motherlesa girl, who taa» rnt most of her life in school, arrives her father's home in Belmont. Davla rr Is the political boss of the town. (and ia anxious to prevent his daughter learning of hi# r«al character. Kendall, '[representing 'the Chicago packers, Is ne- Igotlating with Judge Gilbert. Kerr's chief Adviser, for & valuable franchise. They ;tear the opposition of Joe Wright, editor iof the reform paper. Kerr asks the as­ sistance of Judge; Gilbert in Introducing "Gloria to Belmont society, and promises to help him put through the packers franchise and let him have all the graft. Gloria meets Woe Wright at the Gilberts. It appears they are on Intimate terms, (having met previously In a touring party in Kuro.pe. Gloria twits Wright on his , failure to keep an engagement to meet her in Parte. He explains that the death of hla mother prevented his going to Paris. CHAPTER VI.--Continued. Gilbert was glad that his wife en­ tered at this minute, for a discussion of Gloria's social future probably would not bring out all sides to the question without a woman being a party to the conversation. "I just have to talk to some one," Mrs. Gilbert confessed Immediately, I didn't have the heart to go Into the library. I peeped in just now , ppd they were sitting in front of the / Are laughing and talking and appear­ ing to be having the best time in the ? World. I don't know why, but it made I the think of the times when you used I«%> come to see me, Amos." Husband and wife 6mlled at each •Other, and he said: "You were a beautiful girl, Julia." "I'll tell you what," Mrs. Gilbert > <went on, conscious of the compliment t.. but not desirous of herself making a comparison. "Gloria is a beautiful girl, and what is more, I can see that she has a beautiful character. I'm so sorry •he has been away so long." "What could I do,- ma'am?" asked Kerr. "I couldn't take care of her at Locust Lawn." Locust Lawn had been in Gilbert's mind all the time, and he had waited toaly to sound his wife before speak- • Ing. Her enthusiasm was such, as evi­ denced in what she had just said, that 1 lie thought now was the proper time to {broach the subject. • : "There's only one thing to do, Mr. jjLerr," he said. "Gloria must come in fend stay with us. Locust Lawn is all f - ittght as a home for you, but as it '• ptands it is no place for a young lady j4n society; especially, since you want ^Vie to be plain spoken, no place for a . young lady who has had such advan- \ v jtages as your daughter." "Exactly, exactly," asserted Kerr. jHe had seen that, and It had been one En ' v the thornB in his flesh all day. 1*0" ^ Mrs. Gilbert was quick to see that i j41it was the only thing to be done. She become as much interested in JElloria as had her husband, and now ithe added her own invitation to his. "The judge has expressed my own Ideas exactly," she said. "Mr. Kerr, you must let her come to us. We have fallen in love with her already." "Have you, ma'am?" Kerr asked. "'Then I'm awfully glad." Make the Invitation for a month. however, Miss Piper had an engage­ ment When several other days were mentioned she had engagements for those also. Could she have been made to accept Gloria, the task of conquer­ ing Belmont would instantly become lesB arduous. Her father was head of the great Piper Mining company, and her family was looked upon as one of the moBt exclusive in the whole state. If Laura Piper would, she could make it extremely pleasant for Gloria. But Laura Piper had her otfn way and her family's ideas about the Kerr breed, and no matter how nice Gloria might be, she was still her father's daugh­ ter. Mrs. Gilbert reported her lack of success to her husband on his return from his first trip to Chicago, and he mentioned it, almost casually, to .stranger, Gloria did not know this. not well enough, however, to ratera for the ball. The hall given in honor of Bliss Gloria Kerr at the Belmont club by Judge and Mrs. Gilbert was a memor­ able affair. The ballroom was crowd­ ed, and Gloria deserved the praise she received from every quarter on her beauty, her cleverness, and her light- hearted temperament She did not hear the expressions of regret that she was the daughter of David Kerr. The next morning the Belmont Banner had. a ty/o-column head over the story, and gave a long list of names preceded by "among thosev invited were," instead of by the usual "among those present were." There were a number notable by their absence, but there being a large crowd present and she being a "^Gilbert directed, "and then we can ask her to stay on." "I'll do nothing of the kind," said Ills wife airily, as she Btarted on what was to her a pleasant errand; "I'll ask tier for the rest of her natural life, and if she wants to stay that long •he's welcome." CHAPTER VII. Gloria phmged Into the work of ma- iking over Locust Lawn according to her own ideas with her usual enthusi- Accompanied by Mrs. Gilbert, J1she haunted the architect's office, car- v'Cwrylng with her magazines containing pictures and descriptions of beautiful homes. When the plans for the alter­ ations were finally approved, David Kerr learned with a sigh of relief that tV'/r+A » vid Kerr when they met the next day. The boss inquired the particulars, hut made no comment. That he was not unmindful .of the episode developed two days later when the Piper Coal company received -a complaint from the secretary of the school board that there was an undue quantity of slate in the last coal furnished the public schools. While worrying with this, the company's legal department sent word to the president that the city solicitor had juBt notified the company that one of the important Bpurs into an uptown coal yard crossed a street without au­ thority of law. Old man Piper swore by all the gods in mythology that it was the worst outrage ever perpetrated upon him in all his business life. He had but a day or two to catch his breath before Mrs. Gilbert telephoned at the dinner hour asking Laura to luncheon the next day. The whole thing dawned on him when Laura flounced back from the tele­ phone and announced petulantly that she would not meet that odious Gloria Kerr. He said nothing until after din­ ner, then calling Laura aside he or­ dered her to telephone Mrs. Gilbert and withdraw her refusal. His pocket- book having been hit. Piper was will­ ing to make some sacrifice to deter­ mine the reason and what he was to «xpect in the way of further attack. He kept his mouth closed, and waited. Laura returned from the luncheon with a favorable opinion of Gloria, but she could not forget her parentage. Upon being questioned she told her fa­ ther she did not care to put Gloria on her visiting list. "Suppose I have some one to visit me who asks: 'Who is that girl you Introduced me to?' complained Laura. 'And I'll have to say: 'That's Gloria Kerr, the boa's' daughter.' Then what will the visiting girl think of Belmont society, and what will she think of me? I'm sure I would be surprised if I went to visit anyone and they intro­ duced me to the son or daughter of a man like Kerr." "Laura," answered her father, "I think you'd better go down to New York for a couple of months." And two days later Laura went, aft­ er having called when Gloria was not at home. She never knew why her fa­ ther urged her to go. Piper felt it would be cheaper to pay the expense of a New York trip than to have his company stand the continu­ ous annoyance by which it could be worried, if what he suspected was true. When he inquired about coal for the school board the complaint depart­ ment reported that the secretary had been mollified but hoped it would not happen again. As for the city solicitor, the legal department refrained from asking anything about the track across the street and that official never wrote again. Old man Piper kept his mouth shut, but he knew he had been taught a lesson. Kerr was keeping a sharp eye on things, but his hand was suspected rather than seen in any move that was 1 made. As the time for the ball ap­ proached, his rheumatism troubled him more and more, and upon th* ad­ vice of Dr. Hayes he decided to go to Esmeralda Springs to drink the wa­ ter. Sam Hayes took Mm down and came back with the comforting report that he was already better. Ho was" She was too busy with the men to think of what girls were present. Truth to tell, it Vas a fairly repre­ sentative assemblage, drawn together Mrs. Z. J, Farmer of Ouquoln Is Cbossn President of Society-- Three Vice-Presidents Named. Springfield.--The district convention of the Illinois Woman's Foreign Mis­ sion society of the M. E. church closed in Murphysboro, after selecting Mount Vernon as the next meeting place and electing these officers: Mrs. Z. J. Farmer, * Duquoin, presi­ dent; Mrs. J. R. Reef, Carbondale, first vice-president; Mrs. A. C. Johnson, Mount Vernon, second vice-president; Mrs. J. M. Jones, Marion, third vice- president; Mrs. S. E. I-Iarwood, Car- bondal, recording secretary; Mrs. T. H. Seed, Mount Vernon, corresponding secretary; Mrs. W. T. Glenn, Murphys­ boro, treasurer; Mrs. S. A. Crenshaw, Carbondale, superintendent of young people's work; Mrs. C. C. Hall, Mount Vernon, superintendent of children's work; Mrs. D. B. Parkinson, Carbon­ dale, tithing secretary; delegate to branch meeting, Mrs. T. H. Seed, Mount Vernon; alternate, Mrs. S. E. Harwood, Carbondale. The Ballroom Was Crowded. out of regard for Judge and Mrs. Gil­ bert and also by curiosity to see what kind of girl Gloria Kerr was. If the president of the Piper Coal company had stopped the poker game at the Belmont club the night before to tell his experience there would have been several young ladies among thobe at the ball who did not lend the charm of their presence to that occasion. When Gloria danced with Wright, she searched the line to find a Bel­ mont man to compare with him, and to her thinking there was not one in the same class. As for Wright, his search was over the night they had met again in Belmont. In their first dance, holding her close as if to shield her from all the world, he called to mind the day at Versailles when together they had wandered through the gardens. Then he had repeated some verses from the book he had given her on her birth­ day. Now as they danced he whis­ pered: "Do you remember Spring In the hills, Beloved, On the side of a meadowed slope; And love In our hearts. Beloved, , Love and Spring and Hope." "I remember. We were going out there again, but you never came back; and so I went alone." "I wish you had taken our book," he said. He always referred to the book of verses as being their joint property: "It would have told you what I was not there to say." Gloria smiled. Never a word had been said, but each understood. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Advance Without an Equal. It Is 234 yearB since La Salle built and launched (he historic Griffin oo the banks of th& Niagara. This little cockleshell was the first boat to be constructed on the Great Lakes by white men, and the first to navigate the Inland seas, on its voyage through river and over lake. Today fully one-third of the total tonnage of ' North America Is contained in the vessels that ply among the lake porta. PICKED FOR MEET i £ ' 0t£TftlCT CONVENTION OF ILL*> NOIS M. E. BODY CL08ES IN J M t R P H ' { , • NEW OFFICERS ARE Will Represent Illinois. Governor Dunne named the follow­ ing as delegates to the third annual convention of the National League of Compulsory Education officials, to be held at St. Louis, Mo., November 21 and 22, 1913: Hon. Francis G. Blair, superintend­ ent of public instruction, Springfield. Lewis E. Larson, secretary board of education, Chicago. Peter Relnberg, president board of education, Chicago. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintehd- ent of schools, Chicago. Van D. Roughton, Sullivan, 111., su­ perintendent Moultrie county schools. D. F. Nichols, Lincoln, superintend­ ent Logan county schools. H. C. Montgomery, Jacksonville, su­ perintendent Morgan county schools. J. A. Hayes, Peoria, superintendent Peoria county schools. D. P. Hollis, Pittsfield, superintendent Pike county schools. Cyrus Grove, Freeport, superintend­ ent Stephenson county schools. Ben L. Smith, Pekln, superintendent Tazewell county schools. V. E. Smith, Carmi, superintendent White county schools. John H. Steiner, Qulncy, superin­ tendent Adams county schools. C. W. Sellars, Mount Sterling, super­ intendent Brown county schoolB. Henry Jacobs, Virginia, superintend­ ent Cass county schools Civil 8ervice Stenographer Test. Eligibles.from the recent state civil service examination for stenographer, grade- two, were announced by Secre­ tary Ward R. Robinson of the state commission. The list follows: From Springfield--Lucy Fountain, Lucy J. Midden, Anna C. Flaherty, Edith Booth, Nellie Corwine, Freda Patterson, Sarah H. Schwartz, Mary A. Christy, Alice G. Lawlor, Imogene Desouea, Evelyn Thain, Katherine Higgins, Mary I. Snape, Nellie Dro- hen. From Chicago--Louis W. Temple, Martha J. Cohghlin, Catherine V. Wall, Henry Heller, Edward J. Mc- Cabe, Lydia M. Morrison, John A. Gannon, Delia Elmer, William Umlauf, Florence A. Glick, Anna Durham, Theodore McClasky,' Charlotte A. Brady. Others who passed the test--Flora M. Kinnie, Washington, D. C.; Jessie Williams, St. Louis, Mo.; Jennie A. Mathers, Centr&lia; Sophia D. Wass- man, Quincy; Marion B. Gallaher, Ur- bana; Sybil K. Nagle, Champaign; iWinifred D. Cooper, Ottawa; Laureate E. Simpson, Elgin; Lola B. Ornellos, Jacksonville; Alice M. Keeler, Jackson­ ville; Helen I. Buckler, Champaign; Elmer J. Riberdy, Kankakee; Eliza P. Hart, Champaign; Nellie M. Lane, Prophetstown; Marie J. Feldkamp, Dunning; Leona E. Hetro, Danville; Adele Tomsic, Litchfield; Alta M. Cass, Elgin; Agnes L. Strandberg, Jacksonville; Grace E. McKee, Clin­ ton; Irene Smith, Jacksonville; James J. White, Peoria. U"> • W & ^ k'7 , . v. ! -« . • Ir H:.rf own roof. At the same time Gloria was plan­ ning for the changes in the country place she 'and Mrs. Gilbest were also busy preparing for the ball which would serve as her formal introduction to Belmont society. Her time was so engaged that she thought the sugges­ tion of her hostess an excellent otie when Mrs. Gilbert said that it might be better not to become tangled up with too many social engagements at a time when it was more vital to see that the Locust Lawn alterations were properly under way. The girl was aware, from what she had heard her father* and others say, that things were dull at present, and she did not wish to spur them into a premature activity. When the ball was given for Iter It would be time enough to begin. Mrs. Gilbert was not letting things drift, although the daughter of David < not it. EjYery ofi* brought him home in the afternoon. When Judge Gilbert was home from Chicago once he dined with them. Every day, however, she talked to him for some time over the telephone. He always seemed interested, apologized for not seeing her more, and let her rattle on until she had quite exhausted the news of the day. Occasionally he complained to her of his rheumatism --no one had ever heard him speak of it before--and she would beg him to take good care of himself, since it was with him that she wished to dance first at her ball. There was one girl whom Mrs. Gil­ bert sought as a friend for Gloria. 8he mentioned it to her husband the first day their guest arrived, and he sug­ gested that she be Invited to lunch the next day. Accordingly Mrs. Gilbert telephoned Miss Laura Piper and CHINESE MAKE GOOD COOKS Kettle Is the Favorite Utenail With tha Orientals, Both at H#bi»n and Abroad. Families having Chinese coofcs are glad to acknowledge that, In most Instances, they make splendid serv­ ants and excellent cooks. Yet the Chinese, in his native country, is un­ acquainted with the American means of cooking. No stoves or kitchen ranges are manufactured in the great Tientsin district of China, says a con­ sular report Stoves are In use, of course, but they are by no means the ranges to which we are accustomed. The Chinese, however, are beginning to manufacture small cooking stoves patterned after imported models. The stores at Tientsin carry a line of Ger­ man and American stoves. The Chi­ nese use very primitive cooking ap­ paratus. The little open air eating houses found everywhere along the streets of the native city, and along the wharves, have the simplest kind of furnace supporting a kettle. Chi­ nese cooking is either stewing or boil­ ing, and this kettle answers all pur­ poses. In the Chinese houses a very thin cast iron kettle Is placed over | the fire, and everything which the i family eats Is cooked therein. The troduced in California by the coolie ranch "hands." The "rookeries" to be found on every large ranch contain Blmple kitchen apparatus, even where stoves are installed. For the most part the native kettle is the favorite utensil. Municipal University. The municipal university Is compar­ atively new In this country, but is not rare abroad.- The university in Leiiv zlg is not a great German university but Is first and foremost the Univer slty of Leipzig--a municipal institu­ tion. The city of Hamburg Is to follow in this path, having just completed plans for a city university oh a large scale, while many of the newer Eng­ lish universities, although national In their aims and general character, will endeavor to meet the special needs of the Industrial centers la which they are located, and to tha't extent will" be municipal universities United States Educational Commis­ sioner P. P. Ctaxton is interested la this movement, and declares that II should be watched by all Interested in education. masked; hac. %Sox Out. tawing 4a*. MUla method of cooj^oa hua heea in Egged Off. "And how did she look as Salomer "Well, the audience wasn't wltt her. After the first daaoa aha look* ft SaJpmelev" 8ex Hygiene Campaign Indorsed. The sex hygiene campaign was Indors­ ed and a demand made that congress do tkot amend the Mann white slave adt by the Illinois Baptist state convention, at Chicago. Efforts are being made, a resolution adopted by the ministers asserted, to weaken the Mann act by amending It, and it was decided to •eek the aid of President Wilson to prevent this. . The ministers, after declaring in the resolution that the white slave act "strikeB high without fear or favor" and proclaiming that "certain judges of our land have surprisingly declared that the law of the iand doeB not con­ cern Itself with personal escapades," ordered a copy of the resolution sent to President Wilson. Other copies were to be furnished the attorney gen­ eral and Congressman James-B. Mann, author of the act Another resolution was passed de­ voted to sex hygiene. The ministers commended the wise efforts now; being made to turn on the light, as regards this question. This year is to be spent by thfe de­ nomination in assisting Shurtleff col­ lege to increase its endowment $100,- 000 and to raise $50,000 of the amount immediately. • Seardstswn Man Named Outer Guard. Smith L. von Fosaen of Beards- town defeated Arthur, Johnson of Chicago for grand outer guard of the Illinois grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias on the third ballot at De­ catur. Henry P. Caldwell of Chicago Benton Harbor, Mich. The parole will was re-elected for the thirty-seventh T>e withdrawn. Morris was known by time as keeper of records and seals. It was rumored he would have opposi­ tion, and several Pythians hurried here, only to see him elected by accla­ mation. William G. Edens of Chicago was re­ elected gr^nd representative, along with John J. Brown of Vandalia. Offi­ cers elected were: Grand chancellor--William K. Whit­ field, Decatur. Grand vice-chancellor--Thomas Wil­ liamson, Edwardsvllle. Grand prelate--Augustus A. Partlow, Danville. Grand keeper of record and seals- Henry F. Caldwell, Chicago. Grand master of exchequer--Millard F. Dunlap, Jacksonville. Grand master at arms--John J. Reeve, Jacksonville. Grand inner guard--Walter C. Hayes, Belvldere. Grand outer guard--Smith L. von Fossen, Beardstown. Grand trustee--W. J. Ratledge, Chi­ cago. Grand representatives •-- John J. Brown, Vandalia; William G. Eden^. Chicago. Chicago was chosen as the place for holding the golden jubilee next year. H. W. Shryock la Elected. Prof. Henry William Shryock was installed as president of the Southern Illinois. Normal unversity, and An­ thony Hall, new building for women, wtfs dedicated. Rev. J. S. Cummins of Carbondale offered invocation and addresses were delivered by Prof. A. J. Rendleman of Murphysboro, T. C. Glendenin and State Senator Kent E. Keller of Ava. W. W. Williams of Benton delivered the installation ad- dresl and President Shryock the in­ augural address. At the dedication of Anthony Hall Dr. Harriet M. Dan­ iel of Murphysboro, Mrs. W. H. Hart of Benton and Mrs. W. N. Butler of Cairo delivered addresses. The ad­ dress of dedication was deliverey by Judge W. W. Barr of Carbondale. 8tate Editors Elect A. M. Soook. Officers were elected and an all-day discussion of business problems par­ ticipated in by members of the Illinois Daily Newspaper association at the Hotel LaSalle, Chicago. Following are the new officers: President--A. M. Snook, Aurora News Beacon. Vice-president--V. E. Joy, Centralia Sentinel. Secretary--H. F. Kendall, Mattoon Journal-Gazette. Treasurer--H. W. Pollard, Rockford Republican. Directors--R. S. Chapman, Rockford Star; H. N. Wheeler, Qulncy Journal; H. F. Dorwin, Springfield Journal. Hopewell L. Rogers, business man­ ager of the Daily News, conducted a symposium on co-operation between advertiser and newspaper, and be­ tween the two and the manufacturers who are natural advertisers. James Keeley, general manager Of the Trib­ une, also spoke. Sessions End In Centralia. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Illinois was brought to a close in Cen­ tralia after a seven days' meeting, In which the work of the Bynod was con­ sidered thoroughly. Steps were taken to enlarge the field of work and to give Bpecial attention to the schools in the district, a strong plea being made for educational institutions of every char­ acter. Delegates to Congress. Governor Dunne appointed the fol­ lowing delegates to represent Illinois at the tenth annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors con­ gress, to be held in Washington, D. C., November 3 to November 5, 1913: Walter Shaw of Chicago, member of the rivers and lakes commission; Ly­ man E. Cooley of Chicago, Edward J. Kelley, Chicago; Otto Geringer, Chi­ cago; George B. Foster, Peoria; Hon. A. S. Fraser of Cairo, and W. D. Wal­ ton of Carbondale. Convicts to Work at Capital. Twenty-five convicts from the Joliet state penitentiary will arrive in Springfield within a few days to work on the road in course of construction from the state biological laboratory. This announcement was made by Gov­ ernor Dunne. The governor tele­ graphed Warden E. M. Allen asking for men for the local work. Illinois Presbyterians Elect. Rev. Rollln M. Barquis of Lawrence- ville has been elected moderator of the Illinois synod of the Presbyterian church to succeed Dr. W. ,S. Plumer Bryan of Chicago. The-session of the synod consisted chiefly of business routine. State Corporation*. Secretary of State Woods Issued cer­ tificates of Incorporation to the follow­ ing: Berry Window Ventilator company, Chicago; capital, $100,000. Incorpora­ tors--M. H. Berry, Hubert E. Howard and George A. Wallace. Cotta Gear company, Rockford; cap­ ital, $10,000. Incorporators--Charles Cotta. L. P. Cott,a and H. B. North. Edward Rose & Co., Chicago; capi­ tal, $150,000. Incorporators--Edward Rose, Harry L. Swarts and William R. Rose. , ~ ' -L Fellowship Conference In Chicago. The fourth Illinois Fellowship con­ ference was held in Chicago under the auspices of the Chicago Association of Commerce. Representatives from various sec­ tions of the Btate held a conference in the Hotel Sherman in the morning on developing greater co-operation among the commercial organizations of Illi­ nois. A luncheon followed at the Ho. tel LaSalle, and from there the visit, ors were taken on an automobile trip around the city. Dunne Appolnta Peoria Man. Governor Dunne announced the ap­ pointment of J. B. McKieman of Peo­ ria to membership on the state mining board. He succeeds Martin Llnsky of Streator and completes the new board. ^ Meeting of Centennial Committee. A meeting of the "publicity commit­ tee of the Illinois centennial commis­ sion for 1918 was held in Champaign, with Prof. E. B- Greene and Prof. J. W. Garner present. An advertising cam. pftign was mapped out. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Chicago.--The national convention^ ; of Universalista here chose Los An-t?. geles as the place for their 1915 con-^ : vention. $%& Peoria.--The stomach of Albertif Mansfield, a wealthy resident of lb Prince ville, who died under mysteri-iy. eus circumstances, was received byf*t' T Coroner Eckert by parcels post The$' ' contents will be analyzed. * - Aurora.--An Aurora-bound Oar from; Wheaton on the Aurora, Elgin ft Chi-: cago railroad went Into the ditch near Warrenville. Motorman M. G. Whit-, ney of West Chicago was Instantly^. killed. A broken gear is believed toj|, ' have caused the wreck. There were^/' no passengers on board. $#1*^ Salem.--The sudden death from anr-Vr:; attack of heart failure of Mrs. Lydla' Linhoff Holstlaw, a society leader j and former assistant postmistress at luka, revealed her secret. marriage to Forrest D. Holstlaw, a wealthy young farmer, last August^ The ceremony was performed at Mount Vernon. Joliet.--Edward Morris, who escaped' from a Joliet penitentiary in a recent snowstorm, ignorant that a parole granted him would become effective within ten days, was recaptured at fellow-convicts as the "millionaire kid" because of his' hallucination that he was a multi-millionaire. Quincy.--Dancing among - the stu­ dents of the Quincy High school muBt stop, and a ban has been put on the tango, bunny hug and other dips. Principal Zens Smith, complying with the urgent requests of parents, has issued an order that two dancing clubs in the school are not recog­ nized by the school authorities and that the dances must stop. Champaign.--The thirty-fourth an­ nual reunion of the Illinois Association of ex-Prisoners of War closed when Decatur was selected as the next meet­ ing place and the following officers were elected: President--A. T. Ives, Blooming- ton. . Vice-President--J. A. Cochran, D» catur. " Secretary--B. H. Baldwin, Janes ville, Wis. Champaign.--Because they gave on* freshman a hair cut and ducked,, two other first-year men in the Boneyard creek, four sophomores were dis­ missed from the University of Illinois, F. E. Bloom of Peoria, W. F. Nance of Urbana, E. N. Simison of Austin, and L. A. Williford of Nokomis were thus punished. The three were dis­ missed permanently, but Williford may return after a year. Springfield.--The new executive board of the State Federation of La- bo^ met in Springfield and outlined the federation's policy for the com­ ing year. It was decided to recom­ mend that the United Mine Workers of Illinois move their state headquar­ ters from Springfield because the Springfield Commercial association recently voted five to one in favor of the open shop against the recogni­ tion of union labor. Danville.--Informed by doctors months ago that he had organio heart trouble and was liable to pass, away at any time, William B. -Sheffer, vet­ eran coach carpenter of the C. & L. I. railway, visited with his children scattered over the central states and had just concluded a visit with his sons, Charles and Joseph in Chicago, returning here. He. was. stricken while preparing to mtire for nigh^ and died within fifteen minutes. Springfield.--Charles C. Craig, whose official plurality was declared to be 3,- 451 aB the result of the special election in the Fifth judicial district, became a member of the Illinois isupreme court. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Cooke. The state canvassing board canvassed the returns and the official total votes of the three leading candidates were proclaimed as fol­ lows: Charles C. Craig, Democrat, 17,721; Arthur H. Shay, Progressive, 9,088; Leslie D. Puterbaugh, Republio- an, 14,270. Counties comprising the Fifth district are Knox, Henry, Stark, Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, La Salle, Grundy and Woodford. Duquoin.--A class of seventy candi­ dates was Initiated into the Improved Order of Red Men here. Among the members of the Illinois grand lodge who conferred the degree work were: , A. L. Summers of Westville, grand sachem; O. L. Whitner of East St' Louis, great chief of records; John T.' Sweet of Marshall, great junior saga­ more, and Harry T. Stuttle of Litch­ field, great prophet. The class was gotten by F. W. Jones of Bast St Louis, a state organizer. .Kankakee---A dog fight caused the overturning of a light touring car con­ taining Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith and Mrs. Smith's sister, all of Chicago, near here, and the occupants narrowly escaped death. Mr. Smith was pinned under the wind shield. The accident happened In trying to drive around the dogs. Greenville.--A wedded life of sixty- seven years was terminated when Mrs. Mary McMorrow, wife of Rev. William McMorrow, was found dead In bed by her husband at hor home here. She was eighty-five years old. The body was buried in the Mulberry Grove cemetery. Herrin.--James Tasse, miner, thir- ty-one years old, was killed in the Jeffreys mine east of here by a fall of top coal. He had stepped into an adjoining room in the mine and tried the roof with his pick, when the top coal fell. Joliet.--Edward Morris, a demented convict known as "Lord Churchill," escaped in the snowstorm from the prison farm, where he was gathering cagbbages. Morris was to have been, released in a few days by the board, , of pardons. He believed himself a member of the English family ' Churchills, and has offered fellbw* ; .*.4 convicts $20,000 for a chew of tobacco^.> Herrin.--Thomas Burns, a miner, " forty-one years old, wa# run down an<|1. killed by an Iron Mountain switch en- glne in the yards here. His home was In Alabama, where he is said to have .wealthy relattrae. »•?:. - : Jltf Ilk sSS & ". .v.-.