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FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF *ffli ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. mm DEMONSTRATION frliM Offered for Dairy Stook hibltors--Gathering to Open i r' January 27 and Clsase* Ex- tfce 89th. ;: i'" % • V-n . '• Illinois Crop PTO*«Uon. t Final estimatoaol production ud values QJKW MM* DecemfcSC i) of crom of lilt Mia iiji» i|. state of mtnoU. aarn*de t* t*e Un* ted State# department of agricultarsw- are given below: Crop. Mil Corn, bushel*.......... 282,150,000 Pric8 Dec. 1..«».«.*..$ >63 Value 1177.754.000 Wheat, bushels 41.S8S.000 Price Dec. 1 9 .86 Value 1 36,024,000 Oets, bushels 104,125,000 Price Dec. 1 1 .38 MMWHBi im. 42«,aw.Mt $ .« *174,7»l,0e» 9.818, WO 9 M I 8,641.000 1R%,7*,0W • •*> ....$ »,6«,000 % 64,818,000 3 m-•v -A*:-., f v £ I «• «• -o ypfc ; Springfield.--The fortieth annual vy, )* •• Convention of the Illinois State Dairy- xnen's association will be held in Free- ftort January 27, 28 and 29. The meeting place lb to be the aud­ ience room In the new building of the Elks and Odd Fellows, splendid meet- tfag place. Room for exhibits of ma­ chinery and supplies will be provided In the same building, and also space f, fr»r the butter, milk and cheese ex- Ibits. v . Besides exhibits mentioned in the V> • foregoing. prizes will be offered for «atrle in Stephenson, the county in '. .. .'"li'hfch Freeport is located, and neigh- J ̂ Iborlng counties. These prises will be V Sufficient to bring out a good exhibi- • ':tion of dairy stock, and If there are t, Enough entries a 24-hour milk test will §jp"n:ppj*b conducted. •p " . , ' A feature of the program will be a « ^ iairy cow demonstration, or a lec- '" • : tbre to illustrate which the cattle In the exhibit will be used. The judge of aj •; v the entries will give in detail to the dairymen present the reasons for his decisions, and point out on the ani- ,, ahals the features governing his deci- r . «fons. t * As a practical feature for the butter* - v.,,*'falters there will be a butter judging : Contest, in which members of the ;, ,i r j|(Bsociation will be eligible to compete. ' >' •' The program will be made as prac­ tical as possible. Breeding up the tairy herds, economical and profitable dairying, dairy barn construction, hogs IM a dairy side line, alfalfa and en- «ttage will be among the subjects to be ^vAany CTvll 1 Many highly paid positions In the Imitate.frervice are thrown open to the ' general public by an order of the state • ^rtvil service commission calling ex- -Sminations for various dates early in «X914. Vacanices exist at present in Vc^Bioet of the following positions, and Ihey will likely attract many appli­ cants. The positions, salary per • ;i»onth and date of examination, re- ipectively, are as follows: Assistant to chief inspector of grain, (»' ^|208.33; May 2. l Assistant deputy warden (peniten- V :j||aiies), $125 to $150; June 6. Assistant registrar (U. of I.), $75 to v'.;^ .r:'.:4l50; March 7. "*>' ,£i Assistant state deportation agent, $200; June 8. _ ,v- Assistant state veterinarian (per Say), $8; January 3. ; Assistant superintendent of building ;%nd grounds, Springfield, $150; Feb- •• •' iruary 7. . Assistant superintendent of > public ^Instruction, $233.33; March 7. Biologic chemist (pSycuu. ifisi.), ^$175; March 7. ' Chief clerk (state food commission), $150; April 4. , Clerk to president board of prison Industries, $150; April 4. "• Clinical pathologist (psycho. tfcsk)', ' $175; March 7. ^ i , Collector of tolls (Illinois and Michi-, u gan canal), $75 to $90; February 7. Corporation assistant (secretary of rotate), $200 to $260; January 3. Deputy warden (penitentiaries), $183 .33; February 7. / Inspector of licensed employment J^gency, $125; May 2; !•?:• ; 7' Investigator (inheritance tax depart- ( |nent), $100 to $200; February 7. < Laboratory helper (psycho. Inst), k5$15© ; March 7. ' ^ • Parole agent, $115; April 4. ^ • Pathologist (psychopathic liist), ;$176; Marfch 7. . Physician, general, $100 to $183,33; '^^•^anuary 3. Principal, $75 to $100; March. 7. Property and economy officer (board "1w administration) $125; June 6^ •" Reimbursing investigator, $100; May 2. p Secretary board of arbitration, $208.- 33; January 3. - Secretary industrial board, $208.83; June 6. Secretary bureau of labor statistics, •$208.33; April 4. Secretary rivers and lakes commis­ sion, $300; April 4. State agent, live stock, $100 to $141.67; February 7. Supervising grain inspector, $200 to $228.33; May 2. Supervisor ot high schools, $333.33; March 7. . Teachers of adult ^ Miad tten months), $140; March 7. " Teachers, atvanced, $«$ to $60; March T. Named Head for Ninth Time. 'f y Returns from the thlrteentlf^annual \ election of subdistrict No. 9, Illinois '^United Mine Workers, composed of Montgomery, Macon and Christian ; counties, show the election of F. Davis of Pana president for the ninth BUC- cessive time. T. Hunter of Nokomis - was named secretary-treasurer. Other officers are: A. S. Haywood, Witt, ^ vice-president; J. P. Devlin and E. Whitely, Witt, and L. J. Lynch, Pana, ««auditors; W. Shakespear, Witt, first ' executive board member. Value Rye, bushels 808,000 Price DM. 1........$ .65 Value | 5S.000 Buckwheat, bushels.. 68,000 Price Dec. 1. % .80 X 84.900 Flaxseed, bushels .... Price D«c. Value .• Rice, bushels Price Deo. 1 Value Price Dec. 1 Value Sweet potatoes, bu.. Price Dee. 1... Value ................ Hay, tons Price Dec. 1....... Value Tobacco, pounds Price Dec. 1....... Cotton, bales ..... Pound price Deo. 5L. , Value Sujrar beet, tons Avrrasrc price ....... Value $ 9 $ r-a- 768,000 .70 538,000 S8.000 .SG 70,000 6,760,000 M, 887,000 .9 6,760,000 $ .m .$ 5,118,000 Wooo % 8,802.000 5,118,000 Wooo 784,000 1.06 t .S6 .$ 594,000 2.450,000 $ 745,000 8.266.000 K.10 I 12.60 ,.S34,645,000 1 41.1S4.000 660.000 684,000 1$ 1.16 I .$ 64,000 $ 62,000 I . ........ Speakers Iter Teachers' Meeting.. ; Subjects for the addresses to be de­ livered at the general sessions of the sixth annual meeting of the State Teachers' asssociation in Springfield have been announced in the program for the meeting now being issued. The meeting will be in session December 29 to 31. The following general ses­ sion programs have been arranged: General sessions, hall of representa­ tives, .Monday, December 29, 7:45 p. m.--Music, Imperial quartet; invoca­ tion, Dr. Donald C. MacLeod, pastor First Presbyterian church, Springfield; president's address, S. B. Hursh, West­ ern State normal, Macomb; music, quartet; address, Hon. Edward F. Dunne, governor of Illinois; address, "The Next Step In Education," Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, Chicago; appoint­ ment of committees; music, quartet Hall of representatives, Tuesday, December 30, 8:45 a. m.--Music, quar­ tet; report of treasurer, Charles Mcin­ tosh, Monticello; report of secretary of association, G. W. Conn, Jrj, Wood­ stock; "Education and the Last Gen­ eral Assembly," H. S. Magill, Spring­ field; "Proposed Legislation"--a fore­ word by W. R. Hatfield, chairman state legislative committee; (a) "A Sanita­ tion Law," U. J. Hoffman, Springfield; (b) "A Larger School Unit for Admin­ istrative Purposes," W. W. Coultas, DeKalb county; (c) "A State Pension and Retirement Fund," Cyfus Grove, Stephenson county; (d) "A Minimum Wage for Teachers," Mary Carney, Normal; (e) "Vocational Education," B. F. Harris, Champaign; (f) "Tenure of Position of Superintendents and Teachers," C. M. Bardwell, Aurora; (g) "The Supreme Court and the Township High Schools," F. G. Blair, Springfield; (h) "An Increased State Distributable Fund," C. E. Joiner, Monmouth; music, quartet; report of committee on res­ olutions, G. P. Randle, Danville; report of committee on appropriations, Ger­ ard T. Smith, Peoria. General sessions, Tuesday. Decem­ ber 30, 7:45 p. m.--Music, quartet; an­ nual address, Francis G. Blair, super­ intendent *>f public instruction; ad­ dress, "Is There Any Science in Edu­ cation?" W. P. Morgan, Western State normal, Macomb; music, qvartpt; ad­ dress, "The Basis for Judging Class Room Instruction," Dr. Frank Mo- Murry, Columbia university; music, quartet. Hall of representatives, Wednesday, December 31, 8:45 a. m.--Music, quan tet; business; address, "Women's Vote in Its Relation to Child Welfare," Mrs. Lucy B. Owen, Chicago; music, quartet; address, "Blending the Voca­ tional and-Non-Vocational in Educa­ tion," Dean Eugene Davenjort, Uni­ versity of HUaois. -w- "•* •Si"/fit ' 0$:'.: ' I ms 'Mill Our photograph shpws General Huerta, Foreign Minister Moheno and G eneral Blanquet riding through the streets of Mexico City on their way to a sesfion of the national congress. Moheno sits at Huert^'s left and Blan­ quet faces them. ^ • . EXECUTE ALL OFFICERS FEDERAL8 AT QUXYMA8 SLAIN BY REBELS FOR TREASON. Bee Keepers Elect Officers. The annual election of officers Of the »Chicago-Northwestern Bee Keepers' ^association was held at a meeting in ;Chlcago. Those elected were: President--C. F. Kannenberg, Oak Park, 111, Vice-President--F. B. Cavanagh, Hebron, Ind. Secretary and TreMurer^JCf. C. t, Hamilton, 111. - Fifty-four hundred colonies of bees, with an output of 1,077,000 pounds of hofeez, were represented ft the meet- Suooessful In Highway Examinatl«%, The state highway commission an­ nounced the list of those who passed the recent examination for highway superintendent, with the exception ol the candidates from "Cook county. These latter will not be announced until the litigation in the courts over two lists submitted by factions of the county board is terminated. The last examination was held for those coun­ ties which had failed to enter candi­ dates In the former examination, or whose candidates had all failed to pass. The list of those who passed in this supplemental examination is. as folr lows: |- Stephenson county, O. G. Hively; ** Winnebago county, A. R. Carter; Mont­ gomery county, Arthur Ware and A. N. Paner; Shelby county, N. A. Baxter *&nd Thomas Inman; Clinton county, John T. Goldsmith, H. J. C- Beckmeyer and F. A. Lietzie; Jefferson county, Tony Filchford and Henry Weisbeck- er; Christian county, C. C. Stanfield; Hancock county, E. B. Gordon, Will lam Burgner and John H. Horner; Livingstone county, R. W. Osborn, John W. Whalen; Mercer county, W. C. Grant, J. E. Russell; Washington county, John A. Davenport, Jr. Illinois Corporations* v x Secretary of State Voods issued' cer­ tificates of incorporation to the follow- ing: International Patent Title and In­ demnity company, Chicago; capital, $2,500. Incorporators--Archibald W. Loss, Margaret C. Loss and Hul .Henri Loss. Leland Piano Manufacturing com­ pany, Chicago; capital, $2,500. Incor- nnratnrs--PhnrlfiB J Mulvey. Benja­ min H. Jefferson and August John Lehmkuhl. Automatic Restaurant company, Chi* cago; capital, $2,500. Incorporators-- Emma J. Erickson, Martin Simon Nel­ son and Frank B. Smith. Bernstein Construction company, Chicago; capital, $1,000. Incorpora­ tors--Samuel A. Miller, Maurice Gev- irtz and Barron H. Baekin. Die-Cut-Card company, Chicago; capital, $6,000. Incorporators--George C. Baum, John C. Crofts and Fred Drews. Miller, White 4k Woods, Chiicago; capital, $20,000. incorporators--Al­ bert G. Miller, "Bamuel H. Hill and Wil­ liam Scott Stewart. Stilt Hold Rich Mekican--ConsUtn* , tiOAall^ts Crowding Closa <M> , ^ ^ jPort of Tamplco. ^ ̂ fti? Hermosillo, Sonora, Dec. 2^.~i*he commissioned officers and many ser­ geants and corporals of the Tenth bat­ talion of the federal garrison at Guay- mas were executed for treason at sun­ rise Sunday in that city, according to word brought here. Officers and men of the Tenth were disarmed several days ago by General Ojeda, federal commandant, when he discovered they were plotting to de­ sert to the insurgents. Chihuahua, Dec. 23.--"Anyone who hereafter loots or molest property of foreigners or Mexicans will be exe­ cuted. The right to confiscate proper­ ty will rest only with the rebel govern­ ment," said an order issued by Gen. Francisco Villa, and as showing his in­ tention to maintain strict military dis­ cipline he executed on the plaza a band 'of rebels who had been found guilty by court-martial of sacking the home of a wealthy Mexican. Juarez, Dec, 23.--Although negotlar tions have been under way for the pay­ ment of $250,000 for his release, Luis Terrazas, Jr., was held prisoner by General Villa at Chihuahua. The di­ vision of 1,000,000 acres of Terrazas' land among the rebels is one of the planks in the revolutionary platform. Mexico City, Dec. 23.--The rebel forces are crowding close on Tampico and a formal attack may be expected soon. ^ Torres, Sonora, Dec. 22.--Ten offi­ cers and more than 600 troops of the federal garrison at Guaymas Bur- rendered to the Insurgents at Maytore- na, Friday. A special train was sent to Maytorena to convey the former federals to Hermosillo. It waB said the capitulation of Quay- mas was expected. Presidio, Tex., Dec. 20.--Shots ex­ changed between Mexican and Ameri­ can soldiers on the international line, two miles west of Presidio, resulted on Thursday in the death of Lois Orozco, a regular of General Mer- cado's federal Mexican army. The Mexicans fired the first shots. Orozco, who lived several hours, ad­ mitted after being shot that he and his companions had crossed to the American side with a note and fired when halted by the American sen­ tries. FIRE CAUSES $5,000,000 LOSS Flames Sweep the Dockyard Section ~ *f Portsmouth, England--»N«v|t, Battleship Periled. , •>" Portsmouth, England, Dec. 23.--Fire which swept the dockyards here on Saturday caused damage estimated at $5,000,000. The new battle cruiser Queen Mary, which was moored along­ side of the jetty, was jeopardised, but it was speedily towed out- of danger. Congressman I. 8. Pepper Is Deacb Clinton, la., Dec. 23.--Congressman Irvln S. Pepper of the Second Iowa district Is dead In a Clinton hospital. For New Anti-Polygamy Law. Washington, Dec. 23.--A constitu­ tional amendment to prohibit polyg­ amy was proposed by Senator Weeks of Massachusetts at the request, he said, of many citizens of his sjtate who believed polygamy existed. Launch Steamer for Panama. Stettin, Germany, Dec. 28.--A large turbine steamer for the Panama canal service of the Hamburg-American line was launched here and chris­ tened High Admiral 'lirpits." wul carry 2,000 passengers. i: - Illinois Editor Is a Suicide. Aurora, 111., Dec. 20.--Joseph Nolan, editor and owner of the Chieftain* of Shabbona, 111., was found hanging id his printing plant by his sixteen-year- old daughter, Blanche. I# fwaith caused his act . Wilsons Invited to Unveiling. Washington, Dec. 20.--Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia presented to the president and Mrs. Wilson an invita­ tion to attend the unveiling of a Civil war monument sA aavauaah, ^Ga., next AprtL . v ' STATE TO SUE ROADS MI880URI WILL DEMAND *26,000^ ? : OOO FROM THIRTEEN. RAIL- WAYS.' v Mi •;> MAY GO TO SUPREME COURT Attorney General Barker Declares - That Overcharge Before Rate Laws' Validation Reach Vast Amount--Judge Suspends Decree. Kansas City, Mo., Doc- 23.---Mis­ souri will demand $26,000,000 from 13 railroads, whose injunction against the operation of the l^w limiting rates on passenger traffic to two cents a mile, and the law fixing maximum freight rates, were ordered on Saturday dis­ missed "without prejudice" by tho U. S. Supreme court. Papers in suits for $6,000;000, ask­ ing $2,000,000 each from the Missouri Pacific, the Wabash and the Santa Fe, were sent by Attorney General Bark­ er to the appropriate state courts. Federal Judge McPherson on Satur­ day read from the bench an order in conformity with the Supreme court de­ cree, which ordered the dismissal of an injuction granted in favor of 13 roads against the operation of the two laws. Late In the day the judge suspended the entry of his decree until January 10. The attorney for the railroads an­ nounced that he would adviBe his cli­ ents to appeal to the United States Supreme court for a writ of manda­ mus to compel the judge to retain jurisdiction over the suits, which should be filed to cover claims of overcharge by the railroads, covering the differences between the rates charged and the rates under the laws which were upheld and dating from the issuance of the injunction. The railroads had at the morning hearing tried to have Judge McPher­ son retain jurisdiction over the suits and asked him to limit the liability of each road to the $10,000 bond which it had filed to indemnify per­ sons affected, if the injunction suit were lost. The judge refused. Had he agreed it would have made the maximum liability ot the 13 roads $130,000. Between Judge McPherson's actions in the morning and his action late in the day, Attorney General Barker of this state announced from Jefferson City the filing of a suit for $2,000,000 against the Missouri Pacific. After Judge McPherson's later action, Mr. Barker announced that he would file similar suits against the other 12 roads. That would make a total of $26,000,000 sought by the state of Mis­ souri Papers in a suit for $2,000,000 against the Wabash railroad were sent to La Plata. Papers in a similar suit against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe were sent to Kirksville. This will make It possible for the suits to. be filed actually today. The suit against the Missouri Pacific will be filed at Macon, where the papers have been sent. The roads to be sued for $2,000,- 000 each include the Chicago, Burling­ ton & Quincy, the Mlssoui, Kansas & Texas and the Chicago, Rock Isfend & Pacific. Nineteen Hurt In Train Wreck. ED Paeo, Tex., Dec. 23.--Nineteen persons were injured, four of them seriously, when four cars of Texas & Pacific railroad train No. 3 were de­ railed east of this city. A broken rail caused the accident. . Two Killed In Wreck. Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 23.--Two iverd killed, several hurt in a head-on collision at Black Buttes, where the east-bound Los Angeles limited on the Union Fauiuo «u*u » uln ?*«<•«- bound freight meL AVIATORS ROUT MOORS OPEN WAY FOR SPANISH INFAN­ TRY WITH RAIN 6F BOMBS. Soth Sides Lose Heavily--American ^ , Experts Say Battle Proves • ^.. Aeroplane's Value. jia&id, Dec. 20.--Moorish &fees- men were routed with heavy loss by the Spanish troops at Muley Abselam, Spanish Morocco, Thursday. Spanish military aviators threw the Moors into disorder with showers of bombs. The Spaniards attacked the Moors with a brigade of sharpshooters, a bat­ talion of infantry, four batteries of ar­ tillery and a large body of native aux­ iliaries. When the order fo^the gen­ eral advance of the Spanish column was given the advance guard discov­ ered several thousand Moorish moun­ taineers concealed in the irregularities of the ground, i flotilla of military aviatocs sent to reconnoiter, by meanB of "flag signals guided the column of Spanish troops. A heavy artillery fire was opened by the Spaniards without effect. • The aviators then ascended to an altltude out of range of rifle fire and flew directly over the places where the Moors were in the greatest numbers. Then came what the dispatches to the' Spanish war office describes as a "ver­ itable rain of bombs, tossed by hand by the aviators into the midst of the Moors."* t After this bombardment the Spanish Infantry charged with the bayonet and dislodged the Moors from their posi­ tions, causing them to flee in great dis­ order, leaving large numbers of dead and wounded on the field. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Washington, Dec. 19.--All proposed new expenditures of any consequence for the postal service were stricken from the post office appropriation bill by the house committee. Among the Items lost 1b the $2,000,000 increase In pay for rural mail carriers. The feifl carries about $300,000,000. Washington, Dec. 23.--Capt. James H. Glennon, recently ordered to com­ mand the battleship Florida, will take the Wyoming to succeed Capt. Fred­ erick L. Chapin, who died last week.* Captain Rueh takes the Florida. Washington, Dec. 19.--An Investi­ gating comniittee appointed by Secre­ tary McAdoo completed a report re­ pudiating charges of wholesale graft in the purchase of government sup­ plies involving millions of dollars^ Washington, Dec. 20.--Senator Will­ iam Stone of Missouri is confined to his hotel by a severe attack of bron­ chitis. Senator Reed announced in the senate that Senator Stone would not be able to return for several days. Chicago, Dec. 23.--Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey of Denver, the "chil­ dren's judge" and framer of the juve­ nile court of Colorado, married on Saturday MISB Henrietta Brevoort, daughter of Mrs. F. J. Clippert of De­ troit, Mich., in the Auditorium hotel. He Is forty-three years old* while Mrs. Lindsey is twenty-four. Women 8ued for $351,0Q0, >8L Louis, Dec. 28.--Mrs. Grace A. Loathe, whose wealth is estimated at $4,000,000, wae sued for $351,000 by W. Irvine Edwards, her former confiden­ tial agent, to whom she was once re­ ported engaged. Mormon Is Slain by Bandits. Jnarez, Mex., Dec. 20.--William 8e- vey, a Mormon resident of one of the mountain colonies In Chihuahua, was e^etiuted Wednesday by members of ifaxlmo Castillo's band, because ho did not pay them $200. New Hyde Trial January 3. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 20.--Dr. B. C. Hyde will be tried a fourth time for the murder of Colonel Swope. Assur­ ances were given by thp court that ex­ penses would be paid. TW w is set for January $. A Beachey Makes Four Loops. Fresno, Cal., Dec. 23.--Lincoln Beachey, world-famous aviator, made four consecutive loop-the-loops here, thereby breaking the American record. -1-- mm). upside down. P. O. Robbed of $800. Milton, Ind„ Dec. 20.--The drug store owned by Postmaster Inglls and the Milton postoffice were robbed dur­ ing the night of $600 in cash and $200 in stamps. The thieves left no elew for the local police to work on. Reserve Decision In Qunmen's Case. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 20.--Arguments In the appeal for a new, trial of the four gunmen convicted of complicity in the murder of Herman Rosenthal were eonetydf>dni#.,tfcte court «£ ap- •peal*; t>eclsion was reserved. . CURIIKNCV' SENATE PASSES MEASUlt* SY VOTE OF TO 34. -A?-' '•&: 6' REPUBLICANS FA«0R ACT Contains Provision That Banks Must Accept Within 8lxty Days of Its Passage--Reserve Districts Eight to Twelve--Now Goes to House. ! Washington, Dec. 20.--The new cur­ rency bill was passed by the senate on Friday by a vote of ei i« 34. It was backed by the solid Democratic vote and six Republicans. , The essential features of the cur­ rency bill as it passed the senate are as follows; Secretary of .the treasury and two members of the federal reserve board constitute the organization committee. The committee is to designate not iesg than eight nor more than 12 re­ serve districts. In each of which a fed­ eral reserve bank is to be established. Every national back Is required @nd «r«ry eligible bank in the "United States and every trust company in the District of Columbia is authorized to signify in writing within sixty days after the passage of the act its ac­ ceptance of its terms. National bankB are required and oth­ ers are permitted to subscribe to the capital Btock of the reserve banks in a sum equal to bIx per cent, of the capital and surplus of such banks, one- sixth to be payable on call, one-sixth Within three months and one-sixth within six months, the remainder sub­ ject to calL Any national bank failing to signify Its Intention to accept the terms of this act shall cease to act as a reserve agent upon 30 days' notice. Any national bank failing within one year to comply with any of the provisions of the act will forfeit its charter and privileges under the na­ tional bank act If the stock subscription by the banks is not sufficient^ in the judg­ ment of the federal reserve board to provide proper capital the stock may be offered to the public, the max­ imum subscription being $10,000. Minimum capital Of reserve banks is fixed at $3,000,000. Each reserve bank must establish reserve branches within its federal re­ serve district at such places as are ap­ proved by the federal reserve board. There shall be nine directors hold­ ing office for three years, divided into three classes, three to be chosen by the banks and the representatives of the stock-holding banks, three chosen by the banks who at the time of their election shall be actively en­ gaged in their district In commerce, agriculture or some other industrial pursuit, and three designated by the federal reserve board. One of the laBt- named class is to be designated by tbe federal board as chairman of the board of directors of the reserve bank. No director of the last two named classes can be a director, officer, employe or stockholder of any bank. After all expenses have been met, stockholders in reserve bankB wfll- re­ ceive a six per cent, division, which shall be cumulative. One-half the net earnings above the expenses and'divi­ dend is to be paid into a surplus fund until that fund amounts to 40 per cent of the paid in capital. Of the remaining half of tho excess half 50 per cent, shall be paid to the United States as a franchise tax and o n e - h a l f t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a s t r u s - j tee for the benefit of depositors in failed iu6uib6F banks. The federal reserve board shall con­ sist of seven members, including the secretary of the treasury as an ex-of- ficlo member and six members ap­ pointed by the president, to be con­ firmed by the senate. They are to be selected with due regard to a fair rep­ resentation of the different geographi­ cal divisions of the country. Their salary iq fixed at $12,000 a year and the terms are six years. Among the powers vested in the fed­ eral reserve board are: To require reserve bankf to discount the discounted paper of other federal reserve banks at rates of interest to be fixed each week or oftener; to sus­ pend for a period not exceeding thirty days and from time to time renew suspension for persons not exceeding fifteen days, any reserve requirement specified in the act; to authorize members to use reserves, federal re­ serve notes based on United States bondB to the extent that the board may find.necessary; to grant to na­ tional banks applying therefor the right to act as trustee, executor, ad­ ministrator or registrar of stocks and bonds. Cardinal Martlnelll Is 111.' Rome, Italy, Dec. 22.--Cardinal Se­ bastian Martlnelll, who was papal dele­ gate in the United States from 1896 to 1902, is seriously ill. The cardinal, who is sixty-five years old, is prefect of the sacred congregation ot rites. Judge Frees Accused Wife. Chicago, Dec. 22.--The case of Mrs. Alice Davis Sing, charged with the murder of her Chinese husband, Charles Sing, was taken from the jury on motion of the defense, and Mrs- Sing was discharged. Jack Johnson Is Hissed, Paris, Dec. 22.--Jack Johnsoh, negro pugilist, outpointed Jim Johnson, a second rater, in a ten-round bout The contest was farcical and the speo- tatort showed their disapproval by hooting and hissing. Mrs. Albert T. Patrlok Dead. Tuls^, Okla., Dec. 22.--Mrs. Albert T. Patrick, wife of the famous pris­ oner, died of cancer in tbe Tulsa hoe- pital. At the bedside when she died, waS Mr. Patrick and his daughter. Miss Lucille Patrick. Dynamite Lawyer a Sulcld^. Pepria, 111., Dec. 22.--Attorney H. I. Nowland of this city, counsel for sev­ eral defendants in the iron workers' dynamite conspiracy, committed sui­ cide by throwing hUnself in ftrontof a train at Oalva, 111. wM THE NOTES JOURNAL! TRIP TH OF A PROMINENT} «T WHO MADC A f^ ifcOOOH W^TERN oft \ , A prominent JournaUst' trcnir Chtfe^|i^ cago some time ago, mato n Jo*rw:wX through Canada obtidnliij^s : knowledge of the land aa€ ot the "boundless posslbfiitlfldi" thaf4- /J-^ Canada, the virgin land, attbtds. Ill an American Sunday newspaper h^..,v published after his return the interest^: i n g a c c o u n t w h i c h w e p r i n t a s f o l j f ' - ~ h lows. He writes; %••• < "Why did you emigrate from th**V ^ United States?" I asked a farmer 1% Western Canada. "I believe that for a poor man West$ v \ ern Canada is the most favorabl#4 land," was the reply, "and I have novfc: found that it is the Paradise of th#^ i T« Poor." ' The farmer, a pioneer of the west/* X had five years earlier left Iowa for > ^ Canada to secure a new hom6 there*V After traversing the country for time he starte<khis home on the opewt?('Aj;^ prairie and with steady industry de»L. T" , voted himself to the working of ths*;.'* • virgin soil. Now be is the well-lo-dt|£j/- - owner of that endless sea of waving, " ? wheat ears that goea on for mil's be^j7X^ fore my eyes. His string, Bunburned - figure finds the best background in hia^ farm itself, which is the outcome otvV his ceaseless activity--a pretty two^ T-V; "; storied dwelling house, a large clean stable in the midst of a hamlet ofvi-XX barns, sheds and outbuildings, a use*-> ful garden overflowing with products; ,."f" horses, cattle, sheep and swine on th$; rich pastures, and around to the hori» son wheat, golden wheat. "In Iowa?" the farmer continued, farmed on rented land, for at the prlc® . • of $100 per acre I did not possesf, ^, money enough to buy. I might farm, * : I might farm as I could more than th^'^ living for myself and family, I could. not attain. Sometimes the harves^/.^ turned out good, sometimes bad, but • , the grand total was a bitter combat tb-XX^ keep want from the door. It was imf.- XX4 possible to lay by for bad times anc|-\t~ *• In spite of all trouble and work an ol#; age free of care was not to be>-' thought of. My death would havo; V :'> •n brought bitter poverty to my wife andL>\> children. "I decided to break-up and go tniw.# ^ Canada, where at least I could flghtX^ out the struggle for existence on my^: own land. I started out with a mulef^> " t j t e a m , a l l m y e a r t h l y p o s s e s s i o n s w e r e j ^ ' in the prairie-schooner with my yj.s •' and children. Then I took up a ho«»«|$f£?*-f stead of 160 acres to which I addo#fJ|; S; by purchase gradually; now as s^.^*.f whole I count about 3,000 acres as myfX " +'• own. The whole property is free oif'^ ^ debt'. I do not owe a cent to anyonevfc^-*; I bought my land for $2-$10 per acrejX p' [ now I would not give it up for $50." -I "Do you mean to say that you paid^|i.|l^ for the whole land In the five years?'*;" v sJ J I interrupted. . "In a much shorter time," repUed^t;..^ i, the farmer. "The land paid lor Itself, -' some already by the first harvest, and at longest in 3 years each field had^- ' brought in its purchase price. If youi?;_"'. doubt that land in Western Canadaj^*/^.":;5 p a y s f o r i t s e l f w i t h i n 3 y e a r s y o u c a n ^ f - * easily convince yourself of the truth^X]. of my assertion. Let us assume thatv' a farmer buys a farm of 160 A. at |15^*;:t; per A. for $2,400. Farm machines,^ seed ploughs, mowing and threshing; might bring up the. outlay to abouts^/f c^ $10 per acre. If the farmer sows the".; ' 7 160 A. for 3 years In succession with%< wheat and harvests 20 bus. per acre, then the product , of an A: at the aver-^y {•" • age price of 75c per bu. 1b exactly $15^.4- .. . > ^ per acre. If you deduct the $10 out-£L,>'^, lay, you will retain a clear return oft*>'^ ; $5.00. For 160 A. the annual excess? ^ "j amounts to $800, consequently ,• farm has after the third harvest^.-fe brought in the purchase prico ofSf£p $2,400. • "Sometimes--and not rarely--1the|2^,y land pays for itself by the first harvest^ of 35 bus. of wheat bring in more thanaf . - -- -the purchase price of $15 per acrei Ah in |ome years I harvested mom than 35 bus., you can reckon for your-r i self how quickly I paid for my farm.**'^1^,'> "Would you not prefer your owni'^v • farm in Iowa?" I asked. ^ "No," replied the farmer, "never^^X. will I go back In general* very few& r ;t^ American settlers return to the old^,.5^- home. In Iowa a 160 A. farm costs p 100 per A., $16,000; in Western Can- p XX ? ada $15, only $2,400. For the same$^fft money that you require to buy a 160 :^*";i X A. farm in Iowa, you can buy here iu XX-,. Western Canada a farm of 1,000 acres. I have money enough to buy a farm in^f Iowa, if I wished. But there my year- ly income would be a small one,,^;^ whereas here I work for a great galnJ-X'S";' There I would only be a small farmer, •' p/;'* here I am a large landed proprietor." : ^ J In a corner of the farmyard I had,,, '^:^; during our conversation noticed *'1 :-p£ mound of earth overgrown wltht-;^-^ grasses and wild flowers. To my in-.--. qulry as to what it was, I received thefe V-:*; reply: "That 1b the run of the wooden shack covered with sods, which I call-^^' ed my home when I settled here flvol^X • years ago." I gathered a wild aster from tbe|l|< ruin and flung it into the air. In a pur-fe pllBh-gllttering line the wind drove thep-.:;-. flower towards the fine, modern-equip- ped farmhouse. What a contrast be-|h tween the lowly earthy hut of yester-|: . > day and charming palace of today! ^vX This contrast says enough of the un-t| ̂ bounded possibilities, which this new^^;, land offers to the willing worker. How the poor emigrant on the open prairie,^} through energy and activity, within 6r;£.-. years worked his way up to being af'XX well-to-do farmer and esteemed citi-P* r '- • zen! More, the farmer'did not re*';..»t- s.in­ quire to say. Why did he emigrate? w h v ? Why I saw the answer wttk, my own eyes."--Advertisement. . IVw •K- Business Blocked. "1 thought you were going away day." ' "Couldn't buy a ticket." , .. "Nonsense. The ticket ofUco^ Is never closed." " dow ahead of me." \ 'Wu Mr*.Wln*tow's goothina Syrttp t«r OhU4ra. teething, softens the gums, fednees.taBMSsu* ' tton^U»jr» p«iB,cur«» wind cotic^bc k botUeJMr " When love at first sight leads to marriage second slght is apt to lesUI to divorce. S«Ki- t 'i V.