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•m-d 9*<«f tMm Wmm OIL. TO CARRY TELEPHONE Ott TRAIN gjMfe-^jS QBRMAN RAILROAD MEN EXPKRl *«NT WITH NEW FUEL, WILSON ORDERS SEVERE MAND TO ARMY AND *£*& OFFICERS. Mafveteus BecHogfcaT Curiosity in New Mexico. NO FUN IN "DAMN" Lines BUti by George Washington ^Are XftrrosL ^Government Surveyor* Haw Cheeked Work Done by "Father ofH* "C Country," and Found Them ̂ ̂ i Accurate. ri f .j-:i ; V > j ; :4f-: 'M m • .t<jr4 y-.$ v^sa- *'r" J £/':•; a-*- • -- Government f»?on», woo have just been checuus up some of the lines reputed to have been rnn by George Washington is bis days of chain and oompass work, have found them good. About 1751, according to tradition. George Washington, then nineteen years old, run out for Lord Thomas Sfeirfax the line between what was then to be Augusta and Frederick counties, Virginia, this being only a part of a great deal of surveying which he is s&id to hare been engaged upon at that time. These two coun­ ties "were separated from what was then Orange county, and the grant to Lord Fairfax was suppoaed to extend wostwjmt to the Pacific oeesu?. Safe frequently these large tracts were fur the? subdivided, so that the "Fairfax ters # ft^tu the weather, he despoiling band Of the teirist NiaMttbti this old Washington is be- caasa the federal. government is pur- lands in this neighborhood, in can&eetldn with the new Appalachian forests which ar? being acquired at the headwaters of navigable streams, under the terms of the Weeks law, de­ signed to protect these watersheds from the evils of deforestation. The government requires a clear title before the land can be paid for. In making sure of the titles it is necee- sary, in mstny cs.sss»* to go bsck to original royal grants, or to colonial records, and to have recourse to re- aupvapa hafnra tho fh<*U nt OOTBH^Ip can he indisputably established.r ~ Preliminary Tests Made With the Die­ sel Locomotive Said to Have Been. V Jpccessful-~PHin Much Lifcs. Thst of the Automobile. Germany, which seems to take the lead in recent years in trying to find t«k im 11.,,. ». J .. f •* pvu««i.mnfc ucuctt tu. iGuuvau UlUUTV powef, has just been putting a Diesel locomotive., through preliminary tests At first thought the announcement that a Canadian has invented a tele­ phone for use on tralns-^Aplgb mar­ velous, but it is really <j^^^lmple. The circuit wire* of the phbtM^on the train are fastened to a ehaft, which has a pair of hooked, wires at the top. These tatter hook over the mpln line wires that runalouge&fle the railroad The largest remaining virgin stands of white pine in the United States in the calendar Import Many ym ma. The vtelue of diamonds r and othbr precious ed. These, in Addition to the stands of Norway and Jack pine, spruce, tamarack, and balaam fir, add much to the state's timber wealth and make it contain some of the most valuable Umber resources oast of the Rocatiee. The report which gives these &w£s deals with tho wood-using industries of the state and Is the result of co- line," as it la generally known, runs i operation between the state and fed- '.y > : it- 3 now between Rockingham and Shen­ andoah' counties, with the original Au­ gusta and Frederick counties to the south and north respectively. In the organic act for the formation of the two counties or "parishes" as tlifiy were then called, it was required that the line should be a straight one from the head spring of Hedgman river, one of the sources of the Rappa­ hannock, to the head spring of the Potomac. 8ince it was required that the line should be straight it w&b first neces­ sary to get the approximate course by building large bonfires on the inter­ vening high points. Then starting from the top of the Massanutten mountains, the line was run straight away over intervening mountains and rivers toward the northwest Away off across a part of what is now West Virginia there is a large rock known today as the Fairfax atone. It is the monument which marks the southwest corner of Gar­ ret county, Maryland, the southwest corner of Preston county. West Vir­ ginia, and prominent points in the boundaries of two other West Virginia counties. A .line from Orange court­ house, coinciding with the Shenan­ doah and Rockingham county line, passes through this Fairfax stone, which giveB the name to a nearby sta­ tion, Fairfax, on the Western Mary­ land railroad. It has been assumed that, in running this line, a high peak northwest of Orange courthouse was the starting point, and that from here it was possible to see & distant peak in the North mountain range over the top of the intervening Massanutten mountain. Washington, of oourss, used a aim- pie compass, and Ms line 'could not be expected to check absolutely with that obtained by ,the government sur­ veyors who have retraced his survey, using high-power transits and all the refined and accurate methods which modern instruments allow. Neverthe­ less, the line was run so carefully in the first place that but little variation jiit ubcu luiiiiu In it. EifSii Wituuub instruments, It Is possible to distin­ guish the course of the line with sur­ prising distinctness. From the top of Middle mountain, in the Massanutten range, the Shenado&h-Rockingham, or Fairfax, line can be readily followed by means of the boundary fences dat­ ing from earliest days, and by blocks of timber, alternately cleared away or left standing, which come up from either county and stop at the line, like squares in a checkerboard. Then it one turns to the southeast the same demarkations are plain across the valley of the south fork of the. Shenandoah, cutting straight through the present Page county, which 1b m&de of land formerly in Shenandoah bounty, belonging to the Fairfax grant, and partly from land formerly In Rockingham. Thus, as far as the eye can see In either direction, this oh) line shows plainly. The Washington compass, now to be seen at the U. S., national museum in the city named for its owner, is pre­ sumed to be the same one used in running this line more than 160 years afp- The Fairfax stone stands as a per­ manent monument. In addition, there are, throughout that action of the country, various other records of these Washington surveys. For ex­ ample, a large white oak which stands at the corner of a farm about 1% miles from Lost City, Hardy county. West Virginia, was, according to a per­ sistent story of that section of the country, marked by Washington. Survey biases cut into trees, and Since grown over, have been cut away, and a count of the annual layers of growth over the old wounds shows them to have been made at the time Washington was* surveying. One strange thing about these blazes is that they are several feet higher than those put on trees by woodsmen of today. Thie fact has given rise to a sort of superstition that Washington, known to have been very tall, was actually a giant. Other authorities have said that Washington did much of his work on horseback, and made his biases with a long-handled ax tram the saddle. The town of Whitepost, Clarke coun­ ty, Virginia, takes its name from a post presumed to have been set by WMhinjtnn as one of his survev The post, formerly exposed, Is now covered by a protecting case Roman Custom. . It was a custom even among the comparatively modern Romans to bury with their little children their favorite •toys, and the custom seems to reach back to the earliest times of which we have any truthworthy relics. In- df£& in our own day, the doll fur­ nishes a striking example of that most primitive trait, mother instinct, tor among many savage tribes, nota­ bly the Bechuanas and the Basutos, it is the custom for married women to lavish their pent up mother love era! authorities. The field invostiga- tiona were conducted by member* of the XJ. 8 forest service. Certain statistics on present and future sup­ plies of Minnesota's timber were con­ tributed by W. T. Cox, state forester, who brings out the diminishing timber resources of the state, and advocates measures for conserving them. Twenty different wood-using indus­ tries are reported, not counting saw­ mills, shingle mills, cooperage and pulp works^which are not included in an investigation covering only manu­ factured commodities. The wood-using industries require 45 kinds of wood, of which 20 grow in Minnesota and all but three are native to the United States. Two are fur­ nished wholly from . within the state --aspen and balm of Gllead. In all, Minnesota uses nearly one billion feet of material In these industries, and supplies seven-eighths of this quanti­ ty from within its own borders. Thirty-five million feet of Pacific coast softwoods, or seven times as much as from the south, competes with the product of the coniferous for­ ests of Minnesota. This Pacific coast material comes 2,000 miles by land transportation, and is 1,000 miles far­ ther away than southern pine, of which Douglas fir from the northwest 1b an active competitor. Similarly, the report says, Sitka spruce Is a rival of eastern spruce, western white pine a rival of the eastern species, and western hemlock of the hemlock Which grows In the lake states. The largest Industry makes planing mill products, such as flooring, siding and ceiling; more than half of the material used is white pine. This product is turned out by 88 mills. The sash, door and mlllwork indus­ try comes second, and hare again white pine furnishes more than half of the material. The box and crate industry comes next, followed in or- der by car building, woodenware, fu<> niture, fixtures, vehicles, paving blocks, agricultural Implements, gates and portable fences, coffins, silos and handles. The sawmills of the state torn out each year 60 per cent more material than is demanded by the wood-using industries. Virgin Stands of White Pine. Diamond Importations Into the Unit ed States made their highest record are found in Min nesota, according to a state report recently publish- stones imported during the current year will approximate $57,000,000, this being the first occasion on which the total has crossed the $50,000,000 line. Twenty years agp, according to the official figures of the bureau of for­ eign and domestic commerce, depart­ ment of commerce, the total imports of diamonds and other precious stones were but *11,000400; In 1903, $28,000,- 000, and in 1913, approximately $57,- 000,000, this estimate being based upon the known figures for the nine months ended with September, which are 30 per cent in excess of the high­ est record heretofore made. These totals necessarily include Imitations of precious stones, which now form about two per cent of the total. The latest ofilclal figures show for nine months ended with September importations of $11,500,000 worth of uncut diamonds, against $7,250,000 in the corresponding months of last year; of diamonds cut but not set $23,500,000, against $18,000,000 in the corresponding period of last year; of all precious stones, $43,333-, 333, against $32,125,000 in the corre­ sponding months of last year. These figures justify the estimate of ap­ proximately $57,000,000 as the value of the importations of this class of articles in the year which ends with next month, againBt $42,500,000 in 1912 and $44,125,00 in the former high rec­ ord year, 1906, and making it perfectly apparent that the record of 1913 will far exceed that of any earlier year. The people of the United States" are the world's largest importers of diamonds for permanent Ownership, and they, according to a statement by Mr. George F. Kunz, in the Encyclo­ pedia Americana, own practically half the diamonds of the world. The state­ ment in question, published in 1903. ostlmstiH the value of all diamonds known to exist In the world at that time at $1,000,000,000, aj)d added that about $600,000,000 worth were then owned in the United States. upon rude dolls until tho adroit ot their offspring. :Vf Dog Brought Murder to t-tgtffc A dog detective caused the arrest of Pedor Khoreschko, charged at Bla- godate, near Odessa, Russia, with the murder of his brother. The animal had attracted attention by visiting dally for three weeks the same spot in a garden whet*, howling dismally, it scratched up the soil until the dead body of the missing man was discov­ ered. icpvtwyu % w uic AlVCU'lV Railway Journal as having b<3en suc­ cessful. The new locomotive is start­ ed by pressure, and driven by oil. The genenhl plau approaches that of an automobile in some respect^ for the locomotive embodies main ; four- cylinder V-engiu'es workijtfg on to a crank Shaft coupled to v the driving axles. As it ruiis it stores up, in com­ pressor?*, air for starting the engines. The mafn engines are of the reversible two-ey£le type, single acting. They are arranged in two pairs* Inclined at 90 degree#'-to other^ . Eyeing cylin­ der ft dfite ofi to % commdn crank pin, ^ith forked connecting rods The two -oranSa are Set ISO degrees apart When running at 304 revolutions a minute they drive the locomotive at a speed of 62 miles an hour. The sequence of operations is as fol­ lows: An auxiliary engine has first to be started up by admitting air to it, slowly at first, from the air reservoir. After the auxiliary has been changed over to oil power the pressure in the air storage cylinders rises and air supply is admitted to the main engine, which consequently begins to work. When a speed of about six miles an hour has been reached the starting air valves are thrown out* of action and the engine is changed over to oil power, and works automotically. Speeds up to 60 miles an hour havo been made in the tests. Operation is said to be economical, though figures are not given in the Electric Railway Journal's report.' The engine looks considerably like a closed car, and is free of smoke stack and smoke. There is a hardly noticeable exhaust pipe in the roof of the engine. « V s: " •- • Stop to Use Phona, trackb. ln exactly the same way aS He- pair machines on trolley roads get their power--from the feed wire. The trolley men use a similar shaft. Of course, the train telephone cannot be used while the train is in motion, eo it is scarcely feasible for general use on passenger trains, but for emergency use, or in cars used by officials of the road who may need to speak to distant points, it is very convenient DIED IN THE HARNESS Like the old horse that dropped in its harness and died, a locomotive that helped fetch and carry tor the new Kansas City Union station and ter­ minal operations in the early stages of construction "went dead" in the per-' formance of its work. The engine now stands on the station plaza, rusty and dented. Its bell is broken, its head* light smashed %n'd the engine eeb Is filled with rubbish. Ingenious Railroad Signal. A safety device for railway signal­ ing has been Invented by a Stoke-on- Trent (Eng.) railroad worker. It con­ sists of a metal attached to the ordi­ nary signal-poBt. Overhanging the end of the arm is a pendulum disk which, when the Signal is at danger, comes into contact with another disk at the top of the engine cab, auto­ matically putting on the vacuum brakes. The inventofr claims that there is no possibility of the mechan­ ism being smashed by the impact. The pendulum disk would revolve with the blow, and in doing so would generate electricity, in the matter of a gal­ vanic battery. By means Of an insu­ lated wire and an electrical relay in the signal-box It would intimate to the signalman that a danger signal had been passed. When the signal was down tbe arm would be automatically pulled up out of the way of the en­ gine disk. Tbe invention would be comparatively cheap to Install.--Rail­ way News. o, siv? . £ • Curious Railroad - A Great Northern employe a few years ago involuntarily traveled from London to Grantham on the cross rods connecting the brakes of the wheels. He was attending to the brake gear­ ing when the train suddenly started.* Some time ago a man coolly seated himself on the buffer of a freight train at Carlisle and traveled as far as Lockerbie without being noticed. Whiie passing the station he was seen by some of the railroad officials, who at once telegraphed to the next sta­ tion for the train to be stopped. The buffer-rider was then removed and sent on bis way. It was considered that he had been sufficiently punished by his perilous journey.--Observer. First Puiifnan Car Conductor. J. L. Barnes, conductor on the first Pullman car ever run in this country, lives at Canute, Kan. He has reached the age of seventy-eight years. When the car was put into operation the system of bookkeeping was very crude. The conductor collected tbe fare from the passengers, and before he turned the money in to the com­ pany collected his own salary from the revenues. No receipts wmm dnn. no records kept. Ties In Constant Demand. iNo less than a tr&lnload of ties, 50 cars to the train, are received dally Iby the Santa Fe system at Albu­ querque, N. M., to be submitted to the "pickling" process. The ties are shipped by the Santa Barbara Tie and Pole company from its Domingo boom in the Rio Grande, and 260,000 more are at the boom awaiting shipment The large number being cut and ship­ ped from the company's forests in the northern part of New Mexico furnish employment for many experieijrT* ' *•» ermen and lumberjacks. "' -v.,' . llat Halts Seven Trains*;:^:; f? Tfcr$& passenger express train's'!S1ltI four fast freight trains were held up by a rat for considerably over hilf an hour on the Pennsylvania main line at Moore's Station, Pa., between Wil­ mington, Del., and Philadelphia. The rodent had eaten the insulation off a large cable containing wires that are an important factor in the opera­ tion of electric signals. This caused a "grounding" of the wires, with the result that the signals were put out of busttiess. The trouble was first discovered by the engineer of an express train. The signal at Moore gave him a "f^ear In­ dication," whereas he knew another train was but a short distance ahead. Rather than take chances he stopped the train. Then other signals at that place began to act queerly. An at­ tache known as a signal malntainer, stationed at a near-by interlocking tower, began a hurried Investigation as other trains arrived and were held up. Matters were becoming serious, tho entire line being affected, until the trouble was discovered- Tbe insula­ tion had been eaten off for fuUy five inches. The difficulty was remedied by installing new insulation. Physical Fitness Required. llie Northwestern has established a Vtanpard of physical StuesS. attaiu- ftent of which is a prerequisite to em­ ployment in the commissary depart­ ment of the system, the purpose being to raise the sanitation as well as the efficiency of the department to the highest possible degree. Under the new plan all dining car conductors, chefs and waiters; all private, parlor> buffet and chair car porters and all other employes of the commissary de­ partment must undergo rigid physical examination twice each year, and such of them as shall fail to meet its re­ quirements will be transferred from that branch of the service to other branches, where they will not be brought Into such close and intimate contact with the traveling public. The first examinations under the new order are progressing at the system's head­ quarters in Chicago, and thus far, of a considerable number of men examined by the company's surgeons, not one has been found deficient, a significant commentary upon the thoroughness of the methods of selection ainplqffd hitherto. . , ' Cooler for Hot Journals on Cars. ." Several railroads have recently Adopted a new safety device for cool: Ing hot journals on railway cars with­ out crystallizing the metal. Ordinal ily when a car develops a "hot box," the train crew puts out the fire and cools the journal by throwing cold water on it This usually crystallizes the metal and sooner or later the jour­ nal "burns off" and perhaps causes a wreck. But the real cause of the hot box is a rough place in the Journal or the brass above it and the best way to treat it is to cool It slowly until the journal runs down to a proper bear­ ing. The new device accomplishes this by dripping water on the hot jour­ nal while the train is running. It is hung on the car in such a way that the heat of the journal and the motion of the train keeps , it from freezing,-- Popular Mechanics Magaslne. '. Counting Tickets by Weight. n Several electric railroad companies, including those in Detroit and Philar delphla, are using a machine for count­ ing transfers and tickets by weighing them. This machine is BO delicate that it can be used for counting items weighing from 1-25,000 ounce to 15 pounds, each in capacities ranging from eight ounces to six tons.--«aec- tric Railway Journal. Emergency Brake* When emergency brakes are set Oil' a train which is running at the rate of 80 miles an hour the train will be still running at 60 miles an hour when it haB advanced 1,1000 feet from the point of application of the brakes; whereas a train would he stopped al­ together in 1,100 feet if its speed were only 60 miles an hour. . Locomotive to Use Naphtha. A loeomotive using naphtha for fuel rated at 70 horse powor recently IVn 8quare Miles oT«Valuable Com­ mercial Material, 900 Feet 4% Height--Estimated to Contali* Many Billions of Tons. . What is declared to be "one at tte _ _ _ 4 , , • . . , | Bmi iiMituiuuj gduiugictu ana nat­ ural curiosities in the whole world" is a mountain of aluss, twe square miles in extent and 900 feet high near the Gila river, in southwest New Mex­ ico, D. M. Grosh writes in Mercka' Report The Industrial value of this enormous deposit cannot even be ap­ proximately estimated to those indus­ tries depending upon the mineral, and assures an almost inexhaustible source for the purpose- of reduction- While the deposit has been known for Tears, Jts location and lack of trans­ portation facilities have delayed its development but these have been overcome and aow permit the market­ ing of billions of tons of aluminous ores, known variously as alum rock, alumite, alunogen, gilrfite, etc. Tho United States geological survey has recently measured this mountain, of wealth and assayed its contents. Wo road: • "The deposit is so pure that any grade of manufacturing alum can be produced cheaply as compared with that from other sources. For many uses It can be marketed in its natural Btate, and BO Immense and pure Is the deposit that there Is no doubt it will control the markets of the world. The constantly increasing demand for the metal aluminum also tends to make this deposit of increasing value. In connection with the manufacture of aluminum nature has certainly been most prodigal in this region. Enor­ mous beds of lignite are at hand to produce the power necessary for its reduction at a coat one-fourth to one- half that of hydro-electric power. No such combination as this o£ unlimited rich and pure raw material and the cheapest power exists in the whole world. "The deposit is of voloanlc origin and it would not be surprising if pure aluminum metal would be ultimately found, and this ancient crater be the source of the placer gold found near by. "The anhydrous oxide as produced by this deposit has been claimed by authorities to be the opening wedge for an increased production of metal at a minimum expense, and will be the most beneficial to the consumer by the consequent cheapening of the products. Much of the aluminum ware as made today, by reason of im­ purities of calcium and Iron, under­ goes a spontaneous disintegration. Investigation shows that a cellular structure develops and disintegration is due to the opening of the joints be­ tween the cells, due to small amounts Of these impurities. "The commercial promoting of this wonderful cornucopia of beneficent nature is a project of national con­ cern. Its benefits to the Industries of the country are patent to all. It can only be compared with the great oil and coal measures, and we may loojr ian oittat industriss commercial and industrial benefits which will be shared by the entire nation. Any process that can pro*, duce sulphuric acid even a fraction of a cent cheaper is bound "to be of im­ mense value alone, it being the king of the acids and of chemical products, and the other by-products also CNty their weight in their utilization." The New French Dance. A youth fresh to Paris from tho provinces was lately invited to a small dance by one of his mother's friends. As hiB dance repertory contained nothing more novel than the waits and the quadrille, the rustic cavalier solaced his solitude with frequent visits to the buffet Towards the end of the evening he felt encouraged to take the floor alone and attempt a country jig. Three times round went the merry guest, and then staggered to a sofa. His friends, who saw what was wrong, got him' out of the room into a cab, and so to bed. Next morning, sad and sober, the yOuth was writing a letter of bumble apology to hiB hostess when one of his friends came in and asked him what he was doing. "Don't do that for heaven's sake," said the friend, when told. "You created quite a sensation last night Tour hostess implored me to ask you the name of the new step you danced, as everybody had fohnd it so original and charming." A New Branch of the Elks. At a first night of a new play In New York recently Sam H. Harris, partner of George M. Cohen, encountered Louis V. de Foe, the dramatic critic of the New York World. From Mr. de Foe's watch chain hung a Phi Beta Kappa key, awarded him at the Uni­ versity of Michigan years ago for high scholarship. . "Why don't you got a modem, up- to-date watch?" demanded Harris. "I've got one,' reclared De Foe. "No, that's a key winder you're wearing," replied Harris. 'No, this 1b a stem-w indies watch," insisted tbe critic, exhibiting a 191$ model gold timepiece.. 'Great Scott, then," exclaimed Har­ ris, "why do you wear that watch key on your chain?" "That's the key of a society--PM Beta Kappa," explained De Foe. "I got you," said Harris,- "a now branch of the Elks." Hsltl Reforming Its Currency The republic of Haiti has decidfd to reform and stabilize its currency, and after January 1. 1914, the monetary unit will be the gold gourde, weighing 418 grams, nine-hundred-thousandths fine, making it equal in value to the quarter dollar of the United Stotoi. t In France Words and Reason. Men suppose that their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return, exer­ cise authority on reason.--Francis Ba­ con. • . £-"4HV Galesburg.--Mrs.' A. Butler of Avon has presented Hedding college, at Ab­ ingdon, with $20,000 on the annuity plan. Pittsfleld.--The funeral of Dr. H. T. Duffield, former mayor of Plttsfielo, who died after an operation in Mullan- phy hospital, St Louis, Sunday, was from the family residence. Bunker Hill.--C. P. Fisher has been arrested cm the charge of arson. He la charged with burning aiiTe-ruuui house in order to get a share of the insur­ ance money. Taylorvllle.--Fay D. Slate; editor of the Mount Auburn Tribune, was ac­ quitted of the murder of Dr. Bennett Windsor, mayor of Auburn, whom Slate shot on May 16. Slate pleaded self-defense. The jury returned the Ver­ dict after being out 14 hours. Clinton.--Former Judge Selden P. Spencer of St. Louis delivered the dedicatory address when the new build­ ing of the Young Men's Christian asso­ ciation at Clinton was opened. The structure cost $40,0C0 E. A. Sbumaker of Chicago, state secretary, also epoke Jerseyvllle--While a sheriff and a deputy were attempting to arrest her on a warrant charging bigamy# Ti/lt*. Dollle M. Johnson, a bride of two months, shot away her right arm and part of the shoulder in what IS be­ lieved to have been an attempt to com- mit suicide. A shotgun was used. Champaign.--The name of Philip IX Armour, the Chicago packer, was chosen to be hung In the Illinois hall of fame In the university in January. Olney.--W. S. Price, retired farmer, hae been missing since December 8. He is sixty-eight years old. a Civil war veteran and well-to-do. Mount Vernon.--At a meeting of the Ewing Presbytery here Rev. H. XX Wooding was transferred from Plnck- neyville to Bloomtngton, Rev. Charles McClure was transferred from Flora to Mount Carmel, Rev. J. W. Ritchie from Ewing to Muskogee, Okla., and Rev. Mathew Brooks from Sumner to Equality. Paris.--The annual meeting of the Edgar County Agricultural and* Me­ chanical association was held here, 4nd the election resulted as follows: General superintendent* Charles H. Lamb; superintendent of permits and privileges, B. F. Beals; directors, Wil­ liam Stewart" John Wallace, Robert McCubblns, Walter Tate and Frank Moss. Mount Vernon.--The crusade to stop crap shooting among boys in the Mount Vernon high school has result­ ed In the joining of forces of State's Attorney Joel F. Watson and City At­ torney Frank C. Thompson to stamp out all formB of chance games con­ ducted by merchants, and an order hae been issued which forbids the use of aandy punch boards, cigar machines or the distribution of tickets with each purchase by the business men. Aurora.--Joseph Nolan, editor and owner of the. Shabbona Chieftain of Shahbona, was found hanging in a rear room of his printing plant by his six­ teen-year-old daughter, Blanche, who had gone to call him to supper. Nolan was accidentally shot in the head by his son Harold, ten years old, early in the summer of 1910 at Lee, and Cov­ ered between life and death at an Au­ rora hospital for months. He Is sur­ vived by a wife and five children. No­ lan wbs a Chicago man. He went to Shabbona seven years ago after buy­ ing the newspaper. Springfield.--After having decided the township, high school law of 1911 unconstitutional, the Illinois supreme court reverses Itself in a decision In the caBe of the poople ex rel. B. Cant et al Vs. H. 8. Crossloy et al, an ap­ peal from the circuit court of Rock Island county. The circuit court de­ clared the act In question unconstitu­ tional and ousted the school board. Fifty or more high school districts In various parts of the state have organ­ ised under the new law, and the re­ sults of a decision holding the act void would have been to invalidate thousands of dollars' worth of schoo1 bonds. The judgment of the lower court was reversed and the cause re­ manded with directions. Justices Cook and Dunn Joined ig a dissenting opinion. Lincoln.--Retaliating against mem­ bers of the local union of the United Mine Workers for fraud prosecution, Willis Dugan, former check-welghman of the Lincoln Milling company, haB brought suit for $10,0^0 on the grounds of false arrest. The fate of the "mil­ lion-dollar" fight against Dugan rests with County Judge Gehlach, who will rule Monday on whether the 19 counts charged by the prosecution Bhall be allowed to stand. After James Riley of the local mine union and John R. Shafter of Belleville, auditor for the U. M. W., failed to obtain a hearing before Police Magistrate Rosenthal, end the grand jury had refused to In­ dict, they carried their case to the county court. Dugan Is charged with having defrauded miners for many months by making alleged false re­ ports of weights.1 Harrisburg.--Will White, charged with manslaughter, was found not guilty by a Jury In the circuit court here. White has charge of his widowed mother's extensive estate. He shot and killed hiB brother, Vollle, in his moth­ er's home after Vollie attacked him with a poker, testimony showed: The coroner's Jury exonerated him, but la­ ter Indicted. . Peoria.--A Jury in the circuit court returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Mrs. Ada Heathcoat, charged With the murder of O«oree V. Rarfiok October 5. Sangamon Huggins, eleven years old, said he was an eye witness. Brookfleld.--Three men were seri­ ously wounded here in a fight between Frank Roberts of Lagrange and Brook- field police. The Injured men are Rob­ erts and two nonparticlpants in the shooting. Roberts, who fired at his pursuers from heblnd a tree, surren­ dered after he had been shot through one leg and received wounds in his right arm and wrist. A. Mortlr. driv­ ing a wagon some distance from the scene, was shot through the thigh and is said to be in a serious condit too. The other victim, a laborer, also was shot in the hip. Roberts had been a» rested for disorderly conduct •' '-V1- 'J President Refers to the -Silly veecence of Childish Wit" in Letter on the' Recent Carabaoe Din­ ner Held at CatiKai. Washington, Dec. 24.--A renrlnui for the officers involved in the Cans» '4 bao dinner incident was approved bjf President Wilson on Monday. He took this action on recommenda­ tion of Secretary of War Garrison an# Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Hi*" letter to the two secretaries follows: „ "My Dear Sirs--Allow me to thank you for your report on the action as­ certain officers of the army and navy at the recent dinner of the Miiitaifr Order of the Carabao. * v "The officers who were responsibly' for the program of the evening at*; certainly deserving off a very serial* ' reprimand, which I hereby request ba administered; and I cannot rid myaeIC of a feeling of great disappointment that the general body of officers as» sembled at tbe dinner should haws ' greeted the carrying out of such a prb» gram with apparent indifference ts» the fact that it violated some of the most dignified and sacred traditions of the service. "I am told that the songs and other amusements of the evening were i»> tended and regarded as 'fun.' What are we to think of officers of the a>mr and navy of the United States w)N» think it 'fun' to bring their oMrlal superiors into ridicule and the pottefcss of the government, which they sworn to serve, with unqueatlMfeNI loyalty, ln^p contempt? If thhr b their idea of fun, what is tbebr of duty? If they do not hold tfrstr loyalty above all silly eServS«ei«Hi»i- of childish wit what about their ynjiS fesslon do they hold sacred? -f;i "My purpose, therefore, in tering this reprimand is to reestt If** men who are responsible for this ering of standards to their iddslj; remind them of the high cotipidi^jilS with vrhich they ought to put dmlj above personal indulgence |o> think of themselves Sa responsMlo men . and trusted soldiers even wMe they are amusing th<unsehree as ers out ^ 8incerely yours. . "WOODRrtW WILSON." - BOMB FOR CZAITS HOTHf - - - «. ̂ Explosion Wrecks Train Awiltfn Dowager Empress--Blast BSlieved to Be Attempt to KW ^. Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin,' 24.---A mysterious exploeion occur on the Russian court tpOOHl ^a9|Ti Monday, which whs wadttSf'% iHra ' road station here for the 'aMItsI'* Dowager Empress Marie of from Copenhagen. Several of the train crew were hsdly The explosion ooottRSd minutes before the arrival of ^ ager empress. The exp)ooSe% is" |p| many quarters laid to a nljriflst plot. i3WA C3KGRESSKAK nrii Representative Irwin S. Pepfwr DHp Following Operation tor,Psrti»nltie ̂̂ at CUnton HoapHhrt. Clinton, la., Dec. 24>-Congi ijpsjSi " AJ Irwin S. Pepper of Iowa died 0* day here, following an QptfttiOS W" peritonitis. He was recovering; flWB an attack of typhoid fever when tts peritonitis Bet in. He represented tb» Second district of Iowa in oat^|PiMS and was considered a likely for United 8tates senator. , \ i ' HIGH COURT TAKES RECESS Florida Tax Case Against Futhuaa Firm Diemissed--Insurance Co» - pany Wins Ruling. . Washington, Dec. 24.--The fiupreop court of the United States recessed o* M Monday until January 1, after handing down the following decisions: Dismissed a case involving a law ot the Btate of Florida levying an wsasl • tax on sleeping, parlor and dblftH cars hauled in that state. Because he misrepresented his phys>. leal condition the Supreme court hel4 , that the Aetna Life Insur^noo OOBK pany could not be held ft* the ment of a policy of $6,000 tothabsAMj^ of the late John A. Salgue of MsiBBS^ , Ga. Tbe court also held that Uto.'d$* clslon applied in a similar case a#eefe» •, ing the Prudential Lite Insurance ^ company. iV Prominent Golfer Dies. "y| New York, Dec. 24.--Tom Anden««|£ a veteran professional golfer, diet tA ^ Montclair, N. J. He was about Sl&lV. * years old, and was known to sands of golfers. He was the prolog t sional at the Montclair Gold club. Fails to Confirm Pindell. ^j Washington. Dec. 24.--^The ssniiP;^|'- confirmed the following nomtnatkiSBt G. F. Williams.Massachusetts, ftslstor to Greece, and Brand Whitloek, to fc* minister to Belgium. The appotst* ment of H. M. Pindell wont over. t SgOOO Seek to Join U. S» Army. Washington, Dec. 24.---There wot» 5,000 applicants for entry United States army in NoweSSbST,Jfnl of these a large pcrceeiag# .WSM^Sfc- cepteo. ttecruiung omcers out and dene'missionary work. Banker Talbert la Sferiekon. New York, Dec. 24.--Joseph Talbert, vice-president ot tto h City bank and one Hi tfco of the "younger" bankers In How Is seriously HI. He was stricken paralysis while playing golf. 1.000 Girls on mH». Philadelphia. Dec. 24.-f«tt0iy hosiery workers, nearly nil "' girls, went out o% fereut mills opBteottit Tauble, "the bStWT >' , a reduction * VM*ee.