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$>' SALARY UST IS iS&srjH >u«r T V v JUDGE ItLEQAU..-^f'^•" ' >> ~ &.FS^*&<69e85 t x • •'"'• ^ ' " ' ' •' v-w^" -v' *,1* - " •* - >~V • ' - . W -« **• MEANS AN EXTRA SESSION? CREIGHTON HOLD8 APPROPRIATION THE (262,348 *6. ii: - is Possible That Gov. Edward F. %.- ^»^vPnnrie May Call the Legisla­ ture to Correct Error* in Bill. Springfield--Several state depart­ ment s are dealt severe blows in a de- |Sp2;%.;vision handed down In the Fergus case Aiby Judge James A. Creighton of the '..^Sangamon county circuit court. '-J* An injunction was issued restraln- .^ing State Treasurer Russel from pay- ing out salaries of 105 state employees Sf^-. "."'-whose compensation for the biennial period aggregate $262,348. . £$£.£:&* The court, as had been expected, . ^ . held to be illegal the appropriation of r^v\ v,|26,270 for mileage of members of the ^••^legislature. ,• Governor Dunne, upog his return ' 'from the Bast, will be confronted with fy^ithe possible necessity of calling a v^special session of the legislature. At l^ ̂ such a session the legislature could "jjj* •. correct the technical errors responsi- PV- ^ - ble for the invalidation of appropria­ tions fbr salaries. Attorney General Lucey expressed the opinion that a special session, if held to be necessary, would not be called-until after the matter has been passed upon by the supreme court. The case Will be taken before the ^•""Vhi^est court at its October term and £'<rsT:' . a decision is expected by the last of -^i'^that month. Three suits pushed by Fayette S. ;.v «**•. jMunro as counsel for John B. Fergus, i ̂ £»rthe tax payer petitioner, remain to be argued before Judge Creighton in the lower court. One of these involves the legality 'of deficiency appropriations, the second has-to do with private re­ lief bills and the third concerns com­ mittee expenditures. ~ Two suits, one of them dealing with the omnibus appropriation bill and the other with mileage appropriation, were involved 4in the decisions. Mr. Munro and officers of the Citi­ zens' association of Chicago, which lent its aid to the sweeping attack upon appropriations of the last legislature, hailed Judge Creighton's decision as a decisive victory. They announced that an appeal would be taken to the supreme court on most of the points on' which Judge Creighton ruled against them. The state grain inspection and fire marshal's department are most seri­ ously affected by Judge Creighton's decisions. These departments may have to suspend operations ..pending a special session. Items specified by. Che court as un­ constitutional are: One assistant attorney general tn charge of inheritance tax office...$ 5,000 One clerk in said office 3,800 Fourteen deputy grain inspectors.. 25,300 Four deputy grain inspectors 6,200 One registrar .... 3.200 Three appeal members 3,600 Deputy chief inspector Bast St. Louis .2,400 Four deputy Inspectors... '.... >6.000 Secretary board-of pardon* 760 Executive officer, state board Ot • health .- 3.600 Secretary civil Bervlce commission.. 3,500 Extra (game) wardens IS,000 Members board of examiners of architects 2,000 Secretary of said board 1,800 State board of dental examiner*.;-.. 1.200 Members board of dental examiners 20,000 Members of board of barbers' ex­ aminers 2,<00 State inspector of apiaries 614 Salary state board of pharmacy.,.. .4.500 Deputy fire mai*Shal 2,00:r Six deputy fire marshals 9,000 Eighteen deputy fire marshals..,,... 21,600 Salary state board of registered nurses 800 Secretary state board of regis­ tered nurses 1,800 Secretary Ittlrtots" stallion-^registry board 10} Members of said board »«'•••.' 300 Secretary Industrial bofcrvi 2,500 Secretary board , of examiner* (horse shoers) 850 Memhers of said board"" .***(.• . "00 Secretary for optometry board...... " 1,500 Salaries members of said board'..'.; 1,750 Typhoid Fever Perils Stat*. A tabulation of the reports of com* njuaicable diseases made to the state board of health during the last few weeks indicates an unusual prevalence of typhoid fever in Illinois at the pres­ ent time, a situation which leads the secretary of health, Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, to issue a special bulletin on the subject, the substance of which is as follows: "Typhoid fever, the filthiest of the filth diseases, the great American curse, bids fair to reap a big harvest in Illinois s during the next three months. Only immediate and intelli­ gent application of preventive meas­ ures can hold the prevalence of the disease to its usual autumnal propor- tion.whlch, at the smallest, is much too great. "At the present time there are ap­ proximately i,200 cases of typhoid in Illinois, and if the usual September- over-August excess obtains this year it means that we shall have some 3,500 cases of typhoid fever within the confines of the State before the end of September. "The development of suelf an uii- . fortunate situation can be avoided. "The spread of typhoid fever can be prevented by strict adherence to the following procedures: "(1) By proper handling of a ty­ phoid subject and control of the at­ tendant according to the rules lai! down by the state board of health: (2) by disposing of waste matter in a cleanly way, so that danger may not be spread about and be conveyed, directly or indirectly, to human mouths; (3) by protecting against contamination with human waste all ftubstat^ces which may reach humtm mouths." . "Water supplies of unknown quality, and all well water,, should be boiled; milk of uncertain purity should be pasteurized; foods of all kinds should be protected from, flics and must not be handled with unclean hands, and never by persons nursing a typhoid subject; houses should be thoroughly screened, and visiting at typhoid premises must not be indulged in. "Individual resistance to the dis­ ease can be best secured through the antityphoid vaccination. This simple treatment, long past U'e experimental stage, has proven highly effective in establishing an immunity to typhoid. The state board of health furnishes the antityphoid vaccine free; it can be obtained by your physician at any of the free distributing stations which have been established throughout the state by the board of health." Total each year.. *181,274 V " • Disputed Bills Valid. According to an opinion gives to Secretary of State Lewis G. Steven­ son by Attorney General P. J. Lucey bills passed by the last legislature but not signed until after July 1, become effective the day they are signed. Heretofore the impression has been that such bills would not become laws until the succeeding July 1. Bills delivered to the secretary of state without the approval of the gov­ ernor become laws as soon as they are placed in the hands of the secretary, according to the opinion of the at­ torney general. The validity of a num­ ber of bills is established by the oplu- ion, according to employees in the sec­ retary of state's office. One of the doubtful bills was the one which cre­ ated a state board of optometry and an examining board of structural en­ gineers. Governor Dunne did not sign these bills until after July 1. Says Women Can Cast Votes. Reports that Illinois women will be denied the privilege of voting for delegates to the presidential national conventions of 1916 have been brought •to the attention of Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, president of the organization. Mrs. Trout said that she had re­ ceived intelligence from a "high po­ litical authority" that thefe was a pos­ sibility that legal steps might be taken to prevent the balloting of women tn the April primary for the election of - national conven&m dele­ gates. r *k-' " Stat* Society Names, Heads. ̂ More than 200 Illinois eye special- tats met in the opening session of the seventh annual convention of the Illi­ nois State Society of Optometrist^ at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Officers were elected as follows: President. R. C. Augustine, Decatur; first vice-president, Junius F. Salleet Litchfield; second vice-presidei>t, A. R. Mills, Peoria; third vice presMfaut, Mrs. Nettie Barthel, Chicago; secre­ tary-treasurer, H. W. C. Meissuer, Chi- * ... - . 2:sp '* , V- ' „ - ' LAND YACHT STARTS TO CROSS THE CONTINENT Big Exposition for 8tato, . The next exposition to attract na­ tion-wide attention will be held in Illinois in 1918, if plans now being de­ veloped by the Illinois centennial commission materialize. The exposition is designed to fea­ ture the celebration of the one hun- dreth anniversary of the admission of Illinois to the Union. Members of the commission are now making inquiry regarding the sentiment of the leaders in every line of industry in the state toward the proposed exposition. If the , idea meets with the approval that ie ex­ pected the commission will proceed with its plans. "The intention of the centennial commission is to produce for the 1918 celebration a complete exposition of the development and growth of the state in its various industries during the one hundred years," said Senator E. S. Smith, president of the commis­ sion. "It is planned to illustrate the condition of agriculture, live stock raising, manufacturers, mining, trans­ portation and the other industries, domestic and commercial facilities and the means of education in 1818, and their progress and development through the one hundred years. "Exact plans to be followed have not yet been decided upon. The com­ mission, of which Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber of the State Historical society is secretary, will be glad to receive any assistance aud beneficial sugges­ tions from any part of the stale, and from anyone whose offerings may con­ tribute to the success of the celebra­ tion. It is hoped that this celebra­ tion will be superior to any exposi­ tion that has taken place in the state of Illinois in its entertaining and in­ structive features. "Illinois ranks among the first of the states in its agriculture, railroad, mining, live stock, shipping, commer­ cial and educational interests. Its great progress in these and various other lines should be demonstrated. No state surpasses Illinois in its nat­ ural resources; not in its develop­ ment of manhood and womanhood. "The centennial commission al­ ready has made much progress to­ ward the preparation of a comprehen­ sive history of the organisation and progress of the state. This is to be published in five volumes and will be a most desirable work for those who are interested in a concise and complete history of the state. "It is expected- to make the great celebration worthy of the state of Illinois and all its interests." NEATNESS IN CHILDREN MORE REAQILY LEARNED IP TAUGHT ATTRACTIVELY. SOMETHING NEAT AND SMART, Pretty Crepe de Chine Blouse Designed for General Around 8ervice. Suit This house on wheels was designed and built by Roland R. Conklin in order to take his family on a land yacht trip from his country estate in Huntington, Long Island, to the Panama-Pacific exposition in California. Every comfort df the party which is going on the transcontinental trip was taken into consideration, and there is even a roof garden atop the machine. The start on the long trip was made recently, and though the "yacht" was stuck in a Long Island ditch for 24 hours, it is proceeding merrily on itB way. The party includes Mr. and Mrs. Conktyi. their son and daughter, another girl, two nephews, two governesses, two chauffeurs and a cook. THE FLOODED STREETS OF GALVESTON Incorporations. Charters were granted the follow­ ing corporations: The American Bioscope company, Chicago; capital, $100,006. Incorpora­ tors--J. E. Keith, William B. Moul- ton and C. S. Burton. G. M. Ditto Manufacturing com­ pany. Joliet; capital. $25,000. Incor­ porators--ti. M. Ditto, H. A. Praser and T. H. Bruce. Max E. Hyman company, Chicago: capital. $1,000. Incorporators--Eu­ gene D. Dullivau, Paishe B. Smith and rJacob J. Schwartz. - Pea Ridge Oil and Gas company, Clayton: capital. $2,500. Incorpora- tors--Eugene 8. Davis. Thomas May, E. C. Johnson, Ralph Williams, Ed­ ward Yakie. J. Leroy Adair and Charles A Wever. Rogers Bros. Clothiers. Chicago; capital, $10,000. lncorporators-«-Har- ry W Silver. Charles W. Silver and Edward R. LiUlnger. Change*: f -*: . 8 Lucile, LtdL. Chicago; fSfcOOO to $60,000. W. H. Wheeler Chicago; $100,000 to 1500.009. • x* * ? Sw- 'i4<K ^ <N Simply-Made Devices Which Will En­ courage the Little Folks to Give Proper Care to Their Belonging*. There is no doubt children will more readily learn neatness if it is taught attractively. Children by na­ ture are careless and oftentimes lazy. To make them pick up their belongings and put them away in the proper places is quite as much trouble as do­ ing it oneself. They leave their shoes around prob­ ably because there is no charm in put­ ting them away in a closet, but if a child is given a shoe bag for its own. to be bung inside the closet door, tike the one shown, it will be a pleasure to put the shoes away and visit with the tiny figures pictured there. The foundation is gray or tan linen and the figures are worked in brilliant colors, using mercerized cotton, fast colors. Little folks never tire of the old woman who lived in a shoe and her iarge family, or the kittens who lost their mittens (because they had no bag). A row of tiny boy or girl fig­ ures, each in different stages of put­ ting on their Bhoes, is another sugges­ tion for decoration that will appeal to children alBO. Mothers may be saved many pennies and children taught a lesson in neat­ ness if they are provided with a case for keeping their pencils. What moth­ er has not experienced the wild hunt for pencils when it was time to start to school 7 All this commotion can be saved by making a case on 'the shoe bag order. Put the runners in to take a pencil in each pocket One half of the bag could be given to the pockets for the pencils. The other half could be a scratch pad. On the outside of the case, over the larger pocket, one could work a couple of brownies, an owl or a squirrel. Many mothers know the value of a pretty box for collecting toys, but I know of one child who never could be taught to put away hid toys until his mother bought a fair-sized tin water pail one day. The small man was told A pretty crepe de chine blouse suit is pictured here. Though white, this is meant for service, being fashioned] of washable crepe de chine. Two box1 plaits are laid closely together on if •m Scene at Market and Twenty-second streets. Galveston, looking west and «ras flooded by a swift stream three feet deep during the recent great storm. ZEBRA BORN IN CAPTIVITY & si* UND^^WOOPII 3c ~ • -ff underwood ; *N .. *"y ' r£-J*SK7'!"v * jiiftir This baby zebra, believed to be the first one born in captivity in Amer­ ica if not in the world, is in the Central Park zoo. New York city, and Is a finely marked and lively specimen. MRS. MARYE WORKS IN WAR HOSPITAL south over the section of the city that KAISER AND HIS STEED ^ - -«v ..v> 5FRWOOD W ._ NO F f? \'J o OP Emperor William of Germany and his favorite horse, one of several that have been specially trained (or his use. Capital Punishment. There are seven states in the Union In which the maximum penalty for any crime is imprisonment for life- Maine. Rhode Island. Kansas, Mich* gan. Wisconsin. Minnesota and Was.' ington. in the form of electrocution cap. tal punishment is executed in Masse chusetts, Arkansas, Indiana. Kentucky Nebraska, New Jersey. New York North Carolina. Ohio, Pennsylvania South Carolina and Virginia Death is by hanging or shooting in the discretion of the condemned person in two states, Nevada and Utah; and the hangman uses the noose in the balance of the subdi visions of the Union, including Alas ka, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Dis trlci of Columbia, and. with the bal ance of the states, the three New England states not already named. Connecticut. New Hampshire and Ver­ mont. Scene in the operating room of the American lazaret in PeLrograd wliere Mrs. George T. Marye, wife of the American ambassador to Russia, is serv­ ing as a nurse. She is standing at the physician's right hand. MAKING GREAT CANOE TRIP Two New Jersey Sportsmen Are Try­ ing to Cross Continent by Rivers and Canals. To determine the practicability of a transcontinental voyage by canoe. two New Jersey sportsmen are headed. in their frail craft, for the Pacific coast. The route takes the couple through various rivers, takes, creeks and canals to the headwaters of the . ,h Columbia river. Down this, it is their. jthey enter the Mississippi, thence the intention to paddle to the ocean. On their way. they will traverse the canal from Jersey City to the Delaware river, thence to Delaware Bay, to the Chesapeake canal and on to the Po­ tomac. From the headwaters of the latter stream, they will epter the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, make their way to Cumberland. Maryland, from which point, by plying smaU streams, they expect to reach the Monongaheia river and, tbrougn its waters, the Ohio. From the Ohio Many a woman without brains ife able to fool a male highbrow. Missouri, thence the North Platte, through which they paddje to the Yel lowstone and the Snake rivera. In tervening streams will carry them thf» to the Columbia. Still Losing, "Does constant poker playing strengthen the mind?" asked the seek er after useless knowledge. MI understand it does to some ex tent." replied the unlucky playac^ "but In my case i'm sorry to say It'bai no tendency to strengthen the hondt.' AD i 8hoo Bag for Children. to put away his toys in the box, but he promptly took the pail and banged the toys into it. Nor would he ever put them away In the box again. He"t4ked to hear the noise, he said, "when the toys got fired into the pail." A Japanese matting box is an ideal toy box. It is attractive, hard, and shiny inside, and makes a nice seat for little people besides. But it is much better for mothers to come down to the children's way of thinking and let them learn good habits in their own way. One child, it will be found, will like a tin pail; another will only be happy if taught neatness through the medium of patin and lace. A Touch of Black. In fashions the touch of black is a recognized addition to a color scheme. The same is true of embroidery. Many a centerpiece or scarf that lacks tone may be improved by out­ lining the color design with black. This is especially recommended on the heavy linen and scrim covers where brilliant hues appear unfin­ ished or need bringing out. However, black outlining is very ef­ fective on the ordinary white linen centerpiece worked in plain white. One of these seen recently had a jewel pattern with conventional scrolls done all in white. The jewels and the scrolls were'outlined with a thin black thread. The centerpiece was bordered with heavy white torchon and the whole was very ef­ fective. Challls Dress for Child. Challls dresses that are made for little girls are excellent for traveling, as they do not muss or soil so easily as cotton frocks. 0ICTATES OF FASHION Plain or embroidered ribbons are used for waist belts. Silver threads appear on the pink evening gowns. The more gossamer an gown the more fashionable. ••ay- Lace skirts are frequently gathered at intervals; many such dresses are made over skirts with deep transpar­ ent hems The low bodice is often bordered with flowers and made like a baby bodice, with short sleeves, consisting of one puff. A seeming return to the old modes of the '60's is a black satin with a belt, fastening down the front, from neck to ban, with diamond buttona. many of evening iSL JsM ". w Trellis Veiling. Trellis veiling is chic. It has a targe open mesh, yet it will confine stray locks and give the trim appearance which wearars of veils like. It cornea in several designs, but the largo •quare mesh, each square a half inch or over tn width and height, ts one Of Hie best to be had. each side of the blouse below a yck» cut In points and bound with soutache. A length of soutache weighted witlfc tassels ties about thf? neck. The skirt is a box-plaited model without a yoke, but with the pointed yoke effect re­ peated in the soutache trimming. Pearl buttons with simulated buttonholes of soutache trim both blouse and skirt. H, 8emiprincess effect is achieved by the use of bead soutache, which is laid about the waist, loosely crossed at the back and returned to the front and tied once, the tassel-weighted endB hanging; at the side. <lf SLEEVES FOR FALL GOWNS: The 8et-ln Sleeve Is One of the Novei Features of the Offerings for Fall. The set-in sleeve is featured on the majority of gowns for fall. To im­ press their presence upon the minds of prospective buyers they have made themselves conspicuous by being em­ phasized in various ways. In some instances the armhole is outlined with bands of the material, embroidered in silks or wools. Then, again, wide bands of contrasting materials or of braid are used to bind the armhole. A very unusual sleeve is an inter­ esting part of a blue serge gown. Three-inch silk braid is sewed around the top of the sleeve, the sleeve being stitched flat by this braid band to the outside of the bodice, not in the arm- hole. Of course, all of the new sleeves of daytime dresses are long. Many of them are slashed from the wrist to the elbow, the place between the slashed material being filled in with lace, net or silk. When the material is slashed only a few inches up from the wrist the sides are finished by a narrow plaited frill or lace or chiffon. GREAT VARIETY IN COATS Notable Features of This Season's Offerings in Garment? for Outer Wear. Not for many seasons hare coats displayed so much variety. There are mannish coats of English tweeds and dainty, feminine wraps of silk, satin or even chiffon to protect milady from the summer breezes. The sportswoman wears a coat whose chief feature is utility, and it is usu­ ally a garment built on the lines of her brother's. In a few of the smart­ est models made of English tweed the full, flaring lines are confined tbott the waist with belts. Patch pockets, raglan sleeves and turned down collars accentuate the masculine effect, and with a coat of this type the outdoor woman, will wear a Panama hat with a band of checked or striped ribbon. Another popular material for aports coats is "escorto," which is a clever combination of silk and wool, and be­ cause of its wonderful sheen is. In many instances, preferred to tho homely tweeds. Tulle on 8traw. A charming hat shows an aecor- deon-plaited tulle ruffle around the brim of a straw hat--the straw in coral pink, the tulle In turquoise hlno. The result Is truly delightful. Fall Handbaga. In some of the new baga. a small round mirror fits Into a flat side pocket. The back of the mirror is cov­ ered with silk to which Is attached another small flat pocket This small receptacle Is made to hold a few hair­ pins, and immediately above thla pocket, at the top of th6 mirror, a slightly padded surface forms a con­ venient pin cushion. This is a tong- felt want supplied.--Vogue e^ \ < Bleaching Hint.; •; To bleach white goods having col­ ored em b.-oldery. which cannot be boiled after washing, put in an oM pillow case wbica has been dipped to strong bluing water and thoroughly , dried. Rinse and dry each article before putting tn the pillow case. Hang the case with articles in ;ood. sirong light lor several daya.' Thtjr will be perfectly white. ,41 0;/;; Frocks of Gingham. Gingham adapts Itself to the tango* style admirablyand there should fct one or two simple morning trpeks Ot gingham in every outfit. if-