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"ft yî i'iAi'Wrw -s-iii*«-tr̂ -c-K? t̂f, ,•-. • .-«•: -i-*-'-:"x. :-;v:/-.'•-•'. ~.><v -T THE MeHEJTRY PLA.niDEAl.BB, MeSENRV, Mt, v£"<>.'" V *' '.W~ FRAMING OF PLATFORM DEFER- :•&! RED UNTIL AFTER THE FALL PftlMARlE8. '"7;^ - ---!'-111 ' •• • & ". M-4 - - > ' 7 :*? SENATOR SHERMAN SPEAKS Planks Presented on Full Suffrage ; Home Rule, Constitutional Conven­ tion and Tax Assessment--Commit­ tee of Seven to Frame Platform. '&P Sprifogfleld.---Edward Mtllei'.jof East f H . St. Louis, former secretary to Con- -X5#/ ' gressman Rodenberg, was made sec- ' 1 retary of the Republican state com- : •. , mittee when it met at Peoria. Presidential electors were chosen, but the nomination of three univer- ' sity trustees and framing of a plat­ form were deferred until after the fall primaries. They will be attend ad to at a meeting to Peoria Septem­ ber 19. Medill McCormick was temporary chairman and Congressman William B. McKinley Of Champaign permanent chairman. Cornelius J. Doyle of 8pringfiel»i,«retiring secretary of the state committee and a Deneen man, •was temporary and permanent secre­ tary. While the credentials and resolu­ tions committees were out Senator Sherman spoke. His declarations that It was the nation's duty to remain at peace and that it was the duty of Americans to stay out of th</war zone brought wild cheers. Senator Curtis of Joliet was elected chairman of the resolution^ committee and Orviile F. Berry of Carthage sec­ retary. Planks were presented on full suf­ frage, home rule, constitutional con­ vention and the tax assessment. A committee of seven will frame the platform for adoption in September. The presidential electors chosen are: At large--John R. Thompson of Chi­ cago, Sheldon Clark of Chicago, Lewis D. Miner of Springfield, George Martin of Mound City. District delegates: First.Donald S. McWilliams; Second. James C, Gar­ ner; Third, Jefferson Hodgkins; Fourth, Max Wllschkie; Fifth, S. B. Panama; Sixth, George L. Robertson; Seventh, GttS G. Martin; Eighth, Wil­ liam C. Schuman; Ninth, William B. Austin; Tenth, Henry Severin; Elev enth, John Lambert of Joliet; Twelth, Samuel D. Holderman of Morris; Thir­ teenth, William T. Rawleigh of Free- port; Fourteenth# Henry Merrill of Col­ chester; Fifteenth, Ben E. Day of Cuba; Sixteenth, Elbridge L. Buchanan of Lacon; Seventeenth, John W. Rod- gers of Bloomington; Eighteenth, Henry F. Ruel of Kankakee; Nine­ teenth, Ben P. Allen of Oconee; Twen­ tieth, Elmer E. Caldwell of Havana; Twenty-first, Homer A. Seymour of Hillsboro; Twenty-second, Allen P. Spencer of Highland; Twenty-third, Phillip W. Barnes of Lawrenceville; Twenty-fourth,. Andrew J. Poorman, Jr., of Fairfield; Twenty-fifth, Charles E. Fierich of Carbondale. Democrats Hold Convention. " Springfield.--The Democratc state convention was one of unbroken harmony. Governor Dunne and his administration were praised In un­ qualified terms, both by the conven­ tion speakers and in the platform that was adopted. Factional differ­ ences that had threatened to bring dis­ cordant notes into the gathering were glossed over in negotiations carried ton during the morning hours and only jexpressions of good will and friend­ ship were left in their wake. President Wilson and his adminis­ tration was the vantage ground on which the contending groups met in common. His three years* stay in. the White House was given an unqualified indorsement and described as one "unparalleled within any similar pe­ riod of the nation's history." Attorney General Lucey, who was chairman of the convention, voiced a glowing compliment to the president in his "keynote" speech. / A message was sent to President Wilson conveying the greetings of the convention, and reading as follows: "The Democrats of Illinois, in con­ vention assembled, send greetings to the president of the United States and pledges its loyalty to him and its faith in his ability to guide our nation safe­ ly through the present crisis," Presidential electors from the twen­ ty-five congressional districts whose names will be placed dn the. Illinois ballot this fall were selected by the Democratc state convention as fol­ lows by districts: First, George Miller; Second, Thom­ as Peters; Third. Charles 8. Thorn­ ton; Fourth, WilHam P. Baumann; Fifth, Leo L. Mrazek; Sixth, Charles J. Magee; Seventh, Wilbur E. Champ- lin; Eighth, Eugene J. O'Reilly; Ninth, Stuart G. Sheppard; Tenth, Robert E. Uartlett; Eleventh, Joseph Krueger, 1:1 gin: Twelfth, Daniel O'Connell, Grundy county; Thirteenth. William 3. Bocke, Stephenson county; Four­ teenth, Thomas A. Pender,' Rock Is­ land; Fifteenth, H. V. Johnson, Ful­ ton; Sixteenth, H. M.'Pindell, Peoria; Seventeenth, Thomas Kennedy, Wood­ ward county; Eighteenth, James W. Graham, Clark county; Nineteenth, Delbcrt R. Enochs, Champaign; Twen­ tieth, Frank Orr, Mount Sterling; Twenty-first, J. Stuart Clarke, Staun­ ton; Twenty-second, Maurice V.Joyce, East St. Louis; Twenty-third, A. J. Worman, Effingham county; Twenty- fourth, George C. Stephens, Harris- burg; Twenty-flfth, Walter W. Wil­ liams, Benton. The first ten of the candidates are from the districts in Cook county. The four delegates at large will not be selected until next September, when the convention gathers again for a second session. A report to the effect submitted by the committee on electors at large was adopted, Pure Ice, Health Board Aim. The state board of health is going to give citizens of Illinois pure natural fee by seeing that the sources of the supply are not contaminated. Embodied in a new set of rules, Just adopted by the board, is one declaring "no natural ice shall be furnished or vended to the public for domestic pur- pecee until the source of the ice sup­ ply has received the written approval of the state board of health, which approval is revocable upon written evidence being presented or discov­ ered of undue contamination entering the source." Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, secretary of the board, declared the rules would be enforced and prosecutions would fol­ low any violations. Must Reduce Charge. The railroads of the state KK re­ quired in an order entered by the otate public utilities commission to reduce the ciharge of cleaning and dis­ infecting cattle cars from $2.50 for single-deckers to 75 cents, and from $4 for double-deck cars to $1.25. The new rate must go into effect not later than May 15. The order is made on a complaint filed by the shippers of the state, who claimed that the charge by the rail­ roads for cleaning and disinfecting cars in accordance with the order of the stateilve stock board was9 ex­ orbitant V" " Women May Vote on Option. The state appellate court In a deci­ sion in the case of the people against Henry Ermovich upholds the right of women to vote in local option elec­ tions. The court states that women may vote at any referendum election not involving a constitutional office. New Incorporations. Secretary of State Stevenson at Springfield issued certificates of In­ corporation to the following: Arlington Elevator and Coal com­ pany, Arlington Heights; capital, f 10,- <000; incorporators, G. W. Begeman. George F. Schheberger, Gottlieb Sclineberger. The Fountain Inn, Chicago; capital, $2,600; incorporators, Joseph 8. Sam­ uels, Homer Grossman, R. I. Davis. SchlUo Bros, company, Chicago; name changed to Vogler-Schillo com­ pany. - Graves Heating company. Chicago; capital, $2,500; incorporators. Willard 8. Graves, Grace A. Graves, Harry D. Allen. Gross Avenue Packing company. Chicago; capital, $2,500; incorpora­ tors. S. K. Markman, F. E. Hinckley, A. Kellener. Home Ice company. Monmouth: •capital, $5,000; incorporators, W. S. Hubbard. J. D. Diffenbaugh. J. S. Dlf- fenbaugh. T. G. McCuHoiigh: Richard A. Pick, Inc., Chicago; capi­ tal, $2)500; incorporators, Richard A. Pick, James A. Brady, Andrew Rut- IF THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOES MUCH HIGHER aware* - < - * '.•»» /»x ** J u ^ "AT' *9$/. .f* ?"7* ' * • * • 0® PAUAT HELD AS TRAITOR 81* CASEMENT CAPTURED LAND* ING GERMAN ARMS M , • ' . IRELAND. ^ < KAISER'S SHIP IS DESTROYED RUSS SEIZE HEIGHTS TAKE CHAIN OF HII ERZER M. Hundreds of Turks Fai --German Attack N< Repulsed. WEST OF In the Battle Dvinsk Six Convicts Freed. am convicts gained their freedom ar the result of commutations of sen­ tence issued by Governor Dunne on recommendation of the state board of pardons. Those thus benefited by the exercise of executive clemency %re: Thomas Perkins, Cook' county; Arch Smith, Gallatin county; Allen Scroggins, Madison county; Gordon Johnson, Williamson county; Thomas Bann, Clinton county, and John Mc­ Donald, Christian county. Perkins was serving a life sentence at Joliet for murder. He is suffering from a malignant cancer, treatment of which will require an operation which prison medical authorities de­ clined to attempt. ThiB, coupled with statements tp year ago that Thomas Moran, an associate, really fired the fatal sfcjgvled to the governor's ac­ tion. Perkins has been in prison 15 years. Smith was serving a 14-year term at Chester for killing his brother-in- law as the climax of a quarrel over a line fence. The killing occurred in April, 1909. Advanced age on the part of Smith was given as the chief reason for his commutation, wnich cuts a year off; his time. Scroggins, Who has served seven years at Chester, was convicted at Alton int 1911 of a charge of rape. Johnson was serving 15 years at Chester for killing bis brother in 1910. Bann was sent to Chester in 1909 from Clinton county for slaying a man as the result of a political argument. Mc­ Donald was .serving a Jail sentence at TaylorVille for selling liquor in less than five gallon quantities at Tovey, a small mining town. He was sentenced for nearly a year, but had served practically six months and is crippled, hence the action in his be­ half. Officials of Tovey urged his freedom. Ruling on Ordinances. The appellate court reversed a Judg­ ment obtained in the circuit court by the city of Springfield against the In­ terstate, Independent Telephone and Telegraph company, in which was in­ volved the collection of $2,800 as a pole tax. In substance the court holds that a special ordinance takes pre­ cedence over any - regular ordinance heretofore passed. SHORT STATE ITEMS. K--Taking a copy of a Sun­ day magazine. A. L. Stiller marked two articles to prove there is no fu­ ture Itfer and tken shot «»d killed him­ self. " '• . ( Chicago.--William J. O'Brien, sixty- five years old. was instantly killed when he Is said to have jumped into the alley from a rear window on the sixth floor of a hotel at 22 West Van Bttren street. MilledgevUle.-- 'Grandma" Hollow- ell. eighty years old. using only a. hammer and a jackknlfe as tools, ftas completed a bird house surpassing any­ thing made in the manual training de­ partment of the l}lgh school. She painted it, too. The bird house is to be a gift to her granddaughter. East Dubuque.--This town, with a population at about 1,600, within a few days will b^ve 24 saloons, all on the same street and within three blocks. Patronage comes chiefly from Du< Petrograd (via London), April ILr- An official report on Wednesday says: "In the Dvinsk region, south of Garbunovka, during the night of April 18 the Germans poured a tremendous fire into one of our trenches at the village of Ginovka, then attacked and carried a trench, which we captured by a counter-attack. "In the region west of Postavy our artillery dispersed enemy columns. "In the Black sea one of our sub­ marines, although attacked by an enemy airman, succeeded in sinking a Bteamer and a ship vessel near the entrance of the Bosphorus under a heavy fire from the enemy batteries. "In the region of Aschkala, west of Erzerum, our troops by a night assault carried a chain of high bills, which had been strongly organized. We cap­ tured four Turkish officers and 120 men. The enemy left hundreds of dead on the field. "We annihilated some enemy ele­ ments which had been recently brought from Gallipoli, while the other Turkish troops which participated in the fight sustained heavy losses." Constantinople, April 21.--Turkish volunteers' detachments successfully attacked British positions near Skeikh Said, east of Kut-El-Amara, the war of­ fice announced. On the Caucasian front combats continue in the Ashorak valley and on the coast of Lauristan. The report adds: "On the Syrian coast a seaplane, which ascended from a ship off Gaoc, was pursued by two aeroplanes which opened machine gun fire and which also dropped bombs on the hostile ship. "On Tuesday * a hostile monitor fired a number of ineffective shots at Kar* atash Point on the Island of Keasten, near Smyrna." RUSSIANS AID FRANCE CZAR'S 80LDIERS DISEMBARK AT MARSEILLES. ' NEUTRAL LINER SUNK; 5 DIE Dutch Steamship Lodewik Van Nas­ sau Goes Down In Six Min­ utes--36 Rescued. London. April 24.--A Lloyd's dts- pateh from Ymuiden, Holland, says the Dutch steamship Lodewik Van Nassau was sunk Thursday afternoon. It went down in six minutes. Five of its crew were drowned. Thirty-six survivors have been landed at Ymuiden. The British bark Ravenhill was sunk Tuesday. The crew was saved and landed, according tcf Lloyds. The British Bteamer Calngowan also has been sunk, according to Lloyde Its crew was saved. The steamer was cgt armed. WARSHIPS READY TO SAIL « • • Orders Received at Philadelphia by Commander of Connecticut aftd" the Kansas. Philadelphia. April 24.--Orders hsve been received at the League Island navy yard for the commanders of the battleships Connecticut and Kansas to be in readiness to sail within twen­ ty-four hours. The collier Brutus, one of the largest in the service, left last, jdgjht for the Pacific coast s \ Americans Dje at Front. Ottawa. April 25 -- James Goodwin •f Sacramento. Cal., and William Ed­ ward Mahoney of R^xbury, Mass., were reported killed in action in the casualty Hat of the Canadian overseas farces issued here. Jm ***<# **7 January .fc1 Recall Italians to Arms. Rome, April 25.--Several hundred thousand Italian troops were recalled to the colors by a decree Issued here, reviving the report that the allies are making ready for the great offensive planned at the Paris conference. Canadian Diea After Fast. Hot Springs, Ark., April 22.--J. R. Stratton, for 25 years a member of the Canadian parliament, died liere after 36 days of fasting, and his phy- aician, Prof. K. Feiggs, is under arrest on a charge of manslaughter. Admits British Orders Illegal. Washington, April 22.--Ambassador Spring-Rice told the state department that Great Britain's reply to the Amer­ ican blockade protest partly admits that the British orders in council are Large Force Given Enthusiastic Wek come on Arrival in Port--Joffre ^ Sends Greeting. - % * Marseilles,- France, April 12.--A large fleet of -transports bearing Rus­ sian troops drew up to McQuay here at three o'clock Thursday afternoon. French troops, headed by the Sixth Hussars and the One Hundred and Fifteenth territorials, lined the land­ ing to extend the arrivals a welcome. The sailors of the French fleet in the harbor maned the yard arms of their vessels and the bands of the fleet took up the Russian national an­ them as the first transport. La Touche Trevllle. drew up. The Russian officers and sailors were lined up along the decks and on the bridges of the transports and the, Russian bands played the "Marseillaise." General LochweaSiy commanded the Russian forces. He was received with military honors by General Menassier, governor of Marseilles, and General Guerin. representing General Jonre. A notable gathering of Russian and French officials joined In an exchange of salutations, and the Russian-French soldiers cheered .in salvos while the cannon roared and exchanged salutes. The Russian forces will be used to fill the :gaps on the western front caused by the recent fighting. The arrival of these soldiers has made a profound impression in France, which is deeply moved by this manifestation of Russia's good will In the substantial form of fighting men. The Russians are believed to have embarked for France from the port of Archangel on the White sea, the only port through which there is tree communication between Russia Mid her allies in the West. Separatist Leader Attempted to Smug­ gle Guns and Ammunition Into t r Country--Worked for ^ German Cause. ' London, April 26.--Sir Roger Case­ ment, the Irish separatist leader, has been captured from a German ship which attempted to land arms in Ire­ land and was sunk, it was officially announced. . . ' /The officii announcement says: "During the period between the ^fe­ et-noon of April 20 and the afternoon of April 21 an attempt to land arms and ammunition in Ireland was made by a vessel under thp guise of a neu­ tral merchant ship, but which in real­ ity was a German auxiliary, in con­ junction with a German submarine. ' "The auxiliary sank and a number Of prisoners were made, among whom was Sir , Roger Casement." Sir Roger, a knight and formerly a British pensioner, has been a source of concern to the British government since a few months after the declara­ tion of war, when it became known that he had gone to Berlin and was working in the German cause. It was then reported that he had opened negotiations between the Ger­ man government and the anti-English party in Ireland. It was said he had obtained assurances that if a German army invaded Ireland all native insti­ tutions wotjld be respected. Early in 1915 his pension of £400, granted to him by the government as a retired consular official, was can­ celed on charges that he was disloyal. Shortly iafterward he published in Ber­ lin an open letter to Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister, charging the British government with offering his servant a bribe of £5,000 for his cap­ ture or death. He was also understood to have pro­ posed an alliance between Germany, Ireland and the United States, but this was never confirmed. WILL EXECUTE PABLO LOPEZ CAPTURE BRITISH POSITIONS Berlin Reports Marked Successes for Teuton Troops Operating Against the English. , Berlin, April 22.--Marked successes for the German troops operating in Flanders against the British army were announced on Thursday in the war office report It stated that at Ypres German troops have penetrated English trenches, while at Langemarck English positions on a front of 600 yards have been captured. HIHHWMMMWiiOi NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR inwemMiwiiMii Washington, April 21.--President Wilson restored to entry 194,000 acres of public land in Custer county, Mon­ tana. London,, April 24.--British forces. In the expedition against German East Africa have captured" Umbugwe and Salanga. according to an announce* men* made by the official press bu­ reau. , Lisbon. Aprfl 24.--A government de­ cree has been issued banishing all Germans of military age from, Portu­ guese territory. The remainder will be interned. A state of siege has been declared at the Azores. Olds Gives to Colleg< East Lansing, Mich., Api gift of $100,000 for cons new buildings for the en partment at the Michigan college was received fro of Lansing. Williams Gets Chi Washington, April Wilson sent to the s the nomination of Ri be postmaster ot C. Williams to Chicago, Fire at Cedar Rapi which started merly 8t. J place for state Iowa City, caused $450,000. ident turday gner to d Dixon ster ol ids. 1 24.--Fire Union, top a rooming students at 'property loss. ol Crazed. 8oldier Vienna. April 24.--N killed and many wou in the outskirts of Vi Fichtner, a landstur who became insane w A ft police post. < i?-- \ " were street Carranzlttas Captyred Vlllista Near Santa Ysabs!---Thousands to Wit-- - ness Outlaw's Death. X SI Paso. Tex., April 26.--Public exe­ cution in the plaza at Chihuahua-City Is to end the career of Pablo Lopez, the Villa bandit paptured Saturday near Santa Ysabel, according to pas- BeiiK6iB arriving here from Chihuahua. A similar fate will be meted out tb the three men who were taken with Lopez. The four executions were set for today, It was said. Thousands are ex­ pected to witness them. Lopez tfe among those charged with having par­ ticipated in the Columbus raid. He is being held in Jail at Chihuahua not only to give opportunity for Ameri­ can officers to make certain Of his Identity but also in order that wit­ nesses might be summoned ftom Co­ lumbus. SCOTT TO MEET 0BREG0N American and Mexican General Will Confer on Border This , Week. Washington, April 26.--Further de­ velopments in the pursuit of Villa and the relations between the United States and the de facto government of Mexico now await personal discus­ sion of these subjects by the senior military advisors of the two govern­ ments. A conference between Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the American army, and Gen. Alvaro Obregon, minister of war of the de facto government, was arranged on Monday to take place either in Juarez or El Paso. General Scott Is now In San An­ tonio, Tex., and General Obregon is thought to be already on his way north from Mexico City. CHAIRMAN M'COMBS TO QUIT Notifies President That He Wttl Be 5 Unable to Serve If Chosen. Washington. April 26.--William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, has made it plain to President Wilson that he will be unable to serve, even though he might be chosen to do so, as chairman of the committee after the St. Louis convention. Mr. McCombs communicat­ ed his intention to retire to the presi­ dent and the latter has sent the chain man a letter e*pressing regret because he feels that he must take this step, HISTORY OF SUBSEA DISPUTE WITH BERLIN Washington, D. C.--The submarine •ontroversy between the United Stated and Germany had its beginning on February 4, 1915. A' chronological rec­ ord of subsequent steps follows: y 1915. Feb. 4--Germany notifies United States she will start submarine war in waters adjacent to British isles on Feb. 18. Feb. 10--United States notifies Ger­ many it will hold her to "strict ac­ countability" for any loss or injury to Americans as result of submarine war. Feb. 20--United States suggests to both Germany and Great Britain' a ces­ sation of their illegal activities. March 28--British steamer Falaba sunk; 160 lives lost, including one American. April 28--American steamer Cush- Ing attacked by German aeroplane. May 1--American steamer Gulfiight attacked by German submarine; three Americans lost. * May 7-r-Lusitania sunk ; 114 Ameri­ cans killed. * , May 13--President sends first LUB!- tanfa note to Germany, saying United States will omit "no word or act" to preserve its rights. May 28--Germany replies to United States note, dodging issues raised by Wilson. June 1«--Germany offers reparation for Gulflight and Cushing attacks. June 8--Secretary of State Bryan resigns from cabinet. June 9--Second Lusltania note sent to Germany by President Wilson. July 8--Germany's rejoinder received by United States. July 9--Steamer "Orduna" attacked without warning by German subma­ rine. July 21--Third American Lusltania note sent to Berlin, informing Ger­ many that further attacks would be regarded as "deliberately unfriendly:" July 25--American steamer Leela- naw sunk. Aug. 18--Count von Bernstorff as­ sures Secretary of State Lansing Ger­ many will end submarine warfare on passenger ships. Aug. 19--Liner Arabic sunk, two Americans killed. Aug. 27--Von Bernstorff promises "'complete satisfaction." Sept' 1--Germany promises to sink no more liners. Sept. <4--Liner Hesperian sunk mys­ teriously. Sept 7--German note on Arabic r* celved by United States. . < Sept. 9--Germany explains attack on Orduna. Oct. 5--Germany apologizes for at­ tack on Arabic, disavows act of sub­ marine commander, and offers indem­ nity to United States. • Nov. 7--Italian liner Ancona stink, with loss of American lives. Dec. 6---United States calls Austria to account for sinking Ancoua. Dec. 15--Aistria replies and at­ tempts to start argument on fact. Dec. 19--United States sends rejoin­ der to Austrian reply, demanding com­ plete backdown. Dec. 22--Japanese Bteamer Yanaka Maru sunk in Mediterranean. Dec. 29--Austria backs down and apologizes. Dec. 30 -- Steamer Persia sunk in Mediterranean, United States Consul McNeely killed. . 1918. Jan. 5 -- United States senate de­ bates advisability of warning Ameri­ cans off belligerent liners. Jan. 7--Voh Bernstorff gives United States new assurances on German sub­ marine policy, Insisting safety of non- combatants will be considered. Jan. 18--Secretary Lansing sends note to allied powers suggesting they disarm merchantmen or United Stateto will regard them as auxiliary cruisers. Feb. 10--Germany informs United States after March 1 it will attack all armed liners without warning. Feb. 21--Senator Stone, chairman of senate foreign relations committee, Chairman Flood of house foreign af­ fairs committee, and Senator Kern ot Indiana call on Wilson at White House and tell him congress wants Americans warned off armed ships. Feb. 24--Wilson makes publi^ letter to Stone declining to warn Americans. Feb. 27--Germany informs United States its order will go into effect ^'^Feb. 29--Wilson demands that con­ gress defeat resolutions warning Amer­ icans off armed ships. March 3--Resolution of warning in­ troduced by Gore tabled by senate with provision in it that sinking of armed ships, resulting in death ot Americans, would be cause for war. March 7--House tables McLemore resolution of warning. March 24--English steamer Sussex, attacked by submarine--several Amer­ icans seriously injured. March 25--British steamers Man­ chester Engineer, Eagle Point and Ber wyndvaie attacked. April 18--Wilson decides to lay en­ tire case before congress after cabi­ net approves note to Germany inform­ ing her United States will not argue 'submarine matters any longer. Bandit Robs Bank of $5,000. Bingham Canyon, Utah, April 26.-- A bandit armed and masked walked into the Copper State bank here, and after binding and gagging J. W. Kee- ler, the cashier, and locking him in a vault, escaped with $5,000. White Sox Player Injured, Detroit, Mich., April 2(>. -- Ray Schalk, star catcher of the White Sox, was injured in the fourth inning here. Ia running after a wild heave by Ed­ die Collins, Schalk fell heavtyy to the ground, injuring his hip. ay if- Japanese Force In France. New York, April 26--Fred Cozzens, an importer of this city, asserted On his arrival here that he had witnessed the entraining at Marseilles two weeks ago of a force of Japanese_ sol­ diers, 200 strong. ,--_. Cruiser Searches Chalmette. Havana, April 26.--The Australian cruiser Sydney stopped the Southern Pacific steamer Chalmette 180 miles out of Havana by a shot Over the bows. The ship was searched, but al­ lowed to proceed. Discouraging Company. |lro» Flatbush--Come over and Sing .for me tonight ? « Mrs. Bensonhurst--But you have company visiting at your house, haven't you? "Yea, but my husband thinks they have been with us long enough." Demonstrating It. Mrs Binx--"I was just reading about a man seventy yearc old who has been sent to the penitentiary for the fifth time for burglary." Mr. Binx--"Yes, old age steals on."--Boston Globe. 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On retiring lightly touch spots of dan- .' g druff. itching and burning with Cuticura Ointment Next morning shampoo^ |||| thoroughly with Cuticura Soap and hot water. These super-creamy emollients . ||| do much to keep the scalp clean and ^ -healthy and to promote* hair growth. Free sample each by mail with Book. ^ Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Boeton. Sold everywhere.--AdT« % )1,'v ' ; Legal Day of Rest. The New York court of appeals hast given a decision sustaining the "one- day-rest-in-seven" law that meets tk# f!,Sj strong approval of progressively. minded citlzenB. The following sen^ tences are worth quoting: "We have» no power of decision of the question^irp^ whether it is the wisest and best way . • to offset these conditions and to give; employees the protection which they need, even if ^we had any doubt on that subject. Our only inquiry must be whether the provision on its face: seems reasonable, fair and appropri­ ate, and whether it can fairly be be-. lleved that its natural consequences will be In the direction of the better­ ment of public health and welfare. ' and therefore that it is one which the state for its protection and advantage may enact and enforce."--Ch|gffQ ; ning Poat / V. : « . 4:; 'i Modern Methods.: ^ "Well, well. I see where another Z&0i member cf the so-called upper class is . 'sTp charged with murder." : "Does he accuse a mysterious Uttl* \ ^ man' from Afghanistan of inciting him ^ to commit the crime, or is he going *"|1| j to enter the old-fashioned plea of in- ^ sanity?" . • . Refute*. : /'j "Dinks thinks he knows it an." iM. Whenever •, S* 'You're mistaken there. he meets one he says: everything T*" 'Wall. ...o The leap-year girl who jsfflposes to wine bibber wins if she loses. Not Mind Readera. Newed--My wife thinks you are elever. Old wed--You mean she says I am. . Newed---Well, isn't it the same thing? Oldwed--Not on your Ule. . No man knows what a woman thinks. Still the Same, The Chinese claim that they bred and domesticated hogs 4,000 years be­ fore the Christian era, but in all that time the manners of the hoga have MM lac proved much.--Atchison Globe. Well Built Is Built To Vln-- ̂ but in building brain and body, often the daily diet lacks certain cssea- v>tial mineral elements. \ These necessary fact­ ors are abundantly sup­ plied by the field grains, but are lacking in many foods--especially white (tour, from which they are thrown out in the • milling process to make the flour white. Grape made of whole wheat and malted barley, supplies all the rich nutriment of the grains,including their vital mineral salts, those all-necessary builders of active brains and vigor­ ous bodies. .To build figjb& at Grape-Nuts. -There's * lfeaswt