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-fr '> • ;-': "ti- "->" r*> -. ••. ' • ' - - " .V '-- l> ' * . i) W' . 5 1 ^ '* 'rSWJ. THE McHENRY PLAINDEAtEK, , „ -,v. '4-\. -' iC; ,'*e, *;>** ' -•-> 'jfmummtltmm ; - COST TOO HIGH ?>> 4"# / v • ^ :. ' •-« |Mf legislators Preparing to >|j I Rflht for Lightening of the Burden. •§5 •'»!' S®H BURNS' REGISTRATION PUN Cook County Civil Service Commission \i >• -- Urge Wide Extension of Merit *'>/'* Vv *v fel" < Pi , System--Permanent Regis- \ • tration BUI Is Urged. . Springfield.--Eight hundred thou­ sand dollars, in round figures, was the cost to the people of Illinois of the election of November 7„ This includes primaries, registration and revision. With these figures added to those of other elections in the last year, many members of the legislature are going into the next session to fight for amendments to the primary and elec­ tion laws, cutting down the number of ©lections and simplifying the statutes covering those that are allowed to stand. Bills to repeal the primary law otft- right will be Introduced, but it is not believed that a majority of the mem­ bers of the legislature will be found 'willing to assume responsibility for such a move. It is a fact, however, that many members of the general as­ sembly are in favor of wiping the pri­ mary law off the boobs. Representative John S. Burns, who Is employed in the election commis­ sioners' office at Chicago, and perhaps knows more about the election ma­ chinery of that city and state than any other member of the general as­ sembly, will introduce a permanent registration bill. Mr. Burns believes the voters of the state should have an opportunity to register whenever k is convenient for them to do'so instead of having to go to polling places on two specified days before election. The Burns bill would establish a registration bureau in the office of the election commissioners at which vot­ ers 'oould register on about 250 of the 365 dayi in the year. The cost, it is figured, would not be nearly as great as that of the present system. Several civil-service bills are expect­ ed to come before the legislature again. Most of these measures are for the extension of the service. The Cook county civil service commission, beaded by Melville 6. Holding, has al­ ready prepared a bill. In their annual report the commis­ sioners call attention to the efforts made in the Forty-ninth general as­ sembly to have a comprehensive act passed, and add: "A large majority of the members elected to the house and senate have pledged themselves in writing to' the passage of such an act, and In each of the platforms of the political parties appear distinct planks and Indorse­ ment of such comprehensive civil serv­ ice legislation for Cook county, and the newly elected governor has pledged himself in his speeches and public utterances, as well as by his record, that he Is a friend of civil service, and will undoubtedly work for the passage of this act so drafted and recommended." If passed the bill would place under Civil service every person employed by the county except officers elected by popular vote; all officers whose ap­ pointment Is provided for by the con­ stitution ; all judges, masters In chan­ cery and officers appointed by the judges of any court, other than clerks and permanent employees of the court; the superintendent of the coun­ ty infirmary, the county agent, the superintendent of public service, the warden of the county hospital, the county architect, the auditor for the county board, and the county physi­ cian ; one assistant and a chief deputy sheriff; one committee clerk for the county board, one confidential clerk or secretary for each elective head of q department. ft also gives authority to the county board to appoint a consulting staff of physicians and surgeons and to con­ tract for the nursing of the sick, poor and insane of the county. ganised in 1898 and the Farmers com­ pany in 1908. After the complaint was filed the Farmers' company construct­ ed several miles of teelphone Hues and connected them with Its existing rural line entering Sandwich. The new lines were parallel to those of the complainant. This was done without a certificate of convenience and ne­ cessity from the commission. At the hearing the Farmers' com­ pany contended that in building the new lines it had only extended and added to its telephone system and therefore a certificate of convenience and necessity was not necessary. The commission followed its deci­ sion in the Byron Telephone company against the Rock River Telephone company, in which a similar conten­ tion was overruled. The Farmers' Tel­ ephone company of Sandwich was therefore ordered to remove or oth­ erwise dispose of the telephone lines and equipment with which it invaded the territory of the complainant., \ May Change Primary Law. A spring primary will be provided for the 1&18 senatorial contest if. GOT- ernor-elect Frank O. Lowden has his way. •*, " • Elimination of the September pri­ mary provided by the present law Is one'of the features of administration bills revising the election and primary laws which are being prepared at the suggestion of the governor-elect. . Experiences of Colonel Lowden in his recent campaign are responsible for his views relative to primary dates. He campaigned all summer for his nomination In the September primaries and then was obliged to renew activities for the November election without an opportunity for a breathing spell. He prefers the system which formerly was In effect whereby the primaries are held in April and the nominees are able to take things easy during the summer, putting on steam In the fall for a final spurt. An April primary in 1918 will mean that candidates for Senator James Hamilton Lewis' seat in the United States senate must jump into the fray next fall, a year Inf advance of the election. The Lowden election bills are being prepared by Charles E. Woodward of Ottawa, former assistant attorney general, who drafted a complete re­ vision of primary and election laws for the senate committee on elec­ tions at the la?t session. The bills are likely to be Introduced in the house by Representative Gotthard A. Da hi berg of Chicago, who was active along this line in 1915. Vote for State Officers. The total vote for state officers, ex­ clusive of congressman at large in the state outside of Chicago, has been cdmpiled by the secretary of state's office. It is as follows; . Governor--Dunne, 815,405: Lowden, 438,484 ; Stednmn, 21,786; Golden, 14,- 171; Francis, 1.017. Lieutenant Governor --- Huttman, 824,240; Oglesby, 430,064; Sanberg, 21,230; Dubois, 9,522; Jennings, 953. Secretary of State--Stevenson, 334,- 159; Emerson, 422,674; Felgh, 20,911; Meyer, 8,548; Larson, 965. Auditor -- Brady, .822,542; Russel, 432,963; Anderson, 21,270; Sheep, 6.- 796; Noistrom, 950. Treasurer--Charles, S2&.286; Small, 426,932; Newton, 21,151; Seaman, 8,- 979; Friedman, 947. Attorney General--Lucey, 325333; Brundage. 429,853; Brooks, 21,188; Harding, 9,026; Zerman, 949. NEWS Of ™ ITEMS OP GENERAL. STATS IN­ TEREST FRESH FROM ' f TELEGRAPH. CITY GIRL TIRES OF FARM Regulated Monopoly Favored. The theory of regulated monopoly in the public utility field and the ques­ tion of the invasion by one public util­ ity of the territory of another, are jssaln discussed- fey tfe© Illinois pub­ lic utilities commission In an Interest­ ing case involving a complaint by the Northern Illinois Telephone company Against the Farmers' Telephone com­ pear or ~»andwlch. The commission's decision prohibits one company from Invading the territory of another and strongly favors regulated monopoly. The two companies have their prin­ cipal places of business in Sandwich. The Northern Illinois company was or- STATENEWSMTBRIEF." -forkville.--Wire thieve® have been operating successfully in this region. Their most recent work was the theft of 2,500 feet of copper cable here. Savanna.--In a letter received by John Grandy, his father, who lived in a small town in Norway, tells of the extremely high prices charged for foodstuffs and other necessities, as a result of the war. A two-year-old Meer brings about 1260. floor is |5 per hundredweight. * t Danville.--Because he tried to save bis finger after he had severed it while trimming a half sole, James D. Brooks, cobbler, may die of blood poisoning. He used shoemaker's wax on the wound. Dixon.--Karl Kastner, a live-stock buyer, fell dead after chasing a calf that he had purchased from a farmer near here. Hanover.--On good roads day. mer­ chants closed their stores and pro­ prietors and clerks joined with the road commissioners in Improving a stretch of highway between Hanover and Savanna. 1.X Getting Reports Ready. All state officers are getting ready their reports to be submitted to the fiftieth general assembly, which con­ venes in about five weeks. Among the first to be made ready will be that of Attorney General Lucey, who has been working on his report for some time. The report will contain among other things the item that $248,106.35 has been paid Into the state treasury. This amount represents a 2 per cent com­ mission of former county treasurers which was returned on the lnherit- ance taxfeeadaimed by them. " ! Hughes' Illinois Plurality. Official returns from all counties except Cook were issued by Secretary of State Stevenson. Taken with the unofficial figures in Cook, where the canvass Is still in progress, they indi­ cate that Hughes carried the state by 215,000. Except Medill McCormick's, downstate margins ou congressman at large have not been tabulated. His plurality was 100,935. Cauae of Car Shortage. The coal-car shortage Is boused by the failure of railroads to abide by the rules of the American Railways asso­ ciation in the use of coal cars, accord­ ing to (J. B. Cttrty of Chicago, attor­ ney for the Chicago and Alton Rail­ way company. He made the state­ ment at a bearing before Commission­ er Shaw of the state public utilities commission. New Incorporations. Watson Farmers' exchange, Watson; capital, $2,500; •incorporators, W. F. Norrls. J. A. Humes, Bliss E. Loy. Leltelt Brothers, Inc.; Capital stock increased from $10,000 to $12,- 500. Grommom Metal Weatherstrip com­ pany, Chicago; capital, $5,000; Incor­ porators, John G. Campbell, John D. Peterson. Herman A. Fisher, Jr. Ideal Steel Burial Vault company, Chicago; capital. $150,000; Incorpora­ tors, John Stevens. Francis W. Robin- ym, James A. Lyon. Individual Wet Wash Laundry, Chi­ cago ; capital. $5.000; incorporators, Lewis Moe. Albert T. Anderson, Theo­ dore G. Williams. . v j , J. D. Wallace & Co.. Chicago; cap­ ital. $10,000- Incorporators, Elmer EL Schmuck, George W. Ingrish. Harry Bierman. . Meehan Traffic Service. Chicago; capital, $100,000; incorporators, F. S. Morris, William M. Nelis, Clarence A. Nells. Painting and Decorating company, Chicago; capital. $2.0(to; Incorporators, Oscar Holmes. John E. Sundlwrg, Cora E. Holmes, J. H. Lawson. Pretty Chicago Lass Who Want to Live In Country aa farmer's Daughter, Gives Up Home . for Town Life. Amboy.--Miss Mary Smith, tba pretty Chicago girl who on August 13, 1915, went to the big farm of James Pankhurst, a very rich man, near here, to live with Pankhurst and his wife as a daughter and inherit $10,000 at his death, has sickened of Che bargain. She cast aside the home, the $10,000 and told her foster parents that she was through. She will re­ turn to Chicago. Thus ended one of Illinois' strangest stories. Hundreds of thousands of people have watched the progress of Mary's home-making. Back to Chicago comes Mary on Mon­ day, back to stenography, mayhap; back to a counter, mayhap, but back to anything, oh, anything, says the yearning, disappointed Mary, so long as it doesn't smell like milk nor yet like new-mown hay, and doesn't echo and echo of a country manse. Mary went to the farm to remain the rest of her life and not marry during their existence. "Money isn't everything," says Mary Smith. "I want my right to myself, to my own way of living. Somebody else's rules and somebody else's money can't give me that. The city for me--and--and I'm a wiser girl than I was a year and a half ago." Chicago.--Erection of a gigantic steel municipal court building and headquarters for the executive offices of the police department In the down­ town district was urged before the finance committee by Commissioner of Public Works William It. Moor- house as the final big project pushed by him since he has been In office. The scheme is an elaborated revival of one that was proposed two years ago, but which failed to materialise, because the proposed bond Issue of $1,000,000 was not placed on the bal­ lot. The present plan, which was worked out by Mr. Moorliouse and a committee of city officials, calls for a building to cost between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. The site selected by the committee Is the property owned by- the city at the east end of the Madison street bridge and on the south side of the thoroughfare. Olney.--The trial of Roy Hlnterllter for the murder of Elizabeth Radcllffe will take place In January. The grand jury turned in indictment for murder, and the prisoner was arraigned and held without bail. The Indictment consists of one count alleging that Hlnterllter while attempting an Illegal operation on the girl caused her death. The cause of death is not named, but the state's only theory Is that death was caused by air In her circulatory system Introduced In the process of at­ tempting the abortion. To eliminate the defense that poison may have caused her death State's Attorney Morris caused the stomach to be sent to the University of Illinois for an­ alysis. This analysis. It was learned yesterday, will not be completed until December 10. Judge W. A. Miller of Benton will preside at the trial which will begin at the adjourned session of court on January 3. Springfield.--Judge Humphrey set December 14 as the date for hearing the suit of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad against United States District Attorney Knotts and presi­ dents of the "big four" brotherhoods in Illinois, to enjoin them from enforc­ ing the Adamson eight-hour law. The hearing will be held In Peoria where the suit was filed. The four brother­ hood heads made defendants are R. A. Burge, J. W. Clark, W. W. Munson and F. D. Loehr. Peoria.--Mayor Woodruff has taken a hand In the high cost of living and Issued the following statement: "I have eight teams of horses which I will loan to any Peorian to use In hauling coal for his own use, provid­ ing he will furnish the wagon to haul the coal. I have no wagons free Just now for coal hauling, but the 16 horses are at our barns and doing nothing. If any man in Peoria wants to use a team of horses he may have the use of them for nothing." Quincy.--Because the coal situation here- dealers practically decided that hereafter no coal would be sold on credit. Spi^ngfield.--Mrs. Lottie Scherrer of Granite City was elected grand Junior warden of the Rebekah state assem­ bly. ' Prophetstown. -- Thieves robbed Mrs. Peter Ohrlstofferson's coops, tak­ ing 150 chickens, worth $200, Danville.--Two masked men held up the Elsby grocery store and got away with $300. Jollet.--Harry Petterson, convict, who escaped from "the prison honor farm August 8, 1915, walked Into the main door of the prison. Petterson told Warden Zlmmer his conscience had driven him back. Petterson was received from Peoria on a. one to ten- years' term for larceny. * He baa 18 months yet to serve. Aurora.--"We are getting away from the original purpose of the pub­ lic school," said John W. Raymond, president »f the west side board of education at the dedication of the Greenman school building. "Football should not be tolerated." Havana.--At the request of factory employees, the council has appointed a city sealer whose duty will be to keep tab on local merchants and their weights and measures. According to statements of the workmen, they are under the impression that the mer- ehants ndt only are charging them record prices, but also are sUort- welghing them. Bloomlngton.--Clarence Beetle of Springfield, employed by the Simmons Contracting company, Chicago, was In­ stantly killed here by falling from the roof of a new dormitory at the Bi! nolo state normal university. T"* i KINDRED SPIRITS *Oh>\ -TO»rx»r. (MRsrotnttf Ronmaow cauaoel ADMITS WILSON WON CHARLES E. HUGHES CONGRATU­ LATES THE PRESIDENT. Declares Closeness' of Vote Caused Delay--Wilson Replies and Sends Best Wishes. Lakewood, N. J, Nov. 24.--Charles E. Hughes, Republican candidate for president In the recent election, on Wednesday night sent to President Wilson a telegram congratulating him upon his re-election. In his telegram Mr. Hughes said: "Because of the closeness of the Tote. I had awaited the official count In California, and now that it virtually has been com­ pleted permit me to extend to you my congratulations upon your re-election. 1 desire also to express my best wishes for a successful administration." Washington, Nov. 24.--Woodrow Wilson has been acknowledged as vic­ tor by Charles Evans Hughes. The belated congratulations have been sent From Lakewood, N. J., Mr. Hughes sent a telegram of felicitation to President Wilson at the White House. From William RJ Wilcox, Repub­ lican national chairman, came word that all hope had been abandoned in California. The Hughes message writes "QUalef* to the election resnlts. K ' Washington, Nov. 24. -- President Wilson sent a telegram to Charles E. Hughes acknowledging his mesa^ge af congratulation. The president's telegram "I am sincerely obliged; your message of congrati me to assure you of m] for die years to come." RULES ADAMSON LAW IS Vl VILLA MEETS DEFEAT BAHBIT SUFFERS BIS LOSSI8 (N . BATTLi. v Aj * 4 ? - . • * » - X * - p , ; -il Large Nwtbert of Attacking Left Dead on the Field, «ay Carransiatas., Fmw Federal Judge Hcck of Kansas City Holds Act Unconstitutional--Will Go to High Tribunal. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 24.--The Adamson eight-hour law was held un­ constitutional here on Wednesday by Judge William C. Hook in the United States district court. Judge Hook directed the receivers of the Missouri, Oklahoma ft Gulf railroad, whe brought the original ac­ tion In this case to enjoin the law from going Into effect, to assist the government In expediting the case to the Supreme .Court of the United States for final decision, and instruct­ ed them, through their attorneys, to invite the representatives of every railroad In this country to participate In the hearings before the highest court in th» land. This was requested In the govern­ ment's motion to dismiss the Injunc­ tion petition of the rfcilroad, the gov­ ernment desiring to avoid "prolonged, unnecessary and scattered litigation through the hearing of countless siml lar suits filed by every rail system in every federal district In the United States through which their lines run." Following Judge Hook's decision, Frank Hagerman. special counsel for the government, gave notice of an ap­ peal which was certified by the court late In lhe dayr ---- NEW LINER SUNK; FIFTY DIE White Star Line Steamer Britannie, Used as a Hospital Ship, Lest In Aegean. London. Nov. 24.--The British hos­ pital ship Britannic, 47,000 tons, the White Star's new liner, one of the larg­ est vessels afloat, has been sunk with the loss of about fifty lives, says a British official announcement. The Britannic was sunk by a mine or a torpedo Tuesday morning In the Aegean sea, according to the official statement There were 1.106 survivors. New York, Nov. 24.--The statement was credited to the British consulate in this city that American nurses and surgeons were aboard the British hos­ pital ship Britannic, reported sunk In the Aegean sea. but la'er It was denied by the ranking consular official that there was any basis for the statement. Warn Liner of Submarines. New York, Nov. 28.--A wirelesr warning to look out for German sub­ marines off the American coast was flashed at sea to the American line steamship Kroonland, which arrived here from Liverpool. 4 El Pam* T®*w Nov. 25.--Francisco Villa withdrew his surviving forces In defeat from Chihuahua City at 6:15 o'clock Thursday night, after a battle of seven hours, during which be made fruitless attempts to carry General Trevlno's protecting works by assault General Trevino repulsed a fourth mass attack by Villa forces, the ban­ dits being driven from their temporary Intrenchinents with heavy losses. It was announced In Juares. The de facto troops now are pursuing the bandits toward the south, the same report from Chihuahua City stated. General Trevino has about 5,000 men. General Trevlno's artillery, which carried the brunt of the attack,*did heavy executlon on the ranks of the bandits, according to a message Gen­ eral Gonzales said he bad received from the state capital. Many Villa prisoners^ were taken by the Carranza forces when a detachment of infantry and cavalry made a sally from the city, he said. Af 1:80 p. m., two hoirft and a half after Villa began hi# attack, the toolse of bursting shells and discharging field pleee^ was said to deafen. General Trevino had 20 fleldpleces stationed on the Santa Rosa and other hills In the suburbs of Chihuahua City, military men In Juares say, and there were several French 75s included in number. person was leading his the Carransa troops, ^ports received at headquarters from^m^^^H^H^HB idlt leader with his cru die. ROADS ASK RELIEF 0! Revolutionary Change In Relations Is Asked of Cdngress---See Govern­ ment Ownership. , Washington, .---The railroads of the country made .a flat demand on Thursday for a revolutionary change In the relations ef the government to the railroads. General Counsel A. P. Thorn, of the railroad executives' committee told the Newlands Joint congressional committee Investigating Interstate commerce conditions that unless the present system of railroad control Is reformed, government ownership of the entire railroad systems of the country Is inevitable. Mr. Thom opened the testimony for the railroads with an outline of the position the railroads take concerning railroad regulations. He declared the present system has almost complete­ ly precluded new railroad construc­ tion and has endangered the credit of alirailroads. BUCHAREST III PERIL JUNCTION OF FALKENHAYN AND ^- titACkSNSEN SPLITS ROUMA-* MIA IN TWAIN. ARMY CROSSES THE HNS* Fer dinand's Troops Are Btimfng • Tepms While Retreating--Invaders K on Outskirts of Alexandria--Two T«wna Are Captured. Berlin, %'ov.'2% by wireless.--Gen­ eral von Falkenhayn's troops invading western Roumania from the'north and west have effected a junction with Field Marshal • von Mackensen's forces that have advanced from the sout band crossed the Danube Into Roumania territory, the war office announced on Sunday. The official statement says: "Front of Archduke Joseph--Rus­ sian companies again attacked our po­ sition near Batoa Naegra in tjbe Gyer- gyo mountains, but failed to gain the slightest success. "In the Alt valley, Ramml<nie and Valeea have been captured. On the heights north of Curtea-Deaiges the Roumanians are still offering tena­ cious resistance. "In the territory east nf the Lowei Alt German cavalry under Lieutenant General Count von Schmeetow re­ pulsed a Roumanian cavalry division that offered battle, the German eav airy' proceeding in a victorious ad­ vance. The road from the Alt east­ ward Is occupied by fleeing cart col­ umns. Their retirement Is marked by burning towns. "We are In touch with the forces that crossed the Danube, "Army group of Field Marshal von Mackensen--An advance by hostile in­ fantry, assisted by fire from the sea, along the coast against the right wing of the Dobrudja failed. "Under Field Marshal von Macken­ sen's eyes the Danube army chosen for further operations in western Roumania crossed, to the other bank as planned. We hate arrived in front of Alexandria. 1 "The Danube bae risen high because of a thaw. In fighting their way across our troops co-operated excel­ lently,. our braye pioneers Included, with portions of the Imperial motor corps and the Austro-Hungarlan Dan­ ube flotilla under command of Cap­ tain Luclch, and Austro-Hungarlan pioneer detachments of Major Gen­ eral Gaugl's force.w MRS. INEZ B0ISSEVAIN IS DEAD Noted Woman Passes Away in Lea Angeles Hospital--Stricken While Making Address. Angeles, Cel., Nov. 28.--Mrs. t Mllholland Bolssevaln, widely own woman suffragist and welfare hospital here on illness of ten irs old. Mrs. ^suddenly this 3 U. S. SAILORS A5& KILLEQ Tide Sweeps Launch Into River Ship's f Wheels In San Franoiae* : . - / ®»y- San Francisco. Nov. 28.--Thrfee sea­ men of the United Stntes naval su> ply ship Glacier were drowned In the bay on Saturday when the launch Id which 30 members of tbe cr^w were returning to the Glacier after shore leave was crushed under the stern wheel of the Southern Pacific river boat Apache. The tide Is believed to •have dragged the boat fie pro­ peller. The dead are: William Hel* berger, Glendare, Cal.; R. K. Wiley, McKlnney. Tex.; Grover Campbell, Middlesboro, Ky. or!rer, died Satufdkj af weeks. She Bolssevaln while addresi city during the* palgn and fainted on the meeting. Mrs. Boisi was diagnosed as aplast1 H erhusband, Engene Boissevff parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. holland of New York, and her sister,1 Miss Vida, were present when kite died. She was born In New York in 1886. She won scholastic honors at Vassar college. She spent three years at the University of New York Law school and got her legal degree and was ad­ mitted to tbe bar of New Turk In 1912. w The young woman had been active­ ly identified with almost every wom­ an's cause in the country. On July 15, 1913, she married In England Frida Eugenet Boissevaln, son of a wealthy Hollander, and she confessed that she had done the pro­ posing. The union was happy. Mrs. bolssevaln went to Europe as a dele­ gate on the Ford peace ship, but left the party, at Stockholm. DIDN'T HAVE TO StlfH. Janitor Had Double Reason for PUN madhering Old Adaoe, "Honesty . ' l« the Best Pellcy." ^ ;• "Left that money at the office, 'fir- thunder," said Mr. Lewis aloud to him* self when Inquiring Jabs at coat an«t; trouser pockets had proved him wal- letless. "Must get It--late now--com^ pany for dinner--can't be helped--getlj; ting old," he mumbled as he hastened back to his office. He found the jani­ tor sweeping. Now this functionary, Dave by name, had two species of* sweeps, one the cleansing spirit of gratitude, the other an Ingratiating sweep of favors to be asked. It de- /'at pended upon whether Mr. Lewis had- V#" been, or was to be asked, for tl»» never-to-be-repaid loan of a dollar. .»" This afternoon Dave swept thanfc- "Vs; fully. His benefactor had "lent" hi a* five dollars to help pay the carriages bill for his late sister's genteel amt long-remembered funeral. His sister had ranked high in her church, and was a dignitary In two societies, there* 4*| fore the extortionate carriage bill of ^ - * $20. "It sho was a grand funeral, Mr. ' - Lewis," the bereaved brother had said^ as he pocketed the five and reached tor his broom. Therefore, when Mr. Lewis poked b&9V •*^ forgetting head inside o# his office door, v v* 'A, Dave's gratitude was expressing itself • In raising dust and moving furniture.. "Stop sweeping, Dave," he called through the veil of germs between ^ them. "Forgot something--had to * come back--late--company coming. 1 sS'*? left my billfold. Seen it f "Yas, sah, hit's a settin' on de snap**- ^ ' j dore, top ob de hat-rack; ober fonder,* the janitor directed. . Mr. Lewis clutched the pocketbook, "^'v! started to the door, then paused. "Dave," he questioned? standing on the CI ^ threshold--"why didn't you take thla „ yourself, when you had the chancef You know that carriage bill--n , "Yas, sah, I ain't forglttin' dat et* bill, but I ain't got ter steal from y**ii Mr. Lewis. You'll ten' me da money, jea any time I axes yer." •.Vj,*,. IK*?: Heal by Color's Aid. H. Kemp Prosser, who designed tfe* two Interiors in the French play "La* '> bergette," thinks persons who wisftc, . * to retain their vitality and normality ' J. 4 r*S in war t ime should avoid certa in coW 1 ^' ore. "Cardinal red," he said, *is the sym» bol of murder, hate and cruelty. Sage green means vtleness and brown de* cay. - "Lemon yellow, on tbe other bandi t suggests to persons who are aensltivt to color Influence, light and life. That ^ V i, Is why I suggest this color should * dominate color schemes in hospital* .'^4" > and homes for wounded soldiers. > .5: "In my rest room at Chelsea for sofe> dlers the symbolical colors used werii lemon yellow, mauve, sapphire, tur­ quoise and blue. A golden piano wat draped with a lemon-yellow curtain, on which were embroidered a dova bearing the emblem of peace, an Egyptian symbol expressing the keya of life and a white rose, Emblem of power and silence. Beautiful lamp* repeated the colors blue, mauve an& turquolse."---London Correspondent New York Herald. K Hen Mother's Brood of Ouaft* J. L. Knotts, who lives near Tiptop * • JAIL FOR MINERS' LEADERS Plymouth Rock hen of su ck instincts that she has adopt' ^ iy of quails when ahe bat Vi \ k of her own, -:v. f; n was sold to a huckster last y and when being taken t* iS,/! market escaped and took up her abodiB J In a woods near the Knotts home. She was found again late in the spring, but - was so wild she could not be^caught. Again In June Mr. Kn woods, and to his sur; the runaway had one c young quails. During cared for the brood and raising everyone of them, woods at night a short time Knotts succeeded In catching and chick by throwing a blanket O' them, but the quails escaped The chick Is about two-thirds grown and is becoming domesticated. Tbe Quails are old and large enough to car# for themselves and will live In the woods, but It will be some time befor# they will forget the cluck of their fo»» ter mother.--Indianapolis News. Sweden Asks Explanation. London, Nov. 27.--Sweden has in­ structed its diplomatic representative at Berlin to ask the German govern­ ment for an explanation of the sink­ ing of the Swedish steamer Arthur. Change in Russian Cabinet. Copenhagen, Nov. 28,---Another change in the Russian cabinet took place when M. Nerstorff was appointed minister of foreign affairs, succeeding Boris V. Stuermcr, who had been act­ ing as premier and foreign minister. Baron Slain; Wife American. New York, Nov. 28.--Baron Hans Heinrlch von Wolf has been killed on the Somme front. The baron married Miss Jayta Humphreys, step-daughter of T. St. John (iaffney, formerly Amer­ ican consul general at Munich. Baker Namea Fire Control doard. Washington. Nov. 25.--Secretary Baker appointed Col. R. H.- Davis, Lieut. Col. Frank W. Coe and u dis­ trict engineer officer at Los Angeles as a board to study the fire control project for the coast defenses^ JNany Pay Election Bets. | New York, Nov. IB.--Holde^w <w some of the largest wagers made in Wall street on the presidential election began paying the bets off. Rstimates of the total sum wagered range from ^WU.U0V to $:>,000,01)0. Aged Convict Gets Pardon. Lansing, Mich,, -Nov. 28.--Governor Ferris has pardoned William Klllemer, aged sixty-nine, the oldest convict in Jackson prison, wbo was sentenced March 2, 1883, to life Imprisonment fo# murder. Three Mexican Women Executed. Columbus, N. M.. Nov. 27.--Three women, two sisters and their servant girl, were executed at El Valle by the Carranza garrison*. The official charge was conspiracy: *© assassinate Col. Gonzales Diaz. Get .Money far Irish Rebels. Boston. Nov. 27.--Speakers who asked for funds to suppoit another revolution in Ireland, asserting th»jt the "Dublin rebels are golug to fight again and fight very soon," obtained i subscriptions ut a meeting h** Women and Thr*® Men Resentenced in Weat Virginia Case of 1M2. 1 Phillppl, W. Va.. Nov. 2&-~«V>ur or- ganizers and district officials of the United Mine Workers of America were resentenced by Juuge Dal ion In the United States district court on Thurs­ day to serve six months m jail for vio­ lating an injunction granted at the time of tbe strike of coal miners at Colliers, W. Va., tn 1912. The defend­ ants had already served about three months In jaH< pending an appeal to the Supreme court of the United States, which In a recent decision up­ held Judge Dayton. The defendants are Miss Fannie Selling, Frank Led- vinka, James Oates and Hiram Stev- British Capture Big Diver. Milan, Nov. 27.--British naval forces recently captured a large German sub­ marine, according to the Carriere Delia Sera. The paper says that a British sweeper landed 15 of the crew of the diver at an Italian port. PrleJts Must Take Pledge. Chicago. Nov. 27.--Every priest or­ dained In his diocese will be com­ pelled to take a flvo year's abstinence pledge, according to Archbishop G. Mundelein gf the Roman Catholic church. Freed in Mann Act Case. Chicago. Nov. 25.--Julius Heilner. wealthy New Yorker, will not be prose­ cuted for violating the Mann act. Heil­ ner was Indicted on a charge of having transported Miss Florence Giddens, a Chicago girl, to other cities* Manufacturer Ends Life. Cbleago. Nov. 25.--William K. Kroe- schell. fifty-five years old, Wlnnetka secretary of Kroeschell Bros, com pany, ventilator manufacturers, shot and killed himself while in the IUtt«un of the Illinois Athletic club. United States' Salt Production. In the production of that indlspeM* able condiment, salt, the United State* f is happily Independent of all other countries. The 3S.231.496 barrels of Vvf; salt produced in 1915 by 14 states, to Rico, and Hawaii constituted 99 per* ^ J cent of the salt consumed in uus coun» ^ \ try. and much more could easily hav#> been supplied had the demand required- H it Salt occurs naturally In two dLs- " J ̂ tlnct ways--as rock salt, In beds or* <§. ^ associated with bedded or sedimentary deposits, and in natural brines. Thin „ larger part of our salt Is obtained by J c o n v e r t i n g r o c k s a l t t h a t l i e s d e e p b e * - - V * > . low the earth's surface Into artificial .J brines, which are pumped to the face and there evaporated. Some ide* of the quantity of salt evaporated front;-S natural brines may be gained front statistics of the output of Michigan * I alone for 1915. That state yielded 6,708,261 barrels of evaporated salt. Mango Introduced Into Florid*. Forty-five selected grafts of tuango plants have been shipped from Ma­ dras, India, to on American horticut* ?! turist who, it is understood, will trana^ plunt the trees in Florida. It is be-*" lieved that the Importer intends t® graft the Indian mangoes on Florid* stock or else develop a special planta-* tlon of East Indian mangoes In Flor* ^ Ida. The experiment Is regarded with :f, •,< interest, as mangoes produced In ba-vr >*' dla have a high reputation for excel* " - lence. To Study American Method* . Chile will send an official comma* Mon to tbe United States to make ft thorough study of agriculture knd la* doati|al hydraulics. , . , " -- -- The Reaaon.. "Jaggs Is continually get ting ttjNP| but I hylieve he has a screw looaeT "Then do timt Wir "T.-FTV-IW