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:v, ./ r smsm SUPREME COURT fax Amendment Declared Car- W#* 80-Cent Tax Rate is • -• • Adopted. • |W?i JAJST MAKE UP Blfi DERCIT s i|ir«x L*fli«l»tJon Will Be One of ths V J Most Important Subjects Before . t . - f f c * C o m i n g S e s s i o n ' o f * m r , j -1 .jik General Assembly. • -Hv-r-jr r * ^ , - -- " A Springfield--Revision of antiquated 'W1 ? !S&%»j|udag laws of Illinois was made possi­ ble when the state canvassing board tuled that the tas amendment $0 the .A . - Constitution was adopted at the recent * *J$'fiecti<mi '* ,'v-' In so acting members of the board admitted they were doubtful on the ' iegal issues involved, but beiieved an W" Vr'U* • 4v . ! ^ Opportunity should be given to get the ^•f'Jbatter before the supreme court. V v Following action on this proposi- -•>- > |jon the gtatie officials resolved. theita- *>4" selves into the state tax commission & » - and voted to fix the tax rate for the l^ipff^l'toming, year at 80 cents on the $100 valuation, the highest since the adop- ^ ^lion of the present constitution *3 ' #«'/ Z tm.' ̂ .* The unusually high tax rate is Hee- V essary to matte up a deficit of $3,000,- 5 .* V" / N. 800 In prospect because of the 55-cent <> , * rate fixed a year ago. The highest ~ f< -'rate in the history of the state was lir ,t\ ;*o cents, which was fixed in the sec- ;£/ and year of the Dunne administration following an inadequate rate the pre- yr^-' ceding year. ^ The question which"* caused the con- * troversy over the adoption of the 3*. s tax amendment was whether a ma- VJ-' '*• Jority of all votes cast at the eleC- ^ tion was necessary. The amendment "* v failed by 15,000 votes of receiving such --,x.y. majority, but did obtain a ma­ ll?! ' V , Jority of the votes cast for members 111. _ v :l.vll,J#f "the general assembly. Attorney General Lucey, who is a jj£| member of the state canvassing ^ , board, held In a verbal opinion that $ •" V a majority of all votes cast was nec- e/'~£ '* essary. Mr. Lucey remained away fe';" from the meeting. jfV A unanimous decision was given by the three members present. State Treasurer Andrew Russel, State Au­ ditor James J. Brady and Secretary of u »l State Lewis G. Stevenson. B. A. Eckhart, chairman of the tax *'• .• > , aiiieiMlment campaign committee, XV V X *rged tile board to give a favorable J ,* . *uling in order to get the matter in v +Scourt. Others strongly opposed the V : - 't, ^proposition. k'" j>.1 -» - Legal experts take the view that' \7' ~ p: ' the question of the passage of tl 5s-' ^ tax amendment cannot be taken De- , -1' ,* f • , fore the supreme court until after f, H feills based on its provisions are !<%< • passed by the legislature. Under the k ? • " amendment the legislature may clas- V»^" \ »ify personal property for purposes of ft V*. j; taxation, fixing a different rate for each i'f -f : class. Tax legislation will be one of the Z f »iost importaat subjects before the j coming session. Whatever measures J may be passed will be nullified if the ; Supreme court holds the amendment In- { t Valid. ' i ' i. Governor Dunne, State Auditor ' i- -i^Brady and State Treasurer Russel iCompose the state tax rate commis­ si; . ff' #ion, which decided upon a rate of 80 j .'Cents for 1917. • • • '* •. The rate was- apportioned as fol- jiows: Public schools, 10^4 cents; uni­ versity, 10 cents; general revenue, IV' •' cents. Mr. Russel, who Is a Republican, r5; ji land had objected when Governor , -* I>unne and State Auditor Brady fixed a rate of 55 cents a,year ago, wanted ^ ^' the rate to be cents this year. Gov- » ernor Dunne preferred to keep it down . - to 70 or 75 cents. The result was a 85,000 wards, frftm now until the mtdk file of April, when the 1917 tax money begins to come in. How all these things are to be done in the Interven­ ing months nobody In the retiring Dunne administration know* and no­ body in the incoming Lowden adminis­ tration knows. Under the constitution the^ limit of the state's borrowing power III cases of eaiergency is $250,000--about enough to keep things going two days. Three or four millions will be need­ ed to operate institutions and depart­ ments from January until April. The deficit thus created, providing the In­ stitutions and departments manage to worry along on credit, will be tacked on to the appropriations for the first biennial period of the Lowden regime and will compel a corresponding in­ crease In the tax rate. Usually there Is a little left over. Politicians exhibit grave concern. Among those most concerned are Len Small, treasurer-elect; State Treasurer Andrew Russel, who will be the new auditor; Governor Dunne, who, with Russel and Auditor Bray, constitute the state tax board, which fixes the rate; Speaker David E. Shanahan, who must shoulder appropriation worries lis the house, and Senator E. C. Curtis of Grant Park, who probably will succeed himself as chairman of the senate ap­ propriation committee. The high cost of necessities Is givett as one of the strongest contributing factors* in the impoverishment of the state. Another was the mobilization of the entire National Guard for its trip to the border. Usually the guard's appropriation Is not all spent. This year everything credited to it has been eaten up by President Wilson's order sending the boys to Texas. When the last dollar is gone It will be impossible for a creditor of the stuie even to obtain a marker. The law forbids the auditor drawing war­ rants on the treasurer when there is •no money to meet them. Nor can the state legally sell warrants. "When Illinois goes broke under the present constitution it. goes broke right," said Len hmfi'.I. "Coal has gone up and flour has gone tip. "In Kankakee the uaan who had the contract for supplying coal to the state insane asylum failed in business. The institution has had to go into the open market and buy its coal at prices great­ ly higher than the contract figure. "The National Guard activities could not have been anticipated." .̂vi- : V lOo QiN. PET A IN, VET DUN HERO, •fcATED TO COMMAND ARM* IE8 0F ENTENTE. COLONEL WHEN WAR BEGAN War correspondents from Austria-Hungary being taken to the front in the Isonzo region. JAPANESE HONOR ipR CROWNJRiNCE SS)^'5^^v*oinProml|8e- t i""h Governor Dunne gave out a state- i * <nent relative to the tax rate in which . '% 7 he said Governor-elect Lowden had •" ^een consulted and that the latter £ V "'t recommended a rate of 90 cents. The statement forecasts a deficit In ; ^jtl1® spring of 1917, due to the decrease V1' ln Inheritance tax collections, higher ; prices for supplies, and the restoration vetoed appropriations by the action •of the supreme court in the Fergus f V'i ^ k , I ; 1 S t a t e ' s C a s h G o n e , . -- , '* *r Jssssry- lr the Illinois^liisa#' . 4iry will be so clean, except for >* money appropriated for specific pur- \ poses, there will not be sufficient money to pay the members of the Fif­ tieth general assembly when it con­ venes January 3. The sura required >exeeeds 1700.000. Higher taxes are ^fo*erui|n. The rate may be almost dou- » Wed. Possibly the jump from 55 cents will be to 90. There is no legal method of raising- extra funds to carry on the state's business, 'to feed, clothe and warm its New Senate Has Record. The Legislative Voters' league has Issued a bulletin ln which it points out that all but eight of the fifty-one members of the state senate have had legislative experience, and that 98 of th"» 153 members of the house have been iu either the house or senate iu previous sessions. David Shanahan of Chicago will be elected speaker of the lower branch and the elimination of a fight over the ipeakerslilp makes the way clear for e program which has been mapped dut for legislative work. Proposals that have been included ln the constructive program, which will be supported by the Republican organ­ izations with the help of Governor- elect Lowden, include these: Constitutional convention resolution. Measures to discontluuc superfluous state bureau, to eliminate useless jobholders, and to combine overlap­ ping governmental agencies. Reconstruction of the revenue laws In conformity with, the recently passed amendment to the state constitution (assuming.that it was adopted). Reform of general primary and elec­ tion laws. ,, Extension of merit system ln the civil service. 1 J State supervision of private banks. Perfecting of legislative procedure to promote legislative efficiency and economy. The voters' league bulletin suggests the number of hpuse 'Standing com­ mittees is likely to be reduced still futher from the last session to a number between IP. and 20, with the suggestion that members be restricted to a place on not more than one or two others of the less important commit­ tees. It also suggests the rules committee be shorn of some of lis powers and that all bills be considered by the house in the order in which they are reported from committee except that in the case of important measures the rules committee might recommend a special order of busiqess. «ii W / ; M;.- ALL AROUND THE STATE h fa r.- $ Savanna.--Frank Cummins, member of the I. W. W., wan found guilty of the murder of an unknown man he killed because he could give him no money and was sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. - i Areola.--The hedge fence soon will be unknown on farms in Douglas and V' , nearby counties, as farmers have be- " i gun devoting spare hours to destroy them- Ten yeRPS »g° farmers had \ the 44fever" tor planting hedgerows. ^ Rockford.--Women seem to tgite the I lead in the operation of "blind pigs" in. t': this city, at least a dozen of them hav- fV-{ log been arrested and fined for. such offenses within the last 18 months. 1" Three such places were raided in a sin- gle night recently. , Bloomington.--A common l^w mar­ riage contracted In Indiana has no te­ rgal standing in Illlnolg, Judge Walty f rilled ln dismissing the suit of Mrs. George Moran, who asked $15,000 of the Chicago & Alton railroad for the :*v; C death of her husband, killed while em- ̂ ployed as a switchman. 'Judge Walty ireld that Mrs. Moron had no recourse. tmtfK- . • .> •" •* ' \ ill.'v III- New Incorporations. The following appftWfftms for inCor- poratlo«-4Kere filed in the office of Sec­ retary ofiState Stevenson at Spring­ field : ) Victor Sales corporation; Chicago; capital, $50,000; incorporators, Jared W. Young, A. J. Belfry, L. M. Uhejft, AlUs Brick cymiwny, Chicago; In­ crease in number^of directors. Westerai Coil and InKtrunient com­ pany, Chicago; capital. $30.000; incor­ porators, Alfred iJrandenberg, Ben- no F. J. Ancke, Elii,abetli M. Branden­ burg. Clarke Jewelry company, Chicago; capital stock increased from $^,400 to $10,000. Barton Hobart Paper company, Chi­ cago; capital s^jock increased from $10,000 to $75,000. Chicago Art Wig company, Chicago; capital, $2,500; Incorporators, H. Co­ hen, E. E. llitz, M. W. Luebbe. Bump Confectionery company, Anna ; capital, $30,000; incorporators, Itad Burnett, Gus Thomas, Joe Bump. Woods Hospital Supply, Inc., Chi­ cago; capital, $2,500; incorporators, William C. Slelaff, Alice Tosh, Frank A. Woods, William B. Grosh. John A. Sand company, Chicago; capital, $40,000; incorporators, John A. Sand, John A. Sand, Jr., Edna K. Sand. National Association of Consumers, Chicago; capital. $2,500; Incorporators, Raphael Roy Sbuman, Robert R. Gra­ ham, Robert F. Bradburn. ,3^ A. S. Crosby Manufacturing com­ pany; name changed to Crosby, Gue- tus Erzinger company; capital stock Increased from $3,000 to $10,000. Artofola Talking Machine company, Springfield; capital, IIU.OOO; incor! porators, M. J. Hewlett, J. B. FelUaaii J. J. Nieger. Part of the immense crowd that assembled in Tokyo xecently when Crown Prince Hirohito was proclaimed* heir apparent to the Japanese throne. These people are waiting to see the prince pass on his way to the sacred shrine of his ancestors. . " I LIBERTY ALL LIT UP m THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA Statue of Liberty In New York har­ bor illuminated by the new system of lighting which was Inaugurated by President Wilson. 1 WORTH KNOWING A tool operated by compressed air has been designed for roughing side­ walks or other stone work. From mines ln Japan and South Manchuria the Japanese are mining 20,000,000 tbns of coal annually. After the United States, Germany and France are the largest producers of Iron ore among the nations. • A recently patented haggage carrier for automobiles is intended to be fas­ tened over the hood of a car. In Japan the crater of an extinct volcano In which5 there are many hot springs is utilized as a sanitarium. Cash registers are being tested in New Zealand to record the number of words In various kinds of telegrams. The word "plate" is often Incorrect­ ly applied to vessels of gold. It Is de­ rived from the word plata, which, in Spanish, means wrought silver. Only about one-tenth of the vast amounts of iron ore mined in Spain annually are utilized at hon^p because of- the scarcity of native coal. One per cent of the water ln the oceans would cover the land areas of the world tq a depth of 290 feet. A Chicago man Is the inventor of electrical and magnetic apparatus to move miniature ships about models of waterways or participate la naval battles in a realistic manner. In the Russian army 70 pot cent of the men are said to be totally un­ schooled. „ The man who outs down a tree ln Norway must plant two saplings in its place. Southern yellow pine, with total cut of 14,700,000,000 board feet, forms 80 per cent of the total lumber cut of this country last year, and was more than three times the cut of Douglas fir, the second on the list.. Oak, white pine and hemlock are the only other binds with ai showing of more than 2,000,000,000 feet. The total-cot off Ql) suedes is 37,013,294,000 feet -fhis poster, designed by William Meade Priuce of New York city, won tht country-wide competition for the best preparedness poster^ tfr fte exhibited al the preparedness bazaar at the Grand Central Palace, SEAPLANE PRESOITiirT^ ̂ B The Naval Militia of the state*of Massachusetts was formally presented with a seaplane of the latest type, the gift of Eben F. Draper, at Marblehead, Mass. The phbtograph shows the "new machine, with the two "rookie" pilots* just before the first flight. , The rapid growth of vegetation in polar regions, despite the brief sum­ mers, Is attributed to the strength of the electric current in the atmosphere. To provide Turkish baths at home there has been invented a frame to be covered with blankets to enclose it per­ son, vapor or steam being furbished by an alcohol stove. Three thousand horse power are pro­ duced by a turbine in Switzerland that recefves a stream of water only an inch And a half in dlametor tfter a fall of more thgn 5,400 feet. V To, revive the nearly drowned a Ger­ man physician has Invented a table to which a victim may be strapped and swung head downward 'oy a single person, to empty his lungs. In Floridu the skin Of the black dia mond rattlesnake Is utilized as a ba­ rometer. When preserved like raw hide and hung upt the skin will emli beads of moisture nt the first indlca tlon of a storm. These Indications oc caslonnlly occur several hours ti»*fori the ftrt-tVui oo»w»ph»»rff d!» turbance. "C Premler ^Briand Plans Cabinet Similar *to the One Formed by Great Britain--Announcement • -V Expected 8oo$» "* -..J ' ' "---- -; Washington, Dec. 13.^hrftiite ad­ vices from Paris received here on Monday telling of the secret proceed­ ings in the French chamber of deputies during the last week confirm previous reports that General Petaln, the de­ fender of Verdun, is to succeed Gen­ eral Joffre in supreme command of all the allied forces on the western battle front, as the first result of radical changes in organization which are to follow concentration of management af the war in a small council, as has iseen done in- England, 5.v The hero of Douaumont and the tavior of Verdun, as General Petain has been called, is not a defensive fighter, in spite of the fact j;hat his late reputation was gained by one of the most remarkable defensive feats in the history of the war. It was as an offensive leader, as a driver of men -so powerful that his reserves could not keep up with the success­ fully smashing attacks of the first line, that Petaln won his first promo­ tion out of the ranks of unknown colonels shortly after the war be- tran. It was at Dinant that,"revolver in jne< hand and whip Iu the other, he :ed his regiment in a charge that won for him the rank of brigadier. This tvas In August, 1914, in the blackest lays of the war. • A year ago last September General Petaln, now commanding a great irmy, surpassed even his ^former rec- >rd when, in 24 hours In \he Cham­ pagne offensive, he advanced more than four miles and captured 25*000 3ien. When Petain became the hero of the French army there was a rush of ippllcations for positions on his staff. His reply- was characteristic: "The officers I require on my staff aow are either expert cyclists or trained runners. I have no use fdr ornamental brass hats." Premier Briand has begun formation a new French cabinet, Ambassador Sharpe cabled the state depart­ ment. * , An earlier cabtegrani from Ambas­ sador Sharpe had said Premier Briand had tendered his resignation to President Poincare and that it had been refused. The later message said, in effect: "Premier Briand Is reorganizing his cabinet. I was misinformed regard­ ing his resignation." •I SWISS REBUKED BY KAISER Germany Declares That Country Has No Ground for Interfering With Events In Belgium. --" t Parts, Dec. 13.--Germany's reply to the Swiss note regarding the deporta­ tions in Belgium makes It clearly understood that Switzerland has no ground for interfering "with events in Belgium unless her own interests are affected. Berlin, Dec. 12, by wireless.-- Switzerland's minister at Berlin, while In conversation with Chancellor von Bcthmann-Hollweg, says the Overseas News agency, declared that rumors of trouble between Switzer­ land and Germany growing out of the transportation of Belgian work­ men to Germany had impressed the Swiss population. The chancellor stated .that the gov* ernor general at Brussels would re­ spect the wishes and Interests of neu­ trals while carrying out the deporta­ tion measure. r. . SAYS KAISER BROKE PLEDGE State Department Announces a "P'efr- Cut" Offense in Case of thpil Marina. .• Washington, Dec. 13.--Announce­ ment was made at the state depart­ ment on Monday that complete infor­ mation now at hand covering the case of the British horse ship Marina, tor­ pedoed with a loss of six Americans, makes it appear to be a "clear-cut" vi­ olation of Germany's pledges to the United States. Full information on the case of the Arabia will be awaited before the next move Is made, which Is expected to take the form of a new note Intended to clear up-what appear to be"differ ences of interpretation on what Ger­ many's pledges in the Sussex case ac­ tually covered, especially with refer­ ence to armed ships. Lake Shipping Ends. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 13.--Shipping of all kinds from the American head of the lakes ended here en Tuesday. The last ore went from the Great North­ ern ore docks when the .T. E. Upson loft,. Freight shipping ceased at night. French Destroyer Sunk. Dec. 13.--The Oversea! News agency says: "German newspapers state that the French destroyer Yata- gan, sunk in collision with a British transport, is the fifth French destroy­ er lost in this way during the war." Bank Is Robbed of $16,000.. Wtnlta, Okla., Dec. 13.--Posses are still scouring the country for four ban­ dits who locked Cashier Martin of the Farmers' State bank of Winlta in the vault and escaped with a large sum of money, said to total fully $16,000. Three Killed in Auto Cradh. San Diego, Cal.. Dec. 13.--Three per sons were killed when a street car de­ molished a big automobile. The dead are: Miss Kitty Nicholson, seventy- three years old; Mrs. Margaret Hale AMother'sBurden A mother who suJferslgdtiey trou­ ble, finds it hard to keep up her dally work. Lameness, backache, sharp pains wl^>n stooping and "blue", ner­ vous or dizzy spells, make home life dreary. Active kidneys bring back vigor, health and a pleasure in fam­ ily duties. If the kidneys are weak try a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. Aa Illinois Case Mrs. E. y. Caster. 1201 College St.. S p r i n g f i e l d , I I I , eays: "I had back­ aches, headaches and a tired, nerv- .rous feeling. Pains darted through my body. My sight blurred and my [kidneys didn't do their work right. . D e a n ' s K i d n e y Fills drove away all the pains and aches, made my kidneys normal and fixed me up in good shape." 6*1 Doaa'a al Aay Store, B0c a Bos DOAN'S V?"1 F05TER-M1L3URN CO-, BUFFALO, N. Y, "JSvtrjf PittMM Ttllt a StoryT 1 j / A /y N ^ ̂ ^ . |a Hooettl M 1 wAtiH. What yw •jomach wants U a eoup«* of dotes of QRBKH1 •OOUST 9X0WJBB---lota of the boys use it to &weet«a tfceir Btoinacha ami carry the miterMla stuff m their bowtte--it stops nervoutness and tieadathe, makes you feci lik« a new Slip 'round lo ih j drug store asd tnr it. ll mQi . pmt mm Ufa fatoyw. 1 kaow from r Tf Green's August Flower Most men think they need a coclctaB ©r a drink when their stomach is out of order and they "feel had" with nervous indigestion, or constipation. What they really do need is two or three doses of "AUGUST FLOWER" which quickly restores the stomach, cleansing the whole system generally. TYPHOID! no more necessary than Smallpox. Anay experience has demmtnte* the almoct i&lraadoti* ctfU <aey, and harmlessneai, of Antityphoid Vaccination. Be vaccinated NOW by youi pbyilclan, you and yaw family. It is saox vital than hau«« insurance. Ask youi physician, druggist, or send for "Ham yon had Typhoid?'* telling of Typhoid Vaccine, •estslts from use, and danger from Typhoid Carriers. Producing Vaeelnes and Strum* under U. S. Litems Tli« Cutter Laboratory. Berkeley, Cal., Chleag*, III, J'-# v --i J tm HAIRrbalsam • toilet prepkration of merit. Helps to eradicate dandruff. For Reatorm* Color aad B«auty to Gray or Faded Hair. 60c. and 6i-00 at PrnCTlsta. - ,v^'i til J ' . PATENTS Watson E. Oolemaafe Patent Lawyer, Washington D C. Advice and books treep.'. naaonable. Highest references. Bestsarri--' " vio®%" FINDS H!S WEALTH A BURDEM Trouble With Man Who Hm Acquir«|p:|| Riches I* That He Doesn't Knew ; • • Mow to 8pend,' z ? ' v; --• The nntsance for the man -Who » acquired great financial resources usu*.'- ally is that he doesn't know what h^| .f „ ^ wants. Possessing the resources an<tTfc ^ feeling tlfc moral necessity to have re+/i\ • course to them, he looks about fotf. ; something to want, and he selects th^M? * most costly tMng. <•>**<. The acquisition of this most costly thing always involves, In practice, that.. , .. separation of the rich man from so%^^,^ elety. Thus, he will acquire a largest ^ estate, or several large estates, and cu#'* • himself off from the world by gates^f doors, miles of drive, lodge keepers^,. . \ menials and secretaries. Or he wll^^: ;; ^ acquire a 2,000-ton yacht and cross the^. r Atlantic privately, though less quickly,*'-;?, less comfortably, and even less pri-fi^^ valfely than on a. great liner. Or h0»>* r will keep a private orchestra, instead* -• pr­ of being seen at concerts. $+ All of which, though magnificent, Js£.- anti-so»;lal and silly, and Is secretlyt-. > . -V felt to be so by the rich man when hap happens to wake up in the middle olf-.. - , , ^ the night and can't go to sleep ugain. -A ' ^ --Wonian's Home Couipanlpcu • J*.. • J ^ »F, »* V . As Time Changes/ ' ° **A man used to be afraid his wifet ̂ . would find out that he had been to se«w-lV. s a big spectacular show with a ballet.^ "Yes. And now he's regarded as aa* Inconsiderate person if he doesn't to every orte that comes along" and ,̂ the entire ftacilr." wr ^4^4 ,i| , 6hop Talk. "Kate Is a. bundle of nerfifcT "I thought she looked done tip.*'- Boston iRvening Transcript. Childish Craving --far something sweet finds pleasant realization in the pure, wholesome, wheat and barley food Grape No danger of upsetting the stomach--and remember, Grape-Nuts is a true food, good for a^jr Jneal or between meals,.. "ThcrVi i Reasoti" K , , •>> : SlxtyUve and. Mrs, Eva HIUs.