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M • • • « , • f 4 . JicHENRY PlAlXDEALEft McHENRY, H,t. / * - , i * - » > ' MAKEOVEff PUSH MEASURE TO SIM- { THE GOVERNMENT OF ^tHE COMMONWEALTH. MERQE MANY DIVISIONS Outilns «f gin Reorganizing Entire of Government--*Ten Depart- Proposed to Replace 120 Bu- Commissions and Boards Springfield.--The scheme «tf ton- ifclon of the more than one liun- departraents, bureaus and coui- >cs In the state service will be in a single bill to be known "The Administrative Code of IIII- ' The measure will be ready for Suction a few days lifter the In- ttion. It Was the original idea that a cen- •ct providing for consolidation MelS be passed. Separate acts would Sk? adopted consolidating the a&fci&'ous divisions into the respective ents. There have been many ^consultations with legislators and oth- fers. It is now deemed advisable to in- jetoda everything In a single measure. The bill in nil its details has not {been perfected. The general Idea has ibeen worked out so it will be in form jfor consideration b7 the legislature. {The rough draft will embrace all the ldent offices, boards and com- belonglng under the jurlsdic- of the government and which are latratlve and executive In their Ms The elective state officers will not Jbe brought Into the general plan ex- indden tally. The reason for this apparent la that they hold inde- it elective positions, are not re- ble to, and cannot be controlled the governor. As tentatively worked out the •rts, bureaus and commissions un- * the jurisdiction of the governor 111 be abolished. In the place of over te hundred now In existence, will be ited eight or ten departments, departments under consideration finance, agriculture, labor, mining, works, charities and corrections, irate control, health, education civil service. JLt the head of each ent the gove»*»or will appoint a chief, who will be the responsible Tiling head. The governor will appoint a limited number of lm- it subordinate officers, who will the heads of divisions of work In sthe department. • Each department Ihead will be allowed to divide his work jtnd make his own assignments. In (places, such as In the health depart- it and In some other instances, exercising powers in the na- of judicial powers, will be consti- as aids to the chief of the de­ partment. The term of office of all officers will (begin and end with that of the gov- iernor. 411 officers of the same grade will receive uniform compensation, (payable monthly. Bonds will be re­ quired. Private attorneys are pro­ hibited, all the legal business being •transacted through the attorney gen­ eral's office. The hours for service of taupfeyees will be prescribed. »»d an­ nual vacations allowed. ' '.•> ' charges before the state civil service fcommission. After passing opinion JudpeBurtnn ordered Londrlgan's petition dismissed, following which Londrigan's attorneys gave notice of an appeal to the su­ preme court. ; Vr« ," To Ask a Million. * ! 'i * First definite plans for the erection of the Illinois Centennial Memorial building were announced bare at a meeting of the centennial commission. Resolutions were adopted to be prgr Rented both to Gov. Kdvvara F. Dunne, nnd the fiftieth general assembly. 1 In these resolutions it is recommend-" ed that the legislature appropriate $1,- 000.000 for the erection of the build­ ing; $500,000 to be available July i, 1917; and payments of $250,000 to be available on July I, 1918, and at July 1, 1919. "These buildings," the resolutions read, > "should be so constructed as to harmonize with the plans for a more beautiful capitol and also to meet the increasing demand of the business pf Illinois. Sufficient progress with them should be made that at the time of the centennial substantial development will appear." ' - • Besides the recommendations to the governor and legislature, the commis­ sion named one of Its members. Martin L. Roache of Chicago, to draw prelim­ inary plans for the structure, "The plans win likely be ready by the time the legislature meets, at which time they will be presented with the afore­ mentioned'financial plan. ' It is predicated in the resolutions adopted, that the centennial building commission has obtained full title to the site for the building, at an expense of $225,000; of which $125,000 was paid by the state and $100,000 by the citi­ zens of Springfield. The entire mem­ bership of the commission was present at the meeting: Secretary* of State Lewis O. Stevenson; Dr. Otto L. .Schmidt of Chicago; Dr. B. B. Green of Urbana; Superintendent of Public Instruction Francis G, Blair; Martin Roache of Chicago; George Pasfield of Springfield, and Secretary of the Com­ mission" Attor^^^i^^l^W^'d of Springfield* ,4 . "DON'T YOU LOVE ME ANY MORE?* BROTHERHOOD LEADERS j> MAND AOAMSQN LAW BE PUT ^ INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1. &: ?-W •s - J4- m I'"- FttKTtf /iEACH ASftEEMENT 4 Union Officials Cleave Conference at New York When Demands Are Rej • jected by Railway^ Chief*< Await Court Decision. \ Wilt Working on Pig's Tall Not Skill. Zs the process of extracting blood from the tall of a pig skilled or ordi­ nary labor? In passing on the merits'of a man­ damus suit brought by Joseph Londri- igan of this city against B. J. Shanly, member of the state livestock com- ffoission, to compel Londrlgan's rein­ statement to a position which he for­ merly held at the live stock commls- jsion's biological laboratory in this city, ^ Judge Burton, In the circuit court, de- ** 'cided labor of the aforementioned kind ,1 i^iis not skilled labor. I*.* ^ Londrigan charged in his petition to I s (the court that his discharge was not \ lawful, inasmuch as his work came un- |J|. ider the civil service classification of «killed labor. It was upon this ques- Hon that 'evidence was introduced to &p" learn whether or Pot he could' be dis- charged. - ' ' * ^ ^ It was argued before Judge Burton "that Londrlgan's duties consisted of "jsll Ndi^vlng the tall of a pig and that after *tbls was done blood was taken from g the hog's t<«H by a machine. The Rnld thuf; extracted was then taken and put through a chemical process by which the red corpuscles were separuted. 'from the white. The white fluid Is used as a hog serum to be Injected into hogs to prevent cholera, u Judge Burton In passing on the question as to which classification this "work came under, held that almost anyone could learn to do Londrlgan's «ervlces within a short time and that Ms duties were those of an ordinary laborer, subject to dismissal from the *t»te's service without the filing erf .L AROUND THE STATE igo.--Prominent citizens of Chi- jthe number of 1,500 will view iral fete at Springfield Jan- kaceording to the program which has the stamp of ap- ^ov.-Elect Frank O. Lowden, ^incoming state officials, to leave Chicago Jan- ppecial train chartered club will convey the |ts to the state cap- ?r three-weeks-old j>und sleep of ln- division of the Irs. Clinton C. |he staff phy- sixth floor Jltz, ind, Court Ruling Stirs Action? t&"~ Action of the Illinois supreme cdurt In declaring the township high school act of 19(1 invalid has aroused no end of feeling over the state among per­ sons who do not understand the rea­ sons laid down by the court in reach? ing its adverse decision. Many letters have been received ay the supreme justices and Clerk Vail in which the writers, In no uncertain tenuis, upbraid the court for Its deci­ sion. One writer in particular greW abusive and his remarks verged upon those which would make'a man fight.- The court, of course, took no actioii against the senders of the letters. Irf these letters the writers pointed out that the decision was a drawback for the poor boy, residing in a comtnunity • without a high school, and endeavoring to attend the high school of another district. • • The court held the act unconstitu­ tional on the ground that it was class legislation, giving great benefits to one side to the disadvantage and loss of the other. Many .acts have been held invalid by the court on the same ground, and the writers, of the letters should take this fact into considera­ tion. A new bill, framed to take care of both the defects in the 1911 act and tuition law, has been drafted and' will be presented to the coming session of the State Teachers 'association. If the hill is approved by the teachers It will be presented to the legislature. The new bill places a limit on the territory that towns can vote to annex for high school purposes and provides that tuition shall be paid at the ex­ pense of the high school district In which the children reside Sbd not from the county school fundi § . • Get Back Salaries. .-i-i-A-- Back salary due' employees of the state of Illinois, who were discharged by order of the civil service commis­ sion and: afterward reinstated by an order from courts, will be paid. Fa­ vorable recommendations were made in a tyst of opinions handed down by the state court of claims. In addition the board allowed claims for money which was tied up in the Fergus suit*. The following claims for a refund of money pnld under the Inheritance tax law were approved and wlU be paid: Northerh Trust company of Chica­ go for thfe estate of John M. Whltr man ..$ L443 Northern Trust company, for the fcstatt* <J( IjGckwood Brown..... August Carpenter, Chicago 1.0S0 Hale estate claim, Chicago rt.7....... le.978 Clarence D. Lozsax, Joliet............. too New Incorporations. A. H. Anderson, Chicago; capital, $5,000; incorporators, Fred Anderson, James J. Leahy, ¥. M, Betts. David Stern company, Chicago; capi­ tal. $65,000; Incorporators, Bernhard Stenge, Benjamin Samuels, Benjamin J. Samuels. Carrie Social and Benevolent associa­ tion, Chicago; Incorporators, Edward Tullln, Joseph Faust. Edward Altmaan. Community Service bureau, Chica­ go ; capital, $2,500; incorporators. Rob­ ert F. Bradley, Claude R. Church, Willis H. Hutson. Concrete Mold company, Chicago; capital, $15,000; incorporators, George P. Baldwin, Carlos S. Andrews, Car- lyle S. Baer. Rosenberg & Burg Mercantile com­ pany, West Frankfort; capital, $5,000; Incorporators, F. F. Rosenberg, Max H. Burg, Nathan Rosenberg. Acme Mantel and Tile company, Chi­ cago; capital, $2,800; Incorporators, Leo B. Lowenthal, Samuel H. bery, Harry S. Rohr. The Knollln Sheep Commission pany, Chicago; capital, $50,000; Incor­ porators, Charles H. Shurte, James D. Hobbs, Frank E. Shurte. Julius Fernbach ft Co., Chicago v capital, $50,000; incorporators, Julius Fernbach, Jamfes A. McClellan, Harry Manufacturing com- capltal, $2,500; incorpo- plarke, T. Frank Quilly, !g. ^tCDl^pwj^Qulncy VttcN^orato; " "4. New York, Dec. 30.--'Tut the Adam#? son eight-hour law into effect Januartf X, or we will not be responsible for what happens." . This was the ultimatum delivered on Thursday by the Brotherhood chiefs to the railway managers at an execu­ tive session in the Grand Central eon* ference% , • . , A .flat rejection of the demand was. made and the brotherhood, heads, N.' G. Lee of the trainmen, Warren Stone of the engineers, W. N. Carter of the firemen and Afcting Chief L. B. Shep- pard of the eonductofs, abruptly leff the conference chamber. Ellsha Lee, chairman of the national- conference committee of the railways! gave out a statement in" which he exjt pressed the determination to await th$ decision of the United States Supreme court In the Adamson law test case. If the law is upheld the railroads will give the men hack pay from January 1, Mr. Lee added. The Brotherhood chiefs tvere posi­ tive in their declaration that this, would not be satisfactory to the 350r 000 railroad employees represented by them. . ^ "So matter what we might, think Fear Break in Relations With iNttDt SAY ENVOY RECALLED MEXICAN AMBASSADOR TO U.8. ORDERED HOME, IS REPORT. dlvldually of your proposal," the man­ agers were told, "we cannot held back the men from striking if necessary to win their rights. The men know that unprecedented prosperity has come to the railroads. They know that bonuses are being given to workers in other industries in every part of the coun­ try. . - •* "They feet that the president and congress gave them the Adnmson law and intended It to go Into effect Janu­ ary 1, and they intend to secure their rights under the Adamson jaiy begin­ ning, January 1." w IW QVUtOf Bost­ on cottf- U. & UNDER WAR DRAFT LAW Every Abie-Bodied American Liable to CAN Into the National Guard-- N e w O r d e r M a d e P u b l i c . c . , Washington, Dec. 30.--Every able- bodied male citizen of the United States between the ages of eighteen and forty-flve years is held liable for service in the Natioual .Guard in war time, without further act of congress, by war department regulations for the government of the guard issued under the national defense act. In an order prepared nearly two months ago, but made public only oh Thursday, the militia bureau directs that where a National Guard regiment is called out for war service a reserve training battalion to fill vacancies at Jihe front shall be organized out of the National Guard reserve and by volun­ tary enlistment. , . 1 "If for any reason," the, order con­ tinues, "there shall not be enough re­ servists or enough voluntary enlist­ ments to organize *or to keep the re­ serve battalions at prescribed strength, a sufficient number of the unorganized militia shall be drafted by the presi­ dent to maintain such battalion or lesser unit at the prescribed strength." The langue follows closely that of the nationul defense act, in which the unorganized militia is defined as' including ^every able-bodied male citl- sen within the prescribed age limit or those who have declared their inten­ tion of becoming citizens. s FEAR PLAGUE'S SPREAD WEST Dr. 8imon Flexner Believes Infantile Paralysis Will Find Its Way to * 7 Western States. Nw York, Dec. 80.--In an -address en Infantile paralysis and the public health. Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, declared that he Is "more or less fearful thut Infantile paralysis may be more widespread In the United States next summer, but there may be, perhaps, not so much of It In the east­ ern states." t ; Doctor Flexner asserted that if now Is possible to say that the dls» ease Is infectious and contagious, and la caused by a living micro-organism. Bishop Riohter Is Dead. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 28.--Rt. Rev. Henry J. Richter, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Grand Rap- Ids, died there on Tuesday of pneu­ monia. Bishop Richter was taken to the hospital early Sunday night and his condition grew steadily worse. France Orders 100 Locomotives Here; Philadelphia, Jan. 2.--A contract for 100 heavy freight locomotives from the Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean Rail­ road company of France was closed Thursday by the Baldwin Locomotive works of this city. Toronto Has $1,000,000 Fli% ^ Toronto, Ont., Jan. 2.--The street barns of the Toronto street rail­ way were destroyed by fire on Friday morning. The loss is estimated at near­ ly $1,000,000.- Three hundred cars were destroyed. Shares Profits With Employees* Chicago, Dec. 80.--Butler Bros.t' a merchandizing firm with plants In Chi­ cago, New York, St Louis and Minne­ apolis, announced that profits would be shared with employees. The amount Involved Is more than $500,000, British Steamer Istra 8un|t. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 30.--The°fWft- lsh steamer Istra of the Bates line has been toujifloed and sun£by a sub- ^•nranean, accord- itiv Chief Carranza's de Facte jGovernment. Washington, Dec. 29.T--General Car- ranza, first chief of the Mexican de facto government, has ordered Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador desig­ nate, to withdraw from the United States without delay. - This move, which nus the aspect of a ropture of such diplomatic relatioiis as exist between the Mexican de facto government and the United States, cre­ ated consternation among administra­ tion officials, who confessed they are mystified by the unheralded action. Arredondo informed his associates of the order recalling him from Washing­ ton and said that he would leave cftrds at the state department In accordance with diplomatic usage and depart for Mexico City. Carranza's move increases the alarm of advisers of the president. They fear that Carranza, after all the surrender­ ing to his demands by the president, intends to rebuff the administration in some spectacular manner. Washington, Dec. 30.--One more ap­ peal for modification of the protocol providing for the withdrawal of Amer­ ican troops from Mexico is made by General Carranza In a message deliv­ ered to Secretary Lane by Luis Cab­ rera, The Mexican first chief replied to the insistent American demand that the protocol signed by his spokesmen at Atlantic City be ratified with an 800-word document, In which he failed to accede to the demand, but refrained from writing anything that could be construed as a flat repudiation. The latest suggestions for changes In the agreement now will be consid­ ered by the three American represent­ atives--Secretary Lane, J. Rl Mott and Judge George Gray. Early next week, at> a joint session of the Mexican- American commission, the Americans will give the Mexicans their answer. MAY PURCHASE DRINK TRADE British Government Plans to Take J_.^ ,0!ysr- the Liquor Business of the Country. : ! London, Dec. 30,--The purchase of the drink trade by the government is believed to be imminent, says the Dally Express. It estimates the Cost at about $1,500,000,000. Drastic measures to curtail the pro­ duction and sale of whisky and beer are under contemplation by the gov­ ernment. The most far-reaching re­ strictions are proposed for Loudon and the manufacturing centers. RAID SINKING SHIP Three Hundred Go to Death on Japa­ nese Liner Sankaku Maru, Says -s. Dispatch. Tokyo, Dec. 30.--Three hundred per­ sons perished In the wreck of the Japanese steamship Sankaku Maru on the Chinese coast near Che Foo, ac­ cording to a dispatch received here. After the vessel went aground she was attacked by Chinese pirates, the dis­ patch added. Some of tfie persons on board the steamer were drowned and others were killed by the pirates, ac­ cording to the survivors. Brazil Uruguay Treaty Signed. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 80.--A general ar­ bitration treaty between Brazil nnd Uruguay was signed by Dr. Lauro Mul- ler, Brazilian foreign minister, and a special ambassador sent here by Mon­ tevideo. Six Killed as Trains Crash. * Smiths Falls, Qnt., Dec. 80.--Six passengers were killed and several othehrs were injured when, the east- bount Toronto-Montreal Canadian Pa­ cific railway express craslted into the westbound Cornwall local. Wants Chines* in Hawaii, fe.-.' Honolulu, T. H., Dec. 29.--pStnfs- sion for the entry into Hawaiian terri­ tory of 25,000 Cinese immigrants will be asked of congress by Farm Cornn, a wealthy Chinaman of this city, and J. Hi llindel, v Vsiness man. Landslide Sweeps Train Off Track. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 29.--A land­ slide near Shirley, Ark., swept a Mis­ souri & North Kansas railroad freight train from vhe track and buried the engine, according to reports Ived in Little Ilock, 3£ BERLIN SEEKS PARLEY SENDS FRIENDLY REPLY TO THfe PRESIDENT'S NOTE. Nots Praises U. S.. Suggestion and Reiterates Request for Meeting of Belligerents, Berlin, via Sayvllle wireless, Dec. 28.--The rejAy of the German allies to the peace note of President Wilson was given to Ambassador Gerard. It failed to name any peace terms. The reply was in the form of a joint note, handed to the diplomatic repre­ sentatives of the United States in VI* enna, Sofia and Constantinople, as well as in Berlin. Announcement that the German allies had answered the American note; was made through the Overseas News agency. The reply states that the imperial government considered President Wll- con's note In a friendly manner, -but that "In the opinion of ftie German government that great work--the pre­ vention of future wars--can be begun only after the end of the present strug­ gle." • WThen the time comes, says the an­ swer, the German government will be ready with pleasure to collaborate with the United States. The reply renews the offer made by Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg on December 21, to enter immediately into a peace conference. 12 FARM BANK CITIES NAMED Board Announces Centers Under Rural ^ Credits Law--Loans Limited to , 50 Per Cent of Value. njjtc rnir Springfield, Mass., Baffimore, Columbia, S. C., Lou­ isville, New Orleans, St. Louis, St. Paul, Omaha, Wichita, Houston, Tex., Berkeley, Cal., and Spokane have been chosen as locations for 12 federal farm loan banks. The 12 districts into which the country Is divided were an­ nounced by the farm loan board. Illi­ nois, Missouri and Arkansas are in district No. 6. The banks will be established as soon as practicable. Under the law each will have a capital of $750,000. Loans on farm land are limited by the law to 50 per cent of the value Of the land and may be payable In from five to forty years. As fast as loans are made bonds will be issued to cover them, so that at no time under the present plan will a bank's entire capi­ tal be tied up in loans to the detriment of other applicants. "IT-BOAT MAIL RATE HIGHER Germany's Charges Recall Post Cost in Days of Forty-Niners--Expect Heavy Business. Berlin, Dec. 30.--The merchant sub­ marine Deutwchland and Its sister ships w|ll carry on future voyages spe­ cial mall at rate# recalling those of the transcontinental post In the (Jays of the forty-nlqers. A special ci^rge of two marks for a postcard or letter not exceeding 20 grams in weight will be levied In addition to the regular In­ ternational postage. A similar charge wtll he made for each additional 20 grams up to a maximum weight of 60 grams. As letters sent In the ordinary route take many months in transit* six months being not unusual. It Is expect­ ed that the submarine post will be In heavy demand. * . . * . . Texas Bank Robbed, Sherman, Tex., Jan. 2.--The^fangeis man State bank of Hagerman, 15 miles northwest of here, was robbed by five bandits. The safe was blown open. The robbers escaped In a moto» car with $5,000. M60 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS„ TLOS' WMEfi VESSEL IS DESTROYED BY MINE. ONLY .FIFTY ARE RESCUED 1 Three Negroes Confess Murder. Minden, La., Jan. 2.--Three nlgroea confessed that they were guilty of the murder of five members of the Reeves family, including a fifteen-months-old baby, who were slain with an ax on Christmas morning. : . ; / - • British Attack FaHs* ^ . Bertln, Dec. 30.--Northeast Of Lattt Doiran several English companies at­ tacked Bulgarian positions after strong artillery preparation, but failed to gain any ground, says a war office an- nouncement. Contemplate Long Stay. teredo, Tex., Dec. 80.--Two proml- Steamer Kursk Also Damaged by Ex­ plosion While Off Kirkwall and Thres Persons Loss Lives--Seventeen Americans Among Passengers. Berlin (via Sayvllle wireless), Jan. 2.--An entire Russian regiment of coast artillery--about l,50p men--with the exception of 60 men, was lost when the Finnish steamship Oihonne struck a mine near the Gulf of Finland, ac­ cording to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung. One thou­ sand horses also were drowned. The Oihonne was owned In Helsing1- fors. She displaced 1,076 tons find was built in 1898. The vessel was en route from the Aaland island to Helslngfors and sank In a few minutes. New York, Jan. 2.--The Russian steamship Kursk, while bound from Archangel, Russia, for New York, with 126 passengers aboard, hit a mine on November 29 off Kirkwall, Scotlaud, One passenger and two members of the crew were drowned while lifeboats were being launched- Part of the Kursk's stern tfas torn off by the explosion and later the ves­ sel was towed Into Kirkwall by Eng­ lish patrol boats. Its passengers and crew, however, drifted ail night in open boats before being picked up, News of the accident was brought here by the rescued passengers, who arrived on board the steamship Lap­ land from Liverpool. It was about eleven o'clock at night when the Kursk hit the mine, and it was 6 a. m. the next day before the English patrol boats found the drift­ ing lifeboats of the disabled steamer. Seventeen American horsemen, -re­ turning from Archangel, where they bad been discharged from several ships that carried stock to Russia, were among the Kursk's passengers. SCANDINAVIAN NOTE TO U. S. Norway, Sweden and Denmark Jain In 8upport of President WUson's Pease Movs* . Washington, Jan. 2.--The Joint peace note from Norway, Sweden and Denmark arrived here. The Norwegian note, with which those from Denmark and Sweden are Identical, follows; "It is with the most lively Interest that the Norwegian government has learned of the proposals which the president of the United States has just made with the purpose of facilitating measures looking toward the estab­ lishment of a durable peace, while at the same time seeking to avoid any In­ terference which could cause <palij| to legitimate feelings. "The Norwegian government would consider Itself failing in its duties to­ ward Its own people and towards all humanity if it did not express its deepest sympathy with all efforts which could contribute to put an end to the ever-Iucreasing suffering and the moral and material losses. It has every hope that the Initiative of Presi­ dent Wilson will arrive at a result worthy of the high purpose which in­ spired It." '. • "Im i I l i T11. ll^ Vn GERMANS GAIN AT VERDUN ierlin Asserts Counter-Attacks Against Position Failed--Loss Admitted - by Paris. Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllle, L. I.), Jan. 2.--On the Verdun front Ger­ man troops transferred from the Somme front entered French positions on Hill 304 and on the southern slope of Dead Man's hill, the war office an­ nounced In a statement. , The Germans advanced to the sec­ ond and third French positions and captured seven machine guns. Several French counter-attacks were repulsed. The Germans brought back 220 pris­ oners. Paris, Jan. 2.--German troops de­ livered an attack In strong force on a three-kilometer {two mile) front be­ tween Hill 303 and Dead Man's hill, northwest of Verdun, the war office an­ nounced. Only one of the French trenches, south of "Dead Man's hill, was penetrated and that only hy & few hos­ tile troops. PRESIDENT OPENS VP LANDS Wilson 8igns Homestead Bill of portance to the Western • 8tates. lm- Washington, Jan. 2.--President Wil­ son signed the Ferris bill, opening up 040-acre homesteads for stock raising and grazing purposes. It Is accounted of great Importance to the western states. PrlccTof Oil Raised. Shreveport, La., Jan. 2.--The Stand­ ard Oil company raised the price of Caddoa crude oil to $1. This move on the part of the Standard Oil company is in keeping with the raise recently, ^nftde by the Prairie Oil company. > Tsxans Kill 10,000 Jackrabblts. Alunrlllo, Tex., Jan. 2.--Belated re­ ports from the all-Pan Handle of Texas jackrabbit drive, held in a united ef­ fort to reduce the cost of meat, lndl- cate that not less than 10,000 jack- jrqbbits have been killed In drives. Downs Fourteenth Airplane. Paris, Dec. 29.---Lieut. Herteaux brought down his fourteenth enemy airplane on December 24, the war of­ fice announced. Lieutenant Herteaux Is stationed an the front between Chaulnes and Hyencwtirt-Le-Grand. Qets $3,600,000 Argentine Order. T»hflndelphla, Dec. 20,--The United nent Mexican families, said to be those States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry com- of Governor Mlrcles of Coahutla and pany >of this city announced that it the late Jesus Carranza, applied here hwd received a $3,S(K>.000 order f • for permits to bring iuto the United | cast-Iilm pipe for the Argentine gov- States boxes containing $125,000. i ernuiclt. fifty] fro® five fer stomd Purest I doctor' t% Ca The asoolog|i was sidera The cot of ', was hi He mai and we mercha was or cold thsu| posed. t Only Tomtthe ROM " % JMO toOVH. QUIKl 'mSM we amusement remarked tl "Unquesti "For iust»x bojr I was ci bibits that Wonders,' bllity of the more than Birmingham bul anj All Attack Always il * Doctors in s been kept busy I which has visif firmptoms of distressing an down conditioi which seem to victim complain *ry troubles wlj ed, as these da dangerous kid report a Is Swamp-Root soon heals and after an attach a great kidney^ and, being an gentle healing which ia almoatt most cases by \ tl Kilmer & Co., JBir to send a sampfle si^ Root, on receipt of sufferer who requests | vince any one Who Regular size bottles For sale at all druggie tion this paper. h. ef' I I, thJ Adv.l Guessed Two sober cltlsensl in Babylon. "You and I will li\ •When thls dancing crpj the first sober citizer "I don't doubt it," tc ond sober citizen. outgrow such madness.'! And that was 2716 y| Castles took New DANDRUFF Disappear With and Ointm< The first thing ing hair la to getl Itching. Rub Cut] scalp, next morr Cuticura Soap : skin and scalp cura your everydaj Free sample each ] Address postcard, Boston. Sold ever Wicked Gc 'I understand revolutionized the "So they have, in o^ "How Is that?" "Farmers often retul cars from making a n| city at. the hour wl get up and go to work' GIVE "SYRUP OF TO C0NSTII DsiioiouB "Frnlt Laxa^ little and bo\ Look at the tongul coated, your little one's and bowels need cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, doesn't sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever- lph, stomach sour, breath bad, haa sore throat, dlarrhoe^. yi of cold, giva ful of "Call&r a teaspoonful rnia Syrup of " 'H.y: ^ Figs," and In a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of ltf. little bowels without griping, and yoft /* have a well, playful child again. Aa| your druggist for s 50-cent bottle o§ , ! • "California Syrup of Figs," which coq% J tains full directions for babies, chi^ • * dren of all agaa and for growampf^ Adv. - * . The Kind. ' "Some children have t<f be handle^. * with gloves." , - • ... "I suppose with kid gloves.** Even though all is not gold that ters, a lot of peo^e are satisfied the glitter. ^ Spain In 1&15 of coal and impc knlned ted 1, 1402,000 L000 tons. Rubbing It in ths ou0 with yot 3: 111 soô j [frieml mt you