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mm DRAFF OF m K*.k" : ill thormous Amount of Work Neo- -essary on Administration's Consolidation Measured?5* mm EFFICIENCY SOUGHT OpfceWMeh Legislative Commit- May Proceed 1ft the Formula* tioit of a Bill That Will Place Illinois in the Forefront. RX;< fJtSprinfffleW.-^Lii g» prepiueattak if tile rougher preliminary draft of the administrative code of Illinois--known generally as the consolidation bill-- hn enormous amount of work is neces­ sary. Exiting laws have been care­ fully read In order that there may be BO duplication of agencies. The new «ode Is to consolidate existing agea- ,.«le8 Into nine departments, to be known as the departments' of finance, agriculture, labor, mines and minerals, public works; charities and corrections, .health, corporate control and educa­ tion. "Conferences have been held with legislators and public men who have had experience in state administra­ tion and big affairs. Practical Ideas "tending to, promote the highest effi­ ciency have been sought. The rough draft simply offers a working basis upon which the legislative committee upon consolidation may proceed in the formation of a measure that will place Illinois in the forefront of states that are seeking an Improvement in public Affairs. In the rough outline of the measure me of fiie paramount subjects is th'fe formation of a department of finance which will be vested with pow- «?r to prepare a state budget for pre­ sentation by the governor to the state legislature. In his campaign Governor- «iect Frank O. Lowden emphasized the necessity for a budget. The pres- ! «#it law simply provides for the pre­ paration of estimates and their trans- tnbsiou to the legislature. The new system of a practical state-wide plan of improvements, an accurate report Of the state's resources and income and careful distribution of the state's funds Is, expected to result in reducing ap­ propriations biennially to the mini­ mum. It will substitute for the pres­ ent loose system a common sense busi­ nesslike method of handling the af- fairs of a corporation that spends twenty-five millions of dollars annu- he department of finance is to es­ tablish a uniform system of book­ keeping, examine accounts of offices and institutions, audit bills of depart­ ments and examine them with a view to making suggestions that will In- wjrease administrative efficiency and avoid duplication of activities. The court of clafhis will be abolished and the director of finance, the state au­ ditor and the state treasurer ex officio will act in Its place In the. con­ sideration of contested 'claims against the state. The present department of printing will be included in the de­ partment of finance. 11, Department of Agriculture. •:; *Jn this department will bq, consoli­ dated the boards, bureaus and com­ missions having to do with the live stock Industry, farming and allied agencies, the game and fish commis­ sion, and the present state board of . agriculture which has the management of the state fair. It will lie vested with the power now resting In those agencies. It will seek to, encourage and promote the interests of agriculture, horticulture, the live stock industry, dairying, cheese making, beekeeping, forestry And the production of wool. It may Conduct investigations relative to the adaptability of the climate and sell to the production of various kinds of fruits, vegetables, grains, grasses and other crops, the use of ' fertilizers, crop rotation, stock brew­ ing foodstuffs, and reforestation and ' publish bulletins concerning those in- instigations. fV' * Labor. . ' • ^ In the department of l&bOT It Is pro­ posed to consolidate the present labor commissioners, the free employment agencies, the state factory inspection service, the industrial board and the state board of arbitration. This de­ partment may Investigate labor condi­ tions and the welfare of wage-earners and distribute information pertaining l|jfcreto. ' ,wnrr Mines and Minerals. The department of mines and min­ erals is to include the state mining hoard, the state mine inspectors, the miners examining commission, the mine fire lighting and rescue station and commission. It may inquire Into fcttns, traveling libraries, lectures, correspondence work and classes for '.Systematic instruction. Public Works. In the department of public works there will be the highway commission, the three canal and waterway commis­ sions, the Illinois park commission, the state architect, the supervising engineer, the state examiners of ar­ chitects and structural engineers. This department is expected to be the cus­ todian of state buildings and to pur­ chase the fuel used therein. Charities and Corrections. ... All charitable, penal and correctlon- al Institutions are included in this de­ partment. The board of administra­ tion is abolished but the charities com­ mission is retained as an Inspectional and advisory body, Its scope of inspec­ tion being extended to the prisons and reformatories. It is proposed to abol­ ish the board of pardons and vest its powers In the director of the depart­ ment, a superintendent of prisons and criminologist. Each prison and re­ formatory will have a parole board consisting of Its warden, the superin­ tend^ aJC jwteons and gist * * ; .* ; tt nas'^ecri' suggested "thafc "tne de­ partment of health should include the boards of health, pharmacy, dental, nurse and barber examiners, optom­ etry. the food commissioner and food standard commission. Like the other departments the powers are not broad­ ened or changed but are concentrated with a view to obtaining the highest efficiency at a minimum cost. Corporate Control; The powers exercised by the pres­ ent public utilities commission are to be vested in the department of corpo­ rate control. The commission however will continue in charge of public util­ ities. The department is expected to exercise the rights, powers and duties now vested in the insurance superin­ tendent and will also Include all grain inspection and the fire marshal's of­ fice. Education. The five normal schools wtlT* bo placed under the department of educa­ tion. The director will have the ad­ vice of a board of eight normal school advisors to aid him In their manage­ ment It is proposed to consolidate In this department the geological survey, the state water survey, the state ento­ mologist, the legislative reference bu­ reau, and the state historical library. The department will have the same authority to make extensive investiga tions that the various bureaus possess nt present and to issue bulletins con­ cerning the state's resources. Civil 8ervice. As the civil service commission has to do with employees In all branches of the state government It Is left an Independent agency like the United States civil service commission. No Funds for Brundage. Depletion of appropriations by his predecessor will result in the fequest for special appropriations for his de­ partment by Attorney General Brun­ dage. Just how much he will need to cqrry the department business until July 1, when new appropriations will be available, will not be knowu until Mr. Bundage haw had an opportunity to make further inquiry. He has found that only about $6,000 Is left of the $100,000 appropriated by the recent special session to pay at­ torneys in various departments which the supreme court decided in the Fer­ gus suits were under the attorney gen­ eral. Unless special appropriations are made at once, all department at­ torneys must serve without pay or be retired. V Mr. Brundage'does not fry to fix the blame. He merely knows that the con­ dition exists and he will aslt the legis­ laturetogive him relief, he says. mine accidents, the conditions in and equipment of mines, the prevailing economic conditions and the technical efficiency of persons working in and about mines. For the purpose of im­ proving conditions tt may provide bul- ALL AROUND TOE STATE *?• „ > • Chicago.--Estimating the city rev- f, ^ 1 eoues for 1917 at more than $500,000 - above the necessary expenditures. City "* Comptroller Eugene R. Pike finished ! his final estimate of the 1917 budget. The estiihate will be sent to the finance 'committee as soon as it comes from iS' the printers. The totals of Mr. Pike*& * estimate follow: Estimated revenues, $27,016,288.82; estimated expendi­ tures, 1917, $26,449,364.09; surplus, $566,924.73. Alton.--A convention of ice-cream atianufacturers of. southern Illinois Was held January 11. Sanitation and the sale of pure Ice cream were dis­ cussed. sppecatur.--Wilbur Estes, fourteen, pulled the trigger of an old revolver twice, each time pointing it at his heart. In order to display his fearless­ ness to boy companions. The second time, R cartridge, which he did not know was in the gun, was discharged, and he died a few minutes later. A boy companion, who had just warned Mm against possible accident, *pee<l when be saw ffetsefeU. Names Forestry Delegates. Governor Lowden's first executive act was the appointment of delegates to attend the International forestry conference' at Washington, D. C., Jan­ uary 18 and 19. The delegates are: H. A. Danforth, Washington; H. C. Easterly, Carbondale; W. W. Wright, Toulon; John Jeffries, Charleston; D. 8. Brown, Genoa ; S. E. Prather,' Spring­ field; Roy Johnson, Taylorville; J. Mack Tanner, Flora; A. N. Abbott, Morrison and Charles Adklns, Bement George Sutton, who has been Gov­ ernor Lowden's private secretary for many years, assumed the duties of secretary to the governor. Joe C. Ma­ son also assumed his duties as insti­ tution auditor. C. M. Tlnney, who acted as executive clerk under Gov­ ernor Deneen, wltl act in that capacity under Governor Lowden. - --- New Incorporations. h> Chicago Alunlte company,, Chicago; capital, $2,500; Incorporators, Dwight Furness, William Rigby, Edna EL Lin- deroth. E. J. Bracb & Sons, Chicago; capi­ tal, $400,000; Incorporators, Emtl J. Brach, Edwin J. Brach, Frank V. Brach. C. E. Jorgenson Furniture company, Chicago; capital increased from $4,000 to $45,000. Harrison's Secret Service, Chicago; capital. $10,000; incorporators, Joseph J. Harrfcon, Frank M. Reddy, Maurice Mason. The Lap Manufacturing company, Chicago; capital, $100,000; Incorpora­ tors, J. Mum ford, William Brooks, Lawrence E. McCann, Jr. Meyer Davis company, Chicago; cap­ ital, $40,000; incorporators. Meyer Da­ vis, William France Anderson, Julius H. Quasser. Modern Products company, Chicago; capital, $5,300; Incorporator*. William A. Conover, Chester W. Church. John G. Rogers. West End Hospital an<| Training School for Nurses. Chicago; capital, $2,000; Incorporators, Jacob K. Meyer, Max Kern, Carrol A. Teller. Aurora Taxi company, Aurora ; capi­ tal, $2,500; Incorporators. Cam Erwio Schfarz, C. E. Schwars, Dillon K» Schwa rz. Penner Bros.. A Levine company. Chicago; capital, $12,000; Incorpora­ tors, Henry S. Blum, Tsadore Woifsoha. Edward E. Courtarsy. % West Auto Sales, Incorporated. C]M& cago; capital, $2,500; Incorporators. Frank Burket, G. L. Burket, Roliln C ... NOTABLES TESTIFYIN8 IN "LEAK" CASE.v; ̂ ; r^'H tffc* ;rf: m The central portion of this picture shows Thomas W. Lawson, seated at the table, testifying before the house Committee on rules on the "leak" of the president's peace message. The insert on the right shows Secretary Tumulty testifying, and the panel on the left shows Secretary of State Lansing as he appeared before the com­ mittee. • _ Tolland's army^uipped Wth most modern appliances""' m v...w............... ̂̂ .. " ̂ A Dutch soldier wearing gas mask and steel helmet which are part of his equipment now. The trooper Is ready for action. As the most modern inventions prove their usefulness In actual warfare, the Dutch ©Quip their army with them. They are ready for any eventualities. » WAR'S DEVASTATION IN NORTH FRANCE THEIR LAST TRENCH British official photograph taken on the western front, showing a road flanked by ghastly stumps and shattered remains of what were once trees. The fields on all sides are covered with heaps and mounds of wrecked houses, torn fences, and debris of all sorts. AT GATiwAY TO NEW HOME • T-:* -MOMMN m German dead found in a captured trench at Wagram. The mutilated and mangled bodies were strewn over the bottom of the trench, ar horrible sight Note the mucky, raked-over appear­ ance of the trench, shattered by in­ numerable shells. This photograph should be vivid enough to describe the real horrors of war and enougli to make the movements for peace In crease more rapidly. The man in tin foreground has fallen Into a sleeping posture--Che sleep, from which none waken. The most interesting travelers among the 965 who arrived on the liner Nieuwe Amsterdam recently were the Belgian children sent to this country by Father John de Ville. They will make their homes with relatives or friends in the middle West They wore the warm clothes sent down the bay to the steamship for them by the American Red Cross, and tugged along bundles of the thin and worn apparel in which they crossed the ocean. L^Os of British SKlpping. " ( The t-lverpool journal of Commerce points out thai British mercantile ma­ rine has suffered a los^equlvnlent to 4,000,000 tons of shipplrfifi as follows: War losses, 1,520,000; hiudrance of new construction, 1,700,000; excessive depreciation, 1,000,000 tons. The pa­ per charges waste in British shlpbulld Ing yards and asserts that Increasing amount of' red tape Is seriously ham perlng ship construction. It advocates appointment of a shipping dlcrator. "J. Fortune's Favorites. "Don't tell me that luck doesn't pla> a big part in the acquisition of wealth." "I guess that's so." ' r "Of course it Is. Look at the f41* lows who happen to own Jitney bu^ses in a town-where there Is a street-car strike." . •* SCRAPS used to be compulsory Jn'Rng* land that the dead-should be burled In woolen shrouds. This law w&s in­ troduced in order to encourage the manufacture of woolen cloth within the kingdom. It Is n question as to whether the xangaroo cMn cover a given distance tti quicker time than no ostrich. If our couatry maintains its present oace it will, in the next half Century, a* rl<^: all Europe. t ^ The Argentine government Is dis­ tributing seed grain to farmers in cer­ tain districts, payment therefor being secured by charge'against live stock and agricultural implements of those receiving the seed. < It Is the intention of the government of Uruguay to increase the manufac­ ture of chemical products. In the Insti­ tute of Industrial Chemistry. More than 8,000 persons signed the visitors' book at Shakespeare's birth^ place at Stratford-on-Avon in 1914; fosfrvypr tuUd number was 254, Free for A||. Hr.-Bacon--How was the Setrffig society meeting? Mrs. Bacon--Very w^l attended. "Did anyone speakdf* "Oh,' yes." " "Who spoke first?1* ; ? "No one. They all spoke at once." The Man Who Knows. "The doctor says I an working tM hard." "I'd put mOre faith In that dlagnosiv if it catuc from your boss."--DetroiJ MO^E THAN 100 KILLED WHEN BATTLE CRUISER IS DE­ STROYED IN HARBC^nr CAUSED EXPLOSION Two Austrian Submarines Captured by Italian Torpedo Boats, Says Official Statement Issued at Rome--At­ tacked by Seaplanes During Raids. Tokyo, Jan.. 16.--The Japanese bat­ tle cruiser Tsukuba was destroyed by an explosion in the harbor of Koko- suka. Fire on the Tsukuba caused the magazine to blpw up. it is, estimated that more than 100 men were killed or Injured. , The Tsukuba was laid down in 1903 and displaced 13,750 tons. She was 440 feet long and was armed with four 32-incli, 12 six-inch, 12 4.7-inch and four three-inch guns, three-pounders and five torpedo tubes,. Her complement was 817 men. • The Tsukuba w%s senfl to Hampton Roads in 1907, at the time of the Jamestown exposition. Kokosuka is an important naval sta­ tion 13 miles southwest of Yokohama. Rome, Jan! 16, via Paris.--The cap­ ture of two submarines is reported In an announcement from the war office. The statement follows: "The enemy submarine VC-12, which the German navy ceded to Austria- Hungary, has fallen into our hands and become a unit of our torpedo squadrons. Another enemy submarine, the VT-12, belonging to the ' Austro- Hungarian navy, also is in our posses­ sion. "Enemy airplanes bombed our tor* pedo boats at sea without effect. All our units returned -to their base un­ damaged." TEUTONS PUSH ON IN BALKANS Invaders Wreat Vadeni From Rouma* nians and Also Take Peak by Stond. Berlin, Jan. 16.--Capture by the Tea* tonic forces of the town of Vadeni, about six miles southwest of the im­ portant Roumanian trade center of Gal its, on the Danube, is reported in the official communication issued from army headquarters. Following is the official account of operations on the Roumanian front; "The town of Vadeni, on the rail­ road between Bralla and Galitz, has been captured. "Front of Archduke Joseph: In the eastern Carpathians, north of the Golden Bystiritza, German grendlers entered Russian positions at several places, Inflicted severe losses on the enemy and returned, as they had been ordered, to their own positions. "South of the Oituz road a mountain top occupied by the enemy was carried by storm and fifty prisoner^ fell into the hands of the aggressors, v - < * . U. S. GETS EGG BOARIKTJATA Government Agents Seize Papers at . Chicago After PHe|r^ Boost. ' "" " Chicago, Jan. 15.--Files and records of the Chicago butter and egg board were seized by agents of the federal department of justice to discovei whether, the egg commissioners are re­ sponsible for prlcte fixing, bringing eggs to 50 and '60 cents a dozen. In 1914 Judge Landis issued an injunction re­ straining the butter and egg board from working together to Ox prices. This government action was unexpect­ ed. It was sprung while the explain­ ers were saying the egg price was fixed by the tremendous demand and small supply. They said there were fewei than 15,000,000 eggs In Chicago cold storage and Chicago uses 1,000,000 eggs a day. Officials.of the board viewed the government action with equanimi­ ty. They turned over without question records, files, correspondence and data concerning thousands of transactions. RESCUE ALL ON U, S. SHIP Cruiser Milwaukee Wrecked While At* tempting to Pull Stranded Sub­ marine Off Rocks. Eureka, Cal., Jan. 16.--The last member of the crew of 439 on board the United States protected cruiser Milwaukee, which went ashore on the Samoa' beach near here about four o'clock Saturday morning, was trans­ ferred through a roaring surf in safety ttf the beach by means of a breeches buoy and two lifeboats. Only one man was hurt. Navy officers here expressed the belief that the cruiser will be a total loss. When the Milwaukee was cbught by the current and carried Into the breakers It was pulling on a cable attached to the stranded submarine B-8, which went ashore December 14 about half a mile from where the Mil­ waukee pow lies. OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE MISSED Why Wait? Why Not Go to ̂ ern Canada Now? B writer has frequently hekrtf '1$ir remark that "after the war we will go to Western Canada." It does not OC* cur to those making the remark that if they wish to secure lands in Western Canada, whether by homestead or par- chase, the best time to go is now. Afier the war the welcome will be just a* hearty as ever, but the chances are that land values will increase and to­ day homesteads are plentiful and land is reasonable in price. There is no question about what the land in Mani­ toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta do, what it will give under proper tivation. Farmers in Western Canada are pill­ ing for their land holdings with the proceeds of last year's crop. That this is no idle statement may bo gleaned from the three following Items, whiejk are picked out at random; "In the spring of 1916 a half-section of land was offered for sale at $17j00 per acre. There were 105 acres of summer-fallow, which, because the U vAf :ir' Norwegian Vessel London, Jan. 16.--Lloyd's reports the sinking of the Norwegian steam­ ship Vestfold, 1,883 tons gross. A Ger­ man destroyer captured in Swedish territorial waters the Danish steam­ ship. Tliyra of Copenhagen. owner could not at the time find buyer, were seeded to wheat. A yi of 40 bushels per acre, 4,200 bushels all told, grading No. 1, was obtained. The price the day the grain was sold (which was very early in the season, before grain prices advanced to round about $2.00) was $1.60, which brought the handsome total of $6,720.00. Three hundred and twenty acres at $17.00 equals $5,440.00, so that a buyer, by placing less than half of the whole under crop, would have made a profit of $1,280.00."--Robson Messenger. Robson, Sask. "That the 'Indiana Boys' farm this year raised sufficient crop to pay for the land, all the machinery and aM overhead expenses as well as make a handsome profit. Is the information given by N. B. Davis, the manager. The wheat yield was over 22,000 bush­ els. Of twelve cars already sold, nine graded No. 1, and Mr. Davis has sold over 2,000 bushels locally for seed at $2.00. Naturally, when he gets to la diana he will be a big booster for Al» berta."--Bassano Ma^l, Bassano, Altai "Oscar Castalor, who bought land at Blusson after the crop had been pet in last spring, for $3,800.00, has threshed 3,900 bushels of wheat, whlcft Is worth at present prices about $7,500.00. He refused an offer of $5,000.00 for the land after the crop had been taken of?."--Lethbridgs I i£T- ald.Lethbridge.Alta. Reports from the wheat fields am W highly encouraging and show that flk1 wheat crop of many farmers in Welrt^ era Canada was highly satisfactory; Coblenz, Sask.--W. A. Rose baa , threshed an average of 33 bushels pet acre and 83 bushels of oats. , Gleichen, Alberta.--Up to date 237,- 812 bushels of grain have been received by local elevators. Of * which nearly 180,000 bushels were wheat. Seventy- one cars of grain have already'been shipped. . Stoop Creek, Sask.--James McItaS has threshed 5,400 bushels of grain 2,000 bushels of which were wheat; grading No. I Northern. One field averaged 44 bushels per acre, and ii large field of oats averaged 83 bushel* If information as to the best Iocs* tlon is required, it will be gladly far' nished by any Cunadian Government Agent, whose advertisement appears elsewhere.--Advertisement. * f, : i. , > *v • V 'J EXIT CHEAP TABLE D'HOTE Seee Mine Sink Steai#. New York, Jan. 16.--The destruction by a mine of u heavily laden Danish steamship of about 3,000 tons at the, mouth of the Thames on--December |^<0d if you tion t believe it, they 17 was reported by Captain Toonder of the Dutch steamship Merak. British Noble Dies. ^ondon, Jan. 15.--Col. Lord George Baillie-Hamilton Binning, eldest son of the wni of Hadd, died at the East Lothian country. He was horn in 1856. - He was appointed a brigadier general In December, 1915. Army Uniform* for Governors' Stall. Washington, 'Jan. 15.--Secretary Baker lias decided not to construe the national defense act so as to prohibit members of the staffs of governors from wearing the regular army utt*^ Impossible to Dine Cheaply '•V In '• New 'Yorlt • • 'fM*' - Nowadays. : - ->.' • ' »i.. - • • _____ " Al The cheap fable d'hote, the refuge Ot New Yorkers and their country relit- . tives who wanted to dine in respecta- •' bility, is a thing of the past, write# the New York correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The little base­ ment places where you could get I "red ink" dinner for 50 cents no# charge 75 cents to spear the spaghetti, and at places where the fare was 75 ' cents to go from soup to nuts the rate has been boosted to $1 for the round trip. It isn't because the submarines have made importation of spaghetti ami wine from Italy an uncertain and cost* 1 ly affair, for very little of the spa­ ghetti and wine came from Italy before the war. The drain of foodstuffs fraril the United States into Europe and the scarcity of labor are the big factors. Spaghetti, long the piece de resistance of table d'hote, has doubled in prleh. It used to cost $1 a case before the > war, now it is $2. The table d'hote uses American spaghetti and the higl price of wheat has made It a luxurf. The climate here, says the restaurant men, makes It Impossible to keep spa­ ghetti ; it breaks up in little pieced. Then there is chicken. That used f) cost 18 cents a pound for all age*; How it is around 28 cents. Cheese was one of the staples of the table jd'hote that was imported, but it is ge|^ ting pretty nearly impossible to gst any Parmesan or Gorgnnzola any monk Another reason given why table prices are going up Is the scarcity Of help. Immigration has stopped, egp*> eially from Italy; and here In this country men have left the kitchen M work in the munition factories. Evepi *t 75 cents and $1, restaurant men stiM nalntain that table d'hote is the most economical form of eating in this towat •p just see. what kind of a Sunday dlnm* can be bought at the market* five spot. Rough Philosophy. not averse to helping yon. good man," said the careful philanthr#* pist, "but are you sure you will pit this dime to good use?" * "You kin count on me, guv*ner.w'«# Fwered the tramp. "A dime ain't goinf ter make a man, an' on de other It alnt gwlu* ter rain tau* * % rs-** & fjs's i?*,; .• •:. - .V; Gold brick buyers are hem enough to keep the mannfactur«M | troei going oat of business. .*/ -.. ^ * ;'-fs" ,VL - .#• A*:-"- -i.>. • '•'.'•ft ; .<*•• •> ' 'mm, :