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1;•* * THE XcHKNHY PLAINHPBAXEK. McHENRY, ILL. ' -" k* THE V G it 3 fi SUPERINTENDENT OP PUBLIC IM- 4 # l %UCTION ISSUES REPORT FOR IAST FISCAL YEAR. AVERASE SALARY 13 * i'U • ,- Mm £ => : *tJ& vS," : ' 5&v; Educational Document indicates That , Enrollment in Secondary Grade* ;; H'jjigjIHaa . 16 Percent Increase Over Million in Sehaota. Springfield.--That tbe enrollment In the high schools of Illinois has in­ creased out of all proportion to that of the grade schools is indicated In the report for the fiscal year ending June 30, lest, of Francis Q, Blair, state su­ perintendent of public instruction. The increase in enrollment »of the Ugh schools of III idols, according* to the report of Superintendent Blair, was 15.9 per cent, while the Increase in the grade schools was only 1 ftpr cent. The report, which Is issued in the regular educational nres» bnt'e^ri, in­ dicates that there are more than 1,000,- 000 children in Illinois at work in a school plant worth $300,000,000, cost­ ing the state $25,000,000 annually. Superintendent Blair does not coro- meet upon the figures except to sug­ gest that the data will give the thought­ ful mind up opportunity to determine whether or not the school system is (Joing its work well. Of teachers In the service In the vVC i same district one year there were 11,- .029 and of teachers in the service 20 years, 2,989. k.%* ' Tbe number of public school houses h |g given as 12,581, dt which 255 are '•j, • rented. The total >alne of school buildings and site« is listed at $127,313,285, with equipment worth $8,044,212, making a total of $135,356,997. The school census in 1916 of boys and girls under twenty-one years of , age was 1,697,064. The enrollment in . , the elementary schools is given as: Boys, 500,594; girls, 479,218, making a total of 979,812. The enrollment in the secondary schools is given as: Boys, f 48,204; girls, 06,624, making a total of 104,828. The grand total enrollment in both prinoriVy and secondary schools is given as: Boys, 548,798; girls, 535,842; total. 1,984,640. The total percentage of thpse of school age enrolled in classes is 76 7-10. An interesting table showing the sal­ aries paid teachers, in both elementary and schools follows: Secondary ementary. (high) Women. Men. Women. Receiving under 1 200 200-$ 299 300- 399 400-- 499 600- 699 §00-- 699 700- 79> 800- 899 900- 999 1,080-- 1,069 1,100- 1,199 1,200-- 1,299 1.300- 1,399 1,400- 1,499 1,600- 1,599 1,600-- 1,699 ..... 1,700- 1,799 1,800- 1,899 ..... 1.900- 1,999 2.000- 2,499 2,«XV- 2,999 3,000 and over.. >££ ..... 968 ..... 465 $ .....133 ..... 74 .i~. •» 76 46 a» 63 » 14 1 S Total Grand total .. M 1.143 3.380 6,142 3,291 i» 1,285 1,036 671 821 266 2.782 396 144 206 10 u «,. 48 , M 102 US A ST 108 141 172 202 m 134 166 102 106 M 80. 67 27 26 129 106 48 IMl 10 13 19 84 223 391 384 290 222 181 93 100 88 76 61 43 •0 39 111 76 6 2,577 4£68 Rival Suffragists Battle. The fight between the ilWl <of suffragists was launched in eral assembly when Mrs. Catherine Wangb McCulloch's constitutional amendment providing for full suffrage for women was introduced In the sen­ ate by Senator James Barbour of Chi­ cago. Mrs. McCuIloch believes In going after fulf suffrage In this direct man­ ner. Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, head of the opposing faction, favors the con- etitutlor.ii! convention, the resolution for, which was offered In the senate and will support that provision to the exclusion of the foil suffrage amend­ ment. The resolution provides for the submission to a vote of the people a proposed amendment to the constitu­ tion to provide full suffrage. The res­ olution to the committee on constltu- tional amendments. , Committee Head* Named. ThOsenate caucus agreed to the fol- committee chairmen^ ture--Simon E. Lantx. <Qoi> gerville. Appropriations--B. C. Curtis, Grant Park. «*,. . * Banks and Building and Loan Asso­ ciations--Clayton C. Pervier, Shef­ field. i ^ Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions--Harold C. Kessinger, Au­ rora. Community Welfare--Rodney j.Bt Swift, Libertyville«=r ^^Congressional Reapportionment -- Adam C. Cliffe, Sycamore. V Consolidation of State Agencies (Bf- ficiency and Economy)--W. S. Jewell. Lewistown. Contingent Expenses--Henry W. Austin, Oak Park. * Constitutional Aoeildnwtt^ffibert $5. Smith. Springfield. County and Township Organisations --William H. Wright, McLean. Education--Frank 'A.. Landee, Mo- line. Elections--Clarence F. Buck, Mon­ mouth. • h Enrolled and Engrossed Bills--John R. Hamilton, Mattoon. Executive--Frederick Boos, For­ est Park. ' Fish and Game--J. G. Bardlll, High­ land. f Insurance--Percival G. Baldwin, Chicago. Judiciary--Richard J. Barf, Jollet. Labor. Mines and Mining--John D. Turnbaugh, Mount Carroll. ' License--Charles L. Wood, Keens. Live Stock and Dairying--Frank If. Hewitt, Carbondale. Municipalities--James J. Barbour, Chicago. "ti Civil Servicy--Wlllett B. Cornwell, Chicago. Public Health, Hygiene and Sanita­ tion--Sam W. Latham, Eldorado. Public Utilities--John Dalley, Peoria. Railroads--Martin B. Bailey, Dan­ ville. Revenue and Finance--George F. Harding, Jr., Chicago. Roads and Bridges--Hairy IL Dan- lap, Savoy. Rules--Martin D. Hull, Chicago. . To Visit Penal and Reformatory In­ stitutions--Martin B. Bailey,- Danville. To Visit State Charitable Institutions --John A. Atwood, Stlllman Valley. .To Visit State Educational Institu­ tions--Paul W. Abt, East St Louis. Waterways--Sidney B. Miller, Cairo. rv Army Man for State Artillery. Louis A. Dougherty, United States army, has been named colonel of the Illinois artillery regiment to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of <Jol. Charles M. Allen, who retired from the state service when the artillery re­ turned from duty *on the Mexican bor­ der. The appointment of Colonel Dough­ erty was made by former Gov. Edward F. Dunne a short time before his re­ tirement from office, and it was made public when the will* department con­ sented to aHowDoogherty to take the position. " : <4 t ' fy * 0 To Probe High ^ ' . ' •'*- The high cost of living will be one of the problems with which the legisla­ ture will struggle. Half a dozen bills and resolutions dealing with the subject have been In­ troduced. Aiknong the measures are resolutions calling for a legislative Investigation «rf the soaring cost of necessities and bills dealing with the cold storage and other phases of the subject. Bills offer­ ing solution for the coal shortage situ­ ation also have been prepared. "SHORT STATE HAPPENINGS Springfield.--The Woman's Ch ris­ en Temperance union state officers conferred with representatives from Sangamon, Christian, Cass, Brown, Macoupin and Morgan counties in the Young Women's Christian Association building. Joilet.--Posses are searching for two lobbers who motored Into Gardner, a coal-mining town near here, and loot­ ed the store of liax Goodman of $1,000 U silks. „ . ̂ a .. a . • -A .n«. Labor Seeks New Laws. The joint, labor legislative board of Illinois, comprising delegates, from practically every labor organization within the state, conferred here and determined upon the program of laws It will seek from the general assom- bly. , Chief among the laws scfught Is a bill to limit the power of Injunctions In labor strikes. The labor interests will center their efforts on this meas­ ure. % ~ Other bills to be drafted and Re­ sented to the legislature will include: Provision for jury trials in contempt of court cases. Woman's eight-hour labor act. Amendment to the workmen's com­ pensation act; taking it compulsory. Free textbook act. , Two mill tax for state school fund* For a unit system of vocational edu­ cation throughout the state. More stable tenure of 6fflce for schoolteachers. To prevent employers from blsck- listing employees. The labor leaders contend they are blocked by an anti- boycott law and that the law should work both ^rays. An absentee voters' law, permitting voters to cast their ballots by mall If away from home at the time of an election. Minimum wage law for sfchoolteach- ers. . A law making one day's rest in Seven compulsory. In addition legislation will be sought to Improve the working conditions of employees of state penal and charita­ ble institutions. Will Push Curtis Measurs. The first step toward securing a constitutional convention was taken In the general assembly,, when Senator Edward 43. Curtis of Grant Park, In­ troduced absolution providing for the submlssionlof the question. The reso­ lution will be referred to the commit­ tee on constitutional amendments when It Is appointed. The provisions of the resolution are exactly tbe same as in the resolution Introduced in the last session of the general assembly. There was no administration backing for the resolution at that sesslpn as there Is now. The intention is to call It up for consideration within the next week or two and push It to a vote in the senate first. It will then go to the house. To permit absentee voters to vote at elections was the purpose of another measure Introduced by Senator Cur­ tis. The bill is sweeping in character, and, It is claimed, will add from 20,- 000 to 90.000 voters to the Chicago electorate and as many more down- state. SNew Incorporations. Callaghan it Co., Chicago; Increase In dlrectrs. West Rnglewood Plumbing and Heat­ ing company, Chicago; capital, $2,500: Incorporators, R. H. Grunewald. K. K. Farmer, A. M. Cann. The Independent Watch Case com­ pany. Chicago; capita!, $1,500; tncor porn tors, A. A. Rolf, Edward E. WeO dell, Alvln E. Stein. Itumely-Wachs Machinery company, Chicago; capita! stock increased froco $30,000 to $£25,000; iacraae to namt>* r of directors. Edwnrd Greenstone Furniture pany, Chicago; capital stock increase" from *30.00 to $50,000. American Wire Fence company. Chi oago; capital stock increased from $100,000 to $200,000. D. D. Johnson, Inc.. Chicago; capital stock Increased from $fM*M» to $15,000; Increase in number of directors. Acme Valve company. Chicago; cap­ ital, $15.000; Incorporators, Hoy w! Hill. John W. Hill. Charles I. Cobb. Ambers Steel company, Chicago, capital. $5,000; lneor|Miru|..rs. Walter E. Ambrose. Charles Gilbert Hawky, John I*. Lefevre. r SECRETARY DANIELS DECLARES CHARLES M. SCHWAB 1* ~T»K>Tt ATTACKS MUNITIONS .FIRMS Cabinet Member 'Asserts Net One In Eleven Shells Made by. the Bethle­ hem Company Is Acet^tie, While English Output Is Perfect, Washington. Jan. 23.--Sweeping charges of Inefficiency, lack of patriot-. Ism and attempts to hold up the gov­ ernment were made against American munitions manufacturers by Secretary' Daniels on Sunday. Charles M. Schwab and the Bethl^ hem Steel company are mentioned specifically In the secretary's state­ ment. Figures are given showing that less than 9 per cent of a lot of 14- inch shells submitted by the Bethle­ hem company were acceptable to the naval examiners. On th» other hand, all the shells submitted by Hadflelds, Limited, the English concern, to which a large contract has just fleen award­ ed, met the American requirements. Secretary Daniels says he would not make these figures public did he not believe the facts were already ktitown abroad. The statement says: "When certain American manufac­ turers learned In 1914 that Hadfields would submit bids they reduced their prices from $500 to $315 each on 14- inch shells, and on other sizes In pro­ portion, and secured the contract at their bid, thus enabling the navy to effect a saving of $1,077,210 on the one order.'4 "The department wishes to give all Its orders to American manufacturers when they quote reasonable prices and furnish shells that meet navy re­ quirements. Nothing but the utter failure of the most patient negotia­ tions and .appeals to the patriotism of the little group of steel manufactur­ ers which have a practical monopoly of this business, have made it impera­ tive for the government to build fi projectile factory and give a contract to a foreign bidder. "The Bethlehem Steel company, con­ trolled by Mr. Schwab, which has been filliqg the papers with advertisements criticizing the navy department, ad­ mits in its latest advertisement that, though It was, two years ago awarded a contract foi\ $1,500,000 worth of shells, it has not yet made shells to meet the requirements of the navy de­ partment. UntU it is able to fill Its contracts. It does not become the Bethlehem company to criticize the navy department for awarding con­ tracts to manufacturers who can make shells that meet the tests. "I regard the attitude of these com­ panies in this and other matters as most unfortunate, and, were there no relief, through competition either by the government or by other more pa­ triotic firms, I would feel that they were putting our entire program of preparedness in peril." After praising some of the manu­ facturers for willingness to assume their share in the progratp of prepar­ edness, Mr. Daniels says: "That other large manufacturers of war material should persist in ex­ tracting the last penny of profit from our urgent necessity gives a certain color to the arguments of those who bellejve that preparednessJs a synonym for profits and not patffdllsin." , 21 RUSS CAPTURE TWO POSTS Deliver a Successful Surprise Attaok Near Baranovitchi, the Petro* j grad War Office Claims. Petrogrnd, Jan. 22.--In a surprise attack delivered at night. th< Russians* captured two field posts from the Ger­ mans near Baranovitchi, the war of­ fice announced on Friday. Seventeen Germans were made prisoner and th* remainder of the garrisons were put to the bayonet. _jr* Near ZberoW, ln»GaIlcta. the Teuton forces, after a strong bombardment, attempted to capture the heights held by the Russians southwest of the town. Some of the attackers penetrat­ ed the Russian trenches, but were driven out by a counter-attack. BLAST DEATH LIST SIXTY London Explosion Was Like an Krup. tlon From Volcano--Many Workers Wounded. ' '-"V London, Jan. 23.--The death roll of the munitions plan explosion Is now 00. In ten hospitals 2l persons died and there are 112 pattents receiving treatment. It Is reported. In addi­ tion 265 persons suffering from light­ er Injuries were treated. A portion of the area of London was shaken se­ verely when the chemical plant was blown up. scattering destruction overs a considerable section of the district. 4-Cent Drop Ends Egg Famine. „ Chicago. Jan. 22--The egg famine came to an end on Friday. Prices on the wholesale market solj 4 cents a dozen lower than on Thursday. Whole­ sale values were brought: down to «ll cents a dozen In car lota T. R.'s Annoyer Eludes Detectives. Philadelphia. Jan. 22.-»Mrs. Ida von Claussen Dotta, who was ordered re­ committed to the Middletown (N. Y.) state hospital, Is here, having avoided, she said, detectives, who were about to carry out directlons of the court. : May Name Islands Dewey. Washington, Jan. 20.--In recognition of the services of Admiral Dewey to his country, Allen Introduced in ths house a joint resolution authorizing that hereafter the Danish West Indie* be known as the Dewey islands. Rebels in Chihuahua City. El Paso. Tex.. Jan. 20.--Small hands of Villa advance guards penetrated Chihuahua City Wednesday and desul­ tory street fijdiriug (ontinued all day, according to nit Ameri(juo arrlvlng 1 front the state capital. AND NO JAITjfi ' '-.I" - '• ; . v -v; 1* . ** V- ' .v: 4 !4 m- ! ; < • Mil u JSMAY ac *• * V IWNMVSUT} Mcrftewcwtw 109,Tt W THAT* C0M Motn*« GERMAN RAIDER OUT SRrriSH ADMIRALTY ADMITS LOSS OF EI^HT SHIPS. Survivors Roach Pernambuco ami Olve Details of ths Sea Rov­ ers' Exploits. Buenos Aires, Jan. 19.--A German raider, believed to be the protected Cruiser Vluex, has sunk ten merchant steamers and two French schooners ift the South Atlantic, according to dis­ patches received here from Pernam- L.cuo and Rio de Janeiro, detailing the landing; of survivors at Pernambuco. One additional message from Rio de­ clared that the raider had sunk still nnother British ship--without warnlug --causing the loss of 400 persons. According to Information received ut Rio de Janeiro from a British offi­ cial source, seven vesesls ID the Atlan­ tic have been sunk and none captured by a German raiding vessel. TheBrazliiun minister of marine has made formal requeat for a report fr«un Pernambuco, but as yet has not re­ ceived a reply. First news of the raider Ihine In dis­ patches from Pernambuco detailing the landing th<u^by the Japanese steamer Hudson AJmVu of sailors from five steamers sunk by the Teutoulc com­ merce destroyer 80 miles off Pernam­ buco. The ships which fell victim were said to have Included the British steamers Dramatist and Radnorshire, the latter bound from Bahia to Havre and London, and other French and al­ lied merchantmen. ' A subsequent message reported the sinking of "English and French Wfr- chantmen off the Brazilian coaift. In­ cluding the Voltaire." > London, Jun. 11).--Eight British and two French merchant vessels are be­ lieved to have been sunk by a German raider. [ •' The steamships St Theodora «pd Yarrowdale were captured. 5 The ships sunk by the German raid­ er are: British--Dramatist, Radnor­ shire, Minleh, Netherbyhall, Mount Temple, King George, Georgic pLnu Vol­ taire. French--Nantes and Ashieres. ADMIRAL OEWEY AT *EST Body Reposes in Historic Arlington Where R*st Thousands ^ TThsMnj?ton, Jan. 22. ~ Oeor^e Dewey, the admiral of the navy, has been laid to rest. His body rests In historic Arlington where repose thou­ sands of the heroes of the war be­ tween the states, where Dewey re­ ceived his first baptism of fire, and of the Spanish-American conflict in which he earned undying fame. In the General Miles mausoleum, un­ der the great oaks on the sloping hills of the sdfeth side of the National ceme­ tery, overlooking the city of Wash­ ington, the mahogany casket contain­ ing all that was mortal of the dead hero was Infrt to rest with all of the honors due to his exalted rank. And, a^ the doors finally Vere closed, a company of midshipmen from the Na­ val Academy tot Annapolis fired the final volleys of farewell and the sliver tones of the bugles of the band sound­ ed "taps" on the cjireer of the father of the modern navy of the United States and probably Us most loved commander. / John T. McCutcheon Weds. Chicago, Jan. 23.--Miss Evelyn Shaw and John T. McCutcheon, the cartoon­ ist.. were married here. Mr. uud Mrs. McCutcheon left for^ Treasure island, in the Caribbean, whore the mora Is to be passed. Bank Robbers Wound Three. Knnapolls, Kan., Jan. 23.--Five bank robbers, suprlsed while leaving the Exchange State bank here with $3,000, shot and slightly wounded Mrs. James Cowle,- wife of the president, ana tter two sons, James, Jr., and Richard. and Bandit Slain. - Okomah. Okiu., Jan. 20.--One bank robber and a deputy sheriff were killed in a battle between an Okfuskee county posse and bandits near here. Another robber was wounded and cap­ tured. ' • ' < Admiral J. H. Watmough Dies. •Washington, Jan. 20.--Hear Admiral Jumes H. Watmough, retired, uiuety- Qve. last survivor of the frigate Con­ stitution. who raised the first Amert- «u dag la California In tW v«r. Ulgdj of la grippftt . ̂ ' -- PLOT TO SLAY WILSON PROSECUTION QUOTES ARTICLES FROM ANARCHIST PAPER. PurpAsa Club known as "Blaster^ Was to Stop Preparedness In " the U. S. .. , San Francisco,, Jan. 20.--President Wilson's Ufe was threatened by an unardliist organization known as "The Blasters," of which Thomas J. Moouey, ou trial here for bomb murders, was a leader with Alexander Berkman, as­ sistant District Attorney Edward A. Cunha charged here on Thursday. Beginning his address Cunhu out­ lined the history of the bomb explosion here last July In which ten,poraons lost their lives. "I wiU prove," said Cunha, out of court, prior to opeuiug argument In the Mooney trial, "that Moouey and Berk- man belonged to an organization known as 'The Blasters.' The purpose of the organization was to overturn the government sad stop preparedness at any cost." Cunha quoted an article In Berk- man's paper, the Blast: "We want to warn the weathercock in the Whiter House that lt-»niay not prove safe. Suppression of the volet of discontent leads to assassination.' "Vide Russia." read the article writ­ ten March 4, 1U16, In protest of alleged federal suppression of fjree speech .it! Chicago and New York. ? "I will connect Mooney* with thli conspiracy by letters In his own writing and by r -tides he wrote !c the Blast. I will show that thej planned to create a prejudice againsl uud to betray the Auiertci^u Fedora- t(oQ of Labor - . , . , 5. "I will show that beforo the pasadf Mooney declared 'preparedness musi be thrown back into the teeth of lb advocates.' Mboney declared that li the government had a large army th< revolution would be aipped la th< bud." TEACHER AND MUSICIAN SLAIN J. M. Couch of Oklahoma City Charges With Double Murder--Spurned, • by Woman. . . " fi- ' Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 20.-- Charged with shooting and killing Mist Nellie M. Dunn,, a teacher In the Wheeler school ^ulldlng on1 Thursday afternoon and- suspected of latei shooting to death Rowland D. Wil­ liams, vocal teacher holding a posltioc In the same building in whlcli -Miss Dunn was employed. John M. Coucb surrendered to Deputy United States Marshal Stagings • at Guthrip, Okla. where- ho was lodged in the federal jail. While a warrant has been Issued charging CoQch with the murder oi Miss Duun, the police believe he also killed Williams. It is believed Coucb killed the girl and then lay In wait In the building until Williams came by. Couch was a brother-in-law of Miss Dunn. Mrs. Mary Couch, wife of the accused, said Couch had for several years attempted to force his attentions on her slstpr, but that Miss Dunn shunned him. > Williams had taught music. In the schools of Fort Worth, Little Rock and Memphis. Fall Kills Old Minneapolis, Minn., .Kin. 23.--Capt Charles Baker, eighty, inmate of the state Soldiers' home, was instantly killed when he fell over a banister 15 feet to the floor. He was n member an Illinois regiment. _ j -- : sr . ; Philadelphia Papers Two Cents. <nph!la,dt>lphln, Jan. 23.--Philadelphia newspq|>crs now selling at one cent will increase thelr^price to two cents, beginning Jahuary 29. The high cost of newsprint paper is given ft* the cause for the increase. ' !' - Scully Holds House Seat. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 22.--The court of errors and appeals nthrmed the su­ preme court decision that a recount in the Third congressional district was legal. This makes tinal the re-electtutt of Congressman Scully (Dent.). Wilson Picks His Escort. Washington, Jan. 22.--President Wilson has decided to use the Second cavalry troops^ at Fort Myer, Va., as his personal escort at the inaugural ceremonies. This ends » competition between many orsaniiations. u. a am FOUND LI CUTS. ROBERTSON AN D BI*HOP RESCUED IN MEXICO #¥ - SEARCHING PARTV.^ ONE TOO WEAK TO TRAVA Army Aviators, Who Have Been Mla»> ing for Nine Days, Were Within Thirty Miles of the Border When Searching Party Arrived. 'WeHton, Arts* Jan. 22.--After a tramp of nine days across the Sonora desert. Lieutenant Robertson and Lieu­ tenant Colonel Bishop, the missing United States army aviators who have been lost since Wednesday a week ago, were found by a searching party of the New Cornelia Copper company about thirty miles south of the Mexi­ can border'and about sixty miles south of here. Lieutenant Robertson. was brought here in the afternoon by auto, but Lieutenant- Colonel Bishop was so weak that he could not be n>oved from where the pair were found. Lieutenant Robertson said that he and Lieutenant Colonel Bishop landed about 12:90 o'clock Wednesday at a point in Mexico about 200 miles south of- the Arizona border.. Taking the water out of the radiator of the air­ plane the two army officers started to tramp northward , across the desert They husbanded their water as best they could. They had reached a point 30 miles south of the International line when they encountered the searching party from the copper company. Lieutenant Robertson said that when he and Lieutenant Colonel Bish­ op left San Diego he set his course for Calexlco by the compass. There seemed to have been a deviation of the instrument and also a drift of air currents which thifew him off his course. The two aviators were found in the A jo mountains, 60 miles south of Well- ton, at ten o'clock Thursday morning by a searching party composed of Win- field Paxton, G. A. Gambl^ and R. S. Hovattor. Robertson, when "dlscov- ered, was staggering along all but dead and unable totalk much. He said that he and Colonel Bishop had landed at 12:30 o'clock In the after­ noon of the day they left San Diego. They deserted their machine in a bar­ ren waste of country and stalled to wander in the direction which seemed to them would the sooner bring them to civilization. On last Wednesday Bishop became so weak he could walk no further. He told Robertson he had better go on and save himself if he could. Robert­ son bade his comrade good-by and left him to what he thought would be his fate. He had walked 30 miles from the point where he left Bishop when picked up. Immediately after he was rescued a party was dispatched for Bishop and another rescue party was sent out from Yuma by Colonel Wil­ son of the Fourteenth infantry. It will be necessary to carry Bishop 12 mllea from the mountain fastness where he Is located to a conveyance. FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION Blinding 8nowstorm Prevents the Chauffeur Prom Seeing Near Jackson, Mich. ^ ^ Jackson, Mich., Jan. 23.--Four men were killed and one fatally Injured when a Michigan Central train struck an automobile On Sunday seven mllea east of this city. The dead: A. H. Lipley, aged forty-five, Cleve­ land, O. Gustavo Rost, aged thirty-five, Cleve­ land. Al Oottle, aged thirty-eight, Cleve­ land. « Henry Reiser, aged thirty, of^ Jack­ son, Mich., was fatally injured. The men were returning from Le- onl to Jackson after attending a cock fight. On account of a blinding snow­ storm the driver of the car failed to see the approaching train. 25,000 GUARDS SENT HOME Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio Sol­ diers Among Those Designated to Return. Washington, Jan. 23.--More than 25,000 National Guardsmen now on the Mexican border have been designated by Major General Funston ,for return home and muster out of the federal service, under the order Issued by the war department. Among the troops selected by Gen­ eral Funston are: Illinois brigade headquarters and Third infantry; Indiana Second in­ fantry. ambulance company No. 2, brigade headquarters; Iowa First squadron cavalry, field hospital No. 1, ambulance company No. 1, brigade headquarters; Third infantry; Ohio Fourth Infantry, Fifth Infantry, Third brigade, headquarters, First. sqjtad|oa cavalry. * "I Duke of AtKoll Dead. A' London, Jan. 23.--The duke of Atholl died at Blair castle.-Scotland. I^orn In 1840, he succeeded to the title in 1864. He was one of the principal titled ^Scottish land owners, owuiug myre than 200,000 acres. . Francis Wilson Will Wed. New York, Jan. 23.--The engage­ ment of Francis Wilson, the actor, to Miss Edna E. Bruns of St. Charles, Mo., was announced here. Miss Bruns Is an actress and has appeared in Mr Wilson's support Teuton Ship Salts Prom ZeebruflC London, Jan. 22.--A Reuter dispatch from Flushing, Holland, reports the German steamer Ursula Fischer pass­ ing there from Zeebrugge, on Its way to Antwerp. "This is the first German ship that has passed In this direction." Treasury Clerk Kills Self. Washington, Jan. 22.--W. W. El- dridge of Flint, Mich., chief of the di­ vision of issue, which has to do with the issuance of bank notes In the of­ fice of the comptroller of the currencf, shot and killed hlmaetfifcBra. -i^ ̂ 'j vj':. ^ A . Discussed by the Wafl Street Journal. In speaking of Canada a short tlino ago the Wall Street Journal made the . statement that "The basis of Canada's p riches is the fertility of the soil, and 1 . ^1 no freak of warfare can injure that - while her grain will Increase in de- \ mand as' the population of the world grows. As an Investment field Canada is worthy of consideration." These '^-f words are well worthy of attention, es- . ( ^ peclally coming from such a source as ' ' this eminent financial journal. With s a land area exceeding that of the >r| United States and with tillable areas coming under cultivation, the wealth f.*, of Canada's future can scarcely be esti- mated, while the wealth today Is such vl as to bring, her most prominently be- fore the world. During the past year thousands of S farmers in Western Canada sold their ^ crops for more than the total cost of ' -S3 their land. Lands at front $15 to $30 ^ an acre produced crops worth $40 to > t $ $75 an acre. Stock raising and dairy- ' fi Ing were equally profitable. The year 1915 saw most wonderful ! > crops and magnificent yields over the entire country, and many farmers , ^ wiped out indebtednesses that had , 4 hung over them long before they came to the country, and the year 1916 put them In a condition of absolute inde- ^ pendence. A report to hand verified < yM by a high official might seem marvel- y ous, were the particulars not well v'- *|| known, and where are not other cases that would seem almost as phenora- enal. This is a southern Alberta story: " ij A farmer wished to rent an adjoining farm on which a loan company held a ;"v| mortgage. The applicant said he want- J| ed the first ten bushels of wheat, after which he would divide, giving the loan 3 company one-third. After threshing \ J he paid Into the bank at Calgary $16- ^ per acre for every acre cultivated, to the credit of the loan company, as *fk their share or their third of the crop. " ,I| Sixteen dollars per acre rent Hia two-thirds was $32 and in addition thet ;p first ten bushels of wheat. Land on. this same security can be purchased; Vf for from $16 to $30 per acre. Won- ^ ^ derful yields are reported from alt g parts of this district. Recently 4.640 A acres of a ranch were sold to an 1111- , 'J nois farmer; 300 acres of wheat in §| 1916 produced a yield that avenwedf ft! 42% bushels of wheat per acre. Georga Richard, formerly of Providence, R. I.. ., on a southern Alberta farm got 2.053'* bushels of wheat from a 50-acre field. '•>}< or over 40 bushels per acre, and from ^ a 50-acre field of oats got a return of 76 bushels per acre and still had sonwf sheaves left over for feeding. , „ •' A report just issued by the Alberta government gives the yield-of wheat in shl the showing of 1916 as 28 bushels per -fc, acre; 45 bushels of oats and30 bushels. . of barley. M Travelers through Alberta's Wheat - h belt have had revealed to them ecenea ^ of agricultural productiveness unap- . proached In any other part of the , XXi world. * ^ Alberta farm^ selected wltli eVen moderate discretion, have raised men to Independence and affluence with rec* ords of wonderful development un»ur-»sy;S|; passed amongst the phenomenal indus­ trial success of which Canada well may, boast. Many almost incredible yields havej? been reported by reliable authorities,*,; wheat exceeding 70 bushels per aero and oats 145 bushels. r Jl Numerous records *&0W that theooat . .p of farms has been more than repaid by „ 4^, this year's crop. In one instance, land' *..s» purchased for $3,200 produced wheat* which was sold for a little over $10,000. ^ During the year 1917 there will b«E , an Immense amount of labor required to take care of the crop In Manitoba, < ^ Saskatchewan and Alberta. One of the problems which Western . . " Canada has to face every year is the ^ securing of an adequate supply of ^ labor to handle the harvesting sndT'Ty^ threshing of Its big crops. This prob- lem. Indeed, Is always present in any country that has a big agricultural pro­ duction ; in the case of Western Can­ ada it Is enhanced by the comparative* sparsitv of population and the long dis* tance from Industrial districts, which can he expected to offer a surplus oI labor. In Western Canada the present diffi­ culties are Increased by the war. A very large number Of Western Canada's Small population have enlisted for serv­ ice with the Canadian forces In Europe, and at the present time there is gen­ erally speaking no surplus of labor for *!®i * .•Haw <i V the ordinary channels of industry, to say nothing of the abnormul demand* of harvest time. The situation, how- , ^ ever, has to some, extent been met hr ; the action of the Canadian militia d«»~ * ^ partment, who have released al! sucht men who are still in training in thef ' western military camps and who desim ^ to engage in harvest work for a periods^ generally one month. The actual number of men, engaged;: la 1916 In harvest work was between. forty and fifty thousand. Wages werej^ higher than usual, running from $2i50j^^' to $4.00 a day with board, and froaf fS6 to $60 a month.--Advertlsenmt. Chip Off the Old "There goes a millionaire who brag* about his son to everbody who will listen.** "Evidently the young fellow Is like the average heir to great wealth.* "No. indeed. The old gentleman was trimmed in the stock market last week, and when he discovered that his owo son had taroned the trick he was tfes proudest man in the United States." Opposed to Woman's Rights. Patience--You say she's an aatkn^ flragist? Patrice--Indeed, she is. • 1 "Doesn't believe In woman* "No, and her prejudice goes to -uck---^ a length that on Christmas eve she"Ut , • never In1 pf up any but the left stock* , ,*«•> In®." BrltlaltwoaMHiacs ttro of hefbn.