s. -I*- • patriotic Dedaration by the In- Allied-Bureau of Stats Council of Defense. „ imUT |̂|OY -J**' - Conditions on Which Certificates on Electrical Devices Will Be Issued > :v |̂s*Laid. Down by. State Cof|t ̂• « •"; •' mission. ' \ ; - vs-f.:? Springfield.--The inter-allied bureau /«f the state council'®* defense has is- !>/"r ,sued Its first declaration of patriotism, f* ' lit was: l,Buy Liberty loan bonds?" * The declaration is addressed particu- . "^arly. to residents of Illinois (whether \ taaturalized or not) who are of foreign p',;t ^birth or parentage. To do their full I « ^uty to the country in which they have their homes they share the responsl- |r, i tollitles of government by subscribing v to the second Liberty loan, the bureau says. " I"; V , The inter-allied bureau was formed ir;/'" '/to foster closer cohesion between the state council of defense and residents *5^ <of the state who by birth or parentage represent the-allied nations. It is con- ^ Abducted by an executive committee of ' il7, upon which\u the allied nations b lare represented. Mr. A. Barthelemy is « " ichuirman of the committee, Dr. C. C si: Vermeren is vice chairman and Mr. r; « -Miiward Adams is secretary. There ||a,.'•••$* being formed, also, a general com- * jjk-s- ?nittee. with a large membership -»r ^throughout thi state and xepreaenta- l4.- lives of all nationalities iii the state. "The inter-allied ljufreau wishes to - jurge upon all representatives of the al- \Hed nationalities in Illinois the neces- ^.JBlty for subscribing to the second Lib- ! jerty loan," runsjthe first declaration. y. • "'He who is capable of subscribing to r "the loan and does not do so, fails in ./4his duty toward his brothers at the tfrpnt. Far from shortening the war, • be prolongs it. Knpwing the patriot ism of the allied residents and their •• deep attachment to the country In ; owhlch they live, the bureau reels as- ",C ' f,?*«red that the second Liberty loan "will meet on their part with a prompt .^(answer, and that each one will sub- , \jscribe „ tfe.the fullest extent <if his .ability!;" >;.7V* U»i.. ' * • « . ' v ' .. • • . • ' y; ' IHmt Demonstrate Patent First . g Before the state.,utilities commis- islon will issue a certificate of neces sity and convenience for a patent •which will aid in reducing the 'cost of producing (electricity, It v jwill be necessary for a practl- §i,\, . >cal demonstration to be made. The i's /irullng was handed down when the i' commission denied a certificate to the '<r - - Union Engineering' company of Chica- iK< "^tjgo. The decision says that engineers ^ *. tor the utilities commission were un- Able to secure demonstration. The oommisslon ordered into effect P" 'v « new lighting schedule for the city »!of Atlanta, Logan county, for a pe- *•!$>,. Hod of 12 months, during which time Ithe commission will , have jurisdiction. The neW rate provides for a 12-cent rate for 40 kllowats, 7 cents for 100 ikllowats and 6 cents for 140 kllowats. A minimum bill of 50 cents is provided for and free rental on meters. The lighting plant Is owned by the Atlanta Mectric Light & Power company. The case of the village of Hi 11 view, Greene county, " against the Chicago & Alton railroad, opposing plans to cross ing street in the village was heard and taken under advisement. The commission postponed for sev eral months, application of a number of roads of the state for the right to Increase freight rates 15 cents. A case involving all similar cases Is now pend ing and probably will be decided next •week, „ Inspector Tlnney heard arguments on the application of the Monmouth Public Service company to Increase rates for gas service at Monmouth. The attorneys for the company accept ed the estimates made by experts for the commission, and the cause was disposed of. Ik ' ' ?r To Keep Track of Soldiera. Mpthers and fathers who have boys ijn the army, wives who have husbands, Heed blares no fear that those dear to Qiihem will get "lost" either in America or when they go to France, announces .the state council of defense. - The government has arranged to fteep a card index of each Individual Idler--private and officer--enlisted. Bach one will have his Individual card, ^^vjihowing where he is at all times, what *|ie is doing and what happens to him. * -ft will also carry Ills description, the ' tiame of his next of kin and hia emer gency address. The men themselves will each wear bn aluminum tag around his neck bear ing his name an<i company. $ . "-- •Examinations for Postmaster* The United States civil service com mission on November 14 will hold die glrst examinations to fill vacancies In nd and third-class post offices In Illinois towns. The pay Is from ,000 to $2,400. "The position of post- tnaster at first, second and third-class c\'pJ*08* offices,** the announcement says, •ot been brought within the com- * ""^twdtfre classified service and the per- , .. mm appointed as a result of the ex- " * ' ertninatioos will not be able to ̂ obtain a coospettttw îvil service Applicants must be citizens of the ^pJnited States, must sctually reside :!i%1thln the delivery of the office for %1which the appointment Is made, must ^r^have been such resident at the time o( the occurrence of the vacancy, and ust be at least twenty-one years old. examinations will be jield In the • towns where the vacancies occur. The pMaoii positions open and the salaries 'irach offices pay, follow: Altona, $1,- ' ?tX)0; Eldorado. $2,100; Louisville, 1,- :;-^<JOO; Macon, $1,200; North Crystal |L*ke. $1,900; Paxton, $2,400; Peru, 400; Scales Mound. $1,200; Tiskll- ai-stifi - Wast $?,aQQ . T* %|Mk at ClMlHties Conferenoe. Governor Lorwdeti will deliver the t^peltfag address friday morning, Octo ber 28, at the annual meeting of the state conference of charities and cor rections, which will meet in Joliet for a three-days' session. Two affiliated organizations of the conference, the county home superintendents and the probation officers, qflll meet on the 25th. Maclay Hoyne. state's attorney of Co6k county; Katherine Bern en*. Davis, .chairman of the New York parole commission; Dr. Kirschway, dean of Columbia University law school. New York city, and former warden of Sing Sing speak before the conference Sun day afternoon. Judge Hugo Pam of the suiferior court of Cook county will preside at this meeting. Clifford W. Beers, noted author and secretary of the National Society of Mental Hygiene, will speak Sunday morning. 1 Miss Helene R. Y. Reed of Montreal will speak Saturday evening on the home relief work of Canada. Judge Julian Mack of Chicago will discuss the impending insurance legislation for soldiers' families. Charles Chute, secretary of the New York state probation commission and secretary of the National Probation as sociation; Dr. David Kinley, dean of the University of Illinois, and Francis <3. Blair, superintendent of public in struction, are on the program for Fri day. . . List' of' Speakefs. T' . r. r. : Mrs. Fannie Frenrh Mtw*e, «upw- intendent of the Minnesota Training School for Girls, will speak oft the "De linquent Girl." The list of speakers includes Charles H. Thorne, director of the department of public welfare; John L.. Whitman, superintendent of prisons; Wilfred S. Reynolds, superintendent of the Illi nois Chilldren's Home and Aid society and president of the conference; Dr. George T. Palmer, president of the State Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis and assistant director of the department of public health; Miss Harriet Vittum, Senator Harold C. Kesinger, Dr. Herman M. Adler, state criminologist; Judge Victor Ar nold of the juvenile court of Cook county; Mrs. Gertrude Rowe Brltton, director of the Cook county bureau of social service; Miss Mary Burt el me, assistant judge of Cook county Ju venile court; Miss Edith Abbott of the Chicago School of Civics and Philan thropy, Miss Grace Fuller, superin tendent of the woman's prison; Prof. Ernst Freund of the University of Chicago, Prof. Robert H. Gault of Northwestern university, editor of the American Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; Judge Hugo Pam of the. superior court of Cook county, Dr. 'G^urge C. Hall of the Chicago League oh Urban Conditions Amojag. Negroes; Joel D. Hunter, chief proba tion officer Cook county Juvenile court; A. L. Bowen, superintendent of chari ties. .. "T- ' ""SfT v . "T. '.Uffo New Rutss For IBerum Distribution. New rules regarding the' sale and distribution of anti-hog cholera serum and hog cholera virus, and which will supersede all previous regulations in the state havp been promulgated by W. W- Wright^ superintendent of the division of animal industry, and Dr. A. T. Peters, chief veterinarian, yes terday. They are as follows: "All anti-hog cholera serum sold with or Imported into the state of Illi nois for sale, distribution or use shall be produced under license granted by the United States bureau of animal In dustry. "All hog cholera virus used for im munized hogs against cholera shall he administered by licensed veterinari ans, or by owners to whom a permit has been Issued by the chief veter inarian. "In the matter of controlling out breaks of cholera, any violations of the following provisions of 'an act to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among swine,' should be promptly reported to local authorities and compliance therewith demanded: " 'It shall be the duty of the owner or person having charge of any swine to burn or deeply bury in quick lime, the carcasses of all hogs dying of cholera, and to thoroughly clean and disinfect by a liberal use of air-slacked lime or other standard disinfectants, all yards and feed lots accessible to hogs affected with cholera.' " 'No person shall convey upon, or along any public highway or other grounds or any private lands, any swine known to be affected with-chol era.' " Examinations for Certificates. Examinations by the state commit tees to examine candidates for state certificates will be held as follows: Architects--Urbana, October 24, 25, 26. Dentists--Chicago, November 12, 18, 14. 15. 10. Nurses--Chicago, November 23,24. Regi stered Pharmacists -- Chicago, November 20. 21. Assistant Pharmacists--Chicago, No vember 22, 23. Pharmacy Apprentices--Chicago, No vember 10. To Open Patriotic Campaign. Formal opening of the patriotic cam paign of the state council of defense will occur at the Auditorium, Chicago, on Sunday afternoon, October 21. The meeting will be an all-Illinois afTair. To be held under the auspices of the state council, an official body, it will be of an official nature. Gov. Frank O. Lowden will be the chief speaker. Therefore, what he says will be re garded as the official and authoritative views of the chief executive, and as the utterances of all of the people of every part of the state. All Will Be lllinolaana. The governor Is expected Is express the attitude of Illinois toward the war, and to outline the duties of Illlnolsans while the country is In the war. All the others who are to take part In the demonstration will also be Illinnls- ansi Those especially asked to par ticipate will be the members of the state council's neighborhood commit tee from all over the state. The coun cil has been busy organizing the neigh borhood committees all over the state, and has found quick and generous re sponse from the people that Is mofll jwiwnrnglng. '3B8C25*55I-3iBiiSw 1 B!FL¥ TOLD of Happenings Parts of the Statt. ILLINOIS VETS AT REUNION r; ar?' /•* i. * Thirteen Hundred Attend Peace Jubi lee at Vlcksbura--Governor , - ̂ ? Lowden Honored by : i?'̂ s Masona. ̂ Springfield,--Thirteen hundred Civil war veterans of state.have gone to at tend the ' peace jubilee, Vicksburg, Miss. -v'" Springfield.--Governor Lowden was the recipient of unusual masonic hon ors from tlie«grand lodge when he was elected an honorary member uf that body. l'ekin.--,T. Hopwood, of the faculty of the Milligan College, Tennessee, has sent the Pekin school board a check for $50, declaring his belief that he had accepted pay twice for a "Luna- tellud." Peoria.--Annual convention of Illi nois Implement and Vehicle Dealers' association will be held her<* Decem ber 11-13. - Chi ea go.--"Ammunition" Edward Wheed, confessed slayer and payroll bandit, was detected in an attempt to break jail. Chicago.--Mrs. Regina Suto tried to start a fire with kerosene oil, now.she is In the hospital fighting for her life. Urbana.--The University of Illinois has dropped its short course in busi ness. Kankakee.--The Building Associa tions' League of IlUnois was held here th over 200 delegates present. , Belvldere.--Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Machamer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary here. , Geneva.--While Dr. Clara Hayes, of Peoria, was acquainting herself with her new duties as new superintendent of the Gen&ra State School for Girls, four girls made their escape. Chicago.--Big flakes, but not many of them, gave Chicago her first snow storm of the season. . Chicago.--Oil stove exploded, kill ing Peter Iverson, 78. Chicago.--Mrs. B. A. Ulrlch In her haste to leave an elevated train for got her handbag containing jewelry valued at $1,000, Peoria.--Some 1,OCO persons ore in attendance en the annual convention of the state lodges of the Knights of Pythians here. Urbana.--Search Is being made for the demented tramp who drove all the pupils away from No. 4 school, east of the city. ' Chicago.--Meyer S. Landfleld held to the grand .Jnry on charge of making a false affidavit to evade military duty. * Connersville.--Firemen, patrolmen and waterworks employees will be given an increase In wages. Peoria.--George McCaskrln, former mayor of Rock Island, who was com mitted to .the workhouse here for vagrancy, has been pardoned by Mayor Woodruff. Peoria.--Members of the Illinois and Wisconsin Retail Coal Dealers' asso ciation held meeting" here. Springfield.--Rehearing denied by Illinois supreme court In its holding Invalid the act liceuslng optometrists. Joliet.--George T. Palmer, presi dent of the Illinois Tuberculosis asso ciation, spoke before the thirty-first annual convention of supervisors, county commissioners and county and probate clerks. Greenfield.--Mrs. Sarah Woolley, one of the oldest settlers In Green field, is dead at the age of ninety-five. Joliet.--Large number of cases of Incipient cases, of tuberculosis among the school children here makes prob able the opening of three open-air schools.' . . 4. Massbaclv---Owing, to tlie high pries of pork' hog stealing Is a new trouble of the £arm6i-s in this yicinity. Ornngeville.--Exempted because o! despondent wife and child William' Wells has disappeared and will have to face a charge of desertion If he does not show up prettv soon. Earlville.--This town will vote Oc tober 23 on the question of permitting Sunday picture shows. Galena.--Old-fashioned wolf hunt here netted six wolves on which bounty of $5 a head was paid. Springfield.--William H. Malone has been made chairman of railroads com mittee of the board of equalization. Peoria.--Relatives of Jesse Barker, millionaire banker, who was found dead in his home, contend he did not kill himself, but was murdered. Freeport--Trial of James Gully. I. W. W. leader, on charge of aiding oth ers to evade the draft law, has begun here. Danville.--Sidney Smith of Kanka kee has been sentenced to eight months in jail as a slacker. Chicago.--Illinois Masons at the opening session of the grand lodge pledged their unswerving loyalty to the United States in Its present war. (Simp Grant.--More than $40,000 for Liberty bonds have been subscribed for already by the. men and officers here. Springfield.--Track of the Alton road north of the C. P. mine has set tled for 500 feet from four Inches to two feet. Springfield.--B. F. Booth, one of the survivors of the seige of Vicksburg, represented Springfield at the Jubilee on the Vicksburg battlefield. Rock Island.--C. J. Searle, promi nent attorney, probably fatally Injured when he drove his auto into the ditch. Jerseyvllle--Jersey county Sunday fechool convention held here. Chicago.--Alvin C. Haines, Univer sity of Chicago student, found dead on the street with his throat cut. East St. Louis.--Five-story frame grain elevator of the Acme Elevator company destroyed by fire, believed ot incendiary origin, loss $200,000. Camp Grant, Rockford.--Cloyd EL Head, conscientious objector of Oak Park, has been given work in the sanl- mm-- v' J" . h_£X BUN HOSPITALS KEEP BRITISH ARTILLERY IN TRIM The heavy howitzers the British are using to pound the German lines in Flanders are in constant need of atten tion if they are to be kept in first-class condition for use against the foe, so the British army has established gun hospitals behind the fighting lines. This photograph shows a scene in one of these repair shops where several of the big guns are laid up while undergoing "wendlu$." Here all but irreparably Injured gun& are put Into first-class con dition and returned to the front ""'"""'V' ' ' * * EXCITINlTMoiir̂ • Ky .capturing the second game from the New York Giants the Chicago White Sox took a commanding lead in fhe world series. The photograph shows Felsch scoring the tying run in the second Inning on a hit by Weaver. At the left Is Felsch, and at the right is Red Urban Faber, who pitched the Sox to. victory. . ' HIS ARREST IS ORDERED GERMANS SHELLING RED CROSS STATION 11 Plan te-VMt Cities In Which K "'•Vision Headquarters Are J; " Located. '. • < AERDiirACCOUNT te tebPLE ; , German shell txploding on advance British Red Cross dressing statiou. Despite the distinct Red Cross flag which'must have been seen by the German bombarders, the station was shelled until totally destroyed. Several wounded Hi£n were killed while others were rescued with great difficulty. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Chinese revo lutionist, whose arrest has been or dered by President Fong Kwo Chang. Doctor Sun is charged with being one of the leaders In the recent revolt of the southern provinces. - *§ 8chwn#' 'If you say 'peas and prunes' It will make the mouth pucker prettily." ••Can't say it has had that effect on the waitress at our boarding house. She's been announcing those dainties tor «s*ra, too." • . . "•i . Misunderstood Lesson,. ttobert, aged four, visited flte TiSttie of his uncle for the first time. The uncle, as was his custom, asked a blessing at meal time. Robert looked at the others with bowed heads, and when his uncle had finished he raised his plate, looked at it very closely, and said, "There isnt any writing on my Must S* a Reason. She--"Why did the land agent speak of the property as a parcel?" He--"Be cause it is tied uj>, i suppose." Had a Hard Bunk. Some of the returning New York young men who have become officers at Plattsburg tell amusing tales of life In barracks, as lived by citizens unused to anny conditions. One of them concerns an inspection of quar ters made by Capt. Philip Mathews, U. S. A., during which a sleepy can didate made an amusing error at the wrong time. At the end of th£ bar rack bunks, upper and lower, were small cards upon which appeared the name of the occupant, the number of his rifle and the number of his bay onet They were known as bunk cards. Incidentally the bunks con tained tough mattresses and no "springs. Coming along on early morning Inspection, Captain Mathews rapped on the side of a bunk from which the registration card had dis appeared. "Bunk card!" he roared. A sleepy voice within answered: "You h$t it is--darned hard." • You Hay Have Noticed. 'if "^Hke to see man rise tar~4lM world, but there's one sad thing about it." "What's thatr "The fact that so many of their wives get the Idea they can sing." . To Be Worn Longer* -Qttgga--I see by the papers, tkat gowns may be worn longer next sea son. \ P»riggs--Thank heaven! My wife never wears a gown mora than twice at present. a * Hartford Man Maksa Record. ' When a man can take 100 commer cial checks, list the figures on them and add the totals on a machine in one minute, twenty-two and two-thirds seconds, he la doing something. In troducing Raymond L. Gilnack, clerk of the Fidelity Trust company. He's the man. He made this record, a new high mark, in the adding machine con test of the Hartford (Conn.) chapter, American Institute of Banking. There were sixteen entered. Gilnack's sys tem was perfection in Itself, as he economized on finger motion and even eyesight. Manipulating the checks with his right hand, he planted the thumb of his left hand on the corner of the adding machine, using the thumb as a center, with his fingers as many radii, covering the whole keyboard and striking the keys without the sign of an error. This on the electric machine.--Hartford Times. - * Literally Understood. a c$ld world!" sighed the an^holy citizen. '"Yea," replied Miss Cayenne. "Bat don't you think that now and then we ought to talk about something besides the weather and the cost of fuel.?"* Waahlngton Evening Star. . . • . vfc. A Wonder. Beatrice--I hear he mattes a wonder ful husband. Bernice--Why. ray dea^t sometimes she almost wishes she weren't going to divorce him,--Judge, t * ' ** * : War Council Propose* to Let PuMt I - Know How $100,000,000 Fund ; . for Relief. Work la Baing . - ' Utilized. -'}:**•' *. " •> --f^<« *'# Washington.--At the request of the Red Cross war-council, Henry P« Da vison, chairman .of the council, and. Harry D. Gibson, general manager ot the American Red Cross,. have under taken a tour through the West, in the course of which they wilS* visit points at which division managers of the Red Cross have been stationed. The pur pose of the trip is to meet with repre sentatives of Red Cross chapters, also with those who have contributed to Red Cross funds and with the public generally. It Ys also the purpose of the war council to render an account of ita stewardship, to interest the people In the work of the Red Croaa and to let the public know just h<Wf the $100,000,000 war fund is being uti lized. . , Beginning at St Louts October 22, the schedule for the trip called for large meetings to be held successively at Denver, Sac Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago and Cleveland. . -i' Purpose of the Trip. In announcing the purpose of flts "* trip, Mr. Davison authorized the fol low lug statement: • "With the division of the United States into thirteen districts, eaeb headed by a successful business man serving this country through the Red Cross during the war, the Red Cross organization in this country is now complete. Alsd^pecial Red Cross mis sions, made up of competent and sym pathetic American citizens have now arrived and are at work on behalf Of the American Red Cross in France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Rourta- nia and Serbia. "Collections to the war fund of the Red Cross up to October 1 amounted . to $64,424,232.90, of which $8j269,56dJIT has been refunded to chapters to pro vide for their ibwn Red Cross activities. . Up to that time the war council had £ appropriated from the war fund $25,- * 090,870.41. The Red Cross membership * .id has just become more than four mil- lion. Included in that membership are " hundreds of thousands of American t l T ' j women who are knitting, making sur gical dressings and comfort kits. The Red Cross war council is^seeking to * render an account of it* Stewardship • t o t h e A m e r i c a n p e o p l e i n t h e m o a t I n effective manner possible. It is giving \ frequent announcements of ita activi- ties and every fact concerning the work of the Red Cross is available to everybody. We now wish to go a step farther and give a detailed account ei our stewardship, as well as to advfeM " • t with Red Cross workers and support- ers throughout the country as to Red , i| Cross policy and methods. We 1 felt that this could best be done by ap- pearlng face to face before audiences of representative citizens, telling the Red Cross story, answering questions, > and ourselves gaining a more knowledge of public sentiment. .. ',:4 .Would Inform Public. "We are extremely anxious that the people at large should be fully In- ti formed as to the methods and policies adopted in handling the great fund ̂ with which the Red Cross war council " has been Intrusted and also that all - ^ policies and activities of the Red Cross '|| should be in accord with a fully in formed public sentiment. The purpose • uii of this trip is not to solicit subscrip- tlons or to take collections, although we expect to give to the American i- people the latest advice we have Ber * celved as to conditions In Franflfe Russia, Roumania. Italy and Serbia. % "Our reports indicate that the Amer- ' J lean Red Cross has an opportunity t* - | lend a helping hand and*to cari^r a ^3 practical message of cheer to suffering humanity such as no philanthropic un- ' ii dertaking in the history ,of the world has ever had before," ,! '.fjg Accompanying Mr. Davison, and J$r. ̂ Gibson on this trip is Rev. Robert Dai* * « Vj vis of Englewood, N. J., who has jast , returned from France, haviog gone to Paris with the American Red tinai conaroission in May, ' ' >1 _ ; _ -- : \ \M Women Rule Hospitala New. , „ ̂ la the days before 1914 women were ̂ rare in military hospitals. Today, ex- cept for the doctors and the patients, * ' the military hospital is almost a nun- - ̂ nery. " 4'i This la one of the chief revolution* . wrought by modern warfare. The men who used to act as orderlies are re quired for the fighting line. But some- < | thing more than this. The women w|ia took their places do the work infinite ly better. In the Third London General Imnk pltal at Wandsworth you find sonaa-*^ thing like ,*MM> women attending to that needs of 2.000 wounded men. Thfta number Includes l."W trained nursed 137 probationers. 123 scrubbers. 90 » derlies. 33 clerks. 10 waitresses, d-Biai- settrs and 5 woks. ' # The presence of women In a vQlr- tarjr hospital ha* • ps.fcbotogieaj ^al^a. Not only does the wounded man re set to the tenderness of a woman, bit his better nature responds to her 9u#- *ensibillties.--London ChroEd<4£. . .. : ' * , Bupply. Unlimited..' --If we'd been IncludM to Hia conscription the girls won'd have mada> even a better showing than the boyn. Marjorle--Of course we would. Look at all the girls who ©ever get ©*e* thirty 1--Tt>wn Topics. 1V. i' w Eapert • ... *, v ' beat the 'food spse***** ̂ by raitfng your own vegetablea na«l. • year." ' "Maybe so, but I doubt It. I ns*dt heal the plumber any by ttylng te #i o»».J 'v. 'r4-' 1