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mms •?'. .".ft f/,SSijS{4 viMPnpwvnappa THE MTcHJSjmY n.imOHKtJCiEt 1 • w"M> jimikWW --# GUNS ARE ACTIVE AIM Expect Resumption of At- £; lack at Arras, Kemmel ̂ :;| - and Serre. _ ^ j BUCK BTEND1B0AT BUS! ,{i American Gunners Drive German* -From Village of AncervWer*-Pe- ; tain's Troop* Defeat Enemy Near Kemmel and Csptufa More Than 100 Prisonere-rf^ . Italian* Win Monte Como-> -\<f Froqt Austrian*. London, May 14.--German bom* krdments of the allied line* north «f Serre (Arras sector) and north of Kemmel, In Flanders, were reported pa Monday by Britiah official state­ ment i May Be New Drive. The German guns launched Into an Intensive gunfire on the three great Sectors of Kemmel, Arras and Amiens. These bombardments, following an ipmlnous lull, indicated to observers liere that the German drive was about to>esume with the main blows to be U ndelivered at these three vital links In |the allied line. is known that German guns and ps, most of which have been .^shifted at night to avoid detection, are in place and that 'the Teutons are Iready to strike. Just where the blows prill fall cannot be foretold. I Hlndenburg Dead, Rumor. I. London, May 14.--All German prls- SBWers captured in France say that Pleld Marshal von Himienburg is dead, letters from British officers on the western front report, according to the Daily Express. At the same time the name of General von Mackensen la brought into prominence as that of a great man who is to bring the Ger- ; m&ns victory. The Express assumes that the Hlndenburg story is circulat­ ed to explain the failure of the great [enslve. French Win Near Kemmel. ®n, May 10.--After fwo days of furious fighting over a three-mile front the Germans again have been decis­ ively beaten with heavy casualties on the Flanders field. The report from British headquarters in France an­ nounces that the British, aided by the French, have completely restored the situation on the La Clytte-Voormezeele sector. "At the close of the fighting in the La Clytte-Voormeseele sector," says Field Marshal Haig's report from Brit­ ish headquarters in. France, Mthe French and British positions on this front were completely re-established." The combat was of the most vicious character, the enemy coming forward repeatedly in waves. ^ French Take 100 Prisoners. London, May 18.--French troops on the Flanders front Improved their po­ sitions north of Kemmel village yes­ terday and took more than 100 pris- oneds, the communication from the war office announces. German artil­ lery is active in the Ancre river sec­ tor, south of Albert, east of Loos and near Voormezeele, in Flanders. French Inflict Heavy Losses. > Paris, May 13.--A German attack •t night on the positions recently won blithe French near Orvillers-Sorel, on the southern side of the Picardy bat­ tle front, broke down with severe losses, the war office announced. There was heavy artillery fighting near Mallly-Baineval, on the battle line below Amiens, and also on the Verdun front. Yankees Force Foe to Flee. With the American Army in France, May 13.--In the Lunevllle sector, our patrols early in the morning estab­ lished the fact that the hamlet of An- cerviller has been abandoned by the enemy. The Germans had *not even attempt­ ed to occupy shell holes in the salient, which recently was torn up by our ar­ tillery. Quiet prevails on all fronts ou which there are Americans, according to reports. Poor visibility has pre- " Vflpted extended aerial activity. Italian* Win Monte Corno. ijtalian Army Headquarters, May IS. -w-After a long period of activity, ow­ ing to the weather, Italian troops on tile mountain front in a brilliant op­ eration at night captured the dominat­ ing peak of Monte Corno, destroyed an elaborate system of enemy defenses and took 100 prisoners, two guns, a number of machine guns and much 'War material. The action was in the Arsa valley, tt* main line of approach from Trent a|yd Roverto. iSThere was considerable snow re- ntainlng on Monte Corno, which is <#»0 feet high. This Increased the' 4006,322 TONS SENT BELGIUM l^fef Commission for Three Years Prevented Famine in Nation --U-Beata Menace. [j jNrls, May 13.--In all 6,018,644,000 pimds of foodstuffs have reached the Belgian civil population through the commission for relief in Belgium from November 1, 1914, to October 81, 1917, lit Is announced. "It is due to the mar­ velous generosity of the United States of America that the Belgians have es- BRITISH DESTROY 39 PLANES jp#elve Other Hun Machines Are sU^Drtven Dawn and Out of Control In One Day. t ^London, May 13.--Cloudless weather till one day favored the British avia­ tors, according to an official statement dealing with air activities, and 27 Ger- mau machines were down and 12 tfrtrea down and control. There has been much air fighting dlBlng the last few days, and the 4 difficulties of the Italian attacking force. After a short artillery action the infantry advanced over rock and pre­ cipitous heights. The enemy was taken by surprise and could make lit­ tle effective resistance. The movement was carried out by daylight. All the enemy'* defensive works were occupied. French Win at Grtvosnea. London, May 11.--The French flashed into action on the Somme front and recaptured Grivesnes park, an im­ portant military point five miles i^orth of UontdUter. The battle for the park raged 1 lit­ tle more than a mile north of Cantig- ny, where American troops are holding the line. J The French, (after driving the Ger­ mans completely from their positions, consolidated them in the face of nu­ merous counter-attacks and captured 250 prisoners.' Further north In the Picardy battle front the British also were successful in a local attack. Striking in the Al­ bert sector, northeast of Amiens, they recaptured 150 yards of trench line which the Germans had taken the day before, thus completely restoring their line in this region. Yankees Shell Fo© at Cantlgny. 1 With the A mericans In Ptcarty, May 11.--Fierce bombardment of German positions by the American artillery has demolished the church at Cantlgny and several adjacent buildings, blown up machine gun emplacements and post command positions St Fontalne- Sous-Montldldler and Courtemanche and started a fire at Mespll-St. Georges. The church at Cantlgny was being used for observation by the enemy. The bombardment lasted all night. The concussion of the heavy guns rocked the entire front The 70s poured in a hurricane fire. Two Companies Decorated. Two infantry companies have re­ ceived the French war cross. They beat off a German attack April 14 north of St. Mlhiel, when enemy troops entered the American trenches under a barrage, dressed in French uniforms and yelling "gas alarm" in French and English. The ruse failed and the attackers were driven off, leaving a number of prisoners and 61 dead. , Ostend Blocked by British. London, May 11.--The German sub­ marine base of Ostend on the Belgian coast has been blocked as the result of a new raid by British naval forces, the admiralty announces. The obsolete cruiser. Vindictive, filled with concrete, has been sunk across the entrance to the harbor. The British lost one motorboat. Their casualties were light. Berlin Claims Raid Failed. Berlin, May 11.--"The enemy's at­ tempt to block the port of Ostend was completely frustrated," says an ad­ miralty statement Issued here. Americans Repulse Huna. With American Army in France, May 10.--A large German patrol at­ tempted to rush the American posi­ tions on the Picardy front during the night, but was driven off. German Battery Blown Up. With the Americans in Picardy, May 10.--The American artillery con* tinues pounding the German positions. One German battery is known to have been blown up. Another in Bols de L'Alval, near Gra mi court, which had been heavily shelling our posi­ tions, was stopped by the American retaliatory fire. (Bols de L'Alval, or the wood of Alval, is less than a mile northwest of Framicourt and about the same distance north of Cantlgny.) Baker Denies Ottawa Report. Washington, May 14.--Secretary Ba» ker denied the statement coming from Ottawa as to the disposition of Ameri­ can forces %ln France. He said the facts were directly opposed to the statements and that American troops were being used actively in battle and "in such ways as meet the approval of Generals Foch and Pershing." The statement made in the morning papers purporting to come from Ot­ tawa seems to say that American forces in France will not be used ac­ tively for the present, but will be con­ served until they constitute a larger and independent American army. "The facts are exactly otherwise. American troops in France are being us^d actively in battle and in the trenches, and while all of the plans of the war department look to the devel­ opment of the American army as such and to the creation of a distinctly American army, yet the various ele­ ments of It now In France are being used freely in the general cause and In such ways as are deemed most ef­ fective In accordance with General Pershing's action In placing all of our forces at the disposal of the British and French commanders and of the supreme commander." Reports Big U. ft. (Loss. Berlin, May 13.--Heavy losses were Inflicted on the American troops southwest of Apretoont and north of Parroy by a strong mine bombard­ ment, according to the official com­ munication from general headquar­ ters. , caped destruction through famine," says the Informations Beiges, a publi­ cation edited at Havre under the aus­ pices of the Belgian government. Importations Into Belgium would have reached much greater figures had It not been for numerous sinkings by 9-boats of ships loaded with foodstuffs. Reds Murder Run General. Copenhagen, May 13.--Gen. Bennen- kampff, a Russian commander in the Japanese and present wars, has been murdered by the bolshevikL British airmen have fully sustained the great reputation they established early In the war. Scores of battles might be recounted in which the British triumphed over greater num. bers of the adversary. All of stories vary only as to details. ALLOWED R.R. MEN Advances to 1,939,399 Employ­ ees, Based on Living Cost, / Totals $300,000,000. ***"" • - M'ADOO MAT NOT APPROVE IT Report Of Commission Submitted to Dl- P8*tor General Results in Protest v , From Four Principal Broth* -•» , affcoodaX- IX C., May 9.---TldHroad employees to the number of 1,939,399 will receive wage advances ranging from 1 to 43 per cent to the lowest paid workers, the total aggregating $300,000,000, according to the report of the railroad wage commission submit­ ted to Director General McAdoo. Mr. McAdoo Is expected to adopt only part of the recommendations and probably will make a number of dif­ ferent alignments in deciding what wage Increases shall be granted. In general, the director general ad­ vocates higher pay for most classes of worrmen to enable them to meet In­ creased living costs, but he has been represented as favoring proportionate­ ly larger increases for some classes than for others now making the same pay. He also is strongly opposed to granting wage Increases which might disarrange the general scheme of pay existing throughout other industries. Leaders to Protest. The leaders of the four principal railway brotherhoods found on ex­ amining the report that they had been recommended for less than half the Increases they had asked of the railroad managements before govern­ ment control started and which they repeated before the commission. Their demands had been for an average of somewhat less than 40 per cent, and increases for them average lees than 20 per cent. Some union leaders who anticipated that the commission's recommenda­ tions would not be for as great amounts as they had asked already Have appealed to Director General Mc­ Adoo to amend the proposed scale to give them higher pay. Others, how­ ever, virtually have agreed to accept the report. The wage advances, which range all the way from $1 to $84 a month, are Increases above the amount of pay each employee was receiving on. De­ cember 31, 1915. Employees who have received advances since that date will benefit now to the extent of the differ­ ence between their present wage and that fixed by the wage commission. The net cost of the additional pay, to the railroad. 'fiTestimate* at«tt*.' 000,000. This It Mil- mated deficit of $800,000^000lir fcovera- ment operation of the railroads this year, as a result of which Director General McAdoo contemplates ad-! vanclng passenger rates at least 2% per cent and freight rates possibly as much as 15 per cent Based on Living Cost. ' The scheme of wage advances adopt­ ed is based on an inquiry into the cost of living, which the commission found has increased approximately 40 per cent to the average railroad em­ ployee receiving $85 a month. "/ The commission favors a shorter average workday, presumably eight hours, but decided that in the war emergency the nation could not afford to put into effect a reform that would slow down the war machinery and discriminate against other classes of workers being called upon for great Sacrifices. Rates of overtime pay are not dis­ turbed and the increases are adjusted to the mileage basis of compensation of some employees, a road engineer for example, receiving an Increase of 11*4 per cent In his mileage rata A scheme of applying the increases to piece work and overtime therefor is alSo provided. An Important feature of the report was the recommendation that where the same service is rendered the pay Shall be the same, without discrimina­ tion as to sex or race. Report of Commission. . The report of the commission, "con­ sisting of Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior; Charles C. McChord, J. Harry Covington, and William R. WIllcox, Is an exhaustive one. In part the report says: "The requests which have come to ns for wage increases, would. If fully granted, involve an additional outlay In wages of somewhat over $1,000,000,- 000 per year In excess of the wage fund of last year, which exceeded $2,000, 000,000. Some asked for an Increase of 100 per cent In their pay, and from this they graduated downward to 10 per cent. None were satisfied with their present wages. "An unprecedented call had come for men of certain trades In connection with the new industries that had been created by the weir in Europe, and this long before our entry Into the conflict. Machinists and Iron workers of all kinds found themselves to be essential to the great munition plants and day tabor of the most unskilled character rose Into high demand. Cut Off Those Not Metcfed. "The commission recommends that during the period of government con­ duct of the railroads no salaries paid to officials who are not essential to the operation of the roads shall be charged as part of the operating ex­ penses. "There should be constituted a tri­ bunal or tribunals to continue the study of railroad labor problems, com­ posed in part at least of men experi­ enced In this kind of work, for con­ ditions are ever changing." •ealo of Ratea of Increases In Pay Awarded to * Wage Commission. Railroad .. : Workers by Present New Present New Preeent New moathlr rate. rate. monthly rate. rate. monthly rate. rate. HM1 to aerjoo.. OOTJU 114.01 te 118*0. .8144*0 188*1 te 188*0. .8888*0 47.01 te 48.00. «44 115.01 te 118*0. . 145*5 183.01 to 184.00. . 808.18 48.01 t* 49.00. 70.0T ne.01 to 117.00. . 140*0 184.01 to 185.00. m fo 49.01 te 50.00. flJO 117.01 te 1184)0. . 147.05 185.01 to 180.00. 804*8 50.01 te 51.00 7s.ee 1184)1 to 1194)0. . 147.90 180.01 to 1074)0. 808.70 S1.01 te 52.00. 73.70 11M1 to 130.00. . 148.75 187.01 to 1884)0. SS.01 te 58.00. 74.7a 1304)1 to 121.00. . 149.00 188.01 te 180.00. 807*0 53.01 te 54.00. 70.14 131.01 to 133*0. . 150.45 189.01 te 180.00. 888*8 54.01 te 55.00. na 1S34)1 te 138*0. . 151*0 190.01 te 191.00. 309.10 55.01 te 50.00. 7&S0 133.0 & te 1%I*0. 1X1*0. . 152.15 191.01 te 192.00. 309*8 5S.01 te 57.00. 80-S7 134.01 te 1%I*0. 1X1*0. . 153.00 192.01 to 193*0. 310.80 57.01 te 58.00. 81.78 1364)1 to 130*0. . 153.83 193.01 te 194*0. 311.08 68.01 te 59.00. 8S.1S 180*1 to 137.00. . 154.70 194.01 te 188*0. 818*0 5S.01 te eo.oo. 84.00 1874)1 to 138.00. . 155.55 195.01 te 100*0. 318*8 OO.Ol te ei.oo. 80.01 1884)1 to 130*0. . 158.40 190.01 te 107*0. 814*0 ei.oi te m.w 87.4S 130.01 to 180*0. . 157*5 197.01 te 198.00. 315.98 ea.01 to 83.00 s&«a 180.01 to 181.00. . 158.10 198*1 to 198.00. 315.00 es.01 te 64.00. 00.34 181-01 te 183*0. . 158.95 199.01 te »00.(M». 310.78 «4.0t te 05.00. oi.ea 1834)1 to 183*0. . 159.80 300.01 te 8014)0. 817*0 ec.oi te os.ee. 03.00 1884)1 to 134.00. . 100.05 301.01 to 303.00. 318*6 se.oi t* 07.00. 04.47 184*1 to 1354)0. . 101.50 303*1 to 303.00. 810*0 07.01 te 68.00. 05.88 138.01 to 130*0. . 162.35 303.01 te 304*0. 380*8 SKOl te 09.00. . S7.a» 186.01 to 187.00. . 1 <13.30 304.01 te 805.00. 381.00 SS.01 te 70.OO. 08.70 187.01 to 188*0. . 104.05 205.01 te SOO.OO. 881*8 ro.oi te 71.00. 100.11 188.01 te 180*0. . 104.90 200.01 to S07.00. 88X70 71.01 te 73LOO. 101.831 180*1 te 140*0. . 105.75 307.01 to 308.00. ** 7X01 te 7S.00. loa^a 140.01 te 141.00. . 100.00 308*1 to 3094)0. 384.40 78.01 te 74.00. 104J4 141*1 to 142*0. . 107.45 309.01 te 310.00. TOT tff 74.01 to 75.00. 1B5.7S 148*1 te 148*0. . 108.30 210.01 to 311.00. 330.10 VS.01 te 70.00. 107.10 148.01 te 144*0. . 100.15 211.01 te 813.00. Itiff re.oi te 77.00. 108.57 144*1 te 148*0. . 170.00 212.01 to 813.00. 837*0 T7.01 to 78.00. 100.88 145.01 to to 140*0. . 170.86 213.01 te 314.00 Wflllt 78.01 to 79.00. 111.S8 140*1 to to 147.00. . 171.74 214.01 te •15*0. SSOJM 7S.01 te 80.00. 113.70 147*1 to 148*0. . 173.55 215.01 te 810*0. 880*8 80.01 to 81.00. 11S.7S 148*1 to 140.00. . 171.40 210.01 te 817.00. 381*0 81.01 to 83.00. 114.80 140*1 te 180*0. . 174*5 317.01 to 818*0. 838*8 83.01 te 83.00. . i ie.se 180.01 te 181*0. . 175.10 218.01 to 319.00. 383*0 88.01 te 84.00. 117.00 181*1 to 1K3*0. . 175*0 319.01 to 830.00. 388.78 84.01 to 85.00. 110.00 182.01 to IP 3*0. . 17SJ40 .220.01 to 821.00. 384*0 85.01 te 80.00. 119.88 188*1 te 154.00. . 177.05 221.01 te 833*0. 888*8 84.01 te N7.00. 130.70 184*1 to 155*0. . 178.50 222.01 to 323. OO. no wo 87.01 to 88.00. . 121.58 188*1 to ise.ee. . 179.35 228.01 to 334.00. 887.18 88.01 te 8P.OO. 133=4e 188*1 te 157.00. . 1H0-30 %%4-01 te 33s.ee. 3ss.ee 89.01 to 90.00. 13SJB 187*1 to 1884)0. . 181.05 225.01 te 33S.00. 338J48 00.01 te 91.00. 134.10 188*1 to 180*0. . 181.90 220.01 to 327.00. 239.70 S1.01 te 92.00. 134.95 180.01 to 100*0. . 182.75 227.01 te 328.00. 240*8 02.01 to 83.00. 125.80 100*1 to 101.00. . 183.00 22H.01 te 339.00. 341.40 93.01 to f)4.00 . 120.05 101*1 to 103*0. . 184.45 229.01 te aso.ee. 94X35 94.01 te Wft.OO. . 127.50 103*1 te 103.00. . 185.80 230.01 te 331*0. 343.10 S5.01 te 06.00. 128.38 108*1 te 104*0. 180.15 231.01 to 333.00. 34X08 0S.01 te 07.00. . 120.30 104.01 to 108*0. . 187.00 232.01 te 333.00. 344.80 S7.01 to 98.00. . 130.08 185*1 to 108*0. . 187.87 233.01 te 334.00. 245.08 08.01 te 99.00. . 130.00 iee.oi to 107.00. . 188.70 234.01 to 335.00. 240.50 SS.01 te 100.00. 131.78 107*1 te 108*0. . 1894(5 235.01 to 1330.00 347*8 100.01 te 101.00. . 183.00 108.01 to 100.00. . 190.40 230.01 te 237.0©. 348*0 101.01 te 102.00. 133.48 100*1 te 170*0. . 191.25 237.01 to 33K.OO . 348*6 109.01 te 103.00. . 1S4J0 170*1 to 1714)0. . 192.10 23S.01 te 330.00. 340.90 103.01 te 104.00. . 135.18 171.01 to 178.00. 192.95 239.01 te 240.00 250.00 104.01 to 105.00. . 13A.OS 173.01 to 178*0. . 193.80 240*1 to 341.00. 350.00 lon.oi te ioe.oo . 130.88 173.01 to 174*0. 194.S5 241.01 te 34X00. 250.00 iee.oi te 107.00 . 1S7.70 174*1 to 175*0. 195.50 242.01 te 348.00. 350.00 107.01 te los.oo. . 1S8J58 178*1 te 170*0. 190.35 243.01 te 244.00. 350.00 108.01 to loo.uo. . 13S.40 178*1 to 177*0. 197.20 244.01 te 345.00 sso.oe ieo.oi to 110.00. . 140.38 177*1 to 178*0. 108*5 245.01 te 340.00. 350.00 110.01 te 111.00. . 141.10 178.01 to 170*0. 108.90 240.01 te 347.00. 250.00 111.01 te 112.00. . 141.08 179.01 to i8e.ee. 199.75 347.01 te 348.00. 250.00 113.01 to ns.ee.. 143.80 180.01 to i*i*e. 300.00 248.01 to 3494)0. 350.00 11S*1 te tl4d00. . 148*08 181*1 to 183*0. 801*8 349.01 to 880*0. 380*0 Fire Destroys Berlin Granaries. Paris, May 13.--The Berlin munici­ pal grunarie* near. Grosbeeren have been destroy* 1 by Are, with the loss of 20,000 quintos of grain, mcording ta. «t after n sipg. dlspatch to (be Petit Journal. v - •'v* -T"?;*< * .» FROM ALL OVER The manufacture of porcelain pyro­ meter tubes Is a new Industry. A Pennsylvania farmer Is the inven­ tor of a device to be worn on one hand to tie knots In twine. Italy prohibits mills producing wheat flour for bread in which less than 80 per cent of the grain Is used. Many tropical plants possess light giving qualities, their flowers and stems being luminous and their juices phosphorescent. A new lawn mower cuts grass with a circular blade that revolves horison- tally. Experiments tried in Denmark have shown that fish oil can be used as a fuel for motors In fishing boats. Platinum is so ductile that a wire 1,900 miles long could be drawn from a single.Troy ounce of metal. After 250 years of more or less in­ termittent effort the Bible has been translated into the Eskimo language. Among sanitary appllcances for pub­ lic eating places Is a spoon pressed from paper that can be thrown away - One agricultural college and three experiment stations are maintained by the government of Norway. American electric fans of large rise ?re used to drive mosquitoes from the palace of the Caliph of Bagdad. An Inventor has combined a shaving brush and a rubber device for rubbing in the lather on one handle. To give boxers practice a dummy human figure has been lniented, so connected to a registering device that blows struck are recorded, both as to position and force. A combined number plate holder and lock for the steering starting cranks of automobiles has been invented. Among ordinary woods locust has the greatest tensile strength, about 2,- 200 pounds to the square inch. Oil-burning locomotives are now used in 21 states, on 53 railroads and on 32,000 miles of track in this country. They consume 42,000,000 barrels of oil yearly. Deposits of coal discovered 20 years ago in Algeria are to be developed as tests have shown that the coal can be burned in combination with briquets h A*'Sir, . >. - ,v ;• ( •v. News Nuggets From Illinois Chicago.--This city made good on its Claim of $155,000,000 In subscriptions t# the third Liberty loan. It passed that figure and Is still going. The percentage of the quota subscribed is >123 and the number of subscribers Is a Httle below 800,000. Illinois outside •f Cook county has reached almost 150 per cent of its quota and the dis­ trict as a whole is 137 per cent of the quota of $425,000,000. There are 2,796,- Wfe subscribers and $582,535,950 ! pledged. C<wr county towns reported : $8,598,900 and 386,847 subscriptions. Some of the suburbs have not reported since the second week of the cam­ paign. Springfield.--The following county draft quotas and destinations in the latest call were announced by General Dickson; Winnebago 88--Rockford No. 1, 62, No. It, 64: Camp Grant. Grundy 59, Camp Gordon. Stephenson 84, Camp Shelby, Kankakee 56, Camp Gor­ don. La Sfflle No. 1, Ottawa, 96; No. % La Sali<y, £®8; No. 3, Streator, 108: Camp Gordon. Marion 80, Camp Shel­ by. Perry 58, Camp Shelby. Jefferson 62, Camp Gordon.. Saline 66, Camp Shelby. Franklin 244, Camp Gordon. Jackson 55, Camp Gordon. Chicago.--That the state law of 1915 under which the pension fund for Cook county employees was established is unconstitutional was decided by Judge Windes in the drcut court here. The court held that the clause requiring each employee to pay $2 monthly Into the fund showed discrimination against the employees who are paid only $35 monthly. It Is estimated that about 500 employees will be affected by the decision. The court further held that the law would leave the fund bankrupt at the end of seven yearsi Peoria.--Charles H. Kammann, for­ mer principal of the Lincoln school and ex-president of the German alli­ ance here was found guilty by a Jury In the United States district court here of violation of the espionage act. He was sentenced to serve three years In the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., and was fined $5,000. He was found guilty of making seditious re­ marks to chlldi^n In the history class lie taught. A writ of supercedeas was allowed and bond was set at $25,000. Springfield.--Mrs. Anna Hart. 70 years old, and her granddaughter, Miss Bessie Hart, 25, were killed at their home in Franklin when a cyclone struck the town. All telephone wires Into Franklin were down. Word of the cyclone was brought to Waverly by persons In an automobile who came seeking relief workers. Other deaths reported were: Toulon, 2; Elmlra, 2; Kewanee, 2. Harvey Slater and daugh­ ter were killed In the latter place. Two were killed In Chicago. Chicago.--Simplicity marked the fu­ neral of Mrs. Potter Palmer at the home, 1350 Lake Shore drive, which Potter Palmer built years ago as a tribute to his bride. From the mod­ est, unadorned coffin to the briefest and simplest of rites, there was an utter lack of anything that approached display or ostentation, in keeping with the expressed wishes of Mrs. Palmer, For the same reason the service was private, with only relatives and the closest friends attending. Springfield. -- German women, 14 years of age or over, must register. A government edict Issued by President Wilson compels them. United States Marshal Vincent T. Dallman Is In re­ ceipt of the order which outlines the plan as being similar to that under which the alien enemy men recently registered. Dallman estimates there are 2,500 German women in the Eighth federal district, comprising thirty-nine eountles. •< \ . Danville.--Federal offlOercHalded the farm of Stephen Fermon, near Sldeft* and found a whisky still and several hundred gallons of sour mash ready to be distilled. In addition to a con­ siderable quantity of distilled liquor. Fermon and Arthur Anderson, an em­ ploye, were arrested and brought to Danville, where they were released under $5,000 bond each. The still was In a small house on the farm, and was kept under lock and keyt Pana.--A cloudburst which centered In this city did thousands of dollars damage In ' Pana, ruining crops and gardens and flooding business houses. An accommodation train on the Big Four railroad ran Into a washout six miles east and four coaches and the engine were turned over. None of the passengers was hurt seriously. The rain storm was general over central IHinols. • Washington. D. C.--A training camp for undergraduates enrolled In ttye re­ serve officers' training corps lu the middle western universities and col­ leges having military instruction courses will be opened at Fort Sheri­ dan next month. There will be 2,500 students enrolled at the Fort Sheridan camp for a one month's course. This course will be similar to one held at Plattsburg, N. T. Lincoln.--A bone dry ordinance was adopted by the city council for the purpose of putting Lincoln anti-saloon bone dry territory during the salooil closing period. Owners of premises are made responsible for any liquor found on their premises. Drug stores and others were Included in the ordi­ nance. Springfield. -- Fifty University of Illinois students were appointed staff captains by Gov. Lowden and assigned to the university. They will assist in teaching military life to select men sent here for special government war courses. Springfield.--Adjt. Gen. Dickson di­ rected Capt. Frank B. Wendling to be­ gin mustering Into the Illinois reserve militia an infantry regiment of which Col. J. E. Caldwell of Qqlncy is to be In command. Companies will be lo­ cated at Plymouth. Bowen, Augusta. Clayton, Mount Sterling, Versailles, Quincy, Griggsville, Warsaw, Hamil­ ton, Basco, La Harpe, and Carthage. Camp Upton. N. T.--Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois addressed 10,000 soldiers here, formed In a great square In front of the Liberty theater. Gov. I-owden came here to see his snnT j Sergt Pullman Lowdtaf. • • • I . . Springfield.--Gallantry of Illinois sol­ diers on the battlefield in France is attested in a letter received by Gov. Lowden from Col. Henry J. &«Uly, commander of the 149th field artillery of the Rainbow division, formerly the First Illinois field artillery. A similar letter was sent to Adjt Gen. Frank S. Dickson. Both letters were written on the return of the regiment from its first active duty at the front. Col. Reilly In his letter to Governor Lowden said: "We were actually on the front some­ thing over a month, with the conse­ quence that the batteries were in ac­ tion a number of times. In spite of the fact that some of the batteries receiv­ ed as high as 2,400 shells either on them or In the Immediate vicinity, and that a number of guns were squarely hit by enemy projeectiles, we had hui 27 casualties due to action, among which there were but two deaths. I am having engraved and will send you the first shell fired. It was fired by Capt. Thomas S. Hammond of A battery oo Feb. 23 from the battery position near the village of Domjevln. All of.our wounded are in comfortable hospitals and are doing well.'" Chicago.--To Farmers! This is the last call: Have you tested your seed corn? Do you know It will grow? If you haven't you will know it soon, and it may be expensive knowledge Sf you wait until your seed corn falls to come up after it Is planted. That sort of knowledge may mean calamity for yoa and a serious loss to your country. The seed corn administration of the state counctl of defense makes an es­ pecial appeal to the farmers of tho great corn belt to test each ear of corn shelled for seed. Try it out by the germination test; don't depend on a jack-knife Investigation of the ker­ nels. They are asked to remember that conditions this year are extraor­ dinary ; that they lire facing a trouble to which they are unaccustomed. So they are urged to go to extraordinary pains to be on the safe side. Springfield.--Coal operators of Illi­ nois are warned not to Juggle with government coal prices under pain of discontent among union miners In a statement Issued by Frank Farrlngton, president of the Illinois United Mine Workers of America. To do so, he declares, would Jeopardise the wages and Interests of the men. Those who disregard the warning, he says, "Shall be regarded as an enemy and we shall be constrained to take such action as may be within our power to protect ourselves against his act of enmity." Mr. Farrlngton insists the present prices of fuel established by the gov­ ernment are fair. Chicago.--<3. W. Warburton, head Of the seed stocks committee, United States department of agriculture, after an Interview with W. G. Eckhardt, seed administrator for Illinois, took over for government use 10,000 bushels of seed corn, part of the supply Mr. Eckhardt had on hand to distribute throughout Illinois. The government* it was announced, will not take the seed out of the\ state but will observe closely results of planting In Illinois localities In which it will be di* trlbuted. Champaign.--President Edmund J. James of the University of Illinois la the honorary president of the Junior Plattsburg. Although the government summer training camps have been abandoned since the declaration of war, private Initiative left to the es­ tablishment of the Junior Plattsburg last year and It will be continued dur­ ing the summer of 1918. The train­ ing resembles that of the regular United States military and naval camps, combined with practical special features emphasised by modern war* fare. Springfield.--Adjt. Gfrn. Frank S. Dickson denied that Sheriff .Takle of Effingham county had been Instructed to organize a squad of home guards to prevent possible outbreaks against persons suspected of pro-Germanism, but said state military officers had ^visited Effingham county to take pre­ cautionary steps against disorder. "Gov. Lowden has placed the entire matter of preserving order in the state in my hands, and no such letter as was referred to by the sheriff of Effing­ ham county has gone out," Gen. Dick­ son declared. Camp, Logan, Houston, Terx.---Lieut. Col. John V. Cllnnin of Chicago waa promoted to a colonelcy and trans­ ferred from command of the One Hun­ dred and Eighth ammunition train to take charge of the trains of the Thirty- third division. Col. Clinnln was a battalion commander of the old First Illinois Infantry, Chicago's "Dandy First." He was assistant city attorney of Chicago until he broke with Mayor Thompson over issues connected with the war. Galesburg.--Illinois book dealers in annual convention here elected the fol­ lowing officers: J. F. Temple, Gales­ burg, president; W. R. Esslck, De­ catur, vice-president; W. C. Miner, Macomb, secretary; W. H. Johnson, Bloomlngton, treasurer; G. Loyd, Champaign; L. C. Coe, Springfield; Ck A. Rathgeber, Murph.v«»boro; F. I* Notho, Danville; H. E. Barker, Spring* field, members of the executive com­ mittee. Next year's convention went to Murphysboro. Chicago.--Politics was blamed by federal Investigators for the $625,000 fire which destroyed a Waukegan ware­ house. Capt. Earl J. Zimmerman of the United States quartermaster's de­ partment declared that such a blase would be Impossible If Waukegaa's fire department was maintained at proper strength. Mayor Pearce and commi9> sloner Orvls were at fault, he said be­ cause of their bickerings over tho strength and equipment of the fire de­ partment. He warned the city officiala unless conditions are remedied the got* eminent wotild withdraw war orders placed with Waukegan concerns. Washington, D. C.--In order to r^ lleve railway congestion in the middle West, President Wilson has allotted $150,080 for the dredging of the Illinois and Michigan canal from Lockport. Ill, to the Illinois river. The dredging la expected to be completed within 00 lays. Chicago.--One-third of all the pt» senger trains between Chicago and tho Pacific coast will be eliminated after June 1, according to word from Wash* lngt»n railway officials. This step. It is snid, would save approximately $12,- 000.000 a year and cut off ll.728.00Q milesof'train ON GUARD At this time of the year people fort weak, tired, listless, their blood is thin, they have lived Indoors and perhaps expended all their mental and bodily energy and they want to know how to renew their energy and stamina, over­ come headaches and backaches, havp clear eyes, a smooth, ruddy skin, and feel the exhilaration of real good health tingling thru their body. Good, pure, rich, red blood is the beat insuranca against ills of all kinds. Almost all diseases come from Impure and impov­ erished blood. It is to be noticed in the pale or pimply face, the tired, haggard appearance or the listless manner. Drink hot water a half hour before meals, and for a vegetable tonic there'a nothing better than Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the old-fashioned herbal remedy, which has had such a fine reputation for fifty years. It con­ tains no alcohol or narcotics. It la made from Golden Seal root-, Blood- root, Oregon grape root, Queen's root. Black Cherry bark, extracted with gly­ cerine and made into tablets and liquid. Tablets sixty cents, at most drug storea* In-order to Insure pure blood and to build up the system try this tonic known as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Get it now I •# Help wanted by many women IF a woman sofbts from soeh « s--the the need fer Piso1* Table* a vsltnbls I •atisepde, properttsa. A ' v.-. ' j'4' V* kiii aii Fiiesi ™war lanrvh***, Daisy Fly Killer •a SIM. r Daley Fly KRIar SZ&tiiSXiir* • dear YoorSbi VUeYotSkcp witkCaticara 3m 25c ttrtmtfStiSfc % w< w i t h s4polI° Military. An army officer's wife wrote to R. A. M. C. officer, saying her child was safr fering from teething. She addressed the letter, "Dr. Brown."* The recipient returned It with tbO remark that he should be addressed "Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Coloaal Brown." Whereupon the lady wrote back: "Dear Brigade Surgeon Lteutensa| Colonel Brown: I am sorry about into- take.--Yours, Mary Joaee* "P. S.--Please bring your sword ta lance baby's gums,"--Tit-Bits^ v. » ; State of OU^ City of ToM», 1MSM County--ss. Prank J. Cheney m&k«« oeth that he la senior partner of th« firm of P. J. Cheney A Co., doing budntn in the City of To- l«4o. County end 8tate aforeeaM. and that •aid Arm wtil pay the earn of ONK HUN. DRKD DOLlJLRB that enmot HALL'a CATARRH FRANK J. GHKmnr. Nqra to before me and enbectfbed la my jrMwm, thla tth day ot TIensmhSft (Seal) A. w. Qieasoa. Hotejy PttMt*. HALJ/8 CATARRHMVDICm la tak* en internally and acta through the BleaA on the Mucous SurtaoM effke HnUisi, Druggists, 75c. TeetlmoaSUe free. * F. J. Cheney a Co.. Toledo, Qtata. w we ••in w una nvn> JLRJS for any eaae of Catarrh be cured by the use eg CARRH XKDICXNm In No Hurry. "A Vookie a Great Lakes waa aotai for being late. He was always the last to be dressed and the last to turn out. At last the company commamter, exasperated by the rookie's tardiness called him to the front of the com­ pany and aald: "Say, an yoa witfc.pp*. in this war or notf Tho German emperor will have occjk pled the throne 30 years this coutaff June. When Vow Eyes find Cart Try