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and ctftfcfeM DC-OUNNER AND CHIEF PETTY>OFFfCERrUr^NAVr. ' MEMB6K OF THE FOREIGN LEGION OF FRANCE CAPTAIN GUN TURRET, FRENCH BATTLESHIP CASSAPJ) v WINNER OF THE CROIX DE GUERRE -* **« Ca. W V»1 An«M WM> ^ "'"A'VtsIt From Mr, Late that uight we arrived at Dul- ; ^so» Westphalia. W» were roasted ~ oat of the carriages, mustered on the hn£*-i - platform, counted, then drilled through the streets. In spite of the lateness, the streets were pretty well filled with people, and they zig-%a?geti us through ail the streets they eouid, so that all the people weaid have a chance to see the crazy men. as they called us. Most of the people were women, and as soon as they saw us coming, they - began tinging the "Watch on the Rhine" or some other German song, and it was funny to see windows opening and fat fraus, with night-caps on, sticking their hearfs out of the windows. They would give us a quick once-over, and pipe ap like a boatswain: "Schweinfcuud-- Vaterland--Wacht am Rheio" --all kinds of things and all mixed up. So we gave theiu "Tipperary" and "Pack tip Your Troubles," and showed them how to sing. Our guards bad no ear for music and tried to stop us, but though they knocked several men down, we did not stop until we had finished the song. Then, after we had admitted to each other that we were not downhearted, we shut Up. We would have done so, anyway, because by this time we were on the outskirts of the town, and we needed all the breath we had. The road we were on was just one long sheet of ice, and we could hardly walk more than four steps without slipping and falling. My shoes had wooden soles, and it was just one bang after another, with the Ice and myself trying to see which could hit the hardest Every time we fell--smash! came a rifle over the back. I was getting pretty tired, so I said to some of the fellows that I was going to sit down and rest, and they said they would also. So we dropped out and waited until the guards behind had just about caught up with us, and then we would go on. We did this several times until they got on to us, and we could not do it any more. Up the road a piece I fell again, and this time I did not care what happened, so I just sat there In the middle of the road until Fritz came up. Instead of giving me the bayonet, he made me take off my shoes--that Is, be took them off of me with a knife through the strings--and I had to walk the rest of the way tn my bare feet It was about four miles altogether from the station to the camp. When we got near the camp, all the boys came out of the barracks and Blind up along the barbed wire, and failed us a welcome. We asked them If they were downhearted, and they •aid no, and we said we were not either. We could hardly see them, but they began yelling again when we got nearer, and asked us, "Is there anyone there from Queenstowu?" and then Bull, and Portsmouth, and Dover, and Toronto and a lot of other places. I jttd not pay much attention until I heard, "Any Americans there?" and I yelled ba£k, "Yes, where are you?" "Barracks 6-B, Gruppe 8." *iWhere»flrotat1V I yelled. * * *^f r "Boston. * Where're you "The U. S. A. and Atlantic ports. See-you later." 80, the next morning, I wait over to Us barracks and asked for the Yank. They pointed him out to me, where he tras Ijriujs uu uie noor. 1 went over and laid down with him, and we had s talk. I wiii not give his name here for certain reasons. He had received several wounds at the time he was taken prisoner. He bad been In the Canadian service for two years. We used to talk about New York and Boston and the different places we knew in both towns, and we also talked a lot about the rotten treatment we were receiving, and tried to cook up some plan of escape. But every one we could think of had been used by some one else, and either had failed, or the Huns had fixed it so the plan could not be tried again. We doped out some pretty wild schemes at i that Altogether, we became great pals, and were together as much as possible at Dulmen. The day I left the camp, be gave me a ring made from a shell, and told me to get It safely back to the States, but some one stole It at Brandenburg. One day while I was in his barracks ^ an Englishman stepped out of the door for some reason or other, and though be did not say a word to Fritz, in two PHsstss hs was u£8u, in cold blood. We never knew why they killed him. At Swlnemunde and Neustrelito, J must admit that the Germans had us pretty badly buffaloed, but at Dulmen the prisoners were entirely different Dulmen was the receiving camp for the whole western front, and the prisoners there got to be pretty tough eggs, as far as Fritz wus concerned, before they had been in camp many days. They thought nothing of picking a fight with a sentry and giving him a good battle, even though he was armed with rifle and bayonet. We soon learned that unless his pals are around a German will not stand by his arguments with his fists. In other words, if he can outtalk you, be will beat you up, but if he cannot it Is a case of "Here comes Heinle going back." The Russian prisoners *&t Dulmen were certainly a miserable looking bunch. They spent most of their time wandering around the Russian barracks, hunting for rotten potato peelings and other garbage, which they would eat. When they saw Frits throw out his swill, they would dive right through the barbed wire one after another, and their hands and face and clothes were always torn from if It was unhealthy to stand between the Russians and their garb* age prey--they were so speedy that nothing stopped them. One morning, just after barley-coffee time, I came out of the barracks and saw an Australian arguing with the sentry. I was not only curious, but anxious to be a good citizen, as they say. so I Went up and slung an ear at them. The Australian had asked Fritz what had been done with the flag that the Huns were going to fly from the Eiffel tower in Paris. That was too deep for Frits, so the Australian answered it himself. "Don't you know, Fritz? Well, we have no blankets, you know." Still the sentry did not get It So the Australian carefully explained to me--so that Frits could hear--that the Germans had no blankets and were using the flag to wrap their cgld feet in. This started1 a fight, of course--ithe German idea of a fight, that is. The sentry, being a very brave hian for a German, blew his whistle very loudly, and sentries came frOttt all directions. So we beat 'it to the Australian's barracks, and there 1 found the s&ond American in the camp. He was a barber named Stiinson, from one of the Western states. He had beard I was there as well as the Boston man in the Canadian service, but he had been too sick to look us up, and in fact did not care what happened, he was so miserable. He had been wounded several times, and died In a day or two. I never knew how he came to be in the Australian service. Those two and myself were the only Americans I knew of In this prison camp--whether in Canadian, Australian or French service. The other two had been captured in uniform, so there was ho thuce of their being released. ~ ; - Dulmen was very near the Dutch border and as it was quite easy to get out of the camp attempts at escape were frequent Most of those who ran away were brought back, though. The Germans were so easy on those who tried to run away that I almost thought they were encouraging them. One chap was doing his ten days In the guardhouse for the sixth time while I was there--that is. he had just about completed his period of detention. He claimed that the sixth time he had really got across the boiuer and was arrested in a little town by the Dutch authorities and turned over to the Germans. That ts against the law In most countries, but he swore it was the truth. I am not so sure, myself. He got away fo/ ^he seventh time while I was at Du)fmen and was not returned. Ten Says liny the guardhouse Is not such a light punishment after all, because water three times a day Is all the prisoner received during that time, but it Is pretty mild compared to some of the things the Huns do. One morning I thought for sure I was going cafard. I was just fed up An the whole business and sick of doing nothing but suffer. So I strolled along, sticking my head Into barracks doors, sometimes trying to have a talk, other times trying to pick a fight. It was all one to jpe: I ju«t wasted something to do. I found what I wanted, all right I had quite a talk with a sentry In front of a barracks. It must have lasted three-quarters of an hour. He' diu not know what I was calling him, and I did not know what he was calling me. I could have handled him all right, but another sentry came up on BRAHDEMUJMJ "THr/mmi trcntrtw ?ni fy. •A &VIHAW m HOSPfTAi. ¥WBttX/eS otOMriJ - Wound Lai* met,MifoOH£RSSA/f/iACM \ Jkkittcn of Brandenburg Prison Camp Dtwwn Depew. Fr«m Memory 'ify* (tanner " ' my blind s% 1 talk w*r#^r. , « ' • / ' They Jhrajoted me to the commander of the and he instructed them to give me a bath. So they took me to the bathhouse, where I was stripped .and lashed. AH the time they were whipping me I was thinking «'hat a joke It was on me, beonuse I had bfeen looking for excitement and had got more than I wanted, so I laughed and the Huns thought I was crnzy Sure. I was dumned Into * vnt nf hot wotor and at the same time my clothes were given a boiling, which was good for them. Then I waft forced into my wet clothes and marched back to the bapracks. This bath and the stroll through the snow In wet «tothes Just •bout did for me. Nowadays, when I sit In a draft for a second and catch Cold, I wonder that I am still alive to catch It. Having gone through Dlxnnde and the Dardanelles and the sinking of the Georglc and four German prison camps and a few other things--I shall probably trip over a hole in & church carpet and break my neck. That would be my luck. There were ail the diseases you can think of In this camp. Including black cholera and typhus and somebody was always dying. We had to make coffins from any wood we could find. So It was not long before we were using fhe dividing boards from our bunks, pieces of flooring and, in fact the walls of the barracks. The officers were quartered in corrugated iron barracks, so they had to borrow wood from us for their coffins. We would make the box and put the body In it give it as much service as we could. In the way of prayers and hymns, and put it away in a hole near the barracks. There was 50 much of it that a single death passed unnoticed. One morning the German sefttries came to our barracks--they never came singly---and told us that an officer was going to review the prisoners and ordered us to muster up, which we did. I was the last man out of the barracks and on account of my wounds I was slower than the rest. You understand I had bad no medical treatment Except crepe-paper bundages and water; my wounds had been opened by swimming from the Georglc to the Moewe and they had been put in terrible shape in the coal bunkers. On account of the poor food and lack of treatment they had not even started to heal. Incidentally, the only cloth bandages that any of us had were what we would tear from our clothes and I have seen men pick up an old dirty rag that someone else had had around his wound for a long time and bandage his own wounds with It. So it was ail I could do to drag myself along. The officer noticed that I was out of line and Immediately asked my name and nationality. When be heard "American" he could net say enough things about uf and called me all thk swine names he could think of. I was pretty thin at this time and getting thinner, so I figured I might just as weli have it out before I starved. Besides. I thought, he ought to know that we are not used to being bawled out by German stoiae in'this country. So I told him so. And I said that he should not. bawl Americans out, because America was neutral. He then said that as America supplied food and munitions to the allies she Was no better than the rest Then T said: "Do you remember the Deutscliland? When she entered Baltimore and New London die got alltbe cargo she wanted,'didn't she?" "Yes." "Well, if you send over your merchant marine they will get the same." For that answer he gave me ten days In the guardhouse. He did not like to be reminded that their merchant marine had to dive under to keep away from the Limeys. I admit I was pretty flip to this officer, buy who would not be when a slick German swine officer bawled him out? 1 ' It walp while I was in the guardhouse that Mr. Gerard, the American ambassador, visited the camp. He came to this camp about every six months, as a imle. Even ,ln the German prison camt>«4h&.trfen l\ad somehow got Information about Mr. Gerard's efforts to Improve the terrible surroundings In which the men lived. Some 01 tut iUtn at Dulmen had been confined Id various ether camps and they told me that when Mr. Gerard visited these camps all that the men did for a week or no afterward was to talk about his visit and what he had said to them. We knew Mr. Gerard had got the Germans to make conditions better in some of the worst hell-holes In Germany and the men were always glad when he came around. They felt they had sotnethlrig better to look forward to and some relief from the awful misery. Mr. Gerard was passing through the I^rencb barracks and a man I knew there told him there was an American there. The Germans did not want him to see me, but he put up an argument with the commanding officer and they finaljy said he could Interview me. I never was so glad to see anyone aq I was to see him. The picture Is still with me of him coming lb the door. We talked for about an hour and a half, I guess, and then he got up to go and he said I would hear frbm him In about three weeks. Just think what good news that was to me! They let dk out of the guardhouse and I celebrated by doing all the damage to German sentries that I could do. The men in the camps went wild when they learned that Ambassador {Gerard was there, for they said he was I the only man In Germany they could tell their troubles to. The reason was that he was strong for the men, no •natter what nationality, and put his heart Into the work. I am one of those nfho cannot say enough good things about him. Like many others, if it had not been for* Mr. Gerard I would be kaput by nOw. A few days after this I was slow again as we were marching to the bread house and the guard at the door tripped me. When I fell I hurt my wounds, which made me hot Now I had decided, on thinking it over, that the best thing to do was to be good, since I was expecting to be released, and I thought it would be tough luck to be killed just before I was to be released. But I had been In the American navy and any garby of the U. S. A. would have done what I did. It must f*N»ral Juflat A*' be the training we d i r t y t r f c k i s p u l l * ! a t w e v e r y n e r v o u s a r o u n d a n d not always able trf control them. , So I went for the sentry and wait, loped him in the Jaw, Then I received bis bayonet through the fleshy part of the forearm. Most bayonet wounds that we got were in the arm. But those arms were in front of our faces at the time. The sentries did not aim for our arms, you «-wi» bet on that A wound of the kind f got would h«» nothing more than a white streak if prop*: erly attended, to, but I received abso>! lutely no atrentlon for it and it was a long time in healing. At that I was lucky; another bayonet stroke Just grazed my stomach. I had been at Dulmeci for three weeks when we were transferred to Brandenburg, Havel, which is known as "the hell-hole of Germany" to the prisoners. It certainly is not too strong a name for it, either. On the way we changed trains at Osnabruck and from the station platform I saw German soldiers open up with machine guns on the women, and children who were rioting for fscil. ; f , CHAPTER XXII. v, v ; Hell Hole of Qemany^t On arriving at Brandenburg We wefe marched the three or four miles northwest to the camp. While we were being marched through the streets a woman walked alongside of us for quite a way, talking to the boys in English and asking them about the war. She said she did not believe anything the German papers printed. She said she was an Englishwoman from Liverpool and that at the outbreak of the war not being able to get out of Germany, she and her chll- Most 8? Those Who Ran Away Were Brought- Back. dren had been put in prison and that every day for over a week they bad put her through the third degree; that her children had been separated froih her and that sbe did not kaow where they were. She walked along with us for several blocks until a sentry beard her say something not very complimentary to the Germans and chased her away. When we arrived at the camp we were put Into the receiving barracks and kept there six days. The condition of these barrackg was not such that you could describe If. The floors were actually nothing but filths Very few of the bunks remained; the rest hadjteen torn down--for fuel, I suppose.~«Jsb (TO BE CONTINUED.) Governor Lowden in Ccnferenot fexprestts His Desire for ^ « ieflisiaiioc. & •. • V 'i THOSE OPEN-WINDOW CRANKS Writer Gives It as His Opinion That , --TAiflty £re Actuated felply.ity.,..,. > : SeMlahness.. of the most pronounce# nuisances with which seasoned travelers on railroad trains have to contend Is the "open-window crank." This fallow--- for he Is usually a male Instead of a female--persists In having his window open, no matter whether other occupants of the car dislike it or not; and It usually results In the other passengers thereabout receiving a liberal supply of dust and fine cinders, as wellj as enough soft coal smoke to last them the remainder of their lives. These open-window cranks are almost always occasional travelers. It Is noticed by those who have taken the pains to observe that the regular traveler--that Is, the man who rides every day In summer--never ^opens th'e window beside the seat In which he Is riding. It does not mean any more Comfort for him to do so, as he long ago discovered, but muj?h discomfort Instead. As sooii 'as £ railroad car starts to move there is more or less air stirring and if the open-window cranks would only compose themselves a few moments they would be far more comfortable than they would to breathe coal dust, smokq and cinders. But the average occasional traveler will push up his window as soon as he enters the car. It makes do difference to him bow much the rest of the cftr suffers--he is the only one to be conflidered. It Is 9 practice that causes great discomfort to passengers who have the necessary sense to know that everybody is better off If the windows are closed on hot days. And it is always noticed that these open-window artistsi lnvarlably» leave the window open when they de-» part. The first, last and only thought is for themselves--no one else counts. --Hartford Oourant Winnipeg's Growth. Prior to 1870 Winnipeg was nothing more than a chief trading post of the Hudson Bay company, whose headquarters were at Fort Garry (erected In 1835), on ground now Included in the city. The first house of the hamlet was built In 1800. The city was incorporated tn 187S, and Its growth since has been marvelous. The area of the city by 1012 was 1£»700 The population In 1870 wa 1916 It was 162,000, 'he are* K) acres. 806; In How Vines Draw 6n 80II, Vines are said to ^xtraet. yearly from the soli only about.jtbfee-fourtba of the quantity of potash and sulphmv lc add that cereals take up*. Constriction of M00 Miles Will fca Underway In Short Tims--Qov- •rMMnt Asked to Appropriate $1,000,000,000. Springfield.--Governor Lowden, In Conference with Secretary Beach and L. T. Jamme, vice president of the Chicago Association of Commerce, let be known that he desires legislation exempting the .$60,000,000 goodroads bonds from taxation. Messrs. Beach and Jamme, representing the civic industrial division of the association, took up with the governor the question of public improveniente by the state, and urged that Illinois join with others in launching a great constructive progrnm. The governor expressed approval of the plan and said the building of 4,800 miles of hard roads will be started by miiiois) as soon as the necessary legislation is obtained. Senator Edward C. Curtis Introduced a resolution memorializing congress to appropriate $1,000,000,000 annually to be apportioned among the states for road building and furnishing employment for soldiers and sailors. To drive an automobile while intoxicated will mean not less thair ten nor more than sixty days' imprisonment and a fine of $200 or both if a bill introduced by. Senator Jewell is enacted. Both houses adjourned until 10 a. m. Tuesday, February 4. Speaker Shanahan laid before the house the list of standing committees that will serve during the life of the Fifty-first general assembly. This puts t{ie lower branch in working trim as well as the sepate. Few surprises appear In the selection of chairmanship. One Is In the naming of Solomon P. Roderick of Chicago to head that on constitutional convention. The gossip had It that Theodore K. Long would draw this post, possibly because he had introduced bills on tbe subject. Mr. Long Is on the committee. He is a new member, while Mr. Roderick classes as an old one. a The members who will gerV# XHth Mr. Roderick on the cbiistltUttWal convention committee are Church, Long, Perkins, Scanlan, Watson, Hicks, Ellis. Lucius, Stevens, Shearer, S. B. Turner, Mueller, Flagg, Meents' and Sonneman, Republicans; and Brone, Dietrich, Roe, McDavid, Dev-t Ine, Kassermnn and Igo, Democrats. • G. A. Dahiberg of Chicago, who has made a study of election laws, is chairman of the committee on (elections. Harry Hamlin, who Is In Eu-i rope with the army, headed this body] last session. 1 There was considerable of a scramble among the dry ^embers to get tlie chairmanship of the committee on education and Norman G. Flagg of Mors* drew It. Mr. Flagg was the dry op* ponent of Speaker Shannon In" the contest ^for presiding officer of the* house. * William, M. Brlnkman of Chicago , again headik the committee oni public utilities and transportation., William P. Holaday of Georgetown1 drew the important chairmanship of Judiciary. Frederic R. DeYoung ofj Harvey had this post last session. Following are the chairmanships ofj fhe various committees: ! Agriculture, Dudgeon; apportionment,' McMackin; appropriations, Smejkal; bonds and banks and building and loan asso-1 clations, Pace; charities and corrections, Thon; civil service, Tice; constitutional convention. Roderick; contingent exi penses, Mueller; education, Flagg; Eli-; ciency and economy, Sonnemann; elections, Dahiberg; farm drainage, Curren; flsh and gt^me, Vickers; enrolled and engrossed bills. Movers: house stenotrraphln report, Abbey; Ul<|ustrial, McCabe; insurance, Scanlan; judiciary, Holaday; judicial department and practice, Ellis; liberal committee, Thomas Curran; license and miscellany, Lyon; military affairs. Vice; municipalities, Fleldstack; public utlllttes and transportation, Brlnkman j revenue. Young; roads and bridges, Meents; rules, the speaker; temperance, Brewer; to visit charitable institutions, Green; to visit educational Institutions, Watson; to visit penal institutions, Boyd; waterways, Gregory. In all there are 32 standing commit^ - ly. 1 1 . ji- kt -j U. #!|/i4y*VlrQlh Wfestr" ^ •• I "Cottonwood," a 27-acre tract of timber, recently has been purchased bjf the University of Illinois. The tlmbe^ Is north of Urbana and is adjacent to land previously purchased by the university. The land will be used by the departments of botany, zoology and entomology, and was bought upon their recommendations. . , j Freight Raises Threaten ftoada. The railroad administration Is considering a plan to Increase. substantially the cost of highway construction. It is In the form of aft increased freight, rate on sand, atw'^1, cement and slfg. The bdnst is said to average between 25 and 40 per cent. Some Increases are less than 10 per cent, while others are over 10Q. If the plan goes through road construction will probably be decreased, . and consequently there will be less employment for reffiriitog soldiers and sailors. Fair Asaoeiat£^-Meetlnfl CaltMl. x The Illinois'Agricultural Fairs association will hold its annual meeting In Springfield Wednesday and .Thursday, February 26 and 27. This, was decided upon at aconference between Hon. I?e« Small w Kankakee, president of the Association; B. M. Davison, secretary yof the association, and Charles Adkuis^ director of the state departmeniof agriculture. The meeting will be held In the offices of the department of agriculture. Each county or district fair association In tike' state to entitled to three delegates. Indiana Ing the American Teli a,M® T%legra ph company froi into effect the Burleson tpll distance phone rates. The petition was diaqftaiett for want of Jmittftction. The t^Jcphooe eompanles Immediately announced they would order the fedf- raJ ratf- itiovuKe into effect throughout the -Mate at one/, Word was' sent •very telephone exchange In the state. Student Army for Schools, A student artay of ML600 public school youths, the largest organization of its kind in the world, is now assured for Chicago. In a conference in Washington with war department officials Jacob M. Loeb, president of the board of education, was informed that the government would back the training course already In vogue in Chicago high schools, and would spend I&5QQ,- 000 to furnish equipment. The equipment will begin' to arHve In Chicago within a few days. The expenditure amounts to $170 for each boy akd the outfit will be the regular artny uniform with rifles and side arms. Capt. F. L. Beais has been appointed to take charge of the training courses. Twenty-one lieutenants and the same number of noncommissioned officers from the army will be assigned for instruction purposes. The Chicago h!gh school boys, under training will constitute a division of the Junior reserve officers' training corps and graduates therefrom will be eligible for - enrollment' as officers in the reservp army. , Urges State Control of Roads. State regulations for traffic over thfS 4,800 miles of new highways to be constructed at a cost of $60,000,000, state constabulary to enforce the laws, and compulsory uniform marking of all roads was the program adopted by the Illinois State Auto association. Twenty-eight clubs, with a total membership of 10,000, were represent- • at th«» recent annual convention and luncheon at Chicago, which resulted In a complete reorganization of the association. .Henry Paulman of . Chicago was elected president. The association adopted resolutions recommending - that "counties receiving funds from £he state bond issue money should use the refunds for additional road work and for no other purpose," and also recommended "uniform traffic regulations on state roads, including those portions running through municipalities under 10,000 inhabitants; a state constabulary or other means of enforcing the same; compulsory uniform marking of all highways." W. G. Eden, president of the Illinois State Highway Improvement association, and 8. K. Brock, Illinois state highway commissioner, were speakers. Th« First Stats Budget. *f*he text of the first state budget ever prepared In Illinois for the guidance of the legislature In the appropriation of state funds wof made public by Gov. Frank O. Lowden. The budget w*|i prepared by the finance department under the direction of Director Oriar H. Wright, in accordance wif&; the provisions Of the state administrative code. lb the budget the* legislature will flail detailed suggestions £or appropriations to meet the needs of every de-;' partpient of the state government during tjie two years beginning July 1. nex,t. The recommendations are based upon a careful study of the needs of thfe departments which has been made since July 1, 1017, when the administrative code went into effect. Aside from the detailed recommendations for appropriations, the budget contains a number of suggestions for legislation. Among these ate the following; i The levying of Hn excise tax on corporations and' -tbe modifying and increasing of-Inheritance tax rfttgs, _ Lump sum appropriations for salaries and wages instead of the rigid itemized appropriation method pur*; sued heretofore. ' Greater latitude for departments tn fixing salaries. The stjinrinrdlwitlon of employment. In the state service. * Making of appropriations for the biennlum instead of Specifying that certain sums can be n>ent during 'The first year" and other sums during "the secopd year." \ The division of appropriations illtfll standardized classifications. A decrease in the number of apptvpriatlon acts. The enactment of a comprehensive financial code, embracing a number of reforms In the financial management Of the state government. In presenting the budget to the governor for transmission to the legislature, Mr. Wright explains that the final figures containing the recommendations of the department represent the combined judgment of the heads of other departments under the civil administrative code, who have cooperated in the formation of the budget" ~ • - •' »•- t Cook County Awards R*ad fionde. The Cook county board abandoned its scheme for financing the county by the Stole of bonds over the counter and awarded $850,00# 4 per cent road bonds to a syndicate composed of the Merchants Loan and* Trust company, the Cohtinental and Commercial Trust and Savings bank, and the Northern Trust. There are 17 maturities of $50,- 000 annually. Cook county has the smallest debt per capita and the smallest debt in proportion to assessed valuation of any of the metropolitan jcounties. Court Cuts Claim to Railway. _ "The Supreme court at Washfngtfcft D. C, upheld decrees limiting the creditors' claim of the Metropolitan Trust company of New York to property owned by <_tl|e Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway company at the time of its consolidation In 1894 with the C. ft E. I. railroad. The trust company, holding a mortgage executed* in 1885 against the railroad, of which $4,62d,- 000 in bonds are outstanding and unpaid, claimed property was discarded and replaced with equipment subsequently acquired by the C. ft E. L 1<tm*m 111 it «r^ liSwaye weak, mi«rs**,«ad Jam It's time you faift&'Wrt Kidney to# Md if Mrs. J. practical nurse, 1619 Seventh Ave., Council Btufls, la., says: "I KM. "•T PlUs for a lane t back and symptoms of 41s- J kidneys aad nave tfvea as *e*sf the bedeflt has lasted, z advise anyone suflerta# tram kidney dtsordsra to use Doatfs Kldner Pills." r QatDMaAsatAay Stars, 00* DOAN'S Vf.T/ POSTES-MUURN CO, BUFFALO. 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