COMFORTING WORDS
Many a Plattsmouth Household j
Will Find Them So. I
To have I In.' pain ami aches nf
a luiil liai'k rcinnvoil Ik hi' entirc
!y free from ;inn inp. 1 a n u t n u
urinary ilisunlers, is eiiiuiirli In
make any kiilncy MiU'erer jiiulel'ul.
Tlio following mlvire nf one who
lias snlVci'i'i will proM' roinl'orl
iiiS words lo humlivils of Journal
nudt'.rs.
Mrs. Hay Sinilh. KMKi Hock St..
I'lattsuioul li. Neb., says: "I know
that, Moan's Kidney Hills art a
-nod kidney medicine. I hae
ef; n them used in my own family
and they have always iveii relief.
A member of my household had
been still'eriiif; intensely from
lameness across the back and
could Ret no rest at nijiht. Seeing
Doan's Kidney Pills ailvortise.il, we
,uot a supply and I heir use brought
relief. We always get Doan's
I'ills at llynolt's Drug Store. I
recommend them."
For sale by all dealers, Price
T0 cents. Foslcr-Milburn Co.,
BulTalo. New York, solo agents for
the United Stales.
Kememher the name Doau'h
inl take no other.
When ordering flour ask your
grocer to send you a sack of
Forest Hose Flour the best flour
i,i:c;i, notkj:.
In lhi I Hurler Court nf C'iimm County
VrlirnnUn.
Frank Claim, HuliUM,
vs.
William Smith, et nl., Defendants.
NOTICE.
To William Smith, Mis. William .Smith,
his wife (V.vft name unknown)
Thomas (5. l'nlmer, M. Jane Palmer,
iitiii the Unknown J loirs ami De
visees of William Smith, deceased:
"Yon and each of you will hereby take
notice that on the Unil dav of November,
1912. Frank C'laus, plaintiff In the. foro
Kolnir entitled cause, tiled his petition
in the. District Court of Cass County,
Nebraska, iiwainst you. the object, pur
pose and prayer of which Is to obtain
n decree from said Court removing
clouds from ami quieting the titles of
record to lot live (f and three (at feet
off of and alnnir the west side of lot
four (4), In block eighteen (IS), In the
City of I'lattsmouth, Cass County. Ne
braska, in plaintiff, ns against you and
to exclude and enjoin you and each of
you from ever asserting or claiming
any rilit, title or int-rest the-ein ad
verse to plaintiff and for such other
and further relief as may be Just and
equitable.
You ure required to answer said
pitUtion on o.r before the 16th day of
Dei-ember, 1!H:!, or the allegations con
tained in said petition will be taken as
f "A herein1. U'"'"'u r,!lldl,red ns ,,rayed J
Imii il: November 4th, 1912.
RAN K CLAI'S, 1'lalntllT.
Hy JOHN At. I.KVDA, His Attorney.
MITK K TO C HI.IMTOHS.
Jn (he Comity Court uf tin- Comity nf
I ll, 'lirilNkll.
Jn lie Kstnte uf Orilhi Fleming,
I leceused.
Nutice Is hereby kIvcii Unit hearini;s
will Ik' ti it t upon till claim n mi i list tliu
iiliovr estate. lit the olliee of the
County Judge'. Court House, l'lntts
nioutli, Nebraska, on December 23rd,
I 'I VI. ami on June 2:!rd, 11113, lit nine
o'clock u. in. of each ilav; all elalms
must lie filled lie lore said last named
hour and nil elaiins not tiled will he
forever Inured.
Hv the Con it.
i Seal i A LI-ION .1. M..KSON,
County .luile.
KAW1.S K- i:ni:insoN,
Attorneys.
oiuir.it to show cum:.
In thr DlMtrlel fi.iirl In mill fur (hnn
County, Nelirnnkii.
In ti- Matter of the (luiirdinnslilp of
Anna C. I'hlleott, Insane.
This cause came on for licsiriinr upon
the lielitlon of Wesley Vliilcott,
tuardian of the estate of Anna C. Chll
cott, Insane, luayiim for license to sell
the Interest of his snld ward, Anna C.
t'hllrntt, In and to the follnu'inK de
m -rilied real estate, to-wlt:
TIih Northwest Uiutcr (NW'i) of
I lie Northeast iiinrter i.NK) of See
tlon twenty-four (2 It, Township eleven
(11), UaiiMTe thirteen ti:t), In Cass
County, Nehruskii.
Said petitioner also alleging Hint the
wile of petitioner, Anna C. Chileolt,
was adjudged Insane on the lMli day
of April, 1IIH2, and has ever since re
mained Insane, and Is now cnnlitied In
the insane asylum of the State, of Ne
)ruska. That petitioner Is the owner
ill fee simple title of the above de
scribed real estate, and the Court Is
asked to ascertain the present value of
the Interest of petitioner's said Wife,
and to authorize petitioner to sell the
fume ut public or private sale.
it its tiii;i;i'iki-; oki i-,ki.i timi
nil persons interested In the estate and
interest of said Anna O. Chllcott, In
sane, in and to the above described real
4-Ktate appear before me at the olliee
of the Clerk of the District Court, ut
J'lattsmoulh, Cuss County, Nebraska, on
the 10th day or January. A. I. ll:i. ill
ten o'clock a. in. to show cause, why
the Court should not determine the
present VHlue of the. Interest of said
Anna C. Chllcott, In and to tlio real
estnte hereinbefore described, and why
license should not be grunted to Wesley
Chllcott. Kunrdlaii of Anna C. Chllcott,
insane, to sell the interest of his said
ward in nnd to the above described real
estate.
This order shall be served by pub
lishing same In the lMattsniout h Jour
nal for at least three successive weeks
prior to December 2)1, 1S1L'.
Dated this 2!ith duv of November,
191!
If. n. Tit AVIS,
.Indue llstrlct Court.
1IA Vvl.S KOHKUTHON,
Attorneys.
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TRUST PROBE
Bankers Summoned la Appear
Before House Ccmtnitiee,
ARCHBALD TRIAL IN SENATE.
Senator Works Will Criticise Roose
velt. Progressive ' Party and Taft.
Appropriation Measures Will Keep
the House Busy This Week.
Washington, Dec. 9. The resump
tion of the "money trust" investiga
tion today and a hearing tomorrow on
the O'Shaunessoy resolution for a con
gressional investigation of the Grand
Trunk and New York, New Haven ana
Hartford railroad operations in New
England promise to divide congres
slonal attention this week with the
Archbald impeachment trial and the
consideration of general legislation In
the two houses.
Before the end of the week it is ex
pected two other Inquiries will be un
derway, the campaign expenditures in
vestigation by the Clapp committee
and the "shipping trust" inquiry by
the house committee on merchant ma
rine.
Bankers and financial men from
New York, Baltimore and Pittsburgh
are under subpoena to appear before
Chairman Pujo's "money trust" in
vestigation committee during the
week.
Appropriation legislation will hold
the right of way In the house
Criticism of Colonel Roosevelt and
the Progressive party and of Presi
dent Taft is expected from Senator
Works of California.
$3,000,000 IN PRESENTS
Employees of Big Establishments In
Chicago to Reap Rich Harvest.
Chicago, Dec. 9. Employees of big
establishments In Chicago are to reap
a bigger harvest during the coming
yuletide season than has been the
case within the memory of the oldest
head, according to announcements
which have been made.
More than $3,000,000 is to be distrib
uted in various forms to workers in
banks, big stores, manufacturing
plants and other Industries. The spir
it of generosity is said to have been
rtrongthened bv a year of trade well
above the normal.
In addition to several manufactur
ing plants which make an annual
practice of giving their employees a
percentage of their earnings at Christ
inas time, many of the downtown
bankr. have announced their intention
of presenting their employees with
gold pieces of from $3 to $20. Many
ol the big stores will follow out their
usual plan of profit-sharing.
Confederate Shaft Denied in Park.
St. I)uls, Dec. 9. The city council
killed the bill authorizing the Confed
erate Monument association to erect
in Forest park a monument in mem
ory of the southern heroes of the
civil war. The main objection was to
the present design, which. It Is de
clared, might, "open up old wounds."
The design is by George Julian Zol
ney, and was selected recently by the
monument association. It depicts a
southerner about to go to the front,
urged forward by two women and a
little child, who waves a confederate
flag. This Pag was the feuture ob
jected to moi.1 strenuously.
Takes Poison and Hangs Self.
Kansas Qity, Dec. 9. Hanging by a
rope fiom a tree on the bank of the
Missouri river, the body of an un
identified man was found at Kansas
City, Kan. The man had strapped one
arm down to his side and had swal
lowed poison before leaping to death.
He was about twenty-five years old,
tall and slender, with brown hair and
blue eyes. His blue serge suit bore
the marks of a Sioux Falls (S. D.)
merchant.
Vandal Profanes Tomb of Duchess.
Turin, Dec. 9. The mausoleum of
the house of Savoy, In the Superga,
the royal burial church, has been
broken Into and the tomb of the low
agcr duchess of Genoa profaned. The
dowager duchess was the mother of
Queen MarRherlta and the grand
mother of King Victor Emmanuel.
She died last August. It hns not been
ascertained whether the motive of the
vandals was robbery.
Strike Ties Up English Road.
IiOndon, Dec. 9. A strike was de
clarcd by the locomotive engineers en
gaged on the main line. Owing to a
conviction for drunkenness while off
duty, an engineer was reduced to run
ning a pilot (tiglne. Three thousand
of the company's engineers havo al
ready quit work and the whole rail
load main lino ns well as the branches
is disorganized.
Patrick to Meet Sister.
St. Ixmls, Dec. 9. Albert T. Tat
rick, recently pardoned from Sing
Sing, nrrlved here nnd depnrted for
the country home of his brother-ln
law, John T. Mllllkcn, at Orescent,
Mo., where he will meet his sister,
Mrs. Mllliken.
St. Louis Drops Quotations on Eggs
St. Iuils, Ivc 9. Quotations have
been discontinued on eggs by tho St.
Louis Rutter and Kgg exchange, It
wan announced, because tho prices
were fictitious and below the ronrket
orlc.
HOW SOLONS
MAKE LIVING
Occupations of Members Gf the
Next Legislature.
BALANCE DUE ON MONUMENT.
Committee in Chicago Desires Dupli
cate of Lincoln Statue, but Sculptor
Will Not Make It Without Consent
of Nebraskans.
Lincoln. Dec. 9. A roster of the
members ot the next Nebraska legisla
ture shews that nearly all of the most
important vocations In life will be
represented.
In the senate the lawyers lead the
list with seven members, while farm
ei's and real estate men follow close
ly with six each. Tho merchants are
represented with four, while the bank
ers arc in evidence with only two
Manufacturers, physicians, editors
lumber dealers, druggists and grain
men will have to look to one man
each If they want to get in on the
ground floor. One man, Charles Krum
bach of Shelby, says he is "retired,"
but do?s not state what he retired
from. One ex-sheriff, Henry V. Iloag
land of Lancaster country, will try
to keep his fellow senators in the
right path.
Complexion of Senate.
The Semite will stand eighteen Re
publicans and fifteen Democrats. If
Mayor Wolz of Fremont, whose seat
Is contesU'd by a Democrat, S. S.
Van Horn, loses out it will make the
senate nearly a tie, the Republicans
having only one majority.
'n the house the fanners seem to
be In the lead to a great extent, there
being thirty-bine tillers of the soil,
twenty-three of them being Doom
crats. Eleven lawyers will see that
everything in the house is done legal
ly. Ol these, eight are Republicans
nnd three Democrats. Eleven repre
sentatives are put down as on the
"retired" list, and all of them are
IVmocrats except three. Eight bank
ers 'are included. They are all Re
publicans except two. There are nine
real estr.fe men In the house ami five
of them are Republicans. Six mer
chants will he found in the lower
brnr.th of the legislature, three being
Republicans. Four grain dealers, and
rll DemocMts, complete the MM of
vhcre there are more than one of any
kimi of vocation. The balance is dl
vidd up as manufacturer, physician
druggist. Insurance, contractor, den
fist, 'nunrtry. telephone engineer and
implement deali r, while one editor
). II. cronin or O'Neill, a Republic
nn. is the only newspaper man elected
to the lower branch.
The house vi'l be divided with
fit'tv-Ilve Democrats and forty-five Re
publicans. This will give the legisla
ture a Democratic majority on joint
bf:l!ot of sevn, providing no change?
ate ip:1" by reason o. ronle.it s.
Paying for Monument.
It will be but a short time, accord
ing lo Secretary of Slate Wait, until
the $2,00n deficit on the Lincoln monu
r..ent H fullv provided lor. Thl.J
amount Is still due the sculptor, but
the iv is little to fear but that th
finionnt will be forthcoming. Thr
ftatue has nut with such approval
abroad that a committee in Chicago
which desires to erect a monument
to Lincoln In that city, hns asked thr
sculptor, Daniel C. French, to make
them one, a duplicate of the Lincoln
Ftatue. Mr. French has Informed
them that Ihe Lincoln statue Is en
tirely in the hands of the people ol
Nebraska nnd that no duplicate car
he made without the consent of thf
Nebraska people.
"High Grade Imbeciles."
In a 'ecture to the Ijtncnster coun
y medical society, Dr. J. M. Mayhew
of Lincoln said that 90 per cent of tht
unfortunate girls In the stato Indus
trial school for girls at Mllford were
high grade Imbeciles" He stated
that mental insufficiency Is increaslnn
at nn alarming rate and that the per
centage of defectives had trebled lr
the last four decades. He said thai
a large percentage of the poor glrlf
who ire sent there, while not exartl)
feeble minded, are nevertheless tc
come extent weak minded and theh
offspring must necessarily bo affected
As a means of prevention ho suggest
od two met nods, "segregation" nnd
"sterillzntlon of defectives." He fa
rored the latter as the better Bolvlnf
of the problem.
Sutton Student Injured.
While mixing potassium chloraW
nnd sulphuric acid In the chemlstrj
department of the state university Ic
an ndinvor to bring out winietiiinf
in the experimental line, John Thorn
asen. a student, was seriously burned
'y the explosion of the mixture. HI.
eyes are badly Injured, but It Is noi
thought that they will be permanent
ly so. It Is thought that by pome mis
take the young man used too greal
an amount of the compounds. Thorn
asen Is n student of the' ngrlcnltura
college and his home Is In Sutton.
Bank Mortgage on Circus Valid.
Falrbury, Neb.. Doc. 9. An action t
show that the jr.O.Otm chattel mort
page held by the First National bnnl
of this city against the Campbel
rtros.' Consolidated shows was voW
occupied the attention of the dlstrlc
court for several days and resulted li
jl verdict for the defendant,
ROBERT L BORDEN.
Premier of Canada, Who
Announces Dominion Will
Build Three Battleships.
Ni ?v 'v -f
OF HOORIN ENGLAND
British Politicians Welcome Do
minion's Naval Contribution.
London, Doc. 9. Canada's naval
contribution has fur overshadowed
the eastern war as the topic of tho
week in England. Tho politicians and
newspapers with very few dissenting
voices welcome the Dominion's gift
for Its own sake and as a memorable
step towards consolidating the empire.
Uncertainty exists as to whether
the government proposes to receive
Canada's ships as an add it ion to tho
minimum fleet eonsiiW red necessary
to maintain navy supremacy or ns a
part of that fleet.
Lord Charles Reresford will ask as
surances in the house of commons
that tht ships constitute nn addition
to the Knglish program, not part of It.
The only feature of the policy caus
ing uneasiness is the Innovation of
giving the colonies a place on the
committee of imperial defense.
DREIBUND QUICKLY RENEWED
Probably Will Make Strong Impres
sion on Both Russia and Servia.
London, Dec. 9. The circumstances
of the renewal of the drelbund six
months before the necessity arose to
give notkt of its renewal, or that it
had expired, is considered to have
.special refert nee to the Hallian prob
lem. Continental newspapers com
i ni.-nt on its renewal as calculated 4o
make a strong Impression on Russia
!nd Servia, thus helping the preserva
tion of pence.
Turliev has not yet officially ap
pointed her peace delegates, but all
the Palkan states, Including Oreece,
have mined theirs and the delegates
will start for London today.
Dr. Dam ff, president of the Bulga
rian chamber of deputies, will stop nt
Bucharest on his way to London, and
will endeavor to reconcile Itoumatila's
territorial nnd economic aspirations
with Bulgaria's Interests.
The Greeks continue their military
operations and have occupied Syrakon
and St Ocori!!', villages four hours'
distant from .Tallinn., where the rem
nants of the Turkish Monastlr army
are said to havo arrived.
BARS SANTA ON STREETS
Kansas City Judge Says Practice Has
Become Obnoxious.
Kansas City. Dec. 9. To protect tho
happy illusions of the city's children,
the police of Kansas City, Kan., or
dered that Santa Clans must stay off
the streets there.
"The practice of stores sending out
men dressed up in Santa Chum rogalia
hns become obnoxious," said Judge J.
I Carlisle of the municipal court.
"Besides children whoso parents
never could afford to buy them expen
sive toys would meet Santa Claus on
the street, shake his hand nnd request
that he deliver a great number of
toys at their homes.
" 'Sure, I'll bring them to you," the
obliging Santa would say, but when
Christmas morning rnn.e there would
be only dlsappolntm mt."
Squawo Vote in Tribal Election.
Redding, Cal., Dec. 9. George An
derson Wesley, who was elected chief
of the trlb of Wlntoon Indians liiBt
week, took the oath of olllco "white
man fashion." He swore before a no
tary to uphold the. customs and laws
of bis tribe, nnd to support the consti
tutions of California nnd the United
States. In the election at which Wes
ley won the chieftainship the squaws
of the tribe were permitted to vote.
Mayor of Rome Re-elected.
Rome, I'c 9 The municipal elec
tions were held here. All anil clerical
candidates. Including Mayor Nathan,
were elected The clericals abstained
from voting.
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AREBAGII IS
FOUND GUILTY
Chicago Business Man Convict
ed o! Murder ot Partner.
WENT HUNTING WITH FISHER.
Accused Mm Said Shooting of Latter
Was Accident Victim Was Insured
for 200,0C0r Payable to WidovO
Friendship With Mrs. Fisher.
Baldwin, Mich., Doe. 9 A jury In
fie circuit court declared O. M. Are
bach guilty of murder In the first de
gree for the (.hooting of his partner,
Harry Fisher, a Chicago business man
and promoter. Usher was killed In
the woods near here.
Or. the morning of Sept. 19, tak
ing with them only a high power rifle,
the two men went into the woods to
hunt partridges. A short time after
ward, Arebach rushed Into a nearby
farm house and reported that Fisher
had been accidentally shot. The
dead man's body was cnrrlod to an
undertaker's establishment In this
place, and, according to evidence giv
en at the trial, both Mrs. Fisher and
Arebach endenvored to have it
chipped to Iowa without the formality
or a coroner's Inquest. The Inquest
was held, however, and Arebach was
i.eld responsible for tho shooting.
Fisher's life was Insured for J200,-
POO, the policies being made payable
to his widow. It was the theory of the
prosecution that th friendship be
tween rebnch and Mrs. Fisher was
the motive for the shooting.
MEXICANS PRAY FOR PEACE
Mass for Divine Intervention Is Held
In All Catholic Churches.
Mexico City, IVo. 9 In obedience
to a papal decree there was hold nt
midnight In every Catholic church
throughout the republic a special
mass for divine Intervention in Mex
ico. In SI. Peter's at Iiome, the pope
himself joined in tho prayers for the
restoration of peace.
That the revolution In Mexico has
resulted in conditions so bad that
r.omeiliing more t linn human agencies
is necessary to right them appears to
he Indicated, not only by the reports
of the rebel operations, hut by the nc
tlon of the scer'tary of the Interior,
Rafael Hi riianile7.. The secretary re
"rntly summnn't' Mgr. Mogglan) nnd
appealed to Mm to use the power of
the church to assist In restoring or
der, nnd dint the pope Issue a dicree
to that end.
According to official reports the reb
els In a series of nftnrks during the
'nst three days nv-im-l Temnscnlfepec
lost 12S men kl" d. T'" federal loss
is not flven, end minor successes in
other region? nre reported Accord-
lug to unofficial reports, however, the
rehels nre winning many successes.
NATION TAKES THE WIRELESS
Extensive System of Supervision Soon
Effective.
Washington, Dec. 9. An extensive
system of government supervision
over wireless telegraphy will bocomej
effective Friday, Tour months from the
doto of (he enactment of the law.i
Plans have been made to carry out
me new system, Dotn as to tlie shore,
stations and ftcnnishlps operated by
commercial companies, and the army
nnd navy stations.
Cicnernnienl licenses- hereafter will
he required for all shore stations and
for stenmers leaving Amcricnn ports.
Alsbercj Appointed to Succeed Wiley.
Washington, Dee. 9. Iresldent
Taft and Secretary of Agriculture
James Wi'son, nfter months of con
sideration, decided upon the appoint
ment of Dr. Carl Alsberg, a chemist
In the bnieau of drugs and plants, as
chief of tho bureau of chemistry of
the department of agriculture, a po
sition that has been vacant slnco the
resignation last spring of Dr. Harvey
V. Wiley, the famous defender of tho
iiure food law.
Sole Beneficiary Contests Will.
Ix)S Angeles, Dvc. 9. John n reck of
this cltv, who, with his brother.
Chris, Jacob and Andrew, were denied
a shnre Id the estnte of Frederick
Breck, late of Oxford, Neb., was great
ly surprised on receiving word from
San Francisco Hint Mary Breck. the
only legatee, had contested her late
brother's will In San Francisco coun
ty, so that all tho living brothers
might share with her tho comfortable
fortune.
Steils 131,000 From Hotel.
Boston, Dec 9 George , Rounds,
for five years bookkeeper at a hotel
here, was arrested on tho charge of
larceny of $31,0on. The police say
that Rounds confessed nnd turned
over securities to the amount of $1.,
)00 to the hotel proprietors. He Is
raid to hnvo had a dodro to acquire
a valuable library and to have spent
large amounts for books.
Council of Churches Has Clash.
Chicago, Doc. 9 A clash on the
divorce question and criticism of the
report of the committee on home life
enliven d the session of the federal
council of the Churches of Christ. The
council declared that the report wa
weak and It was referred hack to th
eommltte for revision.
STIMSON MAKES
PLEA FORFIUPINO
Condemns Those Who Woold
Cast Race Oil In Helplessness.
MENTIONS MANY ECONOMIES.
Way by Which Army in Philippines
May Cost Less Advocates Passage
of Rill to Reimburse National Guard.
Army in Three Divisions.
Washington, Dec. 9. Unsparing
condemnation of those Who wrould
f loin "misplaced sentimentality or
lazy self interest" caat the Filipinos
upon the world in the state of help
lessness and before they had acquired
the full benefits of American civilisa
tion, is a strong feature In the annual
report of Secretary of War Henry L
Stlmson. Many other subjects of in
terest are treated in the report, such
as the relations of the national guard
to the army, tho improvement of the
army tactical methods, the inadequacy
of the present reserve law, tho crying
need of citizenship for the Porto
Ricans, the conservation of the na
tional water powers In navigable
Blreams and the advisability of
amending tho Panama canal tolls act
so as to reimpose tolls on American
coastwise shipping leaving tho water
way.
Dealing first with purely military
subjects, the secretary states the
strength of the regular army at the
beginning of tho present fiscal your
was 82,305. on Increase during the
year of 189 olllcers nnd 7,834 enlisted
men. Do says the spirit of tho per
sonnel of the army continues to im
prove, nltributable not only to the
work of the service schools and the
general staff, but to the practical op
portunities afforded hy the recent ma
neuvers and changes In organization
ind methods. Unfit officers are
speedily discovered under tho search
ing tests of field conditions.
In treating of the morals of the
army, Secretary Stlmson assorts., his
belief that, the so called antl canteen
legislation has been responsible for
much vice, a statement which he sup
ports hy a recital of the results of his
own Inspection of forty-nine of tho mo
bile inny posts, where he found the
military reservations adjoined by
dives and 111 resorts of the vilest char
ncfer. These conditions he believes
to be the ultimate causes "which
make the record of our army In this
respect shameful beyond that of the
army of any elvillzed nation."
Saving in Philippines.
Under the head of reorganization
of the foreign garrisons, tho report dl
lects attention to the benefits attend
ing the substitution for twelve reduced
strength regiments In tho Philippines,
by a garrlaon of six regiments of full
strength with a resulting saving ot
over 1,000,(100 per year, rue lmme
dlale completion of tho posts at Pan
.una and Hawaii, he sttongly urged al
by far tly most important items ol
military expenditure for the immedl
ate future.
The tactical reorganization of the
army on the basis of three Infantry
divisions, the report shows, has nro
Kressed as far as possible without
congressional assistance In the waj
,,f providing for large ample posts,
and a series of conferences of the pen
..rni officers of the arniv hns been
planned for Ihls winter. As a result,
the time now necessary at the out
break of war to organize the regulnt
army will be dispensed with.
Militia Pay Bill.
A strong plea Is made for the pas
sage of the militia pay bill, now pond
ing, because the 100,000 men now In
the national guard, eager and am
bitious to be of service In case of war
arc- practically unavailable under pres
ent conditions. These men, the secre
tary says, should not only be trained
for war In timo of peace nnd paid by
the national government, but it must
be possible to transfer them immedi
ately Into the general military force
and not militia In tlmo of war.
ROOSEVELT IN CHICAGO
Final Preparations for National Meet
ing of Progressives.
Chlcngc, Dec. 9. Final preparations
for the national conference of tho pro
gressive par!;' to be held tomorrow
! ,, Wednesday
wero completed.
Members of the local committee on
arrangements, headed by Medill Mc
Cornilck, announced thnt they had re
served ivccoinmodutions for close to
1,000 delegates.
The arrival of Colonel Roosevelt
and members of his party from the
nst today was the cause of a pre-con-ferenco
demonstration by Progres
slves, who escorted their leader from
the railroad station to the Hotel Iji
salle with automobiles.
Colonel Roosevelt nnd Miss Jane
Addams of Hull House Chicago, will
deliver the chief addresses at tho sea
slons of the conference.
Amundsen and Peary to Meet.
Washington, Dec. 9. Captain Raoli
Amundsen, discoverer of tho South
pole, will he tho guest of honor at
the annual banquet ot tho National
Geographic society hero, Jan. 11. Rear
Admiral Robert E. Peary of North
pole fame will bo toastmaster. It
will lie the first meeting of the twr
distinguished explorers at the same
board.