NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK Oaear Solo mo* Straws who baa bees teattsi'nl tor tarmor of New Tort by tbw Pracrwltn of that •Ut* has tbw distinction of being tbw f« Jew who ever became a member of be ( ait. d States cabinet In I5HX be was atpolnted secretary of com merce aad labor by President Theo dore RnterrH! **' Straws was bora on December 13. 113# and spent meet of his boy hood la Georgia At the age of tea he waa placed wader the care of a pri vate tutor and later waa sent to Col lars worth iaatitaca la Ikfci lazarua Straaa. the father, eaffered business 'ever*so aad waa compelled to move » N.« (ori taking the non with him. »«>oa after the family had moved to Xew York Oscar Straws entered Co awbrn grammar school, where he re mained lor too yeera. going from ipatKatJoe he was graduated la " ’'''*'' Utr- ;. graduated from Columbia !-a«r school. Later he ber.an *he practice of law vtth James H Hudson under the flr;n name of Hudson * Human Afterward the firm been ate Stern. Straus A Thompson. It was ^■■tosad la corporation P*P**ica and »as counsel for the chamber of com "J* rr"‘- ,h-*“ ’"S'3 at trad- and < iher prominent corporations Mr. Straus ati?.'^d 'rim urn- is proMration and in 1M>0 he was compelled tc **** *M pnPCtles of la* After a tew months' rest he joined his father's trim I. Straws A Sows importers of glass and pottery. Mr Straus was appointed minister to Turkey in ISST bv President - -Ui.d • :i t.*s to that country was remarkably successful In lf>S9 bo rwOaraed ta Amerxa In 1*9? he was reappointed to the office of minis er o 7 .'i* i ... d-r.t McKinley, which office he retained for three poppa la !*•? Prwaldeat Rooaevelt appointed him to fill the vacancy In •be permoaont court of arbitration at The Hague caused by the death of -s President llarrUos NEW COMMANDER OF SALVATION ARMY j Gen Hramwell Booth, new com mander of the Salvation Army, was deluged with expressions of good will at his elevation to the post left va cant by the, death of his father. The general acknowledged a few of them personally, but the vast major ity will have to be answered by a cir cular letter as their number is so great that individual responses are impossible. Several of bis advisers are urging upon the new commander to make a tour of inspection of the more important army posts, as one of the first necesitles of his administra tion The new commander of the Salva tion Army. Gen. Brainwell Booth. Is a big man -physically and mentally. He stands ove>- six feet high and is of military carriage. A British cabi net minister once t-aid of him that he would be worth JiiO.OOO a year to *******^NVH.MHPSBH *“) w great r.ngnsn aammistra tire departments and that he could have made million* la the buctne— world lie now fallow* Mb Ml—trio— father in supreme command of the in 'er—Muaol liaiiat.ot. Army with more than 75.000 officer* preaching and to—Mac. *od roar ala t the fallen la fifty-five countries, just as he has fol lowed hi* father all hi* life *• first • • ah red :u the slums a* a "sergeant." and then as a "cap a t It. “* he was mad* chief of staff" by his father, succeeding his Both—, who hod loo* hold that poattkm. Two years later he married. His • U t a tist of I'll month. Kogland and is commissioner and leader of —ana's sortal work of the British Salvation Army They has two chil drwa Ady Catherine Hooch and Sergeant Bernard Booth (Mirtoc late yoars BramwaU Booth was the working head of the army, wit.* to l t fathers declicin* health He ’ »ed fa rue by the conspicuous parts they ha*» played la the enact si af ad legislation. mad their contrl tatieta to political oratory 1 rohshiy the must notable without dsefarasewat to the faase of others. Is Joseph * Hailey od Tessa Sena tor !’alley has been ta congress for over («tsty year*, beln* first elected to the Fifty-second congress and at the age of tamiy-ats He immediate ly attracted attention; first by the elo quence of his speeches and second by his tenacity of purpose and his keen tastgfct to affairs of public Interest and his ability to take care of him seif ta the fierce debates that charac • r ed the h- -M> of representatives to *fc»< ••* probably Ma first speech in the bouse Senator Bailey pro ■aadai to tanka aa attack upon the rales of that body He succeeded in draatos aflaattoa to hlaarif. and while not so designated, he was as a mat «* r of fact l. first tnsurg.-ut He received no support in his contention ** 'her 'r n r s n ; arM t.-r ’he Republicans. but shat, in those days, were i saWdscsd (ha «dt» vsportags of aa eaeaedingly eloquent schoolboy w ho had t! ten 1-to < U*r.aa have since turned out to be the opinion of eminent I '. ;. i in t!. affairs of*the nation, and Bailey s views on the etpreased tsenty jears ago have practically been adopted by the hoaaa of representatives MRS. POTTER PALMER STUDIES ART i Mrs Potter Palmer has returned from Paris to Berlin, where she took a thorough course of study in the pic ture galleries and museums. This she did by way of preparation for society functions ne*t winter, when she will visit Chicago. Mrs. Palmer believes that more ar tistic appreciation should be devel . «ped in the social life of Chicago, and with this object in view she put her self under direction of the learned Dr Bode of Berlin. Dr. Bode, who is director of the Royal museums. Is rec ognized as the best living authority on the old masters. His books and catalogues are of the highest value in the art world, and he Is frequently consulted by such collectors as Plerpont Morgan, but this is the flrnt time Dr. Bode has had a society lead er for a pupil. He is loud in his praises of the artistic aptness and Intel’igence shown by bis Chicago dis ciple s m Boa* loitomea me peripatetic system—that is. be took bis pupil mrmmmi to ike galleries and museums and In them gave object lessons on the ikanry «f art which be Is expounding The course required several weeks. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. ONE. The following proposed amendment to the constitution of the State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub mitted to the electors of the State of Ne braska. to be voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, November 5th. A. D. 1912. “AX ACT tor a Joint resolution propos ing amendment to Section 1 and Sec tion 10 Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, and supplement ing Article entitled •Amendments/ Be It Resolved and Enacted by the Legis lature of the Slate of Nebraska: Section 1. That at the general election for stale and legislative oiticers to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday In November. i9l2. the folio* mg . provisions be proposed and submitted as amendment to Section 1 and Section 10 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska: Section 2. That Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ne braska is hereby amended to read as fol lows: M Section 1. The legislative authority of the state shall be vested in a legislature consisting of a senate and house of repre sentatives. but the people reserve to • themselves power to propose laws, and amendments to the constitution, and to enact or reject the same ut the polls in dependent of the legislature, and also re serve power at their own option to ap prove or' reject at the polls any act. item, section, or part of any act passed by the legislature. Section 1A. The first power reserved by the people is the initiative. Ten per cent of the legal voters of the state, so distributed as to include five per cent of the legal voters in each cf two-fifths of the counties of the state, may propose any measure by petition, which shall contain the full text of the measure so proposed. Provided, that proposed Con stitutional Amendments shall require a ! petition of fifteen per cent of '.he legal J voters of the State distributed as above provided. Initiative petitions (except for i municipal and wholly local legislation) ; shall be filed with the Secretary of State t and be by him submitted to the voters at i the first regular state election held not less than four months after such filing. The same measure, either tn form or in | essential substance, shall not be sub ! mined to the people by initiative petition i (either affirmatively or negatively) ! oftener than once in three years. If con flicting measures submitted to the people at the same election shall be approved, i the one receiving the highest number of y Urinative votes shall thereby become aw as to all conflicting provisions. The ■ Constitutional limitations as to scope and v'lbject matter of statutes enacted by the l gislature shall arply to those enacted ly the Initiative. J Section 1B. The second power reserved •s ttie referendum. It may be ordered by | a petition of ten per cent of the legal \ voters of the state, distributed as re quired for initiative petitions. Referen dum petitions against measures passed i by the legislature shall be filed with the ( Secretary of State within ninety days after the legislature enacting the same adjourns sine die or for a period longer flan ninety days; and elections thereon ; thall be had at the first regular state i election held not less than thirty days : after such iiline Section 1C. The referendum may he ordered upon any act except acts making | appropriations for the expenses of the state government, and state institutions existing at the time such act is passed. When the referendum is ordered upon an act or any part thereof it shall suspend ts operation until the same Is approved >y the voters: provided, that emergency acts, or acts for the immediate preserva tion of the public peace, health, or safety shall continue in effect until rejected by I the voters or repealed bv the legislature. Filing of a referendum petition against one or more Items sections, or parts of an act shall not delay the remainder of the measure from becoming operative. Section 1D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any mem ber of the legislature of the right to in troduce any measure. The whole number I of votes cast for governor at the regular election last preceding the filing of any initiative or referendum petition shall be the basis on which ttie number of legal voters required to sign such petition shall be computed. The veto power of the gov ernor shall not extend to measures initi ated by or referred to the people. All such measures shall become the law or a Cart of the constitution when approved v a majority of the votes cast thereon, provided, the votes cast in favor of said initiative measure or part of said Consti tution shall constitute thirty-live per rent (35<£) of the total vote cast at said election, and not otherwise, and shall take effect upon proclamation by the governor, which shall be made within ten days of the completion of the official canvass. The vote upon initiative and referendum measures shall be returned and canvassed in the same manner as is prescribed in the case of presidential electors. The method of submitting and adopting amendments to the constitution provided by this section shall be supple mentary to the method prescribed In the article of this Constitution, entitled 'Amendments.' and the latter shall in no case be construed to conflict herewith. This amendment shall be self-executing, but legislation may be enacted especially to facilitate its operation. In submitting petitions and orders for the initiative and the referendum, the Secretary of State and ull other officers shall be guided by ; this amendment and the general laws until additional legislation shall be espe cially provided therefor: all propositions submitted in pursuance hereof shall be submitted In a non-partisan manner and without any indication or suggestion on the ballot that they have been approved or endorsed by any political party or or ganization. and provided further that only the title of measures shall be printed on the ballot, and when two or more measures have the same title they shall be numbered consecutively In the order of filing with the Secretary of State and Including the name of the first petitioner. Section 3. That Section 10. of Article 3. of the Constitution of the state of Ne braska be amended to read as follows: Section 10. The style of ail bills shall he ‘‘Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska." and no law shall be enaciPd except b” bill. No bill shall be passed by the legislature, unless by assent of a majority of all the members elected to each house of the legislature and the question upon final passage shall be taken Immediately upon its Inst read ing and the yeas and nays shall be en teied upon the Journal. Section 4. That at said election on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November. 1912, on the ballot of each elector voting thereat there shall be printed or written the words: "For pro posed amendment to the constitution re serving to the people the right of direct legislation through the initiative and ref erendum," and "Against proposed amend ment to the constitution reserving to the people the right of direct legislation through the initiative and referendum." : And if a majority of all voters at said • election shall be in favor of such amend ment the same shall be deemed to be adopted. The returns of said election upon the adoption of this amendment shall be made to the state canvassing board and said board shall canvass the vote upon the amendment herein in the : same manner as is prescribed in the case I >f presidential electors. If a majority of the votes cast at the election be in favor of tne proposed amendment tne governor within ten days after the result is ascer tained. shall make proclamation declar ing the amendment to be part of the con stitution of the state, and when so de clared the amendment herein proposed shall be in force and self-executing. Approved March 24. 1911 I. Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of the State of Nebraska do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Ne braska is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled and engrossed bill, as passed by the Thirty-second session of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska as appears from said original bill on file in tills office, and that said proposed amendment is submitted to the qualified voters of the state of Nebraska for their adoption or rejection at the general elec tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of November. A. D. 1912. In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin coln, this 20th day of Mav, in the year of our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth and of this Stnte the Forty sixth. ADDISON WAIT. [Seal] Secretary of State. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. TWO. The following proposed amendment to the constitution of the State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub mitted to the electors of the State of Ne braska. to be voted unon at the general election to be held Tuesday, November Sth. A. D. 1911. "A JOIN® RESOLUTION on proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska. Be It Resolved and Enacted by the Legis lature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That at the general electlor ftp state and legislative officers to be held on the Tuesday following the first Mon day in November, 1812. the following be submitted as an amendment to Section 4 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska: Sec. 4. At the first election of mem bers of the legislature held after the1 adoption of this amendment members of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall be elected for the term of two years. Both senators and representatives shall each receive pay at the rate of six hun dred dollars for each regular’ session of the Legislature, during their term, and ten cents for every mile they shall travel in going to and returning from the place of meeting of the legislature, on the most usual route. That neither members of the legislature nor employes shall re ceive any pay or perquisites other than their salary and mileage. Each session, except special session, shall not be less than sixty days. After the expiration of twenty days of the session, no bills nor joint resolutions of the nature of bills shall be introduced, unless the governor shall by special message call the atten tion of the legislature to the necessity of passing a law on the sublet-matter em braced in the message, and the introduc tion of bills shall be restricted thereto. Provided, that the general appropria tion bills may be introduced up to and Including the fortieth day. Sec. 2. That at said election on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November. 1912. on the ballot of each elector voting thereat there shall be printed or written the words: “For pro posed amendment 4to the constitution fix ing the term of office and salary for members of the legislature," and “Against proposed amendment to the constitution fixing the term of office and salary for members of the legislature.” And if a majority of all the voters at the add election shall be in favor of such amendment the same shall be deemed to be adopted. The returns of said election upon the adoption of this amendment shall be made to the State Canvassing Board and that Board shall canvass the vote upon the amendment herein in the same manner as is prescribed in the case of presidential electors. If a majority of the votes cast at the election be in favor of the proposed amendment the governor, within ten days after the result Is ascer tained. shall make proclamation declar ing the amendment to be part of the constitution of the state, and when so declared the same shall be in force. Approved Anril 10. 1911." I. Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of the State of Nebraska do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Ne braska Is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled and engrossed bill, as passed by the Thirty-second session of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, ns anpears from said original bill on file In this office, and that said proposed amendment is submitted to the qualified voters of the state of Nebraska for their adoption or rejection at the general elec tion to be held on Tnesdav, the 5th day of November. A. D. 1912. Tn Testimony Whereof. T have, hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska. Hone at Lin coln. this 29th dav of Mav. In the year of our T^v-d. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty sixth. AUniSON WATT. fSeall Secretary of Stats. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. THREE. The following proposed amendment to the constitution of the State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth In full, is sub mitted to the electors of the State of Ne braska. to be voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday. November 5th. A. D. 19X2. "A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Sec tion nineteen 119) of Article five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Nebras ka creating a Board of Commissioners of State Institutions. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That Section nineteen '19). of Article five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows: Section 19. The Governor shall, prior to the adjournment of the thirty-third session of the legislature, nominate and. with the consent of two-thirds of the members of the Senate in Executive Ses sion. appoint three electors of the state, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party and no two of whom shall reside at the time of their appointment in the same congressional district, as members of a board to be known as a “Board of Commissioners of State Institutions." Said members shall hold office as designated by the Governor for two. four and six years respectively. Subsequent appointments shall be made as provided and. except to fill vacan cies. shall be for a period of six years. The Board shall at all times be subject to the above restrictions and limitations. The Board of Commissioners shall have full power to manage, control and gov ern. subject only to such limitations as shall be established by law, the State Soldiers' Home. Hospitals for the Insane. Institute for the Deaf. Institute for the Blind. Industrial Schools. Institute for Feeble Minded Children. Nebraska Indus trial Home. Orthopedic Hospital, the State Penitentiary and all charitable, re formatory and penal institutions that shall be by law established and main tained by the state of Nebraska. They shall each give bonds, receive compensa tion for service, perform ail duties and comply with all regulations that shall be established by law. The powers pos sessed by the Governor and Board of Public Lands and Buildings with refer ence to the management and control of the Institutions herein named shall, on July 1. 1913. cease to exist In the Gov ernor and the Board of Public Lands and Buildings and shall become vested in a Board of Commissioners of State Institu tions. and the said Board is on July 1, 1913. and without further process of law. au thorized and directed to assume and ex ercise all the powers heretofore vested In or exercised by the Governor or Board of Public Lands and Buildings with ref erence to the Institutions of the state named herein, .but nothing herein con tained shall limit the general supervisory or examining powers vested in the Gover nor by the laws or constitution of the state, or such as are vested by him in anv committee appointed by him. Section 2. That at the general election, in November. 1912. there shall be submit ted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection the foregoing pro posed amendments to the constitution in the following form: On the. ballot of each elector voting for or against said pro posed amendment shall be printed or written “For proposed amendment to the Constitution creating a Board of Com missioners of State institutions" and "Against said proposed amendment to the constitution creating a Board of Commissioners of State Institutions.” Section 3. If such amendment to Sec tion nineteen (19) of Article five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska shall be approved by a majority of all electors voting at such election said amendment shall constitute Section nine teen (19) of Article five (5) of the con stitution of the state of Nebraska. Approved April 10. 1911." I. Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of the State of Nebraska do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Ne braska is a true and correct copy of the i original enrolled and engrossed bill, as passed by the Thirty-second session of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, as appears from said original bill on file in this office, and that said proposed amendment is submitted to the qualified voters of the state of Nebraska for thejr adoption or rejection at the general elec tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of November. A. D. 1912. In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin coln. this 20th day of Mav. In the year of our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty sixth. ADDISON WAIT. [Seal] Secretary of State. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. FOUR. The following proposed amendment to the constitution of the State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub mitted to the electors of the State of Ne braska. to be voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, November 5th. A. D. 1912. "A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose amendments to Section five (5) of Article six (6) and Section thirteen (13) of Article sixteen (16) of the constitu tion of the state of Nebraska as found in the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1909 (Section thirteen (13) of Article eighteen (IS) of Cobbey’s An notated Statutes for 1909), relating to time of electing judges of the supreme court, fixing the time of the general election and providing for holding over of Incumbents until their successors, are elected nnd qualified. Be it Resolved and Enacted by the Legis lature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1., That Section Five (5) of Article Slz (6) of tne Constitution of the State of Nebraska bo amended to read as follows: 'Section 5. That at the general election to bo held In the State of Nebraska hi the year 191*. and each she years there after. there shall be elected three (3) judges of the Supreme Court, who shall hold their office for the period of six (6) years: that at the general election to be held in the State of Nebraska in the year 1918. and each six years thereafter there shall be elected three (3) judges of the Supreme Court, who shall hold their office for the period of six years; and at the general election to be held in the State of Nebraska in the year 1920 and each 6ix (6) years thereafter there shall be elected a chief justice of the Supreme Court, who shall -hold his office for the period of six (6) years. Provided. That the member of the Supreme Court whose term of office expires in January. 1914. shall be chief justice of the Supreme Court during that time until the expira tion of his term of office. Section 2. That Section Thirteen 413» of Article Sixteen (16) of the constitution of the State of Nebraska as found in the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1909 (Section thirteen (13) of Article eighteen (IS) of Cohbey's Annotated Statutes for 1909) be amended to read as follows: Section 11 The general election of this state shall be held on the Tuesday suc ceeding the first Monday in November in the year 1914 and every two years thereafter. All state, district, county, precinct and township officers, by the constitution or laws made elective by the people, except school district officers, and municipal officers In cities, villages and towns, shall be elected at a general elec tion to be held as aforesaid. Judges of the supreme, district and county courts, all elective county and precinct officers, and all other elective officers, the time for the election of whom is not herein otherwise provided for. and which are not included i:^ the above exception, shall be elected on the Tuesday succeed ing the first Monday in November. 1913. and thereafter at the general election next preceding the time of the termina tion for their respective terms of office. Provided, That no office shall be vacated thereby, but the incumbent thereof shall hold over until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Section 3. The form of ballot on the amendments proposed herein shall be as follows: "For proposed amend lients to the constitution providing for general election once in two years" and “Against propos’d amendments to the constitution providing for general election once in two years." Approved April 7. 1911.” I. Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of the State of Nebraska do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Ne braska is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled and engrossed bill, as passed by the Thirty-second session of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, as appears from said original bill on file in this office, and that said proposed amendment is submitted to the qualified voters of the state of Nebraska for their adoption or rejection at the general elec tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of November. A. D. 1912. In Testimony Whereof. I have, hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin coln. this 20th dnv of May. In the year of our I ord. One Thousind Nine Hundred and Twelve, nnd of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty sixth. ADDISON WAIT. [Seal] Secretary of State. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. FIVE. The following proposed amendment to the constitution of the State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub mitted to the electors of the State of Ne braska. to be voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, November 5th. A. D. 1912. “AN ACT for a Joint Resolution to pro pose an amendment to the constitution of the State of Nebraska. Be it Resolved and Enacted by the Legis lature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That at the general election for state and legislative officers to be held in the State of Neoraska on the first Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, 1912. the following provision be proposed and submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska: Sec. 2. Any city having a popula tion of more than five thousand (5.000) inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government, consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of this state, by causing a convention of fifteen freeholders, who shall have been for at least five years qualified electors thereof, to be elected by the qualified voters of said city at any general or spe cial election, whose duty it shall be within four months after such election, to prepare and propose a charter for such city, which charter, when completed, with a prefatory synopsis, shall be signed by the officers and members of the conven tion. or a majority thereof, and deliv ered to the clerk of said city, who shall publish the same in full, with his official certification, in the official paper of said city, if there be one. and if there be no official paper, then in at least one news paper published and in general circula tion in said city, three times, and a week apart, and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualified electors of saio city at a general or special election, and if a majority of such qualified voters, voting thereon, shall ratify the same, it shall at the end of sixty days thereafter, become the charter of said city, arid supersede any existing charter and all amendments thereof. A duplicate cer tificate shall be made, setting forth the charter proposed and its ratification (to gether with the vote for and against) and duly certified by the City Clerk, and au thenticated by the corporate seal of said city and one copy thereof shall be filed with the secretary of state and the other deposited among the archives of the city, and. shall thereupon become and be the charter of said city, and ail amendments to such charter, shall be authenticated in the same manner, and filed with the sec retary of state, and deposited in the archives of the city. Sec. 3. But if said charter be re jected. then within six months thereafter the Mayor and council or governing au thorities of said city may call a special election at which fifteen members of a new charter convention shall be eleeled to be called and held as above in such city, and they shall proceed as above to frame a charter which shall in like man ner and to the like end be published and submitted to a vote of said voters for their approval or rejection. If again re jected. the procedure herein designated may be repeated until a charter is finally approved by a majority of those voting thereon, and certified (together with the vote for and against) to the secretary of state as aforesaid, and a copy thereof deposited in the archives of the city, whereupon it shall become the charter of said city. Members of each of said char ter conventions shall be elected at large; and they shall complete their labors within sixty days after their respective election. rno cnarter snail maxe proper pro vision for continuing, amending or repeal ing the ordinances of the city. See.,4. Such charter so ratified and adopted may be amended, or a charter convention called, by a proposal therefor made by the law-making body of such city or by the qualified elector* in num ber not less than five per cent of the next preceding gubernatorial vote in such city, by petition filed with the council or gov erning authorities. The council or gov erning authorities shall submit the same to a vote of the qualified electors at the next general or special election not held within thirty days after such petition is filed, in submitting any such charter or charter amendments, any alternative article or section may be presented for the choice of the voters and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others. Whenever the question of a charter convention is carried by a ma jority of those voting thereon, a charter convention shall be called through a spe cial election ordinance, and the same shall he constituted and held and the proposed charter submitted to a vote of the qualified electors, approved or reject ed. as provided in Section two hereof. The City Clerk of said city shall publish with his official certification, for three times, a week apart in the official paper of said city. If there be one. and If there be nd* official paper, then In at least one newspaper, published and In general cir culation in anid city, the full text of anr charter or charter amendment to be voted on at any general or special elec tion. No charter or charter amendment adopted under the provisions of this amendment shall be amended or repealed except by electoral vote. And no such charter or charter amendment shad di minish the tax rate for state purposes fixed by act of the legislature, or inter fere In any wise with the collection of state taxes. Sec. 5. That at aald election In the year 1912. on the ballot of each elector voting thereat, there shall be printed or written the words—"For proposed amend ment to the Constitution allowing cities of more than five thousand Inhabitants in this state to frame their own city char ter." and “Against proposed amendment to constitution allowing cities of more than five thousand inhabitants in mis state to framq their own charters." And short a harvest hand. He went to Kinsley, a mile away, in his auto, lie found a man there, dumped him into his auto and took him out to the (arm. Next morning, when the drunkard had come out of it, he asked now far it was to town. The farmer told him fifteen miles, and promised to take him in the following Saturday if he would help harvest that week The man worked all week without know ing that he was only a mile from town.—Kansas City Journal. Different. Albert J. Beveridge said in Chicago of a corrupt boss: “He's very cirtuous—h. very virtu- * ous. y “A millionaire once went to him and eaid: " I want to get in the senate. Will you sell me your support?’ “‘No, sir!' the boss answered, strik ing himself upon the chest. 'No, sir! I’m a free-born American citizen and 1*11 sell my support to no man.’ “ ‘But,’ said the millionaire, blandly, as he drew out his checkbook and fountainpen. but, if you won't sell me your support, perhaps you'll rent it to me for the term of this campaign?’ “ Now you're talking.1 said the boss in a mollified tone." CAREFUL DOCTOR Prescribed Change of Food Instead of Drugs. It takes considerable courage for a doctor to deliberately prescribe only food for a despairing patient, instead of resorting to the usual list of medi cines. There are some truly scientific phy sicians among the present generation who recognize and treat conditions as they are and should be treated, re gardless of the value to their pockets, Here’s an instance: "Pour years ago I was taken with severe gastritis and nothing would stay on my stomach, so that I was on the verge of starvation. “I heard of a doctor who had a sum mer cottage near me—a specialist from N. Y.—and as a last hope, sent for him. “After he examined me carefully he advised me to try a small quantity of Grape-Nuts at first, then as my stomach became stronger to eat more. “I kept at it and gradually got so I could eat and digest three teaspoon fuls. Then I began to have color in my face, memory became clear, where before everything seemed a blank. My limbs got stronger and I could walk. So I steadily recovered. “Now after a year on Grape-Nuts I weigh 15-3 lbs. My people were sur prised at the way I grew fleshy and strong on this food.’’ Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, “The Road to Well* rille,’’ in pkgs. “There’s at reason.” Ever rend the abort letter? A acre one appear* from time to time. Tbt? •re aenulne, true, and (all •( human iMinvkt A tl % .