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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-15
C0NTR FACTORS
The Leading Contractors and Ensineera
Of Chicago and the Work They
Are Doin9

head Of the big public contracting
firm Of W. II. Lyman & Co.
~9A
Byrne Brothers Dredging and En-.
cheering Company win praise be.
cause Of their reasonable figures and
splendid work.
Edmund NJ. Alien, one Of the best
liked and most widely known men In
illinois. who made a splendid record
as Warden of the State Penitentiary
and as Mayor Of Joliet. has accepted
the presidency Of the big D. A. Stuart
& Co. Corporation. This company
deals in high.grade lubricating oils
and greases. It's Frost King Motor
Oil will give pep to your motor.
Richard M. Hennessey. the we'll
known building contractor. has an
honored record for ability and en-.
cheney.
A. Cheney, the we'll known team.
ing contractor II 100 East Grand ave-
nue., 10 much talked Of for County
! Commissioner.
The Ohio Sandstone Company has
a deservedly high reputation for its
building stone and stone curbing.
| All plants of the Chicago Pneumatic
Tool Company, manufacturers Of Lit.
tie Giant trucks, are working at full
capacity. according to w. o. Duntley.
president Of the concern. At the rate
orders are coming In factory add.
tons will have to be made In the near
future.
The American Cast Iron Pipe Com.
pany stands for quality and service.
The wonderful organization Of it, big
plant Is responsible for the great rep.
utation enjoyed by its products.
w. 8. Tothill, the great manufac
turer Of gymnasium and playground
apparatus, at 1915 Webster avenue
has q national reputation because Of
the excellence and reliability Of hi
products.
Albert lei Of 40 Orleans street Il
an importer Of the famous Coralls
water from Livorne in Tuscany
Italy. This water 10 recommended
for stomach and liver troubles by thu
best physicians in Europe. Il 10 sait
to be q specific for diabetes and - {
table water 10 40 popular that II Il
used on the tables Of the noblest fam
lilies In Italy.
. william H. Baker made good rec
, ord on the Sanitary Board.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-15

The election machinery Of Chicago
and Cook County 10 In safe hands with
Judge Scully ut the head Of It.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-15
STUCKART NOT TO
BLAME
High Taxes Are Work of Assess.
sors and Not of County
Treasurer.

Henry stuckart. county treasurer.
objects to being blamed for the in.
crease in taxes. He announced that
he Is going to tack signs on the wall
in his Office SO that citizens who visit
the county treasurer's ONCE to pay
their taxes will know that the mem.
bers of the board Of assessors are to
blame for the increased taxes and not
the county treasurer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-15

Louis c. Roccs. Of the we'll known
North Side undertaking nrm Of Roc.
ca Brothers, at .23S West Division
street. 10 respected By al who know
him. He 10 popular with everybody
In and out Of politics. and he 10 gener.
ally regarded % Q coming man.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-15

w. 8. Tothill, the great manufac.
turer Of gymnasium and playground
apparatus, at 1915 Webster avenue.
has national reputation because Of
the excellence and reliability Of his
products.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-15


There are no more criminals. Every
cold.blooded murderer and thief is Q
moron now days according to the
pestiferous reformers who are running
things in Chicago. A woman 10 slain
in her kitchen. The murderer IL
caught. Don't hang him. he's
moron shout the reformers." and he
Is not hanged. A mother and her babe
are killed by q brute. HE 10 moron"
declare the reformers. It is bad
enough for the reformers to be steal
ing the taxpayers money for q hun.
dred alleged reforms" but when they
keep on breeding murderers, they de-
serve the rope themselves.
The theatrical procession. men and
women. the legal profession. leading
business men and all other callings
praise the Morrison photograph stu
dos. Clara Louise Hagins. secretary
Of the studio. is always there to see
that ladies receive every attention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Federal Farm Loan Board Manned

Observation-Disclosures of the coun,
try into twelve federal land bank dis.
tricts, and location of federal land
banks In each of them, under the new
rural credits law. will be undertaken
soon by the federal farm loan board
four of whose members were nomi.
mated Thursday by President Wilson.
Secretary McAdoo, who, as an ex-offi.
clio member, completes the board, said,
however, that he believed it would be
impossible to conclude organization of
the system in less than six months,
and that 1t might not be In actual OBJ
Grafton before next spring. The four
men nominated as members of the
board are Charles E. Lobdell of Kan.
sas, George w. Norris of Pennsy].
vania, W. S. A. Smith of Iowa and Her.
bert Quick Of West Virginia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
TEXAS GETS LARGEST
sum FOR GOOD ROADS
State Must Have Highway Commits.
sion Before Fund Can Be Secured.
What Other States Get.

Washington.-Southern states have
Oeen allotted $S5O,9S3 of the 100000
federal road fund available for this
fiscal year under the new federal aid
road act, the department of agriculture
announced Thursday.
Texas was given 1921, 1927, the larg
est sum that went to any state. Okla
homa received $115,139, Arkansas $780,.
sos and Louisiana $67,474
In order to secure this apportion.
ment the State of Texas must create
state highway commission or depart.
ment. At present only three states are
without such department.
Besides these states, Georgia re.
ceived $1S4,329, North Carolina $114,.
3S1, Tennessee $114,15S, Alabama
$104,14S, Virginia $99,660, Kentucky
$97,471, South Carolina $71,S07, Mis-
sissippi $SS,9O5 and Florida $55,976.
The apportionment was made by
states as required by the law, one
third in the ratio Of area, one-third in
the ratio Of population, and one.third
in the ratio of mileage of rural deliv-
cry routes and star routes.
The total fund contains $4,000, 900
and in future years will be divided as
follows: 1918, $1O,OOO,OOO; 1919, $751;
100000; 1920, $2O,OOO,OOO, and 1921,
$25,OO0O0O. The act requires that the
apportionment for each year shall be
made in the same manner.
New York was given the second
largest amomt-$250,72O; Pennsyl-
vania third, $23O,644, and Illinois
fourth, s22O,926.
The $15O,OOO,O 900 is to be paid half by
the government and half by the vari-
Gus states, apportioned according to
their respective area, population and
rural mail route mileage.
The expenditures are authorized by
the Shackleford-B ankhead good roads
law, the first granting federal aid to
states in road building. 1t was signed
July II last, by President Wilson and
government officials are preparing to
put its provisions into early operation.
Actual construction of some of the
roads may begin this fall, and extern
slVe construction next spring is plan.
ned.
Appropriations for the present year,
ending July l, 1917, authorized by con.
gress, amount to $5,00O,OOO. For the
four succeeding years they are, respec.
lively, ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty
five million dollars. The law provides
that no government money shall be
available unless the states spend an
equal amount.
Every cent of the federal and state
funds, the act provides, shall be spent
to build new roads. Maintenance costs
thereafter must be borne by the states
alone.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Ralph De Palma Wins Race

Kansas City, Mo.--Over a dirt track
that had become SO rough that driv.
ers likened 1t to a "plowed field" and
combating heat that was unofficially
given as 1O7 degrees, Ralph de Palma,
In German-made. Mercedes. won the
lOO-mile motor race. feature of the
days card, at the new lh-mile speed.
way Saturday His time was ] hour
AZ minutes "a seconds, an average of
1888 miles an hour, almost eight miles
below the worlds dirt track record.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
TO BETTER PROVIDE
FOR BORDER TROOPS
SENATE PROVIDES FOR BETTER
CAMP CONDITIONS, PRIVILEGE
TO VOTE IN FIELD, ETC.
SCATTER VILLA BANDITS
Sharp SkIrmish With Carranza Troops
Forced Villa Bandits to Take to
diIIs.-No Agreement Reached
on Mexican Troubles.

Washington.-lnc pay for Of
ficers and men of the regular army
and national guard in active service
for the Mexican emergency, improved
camp conditions to safeguard their
health and authorization for them to
vote in the field at the coming presi
Dental election were provided In
amendments to the army appropriation
bill agreed to Thursday by the senate
BY vote of Al to 13 the senate
also suspended the rules to adopt an
amendment changing the age mini
mum for enlistment in the regular
army from q to Is years, with the con.
sent of parent or guardian.
Under the provision boys under q
now serving in the army would not be
retained in the service unless they
filed within thirty days written con.
sent of their parents or guardians.
The amendment was adopted without
a roll call.
Senator Reed of Missouri offered the
amendment which would make the ex'
listing provision for increased pay to
the army when in service on foreign
soil apply also to service on the Mexi.
can border.
Under it officers will receive a 10
per cent and enlisted men 20 per cent
increase in pay. In adopting 1t the
senate also increased the house appro.
priation for pay from $1,05O,OOO to
$14,17S,240.
The amendment giving soldiers In
the Mexican service authority to vote
In the field at the national election
passed without opposition.
AS a safeguard to the health Of sol
diers, an amendment was adopted ap-
propriating $250,0O0 for construction
Of wooden floors and screens in troop
tents along the border.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
INQUIRIES Into RrltaIn,s Blacklist.

Washington.-An informal inquiry
has been made by the state depart.
nent of the British embassy for in.
formation concerning the application
If Great Britain's trading with the
enemy act" to American business
firms and corporations. Facts also are
being sought from the concerns in
he United States which have been
placed on the so-called blacklist under
he act. 1t was stated officially at the
department. Friday that the govern.
nent was preparing to act in defense
If American interests and that the
lext step would be to instruct Am.
aassador Page to request further in.
formation from the British foreign Of
ice.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Trainmen Vote for Strike.

st. Louis, Mo.-The strike vote of
the four train service brotherhoods
which ended Wednesday, resulted
overwhelmingly in favor of strike.
Advices from all sections of the coun.
try justify the forecast that from be-
tween SO and 9S per cent of the broth.
erhoods' membership have voted in
favor of a nationwide strike, affecting
practically every railroad In the Unit.
ed States and approximately 100000
employees.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Pros Choose Hanly.

st. Paul, Minn.-The prohibition ma
tional convention, which has been In
session since Wednesday, adjourned
sine die Friday after nominating j.
Frank Hanly, former governor of In
diana, as candidate for president Of
the United States, and Dr. Ira D.,
Landrith of Nashville, Tenn, as can.
didate for vice president. DR.. Land.
rith's nomination was made unani
nous after the other vice presidential
candidates had withdrawn. Mr.. Han.
Iy's nomination came on the first bal
lot and followed a number of hurried
conferences between advocates of the
candidacy of William Sulzer, former
governor Of New York, and several
brief demonstrations in the latter's
behalf, which, however, were offset
by the outbursts Of enthusiasm that
followed every mention of Mr.. Hanly's
name.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
MILLIONS VOTED FOR
ARMY BY THE SENATE
Nearly $7oO,OOO,oOo Voted for Natlona
Defense in the Fiscal Year
of 1917.

Washington-Nearly 100000, 900 FOL
national defense in the fiscal year 1917
is the aggregate Of proposed appro
priations reached in the senate Thurs
day with the passage of the army ap
preparation bill carrying in round mum
bers $314,4OO,OOO.
This grand total for preparedness
still is subject to revision, however
because the army bill will follow the
navy bill into conference, where re-
auctions are probable.
The appropriations for preparedness
as they now stand are as follows:
Army $313,970,447.10.
Navy S315,S26,843.55.
Fortifications $25,74S,O5O.
Military academy $2,23S,32S
Army and navy deficiency s27,55s,
34S05.
Total $6S5,343,O1727.
AS 1t passed the senate the army bill
exceeded the appropriations made by
the house by more than $131 ,O00, 900.
In the final hours Of debate on the
measure the senate agreed to an ap.
preparation Of $2,0OO,O0O for relief OF
dependent families of national guards.
men and regular army soldiers In serv.
ice in the Mexican emergency. Dis.
tribution of the fund is left to the dis,
erection of the secretary of war, but in
no case shall any dependent family re.
ceive more than $50 month.
AS soon as the army bill was out of
the way the senate took up and passed
after brief debate the military acad.
envy appropriation bill carrying ST..
2SS,32S.57, an increase of $1,O19,524
over the house authorization.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Cause Of EXPLOSION Given.

Cleveland, Ohio.-The bodies of the
eleven men entombed in the west side
water works tunnel may not be recov-
cred for week as result of investi.
cations Thursday, which disclosed that
gas continues to pour into the tunnel
and that there is great danger of a
second explosion wrecking the tunnel
and the outer crib.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
james WhItcomb Riley Dead.

indianapolis, Ind.-James Whitcomb
Riley, the Indiana poet, died Satur.
day. True poet of the provinces was
James Whitcomb Riley; born of the
Middle West, he sang the Joys, sor.
rows. fancies and humors of its folk,
largely in its own dialect, and the
world was so touched by his inspira-
ton and the realism of his homely
symbols that he was one of the few
that deVoting their lives to poetry
have gained fortune. Mr.. Riley was
peculiarly sensitive to the advance of
age and evaded inquiries as to the
date of his birth, but the most accur.
ate information available indicated
that he was horn In 184S. Should YOU
ask his age" one of his friends said,
"he would answer that he was this
side of forty and leave you to guess
which side"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Dead officer Is Cleared Of Blame.

San Antonio, Texan official re.
port on the killing of Lieutenant Colo.
la M. c. Butler at Alpine, Texas, last
week by Harry SPANIEL completely
clears the name of the dead officer.
The report transmitted to Major Gen.
sral Funston Thursday by Colonel J.
A. CASTOR says Colonel Butler was
aware that SPANIEL was jealous of his
wife and took care never to be with
her except when others were present.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
"conseience" Fund Is Incrsa.ed

Washington Contributions to the
treasury's conscience fund" for the
fiscal year ending June 80 amounted to
$S4,S2S.15, making total Of s4sS..
1884 returned by persons whose con.
sciences were uneasy over frauds
against the government.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Famous Chemist Dead.

London.-Sir William Ramsay, emf
nent as a chemist, died Sunday. Sir
William Ramsay had attained, a high
place in the worldsof chemistry and
was well known in scientific circles
for his research work and mis- ability
as a teacher.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04

Harlingen, Textile first 100 bale
Of 1915 cotton produced in the United
States were bought Wednesday by R.
A. Nicholson of Ballinger, Texas, at
Harrington. This cotton was grown In
the lower Rio Grande valley, where
each year the first bale has been pro.
duced up to the first time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Farmer,s WIfe slaln.

Waxahachie, Tex.--With her head
beaten to a pulp, the body Of Mrs. ].
]. Hoops, aged about 35. wife of we'll.
TODD farmer in the Bluff Springs com.
munity near Ferris, was found in q
clump OF bushes in a small draw near
the banks of Bear Creek Friday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Do YOU NEEDl1
REMEDI||

DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Rcsl i,
mended for everything. but 4
kidney. liver or bladder m.
be found just the reneag
Swamp-Root makes friend !
cause Its mild and lrnneda
soon realized in most es,e. n
healing herbal compound,
prescription which has pftK
curative value In THOUSAND. {
distressing cases ACCORDING
testimony.
All druggists In Soc sn1 ugI
You may have Q samph d
this always reliable preDsnt.
eel Post, also pamphlet teiga
Address DR.. Kilmer q O. !
N. T., and enclose ten cent d
this paper.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Fioht With Villas Men.

Chihuahua City-Government troops
fought a sharp skirmish with Villa
forces near Hacienda Tres Estrellas
Wednesday, scattering the bandits and
pursuing them into the hills, accord
Ing to reports to General Trevino from
General Arieta.
The Carranza column under Colonel
Quintana surprised the bandits, who
numbered about score.
Three outlaws were killed, the re.
port said.
General Matias Ramos, commanding
the forces engaged in the pursuit OF
Villas main band in Northern Du.
range, arrived Thursday with his per-
sonal escort at Escalon, about one hun.
dred miles north of Torres, and is pre-.
pairing detailed report of recent op.
erations for transmission, he advised
General Trevino.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
MORE RICE ACREAGE
IN SOUTHERN STATES
Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas as a
Whole Show Increase This Year
over Last.

Beaumont, Tex.-Rice acreage in
Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas is 6.2
per cent greater this year than in 1915,
according to the preliminary estimate
issued by the Southern Rice Growers
Association. The estimate was pre-
pared by E. A. Eignus, secretary and
general manager of the association,
and made public at the annual stock
holders meeting of the association
Wednesday.
Texas alone OF the three states
shows a reduction Of acreage, both Ar
kansas and Louisiana showing a mark
ed increase, with Louisiana leading in
the increased acreage. Texas shows
decrease of 22,874 acres, while Louis
lana shows an increase of 1854 acres.
Arkansas shows an increase Of 2S,6O2
acres this year over last. The total
increase for the year In the three
states is 46,272 acres, or 60 per cent.
The following comparison will show
the increase for the three states with
Texas showing a decrease:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04

For a man to make . SO
during courtship is much ~
is for him to make GOOD |
riage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
ROsarians Select Atlanta.

Observation-Disclosures. Ca, was sc.
fected as the convention city in 1917
Of the International Association of Ro.
tary clubs In convention Friday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Alaska Sold the U. 8, sso.ooo.Ooo,

Washington. Alaskan sales to the
United States in the last fiscal year
aggregated s5O.OOO,OOO, double the an
nual average since 1919.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
oklahemana Reached aord..

Brownsville, Textile First Okla
homa infantry reached the border Fri.
day and was assigned to the station
ct San Benito. Texas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
Totals .79O,272 744,OOO
Increase for the year, 46,272.

AuClGdSt iOl lAiC yCdiI 7u,@'H'
The estimate issued by the associa-
ton places the rice acreage in Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Atlantic coast
states and California at S6S,172 for the
year 1916. The government estimate
issued July places the acreage at
10000, and the millers' estimate Is.
sued July places the acreage at 49,.
500.
There we're $4,000 acres in rice last
year in the area covered by the asso.
cations report. California showed the
greatest increase in acreage, the acre
age this year being more than doubled
when compared to that of last year.
Only $4,000 acres were planted in rice
in California last year, while 10000
acres are planted in rice this year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04

Bashful men ore slsEs
claim them by right d NJ
quest.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04

Misunderstanding Secretary Folk
held another conference this week with
Eliseo Arredondo, General Carranza' s
ambassador-designate, in an effort to
reach an agreement for settlement of
matters in dispute between the two
governments. The fact that no an
nouncement followed the meeting was
construed to mean that satisfactory
reply had not been received from the
City OF Mexico to amendments the
Washington government has proposed
TO the commission plan suggested by
General Carranza.
The full report of Major General
Bliss on his inspection of national
guardsmen in the Brownsville district,
made public this week at the war de-
partment, says that in an inspection Of
all camps and more than thirty thou
sand men reports of inefficiency and
bad rations were found to be wholly
false.
The one fault General Bliss found
and that he says is already remedied
was that during the first few days of
the mobilization the food lacked va
riety. Many of the guardsmen. Gen.
sral Bliss reported, said their rations
were better than the food they were
accustomed to at home.
Major General Bliss advised the war
department that he had completed in.
spections of the Missouri, New Hamp-
SHIRE and Maine infantry camped at
Laredo, Texas, and found Health condi.
tons excellent, less than / per cent
OF the command being in the hospital
and no serious cases reported.
san Antonio. Tex.-Four negro sol.
diers, members of the Eighth Illinois
National Guard, were shot Monday
night by squad Of the guard that had
come to the rescue of a white man
the soldiers were attacking near the
militia camp. None was seriously In.
!ureo' all the bullets striking in the
legs.
MT. Henne gave the following &C.
count OF the affray:
As / was driving by a saloon near
the entrance to the army post, on my
way home. q negro soldier hurled a
large rock at me. Immediately jump.
ca out OF my automobile, which was
being driven by Mexican chauffeur.
and ran into the saloon.
AS did SO negro soldier cried
out with an oath, Let's get him: he's
unarmed.'
I asked the saloon keeper for a
sun' out everybody in the place duck.
cd when the negroes, rapidly increas.
'nE In number. began to run my way.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04
WHY SUFFER SIKH j
When q Postcard Wlp
Samples Of cus'g|

Which give quick reha
Ing, burning. disaguring q
Battle with the Cuticura J
water. Dry and apply
ment to the affected pet /
itching instantly and M
healment often when q
Free sample each BY I1s
Address postcard, cusss
Boston. Sold everyEhsfs
An elaborate toInbslehs
tested will is the only ila'''
brings to some men
Do all the work yca (.
lots of lazy men who vla
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-04

NO MALARiA-No W
plantation" Chill Tonic ii
to drive away Chills and FaI
money refunded. Prlcs ss-s