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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
MRS. X. L. c. RIDGAwAY

Evanston, H., Feb. 24.--Mrs. Rosa
mond u. c. Ridgaway died at her home
here TO day. eighty-four years old; She
was married in 1854 to the Rev. Henry
b. Ridgsway, Methodist preacher Of
Maryland, who later became pastor OF
st. Paul's and other New York City
churches. When DR.. Ridgawsy died, in
1895, he was president of the Garrett
Biblical Institute here. She leaves .
brother, DR.. S. Cushman Caldwell, Of
New York.
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WILLIS SPERRY

Garden City, l.. l., Feb. 24.-Willis
sperry, ninety. years old, an inventor OF
home Of his granddaughter at Garden
City Estates as the result of burns
received when he set his night clothes
on fire yesterday.
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BIRTHS

BERssTElN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ.
Bernstein (nee Beatrice Abrams, 81
West 9th ST.. son on February -.
HERZoG-Mr. and Mrs, Harry Herzog. 80
West 10th st. tn.e Ssdye Sturtz). an
rounce the birth OF girl, February 10.
PROPP--To nr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Propp.
OF Upper Lake, y. y, at 2c2 Riverside
Drive, on February 90. a son. =
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ORyIN L. FOX

Oryin l.. Fox, editor and publisher
Of "The Music Trade Indicator" which
he established in 1875, died of heart
disease yesterday in Chicago. Mr.. Fog,
who was seventy-three years old, had
been associated with trade publications
for forty five years.
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IMPORTANT

Ensavensnt, Marriage, Birth. In
Nsreriam and Death Nstisss nay b
t.lephonol 10 Tns Tribune any time mp
4, nidnisht fer insertion in Tire next
says paper. JEt cad
Beekman 5000
and read the Notice as yos -sh u
inserted. BIll fer came viii Be NAILED
10 700 later. The notice win rsseA
over 100 900 readers daily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
PRESS CLUB HOST

u..;r and Reception Accompany An.
uusI Breakfast OF Organization
The woman's Press Club OF New
york City held It's annual breakfast
..,,srday at the Waldorf. The event
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

Club will take place on March 10, at
Sherry's
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney will give
a dinner tomorrow night at her house,
81 Fifth Avenue, and will sfterward
take her guests 20 the Fste des Fous,
the medieval masque, which closes the
annual exhibition Of the Architectural
League, in the Fine Arts Building, ai5
West Fifty-seventh Street. The dancers
will wear fourteenth century costumes.
The entertainment, which will pre-
cede the dancing, will INCLUDE songs o.
David Bisphsm and by the Scho "a Can
forum, under the direction OF Kurt
SCHNEIDER.
A Ml.Careme entertainment n aid
of the American Aviation Corps and
the Ambulance FRANCHISE de Pls-re-
fonds will be given on March 10 at the
Waldorf Miss Marie Dress
Ter, with company OF twenty-five, will
appear, and other we'll known profess
SIGNALS will take part. General dane
ing will follow the entertainment,
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CEMETERIES

TIE woopLAwN CEMErx1Y.
3.ad s. BY HxAsm Train and BY rrousN
Lots % sreail Scs for ssls
Once 20 East asa ats ~ Z -
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DEATHS

Allen, G. Leslie Honohxn. MsrgareI
A,.b.r CanillaT Hughev, Louisa A.
Barnard, Frederick Z. Isaac. Dora
eatehelder. g. F. jacobs, John
Bird. George ". Jones. Ellzabetn
Borden. John hing' "iiiishl IL
Boyd, Matilda T.. Lemley' Aiiee
r,mnh.II. Henri Lyermore. George W.
c,r,,v Annie McAuliH, Rose
60 At..T Mclaughlin, Catherine
Chsta.ld. Florence Z. Mchahon' Patrick
Cl,yk. CHARLES n. Mahon, james
ct.yk Walter Main, William l..
Coles, Emma NJ. MaSse, lsioor
Conkey, Caroline X. Mech horace
cumming, Laura NJ. Miller. Caroline I. r.
Currier, William 3. Moran, John J.
penp.rl.in, Ida huligsn. Richard 7.
pey. Hattie 6. Murphy, Martha
Dietrich, Minnie olivet, FERDINAND
win. Thomas Parker, Theodore J.
Pagan. Patrick Pax'on, Annie
Fischer, Margaret PritchsEd. Alfred u
rIt,slmrons, John Litter, William h.
Genneieh, CT Rubin, Jonn
Gibbs, elizabeth s. ssrles, Lucinda J.
Gil, Josephine ". shea. Mary
GooskInd, Rosa Shtb' Kew william =
GYahsn, William stock, Elizabeth
Granger, Willis Swan, Alden s..
G.eenvsld, HsnrietA West, Georte H.
Gregory. Harriet p. HoIahsn, Thomas H.
Grosch, Philip Writers, Jane T.
Naggsrty. Daniel woodward Mar H.
Warrington. Daniel T. Zolhnhofer. Eliza J.
billiard, Mary x.
ALLEN--As Stamford. Conn. on Friday.
February %, 1917. {. Leslie Allen. tu-
n.-al service will be held at the residence
Of bis daughter. Mrs. Z. A. Hall. 3si Bed
ford st., Stamford. Conn, on Monday
morning at II o'clock. Interment al
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, 1arrytovn. y. q.
ARCHER-on February %. 1917. Camilla IT,
widow OF william X. Archer, aged - years
Funeral service ~ In. home. Chester
Heights, Eat Chester. ". Y, on Sunday
AZ $50 =. N.
BARNARD On Friday, February -, 49,
at his late horne. 8 Broad 81. Newark,
n. j., Frederick Eugene Barnard. aged IS
yt..s. Relatives and friends are kindly
invited 10 attend tire funeral services sun
dsy afternoon a. o'clock. Please omit
flowers.
BATCHELDEh-sudd a: Hartford.
Conn.,. Februar7 %. 1917. Gwsndolsn Feg-
vid, vii. OF Nathaniel Horton ssteheldeT,
| srsd 30 years. Yunsral services and inter
men. a. Salem. Mass.
! BIRD-sGddsnly. Friday. February -. 1911
ss 49, West (sd st., Gscrrs Ws-v'ek Bird.
rtmsrsI service ss ysYieYs Of Charles a.
Bsnsdisk is0wss isth a.. Sunday altar
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Trimbelle

Chairman, Ed. Powers;
Supervisors, Mike Grady and Fred
Buckner;
Clerk, ]. T. Beddall;
Treasurer, John Swanson;
Assessor, George McLaughlin;
Justice Supreme Court-Owen lis;
Marshall 40.
1t was voted to build a town hall
in the center of the township near
August Kuschel's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12

grocery business of E. A. Peterson
at st. Paul and taken possession. Mr..
and Mrs. Larson expect to move to
ST. Paul soon. It is reported that the
Peterson family will move back to
Ellsworth.-Pierce County Herald.
Victor B. Halls of this place and
Miss Helen Winters Of Pepin were
united in marriage at St. Paul last
Thursday morning. Vic is the eff
cient linotype operator at the office
of the Ellsworth Record and likable
young man. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. duff Halls of Minneapolis. The
bride is a sister of Mrs. c. 0. Foss Of
this village and a charming young
lady. Mrs. Halls is at present stay
ing with Mr.. Halls parents in Min
neapolis, but expects to join her hus-
band here soon.-Pierce County Her
aid.
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SCHOOL CHILD ANCHORED FAST

The conscientious primary grade
teacher struggled for months in an
effort to make ore of her pupils who
was for too old for the grade, fit to
pass on into the next grade. She wor-
ried nights and worked daily on the
child before and after school but
without progress.
One day, the mother of one of the
other pupils visited the school. This
mother had been a we'll trained nurse
before her marriage. Her attention
was attracted to the backward child
and the teacher told Of her dishealt-
ening struggle.
"Bless your heart" said the visit
or, Don't you know that the child is
cretin and is a problem for the
medical rather than for the teaching
profession? An intelligent course of
treatment with thyroid gland extract
offers the only hope Of awakening her
mind. To all intents and purposes,
the child is now idiotic, due to the de-
fcient action of thyroid gland. By
feeding gland extract, physicians are
able, sometimes, to accomplish mar
wells in overcoming the deficiency.
Certainly, in this case, nothing can be
accomplished until after the child has
been so treated
This is an extreme instance which
illustrates the manner in which the
condition Of the body limits the
growth of the mind. More common
and more important ones occur in de-
fective eyesight and hearing. In
poverty stricken neighborhoods, chill
dren are frequently foundf whose abil-
ity to study and learn is handicapped
by hunger. Not always is the hunger
confined to poverty stricken families,
however, because a child may be half
starved upon an abundance of the
wrong kinds of food.
The schools of the future will give
much more attention than those OF
past have given to individuality of
individual pupils. The teachers, then,
will study their. children more and try
less to teach them Every child has
a natural tendency to learn fast.
When he doesn't do so wise teachers
and parents attempt to find out if the
child hasn't a drag anchor in the way
of some physical or mental defect
which must be raised before he can
make normal progress.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12

Gilman, w. H. Richards, Spring Val
ley, r. 3.
Hartland, Theo. Swanson, Ellsworth,
r. 1.
Isabelle, John Isaacson, Bay City,
r. 2.
Maiden Rock, J. A Mattson, Stock
holm, r. l.
Martell, H. S. Halverson, River Falls,
r. 1.
Oak Grove, Chas. Hartman, Prescott,
R. 2.
River Falls, F. B. Hanson, River
Falls, r. 6.
Rock Elm, w. T. Churchill, Rock Elm.
Salem, L. Tombleson, Ellsworth, r. 6.
Spring Lake, Pat McPharland, Elm
wood, r. 1.
Trenton, " Swanson, Hager City,
r. 1.
Trimbelle, E. H. Powers, Ellsworth,
r. 3.
Union, Ben Anderson, Arkansaw.
Village Bay City, A. H. Bjorlee, Bay
City.
Village Ellsworth, j. M. Johnson,
Ellsworth.
Village Elmwood, Ole Peterson, Elm
wood.
Village Maiden Rock, F. w. Carpen-
ter, Maiden Rock.
Village Plum City, Math Giles, Plum
City.
Village Spring Valley, ]. A. Martin,
Spring Valley.
City Of Prescott, L. Giebler, 1st ward,
Prescott.
City of Prescott, E. r. Miller, End
ward, Prescott.
City of Prescott, S. Mcdonald, 3rd
ward, Prescott.
City of River Falls, G.. w. Chinook,
End ward, River Falls.
City of River Falls, James Allen, 3rd
ward, River Falls.
City of River Falls, G. E. Pratt, 4th
ward, River Falls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Merchants Wife Advises River
Falls Women

q had stomach trouble SO bad |
could eat nothing but toast, fruit
and hot water. Everything else
soured and formed gas. Dieting
did no good. was miserable until
| tried buckthorn bark, glycerine,
etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE
SPOONFUL benefited me IN
STAN Because Adler-i-ka
empties BOTH large and small in
testine it relieves ANY CASE con.
stipation, sour stomach or gas aud
prevents appendicitis. 1t has
QUICKEST action of anything we
ever sold. G. r. Taggart, druggist
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Village of Hammond

President, P. G. Anderson;
Trustees, w. H. Egbert, J. Schie-
ven and J. Malone;
Clerk, F. E. Hartwig;
Treasurer, o. Grimstad;
Assessor, d. Sloan;
Supervisor, John O'Leary;
Justice, NJ. F. Barry;
Constable, George Mason.
Hammond went "dry" for the first
time in twenty years, and the no
license majority was twenty votes.
The proposition of purchasing
municipal gas plant was voted down.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Ellsworth

Ellsworth carried the $4,000 bond
issue for the new village well, by a
comfortable margin.
The drys won out by 40 majority.
President, w. L. Gilman;
Trustees, J. C. Haberman, Ed. Hal
liday, H. C. Knowlton;
Treasurer, B. Elliott;
Assessor, n. B. Brown;
Clerk, C. B. Wood;
Constable, r. H. Hyatt;
Supervisor, J. M. Johnson;
Justice Of the Peace, r. P. Munger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Village of Spring Valley

President, D. A. Campbell;
Trustees, ]. r. Armstrong, M. S.
Darling, l. Isaacson;
Clerk, M. F. Emerson;
Treasurer, P. L. Lille;
Supervisor, J. A. Martin;
Assessor, Ira Niles;
Police Justice, ]. B. Smith;
Justice of the Peace, J. A. Martin;
Constable, Frank Wood.
Exactly the same number of votes
were polled on the license question as
last year (224) when the "wets" won
by single ballot, but this year the
"drys" were victorious by majority
Of SO.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Village of Plum CITY

President, Albert Ingli;
Trustees, Chas. Ingli, Henry Kaa-
rup, Aug. Schwedes;
Clerk, Herman Plate;
Treasurer, 0. P. Hanson;
Assessor, VIM. Waldfogle;
Supervisor, Math Giles;
Justice, Roy Harmer;
Constable, Jacob Schneckloth.
The license question was not voted
upon.
By special ballot it was decided
to pay a salary to members of the
village council.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
PUBLIC SERVICE
IN TIME OF WAR

The backbone of an efficient and
successful Military Service is well
organized and and administered Civil
Service. Wisconsin is one of the ten
states in the Union where good adj
ministration is guaranteed through
the Merit System. The following
positions are to be filled and held
under this system, and not by virtue
of any transient political or personal
favoritism. Their range indicates
something of their immensely of the
States business. If you are looking
for a chance to serve your state and
your country, here is good oppor-
tunity. What is your trade or pro-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12

last thirty years
and we'd like to
have a chance to
show you how 1t
w ork 8. Il b e
NEW De Laval
also contai in 8
many other i'm
portal mt M
provements that
we know will In
terest you.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Town of Rock Elm

Chairman, w. T. Churchill;
Supervisors, Franz Meier and
Percy Persons;
Clerk, A. 0. Belfanz;
Treasurer, Fred Mccain;
Assessor, Chas. Greer;
Constable, Ernest Baker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTIONS
ElmwOOd Village

President, E. r. Blaisdell;
Trustees, c. H. McKernon, Jake
Reinke and Frank Oberding;
Clerk, w. C. Neeley;
Treasurer, E. ]. McKernon;
Assessor, H. n. Fesenmaier;
Supervisor, Ole Peterson;
Justice, c. d. Hall;
Constable, Frank Horn
For the first time in its history
Elmwood voted against license, 1O4
to 81.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12

fession? Are you a farmer or fire
man? A cook or a clerk? An ele-
vator man or an engineer? A matron,
mechanician, or male attendant A
skilled tradesman, service employee or
statistical clerk? A policeman, pro-
baton officer or pedagog? None of
these? Then perhaps you are an ac-
countant, or an actuary, or prison
guard, or an insurance examiner? If
you believe you can serve your state
in any of the above positions, exam
nations for which will be held on
April % at the county seat Cor if I'M
assembled, at your own home) drop
a line to the Wisconsin Civil Service
Commission at Madison.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
Village Bay City

President, L. Spriggle;
Trustees, F. A. johnson, G. Tyler
and Joe carney;
Clerk, J. G. Erickson;
Treasurer, ]. A. Nelson;
Assessor, U. S. Harding;
Supervisor, A. H. Bjorlee.
For license 25; against "a.
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Gilman

Gilman by a big majority voted the
following appropriations:
$1,000 state road, $4,000 bridges
and highways, 5000 cutting down
hills, $7OO incidentals- 800 in all.
A road tax of five mills was levied
to meet the cost Of labor in shovel
ing snow the past winter.
Chairman, w. H. Richards;
Supervisors, Lars Madison and j.
o. Westlund;
Clerk, Alvin, Hurtgen;
Treasurer, Chas. Aastrum;
Assessor, John Holden;
Justice of the Peace q years.
Chas. Aastrum;
Constable, Ed. Bune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
NEW COUNTY BOARD

Town. Name. Postoffice
Clifton, L. M. Manion, River Falls,
r. A.
Diamond Bluff, J. Skidmore, Hager
City, r. 2.
Ellsworth, L. Christensen, Ellsworth,
r. Z.
FL Paso, E. ]. Fitzgerald, Rock Elm,
r. /.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12

Harry Larson, who has been in the
employ of the Consolidated Lumber
Co. at this place, has purchased the
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-02
Young Woman AnpIies
To Be Yeomanette

On the REGULAR navy enlistment ap.
nlication blank Mrs. Mary Beryl
O'Brien. 1912 Pierce street, Sioux
City, has sent her application to local
recruiting. headquarters. She is ex.
perienced in clerical work and desires
to become yeomanette for land serv.
ice in the naval reserve. She is q
years of age.
Other recorded applicants for this
branch Of service include Miss Nina
Williams. 1o North First avenue. and
Miss Grace Williford. 42n Stutsman
street, both of Council Bluffs.
Recorded applicants to be nurses
in the navy, in case such enlistment
is authorized, include Miss Ruby
Schneider. an employe Of the Omaha
Cold STORAGE company: Miss Ella
Stumpf. JAY South Third street
Council Bluffs. and Miss Louise
Adams, 5O2 South Twenty-eishtl
street. ...M.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-02
Highwayman, Locked in Jail,
Wants to Do Bit for Uncle San,

Harry Curtis, accused highwayman,
wants to go to the front for Uncle
Sam. The mere fact that he is in
Jail awaiting penalties for three dar-
ing holdups does not dampen his
patriotism one whit.
Deputy Sheriff Lindsay answered a
hurry call from the jail the other day.
1t was Curtis, who sent the S. o. S.
He wanted to know if there was any
way by which he could get into the
first line trenches.
at isn't that | fear any term in the
pen that awaits me-" said Curtis. II
was raised in reform school and a
cell behind prison bars is as much
home to me as. any other place. But
| would like to get into trench and
pepper away at row OF guys about
200 yards away or even nearer"
The sheriff told Curtis that there
was no chance of realizing his wish.
"You know" argued the bandit
hopefully, that Canada sent most Of
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-02
GERMANS ADMIT
BRITISH ADVANCE
Allied Troops Approach to
Within Three Miles of
st. Quentin.
TURKS STILL IN RETREAT

Berlin, April 1.-(Wireless to Say
vile e,)-British troops after tenacious
fighting i'll which they suffered heavy
loss yesterday, pushed their lines
into the German positions on the
Somme for a depth of nearly two
miles, says the official statement to-
day. The British advance was be-
tween the Peronne- -Gouzaucourt road
and the lowlands of the Omignon
stream, in which the twons of Jean
court and Vermand are situated
Except for aerial exploits in which
German pilots destroyed two entente
captive balloons and dropped bombs
on troop camps east of Monastir, the
German official statement issued to-
days says there were no events of i'm
portance yesterday on the western
and Macedonia fronts.
Approach St. Quentin.
London, April 1.--Heavy fighting
took place today west of St. Quentin,
resulting in the capture by the British
of the village of Savy. Later British
troops attacked Savy wood. about a
mile from the village, and only three
miles from St. Quentin and occupied
that position
The official report from Berlin
headquarters in France which records
these successes, announces also the
capture by the> British of Vendelles,
lying further north and Epethy and
Picture, to the southeast of Heudi-
court.
Turks in Retreat.
Efforts by Turkish troops to en-
velope British force near Daltawah,
thirty-fve miles north Of Bagdad has
failed. says an official British state
ment and the Turks in that region
now are in full retreat.
French Also Advance.
Paris, April lin their operations
southwest of Laon the French troops
have made importan' advances. cap
turing several German trench systems
and have reached the outskirts of
Vauxaillon and Laffaux, according to
the official communication tonight.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-02

+ its desperate characters to the front
in the early fall of 1914. Princess
Pats first regiment, whose members
were decimated when they refused to
retreat before Won Kluck's men, was
recruited largely from criminals like
myself. And over in Paris, many of
the men who were sent into the first
line trenches were members of the
notorious Apache gang of murderers
and thieves. / think Uncle Sam
ought to give some of the criminals
over here a chance. | know ! am will
ing TO do my bit and / think there are
plenty of fellows like me who would
jump at the chance to go to war;"
And said Curtis, squirting his
owl-eyes and smiling a grim sort of
smile, IF gentlemen of my profession
were killed, very few folks would
mourn. 1t might give some poor
devils who never had much of a
chance an opportunity to square
themselves"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-02
Florence Will Lose P. o.
When Suburb Is Annexed

1t is stated that when Florence
shall be annexed to Greater Omaha,
the postofice of that suburb will be
merged with Colonel Fanning's post
age stamp bazar on Sixteenth street.
Mayor Dahlman will introduce
Florence and Benson annexation ordi-
nances within few weeks. The
council now has before it ordinances
for annexation of three strips, viz.
Clontarf precinct, a tract in and near
Elmwood park and a tract extending
north to south between present limits
of Omaha and Benson.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-02
FATE OF BONE DRY
BILL IN BALANCE
Possibility Some Of Vets May
Gig Back or That No Bill
May Be Passed.
GOVERNOR MAY TAKE HAND

Lincoln, April l.-(Special. "a
week from next Saturday may see the
legislative halls deserted and it ma,
not, II Is sthe. sentiment Of a large
number OF the members in botf
houses that this week and next ough,
to permit them to clean up things, SC
that the members would dare 60 back
home in the day time and face their
constituency. ....
This week it is expected that the
dry bill will come up in the senate
for third reading and final consider
alton. Leading dry members of that
body say they will never vote for
the bill in its present form and if this
is so it will mean that the bill will
pass that body by about the same
vote as it got in committee of the
whole, with about threc'or four votes
to the good.
Vets May Change Minds.
There are rumors that some Of the
senator's who voted for the wet
amendments are not as enthusiastic
over the bill in its present form as
they were at the time it was sent to
third reading last week. The bill,was
recommended for third reading by a
vote of Is yeas to Is nays, so that by
change of two wet votes to the no
column the bill would be defeated, l6
to II.
Should it go down to defeat there
would be no dry legislation this ses-
sion and conditions would continue as
they are until the matter could be
put up to the voters again,
Some of the dry leaders in the sem
ate have admitted that If the bill is
defeated and there is no legislation
on the subject, the radical drys will
have to stand responsible. They say
if the house had been contented to
have put through the original dry
bill drawn covering the question as
put up to the people and carried at
the last election there would have
been no fight in the senate.
The bill may pass the senate in
its present wet form, which provides
for an unlimited amount of liquor for
the personal use Of the individual.
If it does it will go to a conference
for the house will not for a moment
concur in the senate amendments.
If the conferees fail to agree, or
if either house fails to adopt the con-
ference report, then a situation will
result, which may put it up to the
governor to settle. Some believe he
would refuse to allow the members
to go home until bill of some kind
was passed.