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I ^l smith ri ^ji^linaw .wff .in Jfcv-^iE^il^^'^^^i BB S I' you hai ought that's f't to tell, VOL Ute printer's ink, and use it wen. &J. NO. 8 OUR ARMY FORCES Defense Council Figures We Can Raise 4,778,050. ARE FIT FOR MILITARY DUTY. Still Greater Number Might Be Put Under Arms In Emergency by Re cruiting Older Men, Lowering of Physical Standards and Placing Wo* men In Men's Jobs. New York.An army of 4,778,050 of men between eighteen and forty-five years old fit for military service is available in this country, according to the estimate of an investigating staff of the executive committee of the may or's committee on national defense. A still greater number might be put under arms in a serious emergency, ac cording to the committee's report, by the recruiting of older men, by the lowering of physical standards and by the employment of women in occupa tions now open only to men. The task of estimating the total re sources of the nation in men available for military service between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, inclusive, is complex. For into this calculation there enter many uncertain factors. In addition to the morbidity rate and the physical rejection rate there is to be considered the dependency of families and the need of men of mature years in the business and industry of the country. In 1910 the males from eighteen to forty-five years old in the United States numbered 21,071,076. Although approx imately 1.800,000 were aliens and there fore ineligible for military service, the officials of the census bureau consider that the increase in population be tween 1910 and the summer of 1916 has about compensated for these. Through a deduction of 2l/2 per cent for morbidity, the total of 21,071,076 becomes 20,544,300, and through a de duction of about 12Vk per cent for phys ical defects there is a further reduction to 18,007,080 The census tables showing the num ber of men in various occupations farmers, factory workers, miners, physicians, lawyers, railroad employ ees, clerks, public officials and so on have been carefully examined, and the effort has been made to reach an ap proximate estimate of the number that could be spared for military duty in a serious emergency This leads to the estimate that 17,606,000 out of the 30, 091,564 employed, or 58.5 per cent, could be brought into service if needed And this percentage applied to the 18,- 007,080 physically fit between eighteen and forty-nve years old gives 10,535,- 940 Still unconsidered, however, is mar ital condition or dependency. Though unmarried men have dependents, there are married men who are in such cir cumstances that they can do military service without imposing hardship upon their families How nearly the latter come to offsetting the former cannot be stated even approximately. In this calculation all the single, wid owed, and divorced men are assumed to be available and all the married men unavailable Of the 21,071,076 men from eighteen to forty-live years old 45.35 per cent are single, widowed or divorced (43.35 per cent being single). If this percent age be applied to the 10,535,940the figure arrived at after deductions for sickness, physical defects and indus trial necessitiesthe number available for service becomes 4,778,050, or 22.7 per cent of the entire number of males from eighteen to forty-five. This is about one out of five. In the attempts to estimate a na tion's human military resources it has been borne in mind that the result de pends upon highly elastic factors Upon the seriousness of the emergency which faces a nation must depend in a reat degree the proportion of exemp tions from military duty. The executive committee is composed of Willard Straight, chairman Cleve land H. Dodge. William D. Dykman. Major Francis Landon, John Mitch ell, George W. Perkins, ex-Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Alfred E and Alexander M. White. WANTS CHAIR PAINTED RED. Socialist Assemblyman Asks It Also Suggests Ear Trumpets. Albany, N. Y.Socialist Assembly man J. I. Whitehorn of Brooklyn has suggested to the clerk of the assembly that seat No. 149. which he occupies, "be painted red." "When I drew the seat at the begin ning of the session," he explained, "I was, told it was occupied by Socialist Assemblyman Shiplacoff of Brooklyn last year. So I said why not paint it red and reserve it for any Socialist who may be elected to the assembly in the future." Whitehorn, who complains that he cannot get favorable action on a reso lution instructing the Public Buildings Commission to improve the acoustics of the assembly chamber, now suggests that each assemblyman be supplied with an ear trumpet at state expense. Goose's Crop Held $1027. St. Louis.When John E. P. Ernst killed a gift goose he found in its crop a half dollar, twenty-six quarters, twenty-six dimes, thirteen nickels and two pennies. This two legged bank was a Christmas bonus given Ernst by the employees of a grocery store where he is chief clerk. There was no refund, as Ernst considers the gift of a goose includes the ballast The total of the goose's savings was $10.27. & nm^at^^Jv ib&tJzaJiL iljftj-' FOUND IMAGE IN CAVE. Crude Stone Idol Probably Antedates Indian Mound Builders. Madisonville, Ky.E. L. Littlepage of the Morton Gap country brought to this place recently a stone image that is a curiosity and probably of historic value. Mr. Littlepage found it at the edge of a cave on a high elevation in North Christian county, Ky., while investigat ing some prospective oil land belonging to him. The cave is located in a wild and broken section of land uncultivat ed and but thinly inhabited. The image is rudely carved out of a tough, ferrous sandstone. It is about six inches in height and is well pre served, except for a slight injury on one side of its head and slight weath ering of one arm. The figure is in a sitting position, with its lag* doubled-. under its body and arms extended in front, with hands resting on its knees. The image is evidently a relic of an idol worshiping people and antedates any old Indian relic found in various Indian mounds in western Kentucky. WIDOW SAVES TREES. Turns Commissioners From Those Planted by Her Husband. St. Cloud, Mich."Woodman, spare that tree touch not a single bough." Thus quoted Mrs. Mary Spicer, wid ow, as she pleaded for the preservation of trees planted by her husband, long dead. It was three years ago that Mrs. Spi cer started her battle with city officials over the maintenance of this arborian inheritance. She was called upon to enter another skirmish the other day when sidewalk bids were opened, in which provision was to have been made for the removal of the trees. Mrs. Spicer's "pets" fringe a lot on which her modest little home is built "Wait until I am gone and you may remove them," she told the city com missioners, who took her words to heart. When sidewalk bids were open ed there were proposed contracts on other jobs, but on the Widow Spicer's propertynot a word. EIGHTY, WANTS HEART BALM Woman Is Deaf, Has Lost Right Eye and Is a Little Lame. Utica, N. Y.Mrs. Almiia Kingsbury is just a little on the right side of eighty years old. She is rather deaf. She has lost her right eye and her left thumb. Besides she is a little lame. But she took the stand to testily that Robert Roberts of Trenton, seventy-six years old and a farmer, had been so smitten with her charms at first sight that he urged her to marry him. Then she said he broke troth and she sued for breach of promise. They met at an employment agency where he sought a housekeeper. Judge Hazard told Mrs. Kingsbury's attorney, "I think your client is clearly entitled to about 6 cents." However, the case was held open for more evi dence. MUSKRATS CUT MEAT PRICE. Serve as Substitute In Many Families of Moderate Means In New Jersey. Alloway, N. J.Muskrats are cut ting the high cost of living in this re gion. With the price of meats hitting the high spots, there is an unprece dented demand for their carcasses, commonly known as "water rabbits." Trappers, who this season are secur ing on an average of nearly $1 each for muskrat pelts, are adding considerable extra revenue to their usual season's profits by selling the meat to villagers and to outside buyers. It is estimated that an average of 3,000 "water rab bits" are disposed of every week in Salem alone, where they serve as a substitute for meat in many families of moderate means. BOTTLE DRIFTS 6,600 MILES. Determines Currents Off South Ameri can Coast. Seattle, Wash.-After drifting 6,600 miles in the south Pacific a bottle con taining a position report from the steamship Eureka of Seattle thrown overboard off the Peruvian coast by Captain J. E. Guptill, the vessel's mas ter, Feb. 9, 1915, was found March 1, 1916, on the beach at Tamasua. Ya sawa group, Fiji islands. There has been a difference of opin ion among mariners as to the set of the current off the coast of South America, and the finding of the mes sage is of great value, as it determines the direction of the flow of ocean wa ter in that part of the world. HOGS CLIMB ORANGE TREES. Fruit Diet Pleases the Swine Best, but Not the Orchardist. Riverside, Cal.W. H. Bacchus has chased his hogs out of his orange grove. He's tired of having them climbing in the orange trees. After some oranges were blown from the trees by the wind the hogs passed up the usual pasturage and, standing on their hind feet, ate all the golden balls they could reach. Then some of them began to climb trees. "Nix on this orange fed pork," said Bacchus as he arranged for a new pas ture. Minister Travels by Submarine. Paris.General Hubert Lyautey, the minister of war in the new French cabinet, arrived in Paris after a voyage full of incidents from Morocco, where he was French resident general. The new war minister crossed from Tangier to Gibraltar in a submarine, and his train was delayed by the snow in Spain, thus obliging him to decline King Alfonso's invitation to dinner. m^&A^^^4-<.fi^i^ 4sWd,rtS^&k 11 SEES LOST HUSQAND IN NEWSPAPER PHOTO. Brings Ray of Hope to Mrs. Lucy Zad ler, Polish Refugee. Albany.There was a ray of hope In this Yuletide for Mrs. Lucy A. Zad ler, a comely Polish woman of thirty, that she may find her husband in some of the armies or prison camps in Eu rope. He was taken from her more than two years ago, and she has heard no tidings of him since. The ray of hope was brought about by the illus trated supplement of a Sunday news paper. Mrs. Zadler's employer, know ing her hatred of the Germans ana Austrians, tossed the supplement to lier^ltb^hejrejaark^ "JEbejrjejwrojjo^ ^slSlaW^oryou/^ *s her eyes fell years. New upon the picture she screamed and nearly collapsed. Then she pointed to a picture of some soldiers and ex claimed: "That's him! That's Joseph, my husband!" Her journey to this country from her home In Lublic, Poland, she says, is like a dream and is still hazy in her mind. When the war broke out her husband, who had saved a little money, decided to come to America and live in peace. He purchased railroad tickets to Rotterdam and steamer tickets to New York. They had proceeded on their way for some distance when at a railroad station, Mrs. Zadler says, some soldiers took her husband in cus tody, telling her to proceed on her jour ney and that he would meet her at the ship. Where the station was or its name she has not the slightest idea. Neither could she say what was the nationality of the soldiers who kidnap ed her husband. WOMEN LAWYERS TOO KIND FOR BIG FEES by the Free Defense of Criminals. Chicago.Pretty women lawyers by the score met in the rooms of the Brownleigh club to hear Clarence Dar row encourage them in their profes sion, but when he got through they were much discouraged. "You can't be shining lights at the bar," said Mr. Darrow. "because you are too kind. "You can never be corporation law yers, because you are not cold blood ed. You have not a high grade of in tellect. "You can never expect to get the fees that men get. I doubt if you ever make a living. "Of course you can be divorce law yers. That is a useful field. And there is another field that you can have sole ly for your own. You won't make a living at it, but it's worth while, and you'll have no competition. That is the free defense of criminals." HURT MAKING WOODEN LEG. Cuts Artery In, Arm While Whittling Artificial Limb. Cumberland, Md.John W. Dean, a legless man, barely escaped bleeding to death a few days ago from having cut an artery in his arm while working on an artificial leg. He was whittling out the opening, which fits tightly, when the knife slipped. There was no one near at the time and Dean lost blood rapidly. He became so weak he could not utter a cry. His sister, who was absent from the house, returned and summoned Dr. George P. Paulman, who stopped the flow of blood. Dean lost both legs in a fall from a freight car while in the em ploy of the Western Maryland railway. CELL COSTS $2.45 NIGHTLY- No More Free Police Lodgings In Bal timore After Jan. 1. Baltimore.The high cost of living has struck the western police station, and after the first of the year men ar rested more for safe keeping than for punishment will not get their lodgings free. The announcement was made by Magistrate Johannsen while hearing the case of Charles McCauley on a charge of being drunk. "I warn you that the rates have gone up because of the high cost of living." said the magistrate. "Police stations cannot afford to put you up. and after Jan. 1 the rate will be $2.45 a night That does not include a bath, unless the guest's condition requires it" BUFFALO HERDS INCREASING. Number of Animals on Government Reservation Grows. WashingtonThe buffalo, once threat ened with extinction, is increasing in numbers on government reservations, according to the annual report of the biological survey. Five big game pre serves and sixty-seven bird reserva tions are maintained by the survey. The report urges that more tracts of /and not suitable for agricultural pur poses be converted into breeding grounds for birds. Many thousand acres of marsh land, it declares, could be turned easily into breeding grounds for waterfowl. May Inherit $15,000,000. San Francisco.If Sally Nickel, the one-year-old great-grandchild of Henry Miller, shall be alive at the death of the late cattle king's three grandchil dren she will become the richest wom an in California. She will inherit an estate valued at $15,000,000 They Can Make a Hit, HOWeVer, Pittsburgh, nine aldermen, at $6,500 each Indianapolis, nine, at $600 apiece, and Seattle, nine, at $3,000 apiece. The only cities that have an upper and a lower house of aldermen or councilmen are Hartford, Conn. New Britain, Conn. Atlanta, Louisville, Portland, Me. Baltimore (thirty-three in all, at $1,000 each) Brockton, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Everett, Mass. Mai den, Mass. Fitchburg, Mass. New Bed ford, Mass. Pittsfield, Mass. Spring field, Mass. Worcester, Mass. Kansas City, Mo. Manchester, N. H. Buffalo (thirty-six in all, at $1,000 each) Lan caster, Pa. Philadelphia, Pawtucket R. I. Providence, RT I. Wdonsocket R. I. Lynchburg, Va. Norfolk, Va. Portsmouth, Va. Richmond, Va., and Roanoke, Va. The commission form of government, which takes the place of mayors and aldermen, involves a smaller salary outlay. In Washington, D. C, the three commissioners get a total of $15,000 in Denver, $25,000 in San Diego, $12,000 in Topeka, $9,000 in New Orleans, $30,000 in Salem, Mass., $10,000 in St Paul, $31,500 in Lin coln, Neb., $10,000 in Atlantic City, $15,000 in Bayonne, N. J., $10,000 in Hoboken, $10,000 In Jersey City, $25,- 000 in Trenton, $15,000, and in Har risburg, $13,000. In some of the commission governed cities a mayor is elected as such, while in others he is chosen by the commis sion. Sometimes he gets an extra al lowance as chairman of the commis sion, but this rarely exceeds $500, and is included in most of the above totals. While most cities employ assessors to fix the valuation of property for the purposes of taxation, those of some states have no assessors, but re port to the county the amount required to be raised for city purposes. Defective Page ST. PAUL AM MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. SATURDAY: FEBRUARY 24,191 CHICAGOPATS HIGH I Mayor Gets $18,000 a^Year and Seventy Aldermen $3,000 Each. NEW YORK IS NEXT IN LINE. Gotham Allows Its Chiel Executive $15,000, Philadelphia $12,000, Boston, St. Louis, Newark, N. J.jf, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh $10,000, In dianapolis and Seattle $7,500. Washington.Chicago has the high est priced mayor in tt&,4jpuntry. He &JSei$iwMperves four York COTMBnext, with a $15,000 mayor, whose term also lasts four years. Philadelphia, third in the list, gives Its mayor $12,000 a year for four years. Boston, St Louis, New ark, N. J. Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh pay their mayors $10,000 annually, the term being four years in Boston, Pittsburgh and St. Louis, and two years in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Newark. Indianapolis and Seattle pay their mayors $7,500 a year San Francisco, Baltimore and Minneapolis $6,000 each East St. Louis, Louisville, New Bed ford, Detroit, Kansas City, Buffalo, Mount Vernon, Rochester, Columbus, Scranton, Providence, San Antonio. Tex., and Richmond pay $5,000 each. The aldermen, who share with the mayor and certain other officials the responsibility of government in Ameri can cities, cost the taxpayers varying sums. Chicago has seventy aldermen, at $3,000 each Boston, nine, at $1,500 each St Louis, twenty-nine, at $1,800 each Newark, thirty-two, at $500 each New York, seventy-three, at $2,000 each Cincinnati, thirty-two, at $1,150 ipiece Cleveland, twenty-six, at $1,200 each Philadelphia, forty-eight select councllmen and eighty-three common councilmen, all serving without salary SEVERED MUSCLES TRAINED. Stumps of Amputated Arms Made to Operate False Hands. ZurichThree professors of Zurich university have been experimenting in the hope of training the muscles in the stumps of amputated arms to connect with artificial hands in such a way as to open and close the fingers. Professor Sauerbach, one of the pro fessors, says in a German medical magazine that the anatomical difficul ties have been overcome so effectually that all that is now required for com plete success is a somewhat better artificial hand, and he expresses ex pectation that this soon will be In vented. Grass Grows In Tree. Wetmore, Kan.In the E. W. Thorn burrow yard in Wetmore is a large bunch of blue grass growing in the fork of an elm tree ten feet from the sround. Every fall the residents of Wetmore, who are watching this curi osity, expect the grass to be winter killed, but every spring it shows up green and strong and matures seed. The grass has been growing in the tree for three years. Movies Draw More Than Church. Belleville, Kan."Where the People Go" is the title of an interesting com pilation prepared during the social sur vey taken In Belleville. It shows that during the year 105.000 attend the mov ing picture show, 93,000 religious serv ices, 8,696 church socials and picnics, 12,400 the county fair and farmers' in stitute, 5,600 the Chautauqua and 2,870 go to ball games. Wouldn't Say "Votes For Women." Chicago.Because it could not be taught to say "Votes for women," a parrot which had been recently taken to the headquarters of the woman suf fragists is now back In the bird store. CHINESE HAVE PLAN TO RID HOUSE OF GHOSTS Urge Novel Method of Taking Haunt From American Legation. Washington.A legend has gone around Peking that the American le gation is haunted that the shade of an oflicer who lost his life during the Boxer massacies of white men in 1900 is in the habit of occasionally visiting his old quarters in the legation, greatly to the discomfort of the occupants. This aroused considerable interest among the Chinese in Peking. Their own spooks, being daily or rather night ly companions, do not excite much at tention. But a foreign ghost is quite a new thing. A Chinese gentleman named Hsu Nai Hsuan has taken the matter seriously to heart and has felt moved to write to the American minister ex pressing his sympathy for the affliction which the legation is undergoing in the matter of a haunted room. He says that experience has shown in China that the way to rid a house of ghosts is to remove the roof of the building, leaving the interior of the room exposed to the sun and air for some tens of days, after which the roof may be restored and the ghost will no longer frequent the place. Mr. Hsu said that he humbly offered this sug gestion, "as foreigners may not be fa miliar with the proper method of han dling ghosts in China." If congress, says the Tokyo Adver tiser, is asked to appropriate a sum for the rerooflng of the legation at Peking the American people will now under stand what it is all about. FINDS HIDDEN ROOMS IN HOUSE OF MYSTERY Carpenter Work on Old Place Re veals Apartments None Knew About. Chicago.At 3624 Ellis Park is an old three story frame building that was a home when Ellis park was a woodland. For the last eight or nine years, in a remodeled form, it has been an apart ment building. A few days ago a carpenter, tearing away old planking to build a porch, broke through a wall and made discov eries which made 3624 Ellis Park a house of mystery. Between the second and third floors he found a hidden apartment, of which not even John Chamales, new owner of the building, knew. Carefully Frank Wilder, the carpenter, entered through the hole he had made in the wall. He found a complete set of rooms running from the front to the rear of the building. The walls and ceiling were unfinished. There were no win dows and no visible means of exit There was a small table in one corner with a few dishes on it and an old cop per lamp. Rust covered, but with a frying pan of ancient days still on it, there was a stove. Some straw in a corner seemed to indicate where the mysterious occupant of the mystery chamber had slept A piece of wire between two walls served as a hanger for an old coat. Over everything was a thick layer of dust. In hunting for an exit Wilder came upon a panel in the wall fastened with a hinge, two big iron hooks and a bar that fitted into iron clasps. It opened upon the staircase and so matched the paneling that it was invisible from the outside. SAYS HE BURIED GOLD. Old Man on Way to English Workhouse Tells of It. Corning, Cal.Mrs. T. L. Barkle of Newlyn, England, in a letter to her son, the Rev. T. J. Barkle of this city, states an old man named Kempe, who came from California less than a dozen years ago, was found on the verge of starvation and taken to the workhouse. Among the old man's effects was found nearly $5,000. This was all made in California, and on the way to the workhouse Kempe said he had buried about $2,000 in California in a hole five feet deep, but never could find it. Little is known of Kempe except that he was a miner in California and re turned to England eleven or twelve years ago. Somewhere in the mining district of California a bag containing $2,000 is buried. PRIZE DOG SAVES MASTER. Barks an Alarm When Auto Pins Dr. Hair Against Garage Wall. Bridgeport. Conn.br. James E. Hair, widely known in this country and Canada as a dog expert, probably was saved from death by one of his prize pets when the automobile he was cranking shot forward and pinned him against the wall of the garage. The barking of the dog brought neighbors, who found Dr. Hair uncon scious. He was severely bruised in the abdomen, but is expected to recover. Apparently he had thought the engine neutral and had started it without set ting the brake. Shot at Movie Picture. Hammond, Ind.Patrons of the Lyric theater were thrown into a panic here when John Sebastian, a foreigner, whipped out a revolver and killed the villain, who was choking the beautiful heroine in the movie. The shot punc tured the arch fiend's breast "He was choking the lady." said John, as a po liceman led him away. INCORPORATE SOCIETY TO GUARD RICH ESTATES Vincent Astor, Frederick Vanderbilt and others In the Organization. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Warren Delano of Barrytown, Colonel Archibald Rog ers of Hyde Park, Tracy Dows of Rhinebeck, Herman Livingston of i Greendale and Thomas Hunt of Cler mont, as directors, filed a certificate of the incorporation of the Upper Hudson Protective society. The purpose of the society is to guard country estates of wealthy New York men against burglars. Among the leaders in the society are Vincent Astor, Robert P. Huntington, Freder ick Vanderbilt, William B. Dinsmore and John I. Roosevelt i Arrangements have been made to en. gage detectives and watchmen. The formation of the society is the result of the burglaries last spring, which cul minated in the killing of a burglar on Astor's estate by detectives. Most of the wealthy residents of the county have placed their silverware in safe deposit vaults and are using plate. The society will "co-operate with lo cal, county and state officials" to en force law and offer rewards for the ar rest of criminals. BOY SIX YEARS OLD IS MATHEMATICAL PRODIGY Child With Unusual Mental Pow ers Discovered In Findlay (0.) School. Findlay, O.A child wonder, with un usual mental powers, has been discov ered in the first grade West State) street school by Miss Helen Gaskill, the teacher. He is Master Roy Fork, aged six, son of F. L. Fork, well driller, resid ing on Franklin avenue. While bright in all his school work, the youngster is a prodigy in mathematics. He knows the calendar by heart and, although given the most severe ques tion with regard to days and dates, never makes a mistake. If you tell him your age he can tell in a second the year you were born, and if you give him the date of your birthday and ask him what day of the week it comes on he replies at once, correctly and without fail. His ability cannot be attributed to mental telepathy, for in many in stances he tells the day of dates in last year's calendar, which, when you look them up, you find are right. Although not customary to teach children the months and abbreviations of months, Roy had them mastered when he went to kindergarten, and the remarkable feature is that he was never taught. He is also lightning fast in problems which deal with addition and subtrac tion of the calendar, and catch ques tions are easily solved. LEPERS IN REVOLT. They Refused to Leave Havana Hos pital For Another Home. Havana.The lepers of San Lazaro hospital revolted when the officers of their institution tried to transfer them to Mariel, and it was several hours be fore they agreed to leave. When the inmates raised a flag say ing they would be removed only by vio lence the health officers hesitated, hav. ing heard rumors that the 174 lepers had arms and would use them. After a promise had been given that they would be removed to a new hospi tal now being built as soon as it is fin ished the lepers entered the ambulances prepared for them, many of them weep ing as they went There is a report that more than twenty of them escaped from San Lazaio dunngthe parley. GIRLS, HERE'S JULIA! He Wants a Wife, but Name Bars Him at Home. Boston.A. Julia Shepard, a pros perous farmer of Derry, N. H., is un able to fand a wife at home because or his middle name, so he has come to Massachusetts to look for one. Re cently he was "looking them over" in Ilolyoke "I am twenty-seven years old, am making good money and wish to have a real home." he said to a reporter there "If there is a girl who is look ing for a man like me I would be glad io have her write to me." HER 105TH BIRTHDAY FEAST. /Irs. Bennett Entertains Three Gener ations For the Holidays. New York.Mrs. Alice Bennett, who celebrated the hundred and fifth anni versary of her birth in her home In Brooklyn recently was somewhat tired, but not so much that she did not cele brate Christmas. She carried out her daily routine of life and then had dinner with her son and daughter, seven grandchildren and five great-grandtehildren. All except aer daughter live out of town and were her guests in Brooklyn over the holi days. County Jail Empty. Jefferson City, Mo.There is not a prisoner in the Cole jail. The last pris oner was discharged recently. Accord ing to the records of the jail, this is the first time in seventy-five years that it has been without an occupant As a rule there are from five to twenty-five prisoners in the jail, and at this time of year it usually is filled. .40 PER YEAB. WOMEN RUN TOWN They Hold All the Offices In Uma tilla, Ore. TOOK CHARGE FIRST OF YEAR. Executed Campaign Coup Which Left Men GaspingElected Mayor, Four Members of Council, Recorder and TreasurerAll New Officials Are MarriedPromise Many Reforms. Kansas City.Woman has come into her own in Umatilla, Ore., says the Kansas City Times. Umatilla now has a woman mayor, four counciiwomen. a woman recorder and a woman treas urer. They went into office Jan. 1. The only thing left for the men is the office of town marshal, and he or she is appointed by the mayor. The men are hoping for the best A campaign coup which has left the men gasping swept the women Into office. It was not until 2 o'clock the afternoon of election day that the men realized the women had a ticket in the field. Down at the town hall, where the destinies of Umatilla are shaped, the politicians laughed at the "rumor." It was a joke. The smiles vanished when the ballots were counted, and the men still are wondering just how it happened. The women won't tell. They won't say whether it was "framed" at some sewing circle, bridge club or church social. All they will say is: "Now we're going to show the men what a strictly business and econom ical administration really is." B. E. Starcher, who was running for re-election to the mayor's office, was defeated by his wife by twenty-eight votes. All efforts to interview Mrs. Starcher have failed. However, after a conference in the kitchen Mrs. Star-, cher came to the door and gave out this statement: "As yet the women have nothing to say as to their future policy or as to why they desired control, but from the best information we are able to obtain they were dissatisfied with the past administration, claiming inefficiency and a general lack of business ability so far as the running of the city was concerned." Umatilla is a railroad town. All morning election day the women re mained at home, busy with their daily duties. In the afternoon they put on their bonnets and began a whirlwind campaign. They met the trainmen in the yards as they came in from their various ruTis,*4tmttonholed them and carried them off to the polls. Despite the fact that Mr. Starcher is chief dis patcher at that place, he did not swing the labor vote. All of the officers are married. Out of a possible 200 votes 174 were cast. The defeat was decisive. GETS LICENSE ON CREDIT. Has the Time, the Place, the Girl, but No Money. Macon, Ga. Simon Cox had the nerve and the girl, but not the money to get married on. Cox took his troubles to Attorney Hu bert F. Rawls, who stood him in good stead in city court a few months back, and Rawls agreed to stand good for the marriage license. Together Cox and the attorney went to the ordinary's office, and after ex plaining things Rawls got a license for Cox and Miss Ella Hardy of East Ma con. "I'll pay you in a few days," Cox told the ordinary as he walked out of the office with the license in his hand. TRAIN ROBS HOLDUP MEN. Mail Carrier Beaten by Thieves When Hook Snatches Letter Bag. New York.Alfred Lorenzo, a Yon kers mail carrier, notified the police that a pouch filled with registered mat ter had been saved from two thieves by the projecting hook on the mail car of an express train used to take mail bags on the fly, which grabbed it from his hands as the train flew past at forty-five miles an hour. Lorenzo was at the depot putting the pouch in position on a small crane for the train to take it. Two thieves beat the mail carrier on the head. He held the pouch tightly far above his head. Presently the train came along, saved the situation, and the robbers fled. CAN'T FIND ANY POOR. Utopia (Flushing, N. Y.) Hasn't One Person Who Is In Need. New York.Utopia is just nine and seven-tenths miles from Manhattan. It is sometimes called Flushing. In this Utopia is a Jefferson Demo cratic club, which looks after the wants of the poor in its vicinity around Christmas. The members contributed $1,500, and a committee was appointed to hunt out the needy that they might be sup plied with holiday baskets. The committee, after investigating, reported there were no needy In Flushing, and the Democratic club has $1,500 on its hands with which it doesn't know what to do. Fifty-cent Offer For $11,000 Gems. New York.An offer of 50 cents for $11,000 worth of Brazilian diamonds was the best Washington Force could obtain. He admitted stealing them from the steamer Vasari last week, the New York^poHce say. Disgusted with failure to find a buyer, he left the gems in a laundry ajid wrote the com pany. He is held hi $5,000 bail. 1 1 5 .jfg