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Kodakers: Snap the Snow 11 -ht in tkinfr them. owners come to U3 for advice The H. Lieber Co. ART STORE. ART WORKERS Ac Clean and Pure Ab Deep Spring Water We spend four times what many spend for sterilizing our milk cans, bottles, etc.

This tcthT with pasteurization, ideal meth- oAn of fitnfffnr, and hacteriolofiral examine- tlons by experts assure you absolutely wore, pnro and rlesn miTlc when yoa buy PoIka. Don't think becac.se other milk comes to yon in bottles, it is as clean, luxurious, rich and pure as 'Polk's Milk Piano Bargains 1 East Market THE CARIXN MUSIC 0 SOCIETY The Priscltls Circle will meet Thursday arWnoon with Mrs. Olive Bmlth. Mrs. James 1 H.

Hush, ot Memphis. Is visiting Mrs. J. F. Habbe, lls Louise Hbee, who Is.

spending some time abroad. Is In llom for the winter. illM Huth Kndsley left today for Moore' a 11111, where she will attend Mrs. ortln W. Bartlett.

of Chicago, for. merly of this city, cam today to visit JUrrlel El tel. Mrs. Walter Cowen entertained forty nitn.is at dinner Isst evening for her sister, Mrs. John Welch.

Mrs. A. J. Thomas left today for her home In New. York, accompanied by her sli-r, MUs Nona Ford.

Fletcher 1 lines and daughter, Max-Kr-t ieft last night for Nassau, 11. 1., to rt ma In several montlia. Miss Anna Hubbard rtas returned to her home 'In Cleveland, aftsr spending two we-k with her sister, Mrs. r. A.

Joss. Miss Msry E. Oolgan and Miss Hld i.MthM- htvs returnea to I. after spending a few weeks at home. Mrs.

Owen Mothershead and son have to Cleveland to visit Mr. and Mrs. Mothershead and family for a few Wefk. MIhs Grace My --'ItHi her parent, -Ir. and Mrs.

It. l. Alesnler fur two weeks, ha- returned to Da. scvn.mt i.tlhs Illness of Mrs. Ales- I anTHTr the meeting of tl.e.

Inter g' will he held tomorrow with Mrs. llannau "Wilmoib instead. Mrsr 15. Urkr, of Seattle. of this city Is vi-Ulna her parent vi in.t Mrs.

Andrew Wahl, and will re- ii.i'nnirh tint winter. Jlin.HI MIsm Tuls Woods. Who Is leading lady wit" "'n tirey hound." at Kng.l-h thl-MeVk. is the guest orner ncle and aunt. Jklr and Mrs.

Ueorge titlegel. IttNM Msry yulck today tor 1m Khe will he gone nine months and tU visit In Fortland. Heattle. Mrttl-h "iunibia ai.d Kansas City before return- InK. Th IndUnapolU chapter of the I.

A It. will n'-'t Thursday afternoon, IMt Mr. V. K. Hendricks, Mrs John N.

itrt-y win read a paper on wn i M. rtlck K. Vinton, ot New York, formerly of this city, who visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Msrunuaiw.

Mrs Almus Vinton, left this afternoon for the east. Mrs. Charles J. Buchanan and Mrs. "Frank W.

Flsnner have Issued Invitations far a reception to be held Thurs-' day BfUTtuKHi, January 8. In the parlors of the V. W. A. Mrs.

Katherl.U Oliver McCoy, of Kenton. will give a recital. An -rnjoyahl leap year dance was given last eviiiis by the women of the Mingle Club, one of the festures ot the evening "'was the moonlight grand'marrh In which tho wjmen varrUd Japanese parasols and -the nun variied lighted Jaianese lanterns. There were also various favor tlantia Xliss Mlrlani Furnas was hostess yes-tenlMV Tor the tea given for the Manual i i lint Ihit ra 1 n- tereslexl In the Y. W.

C. A. This tea was "-given by the student committee the Y. W. A.

and Is one of a series. Miss Furnas was assisted by the members of the commutes. The next teas will be given on week and two weeks from Mrs. J. I Mullally and Mrs.

TV Sullivan will give a luncheon and matinee -rrty f'r Mrs. Matthew Osrtland and lia Msirrsret Ponv. of Marlon, and Mm. Mctiisdy, of Huntington, who are lilting Mrs, J. I v.Jair and Mrs.

tlei'rje Feeney, and Miss Margaret Mark-ham. of ntburg, ho Is the g-uest of Mrs. S. K. Faber.

Mrs. 'Henry M. Kletn entertained last evening tth a dinner of. twenty-five covers to celebrate the fifty-fifth anniversary of the birthday of Mr. Klein and ffr Henry NYlnkler.

a nephew, of letrolt, and for her Kuest, Mix Helen Kuphret, of XStyton. who came for the mar-rUge of Klein and Mr, Markowtts. I-o Lefcoviis, son-tn-law ot the hostess, acted as toastmaster. The metrfherw th Fortnight Study Club met last evening for a family dln- rer the hom of Mr. and Mrs, C.

i tt av a a jsi lttclulinfc tho mmbrt of th-ctub with Siia Ideal Trustee Ta proper ajrent to undertak the various duties of trusteeship, which term Includes all functions by law. such as execu-. tor. administrator, guardian, assignee, receiver, commissioner, as we.l ss those covered in private agreements, must always be well, must always be at home, must be honest, must have no exemptions, must liare perma-nno of life, must be rich and stay rleh, must have no' partial-Itv. must be subject to no po-lltU-Al InSuence, must make no mistakes, must do what It is told to ftrst.

last and all the time, keep a complete record of wr.it It does, must make only reasonable chsrarea and must r.j-re the "learning, experience an4 discretion not only of one msn. but of a number of the cri iinunity'e successful men. SinnDIITIlUST Co. rmi-np spttai 500,000 Jiirf tan end Fronts 700,000 Jtr-ikholers' eoaeoo fT ee, 110-120 iroafiiTt the. to of of in of i i.iloa t.mnt Jlsrkft t.

ctares and its rejection of We supirest that new camera and suppuea. STORE. KODAKERS STORE A Koelilcr Camnbcll St. CO. Wa-5 end.

ART IN THE BREAKFAST TRAY 1OWADAT8 th breakfast trar follows some style of art. th Dresden belng-a popular choice, and th service used with It mast correspond. The foundation of th piece la a square or oval of exquisite silk In the desired pattern, covered with heavy glass and surrounded with a projecting frame of wood wltn a substantial carrying handle at each Where ailk of Dresden pattern la employed th dainty china la selected to match. Special sets are th only thins; for th purpose, as th piece must all la proportion and daintily small. Zn addition to th service for tea or eoffe.

with Its pot, pitcher, sugar bowl and cup, there is th bowl and saucer tor porridge, a we covered dish for scrambled eggs, creamed dried beef or similar entree, a oovered plat for chops or bacon everything on th daintiest seal with regard to six. A lovely on seen recently bad for foundation a piece of dainty tap ti tn empire design, covered with an oval glass. The frame was of woven wicker of deep purplish ting, oval, of course. With thi went a little empire china set. with decoration in th form of bands of purple and gold.

Th dishes numbered a toast rack and a marmalade jar. which bar become almost Indispensable artlclea sine so many Americana hav aoqutred th English morning habit of toast and Jam. fi thslr husbands and children that sat down to the table which were decorated Ith potrtsettlas and red carnations. After thei dinner there wss an Informal program in which Alfrsd T. Harp, pianist; Mrs.

Harp, vocalist, and Mrs. Es- telle Carson Jones, reader, participated. The entire entertainment was Informal and very delightful. Miss Rthel Fox entertained this afternoon with a bridge party for Miss Ellss-beth Greer, whose marriage to Edmund J. Fox will take plac tomorrow.

Th decorations were of green winter berries, and lights were pink candle with pink and green shades, and the Ices Were served In pink and green color. Th fa- vora were pink rosea filled with rtee, which was showered on the bride-elect. Miss Fox was assisted by her mothar, Mrs. J. F.

Fox. Amprr the gueats wss Mrs. C. K. Hughes, of Wisconsin, who Is here to attend th marriage ot her slater Mr.

Fox. PLACES PULP QUESTION UP TO COURTS FOR DECISION President Taft, In Message to House, Says He Will Refuse Admission Pending Settlement. WASHINGTON. January a meases; to the house today President' Taft announced that this government Would refuse to admit wood pulp and paper free from any nation other than Canada until the proper courts had decided the question raised by many European governments under the favored nstlon clauses their treaties. After the passage of the Canadian reciprocity bill, by which wood pulp and paper from -Canada were admitted fre Into the Fnlted Mates, six European countries demanded that their wood pulp and print paper also admitted free.

Last month the house adopted a resolution asking the President what nations had made theoe representations, and today's message was in answer to thst resolution. Accompanying the message the Freflcent sent to the house letters irorn Secretary of State Knox and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh. containing Information as to the countries interested and as to the quantity pf wood pulp and paper Imported into this count rv sine last July when th reciprocity bill wss passed. Th lYesident says that the questions law now refeed can be better considered In a court of law than by executive construction, and contlnuesS "1 have therefore directed that the re- iviH-U or the treasury department to admit wood pult and paner under ths toint ef fects of the Canadian reciprocity act and the favored nation clauses of the treaties with other countries, shall stand the attitude of-the government pending the consideration of the two questions sbove stated befor the tribunals recularlv appointed bv law for he consideration of such questions." LOSS AT FLINT, Big Grocery Building Burns and Business Section Threatened. FUNT.

January a. Fire, which destroy ed the big wholesale grocery warehouse ot -Moffat A Son. threatened the entire business district of this city 'today. The wind swept the flsmes over the roofs of adjoining- buihiings and volunteers aided the Bre departme-nt. Zero weather made the work of the firemen extremely xo.ifr.cult Two er overcome by the cold.

Fir at Boston, BOSTON. January Fire todav. which rtarted in the Globe-Wernicke building, Federal etreet, and extended to tbe paper stock warehouse of Carter. Rice fc Co. and the Henry K.

Barnes Company's leather bvltlnc and supply rooms, in Pevonshlre street, destroyed property of the valu of Twenty yoitne women emrvloyed on the fifth floor of Oiobe-Wernicke building. reached! tha street without harm by way of th fire escape ladders. TABER ACCUSED AGAIN. Banker Said to Be Short $2,000 in Accounts With Odd Fellows. TKKRE HAtTF, January a.

ThatsW. H. Taber. former president of the American State Rank of this city, which was closed following the discovery of a-laree defalcation, was also short $i(V in his accounts with a local kvite Odd Fellow-, w-as the statement mavie yesterday by Charles 1L Orosjean, who with otlier trustees hss been Koinf over the lKoks of the Tabor is secretary cf the The amiitors have not coia-rietci their invesUoattoa. THE RABBITS ROB STOCK i OF ED IN THE WEST THEY EVEN DRIVE HOGS AWAY i FROM THEIR CORN.

GROW SAVAGE WITH HUNGER IIUTCHIXSOX. January Mad "py hunger, hordes of famished Jack rattjis are raiding the farmyards ani feed lots on. western Kansas ranches, according io report from that section of the and rotLm; cattle and tber live stock! of their food. Ueprive.f of usual food by the deep snow whifh cover that feition of the state, the rabbit Invade the. farm and granaries 'and cause great loss to the raRehrm-n-e Where corn has been 'left in the where hay has been stacked the little animals conrrecate by thousands, an-l In their desperate straits eat thousands dollars worth of prtn and other feed; that Is ereatly needed by the farmers fjr tbwir stock.

Farmers Are Helpless. SO numerous are the rabbits that It Is Impossible; for the farmers to protect thetnselve from them. Thousands of the animals have been killed and rr.any thou, sands of them have died from starvation, but there appears to be little diminution in their number. Sora farmers report that the rabbits I hare Invaled hog 'pens and by sheer force of numbers driven the hogs away from their feed, one farmer whose rep utation for troth and veracity is rood. reporting that be saw a drove of rabbits Invade his hog pen.

take ears of corn in their Jaws: and leap back orer the fence and retreat to a safe distance to devour their loot, Frank Wlnslow. a ranchman in Hodge man county, also said that he had seen rabbits invade the hog lots and grab corn oat of the mouths or the hogs. "Every day since the. ble snow. Mr.

Winslow said, "the ranch hands have been feeding a bunch of cattle in the feed Iota; but they reported that the stock appeared to be hungry all the time and appeared to be growing weaker and thinner. I made an Investigation and found that as soon as the -hands would get the feed dumped on the ground and leave for other fields that hordes of Jack rabbits wonld rush upon the feed and devour It." TO CONFER ABOUT PLANTS OF PREST-O-UTE COMPANY f. Board of Trad Committee Arranges Conference With J. A. Allison Removal Offer ConlderedV i Th.

rnanufacturlng oommittee ef th Board of Trad will oonfex with James A Anison; secrets-treasurer of th Prt-0-IJU company, in an effort to persuad th company to retain its plants piir I hadTdt Jh-t-0-Ut Company i naa i decided to remov the, a plants to another dty to ord they might be combined In The aal hundred and fifty employea The fao-lOTZia manufact tured and in which th tank are ltm etlon so far away from the city was made necessary NocHtlelsm Intended. "I do not want to fc understood as critlclalha: th city Indianapolis for passing- thi said Mr. Allison. "Whll out buslnes was in Its expert, mental stage, it la true that some tinfortu-nat hanpened In Allison said that since then the busl-ness has grown out of the experimental mnA from the recharging of a few hundred tanks in Indianapolis the company reehsrg es thousands of tanks. It "f11001 expense.

Mr. Allison said to haul thousands of tanks from Its Plant In Sooth street to the chargtnc plant, flv miles south of Indlanapolla As it seems impossible to com bine, these two plants in Indiana-polls. Mr. Allison said, the company had decided to go to some other city, where there are no prohibitive ordlnanoe. Thre cities are now bidding for the factory.

Mr. Allison said, but be declined to say which one would be selected or what cities were making the. offers. Mr. Allison said the general face of th company would be retained In this city.

Home of Officers, This Is my horn city and th horn dty of Carl ,0. Fisher, president of the company." Mr. Allison said, "and do not desir to take th general Sees away from here," Mr. Allison named some of the largest cities In th United States where charging plants ef th Prest-O-Ute Company are and be raid that In none of them had there been mn attempt to pass an ordinance which would drive them from the city limits. iMr.

Allison anid wm.i rlsd to confer with the Board of Trade committee, sivu. iaycoc is chairman of the committee. SIX CQNCERNS INDICTED. Federal Grand Jury Decides Coaster Brake Combine Is a Trust. BUFFALO.

'January 9. That a trust withoiit a nam hag obtained control of pericent-cf the business of manufacturing land Selling- coaster; brakes for bicycles and rriotiorcycles and a large percentage of otner bicycle accessories. In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. i cnirsro rauinnwcu r.anoea aown i hy a feieraji grand Jury here. There aref eirht counts In the Indict-1 meots in eighteen individuals and six corporations are charged with conspiracy to restrain trade, and with attempting to "monopolize the business.

The individuals Indicted are: Edwin 11. i Jackson. Frederick TL Hurtlnrton -and James P. of New York: Albert F. Rockwell.

Iewjtt I'age. Charles T. Tread nv and Gales Moore. -of ViHiara A. Graham, of Brooklyn.

Charles Glover and Clarenoe A. Earl, of New Britain, 1 Whittter. Ralph I. Webster. Leonard S.

"Whituer and Edward J. Dunn, of KltKiira, N. T. Florsheirn and John D. -Hurley, of Chicaeo, til.

KeUv R. Jncobyi and Emmett M. Jackson, of Middletown. O. The firms; Indicted are the New re-partare Manufcturinr Company.

Corbin Screw Corporation. Aurora Automatic Machinery Comjtny, Eclipse Machine Companj'. M'-ami iCycle. and Manufacturing Company and the Buffalo Metal Goods Company A jrosrarae? coverine of beauty" and fairness besioweil by Satin skin powder. 23c.

INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, LITTLE WOMAN i e. sj. i i 7KXJCB NEW TORlC, January S. Felice Iyne. a little American girl from Missouri, has created a sensation In th city wher Ttraxstnl was first acclaimed a great artist, for London critics hav acclaimed her th aenaatloa of th season and compare hex wltn th greatest soprano of past generatlona Sh mad a hit la New Tork la light opera last year.

Sh la a slender little woman, weighing only nls sty-eight pounds, 1 BALTIMORE TO BE CONVENTION CilY I Continued from Pag One. nta member. Th feud between th two man is of old standing. Representative Palmer had accused Guffey of oon sorting arith th Ranublican machine In Pennsvl- vanla and ot oisioyajty to nis narxy. Air.

Bryan rapes ted all of this and mors. At the end It la said he had no apologies to offer, ana unaouoieaiy as win carry on his fight against Colonel Guffey. at on time during his impassioned an neal to th oommittee to rid Itself of 'Guffey and Guffeylsm." Mr. Bryan went so far as to threaten an "appeal to the people" If th committee should decide a rain st him. The threat -had no effect.

Xf Rrnn said that thrlow had ben a candidate for the presidency, and that voters had stood back of hint They ware all Democrats, asserted, and It was to th Democracy that he would make hi appeal. I "tf this oommittee does not do th right thlnr." he declared, "th people will do th rignt Report of Threat Spread. Immediately th report spread that Mn Bryan had threatened th organization of a third party. This cam on top of th eonferenoe between Mr. Bryan and Senator La Follett late Sunday and was believed In stun quarters.

Mr. Bryan, however, laid emphasis on th fact that It was th Democrats to whom he would carry hi appeal, and the third party talk died away for the time being. Mr. Bryan's drat fight cam with th calling of Alabama on th roll of states. A vacancy from Alabama had been filled by the Democratlo state oommittee.

Mr. Bryan moved that th selection of th stat oommittee be confirmed. National Committeeman Brown, of Vermont, made the point of order that no such action was necessary; that undsr th rules laid down by th last national convention th committee had no right to go back of th stat commute' choice. Committee leaders had pleaded with Mr. Bryan -during the morning not to make an issue of th Guffey matter at this time; that Ouffey clearly had a majority of th com mine In his favor, and that th fight would avail nothing-.

Mr. Bryan would not listen this suggestion. Taggart Crowd for Guffey. Chairman Mack. Thomas Taggart, John Ti McGraw, Roger Sullivan and several othrs then held a hurried consultation and agreed en th program which meant defeat to the Nebraskan- Chalrman Mack sustained th point of order, and Mr.

Bryan at one appealed from th decision of the chair. He saw tn. this ruling the defeat of the protest against Guffey, and asserted that the committee had a perfect right to pass on th eligibility of it membera. Mr. Bryan aeemed to realise from th first that he was beaten, but ho went Into th fray undaunted.

Mr. Mack waa sustained. S3 to IS. The vote by state was as follows; Ayes Alabama. Arkansas.

California. Connecticut. Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois. Indiana. Iowa.

Kentucky, Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri.

Montana. New Hsmpshlre. New York. North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas. Vermont.

Virginia, Washington, "West Virginia. "Wyoming. Alaska and Hawaii. i Noes Colorado. Delaware, Louisiana.

Nebraska. New Jersey, Oregon. Rhode Island. South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah. Wisconsin.

District of Columbia and New Mexico. fj To Frame the Call. A resolutions commltt was appointed, with Clark Howell, of Georgia, as chairman, to frame a call for delegates and thus to deal with the primary question. Other members of the committee are John T. McGraw, of West Virginia; Homer Cummtngs.

of Connecticut; Thomas Brown, of Vermont, and W. T. Brady, of Oklahoma. It was said the committee would approve of primaries in the states with primary laws and leave to the various state committee' whether primaries should be held in other Jurisdictions. Such a resolution was offered by Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, Each state would have to take car of Its own primary expenses.

There was to be nothing mandatory In the primary resolution. -JAMES GETS ICS VOTES. Kentucky Gives Overwhelming Indi- cation of Senatorial Choice. if FRANKFORT, Ky, Janiiarr t-On the ballot for successor I to United States Senator Thomas H. whose term expires In March.

M. James received VA votes ia the Kentucky legislature today. His Republican opponent. Edwin P. Morrow, received twenty-eight votes.

Joint ballot tn the house and senate, confirming the selection of Representative James, will be taken tomorrow. EIGHT BURNED TO DEATH. Others Injured When. Gun Mold Bursts at French Arsenal. PARIS.

January 5. Eicht men were burned to death and femrteen others were so injured today ti at thev n.av die1; when a huge grun. mold burst at the- naval arsenal ner Ancttaiimt. "The rav-s from molten caused un ex- plosion and the men were covered with the; seetiiiiis mass. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, GREAT SOPRANO iV-v I'' a- st LTNE.

TURK OUT OF THE RACE F( Continued from Pago On. Turk could not afford to flgtrt Tea-tart, the Terr Haute Brewing" Company, th IndlanapoU Brewing; Company and th rest ot th old line crowd thst was determined to beat him, and that to do bo would nothing mora than a losing- fight, Fear of Unfairness. This friend said It meant that Mr. Turk would not hav had a fair show and that even If had been successful in electing a majority of precinct committeemen favorable to his election as county chairman th old crowd: wonld hav counted them out In a sufficient number of precincts to mak certain Turk's defeat for chairman. In view Of! this situation, this man said, and the apparent strangle hold which th Tag-gr art-Crawford Fairbanks faction has obtained on th Democracy of Marlon county.

It was useless for Mr. Turk to continue th fight. Whether any other candidate for county chairman will get Into th rac Is not known, but up to this time no other nam has been mentioned, ij AGAINST EUTHANASIA, Dr Wooda Hutchinson Bays Death la Rarefy Absolutely Certain. "NEW TORS. January Th noted medical litterateur.

Dr. Woods Hutehin-son, baa declared himself emphatically against what la known medical parlance a euthanasia. This Is th causing" of death In order to prevent a prolonging; of suffering from aom disease or accident. Th question has been brouglit to promlnenc at this tiro because it has been told by th New Tork Medical Record, In Its current issue, that th Belgian poet. Maeterlinck, advocate It in his work entitled "Death." "Euthanasia ts a said Dr.

nutchinaon. "that shows th stat of medloal soianc. The prognosis of death oan never surely be mad a may think we oan predict the time of demise In such chronic troubles aa cancer, kidney disease and brain tumors, but are not "On th other hand, tn acute diseases, snob as typhoid fever, pneumonia and the like. It 1 well known how recoveries take plac when death aeemed Inevitable. "To tell the truth, the cases when a physician could conscientiously advocate enthanasla are an Infinitesimal minimum.

This Is the present position ot medical science. CHOKES I BIG BEAR TO DEATH Trapper, Disarmed by 400-Pounder, Uses Nature'e Weapon. MONTI CELLO. -N. January t.

Bern Smith, of Monticello, Sullivan county, has on exhibition a four-hundred-pound bear which he choked to death In a conflict at th entrance of th bear" den. Smith smoked the bear out of its den, and when it came out. before Smith could defend himself, he was disarmed by a blow from one of its paws. Smith was compelled to flrbfthe bear-without weapons. He succeeded in retting his arms around the brute's neck and shut off Its wind.

In less than five minutes he had choked tt to death. Smith Is a well-known trapper. HOTEL BRESLIH 23th SU THE CTXTKZ H3 OF NEW TOK IXFE fa Aa bort of tbc Shesriag districts. Soests, service sad etrfslo I leepiag witi the hifk class the sisssfesieat Sesirss as tttnet. krsostte raMS.

IX B. MsIHgaa. Star. I) It! COUNTY CHAIRMAN i A Broadway il 1912. CRIMINAL COURT PASSED ON 892 CASES IN 1911 FIRST YEAR OF JUDGE MARKEY AND PROSECUTOR BAKER.

394 CF THESE DISMISSED Judse Joseph T. Marker, of the criminal court, and Prosecutor Frank P. Baker, both of whom took office In January, barreled cases the first year- of their eervice. according to a report compiled by Gavin, clerk of the cdrrt. Nine hurdred new eases were filed in' 1SIL Forty-three person were convicted of vibiatirstr the liquor taws, and the records show lorty-thre cases still pendinsr.

Twenty-nine persons were acquitted on the charge of vioiatlnjj the liquor laws and the SLifliavlts against nine were nol-prossed. Judse Mai key has four liquor caes tried in 1S1X under advisement. Three- hundred ar.d ninety-four cases were dismissed during the year, and cases otherwise disposed of. There were i4 convictions for felonies and misdemeanors. One hundred and twenty-eight persons were found not guilty of the charges against them.

Grand Larceny Leads. The leading offense under felonies waa grand larceny, with petty larceny a close second. There were forty-seven convictions for; grand larceny and thirty-three for petty larceny. Nine persons were found guilty of murder, but the death penalty was not Imposed on any of them. Two prrns were found g-ullty arson, and other convictions were: Bigamy, two; burglary, four: embexziement, six; robbery, seven; other felonies, twenty-nine: assault and battery with intent, twenty- three.

Seven women were found gnllty.of felonies. I Of those found guilty of felony, forty-two were sentenced to the Indiana state prison at Michigran City; thirty-nine to the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersor.vllle; seven to the woman's prison; sixty-two to the. tail or workhouse. Thirteen were merely fined. Sentence judge Markey suspended sentence In sixty-two of these cases.

One hundred and thirty-two persona charged with misdemeanors wer found guilty. Under this WALT Tho Poet It Is a nipplne. eaeer Jr, that Vms mv blna-nosed neighbors swear wind, they say, "haa THE COLD to spring" it on us isn't MORNING And thus my neighbors advertise to all the world that they are old; they'd aing and dance, if they were wise, and say how much they like the cold. There ia a tonic in the breeze that icebergs in its whiskers wears that comes straight down front arctic seas, and smells of seals and polar bears. It ought to make yon skip and! jump, and If you greet that breeze with groans, it shows you're ready for; the dump where people take their worn-out bones.

On torrid days the fat man sighs and for relief he vainly gropes, but on cold days he'd man'a hopes. Copyright, till, by Oorgr Matthew EXCURSION CONFERENCE General Oolnloo 8eeme Favor Their Contlnuanoe. Sunday excursions will be the subject of a conference which will precede the regular meeting at Chicago tomorrow or the Central Jfassenger Association. At the preliminary conference the question of summer tourist rates will be taken up and It Is expected that action along the lines recently taken by th Western Passenger Association will result. Convention rates are expected to be put on a flat basis of 2 cents a mil a Th opinion among1 th railroad men seems to be in favor of a continuance ef the Sunday excursions, as all roads found Lthem to a souroo ot profit last sum mer.

Th Sunday excursion ha beoom practically a fixture in many states, and It Is doubtful If they are more popular in any other stat than they ar In Indiana, wher dozens of excursions are run every Himdav in the summer. Thousands of persons from ail over th stat and from surrounding states come to mis cuy eacii Sunday and other thousands take advantage of th Sunday excursion to Jeave town and spend the day elsewhere. Taft at Charity Ball, i WASHINGTON. January Taft was among the patrons last night at the annual charity ball, riven by Washington society folk. The President watched th dancers for about half an hour.

He waa accompanied by Mrs. Taft, Helen Taft and Major Butt, with whom he had perviously sttended a charity benefit performance at a local V. I V--- i -V head the! convictions for violation of the liquor laws lead in number. According to the report there were ferty-thre convictions for violation of the liquor laws; nineteen ifor gambling; twelve for assault and battery; cruelty, three; drunkenneea. two: profanity, one; other misdemeanors, fifty-one; Of this- number of convictions, sentence in eleven cases was suspended.

One bun-drfti and ten were fined and twenty-two were sentenced to imprisonment, ARREST ENDS THIEF SEARCH I John McNamara, Wanted for New i Westminster Robbery, Caught. NEW TORK. January 9. John McNamara, of; San Francisco, known In half a dozen cities as "Australian Mack, was arrested her last night on a warrant chargtngf him with the theft of JS7S.O0O from the! Bank of Montreal at New "Westminster 1 British Columbia, which was dynamited September 14. Eleven hun dred dollars was round in rus waiiet and detectives are searching; the city for of th bank funds which he Is beliewd to have brought to New York.

1 Four detectives arrested McNamara on a strt-et, in Harlem. He submitted qulet-lv. asked to see th warrant, and. after reading It, smiled and said: "I am great-Iv relieved. I thought It waa soma more serious charge." In addition toi larceny, McNamara Is charted with dynamiting the bank's safe and bindlnsr and gauging a Chlnea watchman1.

McNamara Joked with his captors when urged to confess and said be was traveling over th country, looking for a good location to open a cafe. KISSEL IN INSANE ASYLUM. i Son, However, Receives News There la Hope of Father's Recovery. Frank bciassl. son of Frederick Kissel, has received a telegram from Los Angeles, saying; that there ar hope tor th recover jot Frederick Kissel from an attack of Insanity.

Mrs. Kissel. 320? North Capitol avenue, wit of Frederick: Kissel, has leUifor Los Angeles In order to be with tr! husband. Frank Kissel and his unci. iVTlMam Kissel.

Indianapolis, say that Frederick Kissel's financial affaira are tn good condition and that his departure for Los Angeles about a year a so wss for ith Improvement of his health. All members ot bis family knew of his departure, they said, and hav been hearing from him frequently. A telegram to The News from Los An-relas savs that after having been ad judged Insane. Kissel was committed to an asylum at Patten, Cal, wher he now is. MASON Philosopher comes kerwhooplnj from the north.

as citywards they sally forth. "That been on ic for fifty years in Labrador; nice wa dpnt seo what they send it for. luce to rise and whip a bunch ox white Adam. WITH THE SAME OLD RESULT Men Tie Dynamite to Doga Tall and It Chases Them. rrawARK, January six employe In th Lynn-Wilson road building camp near here, blew up a dog with dyna mite yeeieraay ana in so doing nearly lost their Uvea, according to a wltneaa to the anair.

On ot tn man tied th dynamite to the Whaa milk la burned pour It at one late a pitcher and stand tt in a basin bf cold water until It 1s cool, when St win be found to quit fre from th burned small and taat. dog's tali lighted th fua and then all ran away. dog did th usual thing; In stories of this sort by running after them. They entered a cabtn and slammed the door shut, but th Cog crawled under the door.x I Th terrified men hurried mad their exit and inone too quick, for just aa the laat on emerged irora ins nous in explosive let go. The shanty was demolished, the dor reduced to fragments and th entire party knocked down and stunned, but oth erwise uninjured, except for a few cuts and bruise.

MME. N0R0 Indorses; If PIANO Great artlsta using: the Baldwin Piano: SEMBRICH, DE PACmiANN, SCHNITZER, PUGN0, SCHARWENKA, BACHAUS, VAN DER STUCKEN, LA FORGE, MISCHA EOIAN and others i The Baldwin Company Established 1862 MANUFACTURERS. lem is today for Our-Ad. MANY PEOPLE arsuc that candy is candjr and fcod i3 food, butjro bclicre that Skylark iChocclatea aro so well made, cf such Fo that they exo what ererybody hz3 Icr. wished the Ideal ccr.fccilcn to be a palatable and a healthful eatable.

You can eat a pound cf Skyferfk LUOCOIQICO and not be made to feel that you have overdone it. You will want more the next day. The habit of eating Skylark Chocolates agrees with you and grows upon you. Nearly every dealer in Indianapolis sells the regular pound box at 60c, half pound at 35c, and the special at $1 box, and the beautiful "Favor'! packages' at a dime. These are very popular as favors at parties, dinners, etc Look for the nam "Skylark" It tntans Quality National Candy Company "Quality, Purity and Service" "Don't Forgti That Bo Tonight" "Jluaf! Coy ti IA Lm Li A It tlstnt i Tti fcr Ail st.

More healthful than Tea or Coffee, i A .1 rce waa me weaKesc GigesDOO. i Delicious, and nUrkiou, Rich milk, malterl fTtn'm. powder fonn I lake Ribsliteie. AikforllOIUJCS'S. DCT Others aro imitations, WANT ADS ONE CENT A WORD 0 and Uses THE 1 V- 18 North Pennsylvania St I ICA i I-.

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