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EIGHT-HOUR BILL SIGNED BY WILSON

President Makes Act a Law at Breakfast Table on Train From Shadow Lawn, N. J.

10 0. K. IT AGAIN TUESDAY

Tumulty Sends News to Brotherhood Chiefs at Hotel—Rail Measure . Passed in Senate by Vote of 43 to 28.

- Washington, Sept. 4.—The eight-hour raitroad bill became a law at 9:30 yesterday morning. - President Wilson signed it at the breakfast table on the train . which brought him here from Shadow Lawn, N. J., where he was formally notified of his nomination. That there may be no question of the measure’s legality the opresident will sign it again upon his return here Tuesday. The signing was without ceremony and took place instantly on the arrival of the train for which Executive Clerk Forster and a messenger were waiting with the official copy of the bill Mrs. Wilson and Secretary Tumulty were present, and as soon as the executive signature was affixed Tumulty sent the news to the railroad brotherhood officials, who were waiting at a hotel. .

Wilson Goes to Kentucky.

An hour after his arrival President Wilson took another train to Hodgensville, Ky., the birthplace of Lincoln, where he will accept on behalf of the nation the cabin in which the emancipator was born. - ' The president showed high Satisfaction in performing the final act which made a law of the act that had prevented a nation-wide railroad strike. The brotherhood officials had rushed out code messages calling off the walkout, set for seven o’clock Monday morning, just after the senate passed the bill Saturday night and after they had been assured that the president would sign the measure on his arrival here.

- The new law "establishes an eight"hour day effective January 1 next on all railroads subject to the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commis- . gion; provides that the existing wages for ten hours’ labor shall be paid for the new eight-hour day; and creates a commission to investigate the cost of the new plan to the railroads. . The commission .is to complete its work by October 1, 1917, and pending };lts investigation all overtime is to be ‘paid for by the railroads at a pro rata rate. ;

“Climax of Happy Day.”

When President Wilson was #old that the eight-hour bill was ready for his signature he said: “It is the climax:- of a very happy day.” j “The union leaders are satisfied with the victory obtained. The railroad executives are disgruntled and charge they have not had fair play. The house bill, which will be known as the Adamson eight-hour law, was passed by the senate a few minutes after six o’clock Saturday evening. It was not - chamged in any particular. The vote was 43 to 28.

The Underwood amendment empowering the interstate commerce commission to fix wages and the hours of latter was killed by a vote of 57 to 14.

This actlon followed a day of debate, much of which was conducted under circimstances singuuarly dramatic. It concluded two weeks of suspense, during which the nation had been confronted with a strike order set to become operative on the great railroads on September 4. Rall Strike “Dead as Lazarus.”

A. B. Garretson, the spokesman of the railroad brotherhood chairmen, made this statement: .

“We have issued orders for the recall of the strike. While the president has not signed the bill, we know what he will do, and we did not want to take any chances on being able to deiiver the recall order on Sunday. ‘ “With our recall order the strike is as dead as Lazarus. If the railroads should succeed in having the eighthour measure (just adopted) declared unconstitutional, we would proceed to a reconsideration of the entire case. We shall keep our faith with the president, with congress and with the pubie.

“The world may rest assured that there will never be & strike on the vote which we counted a few weeks ago.” Asked for the text of the recall order, Mr. Garretson said: :

“There are 640 texts. A different message went to each one of the 640 district chairmen of the four brotherhoods. Each one of those in turn will send out orders to his local chiefs. It is an endless chain scheme and we wanted to reach them all sure.”

“We Accept Under Protest.”

“The rallroads will accept under protest. Of course, we will take no arbitrary or hostile action. The only thing we are looking for at present is the conventence and welfare of the public. “What action will be taken cannot be stated until our legal department can look into the constitutionality of the cight-hour law which congress enacted. This act is the result of the. Cluyton act, which ex:-mptefihe la- - borer from the Sherman act." Congress had to pay the price for passing such a law ‘as that whica freed the labor e,i3 ' i . "* i Y

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TAKE JONESCU

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Take Jonescu, leader of the Liberal party i Roumania, and former minister of the interior, declared: “Only a great German victory could have checked Roumanian intervention. This victory failed to materialize, so we entered the war—first, to realize our national aspirations; secondly, inspired by the humanitarian spirit to shorten the war,. which will now end six months sooner than was expected.”

SENATE VOTE ON BILL

- Washington, Sept. 4.—The vote of the senate on the final passage of the Adamson bill was 43 for and 28 against, as follows:

For—Democrats, 42; Republican, 1: total, 43. : : :

Against—Democrats, 2; Republicans, 26; total, 28. . Here is the vote in detail : For—Democrats. Ashurst (Ariz.) - Phelan (Col.) Bankhead (Ala.) Pittman (Nev.) Beckham (Ky.) Pomerene (0.) Bryan (Fla.) * Ransdell (La.) Chamberlain (Ore.) Reed (Mo.) Chilton (W. Va.) Robinson (Ark.) Culberson (Tex.)- Saulsbury (Del.) Fletcher (Fla.) Shephard (Tex.) Hitchcock (Neb.) Shields (Tenn.) Hughes (N. J.; Simmons (N. C.) Husting (Wis. Smith (Ariz.) Kern (Ind.) ° Smith (Md.) Johnson (8. D.) Smith (8. C.) Lane (Ore.) Swanson (Va.) Lea (Tennn.) Teggart (Ind.) Lee (Md.) Thomas (Colo.) Lewis (I 11. - Thompson (Kan.) Martin (Va.) Underwood (Ala.) Myers (Mont.) Vardaman (Miss.) Newlands (Nev.) Walsh (Mont.) Overman (N. C.) Williams (Miss)—42. For—Republican. La Follette.(Wis.)—l. Against—Democrats. ‘ Clarke (Ark.) - G

: - Against—Republicans. Hardwick (Ga.)—2. McCumber (N. D.) Borah (Idaho) McLean (Conn.) Brady (Idaho) Nelson (Minn.) Brandegee (Conn) Norris (Neb.) Clapp (Minn.) Oliver (Pa.) Colt (R. I.} Penrose (Pa.) Cummins (la.) Sherman (I 11. Curtis (Kan.) Smith (Mich.) Dillingham (Vt.) Smoot (Utah) ‘Du Pont (Del.) Sterling (S. D.) Gallinger (N, H.) -Wadsworth (N. Y.) Gronna (N. D.) Warren (Wyo.) Jones (Wash.) Weeks (Mass.)—26. Kenyon (la.)*

TRAIN KILLS FOUR AUTOISTS

Driver Loses Race With Engine at | - Two Rivers, Wis. Two Rivers, Wis.,, Sept. 4—Four were killed and one other probably fatally hurt last night when an auto raced with a passenger tgain for a grade crossing and almost won, but was struck on the crossing by the train and utterly wrecked. .. ‘The dead: Mrs. Frank Kucham, Two Rivers. Frank Bauman, Two Rivers, formerly of Chicago. = Mrs. Frank Bauman. - Frank Kucham, driver of the car, skull fractured in five places, internally injured and wrist broken; died. The injured: . ; " Marie Bauman, internal injuries, lacerated scalp and sprained ankle. The accident took place near Manitowoc, when the party was hurrying home after a day of recreation on the state highway south of here. .

BULGARS INVADE ROUMANIA

Strong Force Thrown Across Danube and Black Sea.

London, Sept. 4—The Bulgar-Ger-man invasion of Roumania has begyn. After concentrating in the vicinity of Vara, Bulgaria, a strong force of German and Bulgarian troops, officered by Germans and prepared for a long campaign, was thrown across the Danube and the Black sea, according to official announcement ‘from Berlin.. The Roumanian frontier guards were thrown back “with losses,” Berlin reports. Of operations on the eastern frontier of Roumania, Berlin reports that German and Austrian advance guards have been in combat with the Roumanians on both sides of the River Bystritza. : . .GREEK KING TO AID ALLIES ‘Tells Ministers He Is Disposed to | : Change Nation’s Policy. - [ London, Sept. 4—An Athens dispatch states King Constantine has informed the -entente allied ministers that as" a result of the entry of Rounuinia in the war he is disposed to reconsider Greek policy. © Ex-Prewier Venizelos has announced his unqualified support of the cabin2t of Premier L

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1916.

BIGGEST ZEPPELIN RAID ON LONDON

Casualties So Far as - Known Number Two Killed gnd 13 Injured. -

ONE AIRSHIP IS DESTROYED

Huge Air Craft Bursts Into Flames and Plunges to Earth—Burned . Bodies of Crew Found in Wreckage.

London, Sept. 4—Thirteen Zeppelin airships took part in the raid over the eastern counties: and "an unofficial statement issued says it was the most formidable attack by air ever made on England, Only three of the Zeppelins were able to approach the outskirts of London. One of these was shot down and the other two were driven off by aircraft guns and aeroplanes. ' Early reports placed the number of casualties at two killed and thirteen injured. : , b The ofiiicial statement says: : Theater “of Operations.

“Last night's raid ‘'was carried out by 13 airships, and thus was the most formidable attack that has been made on this country. The principal theater of operations was the eastern counties and the objectives seem to have been London and certain industrial centers in the midlands. ;

“Three airships only were able to approach the outskirts of London. One of them appeared over the northern district about 1:30 in the morning, where she was picked up by searchlights and heavily engaged by anti-air-craft guns and aeroplanes. After a few minutes the airship was seen to burst into flames and fall rapidly toward the earth. . Bodies of Crew Found.

“The ship was destroyed, the wreckage ,engines and half-burned bodies of the crew being found at Cufley, near Enfield.

“The other two ships which approached London were driven off by the defenses without being able to approach the center of the city.” - An earlier report by Field Marshal Viscount French, commander in chief of the home forces, reads: “Careful inquiries show that the casualties and damage caused by the air raid were quite disproportionate ‘to the number of ships employed. The number of casualties which have been reported follow: - “Killed, one man, one woman. :

“Injured, eleven men and women and two children. s

Twenty-five Houses Hit. ; “No casualties ocecurred in the metropolitan police district. Latest reports show that in the metropolitap police district 25 houses and some outbuildings were slightly damaged. Two water mains were cut and thre horses killed. : :

“There was no military damage of any sort.” DEMANDS MADE ON GREECE Allies Want Agents of Central Powers Ousted. Athens, Sept. 4, via London.—Representatives at Athens of Great Britain and France presented to the Greek government a note demanding control over the Greek pests and telegraphs, and insisting on the deportation from Greece of agents of the central powers. The note formed the subject’ of a conference between King Constantine; Premier Zaimis and Doctor Streit, a former minister of foreign affairs. ' It is understood that there will be no objection on the part of the Greek government to the acceptance of the Anglo-French demands. ‘ The seizure of the Austrian. and German merchant ships at Piraeus and the occupation by entente trdops of the Greek wireless station last night * (Friday) threw the AustroGerman residents in Athens and especially the agents of the Geérman government into a panic. =~ Diplomats -of the entente allies demand that Baron von Schenck and 60 co-workers in behalf of the central empires be expelled from Greece. Several arrests already have been made, those taken into custody including the officers of the interned Austrian and German ships. Von Schenck is believed: to have escaped. - i

MADERO’S FATHER IS DEAD

Mexican Succumbs to Heart Disease in New York Home.

New York, Sept. 4.—Francisco Madero, father of the late President Madero of Mexico, and one of the largest land and mine owners in that country, was found dead in bed’ at his home here from heart disease. He was six-ty-seven years old. Mr. Madero fled to this city after the assassination of his two sons, Krancisco, Jr, then president of Mexico, and Gustavo, who had been financial agent for the revolutionists. President Madero was killed on February 21, 1913, and Gustavo two days before. ‘ Famous Trz~cdian Enlists. Paris. Sept. 4.-—Edouard DeMax, the famous Roumanian tragedian Francaise, has enlisted in the Roumanian

THEODORE P. SHONTS

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Wiaen the street railway strike situation in New York was at its worst, Theodore P. Shonts, president of the New York Railway company was greatly gratified by receiving a written pledge of their loyalty from the conductors and motormen of the company.

“ oo bd 000 66666606000560060064 0000’00: i ’ 3 esterday’s Games § : 2000064 0000000006000 000000 999000 | STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. - Club. W.L.P.'C.‘ Club. W.L.P.C. Brooklyn ...72 47 .605|Chicago .....58 69 .467 Boston ......70 47 .598| Pittsburgr ..56 67 .455 Philadel'ia .70 49 .588,5 t. L0ui5.....56 71 .441 New Y0rk..57 59 .491 C'Sncinnatl L 4979 .383 AMERICAN LEAGUE. ' Boston .70 53'.576|New Y0rk...68 60 .528 Detroit .....72 57 .558‘Clevelafid ...68 61 .527 Chicago ....70 58 .547 Wash’gton ..62 63 .496 St. L0ui5....69 60 .B%'Philadel’la ..28 96 .226 THREE I LEAGUE. Peoria ......83 49 .629| Moline '......59 74 .444 Hannibal ...79 54 .694|Quincy ......56 76 .424 Bl'm’gton ...74 56 .569| Rock 151and..55 76 .419 Rockford ....66 65 .504 Davenport ...54 76 .415 CENTRAL LEAGUE. Springfield ..33 28 .544| Evansville' ..28 28 .500 Gd. Rapids..3l 20 .525|Terre Ha’te.3o 30 .500 Wheeling -...30 29 .508 Dayton ......28 29 .491 Muskegon ~30 29 .508/South 8end..25 34 .424 Sunday’s Results. NATIONAL LEAGUE, - Chicago, 4-4; St. Louis, 2-1. : Cincinnati, 7; Pittsburgh, . No other games scheduled. . AMERICAN LEAGUE. : Chicago, 1; St. Louis, 0. . Detroit; 5; Cleveland, 3. No other games scheduled, - " THREE I LEAGUE. ; Bloomington, 0-0; Hannibal, 2-1. Davenport, 5; Rockford, 1. Moline, 7; Rock Island, 6. : Quincy, &s{_; Peoria, 7-1. : CENTRAL LEAGUE. S South Bend, 3; Grand Rapids, 5 (10. innings e ‘Wheeling, 6; Terre Haute, 2. & Dayton, 6; Evansville, 1. . Muskegon, 4; Springfield, 3. = - Flyer Leaves Rails Near Mance- : lona, Mich. - Resorters Injured Were Hurrying Home Fearing They Would Be Stranded by Threatened Strike. Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 4.—Fifty persons, about half of them from Chicago, were injured when the Grand Rapids & Indiana resort flyer, southbound from Mackinaw City, left the rail near Mancelona while traveling at 40 miles an ho_ur agd ‘the 11 coaches and sleepers left the track, a broken rail causing the accident. Many- of thg cars were scrap steel and splinters after the injured had been rushed to Cadillac, . Kalkaska and Grand Rapids for medical treatment, the more seriously hurt being brought here. Among thein are: Mrs. W. J. Byrne, 157 West One Hundred and Twenty-third street, New York city, neck, -back and one leg injured; F. L. Barnes, Chicago, head cut; Mrs. N. Whalen, Harbor Springs,r Mich,, back and head cut. .

The crowd on the train was rushing home fearing that they would be stranded in the north by the threatened railway strike. ;

BIG FIRE AT DUBUQUE, la.

Fertilizer Establishment Destroyed—- - $lOO,OOO Loss.

‘Dubuque, la., Sept. 4—H. E. Frith’s rendering and fertilizer establishment, located in the country outside the city limits, was destroyed by a blaze of mysterious origin. A large stock of fertilizer and oils, along with building and expensive machinery were destroyed. The loss approximates $lOO,000, with insurance of less than $lOO,-

MISS WILSON LOSES GEMS

President’s Daughter Offers Reward for Handbag. :

New York, Sept. 4—Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, reported here ithe loss of a handbag containing money and jewels from an autemobile in which she journayed to. “Shadow Lawn,”. Long Branch, N. J., for the notification ceremonies Saturday. She offered a reward for the bag's return. e <

NEW SHRINE IS GIVEN THE NATION

President Wilson Accepts the Birthplace of Lincoln at Hodgenville. ‘

KENTUCKY FARM NOW A PARK

Beautiful Memorial Building Shelters the Rude Cabin—Distinguished Party Accompanies Mr. Wilson to Sacred Spot.

Hodgenville, Ky., Sept. 4.—A little Kentucky farm of rock-ribbed soil and “crawfish land,” became a nation’s shrine today when President Wilson accepted on behalf of the people of the United States the ‘memorial park into which the birthplace of Abraham Linceln has been transformed. |

Standing on a platform under the folds of the flag which flies daily from. the staff in front of the beautiful memorial building erected to shelter the rude pioneer cabin in which Lincoln was born, President Wilson delivered his address to an audience of several thousand.

An Altar of Democracy. : President Wilson drew a wonderful picture of the great emancipator in his short, carefully prepared speech. He concluded :

“T have come here today, not to utter a eulogy on Lincoln ; he stands in need of none, but to endeavor to interpret the meaning of this gift to the nation of the place of his birth and origin. .Is not this an altar upon which we may forever keep alive the vestal fire of democracy as upon a shrine at which some of the deepest and most sacred hopes of mankind may from age to age be rekindled?. For these hopes must constantly be rekindled, and only those who.live can rekindle them. The only stuff that can retain the life-giving heat is the stuff of living hearts. - And, the hopes of mankind cannot be kept alive by words merely, by constitutions and doctrines of right and codes of liberty. :

. “The object of: democracy is to transmute these into the life and action of society, the self-denial and selfsacrifice of heroi¢c men and women willing to make their lives an ‘embodiment of right and service and enlightened purpose. The commands :of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. ~ Its compulsion is upon us. It will be great and lift a great light for the guidance of the nations only if we are great and carry that light high for the guidance of our own feet. .

“We are not worthy to stand here unless we ourselves be in deed and in truth real democrats and servants of mankind, ready to give our very lives for the freedom and Jjustice and spiritual exaltation of the great nation which shelters and nurtures us.” : Notables Who Took Part. . -

The special train with the president and his party aboard left Washington Sunday and pfoceeded without a stop to -Hodgenville, the county seat of Larue county, in which the farm is located. Accompanying the president were Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Helen Woodrow Bones, the president’s cousin; Joseph Tumulty, the president’s secretary; former Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Missouri, chief counsel of the interstate commerce commission ; secretary of War Newton D. Baker, Senator Willlems of Mississippi, Robert J. Collier, chairman of the executive committee of the Lincoln Farm Memorial association; senator Ollie- M. James of Kentucky, and Richard Lloyd Jones. Arriving at Hodgenville, the president and his party were escorted to automobiles and the procession started for the Lincoln fa*m over the new road, a section of the Dixie highway, that has been constructed especially for the occasion. . ;

Addresses were made by Mr. Folk and Senator Williams, and Mr. Collier made the formal presentation of the deed to the farm-to the nation: The president’s address closed the exercises. :

TWO BATTLES NEAR LEMBERG

Russians Drive Teutons From Positions and Take Heights.

Petrograd, via London, Sept. 4.— Furious battles are being fought by Russian and Austro-German forces near Ziotchoff and Halicz respectively, the one 45 miles east and the other 63 miles southeast of Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, according to the Rusgian official statement,

- Russian troops have driven the Teutons from fortified positions and have captured several heights, taking 300 prisoners. b ' :

Berlin, via London, Sept. 4—Strong Russian attacks made against the Austro-German forces north of Zeborow, in the Galician region east of Lemberg, were repulsed in bayonet fighting;- says the official statement Issued here. o In the Carpathians Teuton positions on the Ploska height, south of Zielona, were taken by the Russians after many fruitless stormings. . Call Belgian Attache Thief. Berlin, via ‘Sayville, Sept. 4.—Berlin newspapers republish an article. from the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant to the effect that an attache of the Belgian legation in Paris has been sentenced to four months in prison for

TAKE 2,000 GERMANS

Villages of Forest and Clery-Sur-Somme Seized by Allies.

Twelve Cannon and Fifty Machine Guns Also Captured, Says Dispatch From Paris. -

Paris, Sept. 4.—The villages of Forest and Clery-Sur-Somme and all the German positions between these two points have been captured by the French and British in a joint attack after intense artillery preparation. More than 2,000 prisoners, as well as 12 cannon and 50 machine guus, were taken. :

The Brit#sh, with the co-operation of the French on their right wing, also succeeded Sunday in capturing part of the village of Ginchy and the whole of Guillemont, according to the official statement issued from British general headquarters. 2 ‘ o They gained ground also east of the Mouquet farm and captured several hundred prisoners. : The Paris statement declares French troops made progress in the neighborhood of Fleury, taking 300 prisoners. L o

Berlin, via London, Sept. 4.—The text .of the German official statement issuéd by the war office follows:. “Western theater—Artillery actlvity in the region of the Somme increased to the greatest violence. Between Maurepas and - Clery strong French attacks collapsed yesterday evening. . _ 3

“On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun region)), on the ThiaumontPaux front, enemy attacks followed extensive preparation by artillery fire, but they were limited to both sides of the Vaux-Souville road. The attacks were repulsed.”™ : o

U. S.-MEXICO MEET BEGINS

International Commission ‘Holds First ' Session in New York. |

- New York, Sept. 4—First details of the plans of the American and Mexican joint commission- to solve the Mexican problem. were made public by Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior. e e

The most important points in Secretary Lane’s stutement are the: following: T 1. The conferences will have no power to. bind either the United States or Mexico to a permanent understanding. It will. only make recommendations. Ly

2. The border question is one of the most important subjects to be considered. 5 S 2

3. Steps to rehabilitate both the financial and physical - condition ~of the Mexican railroads -will be discussed. L e b

4. The delegates will hold their formal sessions at New London, Conn.

i, The first conference was held today. The Americans and Mexicans met officially for the first time at a luncheon tendered by Secretary Lansing at the Biltmore hotel. The delegates expect to go too New London Tuesday on the Mayflower. Hi o ] ;

SLAYER OF WIFE ARRESTED

Chicagoan Leaps Off Train While on Way Home From Detroit. \

Chicago, Sept. 4—J. Maurice Pettit, the young bridegroom who ‘murdered hi, wife at their apartment here last Thursday night, broke away from the detective who was bringing him back from Detroit,.Mich., where he had been captured, leaped through a train window and was perhaps fatally injured. He: now lies between life and death in the Bridewell hospital. He has confessed the murder in every terrible detail = . e :

“Yes, I killed her” he said: to Charles L. Larkin, chief of detectives. “I did it to save her purity.” 3 ~Pettit went through a long explanation of his desire that his bride enter into the next life with all her youth and innocence and purity, and not live to fall heir to the weaknesses of flesh, “She saw me coming icward her with the razor,” he sald. “I put my hand on her neck and told her that I was going to save her purity.” :

SHACKLETON RESCUES PARTY

Saves Members of His Antaretic Expe-

- dition—Were Marooned on llsland. Punta Arenas, Chile, Sept. 4.—Lieut, Sir Ernest H. Shackleton has rescued the members of his antarcitic expedi~ tion who were marooned on Elephant island. Shackleton returned here with his men safe and well on .board the rescue ship Yelcho. : ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton left Punta Arenas August 26 with the ship Yelcho for a third attempt to rescue his men marooned on Elephant island. After the failure of his antarctic expedition Shackleton, with five members of his crew, managed to reach Port Stanley, Falkland llslands, on May 31. Twenty-two others of the crew were left on. Elephant island on April 9. ' s it SANTA FE MANAGER DIES Charles Kouns Succumbs After Re- ; turning From Capital. & 2 Topeka, Kan., Sept. 4—Charles W. Kouns, general manager of the*Atchison, Topeka & Santa. Fe rallway's eastern lines, died at his home here, His death came shortly after his return tfrom Washington, where he participated in the railroad wage coutros

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PINKNEY’S PLACE IN HISTORY

His Fame as the Greatest Lawyer the United States Has Produced * |s Secure.

Even ‘that tritest' of trulsms, the ephemerglity of a lawyer’s fame, offers no adequate explanation of the obscurity in which sleeps the genius of Wil liam Pinkney. For Pinkney was not merely a great lawyér. According to testimony that leaves no room for doubt or controversy, he was the very greatest lawyer that this country has ever produced. ' Nor was this all. He served his country with distinction and success in the labyrinths of diplomacy, at the cabinet table, in the halls of congress and even on the fleld of battle. Above all, at a ‘most critical poigt of our history, when the elamor of contending sections disturbed the tranquillity of the Sage of Monticello, “like a fire bell ringing in the night,” to use Jefferson’s own expressive phrase, it was Pinkney who rose to the occasion and recalled senators to a sense of thelr duty and pa-« triotism, i i

Of him John Marshall said that he was the greatest man he had ever seen in a court of justice. Of him Taney wrote in 1854: “I have Heard almost allgthe great advocates of the United States, both of the past and present generation, but I have seen none equal to him.” Of him Story remarkef: “His clear ang forcible manner of putting his cases before the court, his powerful and commanding eloquence, occasionally illumined with sparkling lights, but always logical and appropriate and, above all, his accurate and discriminating law knowledge, which he pours out with wonderful precision, give him, in my opinion, a great sus periority over every man whom I hav@ known.” 1

When such a court unanimously con= curs in rendering judgment, bold indeed the man who claims an appeal=—— H. H. Hagan in Case and Comment.

SIMPLE WAY TO TEST CREAM

French Scientist Has Given to the - World a Discovery That Is of Distinct Value. .

Professor Lindet of the French Agronomic institute has given to the Academy of Agriculture a very simple process for calculating rapidly the quantity of fatty matter in cream, 1t is the fatty matter that gives cream its quality, the more of this butter the better the cream. This is the process:

- A drop of cream is placed upon a sheet of paper and introduced at once fnto an oven heated to 105 degrees centigrade.” The watery part of the cream evaporates and the fat, absorbed by the paper, forms a spot which enlarges rapidly at first, then more slowly as the edges of the spot increase their distance from the point at which the drop has been placed. At the end of a specified time the area of the spot is measured and compared with that of a spot formed by a drop of pure grease of the same size deposited at the same time and under jdentical conditions.

Professor Lindet uses drops of 1-100 of a cubic centimeter inesize, and places his paper in wooden frames to prevent- it from curling up in the oven. He removes it befora the spots have spread to more than three or four centimeters in diameter. ‘

: Corpus Christl Day. + Corpus Christi kept today by all Roman and Anglican Catholics, 18 . connected with two towns prominent in the present war, It arose from .the ¢ dream of a religious lady ai Leige, and was formally sanctioned in 1264 by a bishop of Verdun who became Pope. It came to England about 1320, and was soon made a popular fete. In Wales on this anniversary the doorways of houses were decked with flowers, the maidenhair fern being chiefly selected for the purpose. Previous to the recent Anglican revival Corpus Christl day was kept at the Oxford college. It has been observed for five centuries in the city of London by the Worshipful company of Skinners, who attend In state thelr special service at St. Mary Aldermary. But the “Skinners” who walk in the procession now carry posies of flowers instead of the “war torches” mentioned by Stow.—London Chronicle.

Chapel In the Trenches. In one of the French trenches the men have constructed a small chapel underneath the earth. It is sufficlently large to admit 20 men at the same time. Every effort has been made by the clever workmen who have built it, skilled miners from the district of La Loire, to make the underground chapel difficult of bombardment. The interior ornamentation has been carried to high perfection, for a pargnuet floor, carpets, candlesticks, kneeling chairs saved from the ruined churches are to be found in it. A wooden altar has been erected in the trench chapel, and a magnificent French flag, the gift of an officer, has been hung in it. i Mouth-Filling Word. S That the European battle fronts and the Mexican frontier have nothing on the American Indian for names was emphasized wheh the chamber of commerce of eastern Connecticut held their summer outing as guests of the Webster-Dudley chamber of ecommerce and Southbridge board of trade at gamaug, a historic spot and -former conference ground of the red men who named it. The day was spent in attempting to masticate the name of the lake and a large amount of clam chowapring chicken a‘?fi"'fifi