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.ASKS ADEQUATE DEFENSE FOR U.S. President Wilson Pleads for Pre­ paredness Against Foes Abroad and Within. V'lv, A6E READ TO CONGRESS Army and Navy U Trained Citizenry the Nation's : greatest Defense -- Disloyal Acts of FjOreign-Born Ctti- Fear of War. Washington, Dec. 7.--At a Joint session r.IfiSvWf the house and senate the president to- ; js> iday delivered his annual- message. He said in part as follows: 1 Since I last had the privilege of ad- . ? dressing you on the state Of the Union ;th« war of nations on the other side of the sea, which had then only begun to disclose Its portentous proportions, has extended its threatening and sinister scope until it has swept within Its flame some portion of every quarter of the globe, not excepting our hemisphere, has altered the 'whole face of international affairs, and now presents a prospect of reorganisa­ tion and reconstruction such as states­ men and peoples have never been called upon to attempt before. We have stood apart, studiously neutral. It was our manifest duty to do so. In the day of readjustment and recupera­ tion we earnestly hope and believe that we can be of infinite service. In this neutrality, to which they were bidden not only by their separate life and their habitual detachment from the poli­ tics of ISurope but also by a clear per­ ception of. international duty, the states of America have become conscious of a new and more vital community of Inter­ est and moral partnership In affairs, more clearly conscious of the many common sympathies and Interests and duties which bid them stand together. We have been put to the test In the case of Mexico, and we have stood the test. Whether we have benefited Mexico by the course we have pursued remains to be seen. Her fortunes are in her own hands. But we have at least proved that we will not take advantage of her in her distress and undertake to impose upon her an order and government of our own choosing. We will aid and befriend Mexico, but we will not coerce her; and our course with regard to her ought to be sufficient proof to all America that we seek no po­ litical suzerainty or selfish control. Not Hostile Rivals. The moral is, that the states-ofL_Amer- Ica are not hostile rivals, but co-oper­ ating friends, and that their growing sense of community of interest, alike in matters political and in matters econom­ ic. is likely to give them a new signifi­ cance as factors in International affairs and In the political history of the world. It presents them as in a very deep and true sense a unit In world affairs, spir­ itual partners, standing together because thinking together, quick with common eympathies and common ideals. Separat­ ed, they are subject to all the cross cur­ rents of the confused politics of a world of hostile rivalries; united in spirit and purpose they cannot be disappointed of their peaceful destiny. This is Pan-Americanism. It has none of the spirit of empire in it. It is the em bodiment, the effectual embodiment, of the spirit of law ayd independence and liberty and mutual service. There Is, I venture to point out, an espe­ cial sign'Jflcance Just now attaching to this whole matter of drawing the Amer­ icas together in bonds of honorable part' nership and mutual advantage because of the economic readjustments which the world must inevitably witness within the next generation, when peace shall have at last resumed its healthful tasks. In the performance of these tasks I believe the Americas to be destined to play their parts together. I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now be­ cause unless you take It within your view and permit the full significance of It to command your thought I cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very front of my whole thought as I ad­ dress you today. 1 mean national de tense. No one who really comprehends the spirit of the great people for whom we are appointed to speak can fall to per­ ceive that their passion is for peace, their genius best displayed in the practice of the arts of peace. Great democracies are 'Hot belligerent. They do not seek or de­ sire war. Their thought is of individual liberty and of the free labor that supports life and the uncensored thought that quickens it. Conquest and dominion are not In our reckoning, or agreeable' to our principles. But just because we demand unmolested development and the undis­ turbed government of our own lives upon our,own principles of right and liberty we resent, from whatever quarter it may come, the aggression we ourselves will not practice We insist upon security in prosecuting our self-chosen lines of na­ tional development. We do more than that. We demand it also for others. We do not confine our enthusiasm for Indl vldual liberty and free national develop­ ment to the Incidents and moveme affairs which affect only ourselves. feel it wherever there is a people tries to walk in these difficult paths of Independence and right. From the first we have made common cause with all partisans of liberty on this side of the sea, and have deemed It as Important that our neighbors should be free from all outside domination as that we our •elves should be; have set America aside as a whole for the uses of Independent nations and political freemen. Might to Maintain Right. Out of such thoughts grow all our poll cies. We regard war merely as a meanf Of asserting the rights of a people against aggression. And we are as fiercely Jeat ous of coercive or dictatorial power with In our own nation as of aggression froir. without. We will not maintain a stand tng army except for uses which are aX necessary in times of peace as in times of war; and we shall always see to It that our military peace establishment is no longer than Is actually and continuous­ ly needed for the uses of days In which no enemies move against us. But we do believe in a body of free citizens ready and sufficient to take care of themselves and of the governments which they have •et up to serve them. In our constitutions themselves we have commanded that "ifce right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be Infringed." and oir confidence has been that our safety li* times of danger would lie In the rising o* the nation to take care of Itself, as tnS fanners rose at Lexington. But war has never been a mere matter of men and guns. It Is a thing of disci­ plined might. If our citizens are ever fo fight effectively upon a sudden summons, they must know how modern lighting 's done, and what to do when the summons comes to render themselves immediately available and Immediately effective. AI:<1 the government must be weir servant In this matter, must supply them wit1* tlie training they -need to tstke Sf them­ selves and of it. The military am of their government, which they will not allow to direct them, they may properly use to serve them and make their independence secure--and not their own independence merely but the rights also of those with whom tl"*y have ms-ie common cause, should they also be put In Jeopardy. They must be fitted to play the great role in the world, and particularly in this hemisphere, for which they fled by principle and by tion to play. It Is with these Ideals In mind that the plans of the department of war for more adequate national defense were conceived which will be laid before you, and which I urge you to sanction and put into ef­ fect as soon as they can be properly scru­ tinised and discussed. They seem to me the essential first steps, and they seem to me for the present sufficient. They contemplate an Increase of the standing force of the regular army from Its present strength of 5,0£3 officers and 102,985 enlisted men of all services to a strength of 7,136 officers and 134,707 en- ff listed men, or 141,843, all told, all serv­ ices, rank and file, by the addition of 52 companies of coast artillery, 15 com­ panies of engineers, ten regiments of In­ fantry, four regiments of field artillery, and four aero squadrons, besides 750 offi­ cers required for a great variety of extra service, especially the all-Important duty of training the cltlxeh force of which I shall presently speak, 792 non-commis­ sioned officers for service in drill, recruit­ ing and the like, and the necessary quota of enlisted men for the quartermaster corps, the hospital corps, the ordnance department and other similar auxiliary services. These are the additions neces­ sary to render the army adequate for Its present duties, duties which It has to perform not only upon our own conti­ nental coasts and borders and at our In­ terior army posts, but also in the Phil­ ippines, in the Hawaiian islands, at the Isthmus, and In Porto Rico. Force of Trained Cltirena. By way of making the country ready to assert some part of Its real power promptly and upon a larger scale, should occasion arise, the plan also contemplates supplementing the army by a force of 400,000 disciplined citizens, raised in Incre­ ments of 133,000 a year throughout a pe­ riod of three years. This it Is proposed to do by a process of enlistment under which the serviceable men of the coun­ try would be asked to bind themselves to serve with the colors for purposes of training for short periods throughout three years, and to come to the colors at call at any time throughout an addi­ tional "furlough" period of three years. This force of 400,000 men would be pro­ vided with personal accoutrements as fast as enlisted and their equipment for the field made ready to be supplied at any time. They would be assembled for train­ ing at stated intervals at convenient places In association with suitable units of the regular army. Their period of annual training would not necessarily ex­ ceed two months In the year. It would depend upon the patriotic feel­ ing of the younger men of the country whether they responded to such a call to service or ncrt. It would depend upon the patriotic spl/U of the employers of the country whether they made It possl ble for the younger men in their em­ ploy to respond undar favorable condi­ tions or not. I, for one, do not doubt the patriotic devotion either of our young men or of those who give them employ­ ment--those for whose benefit and protec tlon they would In fact enlist. The program which will be laid before you by the secretary of the navy is slm ilarly conceived. It Involves only i shortening of the time within which plans long matured shall be carried out; but it does make definite and explicit a program which has heretofore been only implicit, held In the minds of the committees on naval affairs and disclosed in the debates of the two houses but nowhere formu­ lated or formally adopted. It seems to me very clear .that it will be to the ad­ vantage of the country for the congress to adopt a comprehensive plan for put ting the navy upon r. final footing of strength and efficiency and to press that plan to completion within the next five years. We have always looked to the navy of the country as cur first and chief line of defense; we have always seen It to be our manifest course of prudence to be strong on the seas. Tear by year we have been creating *. navy which now ranks very high Indeed among the navies of the maritime nations. We should now definitely determine how we shall com­ plete what we have begun, and how soon. Program for the Navy The secretary of the navy Is asking also for the immediate addition to the personnel of the navy of 7>V10 sailors, 2,500 apprentice seamen, snd 1,500 marines. This increase would be #ufflclent to care for the ships which are to be completed within the fiscal year 1917 and also for the number of men which must be put In training to man the Bhips which will be completed early In 1918. It is also neces­ sary that the number of midshipmen at the naval academy at Annapolis should be Increased by at least 300 in order that the force of officers should be more rap idly added to; and authority is asked to appoint for engineering duties only, ap­ proved graduates of engineering colleges, and for service in the aviation corps certain number of men taken from civil life. If this full program should be carried out we should have built or building in 1921, according to the estimates of survlv al and standards of classification followed by the general board of the department an effective navy consisting of 27 battle­ ships of the first line, six battle cruisers, 28 battleships of the second line, ten ar­ mored cruisers, 13 scout cruisers, five first-class cruisers, three second-class cruisers, ten third-class cruisers, 108 de troyers, 18 fleet submarines, 1E7 coast sub­ marines, six monitors, 70 gunboats, four supply ships, 15 fuel ships, four trans ports, three tenders to torpedo vessels, *ight vessels of special types, and two ammunition ships. This would be a navy fitted to our needs snd worthy of our traditions. Trade and 8hipping, But armies and instruments of war are only part of what has to be considered if we are to consider the supreme matter of national self-sufficiency and security in all its aspects. There are other great matters which will be thrust upon our at­ tention whether we will or not. There is, for example, a very pressing question of trade and shipping involved In this great problem of "national adequacy. It is necessary for many weighty reasons of national efficiency and development that we should have a great merchant ma­ rine. The great merchant fleet we once used to make us rich, that great body of sturdy sailors who used to carry our flag into every sea. and who were the pride and often the bulwark of the nation, we have almost driven out of existence by Inexcusable ncglect and Indifference and by a hopelessly blind and provincial pol­ icy of so-called economic protection. It Is high time we repaired our mistake and resumed our commercial independence on the seas. For It is a question of Independence. If other nations go to war or seek to hamper each other's commerce, our mer­ chants. It seems, a- s at their mercy, to do with as they please. We must use their ships, and use them as they deter­ mine. We have not ships enough of our own. We cannot handle our own com­ merce on the seas. Our Independence Is provincial, and is only on land and with­ in our own borders. We are not likely to be permitted to use even the ships of other nations In rivalry of their own a situation is not to be endured. It is of capital Importance not only that the United States should be Its own carrier on the seas and enjoy the economic in­ dependence which only an adequate mer­ chant marine would give it, but also that the American hemisphere as a whole should enjoy a like Independence and self- sufficiency, if it is not to be drawn into the tangle of European affairs. Without such independence the whole question «/f our political unity and self-determination is very seriously clouded and complicated indeed. Moreover, we can develop no true or ef­ fective American policy without ships of our own--not ships of war, but ships of peace, carrying goods and carrying much more: creating friendships and render­ ing indispensable services to all Interests on this side of the water. They must move constantly back and forth between the Americas. They are the only shuttles that can weave the delicate fabric of sympathy, comprehension, confidence and mutual dependence In which we clothe- our policy of America for Americans. Ships Are Needed. - of building up an adequate narlne for America private capital must ultimately undertake and achieve, as It has undertaken and achieved every other like task -jamoncflft us in the past. with admirable enterprise. Intelligence and vigor: and it seeijrtl) to me a manifest dictate 6t wisdom that 'we should promptly remove every legal ob­ stacle that may stand In the way of thfs uch to be desired revival of our old in­ dependence and should facilitate In every possible way the building, purchase and American registration of ships. But cap ital cannot accomplish this great task of a sudden. It must embark upon it by de­ grees, as the opportunities of trade de­ velop. Something must be done at once; done to open routes and develop oppor­ tunities where they are as yet undevel­ oped; done to open the arteries of trade where the currents have not yet learned to run--especially between the two Ameri can continents, where they are, singularly enough, yet to be created and quickened; and it is evident that only the govern­ ment can undertake such beginnings and assume the Initial financial risks. When the risk has passed and private capital begins to find its way In sufficient abund­ ance Into these new channels, the gov­ ernment may withdraw. But It cannot omit to begin. It should take the first steps and should take them at once. Our goods must not lie piled up at our ports and stored upon sidetracks in freight cars which are dally needed on the roads must not be left without means of transport to any foreign quarter. We nust not await the permission of foreign ship owners and foreign governments to send them where we will. With a view to meeting these pressing necessities of our commerce and availing ourselves at the earliest possible moment of the present unparalleled opportunity of linking the two Americas together in bonds of mutual Interest and service, an opportunity which may never return again If we miss It now, proposals will be made to the present congress for the purchase or construction of ships to be owned and directed by the government similar to those made to the last con­ gress, but modified in some essential par­ ticulars. I recommend these proposals to you for your prompt acceptance with the more confidence because every month that has elapsed since the former pro posals were made has made the necessity for such action more and more man! festly Imperative. Question of Finance. The plans for the armed forces of the nation which I have outlined, and for the general policy of adequate prepara tlon for mobilization and defense. In volve of course very large additional ex penditures of money--expenditures which will considerably exceed the estimated revenues of the government. It is made my duty by law, whenever the estimates of expenditure exceed the estimates of revenue to call the attention of the con gress to the fact and suggest any means of meeting the deficiency that it may be wise or possible for me to suggest. I am ready to believe that It would be my duty to do so In any case; and I feel partlcu larly bound to speak- of the matter when It appears that the deficiency will arise directly out of the adoption by the con gress of measures which I myself urge It to adopt. Allow me, therefore, to speak briefly of the present state of the treasury and of the fiscal problems which the next year will probably dis close. On the thirtieth of June last there was an available balance In the general fund of the treasury of $104,170,105.78. The to tal estimated receipts for the year 1916, on the assumption that the emergency revenue measure passed by the last con gress will not be extended beyond Its present limit, the thirty-first of Decern ber, 1915, and that the present duty of one cent per pound on sugar will be dis continued after the first of May. 1916 Will be 1670,385,500. The balance of June last and these estimated revenues come therefore, to a grand total of $774,535,605.78 The total estimated disbursements for the present fiscal year, Including $25,000,000 for the Panama canal, $12,000,000 for prob able deficiency appropriations and $50, 000 for miscellaneous debt redemptions, will be $753,891,000; and the balance in the general fund of the treasury will be re duced to $20,644,606.78. The emergency revenue act. if continued beyond its pres ent time limitation, would produce, dur lng the half year then remaining, about forty-one millions. The duty of one cent per pound on sugar, if continued, would produce during the two months of the fiscal year remaining after the first of May, about fifteen millions. These tw sums, amounting together to $56,000,000, if added to the revenues of the second half of the fiscal year, would yield the treasury at the end of the year an avail able balance of $76,644,605.78. The additional revenues required to carry out the program of military and naval preparation of which I have spok en, would, as at present estimated, be for the fiscal year 1917. $93,800,000. Those figures, taken with the figures for the present fiscal year which I have already given, disclose our financial problem for the year 1917. How shall we obtain the new revenue It seems to me a clear dictate of pru dent statesmanship and frank finance that In what we are now, I hope, about to undertake we should pay as we go The people of the country are entitled to know Just what burdens of taxation they are to carry, and to know from the outset now. The new bills should be paid by in ternal taxation. To what sources, then, shall we turn We would be following an almost unl versal example of modern governments If we were to draw the. greater part or even the whole of the revenues we need from the income taxes. By somewhat lowering the present limits of exemption and the figure at which the surtax shall begin to be Imposed, and by Increasing step by step throughout the present grad uatlon, the surtax itself, the Income taxes as at present apportioned would yield sums sufficient to balance the books of the treasury at the end of the fiscal year 1917 without anywhere making the bur den unreasonably or oppressively heavy The precise reckonings are fully and ac curat el y set out in the report of the sec retary of the treasury, which will be im mediately laid before you, 1 And thei^ are many additional sources of revenue which can Justly be resorted to without hampering the Industries of the country or putting any too great charge upon Individual expenditure. A naptha would yield, st the present estimated production, $10,000,000; a tax of cents per horsepower on automobiles and Internal explosion engines, $S.f stamp tax on bank checks, probably $18,000,000; a tax of 25 cents per ton on pig iron, $10,000,000; a tax of 60 cents per ton on fabricated Iron and steel, proba­ bly $10,000.0C«. In a country of dustries like this it ought to be distribute the burdens ,of taxation out making them anywhere bear wo heavily or too exclusively upon any one set of persons or undertakings. What Is clear Is, that the Industry of this gener­ ation should pay the bills of this genera- P0STSCRIPTS Australia has prohibited the Im­ portation of belts alleged to produce * therapeutic effect by electric or mag­ netic influences. • labor-saving device tor making color tests of cottonseed oil has been developed by the United States bu­ reau of standards. An Argentine government bas met with much success in making paner pulp from the wood of several varie­ ties of native pine trees. The Danger Within. I haVe spoken to you today, upon a single theme, the thorough prep­ aration * of the nation to care for its own security and to make sure of entire freedom to play the impartial role in this hemisphere and In the world which we believe to have been providentially assigned to it. I have had in mind no thought of any immediate or particular danger arising out of our relations with other nations. We are at peace with all the nations of the world, and there Is son to hope that no question in con­ troversy between this and other govern­ ments will lead to any serious breach of amicable relations, grave as some dlffer- es of attitude and policy have been and may yet turn out to be. I am sorry to say that the gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders. There are citizens of the United States. I blush to admit, born under other flags but welcomed ler our generous naturalization laws to the full freedom and opportunity of America, who have poured the poison of disloyalty Into the very arteries of our national life; who have sought to bring the authority and good name of our gov­ ernment into contempt, to destroy our In­ dustries wherever they thought It effec­ tive for their vindictive purposes to strike at them, and to debase our politics to the uses of foreign intrigue. Their number is not great as compared with the whole number of those sturdy hosts by which our nation has been enriched In recent generations out of virile foreign stocks; but It Is great enough to have brought deep disgrace upon us and to have made it necessary that we should promptly make use of processes of law by which we may be purged of their corrupt dis­ tempers. America never witnessed any­ thing like this before. It never dreamed It possible that men sworn Into Its own citizenship, men drawn out of great free stocks such as supplied some of the best and strongest elements of that little, but how heroic, nation that in a high day of old staked Its very life to free Itself from every entanglement that had darkened the fortunes of the older nations and set up a new standard here--that men of such origins and such free choices of allegi­ ance would ever turn in malign reaction against the government and people who had welcomed and nurtured them and seek to make this proud country once more a hotbed of European passion. A little while ago such a thing would have seemed Incredible. Because It was In­ credible we made no preparation for it. We would have been almost ashamed to prepare for it, as if we were suspicious of ourselves, our own comrades and neighbors! But the ugly and incredible has actually come about and we are with­ out adequate federal laws to deal with It. I urge you to enact such laws at the earliest possible moment and feel that in so doing I am urging you to do noth­ ing less than save the honor and self- respect of the nation. Must Be Crushed Out. Such creatures of passion, disloyalty and anarchy must be crushed out. The> are not many, but they are Infinitely ma­ lignant, and the hand of our power should close over them at once. They have formed plots to destroy property, they have entered Into conspiracies against the neutrality of the government, they have sought to pry Into every confidential transaction of the government In ordei to serve interests alien to our own. It Is possible to deal with these things very effectually. I need not suggest the terms In which they may be dealt with. I wish that It could be said that only a few men, misled by mistaken Bentlments of allegiance to the governments under which they were born, had been guilty of disturbing the self-possession and misrep­ resenting the temper and principles of the country during these days of terrible war, when it would eeem that every man who was truly an American would in stinctively make It his duty and his pride to keep the scales of Judgment even and prove himself a partisan of no nation but his own. But It cannot. There are some men among us, and many resident abroad who, though born and bred In the Unit ed States and calling themselves Amer leans, have so forgotten themselves and their honor as citizens as to put tfr passionate sympathy with one or the oth­ er side in the great European conflict above their regard for the peace and dig­ nity of the United States. They also preach and practice disloyalty. No laws, I suppose, can reach corruptions of the mind and heart; but I should not speak of others without also speaking of these and expressing the even deeper humilia­ tion and scorn which every self-possessed and thoughtfully patriotic American must feel when he thinks of them and of the discredit they are dally bringing upon us Many conditions about which we have repeatedly legislated are being altered from decade to decade, it Is evident, un­ der our very eyes, and are likely to change even more rapidly and more radically in the days Immediately ahead of ua, when peace has returned to the world and na­ tions of Europe once more take up their tasks of commerce and Industry with the energy of those who must bestir them­ selves to build anew. Just what these changes will be no one can certainly fore­ see or confidently predict. There are no calculable, because no stable, elements in the problem. The most we can do is to make certain that we have the necessary instrumentalities of Information constant­ ly at our service so that we may be sure, that we know exactly what we are deal lng with when we come to act, if It should be necessary to act at all. We must first certainly know what It Is that we are seeking to adapt ourselves to. may ask the privilege of addressing you more at length on this Important matter a little later in your session. Transportation Problem. The transportation problem Is an e* ceedlngly serious and pressing one ln«<*ttis country. There has from time to time of late been reason to fear that our rail­ roads would not much longer be able to cope with It successfully as at present equipped and co-ordinated. I suggest that It would be wise to provide for commission of Inquiry to ascertain by thorough canvaBS of the whole question whether our laws as at present framed and administered are as serviceable they might be In the solution of the prob­ lem. It is obviously a problem that lies at the very foundation of our efficiency as a people. Such an Inquiry ought to draw out every circumstance and opinion worth considering and we need to know all sides of the matter If we mean to do anything In the field of federal legisla­ tion. For what we are seeking now, what In my mind Is the single thought of this message, 1b national efficiency and se­ curity. We serve a great nation. We should serve It in the spirit of its peculiar genius It is the genlua of common men for aelf-government. Industry, Justice, lib­ erty and peace. We ahould aee to It that it lacks nq^lnatrument, no facility or vigor of law, to make it sufficient to play Its part with energy, safety, and assured success. In this we are no partisans but DRIVE SALTIMOAK AMSfttCAM. HUGE CROWD CHEER8 A8 8TEAM* ER OSCAR II 8TART8 FOR I /. JfUROPfc t fyj FORD HOPES TO EW WAR Detroit Manufacturer Asserts That Hasn't Decided on Plan--Bryan a Others at Dock t Wedding on Board Vc $ SERBIANS LOSE 17,000 LARGE PART OF KJNQ PETER'S F0RCE8 CAPTURED. PLOTTERS ARE GUILTY JURY CONVICT8 DOCTOR IBUENZ OF CON8PIRA$V, Priarend and Monastlr Occupied by In­ vading Troops--German Troops to Roumanian Bordsr. Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllls), Dec. 3.--An official report given out on Wednesday at the Bulgarian army headquarters says; "Bulgarian troops, after a short and decisive engagement, took Prisrend and made prisoner be­ tween 16.000 and 17,000 Serbians. Tbey also captured 50 field cannon and how­ itzers. 20,000 rifles, 148 automobiles and a large amount of war material. The battle of Prisrend, where the remnants of the Serbian army were made prisoner, will probably end the Serbian campaign." London, Dec. S.--Monastir was for­ mally surrendered to the Bulgarians on Monday, according to an Athens dispatch to the Daily Telegraph. A dispatch to the Morning Post from Bucharest says: "Feverish preparations are being made at Rustcbuk. on the Danube west of the Roumanian border, to accom­ modate 60,000 Austro-German troops, who are due to arrive there shortly. Many Officers with war materials al­ ready have arrived. "Ftour Austrian monitors are patrol- Ing the Danube along the whole length of the Bulgarian shore, to where the Bulgarian frontier Joins that of Roumanla." Three Aids Also Found Guilty- Jurors Were Out Seven Hoj^r*-- Obtained False Clearances* New York, Dec. 4.--The jury th the United States district court returned on Thursday night a verdict of guilty against Dr. Karl Buenr and three oth­ er officials of the Hamburg-American line. t The four defendants were charged with conspiracy to deceive and do- fraud the United States government by obtaining clearances for relief ships laden with coal and other sup­ plies Bailing from American ports for German cruisers in the Atlantic early in the war. The maximum penalty for each In- dictment is two years' imprisonment and $10,000 fine. The Jurors were out seven hours and it is reported tbey took only one ballot. The four defendant* took the ver­ dict calmly. After the Jury had filed ont Doctor' Buenc turned to Kotter, sitting at his left, and rising, shook hands. MAuf wiedersehen!" he said, and Kotter echoed the words. M •<,v St'r- 'iS'4 LEGISLATURE TAKES RECESS llllncis Lawmakers Agree to Meet Again February 23--Money Bjills Pasted. Springfield. 111.. Dec. 3.--The legtatri- ture has finished scrambling the eggs and is packing its grips and satchels. A recess adjournment has beet, taken until February 23. The date was fixed Wednesday night after a warm contro­ versy and a complicated parliamentary mix-up. The house, after two days of continuous roll calls, voted on the last emergency appropriation bill and adopted a Joint resolution for a re­ cess until February 23. After a prolonged discussion on the senate floor the upper branch voted to concur in the idea of a recess until February 23. The legislature cleaned up all the emergency appropriation bills de­ signed to rectify the blunders of the assembly last spring, which led to the tletfb of the state machinery by the Fergus suits. MANY DIE IN EXPLOSION one per cent tax per gallon on gasoline • heralds and prophets of a new age. Furniture casters of compressed leather and compressed felt have been invented for use on hardwood floors. Many houses in France are num­ bered 12%, in order to avoid the un­ lucky 13. A German nitroglycerin factory is completely covered with a network of wires, suitably grounded, as a pro­ tection against lightning. The ordinary shaving brush and a rubber affair for rubbing In the lath­ er have been combined, on a oonunon handle by an lnventor; - FROM ALL OVER Maintenance of prisons In England cost $2,330,000 a year. "Practice with science" is the motto of the Royal Agricultural society of England. Researches into the principles of aerial navigation date back to the fourteenth century. Venezuela, by law, has prescribed a standard of purity for butter and for­ bidden the sale of that containing any Adulterants. Henry Jenkins, who was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1501, and died in 1670, cut ofT at the tender age of one hundred and sixty-nine, remem­ bered well the battle of Flodden field, which took place in 1513. In his young manhood when a little over th« century mark, he w«« famed for his remarkable swimming. A new wood suitable for lead pen­ cils hss been found in East Africs at a time when the supply of Amert< Serb Offic'sls st 8aionlkl. Athens. «>ec. Members oi the Serbian chamber of deputies and lb* minister oi war nsve arrived st 8a lonlki. whue the minister of Onance i»«n cedar, largely used for that is at Fiorina. Greece. 16 miles south- poss. is approaching «duatio«. « MunaaUr. Ammunition Factory Destroyed tiy Plotters st Halle, Prussian 8ax* ony--8everal Arrests Made. London, Dec. 7.--Destruction of a large ammunition factory at Halle, Prussian Saxony, by an explosion, with the loss of several hundred lives, is re­ ported in a message from Kolding. Denmark, to Copenhagen, forwarded by Reuter's correspondent. It is said a similar disaster was narrowly escaped at Bogden, Silesia. The ammunition factory there, it is reported, was saved by the discovery that it bad been undermined. According to this account, which h^s been confirmed, arrests have been made at Bogden. It is asserted dis­ contented workmen are suspected in both Instances. Whitlock fs to Go Back. Wsshlngton. Dec. 7 --State depart­ ment officials insisted they bsd not changed plans to have Brand Whitlock return to Belgium. They scouted un­ official press reports that Germany waa objecting to Wbltlock's return. Hoot Socialists in Rome. Rome. Dec. 7.-- Socialist members of parliament were hooted on the streets of Rome becsuse of attacks made on the government at Friday's session of the chamber of deputies The session ended In an uproar. Austrisns Leave lemberg. London, Dec. A Central News dispatch from Bucharest states thai the Austrisns hsve evacusted Lena berg owing to sn epidemic of scurvy. Ac cording to this dispatch che victims number X00 fresh cases dslly. HIMMM MWMMH--Hi NEWS FROM FAB AND NEAR limmiiiHUHiiimiil New York, Dec. 7.--The good Ship Oscar II, with Henry Ford's peace pil­ grims aboard, set sail for blood-Btained Europe on Saturday. Cheers and tears flooded Hoboken's water front. William Jennings Bryan stood on the end of the thronged dock waving a red rose and murmuring: "God bless you." Beside Bryan stood Thomas A. Edi­ son and Mrs. Ford and her son, EdsaL Behind these stood 10,000 howling men and women. Two bands were playing, "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." A thousand flags were waving from the crowded decks of the Oscar. Tho mobs on the pier were singing, howl­ ing. whistling and crying. Some were hysterical; others w&re simply leaping up and down emitting roars of "Peace, peace, peace, peace." An intoxicated young w" with a German accent shouted: "Got Strafe Heinrich Ford." "Good-by. God bless you. Keep your shoulder to the wheel, and do not lose courage. Right Is might. *, 'M ^ and we are right." ^ V This was Bryan's last word to Fbrd • -* £ as the former left the decks of the ^ Oscar an hour before sailing time. V "You can do no harm by trying. To® . may not be successful, but certainly.-' .'-31^. your hopes are for the best." That is what Mr. Edison said. The exact number sailing is than 140. Of these 54 are newspaper men. Almost everything fromv murder down attended the sailing. Mr. Bryan was the busiest man on board. He was formal and official witness to the wedding of Berton Braley, poet, and Miss Marian Rubincam, newspaper girl. He was kissed by an elderly • lady who wore many white streamers X? on which "Peace at Any Price" was printed. The kiss landed on Mr. • ^ Bryan's hand. The crowd was too • great to permit access to his ruddy cheeks. John Burroughs, naturalist, ind C. L. Pifetr©, sculptor, were there to '-V-'Hl wave iareweii to tne pilgrims. When Ford gave his last message, a few minutes before the gangplank went up, he was smiling broadly. This was his message: •' My last word la lioost. boost peace.' I don't know how this thing Is coming out. I don't know what we'll do when we get over In Europe, buti; anyway, I'm going to do the best l < V can.'* Newport, Ky., Dec. 4.--Kingston Blanchard, noted turfman and horse trainer, committed suicide by shoot­ ing. Rome, Dec. 4.--Cardinal Begin, Archbishop of Quebec, who arrived here Thursday for the conslBtory, will be received in audience by the pope. He will be the only American cardi­ nal at the consistory, none of the three in the United States having come. Versailles. Dec. 4.--The Franco- American poet, Stuart Merrill, died suddenly at bis home here, it is an­ nounced. New York. Dec. 4.--A commission representing the Belgian government, and made up of Alois Van De Vyere, minister of finance; Barou Ernest De Cartier. Belgian minister to Chins, and Chevalier Edmund Carton de Wlart. president of the Societe Generale Beige, arrived on the liner Adriatic to superintend the tilling of war con­ tracts for the Belgian government. 3 AUSTRIAN MINISTERS OUT Emperor Francis Joseph Confirms Re­ port and Successors Have Been Named. Amsterdam, Holland, Dec. 3.-r-Re- ports that several members of the Aus trlan cabinet have resigned were con firmed on Wednesday by an autograph letter from Emperor Francis Joseph, published in the Wiener Zeitung of Vi enna.1 The emperor has accepted the resignations of Dr. Karl Helnold d'Udynski. minister of the interior; Dr. Rudolf Schuster von Bonnott. min­ ister of commerce, and Baron Engel yon Malnfeldon. minister of finance. Prince Hohenldhe Schillingfuerst. president of the supreme court of ac counts, has been appointed minister of the Interior; Rltter von Leth. gover­ nor of the postal savings bank. ^ min­ ister of finance, and Herr von Spitz- miller. director of the Kredit Anstalt. minister of commerce. WILSON WILL WED ON DEC. IS- Ceremony, to Be Quiet; Only Kin to Be Present; Honeymoon Plans ' Kept Secret. "J'« , ^ v,- ' 55^ v. • jji Washington, Dec. 7.--The wsddlnff*. : of President Wilson and Mrs. NormanO-.*.;^ Gait has been set for December 18. • it was announced on Saturday at the White House. . The White Houas statement tdb v lows: "It was announced at the White 'w r! House that the marriage oi Mrs. Gaii, and the president will take place- fp on Saturday, the eighteenth of Decern- -' . ;l ber. As previously stated, the cere- Cy.* mony will be performed at Mrs. Gait's home, 1308 Twentieth street, North-y west. The only guests will be Mrs.'-.V^^|6'J Gait's mother, her brothers and sis- ; ̂ ters, the president's brother and sis- : r ter. hie daughters, and the members - of hiB immediate household." Regarding the honeymoon no an* nouncement was made. ^ ^ MILLIONAIRE WEDS EMPLOYEE J I Hoke Smith to Investigate. Washington. Dec. 7.--Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia announced that he had decided to Introduce a resolution In congress Immediately calling for an Investigation of the British inter­ ference with American trade. Steamer Clan Macleod Sunk. London. Dec. 7--The British steam­ ship C lan Macleod bas been sunk In the Mediterranean by a submarine. The Clsn Macleod. which displaced 4,796 tons, hailed from Glasgow, and engaged 1j oriental trade. Bonus for PoMrdsr Workers. Tamagna. Pa.. Dec 6.--Announce­ ment is made by the Atlas Powder company that all employees who have been with the company a year will te celve a i-asb bonus of 10 per cent ol their wages. Allies' Cruiser Mtt. Constantinople. Turkey I via Los don). l>ec. 6.--The Turkish War office announced that In the fighting at the Dardanelles a cruiser of the allies nail been hit three times and torred to itUra. O. C. Barber, Diamond Match Magnate* Aged Seventy-Four, Takes BrMs v Thirty-Eight Years Old. Akron, O., Dec. 4.--Ohio Columbut Barber, aged seventy-four, Akron mil­ lionaire. and Mary F. Orr, aged thirty- eight. his private secretary for twelve years, were married on Thursday. Mr. Barber is widely known as the founder of the Diamond Match company. His wealth is estimated at 16,000,000. Only • close relatives of the bride attended the wedding. Mr. Barber and his bride left after the ceremony for Old Point Comfort and Washington. Predict Ten-Cent Sugar. Philadelphia, Dec. 6.--Officials of the large refineries say the public wilt be forced to pay at least ten cents a' pound for granulated sugar In the next three months, as a result of con- ditlons arising from the war. $2,613,150,000 for Germany* Jf Berlin. Dec. 6.--The amount paid in cash by subscribers to the third Ger­ man loan in the tast week of Novem­ ber was about 361,000.000 marks. This brought »p the total paid to 10,46*.- <00.000 marks (|2.613.150.U<M>|. St. Paul Has Costly Blcse^ .i',':! . St Paul. Minn., Dec. 6.--Damage es­ timated at $300,000 resulted here by fire wnlch swept the buildings of fr'. J. Leslie & Co.. wholesale paper deal­ ers. and Barrett 4k Barrett, wholesaiS vinegar and glassware house. . .,j| Clothes Ready for BelglusrvHfeil Indianapolis. Dec. 4.--W. El Bur­ ton. secretary of the committee for the relief of the Belgians, con: -red with Henry Lane Wilson here relative to forwarding a shipload of clothing to Belgium. • M 1 " ' • ' Villa real Under Arrsst. Mexico City. Dec. 4.--Feiictous Vt|. tereal. minister of nnance iii«r " net selected by the now defunct con­ stitutionalist vOnvestlsn. was brought here rrom Vera Crux to be tried ion Minim .- */ ^v. "iftf A-V- ' y Vi.