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•' 'v * 1 THE McHEXRT PLAINDEALER, McHENRY ,.. ... ... • , t { •% : -- / r£*n: *m *^3 -sC'-t arts 7 -M *'«r 1 HENRY, IM*?:^'.;.'>:'^£-.- 1 - * £ * V.& v|Vi; , " r V PROVIDES BIG ARWY'EASTLflHD MEN FREE WHERE GERMANY KEEPS nil TH0USANDW1IS0NERS ,;4i- '• DHAFTOF HOU8E LAND DEFENCE MEASURE CALLS FOR 1,000,000 RESERVES. > 15. ^ ̂ 4. 3V-U : $0 INCREASE REGULAR ARMY if':. Measure Provide# Force of 147,000 Which CouLd Be Expanded in Time of War to 275,000--Guard to Be Federalized. \k«\ ' Washington, Feb. 23.--Under pres­ sure to "speed up" preparedness leg­ islation, the house military affairs committee completed the first draft of the land defense bill. It provides: "An increase in the regular army to 147.000 men with 7,000 officers in a skeleton organization that in time of war could be expanded to 275.000. "A reserve made up of honorably discharged regulars and militiamen re­ tired after three years' service, offi­ cered by militia officers and graduates of a special cadet corps evolved through military educational instruc­ tions. "The federalization of militia, with power in the president to draft it for war service, and authority in the sec­ retary of war to supervise the selec­ tion of military officers. The militia •would be given federal pay. "The increase of the facilities at West Point to doubVe its capacity, •with an immediate appropriation of $260,000 to provide accommodations for additional cadets. "The establishment of a federal air- nitrate plant, to be operated jointly with private interests, with a potential capacity for turning out vttet quanti­ ties of munitions under pressure in case of war. "The assignment of more than 700 army officers as military instructors In schools throughout the country where military organizations are main­ tained." The committee's action was the first definite step that has been taken to­ ward preparedness. Administration officials believe it presages a general "speeding up" of both the military and naval proposals. Under the reserve provisions of the bill Chairman Hay declared that in ten years the United States would have a reserve of upward of 1,000,000 men. This first draft of the bill. Chair­ man Hay declared, would call for about two weeks of work on the com­ mittee. He believes the measure will be in final form and ready for action la the bouse early in March. As at present framed, the bill will necessi­ tate the expenditure of about $155,- ©00,000 for the next fiscal year. Last Fear's appropriations were $115,000,000. FEDERAL JUDGE AT QRAND RAP­ IDS ABSOLVES OWNERS IN­ DICTED FOR MURDER. 10 ESCAPE TRIAL AT CHICAGO Jurist Clarence W. Sessions Rules Ac­ cused Men Need Not Leave Michi­ gan and Asserts Charges of Con­ spiracy Were Not Proved. HOLDS 0RPET AS SLAYER 'Wisconsin University Student Held by Coroner's Jury for Death of Marion Lambert. Chicago, Feb. 23.--William H. Or- pet was ordered held to the grand jury for the death of Marion Lambert, his jilted sweetheart, at the close of the coroner's Inquest on Monday. Six coroner's Jurors decreed that the cir­ cumstantial evidence was sufficient to warrant a grand jury inquiry. Coun­ sel for the accused University of Wis­ consin student set up the contention that the action was based on "gos­ sipy, hearsay evidence." "AH the evidence necessary for the coroner's Jury was presented," said State's Attorney Ralph Dady. "The state's case was not exposed in this inquiry. It will be put up to the grand Jury." t • • FRENCH BRING DOWN "ZEP" German Airship Falls Near Brabant- le-Rol After Being Hit by Shell. Paris, Feb. 23.--A Zeppelin' airship was brought down by French guns in „lhe vicinity of Brabant-le-Roi, in the Meuse, according to an official an­ nouncement made on Monday. The Zeppelin was flying from St. Menehould toward the south, and was attacked by cannon from Revigny. Hit by an incendiary shell, the Zep­ pelin fell in flames in the vicinity of Brabant-le-Rol. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Feb. 21.--8ix men c harged by tl>e government with responsibility for the loss of more than 700 lives in the Eastland disaster do not have to go to Chicago to stand trial. This decision was handed down on Friday by Federal Judge Clarence W Sessions, sitting as a commissioner in the district court here. He denied the government's application for a warrant of removal for the defendants, all of whom live in Michigan. Tha finding of the court means practically that none of the defend­ ants will ever be placed on trial by the government There is a possibil­ ity that if any of them journey into other states than Michigan they may be seized and another attempt at ex­ tradition made, but it is declared to be a remote one. The men, indicted here, who fought extradition and defeated the govern­ ment are William H. Hull, president of the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship company; George T. Arnold, general manager; Harry Petersen, captain; Joseph M. Erickson, chief engineer, and Robert Reid and Charles C. Eck- lifT, federal inspectors. Judge Sessions, in his opinion, said the government had failed utterly In all attempts to show conspiracy and negligence. In making his decision the Judge said: "The dead cannot be restored to life The sorrows of the living can­ not be lessened by claiming other vic­ tims. The majesty of the law cannot be upheld and vindicated by taking men from their homes to stand trial among strangers upon accusations which there is barely a scintilla of proof to sustain. The evidence in this matter wholly fails to establish the probable cause for believing any of these defendants guilty of any crime charged in the Indictments " •"•f'fi'&flfaii? •il^tn'ilrt'sirnn r' iYt' ri'ili' it Germany has shown the same spirit of organization in her camps for war prisoners as she has in the rest of her military plans. At Koenigsbruck is located the largest prison camp in the country. Here qyer ten. thousand prison­ ers of wju* compose the population of a newly erected city, where the prisoners do useful work and live with toler­ able comfort. £ HANS SCHMIDT IS EXECUTED Former Priest Pays Penalty for Slay­ ing Girl in Sing Sing Prison. Ossining. N. Y.. Feb. 21.--Hans Schmidt, the unfrocked priest who murdered his sweetheart, Anna Au- mueller. was put to death in the elec­ tric chair in Sing Sing ]fri3on on Fri­ day. His last words were: "I send a hearty greeting to my mother. My last thoughts are of her. Good-by, all friends." # With a firm step he walked to bis death, and on his way to the chair he asked forgiveness *rom al' he bad "offended or scandalized," and in turn fprgave all who bad offended him Three shocks were necessary. It is believed Anna Auibueller was murdered on September 2, 1913. It was on September 5, 1913, that part of her body was found floating in rbe river off Woodcliff, N. J. When he was arrested the priest made a full confession. He said he had killed the girl.and that be bad cut her body into nine pieces SWEDEN ASKS U. S. TO HELP ALPS AVALANCHE KILLS 55 More Than 130 Persons Hurled Into Abyss When an Alpine Shelter Is Carried Away. Berlin, Feb. 23 (by wireless).--More than 130 persons were hurled into an abyss in the Salsburg Alps when an avalanche carried away an Alpine shelter. There are already fifty-flve known dead as the result of the snow- slide, with forty-nine injured and about thirty still missing. •t' *' • •P S&-' 'bin ffv Car Jumps Track; Six Hurt. Joliet, 111 , Feb. 23.--Six persons were injured when an interurban car Jumped the track at a curve and crashed into a frame dwelling near Morgan, 111. Failure of the brakes to catch was blamed for" the accident. Formal Note to Washington Accuses Britain of Violating Law and In­ sists on Freedom of Sea. Washington. Feb. 19.--The first def­ inite international action looking to the co-operation of neutrals for the common purpose of preserving Iheir rights under international law against violation by belligerents became known here on Thursday with the re­ ceipt of a formal note from Sweden to that end. The note accuses Britain of willful violations of international laws, partic­ ularly in the seizure of mails, and asks the United States government to co­ operate with Sweden and possibly with other countries in upholding their mutual rights. BRITISH SUPPLY SHIPS THE TIGRIS WJf- Light-draft boats making their way up the Tigris with supplies for the British forces at Kut-el-Amara. both use their sails and are towed by men on the banks. They NEW VICEROY OF INDIA JSMNTEFTNATIONAL NINE DIE IN THEATER FIRg School Children L6se Lives During Panic in Opera House at Mexia, Tex. Mexia, Tex., Feb. 18.--Nine persons were burned to death and fifteen peo­ ple injured when a fire here destroyed the opera house, where the public schools were holding an art exhibit. Several other stores and residences were destroyed by the flames which originated in a grocery store recently closed. Capt. Lord Chelmsford of the Fourth Dorsetshire regiment has been ap­ pointed viceroy of India to succeed Lord Hardinge. Lord Chelmsford has already represented the king in Queensland and New South Wales. He is tfie son of a famous general who fought in the Crimea, the Indian mutiny and Africa. Puzzling Inscriptions. Not alone are the so-called Maya Inscriptions, found on the ruins in Yu­ catan, a puzzle to scientists, for those two great nations, the Etruscans and the Hlttites, went out of the world leaving archeologists in a maze. The Etruscans occupied a part of Italy cor­ responding roughly to what is now known as Tuscany. The Hittites at one time occupied a part cf Palestine, and united witt the Canaanites to re­ sist the invasion Hy the Israelites un­ der Joshua. The Etruscan and Hittite inscriptions have thus far resisted the attempts of scholars to decipher them WINNERS OF SAFETY-FIRST MEDALS HANKHOLL JEJiANCCXX AFETf FIR5T i WHATAIRBURI [0HN CTBBEM The American Museum of Safety has recently awarded medals to s number of persons for distinguished services during 1915. J. E. Hancock, motorman of the Union Traction company of Anderson, Ind., won the Anthony N. Brady memorial bronze medal, and H. A. Nicholl, general manager of the same company, won the Brady gold medal. William A. Fairburn, president of the Diamond Match company, was given the Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman medal, and John O'Brien, switchman on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail­ road, received the Edward H. Harriman memorial bronze medal. CONFEDERATE FUG TO BE RESTORED $500,000 Church Burned. Quebec, Feb. 2 3 . --The parish church at Beauport, near this city, was de stroyed by flre, with a loss estimated at $500,000. The destroyed church is _not the St. Anne de Beaupre, contain the famous pilgrimage shrine Premier Briand to Marry. Paris, Feb. 2 3 -- Premier Aristide Briand, who heads France's bachelors es Lord Kitchener does England's, is soon to be married. Tbe prime min­ ister is engaged to Mile. Mumer, daughter of a multimillionaire. Fires Dynamite irv Mouth. Appleton, Wis., Feb. 23.--Saying to hla wife that everything would be hers shortly, August Zitlow of Kau- kauna placed a dynamite cartridge in his mouth, lighted the fuse and blew his bead off, dying Instantly. V . $30,000,000 for Hungary. Berlin, Feb. 21.--The Hungarian minister of finance has concluded ar­ rangements v-ith a group of German banks for a loan of $30,000,000 The loan will be covered by 5 per cent treasury bonds Relief Sent Flood Towns. Natchez, Miss., Feb. 21.--Partial re­ lief for the situation at Newellton, La., where 2,500 persons, mostly col­ ored. had been marooned by the flood for forty-eight hours or mora, was re­ ported here. Forty Injured in Wreck. Richmond, Va., Feb. 19.--The Sea­ board Air Line Florida Special No. 1Q, northbound, was wrecked at Bellwood plantation, between here and Chester. Forty persons wer* injured, fourteen seriously. Miss Gibson Engaged. New York, Feb. T6.--The engage­ ment of Miss Irene Langhorite Gibson, daughter of Mr. and fdrs. Charles Dana Gibson, and George B .j Post, Jr.. of New York, was annouicod tyere or .Thursday. Curious "Silver Sw »rd." One cf the most curious plants in the world, and one of the greatest in­ terest to all botanists, is the silver sword This exceedingly rare plant, with its magnificent silver spines and handsome crest, may still be found in profuaitn ir the upper part «f Kaupo gap, the southern outlet of the vast ex­ tinct crater cf llaleakala, or. the islanJ of Maul, one rf thr- Hawaiian group It flowers frizc July to October and occurs i'ardly anywhere else ir, the world. Even stranger is the variety known as the gn-en sword, which oc­ curs ~i\ly its Haieakala crater and Is unknown to exist elsewhere. This Confederate flag, taken from the New Orleans city hall by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler and by him presented to the city of Boston in 1863, is to be returned to the Southern city by Mayor Curley of Boston on order of the city council. Grouped about the flag are Boston city officials. CHINESE WOMEN SECLUDED The Chinese lady and her servants gossip together as friends, rooms are entered without warnlr.g, conversa­ tions interrupted, anS suggestiors of­ fered which, to the foreigner, seen. U be of the. grossest impertinence. This intimacy is due partly tthe restrict­ ed life the lady leads and partly to the .'act that many of the servants are distant relatives. Practicallv the jnly news frora the outside wcrld that comes to the woman behind the. walls is brought by her sons or by the servants. She makes few visits, and these usually at the home of some rel­ ative, entering her closely covered chair within her courtyard and being carried swiftly to the courtyard of the house where she is to visit. The bamboo trees every 50 years. flower" one* In Too Good to Last. Scribbles--Yes. I started a newspa per once upon a time. Dribbles--I'll bet it was a good one Scribbles--It was one of the best- that is, if there Is any truth in thi saying that the good die young. 8ome Men Are That Mean. "Some men would almost welcome an earthquake or an explosion," said Uncle Eben, "fob de aake of thinkln 'bout how it 'ud scare up some folkJ dey don't like." MAY BE IMPEACHED STOCKHOLDER OF ROCK ISLAND ASKS ACTION AGAINST JUDGE CARPENTER OF CHICAGO. HOUSE BODY GIVEN CASE Representative Tinkham of Massa­ chusetts Acts at Bequest of Boston Man--Green of Iowa to Adk Inquiry of Charges. Washington, Feb. 22.--A petition asking the impeachment of Judge' George A. Carpenter of the United States court at Chicago has been filed with the house judiciary committee by Representative Tinkham of Massa­ chusetts. Mr. Tinkham filed the petition on Saturday at the request of Christopher F. Sweeney of Boston, one of his con­ stituents, who charged Judge Carpen­ ter with improper practice in connec­ tion with the Rock Island railroad re-, ceivership. Mr. Tinkham has told the^ members of the committee that he is not sufficiently informed in the Rock Island case to say whether or not be believes the committee should act on Mr. Sweney's petition. The petition, however, has been re­ ferred to Representative Green of Iowa, who said that the questions in it were of sufficient importance to com­ mand the attention of the house com­ mittee. Mr. Green intimated that be probably would take charge of the case and ask the committee either to investigate Judge Carpenter or the present receivership of the Rock Island or both. Mr. Sweeney In his petition says that in 1902 he bought $10,000 worth of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific ratil- road 4 per cent bonds, paying $8,900 for them. The complaint's principal contedtion is that Judge Carpenter knowingly ap­ pointed as receivers men who were friendly to the Moore-Reid group, which had been charged by the inter­ state commerce commission with ex- plointirg the Rock Island. The petition also draws attention to the fact that a receivership was asked on a claim of $16,000 in the case of a property worth anywhere from $400,- 000,000 to $500,000,000. It is charged that-there is a plan on foot to bring about foreclosure on the company's stock and restore control to the Moore-Reid syndicate. FIVE ARE KILLED IN WRECK Six Others Injured When Northern Pacific Limited Collides With Train No. 42. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 22.--Five per­ sons were killed and six injured, three seriously, on Sunday, when Northern Pacific passenger train No. 2, known as the North Coast Limited, eastbound, crashed into the rear tad of Northern Pacific Burlington train No. 42, eastbound, at South Cheney. Wash., 17 miles from Spokane. The dead and injured are all from the Northwest. The cause of the accident has not been ascertained. The dead and injured were brought to Spokane. The dead are: Elton Fulmer, state chemist, Pullman, Wash.; I. J. Minnick, deputy grain in­ spector, Spokane; B. L. Berkey, J. J. White. Lee M. Conroy, traveling pas­ senger agent. On the body of Professor Elton Ful­ mer was found an accident insurance card, providing for $25,000 insurance in case of death on the trip. The pol­ icy was obtained just before he board­ ed the train at Pullman, Wash RATIFIES NICARAGUAN PACT V, Canal Route and Naval Base Treaty Is Approved by the Senate, 55 to 18. Washington, Feb. 21.--Tbe senate on Friday by a vote of 65 to 18 rati­ fied the long oending and persistently opposed Nicaraguan treaty, whereby the United States would acquire a 99- year option on tbe Nicaraguan Canal route and a naval base in the Gulf o' Fonseca for ^,000,000. Included in the ratification resolu­ tion was a provision declaring that tie United States in obtaining the naval base does not intend to violate any existing rights in the Fonseca Gulf of Costa Rica. Honduras and Sal­ vador, which had protested against the proposed acquirement. Immediately after the senate had acted. Senor Charamorro, the Nica­ raguan minister, ..aid he expected ratification of the convention by his government would soon follow. U. S. Refuses New Sea Order. Washington, Feb. 21.--All diplomatic and consular officials abroad have been notified in a circular communi­ cation from the state department that the position of the United States is that merchant ships have a right to carry defensive armament. Admiral Saved From Death. Paris, Feb. 22.--As the result of in­ tercession by King Alfonso of Spain the emperor of Russia has commuted the sentence of death passed on a German admiral named Von Mauler to one of imprisonment. American Eagle for Wilson. Washington, Feb. 22.--A full-grown American eagle several feet high is on exhibition at the White House and at­ tracted considerable attention. It is the gift of Judge G. F. Patrick of Colo­ rado to President Wilson Eloper 8ertt to Prison. Madison, Wis.< Feb. 19.--Charles Follansbee of Waterloo. Wis., at Su­ perior waW sentenced to two and a half years in Leavenworth pi'ison for violation of the Mann act. Follansbee eloped with Mrs. Anna Kelly. Flames Wreck Steel Plant. Bridgeport. Ccnn., Feb. 19.--The plant of the Farist Steel company was alracst destroyed by tire, with a loss estimated at ab ut $450,000. The com­ pany furnished steei for the Reming­ ton Arms ccm(tany. STYLE + SERVICE RENFREW DEVONSHIRE C^OTH A rttn-Ayei fibre--}] iacbct vlda. " Outweati gaUtca. Bett for mothert* bone aad oating dretKa *nd youngiten' piajr cMbc*. Combine* (maftnea witn Kiriefc Colon woven in. not printed on. A«k roar iocml merchant. II' he oat "Wf too. write oi. RENFREW DEVONSHIRE CLOTH" fa IM td th* RENFREW MFG. CO. Incorporated 1867 ADAMS. MASS. And Got Run In. "Ever run over anything in your au­ tomobile?" "Yes; oyer the speed limit" a } ) LIVER, BOWELS For sick headache, bad breath, Sour Stomach and constipation. Get s 10-cent box now. No odds how bad your liver, stomach or bowels; how much your head eches, how miserable and uncomfort­ able you are from constipation, indiges­ tion, biliousness and sluggish bowel* --you always get the desired result* with Cascarets. Don't let your stomach, liver and bowels make you miserable. Take Cascarets to-night; put an end to th» headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv­ ousness, sick, sour, gasBy stomach,, backache and all other distress; cleanse your Inside organs of all th» bile, gaBes and constipated matter which is producing the misery. A 10-cent box means health, happi­ ness and a clear head for months. No more days of gloom and distress if you will take a Cascaret now and then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't tor get the children--their little ln- sides need a cleansing, too. -Adv. Not the Soldier's Faulty "A certain army officer took in to din­ ner at a. Washington party a young lady who had just returned from Eng­ land. "The young soldiers," she Baid, "are having it all their own way with th« girls ever ther6 now. Too much their own way, in fact. . I know of a young lieutenant in the Blues who is said to be engaged to seven girls simultane­ ously." "Oh, well," said the officer, with a deprecatory smile--"oh well, Cupid, of course, is using a machine gu& these days.".--Washington Star. Aided Passenger In Peril. A notable instance of the kindnes® of those in charge of trans-Atlantic liners developed recently abtard th#\ liner Ryndam, which was stopped In midocean and held on an even keel while the appendix of a passenger was removed. Besidejp the ship's sur­ geon, and the captain whe stopped the ship, an American dentist coop­ erated by administering the an­ esthetic. Well Acquainted "Do you know the nature of an oath, madam?" "Well, I ought to, sir. We've Just moved and my husband has been lay­ ing the carpents." Palm fiber material is being sub­ stituted for cedar In the making of cigar boxes. Greatest Results often come from simplest means. For instance--one's daily food plays a big part in de­ ciding for success or failure. To bring out the best mental and physical forces sound nourishment is imper­ ative. Grape Nuts --A FOOD made of whole wheat and malted barley, supplies in splendid proportion all the rich nourishment of the grains, including the valuable mineral elements, lacking in many foods, but most neces­ sary for vigor and activity of brain and body. "There's a Reason" (or Grape-Nuts Sold by Grocers. . . . . . . . . .1 A'r-