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* &r * T& mm**, v m$Bm m?:;mmw i4U •-•-•.f:". THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER, McflENKT, IXX. *y "y Aaf yn >\ 'f $&$-,/ r v 4VJ * 9 ~\ ^ • * s r * f • " " v * 4 , , *% * "' J ">. v*» VN ',\ -^yr.iv , ,' ' "> **\ * f, 1 r THE aSJEST WAY Ring larctotr Tetts How You Can Serve Your Country With Minimum of Effort. CROSS OFFICERS AND WAS COUNCIL - : ; . . « £ • • • • • ' • ' [This is one of a. series of articles by Jeetern, writers of national note in sup->rt of the 12,000,000,000 Liberty loan.] By RING W. LARDNER. rUE population of the world Is 1,-675,000,000, including the Bronx, and it is estimated that all but one of this number dislike Willlj.m Hohenzollern and wish he would re­ sign. He has been told this, but he doesn't believe it. Just because 79,000,000 Germans, 50,000.000 Ausrrians and Hungarians, and 27,000.000 Bulgarians and Turks, of whom more than 22,000,000 are wrestlers, break down and cry when he scolds he thinks is Grand Exalted' Ruler of the Ancient Order of Humans and first cousin to the Lord. He won't quit of his own accord, but he will If 1,519,000,000 of us insist OD The-most effective way of insisting is to get into the trenches. A great many have done it and a great many more intend to. A vastly greater many can't or won't; The next most effective way, and the easiest way, is to buy a Liberty bond. DRAFT LAW IS UPHELD You may be too young or too old or too ill or too timid or too poor to fight None of these alibis applies to the Liberty loan. The, age limit for purchasers is. one minute to one hun­ dred and forty-seven yeatas old. ; If you are sick, send Kenneth or Dorothy. Timidity and poverty don't enter In­ to the case. The bonds are as safe as buttermilk and as cheap as you want to make Miem. You can buy one for $50 and pw for It as yeu would an encyclopedia, nod no taxes can t6uch you. ' POLICE AND NATIONAL GUARD* _ MEN QUELL. MOBS II* M&W £•• ; YORK CITY. J;'\V : JUDGE SO DECIDES IN CIRCUIT COURT AT KANSAS CITY. IK Petitioners for Injunction Advised to Go to the Nearest Place of Registry. Kansas City, Mo., June 2.--Judge Daniel Bird in the circuit court here on Thursday denied an injunction to prevent state officials from enforcing tile draft registration. Judge Bird held that the draft law Was valid and that his court had no jurisdiction to prevent its being car­ ried out. From the bench he "recommended that Thomas Sullivan and Raymond L Moore, the petitioners, both of whom are eligible for registration, seek out tbe first enlistment place without at­ tempting to evade the registration law. 3. D. Showlater, attorney for the pe­ titioners, announced immediately after the decision was rendered that he would go to Jefferson iCity at oncevfor t|»e double purpose of endeavoring to obtain an appeal hearing before the supreme court and of Instituting man­ damus proceedings against the govern­ or and other state officials. These, he hoped, if granted, would prevent the enforcement of the registration law throughout Missouri. «rudge Bird, in his decision, referred to the selective draft army law as the *"naost equitable and efficient" this country has ever had. -•-He said he had studied all the sim­ ilar laws since the formation of the republic and that none was compara­ ble to the new law. He also ruled that In times of war state, county and city officials could be used by congress to farther any war measures. , The petition had sought to invoke thirteenth and fourteenth amend­ ments of the federal Constitution and also certain provisions of the Missouri constitution. Judge Bird ruled against all the points brought up. Yjjur neighbor who is killed at the front gives his life for his country and his country gives him credit. You who buy a Liberty bond give your country nothing but your support and confi­ dence and your country gives you 3^ per cent. ' When you take three people to lunch and it costs you $5 you may l>e doing good to four people, your guests and the proprietor. When you deposit $5 for a Liberty bdnd you are doing good to 1,674.9951- 999 people, including the 7,915.101 Nor­ wegians afid Swedes, all but five of whtira are blonds. NEW STORM KILLS 76 MANY PERSONS ARE ARRESTED Demonstrations Against Conscription Act Follow Speeches by Emma Goldman and Other Anarchists --Many Injured. SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI HARD HIT BY TORNADOES. 18 fHREE ft S. BOATS SUNK iWtlah Say Sailing Ship Was Shelled | _ and Then Ransacked by t i U-Boat Crew. i'-v"** *london. June 4.--The American sail­ ing ship Dirigo has been sunk by a German submarine. The crew has been landed with the exception of John Ray, third mate, who was drowned when the small boats were being launched. A statement issued by the British admiralty on Friday says that the Dirigo was attacked by gunfire by a 'German submarine which gave no warning. The vessel was subsequent­ ly sunk by bombs after it had been ransacked by the crew of the subma­ rine. The sinking occurred Ma^ 31 and the crew was landed at Ply­ mouth. The admiralty also reports that the American sailing vessels Barbara and Frances M. were sunk by gunfire of a German submarine. The crews were •ftwL; *»-.. Guard for Los Angeles. V lx)8 Angeles, Cal., June 2.--Six hun­ dred coast artillerymen will be brought to Los Angeles to guard the city June (• fgainst possible draft registration ri­ oting, it was learned from United "States Marshal 0. T. Walton. Walton says he has learned that agitators are endeavoring to stir up Mexicans here to resist registration. Property Damage end Injury to Crops Mounts Into Millions--People Face Hunger. St. Louis, Mo., June 1.--With 76 re­ ported dead, 151 injured and property damage mounting- into the millions, southeastern Missouri faces hunger and disease as a result of tornadoes which swept about thirty towns. Wires are down and only haphazard reportsfrom .the stricken area trickle into St. Louis. The re-establlshment of communication, it Is believed, will greatly increase the story of death, in­ jury and destruction. The damage to growing crops is in­ estimable. It is believed the number of dead and Injured will far exceed that of the Illinois cyclone last Satur­ day. Nothing short of organized re­ lief work such as exercised by the Red Cross can reach th»! situation. A report from Poplar Bluffs says Zalana, near by, bor» the brunt of the twister with a death total of at least twenty. f , Seven are reported killed and at least twenty injured in the Piney river valley in the north portion of Texas county. The dead are J. C. Jackson, a farmer, and his housekeeper and her two children, and Mrs. James Fletcher and her two children. The Jackson and Fletcher farmhouses were swept from their foundations into the river. WILSON TO GIVE WAR AIMS Formal Statement Opposes Annexa­ tion--"Restitution and Restora­ tion" Is Keynote. Washington, June 2--President Wil­ son's outline of the position of this government as to the object of the war will be made public upon receipt of an acknowledgment by Ambassador Francis at Pety-ograd that he has a copy of the document. In this state­ ment, which is an answer to the re­ quest of the Russian government for a statement' by all the allies of their at­ titude toward "no annexations and no indemnities,", the position of Belgium will probably play an important part in illustrating the position of this gov­ ernment. It has been known for some time here that, while the administra­ tion from the time it entered the war has been opposed to punitive annexa­ tions and war tributes, it would, never­ theless. favor indemnity to the extent of restitution and restoration for de­ struction. The restoration , of the smaller nations swallowed up in the maelstrom of war by the larger nations will undoubtedly prove to be the key­ note of any policy on this subject an­ nounced by this government. FIX COFFEE WAR TAX 2 CENTS Tea Five Cents,, Sugar One-Half Cent Pound--12^2-Cent Levy on Munitions Eliminated. Washington, June 2.--The senafe finance committee decided to provide in the war tax bill to raise $80,000,000 by consumption taxes of two cents a pound on coffee, five cents on tea, one- half cent on sugar and three cents on cocoa. Another important change agreed upon was the elimination of the pres­ ent tax of 12% cents on war muni­ tions, now raising $25,000,000. ' Sinks Teuton Submarine. %€ i Rome, June 5.--The French subma- jttne Circe has torpedoed and sunk a ' large submarine of the enemy as It , jras coining out from Cattaro. Al- ^ though attacked by ffirplahes, the * Ctrce returned undamaged. ' ^ J r ; Guard Shoot^ Three; Kills One. Sc +J' Kilbourne, Wis.. June 5.--King Hen- " *J, a local merchant, was killed in-' find two others were wounded , bj a Guardsman, on duty at a bridge & * Ifere, when the men failed to baliPat the soldier's command. ^ . * * r Dutch 8hip Is Seized. i ?r Amsterdam. June 2.--According to « Maashod the Dutch steamer Po- jmona, bound from Copenhagen to Am- ; tSterdam, has been taken into Swjne- intuende. The Pomona is a small ves- ? jtel of 786 tons, owned in Amsterdam. ? ^ Night Prowler Identified. ' Chicago. June 2.--A man killed by f^fhyate Homer Merwin. First Illinois {Infantry, on the railroad bridge over tbe Calumet river, was Identified as Frederick W. Studer, former inmate of tbe Elgin Insane asrlum. •v../-,* '• • Mexican Traitor Is Shot. K1 Paso, Tex., June 4.--After being paraded through the streets of Juarez Major Eluterio Soto of the Carranza army, charged with furnishing ammu­ nition to Villa forces, was taken to a cemetery and executed. Many Men Enlist. Washington, June 4.--Enlistments for the army Thursday broke all records, when 2,367 men were en­ rolled. The total enlistments since April 1 have now reached 92,686 men. It was announced. Ne\^ xtfrk, June 6.--Greater New York broke out on monday night.In wild, riotous demonstrations against the selective draft act. In mass meet­ ings, on the public streets, anticon- scrlption agitators voiced their protest against the government act compelling registration. Police and soldiers were called upon to quell the rioters,* Many persons were Injured. Others were arrested. Their friends tried to rescue them froin the authorities. But in the end the officials gained the whip hand. "Don't register!" "We don't want war!" "Let the people that want war go to it!" "If they draft our men we will be left to starve !*' "We have a right to say we dori't want conscript tlon and war!" "We want to see the mayor." The hysteria of the women Increased from moment to moment after" the firs# clash with the police. _ Jeered and hooted by a mob of 10,- 000 that had been unable to jam their way into Hunt's Point Palace, the Bronx, where anarchists, socialists and pacifiists were agitating non-eonscrip- j tion, a detachment of National Guards­ men and members of the Home De­ fense league charged the crowd with drawn clubs and guns. A few minutes later a score of men and women had been arrested. Fif­ teen of them had their heads stitched up at the station or hospital. Half a hundred others limped away nursing bruises. Several soldiers received bites and scratches from the women. Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman and other radicals had aroused those in the hall to the point of frenzy. More than 100 boys in khaki were in the gallery. The soldiers were the especial target of the speakers. The crowd tor­ mented. the speakers. Missiles were hurled at them. Berkman's tormentors were particularly bold. . j 1 "If conscription is the cemetery, then registration is the undertaker," he shouted. "There are thousands who will not register tomorrow--black Tuesday. We have a worse enemy here in 'free' America than we have in Germany." He got no further. Hoots and cat­ calls greeted him. A husky soldier screamed: „ "You're the enemy. Go back to Rus­ sia." Pandemonium broke out. It was quieted by Emma Goldman. ~ . . The crowd outside then began to riot. They flung themselves against the police lines. The police, detec­ tives, federal agents and Home De­ fense leaguers could not handle them. They formed a barricade. Police au­ tomobiles trained their searchlights on the crowd. The arrest ot Ernest Greenbaum, who attempted a street speech, inflamed the crowd further. Emma Goldman adjourned the meet­ ing inside just as a white-haired wom­ an clambered upon the platform and began distributing -anti-conscription circulars. They were headed: "Don't register, My Son. $1,000 Reward." National Guardsmen confiscated most o* the circulars. The woman was ar­ rested. The guardsmen re-enforced the police. When one of their com- j rades was beaten they charged the I liiob with guns and clubs. It took sev* j eral hours to disperse the crowd. • WILSON'S ENVOYS, HEJtDEI* J KLIMU ROOT, HASTEN PETROGRAD. S. WJ f 'r ' I u" 'leek 'to' Avert' Col lapse oii"siav^Rspub* ji lie--Will Pledge Aid of Amer- ' • in ca Fight for- Peace Ideals. flrwrart!2ng °f the °®cer« and newly appointed war council of the American Red Cross, rifl.i ! u DeForest, vice president; Woodrow Wilson, president of the Red Cross: former President William H.^Taft, chairman of tbe executive committee; Ellott Wadsworth, actual executive head of the organization. Back row, Henjy, P. Davison, chairman of the war council; Grayson P. Murphy, Charles D Norton and J^^^rley, aU membei-s °f tbe waf ammM; ^ ITALIAN WAR COMRSI IN WASHINGTON i ^mmisslo^ photographed in Washington. In the center is Prince Eugene of Udine, ? ti y,« , s,ecretary Lansing and Colonel Hails on either side of him. At the left Is shown Sena- , theKwireles« Mentor, leaving an automobile at tbe Leitep: home, where tbe commission is housed. Signor Marconi is a member of the commission. • • ADMIRAL HAMILTON PLAN HEAVY WHISKY TAX Beers. HEADS RED CROSS COUNCIL Prohibitive Rate Proposed by Sedate Committee--Suspension of Bever­ age Production Would Result. Washington, June 6.--Prohibition legislation was approvey by the sen- I Admiral Hamilton is one of the best- ate finance committee on Monday, us j known of Great Britain's naval of a new feature of the war tax bill. Prohibitive taxes upon distillation of whisky and other spirits for bev­ erage purposes, with a ban upon their importation, were agretftl upon by a substantial majority of the commit­ tee. General suspension of beverage pro­ duction by distilleries and use of liquor now in bonded warehouses probably would be the effect of the new tax sec­ tion If enacted into law. In addition to the present tax of $2.20 per gallon, a tax of $20 per bush­ el (from $5 to $9 a gallon) upon all grain, .cereal or other foodstuffs used in manufacturing whisky or other dis­ tilled spirits for use as beverages was written into the bill. Senator Sim­ mons said the Increase would be pro­ hibitive upon manufacture while the law is in effect, or during the war. TRAINING THE NAVAL ROOKIE Sousa Enlists in U. S. Navy. Chicago, June 2.--John Philip Sousa began his duties as an enlisted man in the Naval Reserves at Great Lakes Training station. His enlistment was a matter of form, to qualify him to conduct the band. Navy Gets 13 German Ships. Washington. June 2.--By fxecutlvc order, President Wilson on Thursday turned over to the American navy five German' merchant ship^ to be used as converted cruisers and eight to 1>« used f ap colliers. Recruit for British, Too. Chicago, June 6.--Men owing Allegi­ ance to nsitions other than the United States will be accepted by United States army recruiting officers through­ out the service for enlistment in tbe British or Canadian military seryice. ¥ ,• Ruth Law to Drop Bomb*,' Cleveland, O., June 0.--Ruth' Law, famous aviatrix, soared above Cleve­ land in her Curtlss biplane, warming up for her Liberty bond .flight over midwest cities. The premier bird wom­ an will dupp "Liberty bombs." Band Escorts Dead Boxer. San Francisco, June 6.--A proces­ sion headed by a corps of police and a band escorted the body of Les Darcy, the boxer, to a steamer for shipment to Australia. Darcy was a member of the U^S. aviation corps. Chicago Bandits Get 96^0ft. Chicago, June 6.--George Meyer, messenger of the Stockmen's Trust and Savings bank, 5435 South Hal- ste<l street, was held up by two ban­ dits Just before noon on Monday and robbed of $6, Henry P. Davison, recently appoint­ ed chairman of the Red Cross war council, on his way to the Red Ooss building in Washington. Bints Half Domesticated. Some of our birds, the robin, for in-" stance, have adapted themselves to man. Others have been exterminated or being sby denizens of the virgin for­ est, have simply been pushed off the map by the extension of the clearings. Into this ornithological chaos we have brought the sparrow and starling, spe­ cies • which during many centuries abroad have so thoroughly adapted themselves that they are now half do­ mesticated, and wherever man goes and makes his home they go by choice and ;r. I i Washington, June 5.---The American mission to Russia, headed by Ellhu. Root arrived at a Russian port. ^Announcement of the safe passage ox the commission was made on Sun­ day by Secretary Daniels, who re­ ceived a dispatch from the commander of the vessel on which the journey waft made. s Former Senator Root .and his ebl- leagues will proceed to Petrograd Ita- mediately, arriving there when the new government is hemmed In on all sides by dfisorganization, royalist plots, radical uprisings and lack of power to meet the situation which threat­ ens io force a separate peace. This statement was drafted by Pres­ ident Wilson. It is addressed to Rus­ sia for two main reasons-r-to brace her by assurance of America's aid and to convey to the Liberals of Russia the knowledge, America 1s fighting for the same ideals which they deiuand as part of any peace treaty. The Wilson statement was cabled several days ago, but has been with- held froity publication' in; America in courtesy to Russia. It was indicated that tbe salient features of the statement would be Incorporated in the registration day announcement on which President Wilson has been working several days. The registration day proclamation will contain an epitome of what Amer­ ica is fighting for jmd what she will demand when the peace commission­ ers begin work on a treaty. The ' peace aims--or demands--of America are approximately .as fol­ lows: 1. Crushing of militarism and aban­ donment of heavy armaments as a guarantee against junkerism again plunging the world Into a sea of blood and make democracy safe against the onslaughts of aS 'Imperial 'clique. T 2. freedom of the seas and re­ striction of the use of submarines as a weapon of offense. Crews of mer­ chant vessels must be assured safety. Restrictions on the use of many im­ plements of land war are also likely. Poison gas, liquid flames <atid simi­ lar weapons are regarded as too in­ human to be allowed tp be employed again. 3. Binding guarantees that small nations and their rights will be re­ spected.^ This includes tne . recrea- . tlon and indemnity of Belgium, Ser­ bia and other little countries wiped out by the Germans, as well as the establishment, as far as possible, of borders on racial lines. A Jewish republic In Palestine may be an out­ growth of the war, and this is fa­ vored by the United States. NINE DiriN ILLINOIS BLAST Two Others Hurt by Explosion N6ar Herrin, III.--Men Walked Off Into Abandoned Workings. Herrin, Hi., June 5.--Nine dead and two Injured were the definite toll, as­ certained, of a gas explosion at No. 2 mine of the W. P., Rend Coal and Coke company north of here on Sunday night. The dead are: Ira Sanders, night boss*; Otis Reyn­ olds, Amos Mezo, Guy Vickery, Roy Weathers, Charles Rice, John Gossage, I. S. Good and Ezra Adams. The injured at the hospital are Tom Cox and W. A. Brewer, both danger­ ously burned. . ^ It Is supposed that the workmen walked, off Into an abandoned work­ ings where there was gas. Little dam­ age was done, to the mine, which em­ ploys 600 men, ?nd no fire followed the explosion. BRITISH WIN ON ARRAS FRONT Petty naval officer showing a young rookie liow to load his rifle. * Accountant Honored. Samuel Hardman Lever, widely known in the United States as an ac­ countant, has been- honored by tha king with an appointment to the most honorable Order of the Bath, a deco­ ration conferred for meritorious ser­ vice to the country. Mr. Lever is now financial secretary to the treasury and formerly was assistant financial secre­ tary to the ministry of munitions. * Although an Englishman, born In Liverpool, Mr. Lever lived nearly all his life In America. When war broke out he returned to England to "do his b#t." • Tribute was paid to Mr. Lever's services by the head of the munition department, who said that he had saved the country "very many millions of pounds." It Is said that all he has done has been without any monetary regard. 11,1 "| " "" . • " ^ "* The Burns Cbuntrtjfc'v,^ Ayrshire, in the western fowfarids of Scotland, might be named more ap­ propriately Burnsiand, for It Is filled with associations and memories of the great Scotch poet, who lived there most of his life. There r-tlll stands at Allo- way the "clay blggan" in which he was born, and the Kiry Alloway. immor­ talized In Tam o'Shanter. In the city of Dufries Burns is burled, and In the museum at Kilmarnock all the first editions of his work are preserved. They Spared the Noncombatant. . Among a small party of war corre spondents that recently visited tlw front at La Bassee, France, was A. H Griffith, who was private secretary t< the late Lord Strathcona. He becamt exhausted, says W. G. Shepard In Ev­ erybody's Magazine, and he fell behind In full view of the German snipers. They saw a large gentleman, dressec in golf costume, take off his golf cap wipe the perspiration from hfi fore head, lean like an exhausted man against the pile of sandbags thai formed the entrance to the trench, and settle himself contentedly for a rest Mr. Griffith's unriddled body is testi­ mony to the fact that the Germans "played cricket," as the English call It, that day. Scores of them had a chance to kill the man in the golf costume, bul some Teutonic phrase ran along th« line that gave him his life. A6.t:.'."Sis 'w 'it. iJ'y&.'k. M> 44 i a£ >• Here, too. Is- the attic In which the first volume of his goems was printed, j do not jerk It, the paper will To Open Your JukKn)h. Sometimes it Is a mighty h.lTd job to open a jackknlfe. Many a boy has lost his thumb nail trying to do it. Here Is a good way to open a stiff knife: Tear off a piece of newspaper or writing paper about three inches square. Fold It across once, and then slip the crease under the bktde of the knife. Grasp the paper firmly be- tween the thumb and forefinger, as close to the blade as possible- Then pull steadily as if you were opftiing the knife without the paper. IJ? TOO i» ac. Gen. Halg's Men Resume the Offen­ sive and Good Progress Is Reported. London, June 5.--The British are again on the offensive on the Arras front. The official statement on Sun­ day announces that an attack launched south of the Souchez river already has' resulted in good progress being made. Paris, June 5.--Five heavy attacks were made by the Germans on the French positions on the Callfornie apd Vauclerc plateaus. The war office an­ nounced on Sunday the complete re­ pulse of all these assaults/Jwith heavy losses to the attacking forces. German surprise attacks in the Champagne and in the Vosges were 713 Airplanes Shot Dowf|. London, June 5.--The morning pa­ pers figure that 713 airplanes were shot down on the western front In May of which 442 German and 271 British and French. British headquarters ai4-> mitted the losst of 86 machines. Flyer Carries Passenger 228 Miles. New York, June 5--E. K. Jaquith* an aviator attached to the Third aeriali coast patrol, flew from Atlantic City, N. J., to Mastic, L. L, a distance of 225' miles, In one hour and fifty-five min­ utes. He carried a passenger. Fells Two Flyer* in Minute. Paris, June 4.--Capt George Guy- nester, most famous of. all French, army aviators, has brought down five more German airplanes, two of then in one minute. The captain has brought down 43 enemy machines. . 25,000 Filipinos for Army. CWcago, June 4.--Manuel L. Quesln, president of the senate of the Philip* pines, passed through Chicago on hlj way to Washington to offer a divlstoR nt 25.000 Philippine soldiers for ser^> (ce uuder the American flag. • -4