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•-< «\v M HENRY PLAINDEALER. M HENRY, ILL. : , - • * < ' * « • * * > " > • « . j * * - * * „ 4 - \ ? f c V ' 4 * f ^ ' M* • ivifr - • V'.- DUNNE PRAISES » »,'>»{i!jj rr-:<W£ >&••;•.. :j;2 %:•¥• • ^'x^^VERNOf* GRATIFIED ACTION IN BARRING CLOVEN^ HOOFED ANIMALS. m>i, wy t $MIEE-EXECUTIVE IS ft£*&D •'.'.•"^p1 -i ^1 - &:•;v" ft ftttiares This Year'* State Fair Should |4(. !'• Be the Greatest Ever Held-- County 8hows 8hould Fol­ low Example. Springfield.--Governor Dunne ex- ; pressed his gratification at the action of the state board of agriculture at their meeting in Kankakee in decid­ ing not to hold an exhibition of clo­ ven-footed animals at the state fair this year owing to the prevalence of the foot-and-mouth disease in the state. The governor said: "I am much gratified over the pub­ lic spirited and patriotic action of the state board of agriculture in conclud­ ing to abandon the exhibition of cloven-footed animals at the ensuing state fair, owing to the imminent dan­ ger of the spread of the foot-and- 'mouth disease which might result therefrom. "It behooves the people of the state of Illinois, and the live sto£k interests in particular, to demonstrate their appreciation of the high-minded action of the board of agriculture in this regard by attending the state fair in greater number than ever, so as to make the fair, as It should- be, a tri­ umphant success. "While visitors to the fair will be unfortunately deprived of the oppor­ tunity of seeing cattle, sheep and swine displays. I am satisfied they will be compensated therefor by the elimination of the danger to the live stock interests of the state and by the adoption of other attractive features "Which will gratify visitors to the fair. "All county fairs should follow the same procedure and I am pleased to note in my mail that there is an in­ tention to do so." State Mayors Will Meet. The second annual, convention of the Illinois Municipal league, former­ ly the Illinois Mayors' association, will be held at the University of Illi­ nois, nt Urbana, about the middle of October. There will be an Interesting educa­ tional program devoted to the prac­ tical problems of municipal govern­ ment, with addresses by experts in the State university and by municipal and state officials. ' An Important feature will be a ques­ tion box, at which problems submit­ ted in advance will be answered by competent persons. The meeting will be a r.fiort course at the university for city officials throughout the state. U. of I. to Have Day at State Fair. Special days with many new fea­ tures will interest all classes of the citizens of Illinois who attend the com­ ing Illinois state fair. One of the new features that will especially interest the students and alumni of the University of Illinois, will be exploited on Tuesday, Septem­ ber 21, 1915. University day is a new departure in the way of special events for the state fair and can but prove popular to the promoters of the university, the state fair managers, and especially the graduates of the university and stu­ dents now attending that institution. Special Tests for Young Babies. Mothers In various parts of the state who have babies- too yountr to be admitted: to the Better Babies' contest at the IlllnoiB state fair, are besieging the committee in charge of this contest to permit their infants to be submitted to the physical and mental examinations which are to be conducted by medical experts in or­ der that they may learu in what re­ spects their children may be deficient and to be advised what they must do to correct these deficiencies. Under the rules of the contest chlh dren under one year of age are ex­ cluded and therefore cannot compete for the prizes offered. In order, however, to meet the wishes of the many mothers who de­ sire to have their infants exaihiued by the medical experts, the chairman of the contest committee, Mrs. C. St. Clair Drake, announced that special arrangements for a test of children under one year of age will be held on Monday, September 20, in the baby booth located in the Woman's build­ ing on the state fair grounds. Mothers desiring to avail them­ selves of this special service must file application for same by September 10 with Mrs. C. St. Clair Drake, capitol building, Springfield. No prizes other than certificates of examination ratings will be awarded. iLlve Stock 8how Called Off. The $12,000 allotted for prices for cattle, sheep and swine at the state fair will be spent in securing addi­ tional attractions, now that this fea­ ture of the fair has been cancelled on account of the foot-and-mouth disease. This was the announcement of Secre­ tary B. M. Davison, who returned from Kankakee, where the state fair hoard decided to withdraw the fat stock premiums. The attractions com­ mittee of the board has been called to meet in Springfield in special-session to select new features. Two Appointed by Dunne. Governor Dunne reappointed OsL ipirank D. Whipp of Springfield and Dr. -George A. Zeller of Peoria as minor­ ity members of the state board of ad­ ministration. Colonel Whipp will re­ main as fiscal director and Doctor Zeller will continue in his position as -alienist. The governor also appointed "the following members of the state commission to erect a monument to former Gov. Richard J. Oglesby; John 8. Runnells, -Chicago; John Barton .Payne, Chicago;.. John W. Bunn, Springfield. -- -'M ; To Preserve Game. Springfield.--The system Of game reservations and nongame bird sanctu­ aries adopted by the state of Illinois differs in many essential features from the plans of game propagation and conservation of other states. The Illinois plan keeps close to nature and avoids, as far as possible, expensive artificiality. Instead of a few large tracts of land maintained at great cost, Illinois will have many small tracts of leased land that may be successfully maintained at a mere nominal cost. According ft) plans al­ ready made, it is expected that Illinois will have about 100 game-bird reser­ vations and nongame-bird sanctuaries that may be maintained for about $50 each a year. The whole number of reservations, therefore, may be kept in a productive state for about $5,000 a year--less than one-half of the cost of maintaining ^single game farm of any considerable size. The Illinois plan is to lease a tract of land of about 1,000 acres, paying for each parcel that goes to make up the tract $1 per year. On each reservation something like five dcres is planted in wheat, barley, buckwheat or some other grain which grows to % similar height. In these patches there is planted some sorghum or other grain- producing vegetation that grows above the snow level. This grain, always planted close to cover, 1s left stand­ ing so that the birds may feed in. cover. Our game birds suffer and die dur­ ing short periods of severe winter weather, when the ground and natural food is covered with snow. October 9 Fire Prevention Day. The following state fire prevention day proclamation was issued <by Gov­ ernor Dunne: "We are at the present day living at a time in the history of our coun­ try when the question of the preserva­ tion of resources, natural and other­ wise, is receiving a great deal of at­ tention. It therefore seems to toe that the question of the preservation of any sort of property from all sortB of extravagant or needless waste, should receive a kindly reception from the general public. One of the vital prob­ lems which calls upon our people for solution is the situation with regard to the waste of energy and resources in all parts of the country by fire. Our forests are being preserved, our waterpower and waterways developed and utilized, and the hidden forces of nature conserved and made subserv­ ient to the well-being of man. It there­ fore seems to me to tje eminently fit and proper that we should also direst* our attention to the unnecessary waste of our property assets, and to the ap­ palling loss of life by fire. "Statistics prepared by the fire mar­ shal department of Illinois, show that the fire loss In the state of Illinois averages over $1,000,000 por month. Besides this, nearly three hundred people in this state lost their lives through the agency of fire last year. The losses thus occasioned constitute an absolute waste and a drain upon our resources such as no nation or state can long endure; and the fact that they are largely preventable is a reproach to our people and calls for immediate remedy. "Por the reasons herein set forth and in order tc arouse our people to a vivid sense of fire dangers and induce them to take more active interest in the subject, I hereby proclaim that Saturday, the Ninth Day of October, 1915, the anniversary of the great Chicago fire, Le known as • State Fire Prevention Day, and I earnestly recommend that our people observe it by a general clean­ ing up and removal of rubbish, trash and waste from their premises. "Let all heating apparatus, electric wiring and chimneys be carefully gone over and placed in a proper condition for winter use. "Let all public and private institu­ tions, hotels, asylums, factories and theaters be carefully looked over on that day and, when necfe^iary, any changes made that will further pro­ tect the safety of the occupants. "Let local authorities give attention to the matter of better building regula­ tions, fire protection and prevention, as well as added apparatus for fire fighting. "Let our people observe the day by a general cleaning up and let them be enlightened at civic and other public gatherings on the subject of the fire waste of the state and the best means for Its prevention. "Let the press, by timely publica­ tions pertaining to fire prevention and protection, aid in the work. "Lastly, let fire drills be held on that day in institutions, factories, and on the preceding day in public, paro­ chial and private schools, and I earn­ estly recommend that teachers In­ struct their pupils, through short talks and proper programs, on the dangers of fire and the simpler means of fire prevention. "Given under my hand and the seal of the Btate of Illinois, at the capitol, in the city of Springfield, the first day of September, A. D. 1915." ' NEWS OF THE STATE Chicago.--Thirty large businoss con­ cerns of Chicago have organized the "Employmont Advisers' club" for the purpose of assisting employers in get­ ting the right man in the right place, it was learned. Frequent meetings will be held and cxpert3, who claim they can analyze character^ and apti­ tude, will decide whether a man who wants a job as cook wouldn't make a better chauffeur. L. •. Atherton, em­ ployment manager for Swift & Co., Is president. Pontiac.--Mrs. John Pell, wife of a teamster at Dwlght, committed sui­ cide at her home here by drinking car­ bolic acid. The cause of the act is unknown. Pana.--When about to depart for St. Louis, where he had obtained a posi­ tion with his father, John Anderson, Ray Anderson, twenty-one yearB old, was struck by an Illinois Centra! freight train at Assumption and diec an hour later at a hospital la Pana Anderson had gone to • Assumption t# bid an uncle farewell. MEXICAN BANDITS CAPTURED JIll TEXAS Group of Mexican bandits captured while making a raid in Tens, guarded by the soldiers and deputy sher­ iffs who took them prisoner. ^ HAELEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS DEAD HEROES n On the anniversary of the battle of Haelen, the inhabitants of that Belgian town decorated the graves of their fellow citizens who fell in the fierce combat. The photograph shows the procession on its way to the cem­ etery, the German officer at the right standing at salute. GERMANS PARADING BEFORE CROWN PRINCE With its standards crowned by the German eagle, the famous Wuerttemberg regiment, which covered itself with glory by its charges in the Argonne, proudly marched past the crown prince and his staff, while the latter saluted the regiment. The crown prince is seen standing in front and Field Marshal Haeseler, the German com­ mander, 1B almost directly behind him. SOLDIERS AT PLAY TORPEDOED STEAMER ARABIC SINKING German soldiers in the Vosges re­ gion amusing themselves in leisure hours by making windmills. Diabetes and the Pancreas. Diabetes, according to the latest theory, is brought on by a defect in the operation of the pancreas. Drs. S. J. Metzer and I. S. Kleiner of the Rockefeller institute have been study­ ing it for two years and have arrive d at this conclusion. They have not yet suggested a cure, but now that they feel sure they know the cause they are working toward that end. Exception. "Show me a woman who isn't. al­ ways thinking of something to put on her back," saH Gidlay. "If my wife were here I'd point her out to you," replied Chubson. •Ha!'; "She's been begging me for six weeks to buy her a^pearl necklace." SAW BEAUTY OF CHIMNEYS Edison Impressed With Graceful Method of Construction Employed by the Germans. "I was in Dresden about a year be­ fore the war." said a physician, "and Thomas Edison had at one time stopped at the same hotel. The land­ lord was very proud of having shel­ tered the great inventor and showed me ta photograph of Mr. Edison and himself taken in the hotel garden. He This remarkable photograph of the steamer Arabic as she was plunging beneath the water after being torpedoed by a German submarine was taken by Professor Still of Purdue university as he was being rowed from the sinking vessel in a lifeboat. had much to say about him and one thing Mr. Edison had said to him im­ pressed him very much. He had asked Mr. Edison what pleased him most in what he had seen in Germany and his answer was: 'Tour beautiful chimneys.' "The landlord had never thought of that before and I hadn't, but after­ ward I looked for chimneys to see what Edison saw and there was rea­ son in his admiration. Factory. chim­ neys in this country as a rule are about as unattractive features as one can find marring the landscape, but In Germany I found that they were real­ ly beautiful in shape, material and workmanship and rather Improved the landscape than otherwise. Prob­ ably nobody hut Edison would have discovered beauty in factory chim­ neys, but it was there just the same." In the 12 months ended April 70 there yvere 877 merchant vessels built and officially numbered in tho United States. The gross tonnage of these ships was 179,450. i 7i< •' * v "! ,V~ y---' f . .. w< WMmm ILLINOIS BREVITIES Murphysboro.--Bracey Foree, negro, who shot and killed John Atkinson, labor leader, on the street here, was captured two miles north of Murphys- boro by Sheriff James A. White. Danville.---At the annual convention of tho Bloomlield Baptist association, Rev. L. S. Shumaker of Paris was re­ elected moderator and Nelle M. Hub­ bard was named clerk and treasurer, j The 1916 session will be held at I Charleston. i Chicago.---More than 100 state fire i marshals and their assistants were i present at the opening of the tenth annual meeting of the Fire Marshals' ! Association of North America. The principal address was delivered by ! Walter H. Bennett of Quincy, who is : a strong advocate of the teaching of , fire prevention to school children. Peoria.--John Miller, an escaped pa­ tient from the insane asylum at Wa- tertown, who stoood off* a posse of citiEens and deputy sheriffs after bar­ ricading himself In his^ mother's home at Altoona, escaped. He left a note that he was headed for Watertown and would molest no one if allowed to make the trip without interference. Peoria.1--Accusations of conscience drove Fred Greenfield of Galesburg into the Peoria police station, where he Informed the captain he had com­ mitted forgery in passing a worthless check. Galesburg authorities were notified and replied that Greenfield's crime did not justify his being brought back to the Knox county seat. He was released. Pinckneyville.--A state-wide first- aid contest will be held At Pinckney­ ville September 22, under the joint auspices of the Perry county associa­ tion and the Illinois Stale Mine Res­ cue commission. CaBh prizes of $25, $20, $15 and $10 will be given to win­ ners in the team events and cash prizes of $20, $15 and $10 to winners In the ningle events. Gold and silver medals also will be given. Rock Island.--Philadelphia was cho&en as the place for holding the celebration of the four hundredth an nlversary of the Lutheran reformation in Germany by the general council of the Lutheran church in North Amer­ ica. which is In session here. The council voted an appropriation of $25,- 000 toward the expenses of the cele­ bration. Chicago sought the celebra­ tion, but was defeated by a vote of 69 to 116. By a unanimous vote the council acceded to the petition of the Augustana synod thst a committee be appointed to revise the constitution of the council. Duquoin.--The Southern Illinois Conference of Methodist Episcopal Churches, South, has assigned pastors for the year as follows: Baldwin, O. B. Sherman; Cairo, C. Henley; Grand Tower, O. C. Birdwell; Pulaski, W. T. Graham; foreman mission, W. S. Wil­ cox; Gorham and Hurst, C. T. Miller; Duquoin, J. A. Wise; BlairsviUe and Cambria, Earl Groves; Galatia. O. H. Hallam; Stonefort, J. T. Smith; De Soto, A. E. Thomas; Marion, J. C. Jones; Murphysboro, M. A. Co*; Ora- ville, W. F. Atkins; missionary secre­ tary, C, Henley, Rer. W. T. Mathis, for four years pastor of the church at Murphysboro, has been transferred to the Waverly circuit as presiding elder. Chicago.--The septic tank system at the Oak Forest infirmary, installed four years ago at a cost of $50,000 to the county, was condemned as inade­ quate and a failure by members of the engineering committee of the Cook county board and a committee of trus­ tees of the sanitary district, who in­ spected the system. It will be replaced by a sewer canal system which will be more expensive, it is believed, than the tanks, but will provide adequate sewage disposal, facilities. The sani­ tary trustees will be asked to furnish estimates on the cost of constructing the canal as Boon as possible. The committees which inspected the in­ firmary were composed of Commission­ ers Scott, Fitzgerald, Nowak, Pierson and Miller, and Sanitary Trustees Dulley, Sullivan, Breit. Reading, Clark 1 and Oarr. Peoria.--A severe wind and rain storm swept over the counties of Knox, Peoria and Tazewell and caused damage to the corn crop estimated at many thousands of dollars. The storm broke suddenly and the wind attained i a velocity of 40 miles an hour, level- ! lng hundreds of a- res of corn between Galesburg and Peoria. Peoria appar­ ently received the full force of the storm and h^re the wind attained a veloc ity of approximately 40 miles an hour. Sign boards and trees were torn loose in many sections of the city. Hoat men reported no lives lost, al­ though a score of boats were caught unawares and were unable to make a landing until after the storm. The principal damage Is to the corn crop, a strip approximately 15 miles wide in Knox, Peoria and Tazewell counties, being affected. Macomb reports a windstorm and rain but no property damage. Woodhull.--The Woodhull Chautau­ qua. which completed this season witb a deficit of $250, will be held again next year despite the loss. Springfield.--The state board of health received a dispatch from Dr. O. M. Trascher of Prophetstown asking that a physician be sent there to diag nose the disease of a myn who the doctor believes is suffering with lep­ rosy. Because of his wids experience with the disease in the Philippines, Dr. George A. Zeller, alienist for the state board of administration, was re­ quested by the health board to investi­ gate the case. Peoria.--Federal authmitles began an investigation into tho source of 5,000 half-pint bottles of'opium seized in a raid on a resort. Pred Reynolds of Mackinaw and Roy Catterton and John Diamond of this csty were taken into custody under the Harrison anti- narcotic law. Sycamore.--Mrs. Ros«, Palmer, wife of Contractor Andrew Pilrper of Syca­ more, while in her gardf^i, at her sum­ mer home at Granton, Wis., was stung by an insect just back of her ear. She' became unconscious snd death soon followed. She was brought to hot home In Sycamore add hcrteiL PAY FOR ARABK REFUSED £ '.'$K -•i-r'M Germany Flatly Rejects Any f| { demnity Claim. 5 REGRETS THE LOSS OP UFE Note to American Government 8ay# Submarine Commander Was Jus­ tified in Action by Fear of Attack. Berlin (via Amsterdam), Sept. 9.---> Germany in her note to the United States government on the sinking of the Arabic expresses regret for th» loss of American lives, but states pos­ itively that no indemnity for such caiK be granted. •The refusal to grant indemnity la absolute and will stand even if th* submarine commander should havo been mistaken as to aggressive lnten> tions on the part of the Arabic. Following is tho text of the note, made public tonight: On August 19 a German submarine stopped the English steamer Dunslejr • about sixteen nautical miles south ot Klnsale and was on the point of sink­ ing the prize by gunfire after the crew had left the vessel. At this mo ment the commander saw a largo steamer, as developed 'later, the Ara>». bic. She was recognized as an enemy- vessel, as she did not fly any flag and bore no neutral markings. When she approached she altered her original course, bnt then again pointed directly toward the submarine. From this the commander became eon» vinced that the steamer had the in- : tention of attacking and ramming him. In order to anticipate this attack he - gave orders for the submarine to dive and fired a torpedo at the steamer. After firing he convinced himself that the people on board were being res­ cued in 15 boats. According to his instructions, the commander was not allowed to attaclt the Arabic without warning and with­ out saving the lives unless the ship at­ tempted to escape or offered resist-' ance. He was forced, however, to co* elude from the attendant clrcun*» stances that the Arabic planned a VIOK lent attack on the submarine. This conclusion is all the more ob» vious as he had been fired upon at a great distance in the Irish sea on Au­ gust 14--that is, a few days before-- by a large passenger steamer, appar­ ently belonging to the British Royal Mail Steam Packet company, which ha had neither attacked nor stopped. The German government most deefh ly regrets that lives were lost through the action of the commander. It par­ ticularly expresses this regret to th» government of the United States on, account of the death bf American citl*' zens. The German government 1s unabl^ however, to acknowledge any obliga*, tion to grant indemnity in the matter, even if the Commander should hav*:; been mistaken as to the aggressive In­ tentions of the Arabic. v If it Bhould prove to be the case that It is impossible for the German and, American governments to reach a har» monious opinion on this point, the Geif* man government would be prepared t® submit the difference of opinion, as be*,; lng a question of International law, tt1 The Hague tribunal for arbitration,^ pursuant to article 38 of The Hagu» convention for the pacific settlement of International disputes. In so doing it assumes that as a mat­ ter of course the arbitral decision shaft not be admitted to have the import tance of a general decision on the per­ missibility or the converse under la* ternational law, of German submarine warfare. •M ' - *£? Peril of Lead. A report has been issued by the United States bureau of labor statist tics on the industrial conditions in fao tories making lead storage batteries^, particularly with relation to the daa* ger of lead poisoning. In the con­ struction of lead grids the workman is exposed to the lead dust and lead fumes. In some plants provisions of hoods and exhausts over the kettles serve to minimize the danger. Another danger lies in the making of the lead oxide when this work i» done by hand; but, in some factories this work is done by machinery, which is inclosed so that there is practically no danger to the operators. Alto* gether conditions in the United States are considered decidedly bad com*: pared to conditions in the same indus­ try in Germany and Great Britain. A Sign. "I guess the Bounderbys have brok­ en into society at last." "What makes you think so?" "Their relatives and old-time friends, no longer have anything good to SSJP of them." Nothing Personal. "I have often stood in a slaughter- , house," observed the man from Chi­ cago. "while the butchers were killing hogs on all sides of me.** "Oh!" ex* claimed the tender-hearted girt, "weren't you dreadfully afraid?"--- Puck. M Luck Is One Thing, Anyway. "It's lucky foh some of us/* 'ssH'if^ Uncle Eben. "dat a man is known de company he keeps an' not by ds.: stories he reads or de afcqws he goes to see." Avoid Everything Gloomy. t/Sf" You find yourself refreshed by tit presence of cheerful people; why not*. make earnest efforts to confer tha% - f j pleasure on others? You will find - half the battle is gained If you will never allow yourself to say uurthtnc . ft gloomy.--Lydia M. Child. ^'V Restricted to One Sheet. •% Years ago it was the duty of at the London post office to ex&min# . -|f every letter for the country with <r • ;f! eandle to see whether it of more than one sheet, r"' s'l