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* • »*$#•" > l - W tjlef $'&* %*#> • ,«'ci^'i.'.'^'S.. . • v :'."»*? V. *• • •-.>••••: V'iVVri.'.'K .1 m ':̂ & BTHENRY PLAINDEALER. WTHENRY, OF SEAS Washington Warns Britain to ) Within Law. iti'-'J I'fBLOCKADE IS INDEFENSIBLE ^bigland Told That America Will No Longer Submit to Trespass Upon Its Rights--Must Not Mo­ lest Trade. , f i f \\ ashington, Nov. S.--Solemn warn- T' ing to Great Britain that the fJnfted States will not further submit to the curtailment of its neutral rights, which •s t £ias been the effect of the allies' block- : of Germany since March 11, is /^ vifcontained in the note to Great Britain ^Jmade public on Sunday by the state department. - M v A f t e r d e c l a r i n g t h a t t h e U n i t e d Bt^tes "cannot with complacency suf­ fer further subordination'of its rights and interests," the note serves notice In the following paragraph that Great Britain will be held to the enforce­ ment of the letter of international law: "The government of the United States desifes to impress most ear­ nestly upon his majesty's government that it must insist that the! relations between it and his majesty's govern­ ment be governed, not by a policy of expediency, but by those established rules of international conduct upon N "which Great Britain in the past has • held the United States to account when the latter nation was a belligerent en­ gaged in a struggle for national exist­ ence. It is of the highest importance to neutrals not only to the present day, but of the future, that the principles pf international right be maintained^ kmimpaired." Defending Neutral Rights. That the United States has taken , upon itself the task of defending the (rights of all neutral nations against the British program of seizing and holding up merchant vessel a at will Is Indicated In this paragraph: "This task of championing the in­ tegrity of neutral rights, which have received the sanction of the civilised •world against the lawless conduct of belligerents arising out of the bitter­ ness of the great conflict ^hich is now ^wasting the countries of Europe, the United States unhesitatingly assumes, and to the accomplishment of that task It will devote its energies, exercising always that impartiality which from the outbreak of the war it has sought to exercise in its relations with the •warring nations." The note covers exhaustively the subject of British Interference with American trade since the beginning of the war and declares the so-called blockade of the allies "ineffective, Il­ legal and indefensible." The note was made public by agreement between the state department and the British for­ eign office and carries with it a volum­ inous appendix giving the text of American naval Instructions issued in 1862 and a summary and table showing hundreds of vessels detained by Brit­ ish authorities since the present war began. Deals With Contraband Question. The note itself is divided into thir­ ty-five points, dealing with all phases of the contraband question, seizure and detentions, and announces that a separate communication will be sent soon dealing particularly with the "propriety and right of the British government to include in their list of contraband of war certain articles which have been so Included." The note is dated October 21 and acknowledges the British notes of January 7, February 10, June 22, July 23, two on July 31, August 13 and the note verbale of August 6, all relating to restrictions upon American com- 4 merce. After an argument on law and facts. Secretary Lansing In conclusion says: "I believe it has beei) conclusively shown that the methods sought to be employed by Great Britain to obtain and use evidence of enemy destination of cargoes bound for neutral ports and to impose a contraband character upon such cargoes are without justifi­ cation; that the blockade, upon which such methods are partly founded. Is ineffective, illegal and indefensible; that the judicial procedure offered as a means of reparation for an interna­ tional injury is inherently defective for the purpose; and that in many % cases jurisdiction is assorted in viola­ tion of the law of nations. U. S. Cannot Submit. "The United States, therefore, can­ not submit to the curtailment of its neutral rights by these measures, which are admittedly retaliatory, and therefore Illegal, in conception and in nature and intended to punish the ene­ mies of Great Britain for alleged ille­ galities on their part. The United States might not be in a position to object to them if its interests and the interests of all neutrals were unaf­ fected by them, but, being affected, it cannot with complacence suffer fur­ ther subordination of its rights and interests to the plea that the excep­ tional geographic position of the ene­ mies of Great Britain requires or Jus­ tify oppressive and illegal practices.' Denies British Contention. In answer to the British contention that conditions relating to the size and seaworthiness of modern carriers of c-ommerce justify bringing vessels into pore for search, the report of a ' board of United States naval experts TOWER OF LONDON SHELLEO Damaging of Arsenal and Wrecking of Other Buildings With Bombs Re- ported by Berlin^ •v'** ------ Berlin, Nov. 9 (by wireless).--Seri­ ous damag* was done in London and - the metropolitan district by the Zeppe­ lin bombardment of October 13, said a German military authority. The Tower of London and the Tower bridge were L - -bombed. The raid.was vastly more ef- fective than any of those which pre- 18 cited, in which it Is stated that it is cot necessary to "remove every package of a ship's cargo to establish the character and nature of heir trade," that the facilities for boardinfe and inspection of modern ships are in fact greater than in former times, and that to permit ships to be taken intS* l*ort "would be a direct aid to the belligerents concerned in that It would release a, belligerent vessel overhauling the neutral from its duty of search and set it free for furthoi belligerent operations." Certain points deal with new pro­ cedure in the prize courts, the effect of which the United States complains Is "to subject traders to risk of loss, delay and expense so great and so. burdensome as to practically destroy much of the export trade of the Uni­ ted States to neutral countries of Eu­ rope." Maintains Right of Sale. Whatever may be the conjectural conclusions drawn from trade statis­ tics, the United States maintains the right to. sell goods into the general stock of a neutral country, and de­ nounces as illegal and unjustifiable any attempt of a belligerent to inter­ fere with that right on the ground that it suspects that the previous supply of such goods in the neutral country, which the imports renew or replace, has been Sold to an enemy. "That is a matter with which the neutral vendor has no concern and which can in no way affect his rights of trade. Moreover, oven if goods list­ ed as conditional contraband are destined to an enemy country through a neutral country, that fact is not in itself sufficient to justify their seiz­ ure." In view of these considerations the United States announces that it has no other course but "to contest seiz­ ure of vessels at sea upon conjec­ tural suspicion and th« practice of bringing them into port for the pur­ pose of obtaining evidence, for the purpose of justifying prize proceed­ ings, of the carriage of contraband or of breeches of the order in coun­ cil of March 11. Relying upon the regard of the British government for the principles of justice so fre­ quently and uniformly manifested prior to the present war, this govern­ ment anticipates that the British gov­ ernment will instruct their officers to refrain from these vexatious and Il­ legal practices." Mistakes Neutral Trade. After more than six months' appli­ cation of the blockade order, the note says the experience of American citizens has convinced the govern­ ment of the United States that Great Britain been unsuccessful in her efforts to distinguish between enemy and neutral trade. "The government of the United States has viewed with surprise and concern," the note adds, "the attempt of his majesty's government to con­ fer upon the British prize court's Jur­ isdiction by this illegal exercise of force in order that these courts may apply to vessels and cargoes of neu­ tral nationalities, seized on both high seas, municipal laws and orders which can only rightfully be enforceable within the territorial waters of Great Britain, or against vessels of British nationality when on the high seas. . . "The United States government feels that it cannot reasonably be ex­ pected to advise its citizens to seek redress before tribunals which are, in its opinion, authorized by the unre­ stricted application of international law to grant reparation, nor to re­ frain from presenting their claims di­ rectly to the British government through diplomatic channels." What Germany 8aid. Here is the German notice with ref­ erence to the refusal of the United States to consider the blockade estab­ lished as binding: "It is incumbent upon the United States government, therefore,,to give the British government notice that the blockade which tbey claim to have in­ stituted under the order in council of March 11 cannot be recognized as a legal blockade by the United States." Perhaps nothing will hit the allies harder than this announcement. Firm Demands Amaze Britain. London, Nov. 9.--Great Britain is amazed at the firm, uncompromising tone of the Washington note of pro­ test on British blockade methods. The radical change in the language used as compared with previous notes be­ tween the two governments draws par­ ticular comment in the press. The note is not lightly regarded and some of its contentions are ad­ mitted to be entirely valid. The Daily News says: "The new American note is in some respects a momentous document It cannot es­ cape comment, however, that the note is couched in vigorous and uncompro­ mising language, paralleled in one or two of Secretary Lansing's notes to Germany, but hitherto foreign to com­ munications that have passed between Washington and London. No mistake could be graver than to underestimate the seriousness of the contentions ad­ vanced by Washington." The Chronicle says: "The purport of the whole note is not, of course, to put a pistol to our heads, but to tell, us firmly, one might almost say harsh­ ly, that the United States does not ac­ cept our main contentions and does not acquiesce in our policy, and will continue to press strong protests upon us. It points to a continuance of dip­ lomatic difficulties between Washing­ ton and London." The Daily Mail says: "Our case--it is a very strong one--is that the or­ ders in council were in reply to Ger­ many's repudiation of all international law. We waited for the neutrals to act, and as they did not act, we acted our­ selves in the interests of humanity." ceded it. The Woolwich arsenal. It was declared, was struck and some of the machinery destroyed. The city proper and the newspaper quarter suf fered heavily, the Morning Post build­ ing being damaged. Many buildings were demolished in St. George, Leh- mann, Liverpool, Moorgate and Min- ores streets. Chancery lane. Bishops- gate and Oldgate. In some places en­ tire blocks are said to have been wiped out. Among the buildings burned war that occupied by the Southwestern bank. BATTLE LINE IN RUSSIA f '»•" PLATEAU hnscn. Mifa JaJtobsladi JanustAMt Aa dshvlitxchKL Miintiri 1--New German offensive against Riga directly from west railroad. S--Russians force Von Hlndenburg back from advance position before Dyinsk. U.S. ENVOY TO RETURN BRAND WHITLOCK, MINISTER ft> BELGIUM, COMINQ HOME. Ill Health Is Assigned as Reason- Was Active In Cavell Case--Hit by German Press. Washington, Nov. 6.--Brand Whit- lock, United States minister to Bel- glum. is returning home. This an­ nouncement was made here on Wednesday. The reason given for Whitlock's re­ turn is ill health. His physician, it was stated, has advised him that he would Jae unable to regain his health if he^lrsisted in his strenuous du­ ties at Brussels. Although it has been known for some time that Minister Whitlock has been in 111 health, the announcement that he was returning at this time caused a sensation. The fact that German newspapers have criticized in the most ^severe terms Whitlock's activities in behalf of Edith Cavell, the nurse spy. whom he tried to save from execution, some even demanding that his recall be asked, aroused considerable specula­ tion. That he has been summoned home by the state department after Ger­ many had protested against the mak­ ing public of his account of the Cavell execution, was the belief in some quarters. He indirectly charged breach of diplomatic confidence against the Brit­ ish foreign office for making public tho report from Secretary Gibson of the American legation at Brussels. Whitlock in his report said that the publicity caused him serious embar­ rassment with the Germans. At the time Miss Cavell was sen­ tenced to death, Whitlock was con­ fined to his bed, but made an effort to save her by using his secretary and securing the aid of the Spanish min­ ister. "NO PEACE TILL ALLIES WIN" Premier Briand Says France Will Fight to the End--Makes Address to Chambers. Paris. Nov. 5.--An important an­ nouncement was made on Wednesday in the chamber of deputies by Premier Briand, who said that France was not continuing the war with ideas of con­ quest. M. Briand also said that the date for serious peace talks was "un­ fortunately distant." The earliest mo­ ment of the discussion of peace. M Briand said, would be "when Germany has evacuated all the martyred coun­ tries. including Serbia; when she has ceased to be a people of prey, and when she will be unable for long years to trouble the peace of the world again." GERMANS WIN ON HILL 199 Paris Official Statement Says Enemy Penetrated Trenches in 8ector of Massignes. Paris. Nov. 5.--The official state­ ment issued here on Wednesday is a* follows: "Along the Somme, near Frise. we have destroyed important mining works of the Germans. In Champagne a German attack., preced ed by. the usual bombardment ot as­ phyxiating shells, was made against our positions to the south of the Chausson farm, located in the sector of Massignes. The Germans were able to penetrate some of our advance trenches on Hill 199. We repulsed them at all other points. Inflicting heavy losses." Kills Wife, Sen and Self. New York. Nov. 6.--Edward Mc- Manus killed his wife and bis four- year-old son by cutting their throats with a razor and then committing sui­ cide at his home. 446 West One Hun­ dred and Sixty-fourth street. Denies Retreat of British. I.ansanne, Nov. 6.--Rumors that the British have begun to retire from the peninsula of Gallipoli were denied in a dispatch from Constantinople. A Russian fleet has appeared off the coast of Asia Minor. Field Workers Reinstated. Washington. Nov. 6.--Secretary of Labor Wilson has revoked his order of one year ago, which laid off 800 field workers employed in the Immi­ gration department for three months each year. Germany's New Loan. London, Nov. 6.--German financial authorities are preparing for a new loe,n of $2,500,000,000. the prospectus for which will be issued in January, •ays a Copenhagen dispatch to the Mall. SEE GREEK WAR MOVE ZAIMIS CABINET RESIGN8 WHfEN REFUSED CONFIDENCE VOTE. Former Premier Venlzeloa Said to Be Forming New Ministry--Foreign Policy Cause. London. Nov. 6.--Greece's attitude toward the world war apparently is about to undergo a change. By a vote of 147 to 114 the Greek parliament on Thursday rejected a vote of confidence in the government and the cabinet un­ der Premier Alexander Zalmia. who immediately resigned. Observers of Balkan diplomatic con­ ditions here assert that KingConstan- tine undoubtedly has asked former Premier Eleutherious Venlzelos to form a new cabinet. A dispatch from Satonlkl declares that King Constantino has asiured the French minister at Athens that should Roamania join the entente allies or should the situation of Ser­ bia be appreciably ameliorated by an Anglo-French offensive movement. Greece will not be unprepared to change ber present attitude. Athens newspapers opposed to Venizeloa believe dissolution of par­ liament surely will follow. Messages from • Paris state that Greece's entrance Into the war Is con­ sidered at the French capital as al­ most certain. If Greece should decide to enter the war the nation is in a position to put 400,000 excellently equipped troops in­ to the field. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE WETS PARADE AT CHICAGO Fifty Thousand Personal Liberty Ad­ vocates March--Is Protest to May­ or's Sunday Closing Order. Chicago, Nov. 9.--Personal liberty advocates on Sunday mustered 50,000 marchers in a parade here as their an­ swer to Mayor Thompson's Sunday sa­ loon closing order. Seven hundred thousand viewed the marchers. Rep­ resentatives of all races marched shoulder to shoulder under one ban­ ner and with but one slogan--"per­ sonal liberty and home rule for Chi­ cago." The immediate result of the demonstration and the incidental op­ position by city officials will be a city council investigation and a possible grand jury search for evidence of con­ spiracy. The paraders found cause for complaint in the threatened black­ listing of all those who appeared in the march. French Flyers Kill Forty-Three. Geneva. Nov. 9.--Forty-three Ger mans employed in making poisonous gas bombs at Dornach, Alsace, were suffocated by their own weapon when French flyers wrecked the factory, ac­ cording to advices from Basel. Luxemburg Cabinet Making. Parts. Nov. 9.--Grand Duchess Marie of Luxemburg accepted the resignation of the Luxemburgian cab­ inet and charged Doctor Leutsch, a lawyer, to form another ministry, says a dispatch from Geneva. First Naval order Sent by Phone. Niew Yoxk, Nov. 8.--The first naval order ever transmitted by wireless telephony was sent on Friday by Sec­ retary of the Nivy Daniels tp Rear Admiral Usher of the Brooklyn navy yards ^ Rebellion* Are Dying Down. Washington. Nov. 8.--The three rev­ olutions which flared up several weeks ago in three different centra] Ameri­ can countries. Guatemala. Nicaragua and Honduras, appear to be dying down. ED FOR 13 DEATHS PwT*! MANf WORKERS PERISH IN Brooklyn factory cms- ASTER. RUMIE QWNERS OF BUILDING \ . New York, Nov. 6.--Arthur Coppel . was elected president of the Denver %/ Rio Grande railway, Kingdon Gould vice-president and EL T. Jeffery chair- man of the board at the meeting of the road's directors. The Gould fac­ tion was said to have favored the elec­ tion of H. U. Mudge, former president of the Chicago. Rock island & Pacific, to the presidency. Montrose. Colo., Nov. 6.--After a quarrel. Claude F. Jacobs, a rancher at Redvale, shot and killed his wife, and blew his own brains out. Washington, Nov. 6.--The forces of General Calles, the Carranza com­ mander at Agua Prieta, deliberately fired on American officers at Douglas, Ariz., General Funston reported to the war department on Thursday. Gener­ al Funston Immediately demanded an explanation, and regrets and assur­ ances that It would not occur again were sent to him by Calles. and Wife Wet« Warned to Provide Structure With Fire Es­ capes--Victims Unable to Escape, *' Roasted Alive. New York, Nov. 0.--Edward L. Dia­ mond and his wife. Cells, owners of the four-story factory building In Brooklyn, where 13 persons lost their lives on Saturday In a fire and 27 were injured, were ai rested on a charge of criminal negligence. They were remanded to jail without bail. The specific charge aaginst them is that they failed to obey the orders of the fire department to guard against such a tragedy as occurred. The fire department had been en­ deavoring for three months to fore­ stall such a tragedy and had repeat­ edly warned thv owners of the build­ ing that they must provide more fire- escapes. The building vas said to have been condemned, absence of fire escapes was asserted to be responsible for the loss of life. Of the known dead eight were girls and women. The fire drove before It the terrified girls and men who first had sought to reach the stairs. It herded them closer and closer to the walls and closer and closer to the win­ dows, which instantly had been jammed. Many of the Injured girls received their hurts when driven by the flames they sprang from window ledges and the fire escape. The dead were found In the building and on the fire escape, which almost at once had become a huge grill on which unfortunates were roasted to death. How the Are start­ ed has not been determined. TEUTONS QPEN DIRECT DRIVE Through Route Through Serbia to Constantinople Established by In­ vaders--3,000 Serbs Caught. London, Nov. 9.--With Nlsb in the hands of the Austro-German and Bul­ garian invaders, and the through rail­ road route to Constantinople estab­ lished, the Teutonic forces turned their attention to a straight drive 30utn tnrougn Serbia on a line paral­ lel with the Western Morava valley. The official statement from Berlin announces important gains for both the German and AustrO-Hui^garian forces. The Importance of the Ger­ man capture of Kraljevo, northwest of Nish, is shown in the German an­ nouncement of the capture of 130 cannon. The capture of 3,000 men by the army of General von Gallwitz is an­ nounced, and the Austro-German forces are nearing Krujevac, thirty- two miles northeast of Nish* t] - 900 IRISHMEN ARE HALTED BriMfth Mobs Prevent Men of Military Age From Sailing on Liner Bound for U. 8. Liverpool, Nov. 9.--Nine hundred Irishmen who intended to sail for New York on the Cunard line steam­ ship Saxonia were prevented by the steamship company from taking pas­ sage The company declined to permit them to sail after there had been several stormy encounters with street crowds, which took the view that able- bodied men should not be permitted to evade liability to military service. The arrival of the Irishmen in Liver­ pool drew a crowd outside the steam­ ship offices. Two irishmen were knocked down by women. Others were set upon and decorated with white feathers. Submarines Sink Three Vessels. Paris. Nov. 9.--German submarines passing the Strait of Gibraltar sank the French steamship Dahra and the steamships Calvados, a French vessel, and the Ionian, an Italian ship. The crews were saved. Fire Costs Peoria $100,000. rPaoria, Ul., Nov. 9.--A fire which burst out in several places at once, destroyed the Manhattan warehouse, a section of the H. H. Shufeldt cherry- canning establishment, causing a loss of over $100,000. To Free "Dead" Yankees. Douglas, Arts., Nov. 8.--General Villa has ordered the release of Doc­ tors Tbigpen and Miller and the two American chauffeurs, whom he report­ ed dead, according to a message re­ ceived here on Friday. Wilson Car Runs Down Boy. New York. Nov. 8.--President Wil­ son's automobile struck and injured a small boy here on Friday. After stop­ ping and ascertaining tbat the acci­ dent was trivial, the president con* tinued to the station. /EUT0NS TURN ON RUSSIANS Von Hlndenburg's Troopa Force the Csar's 8oIdlers Out of Mikvllscltkl and Reoccupy Town. Berlin. Nov. 6.--General Boyadjieff's first Bulgarian army Is only six miles from Nish, former capital of Serbia. The German war office officially an­ nounced on Thursday that the Bulgars had stormed Kalafat, six miles north­ east of Nish. Six hundred and fifty Serbian sol­ diers have been captured In the fight­ ing north of Kraljevo. In the eastern theater of war Field Marshal von Hlndenburg's army has turned upon the Russians in the sec­ tor of Dvinsk and forced them out of Mlkuliechki, which they had occupied on Tuesday. In the western theater of war the Germans have taken 800 yards of French trenches north of Masslges In Champagne. Bloomington.--Fred Jasmand, farm­ er of near Danvers; was struck and killed by an interurban car while driv­ ing over tracks. Bloomington. -- While despondent over ill health George W. Thomas of Benton, an employee of the Illinois Central railroad, committed suicide with a shotgun at Gibson City. Harrlsburg.--The forty-first annual meetftig of the Southern Illinois Med­ ical association held here was attend­ ed by physicians from throughout the southern part of Illinois. Quincy Nearly 300 delegates from western Illinois and eastern Missouri attended clinics here. Dr. Martin Dewey of Kansas City, Mo., us-;d Btereopticon slides to illustrate his lecture. Marengo--R. M. Patrick, the oldest banker, in McHenry county and one of the wealthiest men of this section of the state, succumbed to injuries received several days ago when he was run down by an automobile. Chicago.--Charles Conover, presi­ dent of Hibbaru, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., a director of the National Bank of the Republic, Chicago, and of the Chi­ cago Great Western railroad, died. He was sixty-eight years old and a reputed millionaire. Champaign.--William Barber, mayor of Joliet, was elected president of the Illinois Municipal league at the clos­ ing session of its annual convention at the University of Illinois. Next year's convention also will be held at the university. Chicago.--Miss Amelia Sears has re* signed her position as commissioner of public welfare of Cook county. Her letter was accepted by President Peter Reinberg of the Cook county board. Miss Sears will leave the service on December 1. She is to be superin­ tendent of the Juvenile Protective as­ sociation in this city. Chicago.--District Attorney Charles F. Clyne, who returned to his office after a vacation, said: "We have other evidence relating to the Eastland that will ho submitted to the grand jury, but I am not at liberty to state what this evidence consists of." Chicago.--Mrs. C. T. Dunkle, 7237 Euclid avenue, engaged In a thrilling fight with two bulldogs in an effort to save her two-year-old son, Jack, from death. Before the dogs had been killed by the police, Jack had been bitten 20 times, and Mrs. Dunkle and a maid naa been severely wound­ ed. The child may die. Rushvllle.--Prospectors who had been drilling In the vicinity for sev­ eral weeks have struck oil five miles northwest of Rushville, transporting cltitens into a state of wild enthus­ iasm. The extent of the flow has not yet been deterifiined, hut it is believed to be heavy. Rushville Is 150 miles from St. Louis. Decatur.--Spontaneous combustion in a slack pile at the Illinois Midland shops at T-aylorvllle almost totally de­ stroyed the small roundhouse, the shops, offices, other buildings of that company. The damage is thought to be between $75,000 and $1(TO.OOO, fully covered by insurance. The Midland Is a road of about thirty miles be­ tween Taylorvllle and Auburn and is almost entirely a coal road owned by Chicago Interests. Springfield.--The state of Illinois is going into the rendering business. State Architect James B. Deblike has completed the plans for the erection of the rendering plant several miles north of Springfield. The plant will be paid for with the $25,000 appropr! ated for the use of the state live st commission by the last general as­ sembly. A feed barn and a hog barn are now un(|er construction. Dr. O. E. dyson, state veterinarian, declared that tfce plan will pay for itself In one year. Springfield.--Six families in West Hammond are quarantined because of smallpox, according to a report made to the state board of health by Dr. C. E. Crawford, a state inspector. Two or three hundred persons, mostly school children, are being vaccinated each day to prevent a further spread of the disease, according to the in­ spector. All the sufferers had had the disease weeks before their homes were quarantined. Doctor Crawford said in his report that there were many exposures. Springfield.--As the result of an earnest plea made to the state board of pardons by State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne. the board granted a parole to Nathan Sternberg and Isadore Wexler, wltnagses in the police graft cases in Chic£$jo. Hoyne has been trying to get the board to release them ever since the evidence was s'ven, but the board has been obdurate, claiming that It was not bound by any promise of clemency made the witnesses by the state's attorney. Hoyne recently appealed to t^e governor, demanding that he force the board to act. Springfield.--Podies of hogs which have been used for making hog chol­ era virus at the state biological labora­ tory will be burned hereafter, it was announced by Dr. O. E. Dyson, state veterinarian. Doctor Dyson was in­ dicted Saturday by the Sangamon county grand jury for failing to burn or bury the bodies of tjie diseased hogs. Benton. -- Sixteen-year-old Delmer Knight, son of Rev. Green Knight, was killed by his twelve-year-old brother. The victim was struck with a plank six inches wide and four feet long, fol­ lowing a quarrel. Springfield.--Illinois is almost free from the hoof-and-mouth disease among live stock, according to a statement given out by Dr. O. L. Dy­ son. state veterinarian, which shows only a small area is in the "closed" classification. The restricted area te also small- Springfield.--Andrew O'Connor of Massachusetts was selected by the state art commission to make the $20u.ou0 Lincoln statue to be erected on the statehouse grounds. The sculptor will spend several days In Springfield "to gat the Lincoln atmos phere." TELLS DEFENSE PUW GARRISON WANTS ARMY OP'fa^ •43 MEN AND CITIZEN FORCE of 400,000. ASKS AH) OF EMPLOYERS 810,000,000 for National Guard* Many Regiments of Regulars and Civilian Engineers Proposed--Believes Plan ' Will Meet Needs of ths Country. Washington. Nov. 8.--Here are the essential features of the ad ministra­ tion's military program as set fortll in a statement Issued on Friday by Secretary of War Garrison: Creation of a regular army of 141.- 843 officers and men to cost $127,234,- annually. Improvement of the National Guard, consisting of 129,000 officers and men, to cost $10,000,000 annually. Formation of a citizen army Of 400<- 000 men, to cost $45,000,000 annually. This is to bec called the "Continental army." Acquisition of reserve material. In­ cluding ordnance and other supplies, to cost $104,326,261, and purchased within four years, by an as- penditure of $26,081,320. Development of seacoast fortificap tlons to cost $81,677,000, the annual expenditure being $20,000,000 a year for four years. Finally, the organization of all the ! resources of the nation In trained civilians, including engineers, bridge builders, railroad men. etc. to aid the army in time of war. The military policy proposed by Mr. Garrison calls for a total appropria­ tion of $1,034,399,234.88 by congress during the next five years under the. heading of the army. It will make a total of over $2,000,000,000 called for by the national defense plans for the next five years for both army and navy. ^ " If congress adopts the administra­ tion's program the following new or» ganlzatlona will be added to tba army: Ten regiments of infantry. ?• Four regiments of field artillery. Fifty-two companies ot coast artil­ lery. Fifteen oompanles of engineers. > Four aero squadrons. Mr. Garrison declares that the pol* ley determined upon Is one whtch reo- ognlzes existing constitutional and le­ gal provisions, existing institutions and the sentiments ot tne people in bo tar as they concern the vital portions of the system. He believes the plsn presented is one which has the least objections and which will meet the needs of the country. "It has been proposed,'* Mr. Garri­ son's statement says, "to make avail­ able in time of need the services 6f; those In certain kinds of employment requiring special knowledge and skill, such as railroad men, bridge builders, engineers of all descriptions, etc., and leading men in these lines and pro­ fessions have been collaborating with the war department in an endeavor to formulate, by legislative or admin- $ istratlve action, an acceptable and useful plan with respect thereto. "In this connection, and because of : the patriotic spirit thus displayed, tt seems desirable to say that it those Who are the employers of the young" men of the country cannot by reason of age or situation in life give thsir personal service, they can do that which will be equally useful by en­ couraging in every way the participa­ tion of those in their employ In the plan of national defense." <4 Stw m M ALLIES LOSE TWO VESSELS British Transport and French Cruiser Torpedoed by German Submarine --Only Few Saved. London, Nov. 8.--The .oss of a Brit­ ish transport and a Frj ich auxiliary cruiser in the Mediterranean in Sep­ tember became known here on Friday when it was announced that the trans-' port Ramazau had been uunk on Sep­ tember 9 by a German submarine and the auxiliary cruiser Hndian had been torpedoed on September 8. Only 103 persons of the more than 400 aboard the Ramazan were saved. SAYS BUSINESS IS BOOMING Postmaster General Burleson Deeiarea Conditions in This Countcy ^ %/ Were Never Better. • • r ig' Washington. Nov. 8.---Bustnesi co*h dltions in thi3 ccuntry were never bet­ ter. according to Postmaster General Burleson. PoJt office receipts of $13.- 207,259 for October this year, which had 26 working days, he compared to $12,751,040 for October. 1914. which ' had 27 working days. "Poet office /»- ceipts alwayi have proved to be a traa barometer of business conditions." ha said. Negro Is Slain by Posse. Decatur, 111.. Nov. 9.--In a battle tween a Christian county posse and three negroes one of the negroes was killed, another wounded and the third escaped. The dead man 1b believed to have shot (Conductor Guy Winters. Kansas Liquor Drinkers Hit. Topeka. Kan.. Nov. 9.--The supreme court says the Webb-Kenyon and Ma- hin acts are constitutional. The de­ cision means that names of persons receiving liquor shipments in prohibi­ tion Kansas are public property. Vesuvius Again in Eruption. Rome. Nov. 8.--Vesuvius is again •*.*> violent eruption. Several villages are % threatened by advancing lava streams. Panic-stricken by their danger, psopla j are fleeing from towns and vtnsyarda <; in the mountain's vicinity. Four Turk Attacks Fa|L London. Nov 8.--The Turkish fnresa In the Dardanelles took tbe offensive ; on November l and made four attacita * on the positions of the eutentu allies* All these attacks were repalssl. * li <>ffldaily announced