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^1?' % f} ; V," ; 7WW •PWP" *pp THE MCHENRY PLAIXDEALER. MCKENRT, ILL. Kpfi ^KA|?iflS"SURRENDER TO TROOP® I UNCONDITIONALLY, 8AYS V.., HUBUN DISPATCH. 0 '> ' * • . ^'." >*0UR COURTS DISTRICT TAKEN . ! : ;S ? i*-ondoii Declare* Back of Rebellion * ^ Ha* Been Broken--Sinn Feiners 4 Give Up When Ammunition 8upply I- Fa"s--Prisoner# Captured. Dublin, via London. May 2.--All the leaders of the Insurrection are re- jported to have surrendered uncondi- v^«r ;J^onaMy- It also is reported that the our Courts district ha« been recap- fw:*ured.., * ^ London. May 2.--An official state- .-y'-fknent issued by the official press bu- ; \veau regarding the rebellion in Ire- £'*•..-."land says: -* *4 "The general officer commanding the .v-^rtah command has reported the sit- **. Suation in Dublin much more satisfac- „<• Throughout the country there ^', - ^was much more to be done, which „.i4^:%ou.!d take time, but he hoped that J^the back of the rebellion had been ?|VVf>roken.' • 0 , - V "Saturday night messengers were sent out from the rebel leaders in Dublin to the rebel bodies in Galway, :„:Clare,> Wexford; Louth ..-..and- Dublin ^?£3kQuntles ordering them to surrender, and priests and the royal Irish con­ stabulary are doing their utmost to disseminate this information. "As regards the situation in Dublin, rebels from the areas of Sackville street, the post office and the Four Courts are surrendering freely. More incendiary fires took place in Sack­ ville street last night, but the fire brigade is now able to resume Work. "It is further reported that upx,to the preshent 707 prisoners have been" taken. Included among these is the Countess Murkievicz. "The latest information from Ennls- corthy shows that the rebel leader at this place does not believe the rebel leader's message {rom Dublin, and has proceeded to that city in a motor car under escort to verify the information. In the meantime a truce exists. "At New Ross, Gorey, Wicklow, Ba- genalstown and Arklow the situation Is reported normal. Carlow and Dun- lavin are believed to be quiet." m The bullet that struck James Con­ nolly, one of the rebel leaders, passed through a thigh bone and broke it, says a telegram to the Central News from Dublin. Dublin, via London, May 2.--After a night of desultory sniping which . j Awakened into feverish bursts of ac­ tivity at varying intervals, the sixth morning of the Irish rebellion was quiet in the capital. The authorities l>elieve that either the ammunition •upply of the rebels 1B running low ®r that it is being conserved for a ~ '€ast desperate effort. ILLINOIS BREVITIES ^ ,k«»., iv GERMAN CROWN PRINCE GETS PLEASING NEWS T. R.' URGES U. S. TO PREPARE Colonel Assails Pacifists in Speech Be- fore Illinois Bar Association at Chicago. Chicago, May 2,--Col. Theodora IRoosevelt brought 1,500 Illinois and Chicago lawyers to their feet in wild cheering at the Illinois Bar associa­ tion banquet held on Saturday at the IHotel La Salle, when he demanded Universal service in the United States, modeled on the Swiss and Australian systems. The demonstration came after he tiad been urging for an hour the gospel tof "genaineAmericanism" with no liyphenf He declared for preparation among ithe industrial and social forces of the •country as well as material prepara­ tion. He asserted that a nation that only looked to the garnering of dollars in Its industries and paid no heed to the preparation to defend, itself did not Reserve to live and have a place Iftmong the forces of the world that make for humanity's progress. "Lincoln said this country could not •endure half slave and half free. I say to you it cannot endure with a divided allegiance. There can be no divided loyalty 4a this country. The politico- aracial hyphen is the breeder of moral tteason. "The Monroe doctrine will be no stronger than the American navy." Big Coal Strike Averted. New York, May 2.--The joint sub­ committee of anthracite miners and operators, whlclj has been attempting to negotiate a new contract for the hard-coal fields, announced on Sunday that a satisfactory tentative agrees ment had been reached. A strike thus will be .averted. The agreement recognizes the United Mine Workers of America,- grants an eight-hour working day. and a 7 per cent increase lor contract miners, with a 3 per cent increase for day workers* New Canadian Army Sails. Halifax, N. S., May 2--Eighteen thousand Canadian soldiers sailed from Halifax for England on Wednes­ day. They were carried on the steam­ ers Metagema, Calgarian, Empress of Britain and Lapland. Twenty Hurt in Cleveland Riot. Cleveland, O., May, 2.--Twenty men were injured in a riot when a mob et men and boys attacked a street car­ nival show. Two policemen fought the mob without effect until the arriv- Hi of re-enforcements. Mrs. McLean Near Death. ' Baltimore, Md.. May 1.--Mrs. Don- eld McLean, past-president of the Daughters of the American Revolu­ tion. is said to be sinking rapidly at e hospital here. Mrs. McLean has been fll tor several weeks. ^ Turks K':; S00 British. > Berlin. M<ty 1.--Turkish troops an­ nihilated four British cavalry squad- TQi'B. about 500 men, in a battle April 23 near Quatia, about twenty-five miles •east of the Suez canal. This informa­ tion was contained in an offlpial report Sterling.--The grand jury of Ogle county indicted 25 men for selling liquor in dry territory. Peoria.--Mrs. Anna Turner, colored, who said she was one hundred and seven years old, Is dead here. Lincoln.---Despondent over the re­ cent death of his sister, Charles West, thirty, committed suicide by inhaling gas. Farmington.--Antonio French, a cob­ bler, and Attilo Midori, a miner, were killed near here by a train on the Bur­ lington railroad. Chicago.--Burglars broke through the skylight of the Brandt Jewelry company in East Sixty-third street and escaped with jewels valued at $3,000. Chicago.--Thieves broke into the Jewelry store of William Melllsh in East Sixty-third street and escaped with silverware and diamonds valued at $2,000. Dixon.--The flfty-flfth anniversary of the mustering in of the Thirteenth Illinois volunteer infantry and the annual reunion of the regiment will be celebrated here May 24. Monmouth.--As the result of an "ev^ ery-member canvass" which just ha# ben completed, the sum of $36,000 was pledged tor church extension work in the city during..the next year. __ Dixon.--Military training for Dixor ] school boys began in earnest when the squad was taken to the armory and given military instruction under Illinois National Guard officers. Belleville.--A $350,000 light and pow­ er plant will be built for the city of Belleville. The building will be paid for partly by special assessment and partly by the sale of public utility cer­ tificates, „ Peoria.--Following a quarrel over the right of the United States troops to enter Mexico, Joseph Gonzclan, a Mexican, shot and killed Charley Younke, a bartender^ and wounded Jese Barber. ; Rockford.--Frank Daley has been elected state grand regent of the Roy­ al Arcanum of Illinois by the grand council of the order. Richard E. Kropf of Chicago was elected sec­ ond supreme representative and John Kiley third supreme representative. Lincoln.--Mount Pulaski reverted to the saloon column when County Judge Gehlbach declared the dry petition faulty. The town, which was for many years a mecca for Decatur and other dry cities, was voted dry April 4 by a majority of 20. Virginia.--The Cass County Live Stockassociation was formed here to affiliate with the Btate association. These officers wefe elected: James Maslin, Virginia, president; Edwin Campbell, vice-president; Louis L. Savage, Ashland, secretary-treasurer. Chicago.--Figures issued by \he United Charities show that ope per­ son in every 25 in Chicago has a*>- pealed for charity in one way or an­ other in the past year. According to the figures, but one person in every 417 has contributed to the work in the same period. • j Bloomington.--The management of the Chicago & Alton railroad an­ nounced a 5 per cent increase in pay, effective April 16, for 1,200 clerks, station helpers and'all other classes of unorganized labor. The in­ crease will cost the road about $35,000 annually. Danville.--Whether the municipality can refuse to pay a city employee sal­ ary and then sell his home for failure to pay taxes is to be determined here. Conley Martin, police chauffeur, owes $150 regular and special tax. Because of a wet and dry fight in the city coun­ cil the city "has not paid salaries for six months, though $90,000 in gold, saloon license money, Is in the treas­ ury. Chicago.--Franklin K. Jackson, em­ bezzling cashier of Northwestern uni­ versity, will not be prosecuted. This was decided after a conference be­ tween State's Attorney Hoyne, Wil­ liam A. Dyche, business manager of the university, and Frank A. McCul- loch, attorney for Jacksoii. The uni­ versity and the American Surety com­ pany, which provided Jackson's bonds, recommended dismissal of the case. It was nolle prossed in Judge McDonald's court. After the confer­ ence Mr. Hoyne said: "This is not a case that affects poor persons. No noedy have been made to suffer." East St. Louis.--The Southern Illi­ nois Sportsmen's club at a meeting here condemned the application of the present federal game law and decided to send petitions to all Illinois con­ gressmen asking that the law be modi­ fied. Tlhe mmebers of the club de­ clare that the law, as it is enforced, is discriminatory against Illinois and Missouri and in favor of southern states. They desire it so administered or so modified that a shooting season will be allowed in March each year. At present the southern states have a spring shooting season, while Illinois has not. The club indorsed the Illi­ nois game law. Joliet.--Automobile thieves in Illi­ nois, convicted of their crime, 'must serve the maximum term of six yeari} and three months. This was the de­ cision of the state parole board when it passed final sentence on Joseph Blodgett, Chicago automobile thief, who sought to have his sentence com­ muted. Eureka.--The Eureka Rifle club, with a membership of 40, chiefly high- school students, has been organized here. The federal government will supply the young riflemen with Krag- Jorgensens and 120 rounds of ammu­ nition each. Midletown.--According to the Illi­ nois Anti-Saloon league, Corwin town­ ship, Logan county, cast a higher per­ centage of dry votes than uny other township voting on the saloon ques­ tion on April 4. * Out of 176 women voting, 171 v^ted dry, and outtfof 251 men voting, 162 voted dry. Mount Carroll.--The twelfth district Association of Rebekahs, I. O. O. F., In convention here, elected Mrs. Frances Henry. Galena, president; Mrs. Lou Hoffman, Galena, secretary, and Mrs. Mary Nolf, Oraugeville! treasurer. Next r°*"'T dmrwittrti wiU be held in Galen* HOGS HAD FINE JAG • ON MOONSHINE MASH The crown prince of Germany, "snapped" as ha was reading a pleasing wireless message from the front ranks of his troops at Verdun. Behind him are several French officers just brought in as prisoners. TEN MINUTES FOR REFRESHMENTslfTHEXICO Cavalry of the American expeditionary force In Mexico watering their horses and taking a brief rest in the welcome shade of trees. IN MUD AND GRASS SHELTER DEVICES TO DESTROY MERCHANT SHIPS T|w NATIONAL . _ Soldiers of the expeditionary force, far advanced in Mexico, have ingen­ iously constructed shelter "tents" of adobe mud and grass. The Interiors are comfortable and quite roomy, the ground having been dug and a sort of trench excavated for hasty exit should such be necessary. These are some of the fire bombs and oilier things found by the police of New York when they arrested Von Kleist, Bode, Wolpert and others for com­ plicity in a plot to destroy ships sailing from New York for ports of the allied , countries. HELPING ALLIES' BLINDED SOLDIERS DECORATED BY THE MIKADO irtfr til Poured Out in Anticipation of Raiders' Visits, Pigs Go to it . Muskogee, Okla. -- Deputy Sheriff Conley of Sequoyah county led a raid on a suspected moonshine industry at the Zacn Gossett farm, six miles from Vian. According to the officers, ad­ vance information of the attack had been attained and they could find no "worm," so that an important link in the suspected case was missing. The officers said they arrived at the moment,when they supposed the mash would be "ripe." There were 180 gal­ lons of it, they declared, but it had been poured out, and 24 fine hOgs had gone after it" Conley said, in effect, that the swine had one of the most approved jags he One of the Most Approved Jags He Ever Saw. : had .ever seen. Most of the animals were inclined to playfulness, accord­ ing to the deputy sheriff, and per­ formed most unusual antics for an hour or so, while others fought until the effects of the ma&h began to sim­ mer, when the hogs lay down, chuckled softly and went to sleep. According to subsequent advices, he said, the hogs had only a mild "hang-over" when they awoke. SLAYER PUNS OWN DEATH Murder and Suicide in Town in New York Reveal Tragic Story. Middletown, N. Y.--Harry Newkirk Is believed to have killed Maud Blaz- Ington near Summitville because, aft­ er she had lived with him for a year as a common law wife, she refused to marry him and joined another man. A year ago the couple announced their marriage and took furnished rooms in a Port Jervis boarding house. It is said that they were at first hap­ py. A month ago Newkirk learned that another man was attentive to her. Then she left him and he could "not induce her to return. She applied to Justice Bevans at Port Jervis for a warrant, charging Newkirk with white slavery. The warrant was not issued. She consulted an attorney and he advised her to swear out a peace warrant. Miss Blazington came to Middletown, followed by Newkirk. Then she started for Summitville with Newkirk following. He killed her after they left the station. ftfewkirk's death was not an acci­ dent, as at first supposed.* He lay down on the railroad track with his head upon a rail. The couple grew up together and when Newkirk became older he want­ ed to marry Miss Blazington. She would not agree, but finally went to live with him. She was kno^rn to her relatives and friends as Mrs. New­ kirk. LONDON LIKES POLICEWOMEN Their Efficiency Overcomes Opposi­ tion That Was Violent---Win Way by Tact. London.--Although at first violently opposed to policewomen, England, aft­ er six months' trial, is beginning to .like them. The first report of thq policewom­ an's organization shows that, contrary to the popular expectation, it is just .their tact which is earning the police woman a good name. How the policewomen intervene to stop street fights is told in the follow ing typical report: , "A serious fight was taking place be' tween two drunken soldiers who should have been in camp. The men had taken off their coats to fight. The police women cleared the crowd, separated the fighters, persuaded them to put-on their coats and made them shake hands and return quietly to camp." Rev. Merryman C. Harris, for IS years Methodist Episcopal bishop In Japan and Korea, has returned to America temporarily, wearing decora­ tions bestowed on? bin by the AiapeTOr of Japan. \ George A. Kessler, a Lusitania survivor, has decided to give up his busi­ ness to direct the handling of the fund for the blinded soldiers of France, Belgium and Great Britain. He is an oflBcer and founder of the Permanent Blind Relief War fund. Mrs. Kessler will also aid the cause, not only by giving money, but by personal efforts. Already a large number of influential and wealthy people of the country have become interested in this movement and Mr. Kessler is hopeful that millions will be contributed. The work will be carried on all over the country. Autos -in Canada. At the end of 1915 there were ap­ proximately 83,128 automobiles in Can­ ada, as against 61.000 in the previous year. There is believed to be no rea­ son why in a short time there should not be twice as many cars there as at present. Sawed-Off Sermon. If all the so-called beautiilers were what they are cracked up to be there wouldn't be a homely female of the species left on earlji la a short time.--- Isdianaoolis Star. POSTSCRIPTS To signal time to vessels in the har­ bor Lisbon has erected two lights which are automatically illuminated five minutes before each hour and ex­ tinguished at the hour. James McKeever of McGuffey, O., although totally blind, drives bis own automobile when somebody else is in the car to give him directions. He has taken the automobile apart and put it together again without assistance. He alao is a talented musician. . By producing from 50,000 to 60,000 oscillations a secon^ a new German generator for sending wireless signals causes a fine musical note to be heard at the receiving instrument. Corundum mining in the United States has ceased, while Canadian pro­ duction dropped from $239,091 in 1912 to $72,176 in 1914. Artificial abrasives have displaced the natural products. The average meat consumption of the entire world is about 39 i>ounda per year per capita, but the Americas needs 172 pounds per year- PUTS BAN OITKftT TEACHERS Directors of Pennsylvania School 8ay They Are Unable to Climb Hills. Pottsville. Pa.--Candidates-for posi­ tions as teachers In Pottsville's pub­ lic schools must be neither "fat" nor "flossy." the board-of school directors has ruled. It was said fat teachers would be unable to climb the steep hills while the "flossy" teachers would pay too much attention^to ^beir personal ap­ pearance. ^ 4" ":&nf ;T$- Hat Made of Money. •Columbus, 4nd.--Miss Lillian Froh- man is wearing a hat made of fifty new one-dollar bills, which was made and given her by her brother, Charlef t» frohman, % local milliner. A UNO HfflBLW MHB (FROM THE PEORIA JOU RNAL.)" The Nebraska State Journal calls at­ tention to the fact that Uncle Sam'a opening of a 4,000-acre tract .in the North Platte irrigation district for set* tlement practically winds up the "frea laqd distribution" of the nation, adds: \ 'M "Free or cheap land has beeft the American safety valve. A.. population straining for self-bet* terment has had its own remedy^^" to go west and grow up with th* country. With the government- reduced to advertising an opening, of forty-three farms, the safety* valve may be considered forever closed. The expansive energy fafj merly exerted outward, must hera* after work itself out intensively. Increasing land speculation, witk rapidly rising prices of land and proportionately increasing tlissat- lsf action among the landless would seem inevitable. The tone of oof politics and the Intensity of onr social problems cannot but be tally changed under the strMn of dealing Internally with a social , -pressure which hitherto has had the wilderness to vent itself upon. "'Land hunger' will soon become a reality in this rapidly growing country and the constant pressure of popula­ tion, Increasingly higher than the ratio of production, is bound to bring ns face to face with economic prohlema that we have heretofore considered re­ mote. The far-sighted statesman and publicist must devote his thought earnestly to the consideration of these questions if we are to escape the ex­ tremes which curse the older nations Of the world." f In the above will be found one of the reasons that the Canadian Govern­ ment is offering 160 acres of land free to the actual settler. There is no dearth of homesteads of this size, and the land is of the highest quality, be­ ing such as produces yields of from 30 to 60 bushels of wheat per acre, while oats run from fifty to over hundred bushels per acre. It is not only a mat­ ter of free grants, but in Western Can­ ada are also to be had other lands at prices ranging from $12 to $30 per. acre, the difference in price being largely a matter of location and dis­ tance from railway. If one takes into consideration the scarcity of free grant lands in the United States it Is not difficult to understand why there has been most material advances in the price of farm lands. A few years ago. land that now sella for two hundred dollars an acre In Iowa, could have been bought for sev­ enty-five dollars an acre Of less. The increased price is warranted by the Increased value of the product raised on these farms. The land that today can be had in Western Canada at the low prices quoted will in a leas time than that taken for the Iowa lands to increase, have a proportionate in­ crease. In Nebraska the lands that sold for sixteen to twenty dollars per acre seven years ago, find a market at, one hundred and seventy-five dollars an acre, for the same reason given for the Increase in Iowa lands. Values in these two States, as well as in oth­ ers that might be mentioned, show that Western Canada lands are going at a song at their present prices. In many cases in Western Canada today,, there are American settlers who real­ ize this, and are placing a value of sixty and seventy dollars an acre oil their improved farms, but would sell only because they can purchase un­ improved land at such a low price that in another few years they would have equally as good farms a? they left or such as their friends have in the Unit* ed States. The worth of the crops grown ta Western Canada is of higher value than those of the States named, so why should the land not be worth fully aa much. Any Canadian Government Agent will be glad to give you infor­ mation as to homestead lands or whopr you can buy.--Advertisement. f ^ V "If - K'V< ' k* "rJ- % Hr *s Story That Defies Time. Commentaries have been written OB the Book of Job which only Job could 0 have the patience to read. A hundred books have been written and many a song has been sung with the fortumaa~ of Mary Stuart for their burden, but these have been redeemed from the dullness which has so often fallen upon even the stupendous drama at the Old Testament by the mystery aiwi glamour which ever wait upon the SoiA» tieh queen. i More than three centuries have passed since she stood to her trial ftn Fotheringay castle, yet time, that cov­ ers most things with its weeds, haa "v been powerless to impair the intereat of her story. 5 >".& irJf b'Mi Interviewing a Humorist. ~ "Good morning. Wagge. What's qpfc the carpet today?" asked Bingletoni-f "Dust," said Wagge. « "Clever boy ! But I mean what hJtWK you on foot?" . "Shoes," said Wagge, solemnly, h !' "O, come off, Wagge. What am MBf • up to these days ?" > ; "Date," sighed Wagge: w..^" "I'll give you just one more chaneew you poor Frivol, you. What are yon doing now?" "Everybody," said Wagge. , 1 - ^ "As usual, eh?" said Bingletoa, he shoved the remains down the nelas est available coalhole. -- New York. Times. Strenuous. • ' " "What" do you mean by referrtifg Wiggins as an athlete? The only game he can play is pinochle, and you'd hardly call that an athletic sport." "It is the way Wiggins plays it TH ought to see him pound the table whjji|j he trumps the other fellow's ace" - K":1. Dont Worry. 4 * "Oh. llr, Robinson, somebody hap stolen your car." - s "That's all right. The thief will bring it back when he finds out how much gasoline it takes to run it." ,/• The average man vould rather promise than fight. " •