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• V ^ ' " • . . . ' 4 ' " Ui, V -v> , ILL. TAKE YOUR CHOICER ft r*-gr -& News Brevities of Illinois -AS JUDGE VOIDED PRESIDENT THREATEN8 BREAK IF BERLIN FAILS TO KEEP SUPREME COURT TO GET MOTION FOR REHEARING OF SUF- , FRAGE CA8E. CALL DECISION DANGEROUS tender the Ruling Women Will'Mot Be Permitted to Vote for Officers of Any Court, Constitutional or Statu­ tory. V* Springfield.--When the Illinois su­ preme court meets in June, one of the first, matters to come before the tri­ bunal will be the motion for a re­ hearing of, the woman suffrage case •which the court decided last week against the women of the state. The case was that in which the : court annulled the election of Miss Josie Westfall, as judge of the city court of Macomb, on the ground that women have no right to vote for any court officer, either constitutional or statutory. Attorneys Thomas Z. Creel, Wallace A. Walker and John C. Lawyer, repre­ senting Miss Westfall, have filed no­ tice with the supreme court that at the proper time they will move M"^re­ hearing in the case. The notice is accompanied with an announcement to the effect that a de­ termined effort will be made to have the decision reconsidered on the ground that its reasoning endangers the whole fabric of the Illinois suffrage law. Under the decision women will not be permitted to vote for officers of any court, constitutional or statu­ tory* In It friends of woman suffrage see a step toward the restriction of suf­ frage. Option Case in Court. The supreme court of Illinois soon will have an opportunity to pas^ on the question whether omitting^ the name of the state in the address of a" signer to a petition to present a local option question to the voters, invali­ dates the question. This was the pivotal question in a case recently before the county court of Logan county at Lincoln, when the Judge there, by a decision adverse to the drys, declared the town of Mount Pulaski wet, although a majority of. the voters there vctad to eliminate the saloons. The petition which authorized the presentation of the local option ques­ tion to the voters contained a suffi­ cient number of name's, but the word "Illinois" was omitted after the word "Mount Pulaski" alongside a number of the names. Several of the signers also gave an abbreviation of their name, such, for instance, as "Rube" for "Reuben." To this attorneys for the wet faction ob­ jected* and in their bill of complaint made this objection one ground for declaring^ the election illegal. The Judge's decision, however, was based mainly on the contention that the name of the state was left out. This point has been raised- pre­ viously in similar cases in the lower courts of Illinois, but the supreme ap­ peal tribunal has never considered the «xact question. ~ Many saloon licenses have been, is­ sued in Mount Pulaski, following the decision of the Lincoln judge, and the saloonkeepers are planning a profit­ able season. Officials of the Anti-Saloon league Relieve the Logan cbunty decision will l>e reversed and that Mount Pulaski will be returned to the column to 'which a majority of the people voted it. Insurance Licenses Revoked. Licenses of the Arlington Fire In­ surance company of Washington, D. C.; Globe Fire Insurance company of Huron* S. D.; National Fire and Ma- 'jrine Insurance company of Dresden, •Germany, were revoked by Insurance Superintendent Rufua M. " Potts, be­ cause of the failure of the companies to file annual statements with the in­ surance department as required by law. The state will at once take steps to recover taxes due from these com­ panies which were not paid for the ilast year. k-.'fc ' -V* Railways to Pay $8,577,396. State Auditor Brady has issued a re­ port assessing the property of the rail­ roads of Illinois. The steam roads re­ ceive an equalized valuation of prop­ erty, including local assessment by lo­ cal assessors, of $201,091,674. The to­ tal tax levied against .them was $8,- 677,396 and the rate on $100 assessed -valuation is 4.26 per cent. The elec­ tric lines received a valuation of $218,- 106.57. The total tax they will pay is $9,490,377 and the rate per $100 of as­ sessed value was 4.35 per cent. New Incorporation®. Secretary of State Stevenson St Springfield issued certificates of incor­ poration to the following: Thearle-Duffield Fireworks Display company, Chicago; capital, $20,000; in­ corporators. Charles H. Duffield, James "CunHffe, Edward Maher. The Merchants, Manufacturers and Jobbers' association, Chicago; capital, $100,000; incorporators, James ^ an si- dine, Edward Weltman, J. B. Wptson. Central Cold Storage company, Chi- cago; capital Increased from $2 >00 to $1,000,000. Merrill Antidotal Treatment com­ pany, •Collinsville; dissolved. Lincoln State Safety Vaults com- ' pany. Chicago: capital decreased from $10,000 to $9,000. Larimer company of Eola, DuPage county, increase in directors, capital increased from $2,500 to $10,000, loca­ tion changed from Eola to Aurora. Metal Specialties Manufacturing company, Chicago; capital increased from $60,000 to $100,000. * American Porcelain Steel Range Fire Rates Gs Up. Fire insurance companies doing busi­ ness in Illinois can find an excuse for an increase in the premiums charged by virtue of the new classification an­ nounced by the state department of insurance, as determined by the na­ tional board of fire underwriters. Un­ der the classification, which ends a long fight made by Superintendent of Insurance Rufus M. Potts, all cities and towns in the state of 5,000 popu­ lation and over, and many: of those un­ der 5,000 population, are graded ac­ cording to the fire hazard. Under the new grading there Is not a city in the state listed as No. X or No. 2, and Chicago only is graded as No. 3. The other cites run all the way from No. 4 to No. 10. a ' For the past three years the insur­ ance department of the stat^l has been engaged in securing definite Informa­ tion on which to base a correct classi­ fication of risks. George Booth, engi­ neer for the national board of fire un­ derwriters, assisted the state insur­ ance department in securing the fig­ ures from the companies on which the new rating te based. The accompanying list shows the ratings of the cities and towns in the state and the ratings of all the re­ mainder remain th$ same as pre­ viously made by the Illinois inspection bureau. Ratings of the various cities and towns in the state follow, exclusive of towns in Cook county outside of Chi­ cago; v Cities and towns of over 5,000 popu­ lation : Class.| Sty. Class. ... Tth'Oak Park 6th 6thjOIney 8th .7th|Ottawa 7th . .SthPana 7th Name of City. Alton ...... Aurora .... Beardstown Belleville . Belvtdere 7th Berwyn 7th Bloomington 6th Blue Island 7th Cairo 6th Canton 7th Carbondale 9th C^ntralla . Champaign Charleston Chicago Chicago Clinton .. Collinsville Danville ., Decatur ... DeKalb .... Dixon .... Duquoitf ..8th ...5th ...8th 3d Hts .BttiiSterling SthlPtreator Paris 7th Pekln 6th Peoria .............4th Peru ."7th Pontiac .. ....6th Quincy .....4th Rook ford 4th Rock Island ......Bth Springfield .......5th Spring Valley ....8th Staunton 8th .Bth tth ... .SthiTaylorvllle ....5th!Urbana ... ...,6th Waukegan ....5th Wllmette .. ,7th Woodstock ,...7th .>..,611) ....Bth ... .7th ....7th ,8th ! A sh land ;f t h East St. Louis 4th Assumption Edwardsville ....7th Atlanta ...7th .8tl .8th Klgln 6th Evanstoiv 4th Forest Jrark. 7th Kveeport .6th .Galosburg .6th Gtknite City 6th Harrisburg .......8th Harvey .... Herrin Heopeston . Jacksonville Joliet Kankakee . Kt-wanee ... LaGraiige . LaSallo Lincoln .... Litchfield Mxcomb • Madison Marion .. Mattoon May wopd 7th .6th 8th 7th .•I..,,*.. 7th st h, ...7th 7th 7th 7th Molina 4th Monmouth 7th Mt. Carmel 7th M*. Vernon \.,7th Murphysboro ....8th Vuburn Hon Id Rrighion Tlritrhton ..... Cartinvllle ... Rdlnburg .... Gillespie Oirnra Harvel Hillsboro SthlTlliopolls ....Sth Marna . .fith'M orrfponv-IHe Mt. blivv /fT. Vlt. Pulaski . Ww Holland Nlantlc ......9th Nokomis «.8th Pleasant Plains..9th ....Tth ,....9th 9th Sth .... .Bth .....9th ,«...9th .....9 th .....9th 9th ,...»9th 7th 9th 8th 9th 7th 7th ,...«th Hiverton St. Charles .. ^an Jose ^tonington ... Thayer .'. ruen Warrensbfirg • Waveily ..... ,9th .Sth ....8th ....7th ....9th ,.. .Sth ,...8th ...,9th Commission's Work Finished. The Illinois commission to the Pan-American exposition practical­ ly came to an end when the commission discharged all members except Chairman Adolph Karpen of Chicago and Secretary John G. Og- lesby of Elkhart, who will retain their official positions until the few remaining accounts of the commission are closed up. A new record, for exposition com­ missions w&s established by this body, which turns back to the state over $71,000, this being the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for the San Francisco show. The total appropriation was $700,000. At the final meeting of the commis­ sion the members presented Governor Dunne with a beautiful silver-mounted cane and also presented a can and umbrella set to Chairman Karpen. Mast Get Certificate; Jitney buses cannot operate in cities along specified routes unless they have a certificate of convenience and neces­ sity from the state public utilities com­ mission, according to a decision of the commission in the case of the Tri-City Railway company of Moline and the Rock Island and Eastern Traction company of Rock Island against the Illinois Taxicab company and others. TLe complaint against a number of defendants who were doing a cab serv­ ice and not operating along specified routes was dismissed. All those who operate along given routes for hire are ordered to desist until they obtain a certificate of convenience and neces­ sity. To Ask lor Bids. At a meeting of the Illinois and Michigan canal commission, and the Illinois waterway commission with Governor Dunne, arrangements were made for advertising for bids for the lease of the power site at the Joliet dam of the canal. The lease now held by the Economy Light and Power company expires July 17 and adver­ tisements for bids will be inserted in newspapers. NEWS OF THE STATE. Eureka.--Miss Lillian Adel Smith, a blind singer, is dead here. She was born in Staupton, and after studying in Boston, Dresden and London was director of music at the state institu­ tion for the blind in Jacksonville. Rockford.--Magistrate Morton dis­ charged Ross WagTier, held on the charge of murdering William KJell- strom, declaring the evidence was in- suQleient. Chicago.--A bomb placed In a taOv- Ing van in North Leavitt street ex­ ploded, shattered windows and threw hundreds of persons in a panic. .Po­ lice believe the bomb was placod as a result of labor troubles. , w Springfield. -- Arrangements hafe been made for the holding of the flitV eighth annual convention of the Illi­ nois State Sunday School association In this city, June 6 8. The theme, "In An . ifiu tfbjjn IN0MNAPOUS MKWS, ACCEPTS THE PRESIDENT WIL80N AGREES TO PLANS WITH MEXICO. General Scott Notified That Arrange­ ment for Co-Operatlon in VHIa ' Chae Unsatisfactory. Washington, May 6.--President Wil­ son gave out this statement on the agreement' between this country and Mexico. "I have examined, with the secre­ tary of war, the report made by Gen. Hugh L. Scott of the conference between him and General Obregon. secretary of war of the republic of Mexico. "The report Includes a tentative agreement covering the future opera­ tions of both the* American and Mexi­ can military forces' and evidences cordial co-operation between the two governments in their common pur­ pose. "As this agreement Is being sub­ mitted to ttye de facto government of Mex&o, it Would not be proper for me to permit its publication until that government has had an opportunity to examine and consider its provi­ sions. • "The text of the proposed agreement will be given out immediately upon its* acceptance by both governments. In general, 1 may say that i| provides a, basis, of ̂ co-operation which prom­ ises to prevent misunderstanding and strengthens the cordial relations of the two republics." Notification that the plan of co­ operative action mapped out at the El Paso conference is aceptable to the Washington government was for­ warded to Qeneral. Scott by Secretary Baker. FRENCH CAIN MORE GROUND Official Announcement Issued at Pprls Tells of Successful Attacks Near Dead Man's Hill. Paris, France, May 6.--The advance of the French in the district of Dead Man's hill on the Verdun front con­ tinues, the war office announced on Thursday. The gains made were in­ creased and consolidated. As a consequence of the French ar­ tillery activity at Dead Man's hill, the statement says, two Germans surren dered, saying they were the sole sur­ vivors of the men in their trench. - Elsewhere west of the Meuse there was active fighting with artillery. An engagement with grenades occurred in Avocourt wood. Berlin, May 6.--French troops have succeeded in getting a foothold in the German positions on Le Mort Homme. Official admission of the French suc­ cess at Dead Man's hill, northwest of Verdun, was made, by the war offl9e on Thursday. v REBEL LEADERS SHOT PEAdE, CONNOLLY, CLARK AND M'DONAGH ARE EXECUTED. Premie? Asquith Announces Sir Case­ ment Will Be Tried With thu Utmost Expedition. London, May 6.--Four heads of the "Republic of Ireland," including "Pro­ visional President" Patrick H. Pearse, were tried by court-martial and exe­ cuted on Wednesday. Their trials were swift and secret. The three others executed wfere James Connolly, "commandant gener­ al of the IriBh republican army;" Thomas J. Clark and Thomas Mac- Donagh. All four were signatories of the republican proclamation Issued at the-outset of the uprising in Dub­ lin. Three other signers of the proclama­ tion were convicted and sentenced three years' imprisonment. Premier Asquith announced in par­ liament that Sir Roger Casement would be tried with the utmost expe­ dition. The trials and executions became known to the public through an an­ nouncement in the commons by Pre­ mier Asquith. At the same time there was also made public an official dis­ patch from Dublin telling of the pro­ gram for the trial there of the lesser rebels captured. They will be tried by a field general court-martial under the defense of the realm act Pearse was one of the best known of the Irish intellectuals. His father was English, but his mother Irish. He was the headmaster of St. Edna's Secondary school, which he started for Irish boys to train them to seek the best in Celtic traditions. He was born in Dublin 35 years ago and was unmarried. The most notable of the number aft­ er Pearse and Connolly is Thomas Mac Donagh, who is called the poet ->f rebellion. SECRETARY BIRRELL RESIGNS Resignation Brought About by the Irish Uprising--Had Held Post Since 1907. London. May 6.--Augustine Blrrell has resigned as secretary for Ireland, Announcement of Mr. Blrrell's resigna­ tion was^inade following a conference Which he held with Premier As­ quith. The resignation of Mr. Blrrell, who had held the post as secretary for Ire­ land since 1907, was brpught about by the Irish uprising. It was charged, especially by the n^es8, that his leniency, in the face /of gathering signs of revolt, had en­ couraged the Sinn Felners and ena- abled them to make extensive prepara­ tions for a rebellion. Russians Attack Er^ingan. Petrograd, May 9.--Russian troops have" attacked the outer defense of Erzingan, the Turkish fortress, 90 miles west of Erzerum, and are slow­ ly enveloping the stronghold, accord­ ing to a dispatch from Tifiis. Newiands' Bill Favored. Washington, May 9.--Senator New- lands' bill increasing the membership of „the interstate commerce commis- 1 «ion from seven to nine on Saturday was ordered favorably reported to the! senate. DR. LIEBKNECHT IS ARRESTED German Socialist Involved in Labor Riot--Others Seised Following Demonstration in Berlin. Berlin. May 6. by wireless.--Dr. Karl Llebknecht. the socialist leader, wus arrested on May 1 in connection with a May lay demonstration in Ber­ lin. Eight othet\per8ons were arrest­ ed at the time of the demonstrations, which occurred In Potsdam square. London, May 6.--"Serious trouble Is reported to have occurred In Berlin and elsewhere in Germany on May day," says the Amsterdam correpond- ent of the Exchange Telegraph com­ pany'. "Vast crowds, composed for the most part of women of the labor­ ing classes, clamored for peace. The crowds were dispersed by the-police and many persons were wounded at Chemnitz, Saxony." . A Geneva telegram to the Central News says: "In \jriots in Berlin it Is reported twenty-five persona were killed and 200 wounded." TELEGRAPHIC NOTES London, May 5.--Three Swedish edi­ tors. Messrs. Hoeglund, Oljedund and Hedin. have been sentenced to prison for advising soldiers to strike if Swed­ en became involved in war. London* May 6.--A Zeppelin raided Saloniki, according to a Reuter dis­ patch from that city. The ariship was subjected to a heavy fire and is re­ ported to have been destroyed, Iowa Farms Flooded. Muscatine, la.. May 9.--Thirty-four thousand acres of fine Iowa farm land are under water as a result of the river breaking through the levee, south of iluscatine. Additional smaller breaks have occurred. / company, Chicago; capital, $3,BOO; In-1 gathering and Instruction for Evan' corporators. William N. Ooldhnmer. gel^atiou and Training," has been an- ^ls f: J , Former War C^ief in Prison. London, May 9.--Gen. W. A. Souk- homliitoff, former Russian minister of aXt has been Imprisoned, according patch from Petrograd, as the f an inquiry into charges of negligence. THREE SOLDIERS AND BOY SHOT • TT) DEATH IN FIGHT > AT <M-EN SPRINGS^ TEX. ftOQUIllAS kso AfffcCRED Entire Guard of Nine Troopers Either Kilted or Wounded--Bandits Loot Stores in Town and Escape--Large Force Rushed to Scene. . El Paso, Tex., May 9.--The Colum­ bus raid was repeated' by Mexicans under Colonel Cervantes, a Villa com­ mander, at Glen Springs, 85 miles south of Marathon, Tex., and ten miles north of the border, last Friday night. Three members of Troop A, Fourteenth cavalry, and one civilian boy are known to have been killed. Six members of Troop A. which con­ stituted the remainder of the cavalry detachment, were wounded. A number of American civilians are said to be missing from the district: While the raid was being made pt Glen Springs another band qf Mexi­ cans appeared at the stork of J. Deem- er, which is the source of supplies for a small mining Settlement 25 miles to the north. The store was looted. Deemer and his clerk, L. Mc­ Coy, were made prisoners and car­ ried back toward the border. They are both reported to have been killed. Saturday night the raiders appeared again at Boquillas, on the American side of the border, 18 miles north of the Mexican town of Boquillas del Carmen. The seven employees of the International Mines company sought refuge in the mine tunnel and were defending themselves against great odds when last heard from. The first report of the raids reached Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston at El Paso through the representatives of the International Mines company. Three dead soldiers and one dead civilian boy had been brought to Mara­ thon on a motor truck by two Of the troopers, who had been wounded themselves. The soldiers Wiled were Privates Cohen Coloe and Rodger®. General Funston, with the approval of Gen. Hugh L. Scott, issued orders for a new expedition to start from El Paso. The train got away at 6 p. m. It carried Troops A and B of the Eighth cavalry. This force will be joined en route by two troops of the Fourteenth cavalry under Col. Fred­ erick W. Sibley and a machine gun platoon. " i General Funston has issued orders that the Mexicans responsible for the raid must be captured or killed. The raid on Glen Springs started at 11:30 Friday night. The attack was made both with firearms and burning torches. Sergeant Smith and his eight men fought from the windows of a wooden Bhack which they had Intend­ ed to occupy during the rainy season. The five or six civilians in the place sought' refuge with the soldlera and gave such aid as was possible in de­ fending the shack. The siege had lasted two hours be­ fore the Mexicans gained any advan­ tage. During this time, however, they destroyed all tents and burned the two buildings in the settlement. In a rush attack With flaming torches they managed to set fire to the shack in which the soldiers were fighting. This forced the soldiers to quit the build­ ing, and three of them were filled In rushing from the burning structure* All members of the party were badly burned. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Compton fell dead from a Mexican bullet as he started to ran with the others. # , Under cover of smoke 'from the burning buildings. Sergeant Smith managed to load the bodies of,-the three dead troopers and the little Compton boy on a motor truck, which was placed In charge of two other troopers who had been badly wound­ ed. The truck was started for Mara­ thon add brought out the first news of the raid. With the dead and seriously wound­ ed out of the way, Sergea'nt Smith again turned his attention to the ban­ dits. He fought as best he could de­ spite the fact he had only three men left, each of whom had been wounded more or less seriously. At three o'clock he was compelled to retire to the refuge of the hills. The last report received by Gen­ eral Funston tells that Sergeant Smith was badiy burned. The entire party would have been killed on leaving the shack only for the smoke which ob­ scured the view of the Mexicans. The booty obtained at Deemer's dtore included J 1,000 in cash. The attack on Glen Springs, Boquil- les and Deemers by raiding Mexicans was made under the leader^ip of Col­ onel Cervantes, a Villa sub-command­ er, according to advices received by General George Bell Jr., at Fort Bliss. Cervantes also is credited with leading the attack upon Columbus. Car 8trike Averted. Cleveland, May 6.--By a vote of 1 123 to 496 the street car m<*n voted accept the compromise offer of th Cleveland Railway company on th men's wage demand, thus eliminati all chance of a Btreet car strike he Airmen Bomb British Ships. Berlin, via Sayville, May 6.--Briti warships were bombarded "with ^ success" by Zeppelins which took p In the raid over England May was announced by the German ad ^ mis. .h,"--\ Marines In 8anto Domingo. Domingo, May 8.--American were landed for the protec- of thd American legation. The [on growing out of the attempt ttional leaders to overthrow Jim- critical. Telegraph Strike Averted. New York. May 8.--The threatened strike of 6.000 tgle^ikphers and signal­ men on the New York Central railroad was averted for the time being by the acceptance of an offer of federal jnediation. Say Danish 8hip Seized. Stockholm, May 8.--Witnesses who testified at an inquiry here regarding the capture of the Danish schooner Olga by a German trawler, declared that the vessel was seized while in Swedish waters. V Sea Battle In the Adriatic. lin. May 8.--A bat^fe , in the tic between Italian and Austrian Sps and aircraft is reported in a iment received here from the Aua- ungarlan admiralty. None gf the 1P8 Trucks Leave Columbus. _ ColhmhuS, May 6,--Rapidly drying roads allowed the reopening of truck transportation to stations along Gen­ eral Pershing's Itne of comnmnication. One hundred and eight trucks left here. c> \ Says Peace Will Be Sudderf. Washington, May 6.--Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador to Italy, said he saw no Immediate prospect for peace In Europe, but believed that when peace came It would be sudden* ly, just as the war was begun. 7~ Galena.--The project to build an addition to the locks in Galena ̂ river to protect the city from floods Is be­ ing agitated. Sterling.--Harry Greenwall, twenty- two, is dead after suffering tour days of lockjaw, the result of stepping on a rusty nail. Harvard.--Wendel Burkhart, seven­ ty-eight years old, wfts drowned In a well here. It Is supposed the lost his balance and fell In. J Galesburg.--Andnfw Harrington, one Of the organizers and for years presi­ dent of the Frost, Manufacturing com­ pany, died here. West Point.--Johnson Richey on one hunting trip kil-ied 11 wolves, collect­ ing a total bounty of $55 on the ani­ mals. Decatur.--Peoria, Bloomington, Dan­ ville, Decatur and Springfield Rotary clubs held a spring festival here, clos­ ing with a banquet at night. Amboy.--Plans for the erection of a modem hospital here have been drawn and it is expected the building will t^e completed before the end of the sum­ mer.. ' Sullivan.--Dr. Walter "E. Scarbor­ ough, former coroner of Moultrie cO'un- ty, has gone to Ottawa, Ont., to enlist as an army surgeon w|th the Canadian troops. Palmyra.--Mrs*. J. Harvey Brown of Litchfield, who was vice-president, was chosen president of the Federated Woman's Clubs of the Twenty-first district. <fs, • Union.--Mrs. Albert Kundle, while, yawning, dislocated her jaw and a physician found such difficulty in forc­ ing it back she was obliged to subsist on liquid foods. Paris.--The entire; business district of Oakland, west of here, is in ashes from a fire that raged fo£ fiv^e hours, destroying more than $100,000 wbrth of property. Rockford --A junior rifle organiza­ tion has been formed by the boys of Rockford high school. It wlll^be fitted out with uniforms as soon as recruited to a strength of 65 members^ Warren.--Dr. A. C. Buckman, seven­ ty-nine, one of the leading physicians of northern Illinois and southern Wis­ consin, died here of gangrene caused by the amputation of one of his limbs. Danville.--Mrs. Mary Dustin Free­ man, seventy-eight, prominent in so­ cial and charitable work and a de­ scendant of Mrs. Hanna Dustin, the colonial-day heroine of HaverhtlU Mass., died here of heart trouble. Bloomington.--Taking up the move-* ment in behalf of child improvement, the McLean Covmt^Baby Welfare as­ sociation opehi/d k three-da?s' "better babies" show here. Four hundred in­ fants from central Illinois are entered in the competition. Springfield.--Visitors to .the state fair next year will see an added at­ traction, a zoo. The state board of ag­ riculture has placed a variety of wa­ ter fowl in the lake on the grounds, and contemplates the purchase of "bears and other animals. Peoria.--Mrs. Kate York has just been sworn in as president of the board of trustees of Kingston mines and begins her second term. She is said to have been the first woman "mayor" in Illinois to be re-elected. She was i?locted first two years ago. Six members, all men, compose the board of trustees. ^ -Jacksonville.--The Illinois Music Teachers' convention at the closing session here elected the following of­ ficers: President, Franklin L. Stead, Peoria; vice-president, Mrs. W. C. Paisly, Ottawa; secretary-treasurer, "Jfbrbert O. Morry, Lincoln. The place of the next meeting lis left„1o the ex­ ecutive committer The committee f a v o r s U r b a n a . " * Chicago.--The Illinois Press associa­ tion at its flfty-tirst annual meeting hero elected the following officers: President, W. B. L>avis, Mount Ster­ ling MessengenDemocrat; first vice- president, H. B Dailey, Princeton Re­ publican; second vice-president. Miss Klsio Sutton, Ivesdale News; third vice-president, Paul R. Goddard;, sec­ retary. J. M. Sheets, Oblong Oracle, re-elected; treasurer, Hugh R.„ Mar­ shall, Yorkville. Decatur.--Threatened with death If they told anyone, Mrs. Amanda Creech and Miss Htflza Evans, two sisters, aged about eighty, living in the .edge of Bethany, a small village near here, were robbed by two fash­ ionably dressed strangers Wednesday. Fearing the robbers would 'ret urn and kill them, they refused to tell anyonct until a relative pried the facts from them. Both were afraid to even leave the home, fearing they would be killed, and 1 the shocji may prove fatal to both. Informed that no money was kept in the house, one of the brfhdits stood guard over the ope sister, while the other accompanied the*1 otjier sis­ ter to the bank, where she drew out $60 and gave him. The bandits then escaped in an automobile. Peoria.--Because his antagonist bit off the greater part of his nose and mussed him up in other ways, Walter Philbee, a wealthy resident of Elmore, brought shuit in the circuit court here for $10,000 damages against George Ireland, wealthy lahd £>wner of Knox county., ~ Charleston--Dr. Charles van Dyke Waters, a physician, was couyicted in the circuit court of the murder^of his )wife and was sentenced to ll^impris- onment. Mrs.. Waters died of poison which the prosecution alleged Waters gave her because of his infatuation for another woman. Sterling.--Chief of Police John C. Haglock issued an order placing a ban on the playing of Kelly pool in bil­ liard and poc>l halls under peri&lty of revoking licenses. The chief also is­ sued uin order to stop selling pool on base bail games and horse racing ahd prohibiting Sunday baseball games. Aurora.--One hundred thousand dol^ lars is asked for the legs of a three- year-old baby boy in a suit filed at Geenva against the Illinois Central railroad. The little one wtt6 was maimed is Eugene J. Whaien of Clinton. was cun over by a train at Clinton,• MUST OBSERVE SEA POLICY .Jfg Wilson Accepts Premise of Lawful Sul* sea Warfare, But Rejects Condi­ tions "Demanding Intercession- 't With Britain on Blockade. „ Washington, May 10.--President Wil­ son in a formal note dispatched on . Monday to Berlin has accepted as meeting his demand the announced • change in Germany's submarine policy. Coupled with this acceptance is a . veiled threat that diplomatic relations. will be severed unless the new orders issued by the German admiralty are **^| scrupulously observed. ' ' 5 The president further notifies Ger- ."J ,'ij many that this government will not. for a moment entertain, much less dls- . '4 cuss, the suggestion that respect by ^ German naval authorities for Ameri- j can rights upon the high seas should. u "in any way or in the slightest de- 1 JL gree" be made contingent upon the* * Xy* conduct of any other government af- •' fectipg the rights of neutrals and non- combatants. v The president's reply absolutely •'.?$>' "\J commits the United States to a rap* ture of diplomatic relations shouIdr "§~ /-t German commanders exceed the lim- - J itations of the recognizeki rules of in- ternational law admitted and declared 'J by their government. ; : Following is the text of the reply . of the United States to the latesfc German assurances regarding the con- ^ duct of submarine warfare: . The American ambassador In Ber- " s lin has been instructed by telegraph to deliver the following note to the " ^ German minister of foreign affairs: ; ̂ "The note of the German imperial '-i government under date of May 4. 1916. . yjT H has received careful consideration by the government of the United States. -si It is especially noted, as indicating the purpose of the in^erial government as to the future, that It *ia prepared to ^ do its utmost to confine the operations - of .the war for the rest of its duration -;JJ . "f| to the fighting forces of the belliger- ents,' and that it is determined to im- ^ 9 pose upon all its commanders at sea V the limitations of the recognized rules .» of international law upon which the ,,|jj government of the United States has : +JT ^ insisted. Throughout the 'umniliM ' '.ij which have elapsed since the Imperial, J /J government announced on February " ^ 4, 1915, its submarine policy, now hap- j£'.j, pily abandoned, the government of the.."' United States has been constantly' guided and restrained by motives of" s| ^ friendship in its patient efforts to 4 bring to an amicable settlement the"- ' critical questions arising from that pol- j icy. Accepting the imperial govern- *4 ment's declaration of its abandonment - of the policy which has so seriously ^ menaced the good- relations between, the two countries, the government of^^'^y the United States will rely upon aL scrupulous execution henceforth of the * now altered policy of the imperial gov- V ernment, such as will remove the prin- ^ cipal danger to an interruption of the good relations existing between the 'si.Ji United States and Germany. "The government of the United States feels it necessary to state that it takes for granted that the imperial government does not intend to imply that the maintenance of Its newly an- nounced policy is in any way contin­ gent upon the course or result of dip­ lomatic negotiations between the gov- , ernment of the United States and any - other belligerent government, notwith- standing the fact that certain pas- / sages in the. imperial government's -'.4,'js note of the 4|h instant might appear 4 to be susceptible of that construction. , ^ In order, however, to avoid any pos- ' • -J* sible- misunderstanding, the govern- *'• ment of the United States notifies the vS? i imperial government that it cannot for > a moment entertain, much less dis- 'jf? ^ cuss, si suggestion that respect by j German naval authorities for the ;vjr 'j rightB of citizens of the ynited States ^ \ | upon the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the conduct of any' other government affecting the rights of neutral and noneombatants. Re­ sponsibility in such matters Is single, not joint; absolute, not relative." a '$r. OPPOSED TO ARMY INCREASE Jj --;--~~ v House Instructs It* Conferees NOt tm Y '/ Iv- A gree t o the Senate f . ' - v Washington, May 10.--The Imw representatives went on record on Monday as opposed to increasing the regular army to 250,000. By a Vote of 221 to 142 the -house instructed itsv conferee^ on the army reorganization bill not to agree to the senate pro- ^ posal for an army of a Quarter of a>.* million. ; . John MacnelU is Arrested.^. J- Dublin, May 10.--John Macneut , president of the Sinn Fein volunteers, has been arrested by the British mill- - tary authorities. News of the arrest of MacnelU was given out &t the head­ quarters of the British military, Another Neutral Ship Sunk.:^V, London, May 10.--The destruction of another neutral ship, by a German sub­ marine was reported In a dispatch from Copenhagen. R stated that the Swedish steamer Harold was tor­ pedoed. The crew was saved. « -- Boat Line's Profits TreWew,f.^|J|. Rotterdam, May 10.--The Holland- America line more than treble^ its gross profits ia 1915, as aii indirect rfr- » suit of the war. earning $9.136,&1$, a* ; against $2,94)1,522 two years ago, an­ nouncement was made here. , tPfc ' - :„?? •'•.m „.VJ$ • -German Submarine. Destreye||;s3; Amsterdam. May 10.--Berlin *d- vlqes received state that a Gertiaaa submarine was recently sunk by * mine In the Black sea off the Bulga- rian port of Varna. Most of the crow ; jm-w# fey * deatiwer* .4. £ /' :it- kirn