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W^^Wir o McHKXKT FLAiar *;f#» t'Mik* ' " l£®ttNS.JHAy£ WAR MUSEUM 3w«: valuable Works of Ancient Art Saved When FrenchBuildingsWef*^ Destroyed by Raider*. ^ t' 4 * U. SI SUNKBYU-BOAT; ,, SEVENTY KILLED r Steamship AntHles Torpedoed by * Germans While on Way Home l From War Zone. 16 SOLDOSAMOKG THE DEAD Fear Enlisted Men of the Navy in Casualty List, But All Military Offl- - % eers Are Rescued--Vessel W« *.; v >Being Convoyed by Do- \ ' «royers--No Trace Submarine. - * r 4 * * j w?- • - tyashington, Oct. 22.--The subma­ rines have taken their first toll from our transport legions. Seventy American soldiers and sail­ ors lost their lives when a German submarine toi-pedoed the army traa^ , port Antilles. . .. y ,A ' The Antilles was torpedoed on Wed­ nesday while returning to this coun­ try from France. She was under con­ voy at the time of American patrol vessels. Neither the tftrpedo which sent her to the bottom nor the destroying sub­ marine were sighted. The men had little chance for their lives. Struck abreast of the engine- room bulkhead, the Antilles sank like a plummet, going down in five min­ utes. Sixteen soldiers and four men from the navy are gone, and with them 50 of the crew of the* passenger steam­ er The Antilles was made an army transport when it was determined to send our forces abroad to fight in France. - Statement-Issued toy Danleia. ̂ ^Secretary of the Navy DanlelaPatf- thOjrized the following statement: ?The department is in receipt of a dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims, which states that tlie steamship" An­ tilles, an army transport, was torpe­ doed on October 17} white returning to this country from foreign service. "This vessel was under convoy of American patrol poats at the time. "The torpedo which struck the An­ tHles was not seen nor was the sub­ marine which fired it.: v "The torpedo hit abreast of the en­ gine-room bulkhead, and the ship sank within five minutes. "One hundred and sixty-seven per­ sons out of about two hundred and thirty-seven, on board the Antilles werg'Saved. About seventy a*e miss­ ing. • > Names of Dead. MAH the naval officers and officers of the army who were on board the ship at the time were saved, as were the officers of the ship, with the exception of the following: • "Boyle, junlor engiaeer officer. '3? : *H)'Rourke, junior engineer officer. ,1 ."'•Walker, third engineer officer. " "The following enlisted naval per­ sonnel were lost : "C. L. Ausburn--Radio electrician, first-class; next of kin, R. Ausburn, mother, 2800 Louisiana, avenue, New Orleans. "J. W. Hunt--Seaman, second-class; next of kin, Isaac Hunt, father, Moun­ tain Grove, Mo., R. F. D. No. 2, Box 44. "E. L. Kinzey--Seaman, second- class; next of kin, Thomas M. Kinsey, father, Water Valley, Miss. "II. F. Watson--Radio electrician, third-class; next of kin, Mrs. W. L. Seger, mother, Rutland, Mass. "There were about 33 of the army enlisted personnel on board, of whom IT were saved. The names of the miss­ ing army personnel and of the mer­ chant crew cannot be given until the muster roll in France of those on board has been consulted. "As soon as the department is in receipt of further details concerning the casualties they will be made pub­ lic immediately." j|l News Sent by Pershing. ? $he first message came while a cab­ inet meeting was in session. It was from General Pershing. A messenger from the state, war and navy building hurried across the street to the White House as soon as it" was decoded, and delivered it to Secretary Baker, who gave the news to the president and cabinet officers. On the heels of the army message came the report to the navy depart­ ment from Vice Admiral Sims. There was a swift scanning of the casualty list, after the first expression of sorrow and unspoken prayers of thankfulness that the Antilles had not been destroyed on her way to France whjen she was crowded with soldiers. High Officers Aboard. There w^Ce important people aboard --officers of rank returning to this country on special missions of help, with the knowledge and experience U-BOATS CURBED, SAYS MAYO " U^S. Admiral Places Naval situation vi;*' '* in luropean Waters Before^ President Wilson. " v' 5eA< , • : Washington, Oct. 22.--The naval sit­ uation in the European war tone was laid directly before President Wilson In detail by Admiral Ma.vo, commander of the Atlantic fleet. The admiral, who lis 8 just returned from a series of con­ ferences with allied naval commanders In London, was accompanied to the % U. S. AIRMEN'WM HONORS rev- j®£. •v-i-f' IS I fe 'tm*: *3#1 St. :: Hill, Parsons, Marr and Lufbery Are f Oted In the Latest French - X0 Army Orders. Hi ' • Parte. Oct. Lafayutt the lates Citations Dudley *for high tacks at -Four members of Irille were citad in jarmy orders. The Peekskill, N. T., the recent at- the} had gained, in pr*ttf£itog the new legiuas that are to go in turn to fight for the. pea«e and freedom of the world. , The Antilles did good service before she was sent to the bottom with her %lde blown away. • From the bare military report it is easy to reconstruct what happened to the Antilles and the people aboard her. The ship, a regulation average-sized vessel, familiar to everybody who has made the voyage from New York to the West Indies--built for passenger business above and with deep holds to bring the ban a as and sugar and cof­ fee of the Islands to this country, but transmogrified by having her passen­ ger cabins and 'tweendecks made into barracks, and mounting the regulation guns--was steaming westward after having landed her last cargo of troops. Convoyed by Warships. On either side, ahead or behind, steamed the convoying American war­ ships--probably destroyers. Suddenly there was an explosion in the midships section, where the en­ gines were disintegrated, and within fiflte minutes the vessel went down. Nobody on board saw dither torpedo or submarine. The U-boat that fired the shot must have sighted the convoy and waited for it submerged. She must have come up near enough to the surface to see her quarry through the periscope, just long enough to discharge the torpedo, and then she dived again and swam away under water. The personnel of the list of saved and lost tells part of the story. The third engineer officers--civilians--who are gone were below attending to their business with the engine crew, which will be found to constitute the greater number of the lost. The rest of the crew victims were doubtless not on duty, probably sleeping after their shift in the enginerooms. Seamen Kinsey and Hunt of the navy are missing. They must have been members of the gun crews. Radio Electricians Ausburn and Watson also were on the list of cas­ ualties. They must have been the wireless operators who were sleeping below, while two others, more fortu­ nate, were answering and receiving messages. No Chance to Send S. O. S. It is probable that the engines were put out of commission at the instant of the explosion and that there was no chance to send a final message crackling through the air. The 16 soldiers who were lost of the total of 33 on board probably consti­ tuted the sick list, and those who for other reasons were below, for when they go through the danger zone life preservers are at hand for, everybody, and with the convoying vessels near, nearly everybody who was on deck or could get there would be picked up. Five minutes was all the time there was to launch lifeboats, so it may be assumed that few were saved by this means, though, as it is customary to swing them out during the passage of the infested waters, doubtless some managed to cling to these until the de­ stroyers could rescue them. The Antilles was registered to carry a crew of 130, so 80 were saved. Most of the others must have been killed by the explosion as they were shoveling coal and attending to the engines. Attack Probably in Day. The circumstance that all the army and navy officers were saved, as well as most of the ship's officers, indi­ cates that the attack was by daylight, when they would naturally be on deck or in what, in the Antilles' passenger days, were the saloons, from which they could reach the deck at once. That the U-boat was able to torpedo an armed vessel, convoyed, and pre­ sumably protected by the defensive camouflage recently devised, surprises only the laymen. The navy people say there Is no ab­ solute protection possible, but many of the transports have had encounters with the undersea boats and have es­ caped by reason of their very precau­ tions. "They are bound to get one of us once In a while," is the way the navy men talk about this phase of the war. AM Survivors Safe? Probably the attack on the United States transport Antilles was made well out at sea. It took two days for the news to reach Washington, and the dispatch shows the time that must have elapsed before definite word could reach Admiral Sims. The survivors are believed to be al­ ready safe ashore somewhere !£ France or England. Was Crack Coast Liner. New York, Oct. 22.--The Antilles, a freight and passenger steamship of 5,878 tons gross, owned by the South­ ern Pacific Steamship company (Mor­ gan line), was one of the crack Ameri­ can coast liners. She piled. between New Orleans and New York and had carried thousands of persons to the Mardl Gras celebrations in the south­ ern city. The vessel was taken over by the government as a transport early in the war. Capt. II. F. Boyde, master of the Antilles, retained his command when the vessel entered the government service, as did most of his officers. White House by Secretary of the Navy- Daniels. ^ . The president was told ihe exact disposition of the American sea fight­ ers in the U-boat zone and of the prog­ ress Chat lias been made against the kaiser's umlerwa ter craft The menace of the submarine practically has been eliminated through co-operation of the Atlantic destroyer fleet with those of the allies. American destroyers have had many fights with German subma­ rines, Admiral Mayo is understood to have reported. • . "for splendid courage oh all missions intrusted to him. He brought down an enemy on September 8." Sergeant Kenneth Marr of San Fran- ciso, "a valiant pilot who aided in bringing down an enemy -on Septem< ber 19 add engaged several enemy ma­ chines on September 22. He brought his own dr.aiaged avion back." Lieut. Kaoul Lufbery of Walling* ford. Conn., cited for "sixteen flights In a fortnight, in which he brought down or disabled six enemies, scoring NEW REGULATIONS FIX STATUS ' OF ALL MEN, WHO HAVi ""•% REGISTERED. INTO FIVE Men Without Dependents Will Be Called First Unless Vital to War ^ sftfdustry-*Date for Next t» -•r* crement to Be Jan.' 1. & Washington, Oct. 23.--New draft regulations, postponing the physical examination of the remaining 7,000,000 draft registrants until they are called for military service, and assigning the men to five classes, thus determining the order of their call to the colors, were announced on Saturday by Pro­ vost Marshal General Crowder. It was indicated that January 1 will be the date of the next call. * • Under the new regulations it will be possible for a registrant to determine w hether he will lie called In the first 500,000 additional men to be sum­ moned, the second 500,000, or later Contingents. The changed system will reduce the labors of local boards by 80 per cent by reversing the present process of first conducting physical examinations and then hearing exemption claims. Hereafter all economic questions will be settled before the physical examina­ tion is held. Here is the new system in a nut­ shell : Five classes of draft registrants are established approximately as follows: First--Men with absolutely no de­ pendents. Second--Skilled farm labdrers or others slightly less available for mili­ tary service than the first class. Third--Skilled laborers and men whose work is deemed vital to war In­ dustries. Fourthr-Married men with children whose families are wholly dependent upon them for support. Fifth--Cripples, mental defectives, and those specifically exempted from military service. ? . Registrants will be assigned to one of these classes. Under the new system local boards will send out to each enlisted man on its list a questionaire or catalogue of queries to be known as "No. 1,000," going into minute detail as to the fam­ ily life, responsibility and adaptability of the individual. These questions have not as yet been made public. The Individual fills in the blanks with an­ swers and returns the questionnaire to the local. board. After that the local board decides in what class to put *the selected man, notifying him of its verdict. The man, If not satisfied with the decision of the board, may appeal v to the district board, which will then review the mat­ ter. The district board's verdict In event of appeal will he final. 4 ZEPPELINS ARE SHOT DOWN German Airships WhWh Attacked England Are Destroyed by French Gunners and Airmen. Paris. Oct. 23.--Although at first it was tlwught that the visit of the Zep­ pelin fleet to France was an independ­ ent raid, carrying out the threat made in a German wireless messuge to de­ stroy Paris in reprisal for French air raids on German towns, it now is gen­ erally believed that these eight Zeppe­ lins, font.of which were destroyed or captured, were returning from Eng­ land. that they had lost their bearings. The log book of the Zeppelin which landed intact shows that she had been to England, and prisoners from three other airships confirm this. Of the four Zeppelins lost two were destroyed and two were forced to de­ scend. The two disabled airships^ un­ der attack by aviators and antl-alr de­ fense posts, descended in the Saone valley and were forced to land in the neighborhood of Sisteron, in Baases- Alpes. „ Wire Reports of Happenings frpî Parts of the Stat* RE-ELECTED HEAD W. C. T. U. SENATOR HUSTING IS KILLED Wisconsin Man Is Accidentally Hit by HlftcBrother While Hunting Near Rush Lake. Milwaukee. Oct. 23.--Accidentally shot in the back by his brother Gus- tave, while hiintinjr ducks near Rush Lake, Wis., Sunday morning. United States Senator Paul O. Husting died at a farmhouse at Plcketts, near by, late Sunday night. Senator Husting recently returned to his home at Mayvllle, Wis., nfter the close of the extra session of con­ gress, where he was one of the lead­ ing supporters of the administration's war program. Senator Husting, a Democrat, was born at Fond du Lac .on April 25, 1866. He was elected to the United States senate to succeed Isaac Stephenson in 181*. British Defeat Turk Army. London, Oct. 23.--British troops in Mesopotamia began an enveloping movement near tlie Persian frontier, northwest of Bagdad, drove the Turkish forces in the vicinity of' Kizil- Uobat across the Diala river. Two Sisters Killed by Train. CoilinsvHle, III., Oct. 23.--Mary Ron- chetto, fourteen years old, and her sis­ ter. Jolendi, ten, were killed, and a third sister, Edith, eight, and Altilio Sanllno, were seriously injured when they were struck by a train. japs See G^rmin U-Boat Sunk. A Pacific Port, Oct. 22.--Officers of % Japanese steamer that has arrived here said tljey saw a British destroyed sink a German submarine. The sub­ marine had just made an atttack on another Japanese freighter. Triplets Bom on Train. Denver, Colo., Oct. 22.--Mrs. J, C. Atkinson of Seattle, Wash., became the mother of triplets aboard a west-bound Rock Island train. Two of the chil­ dren were born In Kansas and the Miss Helen L. Hood Chosen President of State Organization for 8eventh Time Homeopathists Elect Dr. Owen President. Peoria.--Miss Helen L. Hood of Chi­ cago, re-elected president of the Illi­ nois Woman's Christian Temperance Union for her seventh term. Springfield.--Dr. M. G. Owen of Springfield, elected president of the Central Illinois Homeopathic associa­ tion, and Bloomington selected as the meeting place next year. 4 Elgin.--Elgin High School Athletic association is Investing its funds in Liberty bonds. Decatur.--Plans to complete the marking of the Sheridan highway from Lake Superior to the gulf will be made by the Merldan Highway association here. Freeport.--The high school boys here are being taught to knit by the girl students. / Woodstock.--Gustare Behrens fined $697.03 for selling intoxicating liquor to a seventeen-year-old boy. Rock ford.--Miss Hazel Luy, twenty- one. given 14-year sentence for horse­ stealing. Havana.--Survivors of the Eighty- fifth Illinois infantry, famous , com­ mand of the Civil war, has voted to discontinue organization. Danville.--Henry C. White, assist­ ant postmaster at Gllman, is in the county jail at Danville, charged with rifling the mails. Peoria.--Wlater C. Hayes of Belvl- dere elected grand chancellor of the K. of P. at state convention here. Blue Island.--Two persons killed and three Injured when fs^st train on Rock Island road struck an automo­ bile at a crossing here. Chicago.--Johu Fay, formerly vice president of the A. C. McClurg & Co. book stored killed himself, fearing he would be a financial burden to his friends, having lost his fortune. Chicago.--Johu M. Glenn, secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers' associa­ tion, was elected to the presidency. Moline.--E. L. Chapin, attorney of Springfield, elected president of the Illinois state Baptist convention and Kewanee chosen for the 1918 meeting. Chicago.--Miss Florence Lowden, seventeen, daughter of the governor, who underwent an operation for ap­ pendicitis, is convalescent. Peoria.--Miss Nellie Saunders of Galva elected grand chief of the Pyth­ ian Sisters at annual convention here. Chicago.--The Illinois society. Sons of the Revolution, held its annual Yorktown day banquet here. Peoria.--Joseph Nelson, mall carrier of Moline, given two-year sentence for embezzlement. Rockford.--James Corcoran, team­ ster at Camp Grant, killed when he slipped under the horse's feet. Joliet.--The Ernest Thompson-§ea- ton method of training; Boy Scouts has received the official indorsement of the State Federation of Labor be­ cause it eliminates the objectionable military feature of the Baden-Powell system. Evanston.--Dr. William Lee Lewis, professor of chemistry in Northwest­ ern university, has gone to Washing­ ton to engage in experimental work on trench gases. Chicago.--Twelve Japanese school principals visited Chicago schools. Chicago.--Health Commissioner Rob­ ertson spoke before the American Pub­ lic Health association at Washington. Chicago.--Toboggau slides are going to be prepared irr the West side parks for the boys jmd girls this winter. Chicago.--Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Thompson celebrated thetr stxty-flfth wedding anniversary. Moline.--Illinois Baptist state con­ tention held here with large attendance of delegates from the churches of the state. Springfield.--Central Illinois Homeo­ pathic Medical association held its thirty-seventh annual convention here. Galesbur.--The Farmers' and Grain Dealers' association of Illinois adopted resolutions pledging loyalty and co­ operation to Uncle Sam. Bloomington.--Central •"ttHuols is again experiencing water famine due to drought, and railroads are forced to haul supplies to deficient stations. Aurora.--After issuing an order in­ cluding Aurora in "Chicago suburban territory," which permitted ail em­ ployees to receive two passes to Chi­ cago each week President Holden of the C., B. & Q. road rescinded the or­ der. Employees assert the reconsider­ ation was due to threats of a freight boycott by the merchants. *• Galesburg.--Taxpayers of this dis­ trict will institute court proceedings against the legality of the proposed Knox county detention home for de­ pendent children. Ottawa.--When only 12 out of 1,200' survivors of the Cushmuu's brigade, one of the famous commands of the Civil war, assembled in annual reunion at Ottawa the veterans decided it was time to dissolve the association. Springfield. -- Disbarment actions were filed in the supreme court by the Chicago Bar association against Daniel Donahoe, convicted of defam­ ing the character of Clarence Funk. Decatur.--Eighteenth annual conven­ tion of the State Library association held a three days' session here. Bloomington.--Telegraph operators, tower men and signal men on the Bur­ lington road have voted to strike for increased pay. v Modesto.--Automobile bandits ralli­ ed the town and dynamited the safe in a harness store. Springfield.--Street car full of strike breakers dynainited and four person* were injured. . ( Moline.--IMmoek & Gould Lnmbe company pUiflt damaged by §10.00; Ire. • • ' Peronne, Bapaume, Lens, St. Quen- tin and other French towns la the path of the war, were noted for their mauy works of ancient art, atld many of the most valued art treasures of France were in those cities. Wonder has been expressed as to what has become of these, and the question is answered in a magazine published in Germany, a stray copy of which has somehow reached American hands. Most of the jfrt objects could never be replaced, especially those In St. Quentin, where some of the most beau­ tiful buildings were destroyed. But It seems that the Germans decided to save these art treasures and a long ac­ count is given In the magazine of the efforts made, even under fire, to pack and Carry away a famous collection of pastels, numerous paintings of value and the wonderful painted glass of the Gothic cathedral. The question of housing these treasures was solved by taking them to Maubeuge and there tearing down buildings and from the material erecting a museum in which the articles were put on display. There is a description of many of the historic productions and a general sense of satisfaction expressed that German culture had added them to the esthetic life of Germany, where, it was planned, they would eventually be tak­ en. The complacent announcement Is made that the museum is opened both to the military and the French public, "but it is principally designed for the recreation of the army, so that after hard days of toil tbev might find here an opportunity to refresh themselves. It Is a museum that has been saved from the smoke and the ruins of the catastrophe. War and culture, which try to avoid each other, meet here," It is said, "and they have been brought together by the artistic instincts of German barbarians." This reference to barbarians Is, of course, "writ sarcastic," but It Is to be noticed that the innumerable charges and proofs of barbarity are not met. Art products may be destroyed, but the proof8 of barbaric deeds will stand. --Indianapolis Star. Write to 8ammies. ' It's pathetic to see the eagerness with which the doughboys wait for let­ ters from home, writes a war corre­ spondent from France. One would cheerfully trade a package of tobacco for a single sheet of paper with an American postmark--and he would not sell a package of tobacco for five francs at this writing! I have seen him pay ten francs for a five-cent pack­ age, but that was because.a submarine sank the boat bringing his supply and he happened to be short temporarily. To all those girls who are adopting soldiers, I would suggest two letters a week, and regular contributions of tobacco. Captain Hull drew 44 letters. Six were from his-wife, one from his five- year-old son, and 37 were from moth­ ers of boys in his company. They wanted to know why Jimmie didn't write: and would the captain please take good cure of him and see that he didn't get Ids feet wet? And was the food all right? because Jimmy had been'raised a pet. They know how busy the captain must be with so many to look after, but if he would only watch over Jimmy a mother's prayers would go up to the Heavenly Father for him tfvery night. . First Aid to Marriage. Of what use is a diamond, anyway? Conservationists who are for cutting out all extravagance during the war are asking the question, says the Kan­ sas City Star. The answer, based upon statistics furnished by jewelers, seems to be that the diamond is most valuable as an aid to marriage. It Is said that the trade In diamonds goes up or down in ratio with increasing or de­ creasing numbers of marriages. This Is because the dlnmond is used so much as the setting in engagement rings. ~ Last year the United States im­ ported $34,000,000 worth of dia­ monds, an increase of 70 per cent over 1915 and 110 per cent over 1914. Looking into this startling growth of the diamond trade It was discov­ ered that, according to leading im­ porters, "every girl expects a real dia­ mond in pledge of plighted troth these days, and the growth of that custom, coupled With good times and an In­ crease in the number of marriages, act counts for it." Meteors From the Moon. Taking up an old theory of meteors, Emile Belot, French astronomer, has attempted to demonstrate that these bodies may have resu'ted from vol­ canic eruptions on the moon ami other satellites of the solar system's planets. He finds that an initial velocity of projection comparable to that which has been observed In the eruption of Cotopaxl and only twice as great as that developed in artillery of the pres­ ent war would be sufficient to carry a body free from the moon and he has made calculations of the speeil of pro­ jection and other conditions that would cause such a body to become a satellite of the moon, of the earth, or of the sun. - - Candle Making an Art. The making of candles is not.ordi- narily considered a fine art. but the Italians have made It such. The dis­ tinctively Italian votive taper is made by hand. The materials are pure bees­ wax. which Is kneaded and tempered, and mixed with a secret ingredient to retard combustion, and whlph has spe­ cial Egyptian cotton for wicks. The cotton, too. Is treated with chemicals to keep it from feeding too fast. Small candles are molded. Large pnes are made by rolling up sheets of wax. • But He Never Will. "No, my husband never talks hi? business affairs over with me. One ol his favorite expressions is •that lie ai ways leaves his business at the office.' "That's the way with my husb.-tml He always leaves his business at th office, too. Now, there's juxt one thin 1 wish he would learn to do." "What's ffiat?" "Leuve Ids golf on the linkSi" PETft&GRAO OFFICIAL^ NAME CITY OF MOSCOW THE NEW SEAT OF GOVERMMENT. GERMAN SHIPS SUNK Berlin Announces Capture of 5,000 Prisoners on Moon Island--Kaiser ^ .J 8«ftds Powerful Fleet * Against Slavs. Petrograd, Oct. 22.--The government has definitely determined to move to Moscow in the very near future. The new offensive operations by the Germans, resulting in the capture of Oesel and Moon islands, and the threat of an invasion of Esthonia may be re­ sponsible for the decision to remove the government -to Moscow, the ancient capital. Berlin, Oct. 22.--Two Russian infan­ try regiments totaling 5.000 men were captured on Moon island in the Gult of Riga, it was announced officially on Friday. The island is not completely in possession of the Germans* Petrograd, Oct. 22.--Two German torpedo-boats were sunk in the mine field in Moon sound. The Germans on Wednesday began to land troops ou Dago Island, south of the entrance of. the Gulf of Finland. In the naval battle of Wednesday In which the Russian battleship Slava was sunk, two German trawlers were sent to the bottom and hits were ob­ tained by Russian battleships on Ger­ man dreadnaughts. The statement says that not less than ten enemy dreadnaughts of the newest Kaiser and Koenig types took part in the battle. WHAT YOU CAN DO On "Conservation Week" OCT. 28 TO NOV. 4. 1. Go to church on "Conserva­ tion Sunday," October 28, and hear what your minister has to say about food con­ servation 2. Find out why we must eat t corn and other things in place of wheat; why we must eat fish and chicken and other things In place of beef, pork and mutton; use less sugar; use less fats. 3. Eat corn bread for dinner every day for eight days. This will give you the corn bread habit. 4. Eat no beef, pork or mutton on "Meatless Tuesday," Oc­ tober 80. Chicken or fish are permitted: 5. Attend "Conservation" speak­ ings on Wednesday, October $ 31. * 6. Study conservation window displays and watch for mer­ chants' conservation sales on "Merchants' Conservation Day," Thursday, Novem­ ber 1. 7. Eat no beef, pork or mutton on "Meatless Friday," No­ vember 2.' Fish and chicken are "permitted." 8. Sign your country's pledge to save food tn help win the war. 9. Get others to sign the pledge card. 10. Hang the food administration window membership card In your front window to help get other people interested in food conservation. 11 SHIPS SUNK BY RAIDERS 150 Lives-,Lost When Germans Destroy Vessels In North Sea--Two Brit­ ish Destroyers Lost. London, Oct. 23.--One hundred and fifty lives were lost on Wednesday when five Norweglan. one Danish and three Swedish vessels were sunk by two German raiders in the North sea. The British admiralty statement of Saturday stated that a total of 135 officers and men of the British dt- KtroyerS Mary Rose and Strongbow were lost when those two vessels were sunk by raiders. The Mary Rose and the Strougbow were convoying the merchantmen when the attack oc­ curred. The Aftenposten of Chrls- tiania has estimated that 16 Norwe­ gians. 17 Swedes and 97 English were killed. Army Order Cites Lufbury. London, Oct. 19.--Lieut. Raoui Luf­ bury of Wallingford. Conn., member of the Franco-American flying corps, who has scored many victories and recent­ ly was cited in French'army orders as an "Incomparable pilot," is said by the Herald to have brought down his thir­ teenth enemy machine. Alleged Plot Frustrated. New York, Oct. 22.--An alleged plot to damage or blow up a United States converted transport here was frustrat­ ed when tlie police arrested a Scan­ dinavian charged with attempting to bribe a shit> mechanic. Another Strike la Settled. Portlnnd. Ore., Oct. 22.--Through the efforts of the federal wage adjust­ ment board. In session here four days, the strike of 7.000 shipyard workers in the Columbia river basin practically is settled. < Adotph Getaner Is Freed. "*®i*nd Rapids, Mich., Oct. 20.-- Adolph Germer, executive secretary of the Socialist party, and ten other per­ sons were acquitted by a jury here of charges of con piracy against the,; se­ lective army act. •• Passenger Train Held Up. S;' S^iershurg. Tenn.. Oct. 20.--A pas­ senger train on the Chlcai;«>. Memphis .* Gulf railroad was held up by rob- »ers at Miston. Tenn. The express car ®fe was dyuamited and * iafge aum -f money takeu. pestern Canada Does Not Tax Stock or Improvements but ; Collects an Additional Tax , >£f From Land Speculators. Owners of uncultivated lands If ^ 3 Western Canada are loud in their pro- ^ tests against an. extra tax on their ^ ^ lands because they are not under cul- % ,_• - s tlvation. Western Canada, through It* provincial governments, is endeavor- -. ing to force the speculative land owner ' to either sell his land to a settler or to- cultivate it himself. At present a sur- ;ig tax of a few cents an acre is levied s-|| against all wild land, so that the own- -4^ er of land held in Its natural state* ^ | without Improvements, Is contributing .J more taxes to the government than the- 1 owner of a farm that is cultivated and even improved with buildings and £ stock to the value of thousands of dot- /£•< *• lars. In order to encourage the farm- ^ ^ -* * er to improve and to go Into stock rals- ; Ing, he is not charged one cent of taxes On any of his Improvements, iuaple- , « ments or stock of any kind. ^ As' a result; of this surtax on cultivated or speculatively held l»nd% . ' the owners are now trying to sell them i • to actual settlers, and, in nearly every < . Instance, "have been offering on very a - easy terms of payment, usually a quar­ ter down, and the balance extending over a term of years at prices much lower than their productive value would warrant. A world-wide shortage In farm stuff# has given a new value to all agricul- » | tural products and the margin of profit ~ $ today is greater than ever In the past. It Is true labor and implements have • -4 Increased In price, but it Is now poe- - ' s, slble to secure 50% profit In farming, ' ^ and higher. Possibly not on the $1€Q ^ to $200 an acre farm lands but on land || that can now. under existing condl* i ?| Hons, be purchased at from $15 to $30 ,; ^ per acre. Western Canadian fans in­ land* are as productive as any in the , world and can be as economically 'I'- farmed. Wheat yields of from 30 to 50 bushels per acre have been common j In Western Canada during the past $jj few years, and the farmers have been v too busy farming all they can so as to sell as much wheat as possible at $2.00 , .«g a bushel, that they have not had time to do any talking or writing. It l» doubtful if there ever was such an . opportunity to make big profits in i farming. The value of each year's ^ crop has been in hundreds of cases j 1 more than the market value of the land it was grown on. It to un- 11| reasonable to suppose such a con- . "'; ditton will last long, as the land now j being forced onto the market by sur- > tax on speculative owners will soon / ^ become absorbed by those who have learned of these highly profitable v* wheat lands. The news is spreading 5 5 gradually throughout the high priced , ;"S| land districts In the United States; where there is a renewed awakening Jg to the realisation that the maximum profit in farming is not being obtained ' when it is possible to secure frost 4 forty to seventy per cent return on the - Investment in Western Canada. Many v '] who have been planning to visit West* - «|§ ern Canada for the purpose of person- * 2 ally investigating conditions are leav- Ing this month, when the good weather 1 can be enjoyed. As ^threshing opera- ^ Hons and marketing of grain is under . « way, no better time could be selected ' -• to secure first hand and reliable Infor­ mation from the farmers themselves. The winter months afford ample tint# ; »J for completing moving arrangements, v- to allow the settler to take up resi- -I dence in early spring, so as to get ' 4 something done next year and to make - ^ 7 a start on the big and profitable farm* 1 | ing operations in Waatwa 1 Advertisement. ? ^ LLAMAS MUST BE HUMORED Will Not Endure Force or Threata*** When Being Loaded They Are . Caressed by Drivers. The SoUth American llam.t will neither beating nor ill-treatment. Th* animals go in troops, an Indian walk* ing a long distance ahead. If th* llamas are tired they stop, and th* Indian stops also. If the delay b* too great the Indian, becoming nac easy toward sunset, after all due pr*» caution, resolves on supplicating th* :j3 beasts to resume their journey. H*. 'y stands about 50 or 60 paces off, in a* attitude of humility, waving his hand - coaxingly toward them, looks at theii 7 with tenderness, and at the sum* r time, in the softest tones, reiterate^ : : "Ic, ic, ic." If the llamas are dispose#- f; to resume their course they follow th# ) - Indian in good order and at a regular - pace, but ,step fast, for their legs ar» _ * long; but, when they are In ill humor, they do not even turn toward th*- speaker, but remain motionless. Itndtsr died together, standing or lying down, , The straight neck and th-.» gentle ma- >; Jesty of bearing, the long down of their- always,, clean and glossy skin, their* Tf stipple and timid motion, all give thent an air at once sensitive and noli I e. f If it happens--which Is wry seldot% , the case--that an Indian wishes to ot>» ^ ^ tain, either by force or even by threats^ ^ what the llama will not willingly peiv 1 J form, the instant the animal finds It*.- tm self affronted by words or gesture It raises its head with dignity ami. wltft* * Jk, * out making any attempt to escape lilt / - |j treatment by flight, lies down. U |j , The respect shown these animals by-? ^ Peruvian Indians amounts almost t«» >.^ superstitious reverence. When th# || Indians load them two approach an# - | caress the animal, hiding its head rhajl. ' J*; 31 it may not see the load on lj* hfr; -yf is the same in unloading. * M if Not Loaa. flower which we do not Is the only one which new tos* IBB* beauty or its fragrance. ^ v Everyone has his faults, of c«ur**i but some people work their* mors than others. Lots of pewpie Imfgtue %*• If5 something wrong with haven't got a cohL . r*«- .j , - -5k . ft*