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* * * -r < * h f £*5 jEg* •̂GENERAL MANQUftY :f̂ :*»p Chicago.--The melting pot which s'-'" hm been established by a patriotic fr- , committee in one of the big State (?/* alreet stores in Chicago gathers not %*• *nly old gold, silver and platinum for government uses, but also brings in many stories which read like old fairy fales, as for instance: A baby in South Chicago had been playing with certain "gllver" cup for several •' years, rolling it down the steps and i"?p-<|§>ften leaving it outside, and even once V losing It in the alley ash heap* for a >iveek or more. The father heard of ' * the government's need for platinum, : 1 fnd brought in the cup on the chance J Ijpat it might be this precious and ' Jnuch-wanted metal. So Indeed it ^V.- proved to be, and the cap yielded $180. transactions of like magnitude are h"" ^ ^a,c'nS P'a<*e every day at this melting C JK>t, and the director of the mint has ' •-*. "isked those in charge to make a »pe- "V i?ial request of the people of Hlipols gu ^nd surrounding states to send in all ', Of the old platinum such as cups, crucl- l»les, etc. that It Is possible to collect. /Old gold and silver Is also needed.and fii-.V-^jn every case the very highest value 5 \$f the metal Itself is given to the own- ' . :*,fr In War stamps and Thrift stamp*. i L -JjThe melting pot is under the auspices the South 'Shore Cduntry club of - ^Chicago, which In itself guarantees ,!•' i^eliabillty. and packages may be sent jVith entire safety by addressing the f i ' fouth Shore Country Club Melting f^ot, State and Madison streets, Chi- k"j. |igo. s& Chicago.---The Llbertyvllle training ifarm for •from en who wish to become * .^Jjfeal agriculturists Is to be made a per- , _ ^anent institution, for war tlptie and , II time, by the woman's committee . the state council of defense. From • ^ ' -f»ow on the farm will be chiefly a * . dairy farm--the particular kind for Hvhlch women have been found to have |the greatest Uptltude--with depart- ;; ||nents of poultry raising, animal hus- V vl4>andry, bee-keeping, general crops," ' Vegetable gardening and home econom­ ics.. Most of the work will be actual * • Experience, but an hour a day will be f ."j*Iven to the classroom side of the farming Industry. There are 38 cows, .Jjieven horses, four sheep and some pigs I ifn the farm at present. There Is a "if • , l^vell-equipped milk room and dairy. l> ^Fifty-eight women have taken the two i irionths to six months training through , > ^Sfhe summer and completed the syg- ^.^sfematlc course in diversified farming. .' . /• Springfield. -- Independent candl- ,€ttes for the Illinois general assem- * ily, who will make the race next ^Inonth', were announced by Secretary ®f State Emmerson on the basis of canvassed returns as follows: Rep­ resentatives : Second district, Randall I*. Marshall; Third district, William <3. Anderson; Twenty-sixth district, Joseph J. Nevln, Bloomington; Thirty- third district, William G. Maulker, l?ock Island. State senator: Third district, Augustus L. Williams, Chi­ cago. Norman H. MacPherson, Demo­ crat, withdrew his candidacy for the •tate senate in the First district, Chi---if cago; and Herbert H. Shea, Democrat, ^withdrew as a candidate for the lower - lieuse.ln the Eighth district, Wauke- - fan. ^ Washington, P. C.--The department V^f agriculture Announced the appolnt- Sjfoent of the following Illinois men to 4'$ct with the district draft boards as Jidvisors regarding agricultural needs: . Fred L. Hatch, Spring Grove, northern division NV). 1; August Geweke, Des f^aines, northern division No. 2; J. P. jfclason, Elgin, northern division No. v %; Charles Foss, Freeport, northern I division No. 4; Henry C. Gordon, Free- |M»rt, southern division No. 1; Homer - 3. Tlce, Greenvlew, southern division ., No. 1; F. I. Mann, GUman, eastern dl- • yvislon No. 2, •jk Morris.--An unusual situation has ; Arisen here Involving the Immense •land holdings of the estate of William V ?^ipcully. The Scully estate in England tfwns 8,000 acres of land In this vl- finlty. The estate recently raised the . fent from $6 an acre to $10 an acre, „ #nd the 70 farmers, at a mass meet- „ ;; ring, .resolved not to pay It. They • * lil red an attorney to see If redress I ^i^in be had In court, and to appeal *' |r the food administration. They V maintain that If the advance is lnslst- ^ on they will not plant fall crops. V • > Springfield.--Another hunting fa- fe " tsllty Is reported from Fidelity, near ^ . Jiere. dDr. A. D. Edwin, aged slxty- >*• V-*-H-kuOwT» physician, «as recuruiuK Wr r ,frr>m a squirrel hunting trip when a V V companion's rifle placed In a buggy '}|ie was attempting to enter accidental- 'ly discharged. The bullet struck Doc- »Erwln In the head, causing death ifour hours later. ' Springfield.--Women should be al- :trowed equal pay to men according to ^ , -||nembers of the Springfield Sub-Dis- '• ":••• _ tilct Illinois Union miners. They ; .f;<*r$dopted a resolution Indorsing gov- I ,, S|'rnment ownership of mipes and ftandard pay for woman employees %\ ho do men's work, at a recent con- ^ Mention here. " 'Wil Bloomington,--Central Illinois farm- Prs are opposed to the Idea of placing conscientious objectors" from the military camps upon the farms until j .v the end of the war. J. W. KIrkton of ' fJridley, president of the Livingston t fonnty Soil and Crop association, also president of the Illinois Agricultural s* Association, is strong and positive In t liis protest, and believes that he rep* ; fesents the views of all of the agrlcul- I*' « furlsts of this section of the state. He ^st*i|nalntalns that "conslcentious object- Xn . ors" would be a disgrace to the loyal /v ft; fanners and that the latter should re- [ r'. fuse to accept them. ' Springfield.--Shortage of farm la- :7Vl'or has led to organized action on the ^ |>art of Sangamon county farmers In \*n effort to convince the draft boards f v that farm work is absolutely neces- , *ary for the conduct of the war. Farm • ^•".y-'itobor has been drafted without res- vw- ? ^rvation, with the exception of a short ^ period during the summer, and the re- Is the farmers are much delayed. -.tJommlttees have been selected, three 'ifor each township, with a director of Sangamon county farm bureau as v irhalrman, forming the committee to i|K>ek deferred classification for farm fighting the Spanisdl Influenza is the: fcfeief worry of city, state and govern­ ment officials who have joined in the battle with the epidemics ports from the North shore district were somewhat better, but the need of nurses and physicians offsets any headway the health authorities make. The smaller communities in this dis­ trict are suffering most from lack of medical aid and to meet the situations the United States public service has issued an appeal to physicians for theie cooperation. Dr. J. O. Cobb, local representative of the federal health service, offers qualified doctors $200 a month with $4 a day expenses and requests thjt all physicians desiring to Join his forces aommunlcate with him. Reports from Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, head of the state health serv­ ice, declared that 800 communities out of 850 were afflicted. He is receiving hourly requests for aid and is filling them as fast as his facilities permit. The central division of the Red Cross Is supplying nurses as rapidly as they are secured and In addition Is distrib­ uting equipment for emergency hos» pitals. Conditions In Chicago con­ tinue at a Standstills but are sufficient* ly alarming to be called serious. In Zlon City the disease broke ont viru­ lently, and a special force .was sent there by the state ^department. At the Chicago State Hospital for the Insane at Dunning the disease Is epi­ demic, and 16 nurses resigned. Chicago. -- Rural express routes which will connect the farmer directly with the market, are to be developed as* a branch of a far-reaching motor transport system by the highway's transport committee of the state' coun­ cil of defense. Such routes will save tons of perishable foodstuffs In a sea­ son and will greatly reduce the price of fresh food to the townsman, ac­ cording to Herbert Hoover, fedejnl food administrator, who recommended them to the highways transport com­ mittee of the state council of national defense when It met In Washington. The Illinois committee has selected five men from different parts of the state to serve as chairmen for the five districts into which the state is di­ vided for motor transport purposes. These will complete the organization which will carry out the highways tiansport plan. Chicago,--In song, story and pa­ geantry the history (ft Illinois was re­ cently presented by the people of Illi­ nois to an audience of 5,000 Chicago- ans, to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the entrance of the state into the Union and to rededicate it to the task of upholding the ideals ol' America. From the beginning of the pageant when Princess Wynemah, n real Cherokee Indian maid, led her squaw's in a wild dance with the men of the tribe who ,formerly made the piairies of Illinois their happy hunt­ ing grounds, to the final stunning tab­ leaux depicting "Today," -with symbol­ ical figures of Valor, Patriotism, Loy­ alty, Heroism, Sacrifice and Achieve­ ment, th% audience applauded vigor­ ously. Urbana.--Every student-soldier en­ rolled In the student army training corps at the University of Illinois, will have as fa part of his training a study of the issues of the great war and tho war aims of the United States, so that when he is called into the service he will have a thorough understanding of the principles for which he Is fight* ing. This will be accomplished by in­ cluding in the curriculum «of the stu­ dent army training corps what is known as the war Issues course, a course which Is required by the wai department. Springfield.--"Of all the things I could say to organized labor In gener­ al, nothing I could say Is of more Im­ portance at this time than to urge you to greater efforts toward winning the war. Final victory depends abso­ lutely on labor. Help to win it by helping to produce more." This Is the appeal of Frank Hayes of Indiana, In­ ternational president of the United Mine Workers of America, to miners of .Illinois. He declares the time t# lick the kaiser Is now. A single halt In production may prove disastrous, he says. Chicago.--Records of the state coun­ cil of defense commercial economy ad­ ministration show that Illinois mer­ chants are pledging themselves by thousands to observe all requests for the conservation of man power. Among these requests are the one-de- livery-a-day system, elimination of special deliveries and the refusal to permit the return of goods kept long­ er than three days by the purchaser. Sprmgneia.--interest on state pub­ lic moneys during the last 21 months has doubled. State Treasurer Len Small, In turning over the Interest for the fiscal year Just ended to the state treasury, gave $806,424.33. This amount, he declares, is twice as much as it ever was before. »Assumption. -- The/ fourth home-coming, horse and cow show re­ cently held here was one of the best events of the kind ever held in the city. The poultry and hog depart­ ments were better this year than usu­ al. and in all the lines better and finer displays were made. Chicago.--Fort Sheridan Is being converted Into a big hospital for the care of wounded from the French front and for men stricKen while in service at home. An announcement to that effect was made by the war de­ partment, according to a dispatch from Washington. Fort Sheridan, which for many years has.been one of the most important of army posts, will be­ come a base hospital of some 4,000 beds. The estimated cost of trans­ forming the post into a hospital Is $3,- 423,000. When completed this will be one of the largest hospitals In the country. *' Springfield.--All naturalised Ger­ mans, male Mid female, fourteen years old or older, who enter any of the restricted federal zones around all factories and shops where munitions of war or any parts thereof are manu­ factured, must obtain special permits from federal authorities, according ia word received here from Washington; The fact that these Germans have ro­ istered under the German alien-enemy regulations does not excuse them from fhls obligation, it states. All suph un­ naturalized Germans who fail to ob­ tain these special permits are subject ; : *• *rrpg% and internment. transport Hr Crash; 100 Bodies Washed Up on Scotch t Coasti v ̂ *&Sdr\si;, K ' . *» COLLISION DIKING A STORK Thousand-Toil British Shlp- Otranto, Carrying American Troops* Sunk in Crash Between Irish and Scottish Coasts. London, Oct 14.--Upward of 400 American troops and members of the crew qre missing after a collision be­ tween the 12,000-ton British steamer Otranto and another British vesse} off Islay island. More than 1,000 were aboard the Otranto, including 700 American sol­ diers and a crew of nearly 300, Islay is one of the Islands of the inner Hebrides off the southwest coast of Scotland near North channel, which separates Scotland and Ireland. A hundred bodies have already been washed ashore. The Otranto collided in a stormy sea with the steamship Kashmir. The col­ lision was due to a failure of the Qtranto's steering gear, It is reported. As the Otranto was being driven tfr ward the rocky coast of the Island Brit­ ish destroyers hastened to the rescue and did heroic work. Most of the soldiers Jumped over­ board. The first destroyer picked up all she could possibly hold, being com­ pelled to steam away when overloaded. This destroyer raced to shore with be­ tween 300 and 850 survivors. Twesty soldiers that had jumped overboard were seen to be hur'ed by the sea against the Island's rocks. They were later rescued while cling­ ing to wreckage and were taken to Belfast. The Otranto was hurled against the reefs before it was possible for the de­ stroyer which arrived first on the seen? to give further aid. The Otranto was a, vessel of 12,124 gross tons, built in 1909 and owned by the Oriental Steamship Navigation company. She hailed from Belfast. The Kashmir Is a vessel of 8,841 tons, built in 1915 and owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steamship & Navigation, company. She hailed from Greenock. 1, Newspaper Union YANK PRISONERS GET GIFTS Christmas Packages for American Sol­ diers in German Prison Camps Go Free. Washington, Oct. , 11,7-Clirlstnias packages for American soldiers in German and Austrian prison camps must be received by the American Red Cross before October 15. Only one package will be sent to each prisoner and preference will be given to the package prepared- by the prisoner's family. Each package .must not weigh more than 11 pounds and should bear the soldier's name, regiment, the name of the prison camp and the prov­ ince in Germany or Austria In which the camp is situated. Packages are to be addressed to Warehouse, Atlantic Division, American Red Cross, 20 East Fifteenth street, New York city. The •name and address of the sender and the words "Christmas package for American prisoner of war," should ap- pear on the package, which will be fofr warded free of charge. U. s. FACTORIES MAKE Q000 Build 3,000,000 Aerial BomlM in Flvs Months. Washington, Oct. 12.--Quantity pro­ duction five months after the first de­ liveries were made was the achieve­ ment of American manufacturers of aerial projectiles. Official announce­ ment to this effect was made in con­ nection with an exhibition of aerial bombs and torpedoes at the Aberdeen (Md.) proving ground. First deliveries of the "demolition" and "fragmentation" ^bombs, the two types adopted for use by General Pershing's air service In operations against the German lines and towns, were made in April. Since then more than 3.000.000 of the projectiles have been turned over to the government#; almost a sufficient number in the opin­ ion of ordnance experts to meet the demands of any aviation program In contemplation. rH?" portrait ot capt. H. W. Skin­ ner, which is one of the best he has ever had taken, has just been received from the other side. Captain Skinner, who is divisional commander of the Liverpool district of the American Red Cross, is doing some wonderful work, not alone for his country but for all humanity as well. TAX ON SPIRITS CUT 8ENATORS HOPE LOWER RATE WILL ADD TO REVENUE. L«vy Fixed at $6.40 a Gallon-- Rates on Beer and Wine Stand. Woman Defies Austrian* Paris, Oct. 12.--Accused of being Serbian spies, a mother and son In a southern Slav district of Austria-Hun­ gary were condemned to death. The mother was to see her son hanged be­ fore she was executed. Turning to the judge when sentenced, she declared: WI am Serbian, therefore I am guJUjp*" Dewey's Widow Buys Bonds." Washington, Oct. 15.--By wlrefesS Secretary Daniels flashed to all the navy the stirring message that Mrs. George Dewey had purchased seven $1,000 fourth Liberty loan bonds In the name of the navy. & Influenza Mask for Barber. New York, Oct. 15.--The City health board distributed gauze masks to barbers, which must be wrtrn for the duration of the influenza epi­ demic, while cutting hair and shav­ ing. Capture 105,000 in Week. Paris, Oct. 14.--During the week the wllles have captured than 105,000 prisoners, It was mated. Their total captures July 18 now amount to more 500,000. more estl- slnca thau ' Washington, Oct. 10.--Resuming re­ vision of the war revenue bill the sen­ ate finance committee considered the beverage sections and reduced the tax of $8 a gallon on distilled spirits used for beverage purposes as provided In the house bill to $6.40 a gallon. The doubled rates on beer and wine were approved. The present rate on spirits for bev­ erage purposes Is $3.20 a gallon, which the committee established as the rate for distilled spirits used for nonbev- erage purposes, such as manufacture of perfumes and medclnes, instead of the $4.40 tax proposed by the house on that class. Reduction of the beverage rate from $8 to $0.30 per gallon on distilled spir­ its, It was stated, is expected to stimu­ late both consumption and withdrawal from bonded warehouses, and thereby Increase the $795,000,000 which the house proposed to raise from this source. The probable effect of the pending notional prohibition legislation was considered. Chairman Simmons said, In revising the Intoxicating beverage rates. Whether national prohibitum becomes effective July 1, It was be­ lieved by the committee that the lower rate on distilled beverages would In­ crease federal revenues. The pipe line rate was Increased. It was explained, because recent freight rate Increases have not reached the private pipe line operators and the higher tax is designed to equalise the oil transportation situation. Insurance tax features were passed over temporarily. YANKEE PLANES STOP HUNS Allied Armada of 450 Repulss Attack in Greatest Air Battle Of History. London. Oct. 15.--Agency-dispatches tell the story of how an enemy coun­ ter-attack was wiped out by "an American-allies airplane Armada, as one paper describes it. One account places the number of machines at 450, calling it the greatest air attack In his­ tory. American guns on the ground were credited with shooting down 82 enemy planes. Fires suggest a further enemy re­ treat before Pershing's army. The Paris Matin says scattered units of Von Bohn's army are aban­ doning their arms as the Bulgarians recently did. INJURED IN U-BOAT ATTACK Capt. H. R. Cone, In Charge of M«v*l Airship Service, Waa Ml pedoed 8hip. Dublin, Oct. 14.--Capt. H.11* in charge of the American naval air­ ship service, was among the passen­ gers of the steamship Lelnster, which was sunk by a German submarine. Captain Cone Is suffering from ft !*&• ken leg. Cholera Sweeps Berlin. Basel, Switzerland, Oct 12.--Cholera 1& slowly spreading in Berlin, notwith­ standing the preventive measures taken, a Berlin dispatch states. Sev­ enteen cases were reported October 8, and 15 deaths occurred from the dis­ ease. Martial Law In Constantinopls. Paris, Oct. 15--A rumor was circu­ lated on the Paris bourse that Con­ stantinople had been declared un­ der martial law. Ottoman values Jumped three and four points. Turk­ ish securities were in great demand. page Home Crltlcajly III. New York, Oct. 15--Walter Hlnes Page, retiring American ambassador to Great Britain, arrived here from England critically ill. He Is suffer- Ing from heart disease. He whs brought ashore on a stretcher. 136 Harvard Men Dead in War. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 14.--One hun­ dred and thirty-six Harvard men hava been killed In action in the war and 64200 of 37,000 living Harvard gradu­ ates are In the army or navy, accord­ ing to statistics made public. V" - 'A • '«* Hun Murders Swiss Officer. Geneva, Oct. 11.--A German airplane attacked a Swiss captive balloon, which took fire, according to newspa­ per-. Lieutenant Bulry, who was In the basket of the balloon, was biuraed de:iti> It Is said. » Belgians Ordered Back Home. London, Oct. 12. -- Belgian authori­ ties have delivered orders to Belgians resident in England, directing them to return to their native Ipnd, according to the Sheffield Daily Telegraph. •PARIS DEMANDS y Should Announce Csmi* tions of Suspension of Arms. COMMENTS ON GERMAN NOTE Sept* 6** In Reply to Wil**« Hope of Germans That It Will ResutTItt Cleavage Between Allies^ Parte, Oct. 14.--"Let them address themselves to Marshal Foch," Is the consensus of editorial expression in Paris newspapers over the reply of Germany to President Wilson's ques­ tions The reply is considered here to indi­ cate that Germany's diplomatic front Is as flexible as lier military front. Some, of the commentators find the reply so worded as to show the hope of the Germans that It will result In cltnvage between the allies. General La Ci4>lx in the Temps says; "Ger­ many's acceptance of President Wil­ son's conditions Is an avowul of de­ feat. Foch is the sole judge from the military point of view and will know how to exact the necessary guaran­ tees and what territorial occupations must be imposed." . Almost all the newspapers express similar views. In addition to recalling Bismarck's ruthless methods In-the 1871 armistice. It is pointed out that when the Ger­ mans in 1914 sought to secure France's neutrality Germany was not willing to accept France's word, but demand­ ed to be permitted to occupy Toul and Verdun as a guarantee. In Its earlier survey of the reply the Temps says: "The form: of the reply is submis­ sive. Germany admits our victory. Let ns rejoice. But the formation of the reply Is crafty. Germany attempts to dodge all the consequences of her defeat. Let i|s beware. In appear­ ance Germany accepts President Wil­ son's demands. In reality she Intro­ duces two restrictions' which annul ev­ erything. "She accepts President Wilson's points, but as bases, not as conditions. To accept conditions closes debate; to accept bases opens debate. "The pretense that the present Ger­ man government has been formed through agreement of a great majority of the relchstag," the article continues, "says nothing. The same thing was said after the formation of the Ilert- ling ministry. The Hohenzoilern re­ gime has only changed Its label." La Liberie say$: "Our military com­ mand alone is qualified to decide the measures to be imposed." "Germany has lost the war," says L'Homme Libre, Premier Clemenceau's news-pa per. "She has repfied and not replied. By the single solitary fact thrvt she desires to engage In confer­ ences over an armistice she proves that she Is In urgent need of a suspen­ sion of hostilities. She asks a cessa­ tion of hostilities as an admission tll&t die is through." YANK CAPTURES OWN FATHER Parent Was on Visit to Germany When War Broke Out and Was Forced Into Army. Paris, Oct 12.--American soldiers were rounding up a pocket of stray Germans when a big private from the middle West recognized one of their prisoners as his own father. The fa­ ther had been back In Germany on a visit when the war broke out and had been drafted. The father explained with frantic gestures to the son that he was fighting for the Hun against his will and they marched off arm In arm--the father to be delivered a pris­ oner behind the lines. \f SECRETARY BAKER IN U S. War Department Head and Aids . Reach an Atlantic Port--Qergas in France. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 15.--Secre­ tary of War Baker, John D. Ryan, di­ rector of aircraft production, and Brig­ adier General Hines, chief of embark­ ation, arrived here, after a tour of the American front In France. The party left immediately for Washington. It was stated Surgeon General Gorgas, one of the* party accompanying Sec­ retary Baker abroad, had remained in France. Hint That Kaiser Is Out. London, Oct. 15.--The words "the German government" appear seven times In the text of the German note. It is noted there that usually the form used was "the Imperial German gov­ ernment" and It Is asked: What does the elision of the word •imperial" sig- . - Civil Power Rules Hunf, Lonrfon, Oct. 15.--German military power has already been placed under civil control In a complete and perma­ nent fashion as far as politics Is con­ cerned, according to an Interview with Mathlas Erzberger, the centrist leader. Tuberculosis Unit in Rom*. Rome, Oct. 15.--The American Red Cross- tuberculosis unit for Italy ar­ rived here In charge of Dr. William C. White of Pittsburgh, head of the tuberculosis bureau of the Red Cross. The unit includes doctors an$ nurses. Noted Educator Is Dead* Emporia, Kan.. Oct. 12.--Lyman Beecher Kellogg, father of Vernon L. Kellogg, member of the United States food commission and the first presi­ dent of the Kansas State Normal school, died at his home here. Schools and Churches Closed. Tucson. Ariz., Oct. 12.--Following the discovery of twenty-seven cases of Spanish influenza here Acting Mayor Kernard issued a proclamation closing all schools, churches and other public laces until further uotlce. •*r. - General Manoury, in an address to a delegation of French and American officers who presented to him a me­ dallion of himself In recognition of his great victory on the Ourcq, said: "The American army in taking Montfaucon has accomplished one of the most ad­ mirable exploits of the war." HUNS SINK 3 BOATS TWO AMERICAN AND ONE JAPAN­ ESE TORPEDOED. Total Loss of Life Is Estimated at About 900--Some Amlricana Ars Lest. London, Oct. 12.--The Dublln tnall boat Lelnster has been torpedoed, ac­ cording to the Exchange . Telegraph company. It Is believed that about 400 persons perished. An Atlantic Port, Oct 12.--The Amerlcnn steamship Ticonderoga, an overseas service cargo carrier of 5,130 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk on its way to France, probably with a heavy loss of life. Twenty survivors of the ship, wounded or suffering from exposure, were brought here by a British vessel. The remainder of those aboard the Ticonderoga, said to number about 250, were reported to havje perished. It was said that the ship's boats were shelled by the submarine, accounting for the wounded among the survivors. Seventeen of the suvivore were American soldiers, being part of a de­ tachment detailed to / are for horses which the ship was transporting. Exactly when and where the Ticon­ deroga was torpedoed could not be ascertained on account of censorship restrictions^ New York, Oct 12.--The American steamship Deepwater, 8,500 tons gross leglster, has been sunk, presumably by an enemy submarine, according to In­ formation received In shipping circles here. A British Port, Oct 12.--The Jap­ anese steamship Hlrano Maru of 7,935 tons gross has been torpedoed and sunk. It Is feared that 291 of the 820 aboard were lost. Among the victims were two nurses, three Japanese wom­ en and sevetf" children. ' HUN TROOPS TO QUIT POLAND Prince Max Reassures ths Polish fts- gsncy Council. Amsterdam, Oct. 12.--Prince Maxi­ milian, the German Imperial chancel­ lor, has telegraphed to the Polish re­ gency council, now meeting at War­ saw, assuranogs that he "is firmly re­ solved to shape the relations between the German empire and the newly arisen kingdom of Poland in a spirit ofx justice and understanding of the vital interests of both sides." "I will exert myself," he contlnuea, "for the speediest removal of the bur­ dens of occupation that still exist and will give orders tor the realization- or this without delay." BANK ROBBERS SLAY CITIZEN Bandita Take $5,000 and Fight Off Turtle Lake (Wis.) Residents in Pistol Battle. Turtle Lake, Wis., Oct. 12.--One citi­ zen was killed and $5,000 in currency was obtained by four bandits Who blew the safe in the bank here and es­ caped after a pistol battle with a dozen residents. Parsons Fells Eighth Plane* With the French Armies, Oct If.-- Edwin Parsons of Springfield, Mass., flying at the front with a French squadron of aviators, has brought down his eighth German machine, says a dispatch. Italians Take El Bassan. Rome. Oet. 12.--Italian troops push­ ing northward In Albania entered the city of EI Bassan Monday afternoon, crushing stubborn Austro-Hungarian resistance, the Italian war office an­ nounced. Postmen Deliver Messages. Wa^hln&ton, Oct. 14.--Postmen with­ in a few days will begin delivering tel­ egraph messages classed as "night let­ ters." Delivery of telegrams other than night letters by telegraph mes­ sengers will coutlnue for the present Yanks Cause of Fuel Shortage. London. Oct. 14.-^-Demands of allle% In particular the American army in France, are held responsible for Brit­ ain's coal shortage. American solders want more warmth than the British, being accustomed to heated rooms. ' - •,$ _ i. ^ ' Helpless as a Beat Like an Old Mm md Suffered Terribly-Qwddy Cured by Doaa's. JTno. Bleumke, Jr„ 25553 Courtlaai' St, Chicago, IlL, says: "I wa* R down with my back suffering from lumbago. I walked like an old all bent over. My back pained terribly and when I moved my arms my back hurt I finally bad to go to bed and Just felt sick all over and was helpless as a baby. My kidneys act­ ed too frequently, the secretions were scanty and highly colored. I had terrible pains In the back of my head and I felt drowsy all the time. I finally used Doan's Kidney Pills and soon felt one hundred per cent better. When I finished the one box I was entirely cured. The pains left my back and head and my kidneys acted normally. 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