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VOL. 121. NO. 95.

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WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.—The Euro

pean war has increased the high cost

of navies, according to statistics

S made available today at the navy de

apartment. Increased cost of naval

construction alone, naval experts estl

f' mated, will cost the United States

about |20,340,000 next year if the na

tional defense building program of

'•^Secretary Daniels is approved.

Soaring prices of steel and wages,

•with new wrinkles in battleship

building, have boosted the price of

super dreadnaugh battle ships from

$15,000,000 to nearly $19,000,000 each.

Congress heretofore has figured on a

cost limit of about $lt,000,000. To

day Secretary Daniels figures the

maximum cost at $18,s00,000.

C! Although the value of torpedo

•tea boat destroyers for soout duty Is be

r*+ lieved by naval expert*' observation

of the war to be minimised, their cost

of building has risen over fifty per

cent. The last destroyers authorized

'by* congress were estimated to cost

$926,000. The navy believes they can

not be built for less than $1,360,000

next year.

Because of the failure -of the de

stroyers as scouts, navy officials inti

mated the program of building fifteen

i'new ones next year and forty-five

-within the five year building period,

may be reduced.

Submarines have also' gone up.

While the new big type Of sea-going

submarines have been built for

slightly over a million dollars, the flf*

-teen additional ones planned by Sec

retary Daniels are estimated to cost

$1,500.000.

Coast submarine construction Is

gjjalso more expensive, ^prices for

ifpthe sixteen Just contracted for, aver

imaged around $550,000 and less, while

the navy's estimates for future

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The European War has Increased the High Cost

I if Navies According to the Figur Made

Public by Secretary Daniels.

Plans for Larger Navy May be Curtailed on Ac

count of Increased Cost in Building the

•, Fleet Which is Needed.

con­

struction are fixed at $050,000, an In

crease of $100,000 each.

To build auxiliaries, such as

hospi-|

-.. ,tal, coaling and repair ships, will also

cost more. Secretary Daniels plana

-to reducc the lilgh cost of navy build

ing in extension ^government work

In navy yaTds, a new armor plate

Plant, projectile factory and enlarge

ment of the Philadelphia and possible

What the War Moves Mean

By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man

ager of the United Press.

[United Press Leased Wire Service]

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Great Brit

ain's offer of Cyprus to Greece in

exchange for Greek participation la

the war. Is probably not sufficient to

obtain King Constantino's consent to

throw his country Into the conflict. It

is, however, a move In the direction

of real temptation to the Greeks, be

cause It is the first proffer of pay

ment In advance that the allies have

made in the Balkans. If the principle

this established be continued. Greece

Wd Roumania eventually will receive

their full price of war.

Hitherto the bids of the allies for

Greek and Roumanian help have been

®o more than assurances that those

countries would be allowed to keep

*hat they had conquered. There

have been no payments down. The

risk has been all on the side of the

Balkan peoples themselves. This is

the basic reason why the allied diplo

mats have failed so dolefully at the

Balkan capltols. The Idea has been

unduly emphasized that the quadruple

entente roust inevitably win a com

plete victory and whatever Balkan

countries were In at the death, woald

be permitted to rettaln their own kill.

The offer of Cyprus to the Athenia

government, however, shows that the

®ld policy of deferring payment for

h«lp, Is being abandoned. In effect,

weat Britain now says to Greece that

ft SHIP

I a Pacific coast navy yard of sufficient

size to build battleships.

Telephone Experiment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—The navy

department last night attempted the

most Inspiring feat of telephony yet

undertaken. From the Arlington

wireless station, officials at the de

partment talked "at" Paris. They ex

pect to know before tonight whether

they succeeded in talking "with"

Paris. They expect a cablegram say

ing their remarks were received and

repeating them for verification.

The telephone messages, by prev

ious arrangements were directed to

the Eiffel tower wireless station,

where a wireless telephone receiver

had been Installed. No wireless

"phone sender" had been set there

however, and It wijl require.cable

confirmation* to prove """the attempt

was moeessful.

Merchant Marine.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Secretary

of the Navy Daniels today announced

that he relies upon passage by con

gress of the administration's ship pur

chase bill to furnish necessary auxil

iary ships for the navy. After dis

cussing his national defense program

with Secretary Of the Treasury Mc

Adoo sponsor of the ship purchase

bill. Daniels said he had not included

I any request for appropriations for

auxiliary ships.

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[By Carl W. Ackerman, United Press

Correspondent.]

BERLIN, 06t 21, (Via Amsterdam

and London.)—Within two months

Germany will "really" begin to fight

the British, high official of the kais

er's foreign office told me today.

It wat on the auccesa of the teutonic

Balkan campaign with the opening o*

a source of admittedly much needed

supplies that he was counting when

he spoke. "In five more weeks," he

said, "a way will be opened through

Serbia to Bulgaria and Turkey where

great quantities of food and raw ma

terials are stored. Within two months

we will have all the Canatonian cotton

and material required that we will not

need an American supply.

"When we have established com

munication with Bulgaria and Turkey,

war against England will really begin.

"We have enough of France and

Russia already to guarantee satisfac

tory peace term8 with these two.

"Our success In the Balkans will

mean the menacing of the British

empire. Once the way to Constantin

ople is open to us, we can strike at

Suez and Egypt."

Count Reventeiow has expressed in

editorials In the German press, views

similar to these which my Informant

expressed.

That the war's outcome practically

depends on the outcome of the Balkan

campaign is In short the concensus of

opinion In the best Informed circles.

Roumania and Greece, It is said,

as an open secret, are being closely

watched. Though officialdom are firm

ly convinced that both will remain

neutral. Sir Edward Carson's resig

nation'from the British cabinet and

the possibility of other ministerial

changes In London are also the sub

ject of much comment In Wilhelm

itraHOi where the political situation

la regarded as critical In the extreme

FOOD PRICES.

BERLIN, (via Amsterdam and Lon

don) Oct. 21.—Following. persistent

socialist representation's concerning:

the hardships resulting In certain

cases from restrictions of milk con

sumption, the Berlin authorities today

announced the issuance of milk cards

to nursing mothers who need an extra

supply.

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The navy hopes, said Daniels, that

congress will pass the ship bill to

provide a fleet ,of merchantmen to be

manned exclusively by Americans

which can be taken over by the navy

as auxiliaries for transport and ammu

nlton ships In fiase of war.

He declared the ships should be

built upon plans- drafted by the navy

and

would payfor themselves In mer

chant service Eventually.

New Defense Guns.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 21— Pacific

coast army forts will glisten with bit

guns according to plans In the na

tional defense program offlcialy an-

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the quadruple entente takes the risks

of the war and if the Greeks give

their help, they shall have a large pre

liminary reward, as well as further

payment if the war goes well.

The Greek answer probably will be

an acceptance of the basis fthe new

negotiations, even though the imme

diate offer be rejected as insufficient.

Unable to trade her armies In ex

change for Cyprus alone, the Greeks

might well agree to abandon their

neutrality If Cyprus were offered im

mediate possession of southern Al

bania. The Albanian offer wbuld

mean a sacrifice by Itly, who re

gards the ostenslblly Independent

principality as her own sphere of In

fluence. But, it must by now be ap

parent to the allies that their mili

tary position Is not such as to make

sacrificial payment for help unneces

sary.

Following the British precedent,

Russia may realize that Roumania,

too, must be paid In advance for her

assistance. If Petrograd comes to

this belated decision, it is possible

that before long the czar will offer

Bessarabia to the Roumanians. Let

that be done and Roumania scarcely

can resist the temptation to enter the

wax. With the new method of busi

ness diplomacy beginning to operate,

the Balkan situation therefore may

change oj*ce more and this time with

decisive effect.

The suggestion was also made to-

day that the fifty-five cent price fixed

1

by the authorities on butter may have

to be raised, though the hope was ex

pressed that in a few weeks the sup

ply will be Increased.

Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann-

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ITALY

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

I BERLIN, Oct. 21.—(Via Amsterdam

'and London.)—The Austro-ltatian bat

tle on the Isonzo front still raged to

iday, according to a Vienna report re

ceived here. Italian attacks at To|

mlno bridgehead, Monte-Sobatino and

Monte San Mlchele were said to have

been heavily repulsed, but In the

Judiciaria region It was admitted the

Austrian advanced detachment had

"retreated on their main positions."

["United Press Leased Wire Service.]

WASHINGTON, Oct, 21.—President

Wilson, naming Thursday, Nov. 25, as

the date, today issued the following

Thanksgiving proclamation:

"It has long been the honored

custom of our people to turn In

the fruitful autumn of the year in

praise and thanksgiving to Al

mighty God for his many blessings

and mercies to us as a nation.

The year that is now drawing to

a close since we last observed our

day of national thanksgiving, has

been, while a year of discipline

because of the mighty forces of

war and of changes which have

disturbed the world, also a year

of special blessing for ns.

"Another year of peace has

been vouchsafed UB another year

in which not only to take thought

of our duty to ourselves and to

mankind, but also to adjust our

selves to the many responsibili

ties, thrust upon us 'by a war

which has involved almost the

whole of Europe.

"We ha%e been able to assert

our rights and the rights of man

kind without breach of friend

ship with the great nations with

whom we have had to deal: and

while we have asserted rights, we

have 'been able to perform duties

"p*

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KEOKUK, IOWA THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1915

MEXICANS KILL MORE AMERICANS

10 IE MORE Bill

[Unlted Press Leased Wire Service.]

LON/' «f\ Oct. 21.—At least 400,000

British French troops will be

sent Balkans to help the Serb

ians ''W to Invade Turkey and Bul

garl was learned on reliable

auV• today.

decision was said to have beer

re 1, at the conference this week

jn French War Minister Miller

't nd the British cabinet's military

ilsslon.

addition to this, the hope was

expressed that the offer of Cyprus to

Greece for her help, backed by an

'allied ultimatum requiring an explicit

[statement of the Athens government's

attitude would win the Greeks to the

entente powers side, with about 400,

000 more men. That Roumania also

would join the allies was deemed an

Increasing possibility.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

VIENNA, (via Berlin, Amsterdam

and London) Oct. 21.—Quantities of

Japanese arms and ammunition have

been captured by the Austrlans from

the Russians In the course of fighting

on the Putllovka river, In the Galiclan

war zone, according to an official an

nouncement issued here today. The

capture, said the report, was incident

al to the destruction of a Russian

armored train.

Fighting in the Kolkl district, ad

ded the statement, continued through

out Wednesday without important

changes In the situation.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

LONDON, Oct. 21.—With publication

of the report by Brand Whitlock,

American minister to Belgium, of the

efforts he made to save Miss Edith

Cavell, the English nurse who was

shot at Brussels as a spy, full detail*

of the affair will be given to the

world, it was announced by the Lon

don newspapers today. The report

will appear In the English press Frl

day.

According to the Mail, It will

"strike a note of horror throughout

the world."

[United Press Leased Wire Service.!

LONDON, Oct. 21.—The Germans

have suffered a severe reverse and

tost several positions, 3,500 prisoners

and considerable equipment to the

Russians in the Baranovichi region,

midway between Vilna and Plnsk, ac

cording to a Petrograd dispatch this

afternoon.

Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

is Issued by President Wilson

and exercise .privileges of suc

cor and helpfulness which should

serve to demonstrate our desire

to make the offices of friendship

the means of truly disinterested

and unselfish service. Our abil

ity to serve all who could avail

themselves of our services In the

midst of crises has been in

creased, by a gracious Provi

dence, by more and more abund

ant crops our ample financial

resources have enabled us to

study the markets of the world

and facilitate necessary move

ments of commerce which the

war might have otherwise ren

dered impossible and our people

have come more and more to a

sober realization of the part they

have been called upon to play in

a time when all the world is shak

en by nnpara'.elled distresses and

disasters.

"The extraordinary circum

stances of such a time has done

much to quicken our national con

sciousness and deepen and con

firm our confidence in the prin

ciples of peace and freedom by

which we have always sought to

be guided. Out of darkness and

perplexity have come firmer

counsels of politics and clearer

perception of the essential war­

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[United Press Leased Wire Service]

PARI-S, Oct. 21.—Field Marshal Von

Maokensen's Austro-German steam

roller was still progressing today

through the Serbian valley of the Mo

rava toward Constantinople.

It was moving a little faster.

All along the Serbia northern fron

tier for fifty miles east and west of

Belgrade there was more or less fight

ing, but the main drive was by way

of the Morava valley. Von Macken

sen was reported to have been rein

forced several times. He was losing

heavl ly. So, however were the Ser

bians.

The Bulgarians were across the

Serbian frontier at a number of points

Their main object seemed to be to

cut the railway from 8alonika. The

biggest fight for the line's possession,

was aouth of Uskub. Opposing the

Bulgars, besides the 8erbs, was an

unknown, but probably not very large

number of French and British troops.

Salonika dispatches said the Bui

gars In this region, though still on the

offensive, had as yet been repulsed

as often as they attacked.

Whether the Bulgarians did not take

VranJa at all or took It and were dis

lodged later, as was conflictlngly re

ported, the town was In the Serb's

hands at the latest accounts. North

of Vranla, however, the Bulgars held

the railroad to Nish.

In the Serbian extreme northeast,

an Austrian and a Bulgarian force

were still struggling through the diffi

cult mountain country toward a junc

tion. Though reinforcements were on

the v/ay, the allies were not yet in

sufficient strength at Salonika to help

the Serbians effectively.

A response was anxiously awaited

here to the allies' offer of the island

of Cyprus to the Greeks if they would

join the entente powers.

There was also much hopeful curi

osity concerning the purpose of the

Roumanian representatives who reach

ed Odessa Wednesday on their way

to Paris. Optimists believed the mis

sion wis bringing an offer to join the

all lea," probably on certain conditions.

On their eastern front, latest dis

patches said the Germans had gained

a little ground against the Russians,

south of Riga, but the czar's forces

continued to have the better of the

fighting with the Austrlans, at the

southern extremity of the line.

BULGARIAN PROGRESS.

BERLIN, (via London) Oct. 21.—

The Bulgarians today reached the

Zajecar-Knjazevac highway, it was of

ficially announced.

The highway referred to connect

ing the Serbian towns of Zajecar and

Knjazevac extends north and south

along the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier,

from which It is from two to three

or about twelve miles distant at vari

ous points. If the Bulgarian line ex

tends along its entire length, they

have crossed the frontier at this

place along a twenty-five or thirty

mile front.

BULGARIAN SUCCESS.

PARIS, Oct. 21.—Bulgarians today

occupied Radujevatz, Serbia. The In

habitants are seeking refuge In Rou

man la.

Radujevtaz Is In northeastern Sen

bla, on the Danube, at a point near

the Serbo-Bulgarian-Roumanian fron

tier. The capture indicates the pro

gress of the Bulgar move toward a

Junction with the Teutonic forces In

northern Serbia.

fare of the nation. We have pros

pered while other peoples were

at

war,

Citg.

but our prosperity has

been vouchsafed us, we believe,

only that we might the better

perform the functions which war

rendered it impossible for them

to perform.

"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow

Wilson, president of the United

States of America, do hereby

designate Thursday, the twenty

fifth of November, next, as a day

of thanksgiving and prayer and

invite the people throughout the

land to cease from their wonted

occupations and in their several

homes and places of worship, ren

der thanks to Almighty God.

"In witnees whereof, I have

hereunto set my hand and caused

the seal of the United States to be

fixed.

"Done at the city of Washing

ton, this 20tli day of October In

the year of our Lord, One Thous

and Nine Hundred and Fifteen,

and of the independence of the

United States of America, the

one hundred and fortieth.

"WOODROW WILSON*.

"By the President.

"ROBERT LANSING,

"Secretary of State."

Vn "pvTi" irrr

Other men indicted here last June

were:

Knox Booth, of Nashville, Tenn.,

former superintendent of Tennessee

revenue division. At liberty on $25.

000 bond.

James F. Surber, of Atlanta, Ga„

former superintendent of the Georgia

revenue division. At liberty on $25,000

bond.

Thomas C. McCoy, of Asheville, N.

C., former revenue agent. Success­

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Casper, the Distiller, Sentenced to Nine Years in

Federal Prison and Fined $33,000 After

Pleading Guilty to the Charge.

OTHERS ARE SENTENCED AND FINED

End to One of the Greatest and Boldest Violations

of Law, Which Netted the Conspirators

Millions of Dollars.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

FORT SMITH, Arlc., Oct. 21—Fed

eral Judge Youmans today sentenced

the men who pleaded guilty yesterday

in the "moonshine conspiracy" cases.

John L. Casper. Kansas City, distiller,

received nine years and threo days

in Leavenworth federal prison, and

$33,000 fine.

J. Henry Brown, of Harrison, Ark.,

former government gauger, got two

years in Leavenworth and $1,000 fino.

Charles Brewbaker and George

Ilartman, of Kansas City, and S. L.

Williams, of Wlnston^Salem, N. C..

former revenue agent, got one year

and one day In Leavenworth and $1,

000 fine each. John Coffey, of Ft.

Smith, and John Farradee of Kansas

'City, got alx months In the local

federal jail and a fine of |1,000.

'This is the first disposition by. the

government of cases of illegal manu

facture and sale of whiskey which

have ramifications throughout the

land, extending over a period of sev

eral years. The defendants in this

particular case were specifically charg

ed with operating a distillery in Fort

Smith and shipping the product to

Casper's Kansas City plant, Instead of

a government warehouse. There, the

whiskey is said to have been labelled

'with cancelled revenue stamps and

.sold at retail. The total loss to the

government in revenue in all the cases

brought to light last year is Bald to

:be nearly $20,000,000.

fully fought extradition.

N. C. Spalding, of Aurora, Mo. Form

er government gauger.

J. ,W. Grider, of Sonora, Ark. Form

er gauger.

Fred Bowles, of Fort Smith. H|jj

\VilI Smith, of Fort Smith.

•I. B. Thomas, Fort Smith.

James K. Smith, of Atlanta. Ga,

Leo F. Brock, of Los Angeles, Calif.,

formerly of Salisbury, N. C. Recent

ly adjudged Insane in Los Angeles.

Moses B. Brock, of Salisbury, N. C.

Fighting extradition.

Gtiy Hartman. of KansaB City, Casp

er's partner. Forfeited $20,000 bohd

by disappearing. Believed to be in

Mexico or Cuba.

G. C. Brewbaker, of Kansas City,

supposed owner of one moonshine dls

tillery C. M. Hawkins, of Marion, N.

C. Edward P. Jarrett Ernest Sum

ner and Henry Cummins never have

been arrested.

The case against Bowles was nolle

prossed yesterday. Booth, who 1b al

leged to have confessed shortly after

he surrendered in Montgomery, Ala.,

that he accepted thousands of dollars

tin bribes from moonshiners, will be

'tried in January as will the other de

jfendants whose cases have not yet

I bfeen disposed of.

Casper was given a total of fifty

three years and five days, but his

'sentence was reduced to nine year*

and three days by permitting some of

the terms to run concurrently.

"I doubt if ever in the history of the

country there lias been a more bold,

open and defiant violation of the law

than the one in which you were en

gaged," said Judge Youmans In senf

-encing Casper.

"It has taken more money and men

to bring this case to justice than itt

I has to protect the Texas frontier.

Nothing can be said in mitigation for

you, and I'll pronounce sentence with

'out multiplying words."

The War in Mexico

Latest Developments Among Our Revolution

ary Neighbors of the South.

["United Press Leased Wire Service.]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Although

the Carranza government Is the rec

ognized, legal defacto government in

Mexico, the country will not have a

"president" for a year, according to

information here today. Carranza

does not expect to assume the presi

dential title.

Mexico will remain presldentless,

with Carranza continuing as its chief

executive, merely In order tovbe quali

fied as a candidate for the presidency

when general elections are called.

Mexican delegates here declared

that If Carranza should assume the

title of "provisional president," he

would disqualify himself to run in

elections for the presidency. By re

maining chief executive, or first chief,

he will still be eligible as a candidate.

All reports today pointed to the

near extinction of the Villa move

ment. Villa's junta here will go out

of business Saturday when Enrique

Llorente his chief agent will close

the junta and move permanently to

New York. Llorente. Generals Felipe

Angeles. Chao. Raoul. Madero and

other Villlsta leaders In this country

do not plan to return to Mexico,

feel­|Grande,short

ing Carranza will not extend them im

munity. Neither will they return to

Villa's ranks to continue the revolu

tion.

State department dispatches report

dlsbandment of large numbers of

Villa's forces. His ammunition sup

plies are said to be at low ehb. Rag

ged. straggling remnants of his once

powerful army are said to be seeking

refuge in the Sonora mountains. Villa

himself is expected ultimately to seek

refuge In the United States.

Another Bandit Raid.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. *1.—

Less than twenty-four hours after

Vestuano Carranza was formally rec

ognized as chief executive of Mexico,

more than 100 of his countrymen,

many attired in Carranzista uniforms,

killed threo American soldiers and

wounded six.

Mexicans attacked the town of OJo

de Agua. sixty miles north of here

early today, killing three United

States soldiers and wounding six, ac

cording to telephone reports.

The dead are:

SEROWANT SHAFFER, troop G,

Third cavalry.

PRIVATES M'CONNELL AND

JOYCE of Company D, signal corps.

The wounded Include: Sergeant

Smith and Corporal Cansler of Com

pany D, signal corps, and Troopers

Kubler, Htjhner. Bohr and Langiand

of troop CI. Third cavalry.

Reinforcements were rushed to the

town and the bandits fled. Border

I patrols are loinng the search for them.

I The attack occurred at OJo De Agua,

seven miles south of Mission, and

ionly a distance from the Rio

about 2:00 o'clock this mora

ling.

The Mexicans had completely su

'rounded the village when the attack.~.

began. The official report to offlcera

at Fort Brown says the attacking par

I ty was well organized and answered:

to bugle calls. The American out

posts discovered the movements of th

Mexicans and gave the alarm. The

recognized Mexican call "charge" wai.

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