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SIXTY-FIFTH YE All. NO. 102.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1916 TWELVE PAGES.

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TWENTY-FOUR

ARE DROWNED

IN SEA LOSSES

British Arethusa Is Wrecked j

After Striking Mine

Near England.

SUB SINKS FRENCH SHIP

Goes Down Off Syrian Coast

Find One of the Crew

Alive ; Fourteen Dead.

London, Feb. 14 (4:10 p. m.) Ten

men lost their lives today when the

British cruiser Arethusa struck a

mine off the east coast of England,

according to a statement Issued by j

the British official press bureau. It Is

feared, the statement adds, the vessel

will be a total wreck.

The Arethusa was a light cruiser,

displacing 3,600 tons. She was 410

feet long, 39 feet beam and had a mean

draft of 14 feet. The vessel was built

at Chatham in 1913-14. The cruiser

was armed with two 6-inch guns fore

and aft and six 4-inch guns on the

broadside. She was alBO equipped

with four 21-inch torpedo tubes.

Mas Fighter Young.

The Arethusa had not been 4S hours

out of the hands of her builders be

fore she took part in one of the most

important naval battles in the North

Sea since the war began, the engage

ment off Heligoland, Aug. 28, 1914.

In this battle three German cruisers,

the Mainz, the Koeln and the Ariadne

and two German torpedo boat destroy

ers were sunk. The Arethusa was

rather severely handled and after the

battle had to be taken in tow.

It was a torpedo from the Arethusa

which struck the battered German

cruiser Bluecher and sent her to the

bottom in the great North Sea battle

between British and German squad

rons on Jan. 24, 1915.

Confirm Rumor.

Paris, Feb. 14 (2:01 p. m.) Reports

of the loss of the French cruiser Ad

miral Chanter, which was reported to

have been sunk by a submarine which

was patrolling the Syrian coast, were

confirmed today.

According to information received

at the French ministry of marine, a

raft bearing one live sailor and the ;

bodies of 14 of his comrades has been i

picked up off the coast of Syria.

The rescued man said the Admiral

Charner was sunk on the morning of

Feb. 8. He declared there was no

time to use the life boats.

An official statement given out by

the French ministry of marine yester

day said that no news had been receiv

ed from the cruiser Admiral Charner

since Feb. 8, when, according to a

German telegram a submarine had

unk "a French warship."

Son of Marquis of Bath Killed.

London, Feb. 14. The Marquis of

Bath today received an undetailed re

port that his eldest son, John Alex

ander, viscount of Weymouth, had been

killed in action.

Meyer Case to Go to Jury.

'.Wlnterset, Iowa, Feb. 14. Counsel

in the case of Mrs. Ida Meyer, aged

charged with complicity in the

murder of her daughter-in-law, today

presented their arguments and the

case is expected to go to the Jury late

today or tomorrow.

Austro Note

of Warning

is Received

Washington, Feb. 14. Austria's

formal modification of her Intention

to sink without warning, armed mer

chant ships after March 1. was re

ceived today by the state department.

It is substantially the same as that

received from Germany.

Secretary Lansing said no decision

W been reached on the attitude of

the United States. He had read the

German memorandum carefully, he

'aid, and found it agreed with the

Published description contained in re

tent news dispatches from Berlin.

From high official quarters today

ffie the intimation that the memo

randum received from the German

ad Austrian governments are con

Mered In themselves a sufficient

Wning to Americans to refrain from

agaging passage on merchant ships

ol the class of vessels after March. 1.

COOK OF POISON

SOUP NEARLY IN

TOILS OF POLICE

Chicago, Feb. 14. First Deputy

Superintendent of Police Herman

Schuettler said today that he expected

the arrest within a short time of Jean

Crones, assistant chef at the Univer

sity club, who is suspected of poison

ing the soup served at a dinner given

on Thursday night to Archbishop Mun

deleln. Schuettler and 100 mounted officers,

detectives and uniformed policemen

were at a reception given last night to

the archbishop at the Auditorium

theatre.

Some of the detectives guarded the

entrance and watched for notorious

radicals whose faces are known to the , of Lake county t0 release William H.

officers. Others were scattered about .

,, , , Orpet, the Lniversity of Wisconsin

among the audience and several were ,

near the prelate at all times. Junior held at Waukegan on a charge

John Allegrini and Pasquale Ligno, of murder. Frank Lambert, father of

friends of Crones, are still held by the j the girl, assented to the pleas of his

police. Examination of the corres- j wife. The Lamberts told the'state's at

pondence and Bearch of the quarters of torney they had doubt of the guilt of

the two men, the police said today, had : young Orpet.

developed nothing that showed they i State's Attorney Dady was willing

had anything to do with the poisoning,

Empty poison bottles and wrappers

found in the kitchen of the University .

club, and the poison shown by anal- j

ysis of the soup served at the banquet, I

indicate that the alleged poisoner !

made scientific calculations, accord-1

ing to the authorities, to murder every , has been traced from its inception to

guest at the banquet to Archbishop i the time of the tragedy. The missives

Mundelein. The club officials said show, the officers say, that alarm was

Crones had understood covers were to ' felt about the girl's condition as early

be laid for 200 guests, but invitations j as last September, but the crisis pass

were issued for 100 more guests. Two ed and their fears were allayed until

hundred and ninety-six in all were j recently.

Dresent. That thinned the poison down i Word received from De Kalb, where

to 12-10 grains of the mineral used for i

each guest, or about three-fifths of the ,

minimum fatal dose. To this the offi

cers attribute the escape from ser

ious results of those taken ill at the

banquet.

Washington, Feb. 14. Investigation

of the plot to poison several hundred

guests at a dinner in Chicago in honor

of Archbishop Mundelein has shown

no ground for action by the federal

government, according to advices re

ceived today by the treasury depart

ment from Chicago. The department

was interested because of the discov

ery of explosives in the rooms of one

of the alleged plotters.

STREET CARS TO

CARRYNO BOOZE

Charlestown, W. Va., Feb. 14. Fred

erick O. Blue, commissioner of pro

hibition, prepared today to apply to

the Wayne county court for an in

junction to prevent the Kanawha Trac

tion and Electric company, operating

between Parkersburg and Marietta,

Ohio, from accepting passengers who

carried intoxicants labeled as person

al baggage. The order, if issued, also

will be applied to other trolley lines

entering the state. Similar injunctions

have been applied for the interstate

steam roads and In some instances are

now in fore.

S VfRYPOPUlflR YOUNG-LADY

Ask Release

of Lad Held

for Murder

Chicago, Feb. 14. Deadly poison,

Identical with that which Is be

lieved to have caused the death of

Marian Frances Lambert, was

found today in the basement of the

Lake Forest home of William H.

Orpet, the University student ac

cused of murdering the young

woman, his former sweetheart, ac

cording to State's Attorney Iady

of Wankegan.

Chicago, Feb. 14. The mother of

Marian Lambert, the Lake Forest high

school girl found dead in the woods

near the suburb last Thursday, has ap

pealed to State's Attorney Ralph Dady

to admit today that unless he can prove

that Orpet gave his former sweetheart

poison he cannot convict the student of

murder.

In 60 letter which passed between

the girl and Orpet 35 written by him

and 25 by her the romance of the two

Miss Celestla Youker, fiancee of Orpet,

is ill of heart trouble, was that the

young woman is somewhat better and

was Inquiring why she had not heard

from Orpet. Miss Youker, a teacher In

the Normal school at De Kalb, has not

been informed of the plight of the stu

dent The inquest on the body of Miss Lam

bert, It is expected, will be resumed

Wednesday.

Madison, Wis., Feb. 14. William Or

pet, the university student, held pend

ing Investigation of the murder Of Mar

ian Lambert at Lake Forest, 111.,

bought from a local pharmacy an ounce

of a drug for use by Miss Lambert, it

is alleged. It is said it was obtained

last August through William Zick, his

former roommate. Charles Hassinger,

an extra druggist clerk, admitted to a

detective that he had sold the drug to

Zick.

Last Tuesday, a few hours before

Orpet went to Lake Forest to meet the

girl, he purchased a bottle of medicine

from Hassinger, but the drug clerk de

nies he sold Orpet any poison at any

time.

WILSON ASKED TO BE

WOMEN'S VALENTINE

Washington, Feb. 14. President Wil

son and every member of congress re

ceived today a valentine from the Con

gressional Union for woman Buff rage.

The president's bore the sentence:

"Won't you be our valentine? We

will be your valentines," inscribed on a

i heart a foot high.

ENGLAND ISSOES

CALL TO SINGLE

RECRUITS LEFT

London, Feb. 14, (2 p. m.) An offi

cial proclamation calling up the re

maining single men under the Derby

plan and the military service act was

posted today.

The call to the colors will have the

effect of enrolling all single men of

military age who have not been ex

empted. Single men who did not attest under ;

the earl of Derby's plan are subject i

to compulsory military service, with '

certain classes of exemptions, under !

the terms of the act passed at the last

session of parliament, which went into

effect Feb. 10. A London dispatch of j

Saturday forecasting today's call, said

the unexpectedly speedy summons I

might be attributed to the many recent i

consultations between the minister of

munitions and the war office.

RESCUE PATIENTS

EN HOSPITAL BLAZE

Peoria, 111., Feb. t14. Fire originat

ing in the basement of the Proctor

hospital last night threatened for a

time to destroy the building.

One hundred patients were removed

to places of safety. No one was in

jured and the property damage is

small.

The fire spread rapidly and within

15 minutes after the first alarm smoke

was pouring from nearly every win

dow. A general alarm brought every

piece of fire fighting apparatus in the

city to the scene. The firemen battled

the flames for an hour.

Latest Bulletins

Springfield, III, Feb. IlSte-'

phen I). Canaday of Hillslwro,

111, president pro tempore of the

state senate, becomes governor

of Illinois at midnight, for by that

time Governor Dnnne will be out

of the state on his way to Buffalo,

'. T, where he delivers a speech

tomorrow night.

Cedar Rapids Iowa, Feb. 14.

While removing the cap from a

tank car Half filled with gasoline

John Janda today caused an ex

plosion by dropping the cap and

causing a spark. He was blown

40 feet into the air and was killed

by the fall,

Springfield, 11L, Feb, 11 The

second special session of the Illi

nois legislature was shoved into

history today when three members

of each house met at noon and

adjourned sine die after perform

ing a few formalities.

London, Feb. 14 (12:15 p. m.)

It is expected the next vote of

credit will he introduced soon af

ter parliament reassembles tomor

row. The statement is made un

officially that the vote villi be for

250,000,000, bringing np the to

tal of war credits to 1,912,000,-000.

WILSON LETS

HIS NAME BE

USED IN OHIO

President Gives His Formal

Consent to Be Made a

Candidate.

NOT OPEN TO CONTEST

Willing to Be Placed on the

Ticket for the Primary

but Not to Fight.

Washington, Feb. 14. President

Wilson today formally gave his con

sent that his name be used as a can

didate for renomination. In a letter to

the secretary of state of Ohio the pres

ident said he was unwilling to enter a

contest for the nomination, but was

ready to permit the use of his name in

the coming primary in order that the

democrats of Ohio might make known

their preference.

The president stated his position in

order to comply with the Ohio pri

mary law, which requires candidates

for delegates to the party conventions

to make known their first and second

choices before Feb. 25, and requires

that the candidates for delegates have

the consent of their choice to make

use of their names.

The president was formally notified

of the requirements of the law last

week.

Allows Use of Name,

President Wrilson wrote to Secre

tary of State Hildebrant of Ohio as

follows:

"While I am entirely unwilling to

enter into any contest for the prest

dential nomination of the democratic

party, I am willing to permit the use

of my name that the democrats of Ohio

may make known their preference in

regard to that nomination.

"In order, therefore, to satisfy the

technical requirements of the statutes

of the state of Ohio, I hereby consent

to the use of my name as a candidate

for the presidency by any candidate

who seeks to be elected a delegate to

the national democratic convention

which is to assemble in June next."

Choice Left to Toters.

This was the first time the president

has consented formally to have his

name used in connection with the

nomination. His name has been plac

ed on primary ballots in several

states, however, through the activities

of friends.

The president takes the position

that the voters will have to deter

mine whether he will make the race

for the presidency in 1916 as the dem

ocratic candidate. In a letter to A.

Mitchell Palmer, then a representa

tive from Pennsylvania, at his inaug

uration, Mr Wilson made it plain .he

would only be a candidate again if the

democratic voters desired it.

Advisers and friends of the presi

dent have taken it for granted for

months that he would be the nominee

of his party and have made their plana

accordingly.

FAMOUS MIDGET

DEAD IN EUROPE

New York, Feb. 14. Relatives of

ramnnri Newell. Jr.. a famous midget.

who was widely known in the circus

and theatrical worlds as "Major isew

ell, have received news of his death In

Liverpool last week. Newell was 24

inches in height and weighed 27

pounds when he married Minnie War

ren, another famous midget. At io ne

attained a height of four feet and, his

first wife having died, he married

airaln. this time a woman of ordinary

height. He leaves a widow and two!

children, the latter well known on the

English stage. Newell was 60 years

old.

THE WEATHER

II

Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for

Rock Island, Davenport, MoIIne

and Vicinity.

Generally fair tonight and Tuesday;

warmer tonight, with the lowest tem

perature about 15 to 20 degrees above

zero.

Temperature at 7 a. m., 4. Highest

yesterday, 20. Lowest last night, 2.

Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., 2 miles

per hour.

Precipitation, none.

Relative humidity at 7 p. m., 72; at

7 a. m., 86; at 1 p. m. today, 62.

Stage of water, 10.3; a fall of .5 in

last 48 hours.

J. AL SHERIER, Local Forecaster.

THE WAR

TODAY

Activity on the major war fronts

is confined mainly to northern

France, intensity of the fighting

being most pronounced in the Ar

tois district, where the Germans

claim to have made notable gains.

In the Balkans the entente forces

are reported extendlug their posi

tions around Salonikl, concentrat

ing troops as far as the Bulgarian

frontier. In Albania the situation

continues mixed. Bulgarian troops

are said to have advanced south as

far as Fieri, 16 miles from Avlona,

while an Austrian column recently

was reported at Tirana, abont 20

miles west of Durazzo.

The Italians have been In force

at Avlona and seem to have also a

considerable body of troops oppos

ing the Austrians in the Durazzo

sector.

Beports from Athens credit the

Turkish government with the in

tention strongly to reinforee its

armies in Mesopotamia, where the

British on the Tigris are straggling

to push their way to Kut-El-Amara

and the relief of their beleaguered

little army there. Turks in formid

able numbers, it is said, are being

sent to the Mesopotamia war the

atre, some from the Dardanelles

and some from Thrace.

Becent Tnrkish official accounts

have indicated no important change

in the situation near Eut, bnt the

last one contained a report that

"insurgents," probably irregular

Arabs, were active along the Brit

ish lines of communication.

AH single men of military age in

Great Britain who have not been

exempted under the military ser

vice act were called to the colors

by an official proclamation today.

It is unofficially stated that the

next British vote of credit, soon to

be introduced in parliament, will

be for 250,000,000, making the total

war credits $1,912,000,000.

The furious battle which has

been in progress for more than a

week on the western front con

tinues with varying results for

both the allies and the Germans.

Berlin claims taoGerman forces

In Champagne have captured a

front of 700 yards from the French

and the French admit that the

Germans have gained a footing in

some of their advanced trenches

near the Tali u re and Sonime road.

In a desperate attack yesterday in

the face of a hail of shells and bul

lets, the Germans entered one of

the French first line trenches

around Artois, but according to

Paris reports they were driven out

with considerable losses in dead

and wounded.

On the British end of the line

there have been heavy bombard

ments by both sides.

On the northern section of the

Bnsslan front heavy guns have

been in operation on both sides hut

changes in positions have been un

important. The Austrians have taken en

trenchments from the Italians in

the Isonzo region, while the Ital

ians artillery has been bombarding

Austrian positions, especially in

the Gorizia sector. Austrian sea

planes have dropped bombs on Ra

Tenna and several other towns in

northeast Italy, killing 15 per

sons and injuring a number.

On the Black Sea, Bussian tor

pedo boat destroyers have sunk

several Turkish sailing vessels.

The French cruiser Admiral

Charner, the French ministry fear,

has been sunk by a German sub

marine off the Syrian coast.

The German gunboat lledwig

on Wissman, has been sunk on

Lake Tanganyike, Africa, by the

Belgians.

Defeat of the British In a battle

near Borna on the Mesopotamian

front is announced by the Turkish

war office. It is said the British

were compelled to tlee, abandoning

their dead.

Milan, Italy's second largest

city, has been bombarded by aero

planes, six persons being killed, ac

cording to a London news agency

dispatch.

Aviator Breaks Becord for Altitude.

San Diego, Cal., Feb. 14. Official

announcement that Floyd Smith, civil

ian aviator, had broken the world's

hydroaeroplane record for pilot and

two passengers when he ascended

9,544 feet here Friday was made today

by Captain Arthur S. Cowan, chief of

the signal corps aviation school, Unit

ed States army, who represented the

Aero club of America at the flight.

DAY IN CONGRESS

J

SENATE.

. Discussion continued on defic

iency bill.

Military committee began exec

utive consideration of army reor

ganization plans.

HOFSE.

Bear Admiral Grant testified be

fore the natal affairs committee

that larger submarines were need

ed for the nary.

CONGRESS IS

BUSYONPLAN

FOR DEFENSE

Preparedness Measures Oc

cupying Time of Offi

cial Executives.

SHOWS COAST'S NEEDS

Present Protection Lacking

Larger Submersibles

Recommended, i

Washington, Feb. 14. National pre

paredness problems again today hold

the center of the stage in congression

al committee activity.

Having concluded its hearings on

military defense questions, Chairman

Chamberlain and his associates on the

senate military committee today be

gan framing a bill on the subject. They

were to incorporate in the measure a

plan of federalization of the national

guard to create a reserve defense

force. As their work progresses tb

senate committee proposes to confei

frequently with members of the house

military committee.

Chairman Hay and members of the

house committee resumed work today

of redrafting the house defense bill to

eliminate the continental army fea

ture and place in its stead the plan of

federalizing state troops. The house

naval committee today began an ex

haustive inquiry into submarine war

fare and the alleged shortcomings of

American submarines. Rear Admiral

Albert W. Grant, assigned by Secre

tary Daniels several months ago to

command the submarine flotilla of the

Atlantic fleet, was ready to take the

witness stand-and reveal the results of

his close study of the underwater

craft His examination was expected

to last well into the week.

Commander Yates Stirling who com

manded the fleet last year and who

made revelations concerning the inef

ficiency of the suDmersibles, is expect

ed to follow Admiral Grant.

At the present rate of progress

Chairman Padgett of the committee

does not believe that the naval appro

priation bill will be ready to place be

fore the house until the latter part of

May. The senate naval committee will

not consider the bill until the house

committee hearings are nearing an

end.

Coast Defense Poor.

Limited cruising radius, unsea

worthiness and other limitations of the

coast defense type of submarines made

it advisable hereafter to build only

submersibles of the 1,000 ton fleet sub

marine type of which three have been

authorized and none yet complete, said

Admiral Grant.

Admiral Grant said he had posi- '

tive knowledge that German boats

from U-39 to U-58 inclusive displaced

800 tons on the surface as against 450

tons for the K boats of the American

navy, the largest in the service. For

months the German boats, he said, had

operated out of Heligoland and around

Scotland at a distance of 1,300 miles

from their base. It took them nine days

days to make the round trip, he said,

and they remained on the operating

station 13 days unless driven to base

sooner through having used up the

torpedo supply. Three of these U

boats, he said, could keep the cycle

working so one was always on the op

erating station. To do the same things

he said, the United States would re

quire 22 class K boats because of their

10-day sea service limitation.

Admiral Grant thought it unwise to

construct any submarine of less than

20. knot speed and said this could not

be done on a small boat. He urged

that the minimum size of the future

boatsybe S00 tons surface displace

ment. "I consider 10 days to be the limit of

time men should stay at sea on a K

boat, our largest type, and that limit

must be reduced for smaller boats.

Ten days is the limit of time a K boat

can stay at sea and be at all effective.

"For months the big German subma

rines operated from- Heligoland as a

base, around the coast of Ireland, a

round trip of 2,700 miles.

"If we had no engine trouble and If

the K boats could make 12 knots an

hour, it would require 22 K boats to

do what three of the 800 ton German

U boats did for months. Three U boats

will cost $2,500,000 and 22 K boats

$10,000,000."

Captain McKeen, assistant for ma

terial in the operations division In tha

navy department, said that so far

American submarine experiments had

not produced satisfactory engines or

motive power for submerged running.

Recent experiment with the K boats,

he said, bad indicated that engine

trouble would soon be eliminated

largely "ut that the storage battery for

submerged operation remained the

great problem to be solved.