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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
F.; FORT SMITH, Ark, Oct. 21.-Fed-
eral Judge Youmans today sentenced
the men who pleaded guilty yesterday
lin the "moonshine conspiracy" cases.
John L. Casper, Kansas City, distiller.
received nine years and three days
in Leavenworth federal prison, and
$4,000 fine.
j. Henry Brown, of Harrison. Ark.
former government gauger, got two
years in Leavenworth and $1,000 fine.
Charles Brewbaker and George
Hartman, of Kansas City, and S. l..
Williams, of Winston-Salem, N. c..
former revenue agent, got one year
and one day in Leavenworth and ST.
900 fine each. John Coffey, Of Ft.
Smith, and John Farradee of Kansas
City, got six months in the local
federal jail and flne OF $1,000.
This is the first disposition by the
government of cases of illegal manu-.
facture and sale of wtiskey which
have ramifications throughout the
land, extending over period Of sew
eral years The defendants In this
particular case were specifically charg-
ed with operating dfstillery 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 said to
be nearly $4,000 900.
Other men indicted here last June
were:
Knox Booth, Of Nashville, Tenn.
former superintendent of Tennessee
revenue division. At liberty on $685.
900 bond.
James F. Surber. of Atlanta, Ca,
former superintendent Of the Georgia
revenue division. At liberty on S25, 900
bond.
Thomas c. Mccoy, Of Asheville, N.
c., former revenue agent. Success
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What the War Moves Mean
By J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
aper of the United Press.

the quadruple entente takes the risks
Of the war and II the Greeks give
their help, they shall have large Pre-
liminary reward. as well as further
payment il the war goes well.
The Greek answer probably Will De
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 I'M
mediate possession Of southern AL
bania. The Albanian offer would
mean a sacrifice by lily, who re-
CARDS the ostensibily independent
principality rs her own sphere OF IN
fluence. But. it must by now be ap-
parent to the allies that their mill
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, 1t is possible
that before long the czar will o1rer
Bessarabia to the Roumanians. Let
that be done and Roumania scarcely
can resist the temptation to enter the
war. With the new method OF busi-
ness diplomacy beginning to operate,
the Balkan situation therefore may
change once more and this time with
decisive effect
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United Press Leased Wire Service!
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Preslden'
wilson naming Thursday, Nov. 70, as
he date, today issued the following
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 nave
disturbed the world, also year
of special blessing for US.
Another year of peace has
been vouchsafed us; 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 responsible
ties, thrust upon us by, war
which has involved almost the
whole of Europe.
1--WE have 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
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and exercise privileges OF sue
cor and helpfulness which should
serve to demonstrate our desire
to make the Offices of friendship
the means of truly disinterested
and unselfsh service. Our abil-
ity to serve all who could avail
themselves of our services in the
midst of crises has been in
creased, by 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 rem
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 unparalleled 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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MEXICANS KILL MORE AMERICANS
ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
LONr - Oct. 21.-At least 4oo, GOO
sritIsY.* French troops will be
sent -, Balkans to help the Serb er!,
ear,Is. arI~ was. was learned on reliable
2 ..ecision was said to have beer
re - at the conference this week
bhsS IN French War Minister Miller
ss.& nd the British cabinets military
E2' s,fssfon.
~ 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 governments
attitude would win the Greeks to the
entente powers side, with about AGO.
600 more men. That Roumania also
would join the allies was deemed an
Increasing possibility.
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The War i'm Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolutions
ary Neighbors of the South

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Although
the CarranZa government Is the rec
ognized, legal defacto government in
Mexico the country will not have a
president" for year, according to
information here today. Carranza
does not expect to assume the presi
Dental title.
Mexico will remain presidentless
with Carranza continuing as its chief
executive merely in order torbe quail
fed as a candidate for the presidency
when general elections are called.
Mexican delegates here declared
that II Carranza should assume the
title Of provisional president" he
would disqualfy himself to run in
elections for the presidency. By re-
naming chief executive, or first chief,
he will still be eligible as candidate.
All reports today pointed to the
near extinction Of the Villa move.
ment Villas iunta 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 Villista leaders in this country
do not plan to return to Mexico, feel
ing Carranza will not extend them i'm
munity. Neither will they return to
Villas ranks to continue the revolu-
ton.
State department dispatches report
dishandment of large numbers of
Villas forces. His ammunition sup
plies are said to be at low ebb. Rag
ged. struggling 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.
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AUS TRIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
VIENNA, (yia Berlin, Amsterdam
and London) Oct. 21.-Quantitles Of
Japanese arms and ammunition have
been captured by the Austrians from
the Russians In the course of fighting
on the PutlIovka river, In the Gaiicfan
war zone, according to an official an
nouncement Issued here today. The
ca pture. said the report, was incident
al to the destruction Of a Russian
armored train.
Fighting in the Kolki district, ad
ded the statement, continued through
out Wednesday without Important
changes In the situation.
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Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
is Issued by President Wilson

fare OF the nation. We have pros
pered while other peoples were
at war, 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, rem
der thanks to Almighty God.
in witness 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 goth 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, tie
one hundred and fortieth.
WOODROW WILSON.
by the President.
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary Of State"
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Casper, the Distiller, Sentenced to Nine Years in
Federal Prison and Fined $33, 900 After
Pleading Guilty TO the Charge.
OTHERS ARE SENTENCED AND FINED
End to One of the Greatest and Bo!dest Violations
of Law, Which Melted the Conspirators
Millions of Dollars.

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.
VIII Smith, Of Fort Smith.
J. B. Thomas, Fort Smith.
James X Smith, Of Atlanta. Ga.
Leo r. Brock, of Los Angeles, Calif..
formerly of Salisbury, N. G. Recent
ly adjudged insane in Los Angeles.
Moses B. Brock, of Salisbury, N. c.
Fighting extradition.
Guy Hartman. Of Kansas City, Gasp
er's partner. Forfeited $4,000 bond
by disappearing. Believed to be In
Mexico or Cuba
G. c. Brewbaker, of Kansas City,
supposed owner Of one moonshine dis
|tillery; G. M. Hawkins, OF Marion, N.
C.; Edward P. Jarrett; Ernest Sum-
ner and Henry Curnmins never have
been arrested.
The case against Bowles was noIla
pressed yesterday. Booth, who Is al
legged to have confessed shortly after
he surrendered in Montgomery. Ala.
that he accepted thousands OF dollars
in bribes from moonshiners. will be
tried in January as will the other de-
PENDANTS whose cases have not yet
been disposed Of.
Casper was given total Of fifty
three years and five days, but his
sentence was reduced to nine years
and three days by permitting some OF
the terms to run concurrently.
"i doubt If ever in the history Of the
country there has been more bold.
open and defiant violation OF the law
than the one In which you were en-
gagged" said Judge Youmans in Sent
encing Casper.
1T has taken more money and men
to bring this case to justice than it
has to protect the Texas frontier
Nothing can be said in mitigation for
you, and I'll pronounce sentence with
out multiplying words"
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Another Bandit Raid.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. Ii
Less than twentyfour 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 three American soldiers and
wounded six.
Mexicans attacked the town of O1o
de Aqua. sixty miles north of here
early today, killing three United
States soldiers and wounding six, ac-
cording to telephone reports.
The dead are:
SERGEANT SHAFFER, troop q,
Third cavalry.
PRTvATES MCCONNELL AND
JOYCE of Company D signal corps.
The wounded include: Sergeant
Smith and Corporal Cansler of Com
pany D, signal corps, and Troopers
kubler, B2hneT. Behr and Langiand
Of troop G. Third cavalry
Reinforcenents were rushed to the
town and the bandits fed. Border
patrols are ioinng the search for them.
The attack occurred at Ojo De Aqua,
seven miles south of Mission. and
only a short distance from the Rio
Grande, about 200 O'Clock this morn
ing.
The Mexicans had completely suH
rounded the village when the attack
began. The official report to officers
at Fort Brown says the attacking par.
ty was well organized and answered
to bugle calls. The American ont
posts discovered the movements of the
Mexicans and gave the alarm. The
recognized Mexican call charge" was
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limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The Euro.
uean war has increased the high cost
of navies, according to statistics
made available today at the navy de.
partment. Increased cost of naval
construction alone, naval experts esti.
mated, will cost the United States
about s2O34O, 900 next year II the ma
tionaI defense building program OF
Secretary Daniels is approved.
Soaring prices of steel and WAGES,
with new wrinkles in battleshi2
building, have boosted the price OF
super dreadnaugh battle ships from
sl5.oOO000 to nearly $19,000,000 each.
Congress heretofore has figured on q
cost limit Of about $15,000.000. To
day Secretary Daniels figures the
maximum cost at SIS 100000.
Although the value OF torpedo
boat destroyers for scout duty Is be
lieved by naval experts observation
Of the war to be minimized, their cost
Of building has risen over ffty per
cent. The last destroyers authorized
by, congress were estimated to cost
1925. 900. The navy believes they can
not be built for less than $1,36O,OO0
ucAl ycd1. 4
Because Of the failure of the de-
stroyers as scouts, navy officials inti-
mated the program OF building fifteen
new ones next year and forty-fiye
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 hf-
teen additional ones planned by Sec
retary Daniels are estimated to cost
$500 900.
Coast submarine construction is
also more expensive. sPrices FOR
the sixteen Just contracted for, aver
aged around s5b0000 and less. while
the navy's estimates tor future con
struction are fixed at $G50.000, an In
crease of 100000 each.
To build auxiliaries, such as hospi-
tai, coaling and repair ships. will also
cost more Secretary Daniels plans
to reduce the high cost of navy build-
ing in extension Of government work
in navy yards. new armor plate
plant, projectile factory and enlarge
ment Of the Philadelphia and possible
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BELGIUM

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service j
LONDON, Oct. 21.-With publication
of the report by Brand Whitlock,
American minister to Belgium, OF tho
efforts he made to save Miss Edith
CaveII, the English nurse who was
shot at Brussels as spy, full detalls
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 Fri.
day.
According to the Mail, It Will
"strike note Of horror throughout
the world"
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It. Ally

limited Press Leased Wire Service, ]
BERLIN, Oct. 21.-(Via Amsterdam
and London.)-The Austro-Italian bat
tie on the lsonzo front still ragged to-
day, according to Vienna report re-
celved here. italian attacks at To!-
mino bridaehead, Monte-Sobatino and
Monte San Michele 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
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RUSSIA

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, Oct. 21.-The Germans
have suffered severe reverse and
lost several positions, $500 prisoners
and considerable equipment to tho
Russians in the Baranovichi region,
midway between Wilma and Pinsk, ac-
cording to a Petrograd dispatch this
afternoon.
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BALKANS

UNITED Press Leased Wire ServIce]
PARIS, Oct. 21.-Fleld Marshal Won
Mackensen's Austro-German steam
roller was still progressing today
through the Serbian valley Of tho Mo-
rava toward ConstantInopie.
1t was moving little faster.
All along the Serbia northern from
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. Won Macken-
sen was reported to have been rein
forced several times. He was losing
heavily. So, however were the Ser
bIans-
The eulgarlans were across the
Serbian frontier at number OF points
Their main object seemed to be to
cut the railway from Salonika. The
biggest fight for the lines possession,
was south Of Uskub. Opposing the
BuIgars besides the Serbs, was an
unknown, but probably not very large
number Of French and British troops.
salonka dispatches said the Bull
ears In this region, though still on tho
offensive, had as yet been repulsed
as often as they attacked.
Whether the BuIgarians did not take
Vrania at all or took It and were dis
lodged later, as was confIictingly re-
ported, the town was In the Serbs
hands at the latest accounts. North
of Vrania, however, the Bulgars held
the railroad to Nish.
In the Serbian extreme northeast,
an Austrian and Bulgarian force
were still struggling through the diff
cult mountain country toward a june
tion. Though reinforcements were on
tho way, the allies were not yet In
sufficient strength at Salonika to help
the Serbians effectively.
A response was anxiousIy awaited
here to the allies offer Of the island
of Cyprus to the Greeks II they would
join the entente powers.
There was also much hopeful curl
oslty concerning the purpose Of the
Roumanian representatives who reach
ed Odessa Wednesday on their way
to Paris. optimlsts believed the mis-
sion was bringing an offer to join the
allies, 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 cars forces
continued to have the better Of tho
fighting with the Austrians, at tho
souttern extremity Of the line.
BULGARIAN PROGRESS.
BERLIN, (via London) Dot. a.
The Buigarians today reached tho
ZajecarKnjazevac highway, It was Of
ficlaIIy announced.
The highway referred to connect
Ing the Serbian towns OF Zajecar and
knjazevac extends north and south
along the Serbo-BuIgarian frontier,
from which It is from two to three
or about twelve miles distant at varl-
Gus points. II the Bulgarian line ex-
tends along it's entire length, they
have crossed the frontier at this
place along twenty-five or thirty
mile front.
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GERMANY
[ BY Carl w. Ackerman, United Press
Correspondent

Correspondent.]
BERLIN, oct. 21. (vla Amsterdam,
and London )-Within two months
Germany will "reaily" begin to fishr
the British, a high official of tho kais-
er's foreign office told me today.
It was on the success Of the teutonic
Balkan campaign with the opening Of
a source Of admittedly much needed
supplies that he was counting when
he spoke. ain five more weeks" ne
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.
"WFen we have established COM
munlcation with Bulgaria and Turkey
war against England will really begin.
I'VE have enough Of France and
Russia already to guarantee satlsfac'
tory peace terms with these two.
"Our success in the Balkans will
mean the menacing Of the British
empire. Once the way to Constantln-
opIe is open to US, we can strike at
suez and Egypt"
Count Reve mellow has expressed in
editorials in the German press, views
similar to these which my Informant
Expressed.
That the wars outcome practically
DEFENDS on the outcome Of the Balkan
campaign 10 In short the concensus OF
opinion in the best Informed circles.
Roumania and Greece, 1t is said,
az an open secret, are being closely
watched. Though offlciaIdom are firm
,y convinced that both will remain
neutral. Sir Edward Carson's resie-
nation from the British cabinet ano
the possibility Of other ministerial
chanaes In London are also the sub
Iect Of much comment In Wilhelm
etnasse, where the political situation
/. REGARDED as critical in the extreme
FOOD PRICES.
BERLIN, (vIa Amsterdam and Lon
don) Oct. 21.-FolloWlno persistent
socialist representations concerning
the hardships resulting In certain
cases from restrictions Of milk con-
sumption, tho Berlin authorities today
announced the Issuance Of milk cards
to nursing mothers who need an extra
supply.
The suggestion was also made to.
day that the fifty-five cent price fixed
by the authorities on butter may have
to be raised, though the hope was ex
pressed that In few weeks the sup
ply will be Increased.
imperial Chancellor Won Bethmann-
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BULGARIAN SUCCESS.

bOEVF1FtIEHTN 0ONOCO0.
PARIS, Oct. 21-BuIgarans today
occupied Radujevatz, Serbia. The in
habitants are seeking refuge in Rou-
mania.
Raduievtaz Is In northeastern Ser.
hia, on the Danube, at point near
the serbo-BuIsarian-Rou from
tier. The capture indicates the pro-
sress Of the BuIsar move toward a
junction with the Teutonic forces in
northern Serbia.
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New Defense Guns.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.-Pac1nc
coast army forts will Rlisten with Dig
guns. according to plans IN the ma.
tional defense program omclaly an
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Telephone Experiment.

| 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-
lpect to know before tonight whether
they succeeded in talking with"
Paris. They expect a cablegram say
ling their remarks were received AMI
repeating them for verification.
The telephone messages, by prev
!ious arrangements were directed to
the Eiffel tower wireless station.
where a wireless telephone receiver
ihad been installed. No wireless
l"nhone sender" had been set there
however. and It will REQUIRE cable
confirmation to prove the attempt
was successful.
Merchant Marine.
WASHINGTON. Oct 21.-Secretary
of the Navy Daniels today announced
that he relies upon passage by con-
eress OF the administration ship pur-
chase bill to furnish necessary auxtl-
iary ships for the navy. After dis
cussing his national defense program
with Secretary Of the Treasury Nc
Adoo, sponsor of the ship purchase
bill. Daniels said he had not included
any request for appropriations Tor
auxiliary ships.
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'
niton ships in case OF war.
He declared the ships should be
hu,lt upon plans drafted by the navy
and would payyfor themselves in mer-
chant service eventually.
New Defense Guns.
CuTNETON Oct 21.-PaC1fc
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FOOD PRICES.

Continued on page 2.)
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CONTINUED on page 2.)
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The European War has Increased the High Cost
Of Navies According to the Figur Made
Public by Secretary Daniels.
FOUR MILLION MORE FOR A SHIP
Plans for Larger Navy May be Curtailed on Ac-
count of Increased Cost in Building the
Fleet Which is Needed.

| Pacific coast navy yard Of sufficient
size to build battleships.