Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 May 1917 — Page 1

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Viviani, Joffre

and

Other, Members of

War Mission Take Part Parade Across City.

AMERICAN AND TRI-COLOR FLAGS WAVE IN COLISEUM

Noted Field. General Presents Standard to Fifth Missouri Infantry and Urges Defense to

Death.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 7.—The welcome accorded former Premier Viviani, Marshal Joffre and other members of the French, war mission at the Coliseum last night was outdone today when the distinguished visitors took part in a parade that crossed thefoity.

As thousands left their home early in the day to gain vantage joints along the route, many remembered that this vas the second anniversary of the linking of the iLusitania and regarded the "ovation according the Frenbh Visitors a fitting memorial to tthe victims of that first great submarine offense against the United States.

The parade was preceded by a breakfast in honor of the^cits's guests at tlje Missouri Atliletic club, wliqre seven hundred prominent citizens toasted France and the/United: States.

The progress of the FFencn mission through the city after their arrival at 7:30 o'clock last' night was a continuous ovation, though the gathering darkness made it difficult -for spectators to see the fapes of the distinguished party. ... ...

For attih6tth prior tb the arriva] of the Frenchmen, the crowd in the Coliseum had been entertained- With music by the regylar army bandyirpm Jefferson barracks. As each person in the Qrowd entered the Coliseum a boy scout gave him an American and a French flag. The crowd sang the French national hymit- as the French mission entered. Marshal Joffre hold-' inj? his hand at salute as he was escorted to the platform. The-standard 'of colorts, which was presented to the Fifth Missouri infantry oy Marshal Joffre, was handed tb the marshal by a French private soldier, who is in St. Louis on furlough.

In presenting the colors, Marshal Joffre said: "The mission ha6 been' given, me of presenting this flag. In all probability that flag soon will bt an inspiration to them, and it is, the duty of every American soldier to defend .that flag to the rtedth rather than allow it to fall into the hands of the eru&my."

At the conclusion of the parade today the French mission was driven to the special train, which left^for Springfield, 111.,- where Marshal Joffre will place a palm leaf on the tomb of Lincoln.

Double Commission Plan.\ WASHINGTON, May 7—Two allied war commissions sitting continuously —one in London and the other hereappeared today as one of the first actual steps to co-ordinate the powerful resources the United States brings into the war with those of the allies across th£ sea.

The commission in London with representatives of all the allied ilations, including the tjnlted States, would receive and decide upon the apportionment of seaboard traffic. The commissior#here would then charge itselfc with getting such supplies to the' seaboard either by direct purchase or thrbugh present agencies.

While t^e inroads of the submarine menace continue it is absolutely essential to conserve every ship for the most needed ^freight and the only way that this can be done is to have the allies submit their needs to a central body in London which shall have-pow-er to give priority to the most pressing.

Mme. Joffre Gets United States Ham

WASHINGTON, May 7.—Madame Joffre, wife of the marshal of France, is going to get a fine big sugar-cured Virginia ham, a gift from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, when the marshal returns to Paris.

During one of the' marshal's calls at the white house, Mrs. Wilson learned that Madame Joffre was .very fond of American ham, which is very scarce there.

Mrs. Wilson sent to Virginia and procured an extraordinarily fine ham and sent it to Marshal Joffre, asking him to take it back to Madame Joffre with 'her compli--ments.

The ham, carefully packed, will go with the mafshal's personal effects when he leasts the United

U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE RECORD, MAT, 7. 6 a. 38 Noon ....51 a. ,m ... .49 3 p. 51 Relative humidity at noon, 69 per cent.

LOCAL CONDITIONS AT 7 A. M.J MAY 7,1917. Station pr&s£ur4, 29.53 temperature, 41 highest teinpera u o yesterday, yesterday, 52 low. est e e r'ature last night, 3S pre cipitation, '.01 di rection of wind, north velocity of wind, six miles per o u s a e o cloudy relative humidity, 91

weather per cent

Sunrise, 4:45 sunset, 6:48

FORECAST.

TEBRE

HAUTE—Fair tonight and fit -1

Tuesday probably ligtft frost tonight: INDIANA—Probably

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cloudy tonight

and Tuesday probably frost in north portion. ILLINOIS—Fair tonight and Tuesday not much change in temperature probably frost fcorth and central portions.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer, 7 a. m., 51 2.p. m., .58.

River stage'—7.5 feet.

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Waters, Bigwood"knd Sparks Among 150 Certified to Officers' Corps a( Ft Harrison.

ALL GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS BY CAPTAIN Hv J/McBRIDE

Men "W.ho Have Been- in Training at Culver Academy t^Get Three Months'Work for: Com\V million*.

SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 7.—One hundred and fifty men who have been attending the camp of instruction at Culver military academy have been examined and certified to the government .training camp to be held at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The 'men have beeninstructed by'Captain H. J. McBrfde, invalided home from Europe. The Indiana men yrho have qualified are: ''A-

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Indianapolis—W. S. Brown Ralph Gregory R. H. Habbe G. P. Inman C. T. Lieber H. Hi. Love C. A. McKeon N. Metzger J. R. Ruddy K. G. Sickels P. J. Smith

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C. R- Spaan M.''

R. S. Stempfel R. C. Winslow R. G. Wolcott. Fort Wayne—B. F. Baade J. K. Rose., *.

Kokomo—G. W. Barlow. Terre Haute—Wayne T. Bigwood H. Debow Sparks and Arthur M. Waters.

Crawfordsville—L. B. Clore. Rochester—A. G. Copeland. Bloomington—F. D. Faris. Frankfort—F. W. Fistyer Thurman.

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Plymouth—R. Kramer. Evansville—J. U. McNeeley. Mt. Vernon—W. Menzies. Monterey—P. F. Overmayer Sennet.

C. K.

Anderson—E. M. Sefton. Jonesboro—P. A. Seiberling. Brookville—G. Shirk. Greencastle—A. G. Shopto'ugh. Culver—F. H. Tabli. Kempton—O. F. Wheatley.

Illinois Boys Lead.

Company B. composed of Illinois boys, has- takeji the lead in the competition at Camp Barry, Culver military academy. After having had the lead during the past week, Company C, of Michigan, waa forced to yield to the aggressiveness of the young men from the Illini state, Col. Penn, after the Saturday afternoon revietw, giving the Illinois students a lead of 40 points in the seeing. Indiana boys also passed the Mic?||gan competitors and now hold secoria place..

The camp will be broken next Saturday after havijjy* been organized two weeks. Captain Edgar Z. Steever, who is responsible for the success attained this 3rear, is confident that when the camp of 1918 opens not less than one thousand high school boys will be on hand. A second camp on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee is that of the men who .are qualifying for the government training camp to open tomorrow at Fort Benjamin Harrison.

PATRIOTIC CONVENTION. w R. C. and Q. A. R. Delegates to

Leave Wednesday Morning. A large delegation of the local W. R. C. and G. A. R. is expected to aattend thestate department convention at Indianapolis, May 9, 10 and 11. The delegates from the local orders will leave Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock over the Vandalia. Mrs. Ella Hughes, department press correspondent, and Mrs. Margaret Keylon and Mrs. Ellen Elliott, department aids, Mil be among the delegates. Those from Morton corps arte Mrs. Mary Wimer, MrsJ Abaline Davis and Mrs. Ajina Neale.

Paris, However, Reports Repulse of

All Efforts of Germans to Recover Ground.

BRITISH AGAIN PUSH AHEAD TO THE .WEST OF BULLECOURT

Situation Behind the Lines in Rus sia, Germany and Austria Give Officials Cause

Concern.

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BULLETIN.

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, May 7.—The British have pushed their way well within the town of Bullecourt. Hand to hand fighting his developed there.

BULLETIN.

LONDON, May/7.--A hostile airplane drbpped four bombs northeast of Lonaon this morning, it is officially an ifounced.

PARIS, May ,7.—The 'Germans have counter-aftacked along/ the entire SYench front and "everywhere have been repulsed, according to an -official statement issued by the war office today:,

The lighting was especially severe in the region of the Chemin-Des Dames and bast of Soissons. The statement says since April 16, thei French have taken 29,000 prisoners. ^Phe Germans concentrated' their efforts yesterday morning in attacks to the west of French front in the region of liaffaux and in thp afternoon on the eastern fection from Braye to Craonne. But the French held the whip hand arid beat off waVe '"upon wave of the 'Enemy's dwindling reserve, with terrible losses. More than that, the Frenchmen, after hours of stiff, lighting, still had the energy to dash forward and gain fresh positions in •the regions naturally fortified.

The desperate resistance of the Gentians and the frequent counter attacks in force are comprehensible when It is realized that if the French capture Allemant and Pinon they will outrtknlc the whole line running north toSt. Quentln. Gen. Nivelle, however, has no sinecure as he is confronted by the famous Siegfried line, a system of fortifications on which the Germans have lavished weeks of work and which are of the most formidable type.

LONDON, May 7.—After sharp fighting the British have pushed forward west of Bullecourt and have taken a number of prisoners, according to an official statement'issued bv/the war office today.

By Associated Press.

French guns have battered down the back door to Laon and the Poilus of Gen. rNivelle are ^iow only six miles from the German ^stronghold. One formidable barrier if between them and their goal—the Ailette river—-but from the captured heights along the Chemin-Des-Dames (the road of the ladies), the F"rench guns overlook the stream.

Like the Chemin-Des-Dames, the Ailette runs east and.west, paralleling the French lines. It is hardly worthy of the name of a river, but its bed is In a deep gorge which makes it a grave obstacle. Laon will not/be captured except at a heavy price but the French victories of the last week have brought its capture appreciably nearer.

The developments on the battlefield are chiefly important for the possibilities they open up, and the same may be said to true of events behind the firing line. In Germany there is much talk of political reform and several proposals have been put forward in the reichstag to curtail the power of the emperor and make, the ministry responsible to parliament.

FISHERMEN IN REPRISALS. Boats Sunk, They Refuse to Supply Germans With Fish.

LONDON, May 7.—Special dispatches from Holland say the" persisent torpedoing of Dutch trawlers has caused the fishermen to «lay up their boats. The trawlers were guaranteed safety within prescribed' limits, and a sup ply of German coal, on condition that they supply fish for the German market. The promised coal was not received and the sinkings continued, so the German legation at The Hague is said to have been notified that no more fish will be supplied.

Salute the Flag!

NEW YORK, May

7.—Every

citizen

of the United States is asked by the National School Camp association as a salute to the flag at noon on Me morial day, to stand motionless and speechless and with bared head for one minute. Requests have been forwarded to transportation companies asking their co-operation in every possible •way.

THERE HAUTE, IND., MONDAY, MAY 7, 1917.

Russia's Strong

FOREIGN MINISTER MILXJKOFF

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Government Decides On Loan $100,000,000 to Meet Ally's $xpenses Here in IMay,

WASHINGTON, May 7.—The gov-

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Britain'' #100,000,OO^ro meet her n6eds in this country during May, A second installmerit of 425,000,000 was transferred to the British embassy today, making with the $25,000,000 loaned her Saturday a total of one-half of the May loan. v

Subscriptions to the Liberty loan continue in large volume. The largest electrical sign eVer built soon will flash an advertisement of the loan at the busiest spot in the western world., The sign will be more than 200 feet, long wilr be placed at Broadway and Forty-second .street, New. York. 0. J. Gude, of New York,/today offered to erect and maintain the sign without charge and his offer was accepted.,

NEW YORK, May 7.—The "Liberty loan" was the principal topic discussed today at the opening session of the annual spring meeting of the executive council of. the American Bankers',.' association at Briarcliff, N. Y. The meeting will continue for three days.

Bankers from all sections of the United States, who arrived yesterday for the-meeting, said the loan -^ould receive the enthusiastic support of the entire nation as soon as the definite terms were announced.

W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal reserve board, and Frederick A. Delano, of the board, were expected to arrive today for a conference with the state' bank section of the association, of which John H. Puelicher, of Milwaukee, is chairman. Mr. Puelicher said his section had been working to bring the outstanding state banks of the county, of which there are approximately 18,000, under the federal reserve system..

Crawford McKeen, president of the McKeen National bank, Monday, notified Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo at Washington that every employb of the McKeen National bank had subscribed for one share of the "Liberty loan," the bond issue for financing America In the war. Mr.i McKeen said: "The subscription is wholly voluntary. The list includes every employe, from the janitor up to the president."' "This," spld Mr. McKeen, "gives •Terre Haute twenty-five war bond subscribers right off the reel."

INTERNED SHIPS RESTORED

Four Soon to Be Ready for Government. Service.. WASHINGTON, May 7.—Four more of the seized German sftips will be ready for sea during the present month. A statement today by the shipping board says the M&ia, 2,555 tons, has already 'been repaired and that within ten daysx the America, 5,464 tons, will be ready. The Arcadia, 5,454 tons, and the l-Jassoviai 3,902 tons, will be hurried into commission.

Three great liners, the President Lincoln, President Grant and the Pennsylvania, are most seriously damaged of all the ships.

Fight to Save Naiiou From

GENERAL. BRUSSII.OFF. M. RODZIAMCO.

GREAT

V RUSSIA

WESlV ASTRAKHAN

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•'•^SOUTH'.RUSSIA

Map (boirine different divlaloxui Earopetu Riia«la and- Winter Palace laPttroCnd.

All the world is anxiously looking to Petrograd, where the provisional government is in danger of being overwhelmed by vthe forces of anarchy. The strong men of Russia are fighting to stem the tide. .Most arominent among them, are M. Rodzianko, president of the duma Prof. Paul Mllukcff, minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet, and General Brussiloff, the able Russian commander.

LOSE LIVES IN FALL

HEMPSTEAD, N. Y., May 7.—Twostudent aViat05s who had never piloted kn airplane before and who were said to have begun a flight without- permission at the government aviation elohool at Mineola* today were killed after a fall of 1,000 feet. They were Hanson Merrit, 23 years, Lockport, N. Y., formerly a Cornell student, and. Anthony Stileno, of Roosevelt, N. Y. i|g

The. airmen had been assigned only to try out a-self-stalling device.4* Theif machine suddenly began climbing at a steep angle" and rose to a height of 2,500 feet, where cross currents caught it. Its ^movements attracted the attention'of army officers, who signally for, all aloft to descond. The machine containing Merritt and Stileno began coming down in swoops and had reached the thousand foot level by the time the other jplaneS had .landed. Officers foresaw a tragedy and summoned an ambiilance even before the' machine collapsed and fell. The skulls of botii occupants were fractured and the machine destroyed.

BIG JUDGMENT AGAINST LODGE.

WASHINGTON, May 7.—By refusing to review Alabama court decisions, the supreme court today put into, effect decrees awarding, $18,000 damages against the supreme lolge of the Loyal Order Qf Moose for the death of Donald A. Keeney during initiation at a Birmingham (Ala.) local lodge. ^Kenney died' after receiving.an electric shock from a "branding board."

How to Pronounce Names of Noted French Visitors

Joffre—Zhoffr, only a trace of the final "r" being sounded. Viviani—Ve-ve-ah-na, with accent on third syllable.

Hovelacque—Hah-vel-ack, with accent on the last syllable. DeChambrun Du-Shahm-bran,. with accent on the second syllable and last syllable given a nasal sound.

Jean Fabray—Zawn Fab-ree, with accent on last syllable in Fabry. Chocheprat Shash-prah, with slight accent on first syllable and second syllable being sounded nasally.

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... Julia Ross Purdue, and Mrs. Bridget Kelly, Latter 97 Years Old, Prepared to Vote.

The task of registering I every voter in the city was taken, ,upMonday morning by the registration board at the ci£y hall in the clerk's office. There are about 35,000 vcftgrs in'the city who will have to register before Oct. 8 in order to vote at the coming city election. A number *bf vbters were on hand early to await the opening of the registration Monday morning and the clerks were l*ept busy.-

Mrs. Julia Ross Purdue, 30 .North Fifth street,, was the# first voter to register. She handed her application to the clerk at exactly .8 o'clock. Mrs. Bridget Kelly, 97 years old, S21 Elm street, was second. She is probably the.oldest voter' in tjje city. Mayor Gossom's registration i number was 12. He registered about 20 minutes after the botrd opened. Horace Tune picked out No. 13.

A, number of voters whd have never before cact their ballot in a,city election will have to register before Oct. 8. Besides women voters residents of three' new divisions have been taken into the city limits since the last city election.

One of the sections lies in the northwest part of the city arid is bounded on the north by Maple avenue, east by First street, south by Eighth avenue, and west by school section No. 16. Another lies south of the city, bounded on the 'north by the Southeastern tracks from First to Seventh streets, and by Voorhees street from Seventh to Thirteenth streets, east by Thirtejenth street, south by Margaret avenue, west by Seventh street from Voorhees street to the Southeastern tracks, and First street from the railroad to Margaret avenue. The third section is north of the city. The north boundary is Eighth avenue, east Brown avenue, west Twenty-fifth street, and south Fourth avenue. The voters living in these districts l-.ave never registered in a city election.

RULING HITS SHIPPERS

WASHINGTON, May 7.—New York banks lost their litigation/in the, supreme court against the North German Lloyfl liner Kronprinzessin Cecelie at Boston, in which they claimed $2,240,000 damages for failure of th^ vessel to deliver gold bullion worth $1 l,000,00(te shipped to England and France just at the outbreak of the war.

The Cecelie. the supreme court decided, is not liable in damages to the shippers for turning back to America in mid-ocean and abandoning her voy age. The decision determines large similar claims against a score of other German vessels in American ports.

J'OUR O'CLOCK-^ONE W

President w. W. Parsons of the ana State Normal Will Welcome? the French Commission Here.

CROWDS EXPECTED AT DEPO WHEN SPECIAL TRAIN CO

Hero of the Marne is Accorrij&mied? Some of the Foremost"Citizens^ of the French

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General Joffre, the' hero, of:' Marne and the greafest railitary flg. among the allies, will be* the gueifi$| Terrs Haute at -8:20'this evening^

The French commission wifl from Decatup, 8:20 over the• dalia and. a rk tion -will be" corded the •yiiil at the Union, tion. ".'

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The follb^nlll ceptlon comr' 'has been' annot|| ed Jto 'receive and his p&rtyf!

President W. Parsbns^o^.„r|f? diana SfSte ?Nd mal, John"L CnM» ford, Bruce Failey, Fi^d'^i fJohrPj •Chatiii

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jpf bazette, J. Root, Cra-v W%

GEN JOFFKE.

McKeen,

E.^ppert, Albert L. Pi!||u,»Eld'y^ Fairbanks and J. R. Finkelstelfii?1

s^tiiyj en^DfMVvSlcome' to the commissioners ancl the resbonse wil made, by General Joffre. The spec will b® deliyered from the platforittl the special train on which the Frer commission is traveling.

Sixty thousand people greeted Jot in Chicago Friday and in Kansas^ and St. Louis yesterday he was corned by some of the largest ^ci*W ever seen there.

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*Last night he presented one. of Missouri regiments with a standi colors and the ceremony was wltne'wl by a crowd which packed the Colis'lf In that city.

Mayor Notified.

Members of the French war mf«sl will stop in this city for five ttiif at 8:20 o'clock Monday evening cording to a telegram receive® Mayor GoSsom Monday morning frii Breckenridge Long. The telegram.'f| lows"Mayor James M. Gossom, -Tc Haute. Ind. "Frenclv war mission will st&p Terre Haute for five minutes beg" ning at 8:20 p. m. Monday. If youv sire to see members provide adequi^ protection. Party cannot, leave platform. ."BRECKENRIDGE LONG, thirdfi sistant secretary^of state.",

I^fteen policemen will be detailei a guard to protect the visitors. Ma Gossom will extend a personal vrt come tq the party.

Dreyfus «A Reporter.

Sam Dreyfus, theatre manage^ slit expert French scholar, will cover Ge? eral Joffre's speech for the Tribui this evening. Mr. Dreyfus is crec ited with-being the most proficient stS dent of French in the city and lie preparing a large bouquet Monday give to his eminent countryman T£ Tribune is indebted to Mr, Drcj volunteei*ing. his services.

The Honor Roll

Call for soldiers from Ttrre/ Haute will make inroads on thei Tribune's staff.

Louis F. Keifer, advertising and automobile editor, passed th4f examination for the officers' re-** serve corps and Monday Itl'L for Ftiflj Benjamin Harrison far thresh,' months' training.

Arthur M. Waters, of the editorial^ department, has been called to Culv ver for the Culver cadet corps, andl has been certified to the governmenc^J-^ camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison.

Raymond Werneke, of the editorial ial department, is a member of tj^f Ft. Harrison Rifle/s.

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Shelley, of the editorial

department, has been notified tol hold liirtiself in readiness for serv-'lf ice with' the Montclair, N. J., commit pany, his former home.

Temple Slemons, of the composingr^f department, has'enlisted in the en-s gineering corps,{here, which is dailj^ expecting to move to one of the mobilization points.

E. F. Cline, of the- composing room, left Monday for Canton, tc join the McKinley-guard, part of the^ Ohio state guard, and a crack com^ pany ready for immediate se^y1"®®®

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