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VOL.XLIII., NO." 161 """Consolidated 1907

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ENTENTE TO CO-OPERATE AGAINST HUN IN FAR EAST

Safeguarding of Manchuria Is Primary Purpose Believe Hour for. Resumption of Drive Is Near.

Posters Urge Superlative Generosity that the Red Cross May Get One Hundred Million Dollars for War itelief

ALLIES ARE PREPARED

(By Associated Press.) While the renewal of the German offensive in the west awaits, completion of the enemy's preparation and presumably - weather conditions that fit In with German plans, events are in progress elsewhere with potentially important bearing upon the war as a whole. In a much more distant field the . far east the allied nations have decided to co-operate In a military, way to meet the dangers threatening the peace of that part of the world from German penetration. Paris announces that China and Japan have been notified to this effect, but Washington understands that participation in the operation will be confined for the present to Japan and China themselves. The safe guarding of Manchuria Is the primary purpose of the movement, but the possibility exists, it is said, that the measures which are considered as of a defensive nature, will be extended to Siberia.

Renewal la Near, Belief.

Meanwhile the Indication from both

German and entente quarters are that the hour of the resumption of the German drive in the west is not far distant. Significant in this connection may be the announcement that Count Von Hertling, the German imperial chancellor, that he was so confident that "further events in the west" would bring nearer "a' speedy end of the war." It was Just such pronouncement that Immediately preceded the opening of the German offensive in March, and there have been recently other warnings to the German people that the resumption .of the. drive was im-.-minent. '-; ' On the entente side there is a feeling that the Germans have completed their preparations and that the beginning of their new attack only depends upon weather conditions. The allies likewise have utilized the long period of the lull to round out their defensive and General Foch, the commander In chief, and all the allied forces are declared to be awaiting the 6hock with -the greatest confidence that they can successfully resist it. Minor Operations. The active operations, however, continue to be of a minor nature, and there Is no sign that even the heavy gun lire reported from some of tbo front Is above the normal of the last two weeks. As has been the case recently the chief field of bombardment on the French front, has been along

thethe Avre river, southeast of Amiens and with the British the line around the Lys saliant in Flanders southwest of Ypres. It is in the Avre rector apparently that French commentators expect the chief force of the blow to fall. The German plan is still felt to be one contemplating a division of the British and French armies if possible by cutting the railroad between Amiens and Clermont to the south and driving forward toward the coast. Airmen Are Active. Enemy artillery and man power concentrations probably become stronger as Field Marshal von Hindcnburg delays a new advance, but the allied defenses gain strength in the same ratio and a new source of fighting power, the American army, grows in power. General Pershing's men are now on both the Jmportant battle fronts Flanders and Picardy but in what number is not disclosed. Their coming, however, is having a great mor-

nle effect on the British and French and the longer the Germans delay, the greater will the American aid become. Aerial activity is the most prominent feature of the news from the fighting tones. French and British airmen have dropped many more tons of explosives on enemy military tarRets while the Germans are becoming more active in attempts to get behind the allied lines. In aerial fighting, the British have brought down 35

German machines while British guns

accounted for ten more. Berlin claims the destruction of eighteen allied airplanes. Another attempt to raid Paris Friday night failed.

On the American sectors, west of

Montdidier, northwest of Toul and in Lorraine, the aerial fighting also has increased. The American positions Picardy and in Lorraine are being l)ombarded heavily by the Germans. The artillery fire has fallen off In the Toul sector but American patrols are active there.

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GERMAN PLOT DISCOVERED IN IRELAND; 7 ARE HELD

British Subjects in Ireland Enter Into Treasonable Communication with Enemy Says Proclamation. ,

The American Red Cross has gathered together for its Second War Fund Drive for a hundred million dollars what is considered one of the most striking sets of posters displayed since the

United States entered the great conflict. Literally millions of these posters have begun to adorn billboards, fences and shop windows and by Monday morning, when the drive begins, people I

everywhere will be confronted by these silent appeals to give and give freely. "

Sugar Cards for Canning Permits for sugar for'preserving purposes are in the hands of H. W. Gilbert, county food administrator. He will deliver these to tha grocerymen as quickly as possible and in the event some groceryman is overlooked it will be necessary for him to call at the food administrator's office and procure the blanks as under no consideration will sugar be sold for canning pur-:, poses without one of the certificates. - Mr. Gilbert suggests that all consumers of sugar in a domestic way keep -account of their three-pound per capita allotment so that it: will enable the grocerymen to keep the proper account of sugar which the consumer buys for 4omlic, use... This will aid 4he -.grocery man f very much. ' - -v . '';'--V.'

U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION PERMIT FOR SUGAR FOR PRESERVING PURPOSES (Limit Not to Exceed Twenty-five Pounds.) No. in Family ...1918. i. (Consumer) Address hereby certify that I have received from (Dealer) . (Address) pounds of sugar, which I agree to use for fruit preserving only. 1 further agree that I will not sell, loan or otherwise dispose of any of this sugar to any other person. I will not again apply to any dealer for sugar for this purpose before the present purchase is exhauted, and 1 will return any surplus not used. (Signed permits must be returned by dealer to County Federal Food Administrator each Monday)

FAMOUS BRITISH "ACE" CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY

Captain John L. Trollope, Holder of World's Record, Also is Wounded.

THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight. Sunday fair and warmer. Today's Temperature. Noon . 73 Yesterday. Maximum 83 Minimum 55

(By Associated Press.) LONDON, May 7. (Delayed). Captain John L. Trollope, the young British airman who established a

world's record by bringing down six enemy machines in one day, is a prisoner and wounded, according to news

received by his parents. He had been reported missing. - In addition to his exploit in destroying six enemy planes on March 21, for which he was awarded a bar to his military cross, Trollope, who is only twenty, has a remarkable air record. He joined the flying corps in June, 1916, and up to the time of his capture had accounted for eighteen enemy machines. His time table on March 24 was: Morning: Shot to pieces a twoseater. Brought a two seater down in flames. Brought down in a , spin and crashed a single seater. Afternoon: Exploded a two seater in mid-air. Crashed a two seater very Jow down. Crashed another two seater also at a low altitude. Evening: Assisted a fellow airman engaged with twelve enemy machines and enabled him to get away. CapL Trollope's record was equalled on May 9 when Lieut. Rene Fonck of the French army, brought down six;

enemy machines rh two patrols. Up to April 22, Lieut. Fonck had accounted for 36 German machines. He received the Legion of Honor for vanquishing six in one day. .

Daily Wireless Message from German Commander Mystifies U. S. Destroyer (By Associated Press.) LONDON, May IS. As a grim piece of German humor, the Wireless Age tells of a wireless message received almost every night by a United States destroyer in European' waters. The radiogram says: "My position is degrees north and degrees west. Come and get me. I'm waiting for you."

The message is always signed "Hans Rose" the name of the German commander who took a submarine into Newport, R. I., two years ago. Twice the American destroyer proceeded rapidly to the position indicated, but found nothing. No matter where the destroyer may be, the message comes nightly.

1 50 KILLED IN BLAST, BELIEF

(By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH,. May 18. An explosion in the soda house of the T. M. T. plant of the Aetna chemical company at Oakdalt, west or Pittsburgh soon after noon today tore a number of buildings to pieces and caused what first reports indicated was great loss of life. Undertakers summoned to the plant declared that more than 150 per

sons had been killed and telephone leports from the village said that it would be hours before it would be possible to even estimate the number of casualties. The explosion tore down wires along the Pan Handle railroad and piled debris high on the tracks. An employe of the company made his way to Carnegie nearby and a wreck train was immediately sent out to clear the L'ne and repair the wires. . The chemical company also made up a relief train at Carnegie and hurried it to Oakdale. It carried doctors, nurses' and surgical supplies.

ARMIES PICKED FOR RED CROSS DRIVE IN CITY

Organization Ready to Start City War J. Fund Campaign Tuesday Morning. The mobilization of armies for the Red Cross war fund campaign was completed Saturday, when the officers reported; the complete list of their assistants to E. M. Haas, secretary of the county, war fund campaign. One hundred and twenty-seven men will assist in the soliciting in Richmond. . The generals commanding the four armies of solicitors met Saturday afternoon at the office of the war fund committee and outlined the districts which each group shall cover in the campaign. The plan of procedure for the drive was outlined and discussed.

Military regulations will prevail during the campaign. On each morning of the city drive the officers of the different armies will hold roll call and

direct the work of their companies. At noon the solicitors meet for luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. and make the report for the day's work. The solicitors are required to work only from 9 to 12 o'clock every day, and are expected to be able to report at noon. Begins Tuesday Morning. The city drive will begin Tuesday morning and will continue for four days. On Monday evening Charles F. Coffin, state leader of the Red Cross campaign will address the county workers at a luncheon at the Y. M. C. a. .. ' . ; The county quota for the drive is $50,326, of which Richmond's share is $25,673. Red Cross Sunday will be observed generally among the churches. The First Methodist church and the Second Presbyterian church have announced special Red Cross sermons, and other churches in the city will hold general patriotic services, or

will present the appeal of the Red

THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE RED CROSS

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ciety of America.

BY HAL POD

This poem is respectfully dedicated to the Red Cross SoThe words may be sung to the same tune as "The Battle

Hymn of the Republic")

Mine ears have heard the bugle's note resounding o'er the land, It Is calling on America to lend a helping hand. . . The north and south, the east and west now all united stand, . Let the Red Cross flag march on. . '. : - ; '''.V":. !' ''' v"; ". .. (Chorus) , : Glory glory to the Red Cross, Glory glory to the Red Cross, Glory glory to the Red Cross. Let the Red Cross flag march on. Our loyal sons are fighting for the cause of liberty; They are bleeding, they are dying on the fields across the sea. Unto them be lasting honor, now it's up to you and me. Let the Red Cross march on. (Chorus) Every patriot awaken and the call to duty heed, , Let us all be up and doing for we shall beknown by deeds. Oh, the soul is dead that slumbers while our loyal sons have need, Let the Red Cross flag march on. (Chorus) Let us rally to the cause from every mountainside and plain, Let us freely give our dollars for the flag without a stain. , God above knows we are fighting for the right and not for gain. Let the Red Cross flag march on. (Chorus)

WILL REGISTER DOCTORS FOR SERVICE IN ARMY

The drive for physicians for medical service in the army did not produce the number of applicants needed. This became apparent at a meeting of the medical board of the State Council of Defense. Methods approaching actual conscription of doctors will be enforced, according to Dr. Charles Marvel, member of the medical section of the state council. Another urgent call for vol

unteers has been issued. Dr. Franklin H. Martin, a national officer, will be in Indianapolis on May 20. Everv doctor in the state has

' aaa vj t K.aik, appeal l 1.41 Jtcu " ' Cross in connection with the usual been called to attend a mass meeting

church services. "Commander-in-Chief" J. M. Lontz. "Adjutant" E. M. Haas. Staff Officers "Colonels" George E. Seidel, Fred J. Bartel, William F. Bockhoff, Charles A. McGuire, William H. Romey, H. R. Robinson, Wil lard Z. Carr, Adam H.' Bartel, George H. Knollenberg, S. E. Swayne, Edgar V. Hiatt, E. H. Cates, Stanley W. Hayes. - American "General E. M. Campfield. "Captain" L: S. Bowman. "Lieutenants" Alonzo M. Gardner and E. J. Weidner. Privates "Charlies" Charles M. Jenkins, Charles E. Duffin, Charles O. Williams, Charles A. Blair, Charles Y. Miller, Charles H. Haner, Charles Kidder, Charles Johanning. "Captain" W. W. Keller. "Lieutenants" Rutherford B.. Jons and At wood L. Jenkins. "Privates" "Jeffs" B. B. Johnson, Walter A. Johnson, Harry Jay, T. B. Jenkins, Rev. H. S. James and Will Jameson, Nimrod Johnson and M. F. Johnston. "Major" Howard A. Dill. "Intelligence Men" to be named later. I , French "General" J. W. . Mueller, j

Continued On Pags Six. PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICES

in the Claypool hotel at 8 o'clock of

that evening. The purpose of the gathering is to obtain a full enlistment of doctors. Dr. Marvel Examined. Dr. Marvel, was in Indianapolis Saturday where he took the physical examination for entrance into the medical unit. He lacks only a few months of beipg 55 years old, the age limit for enlistment in the medical service. Should he fail in the physical examination. Dr. Marvel will enter the Civic Organization of the medical unit, which calls for service at home. A number of Wayne county physicians have been accepted in the service, i All the doctors in Hoosierdom will

NEW PARIS, O., May 18. Decoration Day services will be held here Thursday, May 30. Plans are now under way for the celebration.

U. S. Happy to Be Linked With French Says Wilson (By AssociaieJ Press) WASHINGTON. May 18.-On the eve of the great German offensive, states an official note Issued here today, President Wilson, anxious to address a message to the French people. . has asked one . of his . personal friends James Kerney, director of the Franco-American , committee on pub-

t lie information, to convey the-follow-jing to them:

"The people of the United States Is happy to find itself in the brotherhood of arms with the people of France in a war in which every man who loves right ought to be pround to take part'

be classified as to their ability for service. The state board has begun enumerating the physicians. The classification will take cognizance of their financial resources, the status of their family, and will reveal in minute detail their ability to serve with the colors. From this list will be called the doctors needed in the service. New Plan Outlined. ' Dr. Franklin Martin, chairman of the general medical board of the Coun

cil of National Defense, at a meeting

oriSurgeon3 and physicians in New York on May 4 and 5, presented the following course of action to obtain doctors for the service: - "The scheme is this: "That each state committee, with the county committees where this seems desirable, take their tabulated lists of the profession in their state . Continued On Page Six.

"Give Us This Day 0or" ' (By Associated Press) TJCRRE HAUTE, May 18. Vincenaio Boaso, president, and Leo Poll,!- secretary of local No. 604, Blanford, Ind., United Mine Workers of America, last night reported that the local had passed a resolution to send to the Indiana supreme court; a memorial containing the following appear: "That the respective local request that we be not deprived of our rights to keep beer in our home for family use. Since the state went 'dry' our people have been falling sick, and the condition of water is bad. Beer has been used instead of water so we ask due consideration. We do not care for saloons or whisky, but we believe that beer is a necessity,vas,has been heretofore proven. We earnestly appeal to the courts to restore us our, beer. Motion carried unanimously. Local 604, local 3041, local 3553, in special meeting, Blanford, Ind., May 13." .

RECRUITING IS URGED ,(By Associated Press.) LONDON. May 18. Signatures are being Invited in Ireland to a proposal that the Irish question be submitted for adjudication to a competent international tribunal says a dispatch to the, Times from Dublin.. Such a tribunal, adds the dispatch might concist for example, of the United States and neutral powers of Europe.

(By Associated Press.) LONDON, May 18. Ireland and Irish affairs again have come to the fore. Discovery of a German plot Involving certain persons in Ireland was announced last night In Dublin by the issuance of a proclamation signed by Edward Shortt, chief secretary for' Ireland, In the name of the lord lieutenant, Viscount French. The proclamation asserts that British subjects resident In Ireland have entered into treasonable communication with the German enemy and calls for drastic measures to put down the German plot. Voluntary recruiting is urged In order that compulsion may be avoided and that the Irish may assist in putting down the conspiracy. Seven Are Held.

Communication with Dublin is slow but a dispatch to the Times says that a large number of persons already have been arrested in Dublin and other parts of Ireland. President Edward DeValera. president of the Sinn Fein; Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein; Countess Markievlcz. Dr. Dillon and William Cosgrave. Sinn Fein M. P. for Kilkenny, have been arrested, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Dublin. Additional arrests in Ireland reported in a Times dispatch from Dublin, include Dr. Hayes and DarreH Figgis. ; The" number of Irish in co-operation with the enemy is raid to be very small. There have been various hints recently of German activity in the Sinn Fein ranks and there has been no full explanation of recent arrests, including that of a man who landed on the Irish coast from a German submarine in a collapsible boat. Policy May be Changed. ;- . The reference to voluntary enlistment in the proclamation appears to confirm predictions that the government has changed its policy concerning conscripion in Ireland, owing to nationalist and Sinn Fein opposition. A report became current in Ireland Friday that the government Contemplated launching a recruiting schem on the lines of that formerly conducted by the Earl of Derby in England. It gained much prominence in Irish newspapers and was discussed widely. However, a Dublin dispatch to the Daily News says the report met only . with ridicule. The dispatch adds: "The atmosphere is completely tin-

suitable and it is doubtful if a sinple public man with real power in the country would back the scheme."

Another report is to the effect that

a number of prominent Irishmen have

submitted to Premier Lloyd George a request to appoint Gen. Sir Bryan Mahon, who has just relinquished the

artillery command in Ireland, director

of recruiting in Ireland. General Mahon is popular with large classes of

Irshmen with whom be Is regarded as

having very active sympathies, . but whether the appointment would have practical results can only be speculated upin. Sensation Is Created. Although there have been many rumors concerning events in Ireland recently, the r.ews received from Dublin early this morning of the arrests made in Ireland and of Lord French's proclamation that certain of the kin's subjects, "have entered into treasonable communication with the German enemy" created a sensation. Some days ago Sir Edward Carson, the Irish unionist leader, said in a letter to tjie government that he knew certain persons in Ireland had been in communication with the enemy, but it was. generally taken to mean some unimportant individuals connected with the man who was captured after landing recently on the Irish coast in

a collapsible boat. The nature of the arrests .taken in connection with the posting of Lord French's proclamation, however, indicates that the persons referred to are the beads of the Sinn Fein movement and that the government possesses evidence against them. ACTION WAS SLOW. (By Associated Press ' DUBLIN, May 18. The Irish Times today says the government has not acted a moment too soon, as all the signs pointed to another outbreak of armed violence, possibly in connection with . the landing of German troops on Irish shores. -...

Lynch Negroes Charged With Murder of Two (By Associated Press.) VALDOSTA. Ga., May 18. Will Head and Will Thompson negroes, implicated in the murder of Hampton Smith and shooting of Mrs. Smith, at Barney, Thursday night, were lynched last night. Head is said to have confessed a plot against the Smiths.