South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 2, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 January 1918 — Page 5

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

ttT.n.i:l).VY LVKMNC. .lAMWIlY 2. 191.

French Commissioner Thanks U. S. For War Aid

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l liilnl tat-. I'AIil:-. !''. 1 i l.y mail tr New York). Fvery Frenchman should "understan'l the trr:inSous i i 1 given by the Unitl S'-it.js tu Prance. th ohd irity and fr.it ur.al sjurit of the greit rejiuMtc of AmcrK.t wh-e colaboratirvn in our hour of n"--l Lad. done so ia'ii h to a-ure to us th r.ect-J-sities of o'ir very-day lif: and our absolut military re'rait"-

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gines-. 1.ÜU' miles of tra"k, or -t-I rails ari'i .iiOt) cars of every description. In addition the locomotives sent by the American government to the -iNpeditionary for. es in Franc will greatly relieve tb.e congested condition of the French railroads. Th Fnit'd states also conferred another gnat favor upon us, agreeing to transport material and leaving the question of adjusting th account until the lose of

In every imaginable way, from hostiliti.

money and food supplies, to mnuarv i There remained th question

nnd naval ( ooperatior.. America hasfvtPf.-i. We had ,ivmi larze orders rendered u invaluable ass:-tan i.ut with' the diinini.-hing means of and placed u under an eternal ddt j tra nsports the poods wer- storked to her. j np iri the American ports. First it While it is hard to give a rrief ; was necessary to find ships. S.-cond-rcxjme of what I and my colleat: i-s j jyt for the year l'jl. we haw suchave accomplished in Washington, a ; ( rei ed in obtaining deliveries of

moie than 700, runt tons of steel. Thus we have not only been abb- to realize a great saving, but to assure our-elves a minimum import of inc. 00 tons of steel per month.

str :rtion.

upplles and transport.!-

hummary will show that since May, 1017. the United states lias loaned i.s S1.1JO.000.0OO; has made possible th? doubling of our imports of powder, lias, since September, arranged

to supply us with huge quantities of I which will sutfice for our needs.

wheat: by December will have augmented the tonnage at our disposal by 30 percent; will further in reuse It by CO percent during 101s; will rai-e an army of ;;,000.000 men. if uere.ssary. to cooperate with us by land, by sea. has already established an efficient patrolling of the waters that has assured the comparative .safety of navigation. A simple indication of the task we had to accomplish at Washinglo'n will gie an idea of the nature of our mission. The budget we had to pass upon there represented 12."00,euci.000 francs, twice the total budget of France in peace times. 1 give a balance sheet of the items in their respective order of importance. Ca VP Financial Aid. The financial question dominates i .i 1.... -w. i-t-i.-l, i

all ovn'rs, iui . i inn' c hi' ii .. i three ears has spent more than TU Pillions, the first condition of victory is the ability to : ay her debt. Before the entry of the I'nited States into the war it was only with the greatest difficulty, and in always in.su tPcient hgures that we were able to obtain credit in NewYork for our payments in dollars. In 10 11 we had endeavored to plare there, a credit of $r.o.0o,0'0. seured by French treasury bonds. We succeeded in placing only $' j. 000. 0o. payable in 10K, 101; and during the first four months of 1017. diverse operations had assured us $S30.l'00.0uu. at six or seven percent. Hut that was insufficient, and Kng'and. w'iich had besides made considerable purchases for us for which she advanced the necessary money, had to place a further sum of $2 2 l.u'iu.OOu at our disposition for debts payable by the French government. Since May, 1017. however, the government of the United Mates, which must not only support its own expenses in the war. hut a great share of those of its allies, has lesponded in the most thorough fashion to the demands we have made upon it. The total of the sums that I have obtained since May up to I.m M, 1 1 1 7, represents J1.FJ0.(o'nt.ooo at four and one-half per

cent. This sum has sufficed to meet all our payments in dollars without recourse to Ungland. It has further enabled us to reimburse the British treasury to the extent of J joö.onu.ooo. representing the amount it had dishurse-.i for us in the purchase of materials in the I'nited States, notably in the purt base of cereals under the inter-allied agreement. Thus hefor May we were constantly on the lookout for guaran

ties we could give. laborious and I resolved

intricate combinations for the security of loans to us, always mena -ed by tle calling in of short term bans and of reimbursements that had to be made. Situe May we have

had one source of credit, ont- rate of interest and the choice of repayment within the next :,( ears. Hefore May we had obtained in months $6 50.001. oo0 at six and seven pener.t; since May. in eight months. $ 1,1 r.o.Oot',000 at four and one-half percent. Before May an .ippeal to Fngland for an additonal $ 'J 1.000. 0'"0 ; since May. the repaint nt to Kngland of $ j: 3.000. 0u0. These figures sam up the situation that should l-e clearly urulei stood iy generous solidarity of our American ally. 1 will add. to indicate another aspect of the problem, that ly our new purchasing organization we have during the four months of June. July, August and September sealued an economy of over $l."00.eOC. and the saving wiil l.e even more sensibly increased in the months tli.it are to follow. Armament 1 irnilH'd. Next in importance to the !;r,.it;' ts onies the armament. !r us the problem consisted in covering our "tvn needs for as long a period as nossible without interfering with ; he actual needs of the new Amerian army and navy that v.is pri:itr.rg up. It was m this rivalry of ! ed between the two countries that e OrT.an press based its hopes of disagreement etwcrri the allies, a hope that was doomed to rapid d;.--a pr ointment . Our first big negotiation was ar-rit-d through on the quetio:i of powder for o ir cannon. We su - eeded ir. augmenting our importations by lOd percent per day ami thu realized an fenomv in tnr.aRf alone of 40.Oi.mj ton per north be. u jsc for the powder, the w tight of the manufactured article '. .- greatly inferior to that of the raw materials from which it i- produced. The same ru!t was obtained with p;.-r;' a il; an ir.ere.4se the importation and a tonnage or.oniy f 't'.,o"i tons per m nth. supplicil (.M-omotiv Another important question, both tor th army and i-ivili.ui population u Lkta uii. ojr iit:eds in

I'ofMl Supplier From F. S. With regards to the prnvij'al .articles of food and supplies, wheat, sugar, meat and other foodstuffs, purchases are affected in block by the inter-allied organization in London. This organization could certainly be improved upon. and J made some improvements myself. I had an expert sent from I'ranee to see the quality and quantity of

wheat shipped over. It was. thanks

to daily intercourse with Mr. Hoover, the food controller, that we were informed of the purchasing possibilities from month to month. :ir work would have been facilitated if w? had been informed by London and Paris of the amounts of the purchases that had been made elsewhere, but unfortunately this was not done. It was only last September that the sugar shortage was put up to me. At my request. Mr. Hoover immediately granted me a license for the export of 70.0'b) tons, which covers our immediate- needs. At the same time I was asked to occupy

myself with the petrol crisis. American government, placed

tion. We wanted the Fi.iUd Stat s to profit by all of o :r military errors and gladly vent 4"0 i f our best officers to serve as instructors tri the A me ri an army, which will number .:,000,mjO men if it 1 e deemed neces

sary. Army was not lor.y in putting' into effe t dra-tic changes its artil-i b ry equipment. After six "e.ks of: negotiation, it adopted our three-j ;nrh, six-inch shoit and six-ii.ch ; loig guns, our one and or.e-half- : inch and our howitzers. To save I time the I'nited Stat s has pl.u ed !

ordtrs with our gun factories aggregating more than $J."i.';00."'oi. bur factories have been especially e,uipji d to meet the orders and .ire h,nd at work. The same methods 'navebeen adopted for the aviation. The war department and th shipping board have clo.-ely examined the situation for naval bases ar.d

have iven us their cb-- st coopera

tion. It is interesting to remark that the 10'. additonal tons of shipping that have b en turned over to us within the last thr e weeks ha", e been released without m the slightest subtia' ting from th- ton-

na-;e used in the transportation of;

troops. S.multaneously a great effort has been mad to oordinate the policing of the sVas and th asfcurar.ee of safety to commercial navigation. lhfore concluding I have two great duties to accomplish. First, to express my gratitude to my collaborators on both side- of the ocean, then to explain the invaluabh-a--istance rendered us by tho.-c m-n with whom we came in contact in America and what they meant to us. We have worked together with a singleness of purpose that has expedited our labor and demot-strated as nothing else could the fiaternul interest of America for Kimivo, h-r deepest sympathy in our hour of need and he-r speedy preparations to assist u? in our common . ndeuvor.

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B. Workman Reports He j

Has Another Million in Sight.

Nci-'l Spe hi! s.-rvi e; ;SIIi:X. Jan. .1. F. Workman, formerly of Indianapolis, but who has been making his home in

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Goshen since in

cuinini.-.-ioiiti.- entered a contract with him to become a " tax ferret,"' has filed a report with the commissioners. U shows that i e lias added $l,7-',7;i to the county tax du1 licute representing an actual value ef 2,:. i.Mj.ioo, --at h ast," and that a total of 3 Ö 1.4 4 in taxes has Len collected on tlu.i property. Workman claims he has $ I.uih'.uoO more taxables "in siglit" ijut tliat his Work has been greatly hampered by lawsuits and other opposition, lie gets :..") per cent of the taxes ceUlected: and Llkhart city luid a eontract witn him that gave him :I0 per cent more. Llkhart now holds that U is und' r no ohogation to jay him for ernovering property that he puts i. t'ne county duplicate.

Elkhart Nevs

Neves Times Specia- Set-x i. : i:LKHAllT. Ind.. .Ian. J. the local ehcpier of tit Ited has lie-en org lflt.'ed for Pw 1

)ltl (.(.IMS TO Mlil I. A m etin d Goshen druggists will be h"bl Wednesday e-mn for t!i" jiurpose of determining whether tit1 stores should be closed earlier nights in an chort to conserve the fuel supply in accordance vvitli the policies that are being adopted in vaiioiis nciherii Indiana cities.

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more tank steamers at our disposal and I believe more art- to follow. Another pressing uuestion was that of cotton, but. the necessary measures have, been taken to me t our needs. I can only touch on the numerous other matters, such as agricultural machinery. We obtained 2,000 of these machines. In May. Se-'y McAdoo also granted us inCreased credits to enable us to provide supplies for the invaded regions', giving us jr-.eaiO.rtOO a month to spend in this vvoik. We are nowtrying to obtain the necessary tonnage for the transport of the supplies. The already apparent result is that:

First: The inert as of tonnage'

realized, or certain before Dee. i , of this year, represents ::o perc nt of the tonnage available last July. Second: The assured increase for 101V and it may be exceeded represents ',() percent of the same tonnage. The orders placed by the French

go ernment amount to r' .(.") o tons, only half of which has been ret.uid-

A. IL Jones, director Cross in this city.

of tiie He, I

JOHN m: afocks if.. John Heacocks, , died Monday

ni-ht at his residence ot inbrmities !

incident to old ane and complications lollowing a var's ilie.-s. He l ad been a resident of this localttj

the' for many years.

He is survived b two sons'. Funeral servii.-. -s will be announced later.

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News-Times SH' ial Servtee: LLKJIAliT. Ind., Jan. 2. -- The ('ntury club held it's annual .'vw Year's ball Tuesday afternoon jnd evening. Th ball be-an ut four o'elock with a short intermission lor dinner, which was served hv Mrs.

L. M. P.roderiek. a h mu-i - v

furnished by the Fisher orche-tra from Kalamazoo. An added attraction was the sight of many of the members in army uniforms.

COLI MAY YFAK's. Monday was the '4th anniversary of the cel. Piated cold NewYear's about which pioneers delight to refer. The remarkable drop in the temperature came on Jan. 1, 1m;4. Iec. ;;i, 1m;: brought rain. Toward evening the mercury began to fall and New Year's it was -5

s j decrees below zero. The drop was

reported as t.i degrees.

iioiiecj ov nie i.niie'i .iaie. i mi-i

tln."vt- 1 1 m.ii in ti mnntlw Amrr- Will

course will be completed

tonnage amounting to more

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ican

than 100.00( tons. It is

doubt, certain that next year our transport situation front America will be greatly improved. Military Cooperation Given. America's military arid naval preparations were very rapid. With an amazing quickness the I'nited States, in ch'se conjunction with us,

the four important prob

lems of organization. military in-

ivvssFs tit For. Am m:i: k f. New S- Tillies Spe. Servil e : KI.KHAIIT, Ind.. Jan. L. Hazen H. Ila'-gerty. sen of Mrs. L. M. lfag-

gerty of 22s V. 1'ranklin st.. has; passed both mental and physical j examinations required for admis-l sion to the balloon eorps of the

Fnited States army and expects to receive his call to go to fhica-o within short time where he will take a course before entering the active service. loiter Mr. Ha--orty

he sent to Omaha, whe-e his

PIGS stoi.i:. Two jugs wer- stolen from the farm of Aaron Hess, located two miles w est of Gosh n on the Lincoln highway. The thieves used an automobile in order to make a safe uetaw ay.

I A i moTIC IMtOGUAM. A patriotic program of the Goshen Farmers' institute will be held in

:pohn building

MINE SWEEPERS AND ARMED STEAMER SUNK

Moo.-e hall in

j Thursday. Jan. ::. The entire afteri noon will be devoted to a patriotic

program m wnieti town peopie as well a- farmers are invited to attend. Anthony Deahl. member of til- state council of defense, will talk

on "The Atrocities of the German !

Army." Luring thk; talk the public is asked not to bring children Ittween the ages of three and 11' v ears.

LONDON', Jan. 2. The admiralty announces that the mine sweeping sloop Arbutis and the armed board steamer drive have .-unk owing to bad weather after having been torpedoed.

FIRST U. S. HOSPITAL TRAIN LEAVES ENGLAND

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headquarter Monday. This tram

was completed by the car building , f shops of the Midland railwav, under! J

a rush order, in weeks, which is a

lish oar builders. The train consists of K car?, which have accommodations i'or 40 a patients. It i- over 'JOU leet long. The cars are painted kh-.ki e'dor and have on them the lairi-iar ited Cross insignia and aLo 'F. S." in large letters. Inside the cars are finished in mahogony and white enamel. They are the last word m

lomf'ort and quipnient.

c !ude r 1 ri gerators. kit' hen. steam heat.

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throughout the train ev er.v six min-j Utes. 1 Tl;e train wa in-pe t l by Walt r

! Hines Lage, th.e Amern au anv .:--1 sudor a ltd th.e American military ! an.! naval authorities last Saturduv.

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BRITISH QUEEN SENDS GREETINGS TO DR. SHAW ! KONPON, .Jan. J. )ueen Mary sent a tel- gram fro:n Sindringharn I Tuesday to pr. Anna Howard Shaw.

the woman s 11 ft rage pauer 01 cv York, says the official press bureau, ieud:ng as follows:

"I received with much -atisfuc- j tion arc! pleasure the friendly mes- ; sage you addres-vd to me from the 1 vv T .er.'s committee of tlte council j of national def r.se -f Americ a. ! Tlei-e convey to the s'terhood! of (.:r j. reat country tb warm th. .nks f tr.e wom-r. of the Hrltlsh ; empire for their inspiring words of Ivo-.. rag merit and ;is?-irance. The horrors of war have taught us to j know or." ar. other better and they j have strengthened the ties of kin- 1 hip and mutual sympathy by unit- ' in th.e worn-;! of the Lng!i.-h speak- j i"g rices heart and soul in the,

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ors an.', soldiers I pray for God's riehe-t -tssir.s on our effort?. (SigueJ) -MAIIY, It."

VELVET TRIMMED HATS Values to $3.50. Sale price

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Offered here Thursday in Women's COATS, SUITS, DRESSES and MILLINERY at a saving of from One-third to One-half on every purchase.

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Your unrestricted choice of any Satin or Gold lace

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in the House. Regular values from $5 to $7.50. FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ONLY. Just in the right time. Here is the chance you did not expect. New Satin Hats and Gold Lace Hats, some with fur trimming.

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All this season's coats in belted styles with buckles. All the colors and materials so popular this winter. Values from $15 to $25. Thursday and Friday

A new lot of Dresses in Silk Poplins, Crepe de Chines and Taffetas. Values to $15. Thursday and Friday

Hats that are selling elsewhere for $5 and $7.50. Our price for this sale $2.98.

DRESSES Values to $25. Tliursday and Friday

New shipment of high-class Skirts received, in Silks, Serges and Poplins. Values to $6. Tliursday and Friday

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