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New-York tribune., 1917-10-30
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New-York tribune., 1917-10-30

Freddie Welsh is proving that he has
saved some money from the wreck by
the self-expressed desire TO wager
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
Communication Difficult, and Details of Destruc-
 tion are Unobtainable.
VALMA SUFFERS
 HEAVIEST LOSS
Village in BOllinger County Has p Dead and 200 Injured Several of Wounded at Mineral Point
 Succumb to Injuries.

st. Louis, May 3l.-Fifty y-scvcn persons were killed in the tornado which swept through several coun- ties in southeast Missouri and south ern Illinois Wednesday, according to dispatches tonight.
 Hundreds were injured and the property loss is enormous. Wires are down and communication is virtually impossible.
 The greatest loss of life was at Valma, village in Bollinger county, Mo-, where it was reported 25 lives were lost and 200 were injured. There is no communication with Valma, ex- cept overland, and the roads are al- most impossible.
 | Fourteen were reported killed near Chaonia, in Wayne county, three others at ArdeOla, three at Aquilla, two at Salem, enc at Lenox, four at Dongola, one at Advance, one at Bis marck, and several of those injured at Mineral Point have died, the total deaths there being nine.
 Four negroes were killed in south ern Illinois. The storm was most severe in Bolliger, Scott, Wayne and 1 Washington counties.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
CHARGE WRITER RECEIVES PAY
 FOR OPINIONS

New York, May 31.-Allegation that one speaker, Texton Hibben, news paper writer, was in the pay of the Greek government as a prOpag agandist and introduction of resolution call ing for fresh statement of war aims of the entente allies. resulted in spirited discussions among delegates at today's session of the National conference on Foreign Relations of the United States.
 Hibben, who recently returned from Greece, told the conference he knew personally that King Constan- tines sympathies are not with the the Germans, and assailed adherents of Venezelos as handful of poli- ticians."
 Ninety per cent of the Greeks, he said, represent the constitutional government.
 Theodore Ion, professor of inter national law at George Washington university said Hibben is engaged in propaganda work for the Greek gov ernment, that he was receiving $500 a month for his services and that he had in his pockets papers that would prove his assertion.
 Hibben said he would be glad if the speaker who made the charge would display the evidence he said he had to the executive committee. Lat CT he denied he was in the pay of the Greek government.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
PRESIDENT WILL
 ADDRESS REUNION
 0F OLD VETERANS

Washington. May 31.--President Wilson accepted an invitation today to address the United Confederate Veterans Tuesday, at their annual reunion here, and will be introduced by General A. P. Hill. He will likely attend also the memorial services at Arlington cemetery.
 Representative Frank Clark of Florida and Bennett H. Young of Louisville, former commander in chief, will be the principal speakers.
 The court of honor in Pennsylvania avenue, before the white house, erect ed for the reunion, was completed to- day and will be lighted Saturday night for early arrivals.
 Citizens of Tulsa, Okla, today noti- fled the committee that they will make strong fight for the 1919 re- union.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
ITALIAN KING SENDS MESSAGE
 TO AMERICANS

Washington, May 31.-The prince of Udine, head of the Italian mission, on the floor of the senate today de- livered a message to the American people in the name of King Victor Emmanuel. welcoming the> entrance of the United States into the war as the final moral justification of the cause for which the allies are fight ing. The measure .breathed confi- tlence in the ultimate victory.
 "Italy," said the prince, wants the safety of her boundaries and her coasts, and she wants to secure her self against new aggressions, but Italy has not been and never will be an element of discord in Europe ana as she wills her own free national ex- istence. at the cost of any sacrifice, so she will contribute with all her strength to the free existence and de- velopment of other nations"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
Y. N. [. A. BOARD WILL
 AID COUNTY CAMPAIGN

Rev. J. I. Norris, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who is chairman of the campaign in Pine Bluff and Jefferson county, to raise this coun- tvs share, $2,500, of the $15.000 want ed from Arkansas toward the $3,0O0,- 900 fund for religious work in mili- tary camps, last night explained to the directors of the local Y. M. c. A. what he plans to do, and was in- formed by the directors that the local association approves his course and will aid him in successful cam paign, in any way it can.
 Dr. Norris stated he is already se- lecting his assistants. and is confi- dently of the opinion that it will re- .quire only a day or two to obtain the entire $2.500 in this city and county for the work to be done at Fort Logan H. Roots, at Little Rock, where the Arkansas troops are encamped.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
FATHER FOLLOWS INSTRUCTIONS ID
 RECOVER CHILD
Springfield Banker Willing to Pay $6,000 Ransom
 for Kidnapped Baby.

Springfield, Mo-, May 31.-Spring- field stayed up tonight, while J. H.. Kieth, a wealthy banker, toured Greene county, to meet and exchange $6,000 for his 14-months son. who was stolen by kidnappers last night while the parents were at a dance.
 Lynching is openly talked of if the kidnappers are caught.
 Keith received a letter this morn- ing telling him how to proceed to recover the child. He was told to take certain route, and he would be met and given the baby for the $6,000. He was warned to come alone. The letter said the baby would be killed if an attempt to arrest the kidnappers was made.
 Bloodhounds put on the trail this morning followed it only short dis tance, to where an a,t to likely was waiting for the kidnapLers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
Administration Severely Criticised For Entry Into
 European Conflict.
FORMER SENATOR
 SAYS "NO CAUSE"
President of Free Speech League De- cIares Government completely Changed in Last 60 Days, People
 Took no Part in Movement.

New York, May 31.-SuppOrt Of "conscicntious objectors' to the draft was pledged today in resolution by the so-called first "Amercan Confer ence on Democracy and Terms of Peace"
 Many Socialists are attending. SeF- cral speakers severely criticized the government and a telegram was read from Former Senator Work of Cali firnia. in which he said i've dishon- orcd ourselves by declaring war without adequate or reasonable cause" He added that if the issue had been left to the people, the coun- try would still be at peace.
 Gilbert E. Roe, president of the Free Speech league of America, de- clared that within the last 60 days we have completely transformed the government and the people have had nothing to say about it."
 Somewhere along the line,' he said, ''the voters must have q chance to express themselves"
 Norman l.. Thomas charged the at tempt "to force a man to fight le worse than the imposition of chatte1 slavery"
 The report of the "committee or American liberties" which Rev. Rich ard w. Hogue, director of the civic forum of Baltimore is chairman urged the abolishment of "secret di- plomacy." With refere nee 10 con- scription and "conscientious object ors," the report said:
 "It is contrary to American tradi- tion to force them to enroll for war service against their conscience"
 "We also declare" the report added, "that all Americans are entitled to passports to neutral countries, an legislation now pending in congress, if passed, will make this country more. autocratic than Russia under the rule of the czar."
 Miss Lola LaFollettc daughter of the senator from Wisconsin, who voted against the declaration of war, submitted a report on permanent or ganization. This in part recommend ed that the executive committee be instructed to "see to it that legal defense of all American liberties in war times is effectively organized throughout the United States" and also that a committee be named to go to Washington to present the res0- lution and ask the president for the terms on which the administration will be willing to make peace.
 
 arrested after the meeting. and charged with distribut ng anti-con- scription literature. In the night court, all the prisoners said they were born in Russia. Each was held for examination tomorrow by feder- al authorities.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
BRITISH LOSSES
 OVER I20,000 IN
 PRESENT MONTH
O. fficial Announcement Made, 5,902 Officers and
 106, 331 Men Are Lost
London, May 31.-British casualties as published in May show total of 5,9O2 officers and 1O6,331 men.


 The British offensive on the Arras front, involving some of the severest fighting of the war, naturally has re- suited in a large increase in casual ties over the inactive winter season. Casualties for the last few months have not been received but in Febru- ary the total reported was only 1,243 officers and 17,1S5 men.
 The assertion of the British that their losses are 50 per cent smaller than in the battle of the Somme not withstanding the fact that larger forces are engaged. is not borne out by the May figures, although in the absence of the casualties reported for April, early in which month the of fensive was launched, the showing is not conclusive. The casualties re- corded in the first three months of the Somme drive were 307, ,169 of ficers and men. In August of last year the second month of the Somme battle, the casualties were 127,945 as compared with 112,233 for May, the second month of the Arras battle
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
PRESIDENT HAS SUBSCRIBED TO
 LIBERTY LOAN

Washington, May 31.-President Wilson today joined the ranks of par ticipants in the Liberty loan by sub- scribing for a $10,00O bond. Writing to Secretary McAdoo, he said:
 "May not send you personally my subscription to the Liberty loan, which I make with great satisfaction and with the wish that it might be a great deal larger"
 Secretary McAdoo announced the itinerary for his second speaking tour. He will start from New York Monday and before returning to Washington will visit Boston, Detroit St. Louis, New Orleans. Birmingham Chattanooga, Louisville, Cincinnati and Pittsburg.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
JEWS ARE ORDERED
 LEAVE PALESTINE BY TURK OFFICERS

Copenhagen, via London, May 31.- According to information received in Zionist circles from Palestine the Turks have twice given orders for the election of the Jews from Jerusalem, but the orders each time were sus- pended, owing to representations from the German government, which feared for the safety of the shrines and other holy places and still moro the effect upon the wotld's public opinion.
 The order of expulsion, however still is hanging over the heads of the residents of Jerusalem. and the con- culates and public institutions have their belongings packed and theil affairs in order so as to leave prompt ly should the Turkish commander Doemal Pasha, enforce it as a gen. eral measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
FRENCH RECOVER
 TRENCHES LOST IN GERMAN ATTACK
Comparative Quiet Prevails on All Fronts, Although
 Artillery Active.
Associated Press Summary

A state of virtual inaction prevails on all the war fronts.
 In only one theatre has there been any fighting worthy of note, this being the Champagne, in France, where the French counter attacked heavily against positions northeast of Monthaut, where Wednesday the Ger mans, in violent offensive, had cap tured trench elements, drove out the Teutons Thursday, and reestablished their former front in it's entirety.
 To the west of the region between Soissons and Rheims, there has been continuation of the spirited artillery duels on various sectors, notably Berry au Bac, the Germans for the first time in several months carried out tapping operations. This netted them parts of trenches, which were blown up.
 Intensive fighting on the southern portion of AustroItalian front appar- ently has ceased for the moment. the Italians being engaged in consolidat- ing positions and in bringing up guns for further operations against Triest. Along the IsonZo line, only artillery duels have bee min progress, owing to the bad weather.
 There has been renewal of ac- tivity by the Italians in Albania and several villages in the southern part of this theatre have been taken and held successfully against counter at tacks of theTeutonic allies.
 Eastward, on the entire Macedonia front. artillery duels are in progress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
CENSORSHIP
 FINALLY LOST
 IN THE HOUSE

Washington, May 31.-The admin istration's fight for war censorship on newspapers was lost today, at least for the present, when the house refused, by 184 to IA, to accept even the modified censorship section writ ten into the espionage bill in confer ence.
 The senate already 1: on record as opposed to censorship and leaders do not expect further efforts to enact it soon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
BOARDING TO
 BE A FELONY, UNDER NEW LAW

Washington. May 31:-Hoarding storage or destruction of food, fuel or other necessaries, to limit the supply or affect prices would be a felony un- der an amendment of the govern ment's first food bill adopted in the senate today without a record vote.
 Violation of the section punishable bv imprisonment for not less than six months nor more that three years. Hoarding by farmers of the product of land cultivated by them is excepted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
STOP STRIKE PLANS.

Detroit, Mich., May 31.-Federal of ficials announced today that an al- legged plot to tie up Great Lakes com merce through strikes was probably broken up by the raid last night on the local headquarters of the Indus trial Workers of the World. Two of- ficers of the organization were ar- rested and considerable literature was confiscated.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
BIRTHDAY OF vICEROY.

Ottawa, Ont., May 31.-Numerous messages mes: of greeting have been re- Jeived d at Rideau House to remind the tI uuke of Devonshire that today marks S; sae beginning of his fiftieth year. nince his arrival in Canada last sum- mer an to succeed the duke of Connaught a. governor general the duke of tpSeVonshire has won a high place in M s'e regard of all classes of the peo- p. ple. Recently he has visited a num- oe oer or cities of Ontario and has ev- come.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
BAR ALCOHOL ADS.

Washington. May 31.-Grain alcohol advertisements and solicitations for orders for alcohol will be barred from the mails to dry territory, under con- struction of the law made today by the postoffice department. Advertise ments of Genatured alcohol will not be barred, as this is held not to come under the head of intoxicants.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
HIGHWAY CELEBRATED.

New Orleans. La., May 31.-State and city officials and representatives of many automobile clubs and inn provement organizations participate in an elaborate parade and celebra- tion here today in honor of the com pletion and opening of the Jefferson highway, from New Orleans to Winni- peg.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
BLOCKS RIVERS BILL.

Washington. May 31.-An attempt to bring up the $26,0G0,000 rivers and harbors bill was blocked in the house today through a point of no quorum by Republican Leader Mann, after a motion to begin consideration of the measure had been carried.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
oFFJCER's DAUGHTER A BRIDE

Washington, D. C., May 31.-A wed dino of interest in navy circles today was that of Miss Julia Peck, daughte,, If Commander Robert G. Peck. United States Navy, retired. and Mrs. feck' @ and Russell Hyde of Boston. The ceremony was performed at the home of the brides parents in George town.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01

It is just a quarter of century since the United States navy began to consider seriously the idea of a sub marine boat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
EAGLES DANCE.

Dance under auspices Eagles lodge Tuesday, June 5th. 800 p. m. Ash ford's orchestra. Eagles Hall. 2 5-o7-9:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01

,oo onlle nd is irrigating more than 2.- ouV'ooo acres of land and has nearly as many more available for litigation
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
The Weather

.,asl Friday: local showers; cooler in fo;s f;s. and central portion; Saturday, -a'f' cooler in western portion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
Charges of Sedition and Conspiracy Made Against
 Various Defendants.
FEDERAL JUDGE
 UPHOLDS MEASURE
Petitions For Injunction at Kansas City Arrested While Their Attorney Is Seeking to Take Appeal to
 Higher Tribunal.

= q agents began late today arresting per- sons suspected to be participants in alleged anti-conscription plots. Four men and one woman here and three men and a woman at Topeka were ar rested.
 Two here, Raymond I. Moore and Thos. Sullivan. early in the day sought to obtain an injunction to prevent Governor Gardner and other officials from enforcing the registration next Tuesday. Circuit Judge Bird denied their petition and their attorney was obtaining certified appeal petition when secret service men arrested them.
 Of the three held, one was Moore's wife, who was Miss Leonora Warne- son, a public school teacher, who came into conflict with the school board here recently after she had written anti-enlistment mottos on the blackboards of the school room. Others held for examination were Elea Forshy, a photographer. and H. D. Kleinschmidt of Corder. Mo. All
 were held In default of bonds. Those arrested at Topeka were Dr. Deaver Harding of that city, recently an independent candidate for con- gross; Ike Gilberg, Fred Felton and Ernest Newman They were taken in connection with an investigation of an alleged anti-conscription meeting held Sunday night at Topeka.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-01
Preacher Is Arrested.

IIcuVutT ID ATIObttVS
 Minneapolis, Minn., May 31.-Rev. Chas. F. Lehnert, pastor of the Gen. tral German M. E. church was arrest ed today by agents of the department of justice, on a warrant charging him with making seditious statements.
 It is charged he returned a Liberty Loan circular to loan headquarters here. with statements written across the face, bitterly criticising President Wilson and dcnouncing the loan in strong terms.
 College Students Implicated.
 New York, May 31.--Federal agents today took action against an alleged conspiracy to defeat the registration in New York. Three students, Owen Capell. son of James McKeen Capell a noted physiologist and professor at Columbia, Chas. A. Phillips of Colum- bia and Miss Eleanor Wilson Parker of Barnard. were arrested and held for a hearing tomorrow. They fur nished bail.
 They are members of the Collegiate Anti Militarism league, in the rooms of which a meeting of students was held May 8. when plans are alleged to have been made against the peace of the United States and their dig nity"
 Pamphlet of the organization on file at the district attorneys office show 1t has members at Yale. Har- yard. Princeton, Cornell. Columbia, Obcrlin. Amherst and other colleges, universities and theological institu- tions throughout the country. Miss Parker is the secretary.
 According to the complaint, Capell. Phillips and Miss Parker conspired to induce divers persons whose names are unknown" to fail to register as re- quired by law.
 Capell said that the meeting on May 8 was attended by delegates repre- senting college students generally. in- cluding those subject to draft. A copy of the text of the alleged anti- conscription pamphlet contains the following sentence:
 "We will approve the action of any one who refuses to register for con- scription."
 Printing Office Raided.
 Columbus. Ohio, May 31.-Charges of treason were filed by United States District Attorney Bolin tonight against three men who. with several others were arrested today in connec- tion with anti-registration plotting. Each pleaded not guilty and all were held under $25.OO0 bond to await hearing Saturday morning.
 The federal grand jury will as semble Tuesday to investigate the arrests. Those charged with sedition are Emmon A. Hennacy. junior at the Ohio state university: Harry A. Townsley, printer; and Cecil w. Bailey. mechanic.
 . Others held for investigation are Ole Wunnastro, of East Columbus. a timer, and John Lewis Hammond. miner. arrested at Marietta for dis tributing literature.
 Townsley conducts a printshop. Hennacy has been Socialist worker. A great stock of brilliant posters was confiscated from Hennacy's residence. It is said they were printed at Wash- ington.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08
WELLS RIVER.

(Mrs. D. G.. Farwell, Correspondent
G. E. Human was out of the store
two days on account of illness last
week, Fred H. Brock taking his place
at V. E. Towards .-Mrs. Walter
Johnson and son, Paul, of Holyoke,
Mass, called on friends in town Sat-
urday-Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Crabtree
and Miss Crabtree of toilette, P. O.,
are visiting at H. Crabtree' s.-Eldon O..
Stark Of Boston spent the weekend
in town.-D. G. Farwell left Monday
for a visit to his father in clean, N. Y.
DIR. David Marvin, wife and son of
Essex were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
D. Smith Sunday, the five people leav-
ing on an auto trip for Portland and
the beach resorts on .Monday.-Mlle.
Julia Wet, teacher of French at Camp
Farwell, Halls Pond, gave an inter-
esting talk at the home of Mrs. Mel
son Bailey last Thursday evening"
Harold Warden and family of Catskill
N Y, are visiting his mother, Mrs. Liz
zie Warden.-Mrs. Tilton of Chicago
ILL.,, has been the guest of Mr. Coch-
ran and daughter, Mrs. Clark, the past
few days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08
Crews Of Seven Sunken
Vessels Landed in u. S

An Atlantic Port, Aug. 6.-The
crews of seven vessels, six of which
were sunk by German submarines off
the Azores Islands, were brought here
today by French steamer which took
them on board at a port of call on
her voyage from Europe.
The seventh vessel was abandoned
and went down after she had sprung
leak in rough weather. She encoun-
tered no submarine, according to the
crew.
The captain of one ship said that
his vessel carried eleven locomotives
of large size intended for the use of
French railroads which American en-
gineers are constructing behind the
battle lines in France.
The procedure of the Germans was
the same in all cases, according to the
crews. The vessels were stopped,
boarded by the submarine commander,
and the men ordered to the lifeboats,
after which mines OR bombs were
placed in the ship and exploded. Then
the submarine towed the lifeboats
few miles toward shore and gave them
the right direction before submerging.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08
EAST RYEGATE.
CA. G. Bedell, Correspondent.

G. c.. Cowan moved into his new
house Tuesday and r. G. Patten will
move into the house vacated by Mr..
Cowan, and j. R. Alger will occupy
the tenement where Mr.. Batten has
been living, which was purchased by
Mr.. Alger some time ago.-Mrs. G. M.
Wallace is spending few days in Con-
cord with her daughter, Mrs. Cutting.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Bedell, Miss
Orpha and Miss Ruth Cowan spent
Sunday at The Lakeside, West Barnet.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Lackie and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Dew
ms spent Sunday at Joes Pond. Dam
ville.-Mr. Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Ward and Mrs. Roscoe Rinehart of
Woodsville, N. H., were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. c. Brown Sunday.-Miss
Iva Anderson has finished work at Mrs.
McI<irahan's and returned home
George Franklin and family motored to
South Newbury Sunday, where they
left Mrs. Franklin for a weeks visit
to Mr.. Franklin's brother and family.