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The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-08

ArcOid, Ill.,. May 7.--Members of the French mission to the United States we're severely shaken up but other wise uniniured when the special train aboard which they were returning east from their Middle Western tour was derailed one and one-half miles From here at 7:15 o'clock tonight.
 William Nye, ill charge of the Unit ed States secret service detail at- tached to the party, made a thorough investigation of conditions surrounding the wreck and announced as his opin- ion that it was entirely accidental.
 Rene Viylan, French minister Of justice and head Of the mission; Mar shal Joffre and other attaches of the party were dining at the time Of the accident. Only he forward truck of the diner, however, left the nails. and the jar was comparatively slight
 The tram compos ed or five solid steel cars, drawn by two engines, was running eastward at a fair speed. when suddenly the tender of the second en. zine apparently jumped the track and tore up the rails for a distance Of about 200 feet The day coach fol. lowing, which was used as a buffet car was thrown from the tracks and burned on it's side in a ditch. Three trainmen riding T the coach were un- injured.
 The second car, which contained the newspaper men attached to the party and the cta6 or the mission, also jumped the track but remained up right and none of itty occupants was injured The dining car was next and the two other cars of the train were undaturbed.
 Efforts to determine the cause of the wreck tonight were im vain. Railroad men asserted that John Redmond, en- gineer in charge, probably saved the train from more serious damage by
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SECRETARY LANSING
 SHUTS OFF NEWS SOURCES
ORDER IS SENT BROADCAST TO STATE DEPARTMENT OPTIC.
 lALS NOT TO TALK.

Washington. May 7-Tb@ usual channels of information through which news of America's relationships with foreign powers have up to now reacne1 the public were closed today by Sec retary Lansing.
 An order bearing his name was dis triLuted broadcast to state department officials instractng them not to talk with neVspapermen even on insE nifcanl matters of fact or detail" Heuceforth, under the order, the press will not be able to discus the back ground of complicated international question, with the experts at the head Of each bureau
 The order says that hereafter all news O. the department must be given oGt either by the secretary hmAeit or by the newly created so-oalled bureau o. foreign intelligence Secretary Lansing sees the uewspapermen twice daily. but does not pretend to be able to answer the maze of questions which every hour of the day is raised by newspaper cables The meetngs are becoming more and more perfunctory.
 The bureau of foreign intelligence is now d month old aud is charged Hot only with the pre- $, but with sup plying news 10 all American missions abroad Usually very much behind the press cables because of the need of Coding and de-codng, the bureau at Che same tune. because Of its relative lack of authority confines itself most ly 10 formal statements on news faeIs and does not attempt to provide the background or explanation which give international news ifs real value
 equen.ly, from now on. if 10. days order remains .u effect the pub- lie will receive from the state depart ment only such perfunctory news as the bureau gives out and such fr9g- mentary explanations as Secretary Lansing himself finds time for in the chiefs, handling questions of the Far East. South America. the Near East or Western Europe will not be able to give tO the public the benefit of their expert knowledge and intimate famli- arity Of their specialized situations Secretary Lansing, in discusisng the order tonight, said that the present situation was entirely too delicate for the various bureau chiefs to be giving ont information He said he recently had learned that some matters which he had not wished published had come out through newspapermen seeing vari- .ous officials of the department and he dd not feel that they should expect Ito continue such visits under the pre- s- ent situation
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BRITISH SURROUND GERMANS ON THREE SIDES

which the French were forced to re- treat.
 Greek troops, followers of former Premier Venizelos, in conjunction with the French forces, have occu- pied Bulgarian positions on a front of more than three miles in the Serbian theater and repulsed Bulgarian coun- ter attacks delivered in an endeayor to annul the advantace.
 This announcement which was made by the Paris war office. is in teresing inasmuch as it shows for the first time that the followers If Neni- zelo, actually are under arms with entente forces fighting in Macedonia.
 For the first time in several months a German airpIane has dropped bombs on London. The missiles fell in the northeastern part of the city, killing one man and wOunding another man and woman. Slight material damage resulted.
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counter attack on the newly acquired British positions south cf the Souchez river The British rifle and machine gun fire entirely wiped out the Ger. man forces which attacked in waves. while the supporting ccntingento were taken under the direct artillery fire and barrage and forced to give up the effort.
 Monday saw no continuation If the heavy infantry fighting of Sunday night northeast of Scissons, in the re zion of Moulin de I.affaux and alor Z the Chemin Des Danes. although the artillery continued roaring a mighty duel The French here everywhere are consolidating their guns and pre- pairing fer a fresh thrust agains the German lines
 The Berlin war office claims that in Sunday night'- fighting the Germans obtained local successes at numerous points, notably Il the Winterburg the northern slope of which was recap tured and on the southern slope, from
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quick action in throwing on the emer. gency brakes.
 M. Vlviani and Vice Admiral Choche- prat went forward and made an ex' amina' ion of the wreck, evincing great interest i'll the efforts of the trainmen to clear away the debris. Marshal Joifre and others of the commission remained aboard the train and com pleted their Interrupted dinner.
 The train was neid here several bours. during which the members of the commission retired for the night. It was expected that with wrecktng trains from Terre Haute, Ind. at work. the wreckage would be cleared away shortly.
 Many members of the party were asleep when, after about four hours delay, the wreckage was cleared sui ficiently to permit the train to get under way .-
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Admiral Sims Confers With Officials
 in Paris


 in Paris.
 Paris. May 7-The United States was represented for the frs. time in the entente allied war conferences by Rear Admiral William S. Sims, who was p-erent at the recent council of war here Tn connection with the measures discussed by the British and French missions at Washington. the discussions at Paris are likely to be followed by numerous developments cn the part the United States will actually take in the war
 Rear Admiral Sims, it is stated will direct operations. so far as that is possible from this side in order to avoid the delay and uncertainty inci- dent to directing operations from across the Atlantic
 Five nations on whom the brunt of the campaign against the central pow CTS now is falling were represented at the war council, namely, Great Britain, France. Italy. sRusSia and the llnlted states, While Great Britain and France were represented by mil tary and naval officers of the highest rank, including Major General Sir William R. Robertson, Field Marshal Haig. First Sea Lcrd Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, Generals Nivelle and Petaiu and Vice Admiral Debon, the participation of the United States was confined to the naval side, only Rear Admiral Sims and Lieutenant Com. mander William R. Sayles, the naval attache attending. There was no American military or diplomatic rep resentauye present. This is taken to indicate the advanced stage of the plans fir action by the American navy
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Fighting for Pos session oft Town of Bull lec0urt Is in Progress.
North of Lens the British Rifle and Machine Gun Fire Entirely Wiped Out the German Forces Which At- tackled in Waves in Effort to Retake Positions Captured.

New York. May 7-The British and Germans throughcut Monday stin were engaged in violent fighting for possession of the town of Bullecourt. midway between Arras and Cambrai, and also in this immediate reg on at Roeux and between Reincourt
 The British forces now are m the northern, western and eastern out. skirts cf Bullecou-t, leaving only the south part of it available for a re treat of The Germans still inside t'n- official reports have asserted that the British entered well into the town and that hand to hand fighting was going on.
 N rth of this sector the Germans re- port that heavy British attacks al Roeux and between Fontaine and Reincourt were repulsed during the day with sanguinary lcSses while still fart her north in the region of Lens the British offcial communication rec urds the repulse of a third German
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Washington, May 7.--In an extended session today the house ways and means committee wrote new and dras- tie liquor and inheritance taxes into the war revenue bill, but adjourned to uight still in disagreement over the many sections and about $200 0o0,000 short of the $t,S0O,000, 000 it has voted to raise. The leaders hope to com plete the measure tomorrow and pro posed retroactive Income tax amend ment, which would yield sI0000.000 during the coming year. and other far reaching proposals are held in abey- ance to De inserted at the eleventh hour, if necessary, to make up the de sired to+al
 Several members of tue house. in- cluding at least one member of the ways and means committee, already are planning to carry their fight for the changes to the bill to the senate finance committee a. soon as hearings on the senate side begin probably this week
 Proposed taxes on whiskey were in- creased by the committee from $1.10 to $220 a gallon and on beer from S1.50 10 s275 a barrel The amount of exempt liquor in a dealers poss es- sion at the tune the law becomes eff fective was reduced from an unlimited quantity t0 90 gallons These changes,
The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-08
Far Reaching Takes
 Are Agreed On
Liqu0r Will Be Increased to $2.2O Gallon and Beer Will Be
 $2.75 q Barrel.

it is predicted. will result in almost $50000, GOO additional revenue.
 New taxes written into the bill to- day include per cent on all advertis- ing except newspapers and periodicals; { per cent on pipe line transportation charges; on proprietary medicines, stamp tax expected to produce $6,500.- 900; 10 per cent on the purchase price of Pullman car tickets 5 per cent on sporting goods; per cent on tue fac tory price of new jewelry; 10 cents deck on playing cards, and in addition to other amusement taxes, a 1-cent tax on every theater ticket sold to a child under 12 years old.
 The proposed tax on retail tobacco dealers was stricken out. Attempts to fix a tax on automobiles, motorboats and pleasure yachts already in the hands of users failed
 Efforts still are being made to kill the proposed Increased zone rates for second class matter Opponents of tho change tcday succeeded In adding proyiso ~tbat the rate of postage on daily newspapers when same arc dropped in a letter carrier office for delivery by its carriers shall be the same as now provided by law
 A vote on Representative Moore's proposal to tax cotton s2.50 bale win not be reached until tomorrow. A proposal to tax gasoline will be voted on at the same time.
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EXHIBITION OF GUNS
 MADE IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, May Flour machine guns, trained from the well of the house on the members along with q great array of rifles revolvers and other weapons, formed an exhibit to- day 10 accompany speech by Repre- sentative Tillson If Connecticut. f run CT national guard officer and member of the house military committee urs- ing that the United States should us9 the British army rifle to equip it's war army
 MT .Tillson declared it would be i'm possible to manufacture enough Amer ican Springtields in time, and that the only quest9n was whether the United States shQald re-chamber the British Enfield f8r American ammunition. He argued that there would be great ad. yantage9 9n having any American force sent abroad use the same ammunition a. the British
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Washington, May 7.-Nayal co-optra- ton between the United States aud tho alllcJ against Germany Is being negotiated largely i1 ondou. il was learned today, instead of al Washing Ron. as is the case with military and offer subjects. ReNr Admiral sims, who was on his way to England when war was declared, and who has just at- tended the allied naval conference at Paris. is charged to speak for the American government on the major questions of policy,
 Apart from the original auuornee ment that the United States ~,l pa trol American waters and thus rel e' t the allied vessels on duty hero for two and half years, no statement ot naval policy Is expected. Nnether American vessels will cross to ther9ih- er side and help in an offensive cam pagn either tn British waters or nearer the German bases probably will be- come known only through announce ment of some decisive action, if there 3s one.
 British and American officials dlvld- od into eight sub-committees 10 dis cuss all the various phases of Ameri' cs's part cipation in the war reached details today in their effort to harmon ize the conflicting opinions as to how Americas aid may be made effective against Germany. The subcommittee met Co canvass the individual phases entrusted to them and hoped to be able to report within the week,
 Foreign Secretary Balfour was or ficially received by the supreme court during the morning, having been ac- campaned from his headquarters to the capitol by Chief Justice White
 In the afternoon Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation Of Labor. with the British labor lead CTS who have come 10 this country on his invitation. called on Mr. Baltour. IL was stated that the discussion was purely informal and did not cover questions Of policy.
 The presence of the British labor leaders is gratifying to American ot- ficials, who are anxious 10 earn now England solved labor problems, both in relation to conscription and as to freedom from strikes and other dis turbances.
 Secretary Wilson of tae department of labor tonight entertained the Brit ish ahor leaders af dianer and dis
The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-08
RAILROADS PRESENT
 CLAIMS FOR INCREASE.

Washington May displacement of the railroads of the East before the Interstate Commerce Commission to- day. in the first hearings through which all the roads Of the country hope to get an increase of l5 per cent in freight rates, declared the necessity for the advance was imperative to en- able the railroads to meet the war time demands of the nation and the increased cost Of every rythng entering into the operation of their systems. Even should the advance be granted, they said, it would fall by $75,000,000 to offset tho increase in operating ex- penses for the current year
 The Eastern lines completed their case today. Tomorrow the executive of those Of the South will appear.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-08
NdOd1 Co-Operdtion IS
 Planned in England
Rear Admiral Sims is in Conference
 With the British Admiralty.

cussed with them the tlme and place ot conferences to be held th,s week with American labor chie.1.
 A1rf Balfour held long conference With the Belgian minister tn the after noon. l. is understood ttey took up the question Of a 'arEc AmesIcah loan to relieve distress l De'e.rm and northern France
 Tonight Mir. Ealtolr was entertained at dinner by Representative Mediu Mccormick, who had invited a mum Der Of members of cougres. to meet he British statesmcn. Tcmorrow the foreign secretary will le officially re. cel1cd by the senate.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-08

Washington, May 7-The unfath. omed possibilities of the United States mails as a medium of governmental publicity are to be dcvcIcped at once to bring home to every person in the country the need of subscribing to the Liberty Loan.
 Every letter of the many millions that pass daily through the mails soon IS to bear special cancellation stamp of striking design to notify all Der. sons receiving mail that the nation is calling for contributions to the big bond issue Every letter box of the hundreds of thousands in the country Is to be placarded with pasters an nouncing the loan and the need for contributions Every postoiffce is 10 display posters pr, minently giving full information
 Every one of the 60,0OO vehicles operated by the postoTice department from the one horse buggy of the rural free delivery carrier 10 the powerful mail trucks in the principal cities is to proclaim in large type from posters on it's sides that the Liberty Loan Is open to subscriptions and that it is the duty of every citizen who can to subscribe. Every letter carrier in every city Is 10 have card to stick in his cap, so that wherever his whistle is heard the call to subscribe will be carried.
 More than that, every letter carrier and every free delivery carrier is to be an active bureau Of information as to the terms and details of the issue. The carriers will be coached Tn the elemental details and will he supplied abundantly with advertising literature. which they are to distribute upon request to all persons desiring it.
 This part of the nation wide ad. vertlsing campaign was decided on today at a conference between Robert Wooley publicity director for the is. sue, and James Blakeslee, fourth as, sistant postmaster general. Other features probably will be added later In the meantime, other methods of ! bringing every citizen of the country to realization of the nations needs and his opportunity to help are under consideration.
 Among these are the uses to H hich electrical advertising signs can he placed. The largest electrical sign ever built will be placed at Broadway and Forty-second street, New York, reputed to be the busiest spot in America, to flash in red, white and blue every night an appeal for sub. | scriptions to the loan This sigfn will be built and maintained free of cost to the government by o. J. Guide of New York. Other signs may be sim. ilarly operated in other large cities. In addition, Secretary Nc Adoo has under consideration d speech-making tour in the interest of the big issue Mr McAdoo has received numerous invitations recently to speak in the middle west, and while he has reached no decisicn regarding them, it S be- lieyed he will make short tour if he can spare the time.
 Responses to the offer of the big issue have been extremely gratifying thus far, Mir. McAdoo said tonight Todays part tabulation of replies re. ceived from banks and bankers showed no dimunition in the rate which subscriptions are pouring in Thirty-fiye eff the chief cities of the | CONTINUED ON PAcF SEVEN
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GOVERNMENT TO BRING LIBERTY LOAN BEFORE EVERY PERSON
 IN THE UNITED STATES.
FORMER SENATOR ID
 TAKE S3,OOO, ,O0O WORT

Actual Subscription or Offers to Take the Bonds Have Reached $326, 1876, 900 Every Mail Wagon in the United States to Carry Signs Announcing the Loan.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-08
TRAIN CARRYING MEMBERS IF FRENCH MISSION IS WRECKED
Tender Jumps the Track and Tears Up Rails for Distance of Two Hun
 dred Feet.

Engineer Probably Saved the Train From More Serious Wreck by His Quick Action There Was Two Engines Pulling the Train and the Trucks on the Tender of the Second Engine Apparently Jumped the Track.
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" FATHER
 FORE EC A ST

Forecast for Arkansas-Tuesday fair, warmer; Wednesday increasing cloudiness
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A FOR RENT AID WILL RENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers 10 see what is offered. An ad in the BentinelRecord is almost sure to bring you customer.
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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-19
MANY DARK HORSES
IN JUDGESHIP RACE

Washington, ID. c. Feb. 16-Sinc,
the retirement of Judge Frank ParI
from the race for federal district
Judge, attention has been conferred
upon other able lawyers of the south
ern district. 1t is now believed the
judge will come either from the ex.
IRENE southeastern or southwestern
parts of the state.
Representative Charles r. Crisp is
urging upon the attention Of the De-
partment of Justice and the President
the claims OF Judge U. V. Whipple,
OF Americas. and Judge Z. A. Little
john, of Americas. Representative
Crisp has told the department and the
White House that either man would
admirably fill the Office, and that both
possesses the necessary qualifications.
The fact that the nomination of
John T. West. of Thomson, who was
the original choice of the senator's
has not yet reached the Senate, makes
it probable that some dark horse will
be named.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-19
JUDGE HART, OF ATLANTA
RAPS TAXATION DODGERS

Atlanta. Ga, Feb. l7.-That fair
valuation OF properties, disclosure Of
all taxable possessions and a relative
ly low tax rate is the means of reach
ing the millennium in taxation was
the opinion Of Judge John c. Hart,
state tax commissioner, as expressed
in an exhaustive and absorbing ad-
dress made before the Atlanta Asso-
citation OF Credit Men Tuesday night
at their monthly meeting and dinner
at the Piedmont hotel. Judge Hart
was one OF three guests of the as
ISOLATION and made the principal ad-
dress Of the evening.
1T may be said Of taxes that no
power has been more abused, or 50
effectively furnishes the means of op-
preston, by exacting unjust demands
by governing power OF the governed,
yet its exercise when justly and hon
estly practiced has bee9 an agency of
lncalculable benefit to the advance
ment and progress OF the human
race" he said. 1T is to the exercise
OF this power in Georgia TODAY our
puoiic schools exist, our asylums are
supported, our roads and streets
maintained, and society protected in
the enjoyment of life, liberty and
property. 1t is the abuse of the pow
er to which the citizen should ever
look with watchful eye and always
vigorously oppose"
Judge Hart took to task the fay
dodgers who, because of their refusal
to turn in a fair valuation of property
make the burden the greater on the
balance of the community.
The tax commissioner presented
facts and figures to prove the eff;ci-
ency of the inheritance tax law. de-
claring that the inheritance tax in
Georgia, though still in its infancy
and badly in need of some amend
ments, is proving source OF consid-
cradle income to the state.
Judge Hart reviewed the history Of
the tax equalization law, declaring
that the act had placed on the tax di-
gest an increase of values amounting
to $S0OO0OO0.