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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
WRECK Of
SOLDIERS TRAIN
AZ Persons Injured When
Cars Hit Broken Switch
at Granger, Ill.
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CHICAGO. &C. g. - An inVesti-
CATION 20 deter nine whether the
wreck of an Illinois Central train
at Granger. H.. Is miles west of
Chicago in which A persons. most
OF them soldiers from Camp Grant.
Rockford, were injured and the lives
of nearly 1.o00 endangered. was due
20 an anti-Americau plot was begun
today
Railroad officials announced this
morning that the wreck was caused
by a broken switch searching
inquiry 10 learn whether the switch
had been tempered with will be
undertaken.
Although a military guard was
thrown around the train and little
information given out, IL is believed
that 80 OF those injured were sol
diers from Camp Grant. Two
women and the conductor OF the
train also were hurt
None Of the injured was hurt
seriously. il is said. although rail-
road and military officials regard IL
as miraculous that many were not
killed.
The train consisted Of IL cars. II
Of which left the track The train.
according 10 railway officials. was
travelling 90 miles an hour when
the wreck occurred.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
IS SAW WAY FROM
PRISON IN JOLIET
Break Out of Solitary Ward,
Beat Guards and Scale
the Wall.
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JOLIET. III. Dec. 3.-Posses Of
prison guards are securing the re-
gion surrounding the state prison
here today for - convicts who
sawed through the bars OF their
cells early today and escaped. TWO
guards who were attacked and
beaten by the prisoners are suffering
serious injuries.
Under the direction Of Warden
Murphy a Gordon Of heavily armed
guards has been thrown around the
neighborhood but at an early hour
today all Of the convicts were still
at liberty.
The men who escaped were lead
ers in the outbreak six months ago
when one guard was killed and nine
men wounded They had been
placed in solitary confinement.
In order 10 gam their liberty the
men were forced 20 saw their way
through two sets Of steel bars and
batter down a door Of sheet iron
After gaining freedom from their
cells the convicts attacked Alber,
ChannelH keeper OF the solitary
ward. His cries attracted Night
capt John Carlson who came 10
his rescue and he also was beaten
into insensibility.
With the guards disposed OF the
convicts scaled the prison walls and
fed toward the Illinois and Mich
igan canal under a fusilade OF bull
lets fired by guards on the prison
wall IL is not believed that any OF
the escaping men were struck 10y
bullets.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
WAR COUNCILS
ATTAIN PURPOSE
Coordination of Economic and
Military Forces of Al
lies Begun.
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PARIS Dec. 3.-The inter-allied
war conference and the grand wal
council. which were convened 10
consider great economic and mill
tary questions. have proved a com
plete success. While the decisions
reached are kept secret there was
every indication today that the
delegates from the United States
England. France. Italy and the other
countries ranged with the entente
in the world conflict are supremacy
pleased with the solutions achieved.
The war council. whose chief task
was TO unity and coordinate the
conduct OF the war, will sit per-
manently at Versailles The future
sessions OF the war conference.
which is 10 handle economic. polit-
ical and financial questions. will be
held in London.
Col F.. NJ. House and the other
members of tho American mission
have made a most favorable i'm
preston upon all who came in con-
tact with them
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
TEUTON SMASH
SWITCHED BUT
GAINS NOTHING
Germans Attack on Northern
Side of Cambria Salient
But Are Driven Back
With Heavy Losses.
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LONDON, Dec. German forces
switched their attacks to the north
ern side OF the Cambria salient dur
ing the night and assaulted the
British positions around Moeuvres.
but were unable TO gain any addi-
tional ground, the war office an
nounced today.
The attacking TeutOns were hurl-
Ell back leaving \ number of prison
ers and u machine guns in the
hands OF the British
In the Bourbon sector the Ger
mans were unable TO resume their
assaults in force, but delivered a
number Of minor attacks, all of
which broke down.
F1are-up in Flanders.
Coincident with. the battle al
Cambria there has been another
fare-up Of fighting on the West
Flanders front, near Passchendaele
where heavy artillery duels have
been in progress for a week
Field Marshal Haig's men drove
forward, making some gains of a
local nature on the northern end of
the famous Passchendaele and
there were indications that a big
action might develop in that sec
tor.
Germany is straining every nerve
and sinew 10 crush the salient
thrust into the Teuton front by the
big drive which Gen. Sir Julian
Byng launched on Nov. 20, and To
remove the menace which the
salient offers to the key positions
defending the upper end Of the Hin
denburg line
No Thought 10 Losses.
No thought is given TO losses
Since Friday morning when the
German counter drive was begun on
the front between Moeuvres and
Vendhuile il is estimated that the
Prussians have fed two divisions
or more TO the reeking furnace OF
death on this battlefield
The chief sources of fighting on
this front have been Moeuvres
which is just three miles east OF
the western terminus OF the Dro-
court Queant support line; Bourbon
Notre Dame. Cantaing. Graincourt
les Havrincourt, MARCHING. Mas
nieres. Councillor. Vendhuile and
, high ground that TANKS the Scheldt
canal.
Some of the military critics be
lieve that fighting along this front
has been the most savage that the
war has Vet produced in the east
even including the battle Of Verdun.
Pieces Retaken.
An indication Of the fury Of the
struggle is shown by thR fact that
some Of the artillery pieces have
changed hands three times being
taken first by the British, then by
the Germans only TO fall into the
hands Of British counter attackers
on Saturday night and Sunday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
NITED STATES BUDGET FOR 1878 OVER 10 BILLION
1gress Reassen1b]es Aluaits Presidents Message
Mexican Bandit
Gang is Wiped
Out by Troopers
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PRESIDE, Tex, Dec g. - The
band OF 50 Mexican bandits which
raided J. Tigner's ranch Friday was
ann:hilated Saturday by American
troops who followed the bandits
across the Rio Grande into Mexico,
1t was learned here today. The
American troops were commanded
by Lieut.. Leonard F. Matlack
One American trooper. Private
Riggs Of the sanitary detachment,
Sth cavalry, was killed. and Private
Noreil, Troop X was slightly wound
ed during the fighting with the
bandits.
After the raid on the Tigner
ranch, 20 troopers took the trail of
the bandits and camped on the
Mexican side Friday night About
noon Saturday they encountered the
bandits. 200 in number. who had
laid trap in hope OF ambushing
the soldiers.
Wheeling TO the left of the bandits
the cavalry cut off IS Mexicans who
attempted 70 flank them and killed
the entire number. Col. George T.
Langhorne. commanding troops in
the Big Bend district, has arrived
at Indio and has assumed charge OF
the situation.
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Americans who were actually cap
tured by the Germans escaped after
few hours and made their way
back 10 the British line
How many Of them spent agon-
izing hours lying in shell holes with
the enemy all about it is impossible
10 state. but there were a large
number
Caught Between Lines.
In the first rush Of the Germans
into Gouzeaucourt, many engineers
were caught between the opposing
lines as the British surged forward
TO meet the shock. Ii was a tense
situation for them. There was no
escape from the rapidly narrowing
zone between the two armies.
The Germans already were firing
their rifles steadily and the en-
gineers knew that the British would
open up with a heavy fire. But
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
u. S. Engineers Exploit
in Battle Near Cambria
Brings Praise Of Allies
Caught Between German and British Lines When Attack
Opens, Americans Join Latter and Flight Like
Tigers" HeIpng to Check TeutOnS
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WASHINGTON, Dec. g. - The department today was
without any official word of the fighting reported in the press
dispatches from France engaged by certain units the
lean engineers 1t is expected that official report will come
along later from Gen PerShing
TheSe units engaged members Of of the regiments
of railway employees organized the outset of the by the
department to construct and operate railroads behind the
western front For weeks these have been constructing
railways and moving supplies directly up to the firing line behind
the British French and American shell
from the German bio gunS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
M'ADOO'S ESTIMATES
BELOW EXPENSES Of
1918 BY FIVE BILLIONS
I otal Asked For Next Fiscal Year Does Not
Include Any Loans to Allied Governments,
However,-Moncy For These Likely VIII
be Asked Later in the Year.
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WASHINGTON, Dec Sit will require 3,OtS 725. 5o4 "a
to the United States government during the legislative year
of 1910 Secy of the Treasury William G. MCAdOo today
Uniformed congress.
The figures less than those which demanded from
the final session of the oath congress the special
of the 65h (ar congress- The the cash provided by
the latter two figures of which accompanied today estimates
show that total of S8 SOL 26759 provided those
two sessions This included billion dollars appropriated
for the purchase of obligations of foreign governments
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KANSAS CITY. Mo. Dec. 8.
Somewhere i'm Kansas" the
mammoth army balloon which
escaped from Omaha yester-
day dragging 5000 feet Of two
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
ANNOUNCE HOME GUARD
COMMISSIONS TONIGHT

Announcement of the names Of
all commissioned officers in the
home guard will be made at a meet
ing TO be held tonight at the Cham
Der Of Commerce. The officers will
be assigned TO the respective COM
panies at the meeting.
other matters are also TO be taken
up, and a full attendance IS desir-
ed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

Pensions ....... i57.O5O. 10000
Panama Canal ... 23.17I.62fOO
Public works 3.5Of.91S.O552 81
Postal service .. 33I.S1S.3f5.O0
Miscellaneous " I.O26. 2OS.315.f2
Permanent annual
appropriations ~ .tG6. S25 90
Totals. including the
sinking fund re
Quircment and
postal service 800 .:l5z .g39.Gf
From the above is deducted the
sinking fund requirement Of S152.-
$4,000 and the postal service exc
penses payable from the postal rev
enues amounting 20 sa21.S1S.3f5
which makes the total of the es-
Inmates for 1919 as submitted by
Sec'y McAdoo, S12.0IS.725.5946f
Navy Requirement. Lcss.
Naturally the estimates submitted
today i'm which the most interest
was taken were those for the army
and the navy. For the military es-
u blishment a total Of S6.G15.9@6.-
553.72 was asked as compared with
the total Of $3.50. 270.9s2 ap-
propriated for the fiscal year ending
June 80 next For the navy a falling
of is shown, thanks TO the liberal
appropriation already placed az the
disposal Of Sec'y Daniels For 1919
the navy asks for 2f.014.0T7. 500 So
as compared with SI.532. 677.ff
In 1918.
Indicating the great factor that 10
is expected the aviation arm Of tho
military service viii Doe in the war.
a total OF s1128.2fo.21f.T7 Rs asked
for the maintenance Of the aviation
end OF the signal corps Another
significant and very large increase
is i'm the amount asked for the miH-
tary academy which totals S5.713.-
25457 as compared with S127f.-
6t6.1S appropriated for 1915.
Biggest Item for SUPPLE
Deducting the total for thc miU-
tary academy but Including the SIG
nal corps Sec'v Baker asks for The
support of the army. including reg
ular branch the national guard.
civilian military training and the re-
serve corps a total ~ 36.61o.223,-
2s915.
Naturally tho greatest item is that
for supplies. services and Transport
tation OF the quartermaeters corps
which asks for 22o2s.aa-. 001. % a.
compared with 1890. I17.-S Tor
1918 For the pay ri the army m
Guiding all grades and CLASSES ST.
O01.92c. G-S.5f viii be required or
S159.2Gf. 555.74 more than VAS
reeded In tho 1915 estimates. q rew
Of the larger items SET ont In the
military estimates were Ef.f40.000
FOR civilian training camps. 221-.-
$4,000 for automatic machine rifles.
S-5.550.0O0 for arUOred motor cars
and tanks S9s.44o.oo0 for ordnance
stores and supplies s5o.oo0.000 for
the manufacture ~ arms &15 200. 81
600 for small arms $500. 600 600 for
small arms ammunition. $1,000. 600
for military surveys and maps.
fsSG2.000. 900 for engineer operations
i'm the fields S1e5. 100000 for en-
gIneer eouiJment SI57.111.S94 for
the medical and hospital depart-
ment. and szS,T55.ee1 FOR horses.
The navy like the army viii in
crease its aviation section.
For 1915 a total ~ $4,000 600 -
asked as compared with s6f.1c0. 900
FOR 1918
Increase In Payroll
For the navy's medical corp, aud
contingent expenses total e
sc. 100000 Is asked and ~ addition
$3.50. 900 for the transfer of bodies
Of men killed in service and $4,000 .
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
Shipping Board Asks
For Additional PO1Uer

tonnage Of 100000. Thirty
three vessels requisitioned al
ready are in commission.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
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MILWAUKEE,. Wis Dec
Frank Radecki and Cecilia Weso-
loWsl1i both or South Bend were
NaSnsed - marry here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

This figure is missing from the eS-
Inmates submitted today. II is likely
however. that before the congress
gets through it will appropriate at
least six billion dollars for this same
purpose. or a total Of $500,OOO,OOo
monthly.
Expect Cost TO Increase.
Congressional leaders very frank
J.: said today that although they
plan 10 exercise the utmost economy
they have little hope that il will be
possible 20 keep the total figures
for 1919 below those of the fiscal
year of 1918 which ends on June
Goth next. II is expected that the
cost of the war will continue 10 in
crease and il is in every way posi-
BILE that the estimates for the mill
tary esta blishment will have 10 be
materially increased while the de-
mands Of the allies are expected to
grow as the war further progresses.
Estimates for Departments
The total Of the estimates for
1919 by departments, as sent 20 the
house by Sec'y McAdoO. is as fol-
lows:
Legislative " 5 S.O2G.325. 90
Executive ....... 65.329. sos. 90
Judicial ......... 1896. 10000
Dept. agriculture rs. 1913. sol 90
Foreign intercourse 6.535,O71. 66
Military ..... 6.615. 1885, 53.72
Naval 1,O14,O77, SOP 81
Indian affairs 800 1926, 21O.OO
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TIE WEATHER

Indiana-Fair and colder tonight.
Tuesday partly cloudy and colder
Lower Michigan - Cloudy and
colder tonight with snow furries in
north portion Tuesday partly
cloudy and colder.
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For the navy's medical corps aud
contingent expenses n total ot
f6.50O.O00 is asked and ~ addition
f3500OO for the transfer of bodies
OF men killed in service and S4.00o.-
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THE .yEFFERSONxAN
PAGE FIVE

II lle 1IeSlQenC mao not, IN MarCh, got
glasses which he did not have on Feb. 10Th.
Ashby Jones could not have preached that
queer sermon IN Augusta, in which he said
that the death of our soldiers would be sim
liar to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ
IT the President had continued to wear his
February spectacles, we would not have heard
Billy Sunday yell, at his revival in New
York
'Say, Jesus, send your lightning to strike
the sackers, and don't let any man come back
here unless he buys Liberty b0nds;" nor would
the brethren have had chance to grunt,
Amen" when the Western preacher Drayed
Lord, help us lick hell out of the enemvr"
II the President had not turned somersault
IN March, we could not have known how com
pletely frenzled our people could be made, on
subject they did not understand nor would
we have seen Judges go crazy on the bench,
sending men and boys to prison for fippant
remarks on the streets, for Kissing at NOV
1ng-plcture show, and for circulating parts
Of the Declaration Of Independence
When the President suddenly decided to
use new pair of Specs all the to0-t00s did the
same thing; and hence it is. that even our
military experts fail to see the folly of letting
Germany choose the ground and choose the
way, IN which we must fight her.
Before we changed eyeglasses and went
OA"Ay' fulIOSt any OIL us Door TOOLS COUlU
realize that, if Germany really did have the
remotest idea of ATTACKING us-q3ld she nerer
did hare eng such insane notion-the best
thing for us to do was, to get reody for her,
on th1S side Of the ocean.
Great Heavens! The Republic is our
Castle; the ocean is our moat; the ramparts
we have constructed along the coasts are our
walls; and our men and munitions are all
inside.
Germany is outside, with the moat between
us: and yet we are to leave our stronghold,
surrender the protection of our walls, and
cross over the deep, wide moat that God made
for the security Of our castle
We are to voluntarily throw away all our
natural advantages, burden ourselves with
all the disadvantages, and yield to the Ger
mans the choice of time, place and method!
Can such tactics be defended?
Is such strategy sane?
Doesn't it violate every idea of COMMON
sense, and ignore every lesson of experience?
II Wilson had got the armed neutrality he
asked for on the Goth Of February, the second
day of April would not have ushered in the
military revolution and personal autocracy
which now Expresses the country,
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declared only for armed neutrality.
Even man of Wilson's monstrous ego
tism and mania for power, could not have
Jumped from neutrality to war, without some
backing by an obsequious Congress.
# the eleven Senators had let Wilson have
his way in February, no Congress would have
been in session during April May, June, July,
August, September, October, and November
The Congress which went out with March
Bird, was not to be succeeded by another, until
December of this year
If Wilson's demands on the expiring Con-
gress had been honored, there would have
May or June Congress to vote CONSUMPTION,
press gags, and the military appropriations
which stagger human comprehension.
Ihiah Of that!
II Wilson'S February demands had been
conceded there would not have been any
July Congress to Iooyerize us, and to estab-
llsh at Washington Bureau despotism which
cen never be shaken off.
It will always be a subject of mental con
lecture to arrive at some conclusion as to
Wilson's policies, had the old Congress not
given him the opportunity to change his
ptGnS, and to vault from armed neutrality
to aggressive land-War.
II the eleven Senators had allowed the die
tatorship to be conceded to the President,
would he have abused it, and done the things
which he has since done!
Would he have tried out the volunteer sys-
tenn to It's utmost possibility and then sent
the volunteers to France?
Would he have financed the Great War. in
practically the same manner that he has since
adopted?
Would he have converted the armed neu-
trallty into a world-war for ''ideaIs," uni
versal democracy, naturalization, "our fu-
ture safety" &C.?
All this must remain matter of surmiso.
1t will give you deeper sense of the ca
PRECIOUS destinles of nations, when you
try to fully realize that, had Wilson got
2ch0t he asked for on the eth Of FebruuyY.
HE COULD NOT HAVE MADE THE DEMANDS HE
PUT UP TO SERylLE CONGRESS, ON THE 2ND
OF APRIL.
Had the Wilson plan Of February Goth
gone into effect, there could not have been
the revolutionary Congressional measures of
April 9Th, and the days following
# German militarism is now such a terrible
menace to oar FUTURE what prevented the
President from seeing 1t, on Feb. Goth?
Who readjusted the political lenses of
Woodrow Wilson, during the month Of
March?
What else happened in March, except that
the Gar abdcated, Russia collapsed, and
English French War-Vultures saw
that the United States were needed to take
Russas place?
The Petrograd revolution started on March
II; the Gar quit, on March IS; on April 2,
President Wilson had jumped from an atti-
tude of armed selfdefense to the attitude of
aggressive participation in the land-war IN
Europe.
What else explains the change, if the Rus
sian collapse does not?
If that collapse had occurred while armed
neutrality was our attitude, and no rubber
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