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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
MEAT CARDS FOR FRANCE
French Cabinet Members Propose Plan
To Relieve Food Conditions
Ban on Specializing.

Paris-A decision to introduce meat
cards at an early date is understood
to have been reached at conference
just held by Premier Ribot, Louis ].
Malvy, Minister of the Interior, and
Maurice Viollette, Minister of Subsist-
ence. Maximum prices will be fixed
to prevent boarding and speculation
and severe penalties will be inflicted
for all acts tending to hinder fair dis
tribution of meat among consumers.
The meat card will give the right not
to obtain a fixed quantity but to buy
for a certain sum to be determined by
a special scale. Wholesale butchers,
on their own initiative, have fixed max.
imum prices for the time being. These
prices represent a decrease Of from
10c to 16c a pound.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
FINE RIFLE RANGE SCORES
Young officers at Ft. Benjamin Harrl-
son Do First Rifle Work-Make
Excellent Showing.

Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind.-The
Ninth Training Division, composed of
Indiana and Kentucky boys, completed
its first work on the rife range. The
candidates from Ohio and West Vir.
ginia, styled the Eighth Training Divi-
sion, marched down to the range for
test of craftsmanship at 200 yards.
Excellent scores were made. AS with
the men of the Ninth, the Eighth fired
ten shots to the man, five standing and
five prone. The range officers say that
with little more experience with the
rifle the men will develop much skill
at firing. The drill in both divisions
consisted largely of teaching the men
how to handle themselves on the skir-
mish line.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
GAMBLING IN FOOD IS hit
Measure offered In House Proposes To
Check Speculation In Food
Hoover Gives Approval.

Washington.-Power to requisition
food supplies, fix prices to eliminate
speculation and boarding, prohibit the
use of grains for the manufacture of
alcohol and other drastic measures are
strengthened in revised food bill in
troduced in the House by Chairman
Lever, of the Committee on Agricul-
ture. These powers vested in the
President are to be conferred by him
upon Herbert c. Hoover, Food Admin
istrator MIR. Hoover has given his ap-
proval to the bill after a careful read
ing.
While Mr.. Hoover was considering
the Lever bill, which previously had
the o. X. of Secretary of Agriculture
Houston, the Senate began the revis
ion of the Gore food bill. This bill was
a combination of the two measures
which had the approval of the Admin.
istration and had been introduced in
the House.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
BRAZIL MAY ENTER CONFLICT
dents Request To Break
Relations.

Washington.-Brazil's entry into the
war is regarded here as a question
merely of days. Those who have
watched South American developments
closely believe that the sinking of the
steamer Tijuca may provide the Incl
dent required to place the more pa
cific members OF the Brazilian Con-
gress in the list of those willing to
vote for active hostilities against Ger
many. President Braz asked Congress
to revoke the declaration of neutrality,
and if Congress accepts his sugges-
tion a formal declaration of war prob
ably will follow Immediately.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
REVISION IN SENATE
OF REVENUE BILL
COMMITTEE TAKES UP
MEAsURE-REDUcTIoN OF
TAX is FAVORED.
Aggregate Burden May Not Be In.
creased-chairman Tells of Use
Of Pruning Knife.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Observation-Disclosures of the ST.
SO0,000,000 war revenue bill, passed
by the House, was begun by the Sen
ate Finance Committee Reduction of
the gross tax levy of the bill approx
mately by one-third, or to 81 ,250, ,000,-
600, is said to be favored by the ma
jority of the committeeman. 1t is
deemed certain, at least, that the ag
gregate tax burden will not- be in
creased and that the committee will
not consider adding the extra esti-
mates of 100000 submitted re-
Gently by the Treasury Department.
Short-term bonds to take care of the
millions by which the total levy for
this year probably will be reduced,
apparently is favored generally.
Chairman Simmons announced after
meeting that the committee had
agreed to the following changes in the
House measure
To strike out the additional retro
active income tax on incomes earned
in 1916. To strike out all provisions
for increased secOnd-class mail rates
under the zone system and substitute
low direct tax tprobably per cent?
on all advertising, including that in
newspapers and magazines and all bill
boards, posters and street cars. To
strike out all the proposed increases
in the inheritance tax schedules; and
profits tax on profits above per cent
of invested capital an excess profits
tax based instead on average profits
for a period of years not more than
five.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
BIG CAMPAIGN TO BE WAGED
Red Cross lnaugurates Movement To
Raise $1oo,o00oo0 For Amer
lean Soldiers.

WashingtOn.-The greatest cam
paign the Red Cross ever has waged,
designed to raise $1OOOOO,OOO to care
for American soldiers who fight de-
mocracy's battle on European fields
and to lend a helping hand to thou
sands in the districts already devastat-
ed by the war, was launched at a meet
ing of representatives of the larger
cities of the country. More than 100
men and women were present from 40
cities and the meeting was enthusi-
astic to a degree that indicated a
strong belief in the willingness of
Americans to contribute to the cause
of mercy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Chicago.-More than 200 persons
were killed, a thousand or more in.
jured and millions OF dollars worth OF
property destroyed by tornadoes which
swept through Kansas. Illinois and In
diana and parts of Tennessee, Arkan'
sas, kentucky, Alabama and Southern
Illinois Sunday. Reports indicate that
a large amount of farm implements,
needed TO produce the bumper crop de-
sired this year, was ruined, although
the spasmodic wind struck only here
and there in its frightful play through
the rural regions. Crop damage is
said to be not heavy in grains. The
heaviest toll of life was taken at Mat.
toon, Ill., a city of 10000 population in
the broomcorn country of Central Hi
nois. where 62 are known to be dead
and 500 injured, with property loss
of $2.0OOO0O
Charleston, H.. 10 miles east of Mat
loon. was also partly wrecked Satur-
day evening, with a loss of 3S lives
and $50 injured The property loss
there is a million dollars. The next
most serious loss was at Andale, Kan,
where 26 were killed and a score in.
jured Friday. At least q persons were
Killed and more than 40 injured in
Western Tennessee, Kentucky and
Eastern Arkansas. Twenty also re.
ported killed near Hickman. The dead
at Sayre, Ala, and nearby points was
placed at II.
1t was feared that with the restOra
tiOn of wire communication, the list
of casualties would be increased
Eight persons were reported killed
near Tins Lake, near Manila, Ark.
one at Clear Lake, six at Dyersburg
Tenn. and six at Pate Landing, near
Tiptonyille, Tenn All but the last six
were white persons.
At Bondurant and Ledford, Tenn
the reported dead are estimated at 80
or more. Thirteen persons, mostly ne
groes, were reported killed on the
Dodd farm, near Bondurant. A tele-
phone message said that in one place
in Bondurant Is bodies have been col
lected. Dyersburg reported 80 injured
In the vicinity of Pate Landing 25 or
80 persons were injured and four were
seriously hurt near Manila. Dublin,
Ky, suffered 3 dead and II injured.
Near Blytheville, Ark, nine persons
were reported killed and dozen hurt.
Reports from Indiana show at least
seven person killed at Hebron, Kouts
and other places, and the death list
may reach 90. More than 200 were in
jured in the Indiana territory swept
by the storm. Smaller towns in llli-
nois lost a dozen dead Saturday, with
two score injured, while in the south
ern point of Illinois windstorms killed
a half dozen and injured score.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
TRIBUTE TO U. S.
WHEN PREMIER TELLS OF BLOWS
DEALT U-5oATs-EFFEcTIVE
ASSISTANCE BY AMERICA.
Submarines WalIoped In Last Three
Weeks-EngIand In No Danger
of Being Starved.

London.-Premier Lloyd George, on
announcing in the House of Commons
that more effective blows had been
dealt against submarines in the last
three weeks than during any CORE
spending period of the war, paid tri.
butte to the assistance rendered by the
American navy, saying:
I'VE owe a very considerable debt
of gratitude to the great American
people for the effective assistance
they have rendered and the craft they
have placed at our disposal.
Now that the American nation is
in the war it is easier to make ar
rangements for the protection of our
mercantile marine than it was before" 4"
The Premiers statement on subma-
rine warfare was altogether the most
satisfactory heard in England in many
months. 1T is much more difficult" )"
he said, for me to give a public an
swer on this than on any other topic.
1t is very difficult for me to give in
formation without to a certain extent
revealing things which we had better
keep to ourselves. All / can say is
that we are making substantial pro-
gress.
During the last three weeks or
month we have dealt more effectively
with submarines than during any cor
responding period of the war. This is
true of this week as we'll as of the pre-
ceding weeks. There is no doubt the
effect will be made manifest in a con-
siderable reduction of our shipping
losses
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
SPY SYSTEM OF GERMANY
Secretary Daniels Admits That Infor-
nation Is Gathered Here and Sue
cessfulfy Gotten To Berlin.

Washington.-The German spy sys-
TEN is in operation within the United
States army and fleet. Not only are
spies obtaining the information they
desire in this country but they are
able to get it to Berlin in time for
German submarines to menace Amer
ican warships and soldiers on the
seas. This was admitted by the Navy
Department. Secretary Daniels an
nounced that word of the sailing Of
an American destroyer tiotilla for Eu-
rope had been wired ahead to Ger
many and that German submarines
had succeeded in scattering mines at
the entrance to the harbor for which
the American warships were bound
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Onion Men to Eiuht.

Columbus, GA vigorous defense
against the federal grand jury indict-
ments in Boston will be made by the
onion growers who were recently in
dicted on the charge of working in
conspiracy to control prices. They
have declared the charges are with
out foundation. Former Representa-
tive w. G. McGuffey, of McGuffey, one
of those who is involved in the
charges, said that the National Onion
association is not a combination to
force prices, but merely one for the
exchange of information as to crops.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Crowder Warns Youths.

Washington.-"Do not hide behind
petticoats or children to avoid service
in the new national army" is the in
junction of Provost Marshal General
Crowder in an official guide he has is
sued to show how questions put to
those who register June should be
answered. The guide explains there
is no desire by the government to
draft any one who is the sole support
of any man, woman or child, but
points out that unless the person you
have in mind is solely dependent on
you" exemption would not be granted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Aliens From Mexico Admitted,

Washington.-With the view to pro-
viding against probable shortage in
a farm labor, Secretary of Labor Will
son issued orders for the admission to
the United States of aliens from Mex.
leo otherwise barred by the literacy
test or the contract labor clause of
the immigration law. Commissioners
General of the immigration Bureau
Caminetti announced the order, ex-
planning that it was to relieve condi-
tiOns in the Southwestern States.
where farmers have been accustomed
TO import seasonal labor from Mexico.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
CHINESE PREMIER DISMISSED
Is Replaced BY Former Ambassador
To United States-WiII Form
New Cabinet.

Peking Ii Yuan Hung
has issued mandate dismissing Pre-
mier Tuan Chi Jiu from office and nam
ing DIR. WI Ting-Fang, former ambas-
sador to the United States, as acting
premier and empowering him to form
a new cabinet. This action probably
will end the deadlock in parliament
and make possible declaration of war
by China against Germany.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
War Aims and Needs.

Observation-Disclosures of the cabi-
net and others actively engaged in the
conduct of the war outlined war aims
and needs to a meeting of editors of
the country's technical and trade pub,
lications. All emphasized the magni-
tude of the task facing the nation and
urged the publishers to support the
government in the change from peace
to war conditions in industry. The
cabinet officers and representatives of
the Council of National Defense told
in detail of what the council is doing
toward war preparation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
SMOKE BOMBS ARE USED
v. S. Merchantmen Use New ExpIo-
siVe When Attacked BY
Submarines.

New York.-Smoke bombs, designed
to protect merchant vessels from sub
marine attacks, now are being used
on vessels passing through the war
zone, according to information brought
to an American port on a French ship.
The bombs are thrown by hand and on
striking the water ignite and throw out
a dense cloud of black vapor which
hangs low over the water like fog.
They will burn for more than an hour
and are said to be effective in screen
ing the movements of vessel in
danger of attack.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

Petrograd.-The Agrarian disorders.
wholesale confiscation of property, in.
cendiarism and other dangerous symp.
toms of anarchy which followed the
overthrow of the old authority in many
important industrial centers and agri.
cultural districts of Central and South
ern Russia are becoming more serious,
according to dispatches from various
points. Yeniseisk, in Central Siberia,
reports that during the last three
weeks 80 houses were burned, and
that the population is in condition of
panic.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

Chicago.-A riot broke out at
peace meeting in Grant Park, resulting
in the arrest of eight speakers who
had denounced President Wilson. The
crowd was composed of persons una,
BILE to gain admittance to a meeting in
the Auditorium Theater, where 5000
person demanded that the government
set forth in simple language the terms
upon which it will make peace with
Germany.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Soldier Shoots at Crowd.

Henderson, Ky.-A large crowd of
pleasure seekers who had taken refuge
from storm ON the local wharfboat
were thrown into a panic when a fight
broke out between members of the In
diana National Guard and civilians. A
soldier was thrown into the river by
an angered citizen and he fired into
the crowd when rescued.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

Los Angeles, GAIA severe earth,
quake was experienced throughout
Southern California. In the town of
Brawley the quake rocked a school,
where exercises were being held, so
sharply that several women and chill
dren tainted and panic narrowly was
aVerted
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
peposed Queen Dies.

Algiers.-Former Queen Ranava-
lena, of Madagascar, is dead at her
home here. Queen Ranavalena had
been living in exile in Algiers since
1896, when she was deposed by the
French, following anti-Christian out
breaks in Madagascar.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
large Tobacco Warehouse Destroyed.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-TobaccO valued at
more than 100000 was destroyed
when the Farmers Tobacco Ware
house, covering quarter of block on
the northwest corner of Tenth and
Main streets, was leveled by fire. The
entire loss is estimated at 100000.
The fire was discovered Is minutes
after an electrical storm. It is the be-
lief of firemen that bolt of lightning
set fire to the building. The struc-
ture was two stories in front and three
stories at the rear Various tobacco
bRokers had Offices in the building.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
More Mounted Forces.

Washington.-War Department Or
ders direct the organization of two new
regiments of cavalry, the Eighteenth
and Nineteenth, at Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt.
Battalions of the Second Cavalry now
there will form the nucleus of the two
new regiments.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

Hannibal, Mo.-Three men were
killed about three miles north of Han
nibal, when a farm wagon in which
they we're riding was struck by Chi
cago, Burlington g. Quincy passenger
train.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
conscription Law Proposed in Canada

Ottawa, OMIT was officially an
nounced that the minimum age at
which compulsion is to be applied in
Canada is 20 years. The Governments
reason for the raising of the age Of
conscription from IS to 20 years is that
experience at the front has shown men
of IS to be too immature to stand the
rigors Of war.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Pitched Battle in Streets.

Cleveland, O.-Anti-war frenzy, stir
red by Socialist orators, clashed with
patriotism on the Public square, when
close to 100 police fought a pitched
battle with mob of hundreds in a
crowd of several thousand people
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Shin Yards Strike Settled.

Washington.-A strike of ship car
penters and caulkers in the yards of
the Machias Yacht Building Co., at
Camden, N. j., has been settled by
Federal mediation. The company is
doing construction work for the navy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Lenlsncx Asked for Aliens.

Observation-Disclosures were ad-
vised not to- dismiss alien employees
because they have not completed their
naturalization, in statement by the
committee on public information.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Recruit Gains the Required Weight

RecruIt Gains the Required Weight.
Columbus, Ind.-When Lloyd Nick
erson, 18 years old, was weighed for
enlistment into a company of the In
diana National Guard here, he was
seven pounds short. But, nothing
daunted, after eating eighteen ban
anas, nine hamburger sandwiches, a
lot of other things and drinking all
the water. he could hold, he returned,
made the weight and was accepted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
French Liner Is Sent Down.

Paris.-It is officially announced that
the French liner Sontay, bound for
Marseilles from Saloniki with 344 pas
sengers. was torpedoed April 16, with
a loss of As lives.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
Envoys Reach France Safely.

Paris. Marshal Joffre and former
Premier Viviani arrived at Brest on
the return from the United States.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
SWEPT By
RNADO.
Illinois, Kentucky, Arkansas,
Alabama and Tennessee in
Path of Big Wind Storm
MORE THAN 200 ARE DEAD

Charleston Reports Thirty-Eisht Vic
tims-Many Lives Snutfed Out In
Indiana Towns-Stricken Communi-
ties StoicaIly Take Up Task OF Re-
covering Dead and Caring for Home
less in Devastated Districts.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-16
NOTABLES GATHER HERE
TO MAP u. S. EFFICIENCY

Prominent administrator and business
men from all parts OF the United States
will meet here tomorrow to frame for
the national government a program of
administrative efficiency to accompany
measures of national defense now being
undertaken. The conferees are members
Of the executive council OF the National
Civil Service Reform League.
Members of the council who arrived
last night declared that the greatest
losses OF the European war were due not
to the failures of the armies at the from.
but to the bungiing and inefdciency at
the remote rear.
Among the councillors who win attend
the meeting are:
District OF Columbla-John Joy Edson.
Elliot H. Goodwin. Charles Noble Gregory.
Observation-Disclosures Henry Dana
and H r. Guild.
New York-Nelson S. Spencer. Winfred
T. Denison. William Carey Sangel.
Ansley Wilcox and Henry w. sprague,
of Buffalo
Pennsylvania George Burnham. jr..
and Cyrus D. Foss. jr.
1llinois-William B. Hale. Robert w.
Catherwood and William McM. Rutter.
Connecticut-Prof. Henry W. Farnam.
of Yale, and Arthur R Kimoall.
Ohio-Henry T. Hunt.
Colorado-W. W. Grant, jr.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-16
'UNL0ADED GUN" DEATH
BRINGS MURDER CHARGE

Rosie Bland, colored. was yesterday In
dicted by the grand jury on charge OF
murder In the second degree In causing
the death Of her friend, Oscar Mcclure.
December u last. The girl claimed she
did not know the pistol was loaded
First degree murder 10 alleged eseinst
Isaac Shorter, colored. charged Win
shooting to death his common law vie,
Annie Goffner. Two charges OF assauil
TO kill against Reuben Taylor ana WIZ
liam smothers were ignored
Twenty-three other true bins
ported by the grand Jurors to yusuce
Gould In Criminal Division with tne
persons accused and the charges sgsins'
them follow:
Alfonso Baylor. Elmer Winters sno
William Sullivan, HOUSEKEEPING ana Ar-
ceny; Henry Hampton, grand larceny;
Arthur w. johnson, larceny from Uniteo
States; William Carter. hosuehreakine
and larceny; Leroy Davis, Joy ridins;
Leroy Davis. Richard Powell and Erness
Walker. robbery; Edwin Butler. grand
larceny; Alphonso Colbert, assault win
dangerous weapon: Alphonso Williams'
robbery: Robert Alexandra. Joy riding;
Louis Rosenbaum and James l. Gross.
housebreaking and larceny: Hobert
Robinson, grand larceny; Russell Hunter.
assault with dangerous weapon; Edwin
Burley, robbery; Amos Green, assault
with dangerous weapon; Frank l. VIII
son. Peter II. Hill and Charles d. Dixon.
non support.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-16
YvETTE GUILBERT's FAREWELL,

With her inimitable art and rharnc
OF manner that has won her deserved
appreciation from local audiences. Yyette
Guilbert, the French artist sang her
farewell to Washington at the Belasco
Theater yesterday, and incidentally SANG
her way into the hearts of one Of the
largest audiences that has heard her
here. She was assisted by the talented
violinlst. Emily Gresser
She did not sing the old medieval
carols that have already made her
famous. She sang of the presenter to
be precise OF about a dozen years ago
Of the Paris far famed for it's Montmatre
its Quarter Latin, its Moulin Rouge and
its Chat Noir.
With her songs she breathed a mes
sage-that there is good in the lowliest
humanity unsullied in the souls of the
outcast and unfortunate.
Her lays told Of the life of the Apache
and his women, of the student life In
Paris of yesterday and Of the good In
the weak and destitute. Her repertorS
consisted of eleven song-stories.
Miss Gresser played masterfully a halt
dozen compositions from the masters.
Miss Guilbert explained her songs ir
broken English-the only English she
knows. In Introductory remarks she told
her audience of the night life in Paris
of twenty years ago, and told that q
great deal of the picturesqueness of the
then Paris had disappeared. Her songs
were the following:
lie Jeune Homme Triste,' 'Is
soularde," "A la Villette," La Pier.
reuse" "DApache," Les Quatre
ZEtudiants." 'L'Hotel. No. So "T'er
Souviens-tu?' "LIdiot," La GIu% and
La Priere des Femmes"