South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-14

I COrmlck, congressman az large from
Illinois, at the opening mass meet
/ Ing of the cOnfe. elce held under
/ the auspices of the Indiana state
council of defense this afternoon.
Says p, 600 Cannon Needed.
NJ. Mccormick tod huge audi
ence Of his impressions gathered
/ during his three months along the
battle lines of France and Italy and
summed them up with the assertion
/ that America must send men and
supplies. but above all to win the
war. and win it quickly she must
manufacture and send with all pos
sible dispatch $4,000 large cannon.
The mass meeting was aroused TO
! high pitch Of patriotic fervOr by
Sousa's Great Lakes naval training
station band of more than 300
pieces, directed 10y John Phillip
Sousa himself Men from tie tenth
infantry came from Fort Benjamin
Harrison to care for the vast crowd,
\ which could be accommodated only
I in part. owing TO the demand for
admissions.
Father Cavanauoh Gives Prayer.
Father John Cavanaugh of Notre
I Dame invoked divine guidance aft
er a school girl appropriately cos
tuned, appeared on the speakers
/ platform with huge bouquet OF flow
ers and asked the priest TO voice an
! expression Of Indiana's gratitude
that the governor had been spared
I TO tho state after his serious ILL
ness.
Bishop Charles d. williams of the
I Episcopal diocese of Michigan and
/ Prof Ray Lyon Wilbur. the latter
! of the federal administration. also
addressed the meeting. Bishop Will
I liams declared that while big guns
are essential. the continued services
/ of the Red Cross society along the
battle line is Just as necessary to
the winning of the war" Prof Will
bur gave i'm detail the plans of the
+ federal food administration for sup
| plying Americas soldiers, those of
T her allies and the civilian populd
tion of Italy and France.
Compliments State Council.
Owing 10 the inability of Prof J
. A. b. Sherer of the council of ma
! tional defense TO reach Indianapolis
in time for the meeting. John H..
/ Winterbotham of Chicago. chairman
of the western division of the sec
I tion ON cooperation with states of
I the council of national defense,
spoke as representing the latter
body
Mr.. WinterbothaTn cOmplimented
the Indiana state council and be-
spoke for it the united and con-
tinuing support of the people of the
state.
Lieut.. Perigord Speaks.
Lieut.. Paul Perigord OF the
French army was the principal
speaker at the night session of the
war conference. lie was iutroduc-
ed by former Gov. Samuel NJ. Rails
ton, who presided at the night meet
ing.
I'm his talk introducing the speak
I er. Mr.. Ralston denounced the prof
= iteer and recommended expulsion
from the country of whisperers OF
/ sedition and sewers OF discord.
d.. M- -a4k ..r. i,a.stou sad.
This is not the time for profit
making. save that the profits be
contributed 70 aid in winning the
war. 1t is criminal it is unpatriotic
I aid inhuman that our boys should
\ be sent into the trenches unless we
feed and clothe them as their ne
/ cessiUe demand.
The man who is not i'm complete
( accord with us must go. Let us
4 then contribute Gun mite To- make
7 public opinion so strong that no
man dare 10 raise a whisper against
the nag Of our nation. IL is your
duty and my duty I'd see that no
man is al large in this country who
favors firing upon our boys from
( the rear We are not going 20 take
any half way grounds and the man
who is not with US in tais fight had
better be out OF the nations Dor
ders.
j The master mind Of the world