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Hi" JOHNSON ASSALS
CENSORSHIP SCHEME
Senator Sees Chance for Crime
and Inefficiency 10
Operate
WASHINGTON. MAY II

Senator Hiram johnson Of California n
the Senate floor today unsparingly assailel
the Gregory censorship p section Of the espi-
Onage bill He declared:
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II will follow the President johnson
said, "as l have followed him heretofore.
] will follow him in conscriptng the re-
sources of this nation for battle, even
! have followed him in conscripting the
blood Of this nation for the war. But we
should not follow any one into autocracy.
We should follow no one into the destruc-
ton of the fundamentals of democracy
the very pillars upon which this Govern
ments rests.
"It Is no answer to the censorsbin nrob
lem here that the President Himself will
make regulations and rules for CARRYING
This law into effect Already there is a
censorship. Already every means of com
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NEW YORK Ii Narrin-


La prima parte della missionc italana
agi Stati Unit giunsc ieri Il New York.
Essa q composta del ministro delle Comu-
nicazioni on. Enrico Arlotta; del generate
fugltelmotti, rappresentantc del Ministero
della Guerra del Comandante Nanuuteli
rappresentante del Minstcro della Marina !;
del comm. Alvlse Bragadoni. del Ministero
dele comuniCaziOni: del cav. Gactauo
Pietra del Ministero delrAgricotura. 6 del
cav. q. Pardo, della sezione Industre e
Commerce..
II resto della mssionc itaiana. . Cioo'
IL principe d Udine, II scnatore Guglcmo
Marconl, II sottosegrctario agli Esteri on
marchese Bonsarell ed I deputati Ciuffell
Nitti, giungeranno "A New York ira due
settimane. ST crede AMI che il comm. Mar.
conf sia gia' in viaggio sia attcso New
York ira pochi gorn II ministro Arlotta
coloro che 10 aCcompagnano 81 rccherauno
presto Washington. Icgl ha rifiutato di
parlare della guerra fino n che Ia risgone
non sara riCcvuta uficialncute Il WASH
ington
Nondimeno al Waldorf Astoria dove In
inissione allogga. ron. Arlotta q state
interrogato da alcuni giorualisti negli inter-
valli ira continue visite da parte di italiani
e di american II ministro ha detto che
questa e la prima NoltasChe un miniTtro del
governo italano e state in vista negli Stati
Until I'll nostro compito o. quello di ce-
mentarc lie tradizionali relazioni di amicizia
Q di Cordialta' che hanno semprc esistito
ira gil Stati Until lItalia.
"L'intervento degli Stati Unit nella
guerra europea e state accoto in Italia
con la piu' grande sodisfazione piu' spe-
cialmente per il valore morale dell'intcrvento
stesso. Per piu di sessanta ami rItalia e.
stata una nazione nella Quale ognuno ha
goduto piena liberia, moi non saremmo
mai andati in guerra Sc non fossimo stati
provocati dalloppressione militare te-
desca ed austriaca. MOI non potevamo re-
stare sordi ALA voce del nostri fratelli del
Trentino dellIstria,
LIBERIA j. GIUSTIXIA
"Noi pensamo in Italia che Ia miglior
prova che moi combattiamo per la liberia
la giustizia e. rintervento d una dele
pu' grandi potenze del monde, gil Stati
Until, senza alcun interesse materiale che
labbia mossa. MOI non possiamo diment-
care che Ia nostra nazione rinacque a nuova
vita propro su questa base di democrazia
sulla quale poggarono MaZzini. Gariba ldi,
Cavour poggia 10 stesso re Nittorio En-
manuee.
"Nonostante che moi nutriamo Completa
fiducia mel successo finale della guerra. pure
la situazione domanda la piu' stretta CO.
operazione ira gil aleati ira / quail contano
ora gil Stati Until Questa coopera zione e.
assolutamente necessarla, perche' nostrI
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3. AEROS I'M BIG
GAME WITH FOES
american Aviators and Ten
Germans Determined to
Get" Each Other
TO HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT
By HENRY WOOD
WITH THE LAFAYETTE AIR sQUA
RON FRENCH ARMY. SOMEMHEI

WITH THE, LAFAYETTE AIR SQUAD
RON. FRENCH ARMY, SOMEWHERE,
IN FRANCE May II.
France proposes to show her appreciation
Of the American flying squadron's work by
giving II the finest equipment of any similar
corps in the French army.
II was learned today that the Lafayette
Escadri'le is shortly to be reoutfltted with
new French warpanes. which are the high
est powered and the fastest yet invented
II is a graceful expression of the universal
French tribute that the American flyers are
the equal of ny similar aerial force IN the
French army-and that means in the whole
world.
The Lafayette Escadrille will be glad TO
get the new machines, but they would be
happier If they could get American uni
forms. No one of the members has yet
been able to ascertain what sort of uni
form an American aviator Is supposed TO
wear. Because of this the corps Is still
clothed in the issue of tho French quarter
masters department
But Edward Hinkle. of Cincinnati. cor
porai in the squadron, and n graduate of
the Paris BeauN Arts, has designed Il new
symbol of the corps to be worn on the
uniform and painted on the Lafayette Es-
cadrilles planes.
Ever d~y they are carrying this symbol
into the ngEt'rg for Am rlca as well as for
France The Germans have learned to rec
attention on downing some plane with the
American insignia.
A fine "grudge fight" is In the making
between the Americans and certain group
of ter German aviato's The ten are never
sighted apart. and they have been nick
named the circus" by the Americans from
the peculiar battle formation which they
ADOPT They fly in huge circle. their ma
chimes alternately wingtng high into the
heavens and then low to earth exactly
like the horses on American merry-go-
rounds.
The CIRCUS" has been singing out the
Americans f-- particular "strafng" ever
since the United States Joined forces with
the Allies Tho tenor several Of the fem
search the skies particularly for planes
carrying ,hc symbol Of the Lafayette
tutant RaIph Lufberry Of Wallingford
one Odds Lufberry pulled through un-
harmed lie vas unable TO get" any Of his
adve rsaries however.
So FAR the score with the Germans Is
sven--ths ten haven't dropped an Amer
lean and not a one Of the Lafayette flyers
has managed to bring down one of the ten.
II mascpts will bring the Americans any
luck they ought to have unvarying good
fortune Pets clutter up the camp. Most
favored OF all are two lion cubs named
Whisky and Soda. The bigger of the two
drew the whisky cognomen. There are at
least hair "A dozen dogs OF all ages, descrp-
tions aud previous conditions Most of
them we're brought back-via the aerial
route-from "Reminiscences to destroyed
French villages.
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BCLLECOURT ASSAULT
FAILS, BERLIN SAYS

BERLIN, May II.
Sansuinary repulse" of an attempt Il
storm Bui1ecourt by an encircling move
ment by British troops was reported IL
today's official statement The text of tn,
statement follows
At Fresnoy, Roeux, LcnChy and Cher
iSy local advances were unsuccessful
to the emmy
Between scissors and Rheims. aftcr a
comparatively quiet morning. the fight.
ing increased during the evening and q
strong artillery fire of all calibers de-
Neioped, especially on the scissors road,
on both sides of Craonne. along the
Al9nc, the Marne Canal. in Champagne
and in the Argonne.
Al Wintersburg, Bcrry.au-Bac and
the corbeny road and also at prosnes
strong French attacks failed.
ON Thursday eighteen enemy aero.
planes and one captive balloon were
downed
In Macedonia a Franco Serbian al
tack between Cerna and the Nardar
was unable to change the result. The
Entente lost the battle.
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LONDON, | May IL.

''O-Nbo-N' -h"S L.
Vigorous German attempts to shake
Field Marshal Haig's grip on Arleux posi-
tons and lines to the south OF the Souchez
River were all repulsed, the British COM
mander.in-chief reported today. British
artillery and machne-gun fire stopped the
enemy's assaults. Around the Souchezs
salient the attack was repeated a second
time with liquid fire employed by the Ger
nlns, but it was likewise repulsed
with movement on either side at t'res-
noy literally clogged by tho huge armies
which British and German commanders
have concentrated there Field Marshal
Haig was apparently directing his blows
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PLAN TO GIVE LIBERTY
BONDS AS FAIR PRIZES
Treasury Will Issue Small De-
nomination to Be Spread
All Over Country
WASHINGTON. MAY IL.

4 move to induce counties and state fairs
throughout tho country to offer Liberty
Loan bonds Of small denominations as pre-
miums and prizes is under way by the
Treasury Department.
\ considerable sum. it Is believed, could
he realized were this course adopted at the
hundreds of spring and autumn fairs, held
I'm nearly every state.
The first response came from the Mis-
sissppi-Alabama Fair Association, of Meri-
dian Mass, which announced IL would pur-
chase $1,000 in small denomination Liberty
bonds as premiums for the October fair
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LA MISSIONE ITALIANA
E. GIUNTA A NEW YORK
Lon. Arlotta, il Gen. Gugliel-
motif ed il Comandante Vannu-
telli Saranno Presto a
Washington
G.. MARCONI E. IN VIAGGIO
ROMA. II Maggie.

KUMN, IT WaRRIO.
Giungono dalla Svizzera nOtizie che
fanno pensare che il generate CadOrna
deve avere gia' initiate la sua grande
offensiva miranda ALA presa di Trieste.
l tclegrammi dalla Svizzera. che non
sono ancora confermati dai bollcttini
ufficiaIi del Ministero della Guerra.
dicono che 81 G. avuta una improvvisa
ripresa di vivacissimi combattimenti
sui teatro italano della guerra che era
state calmo per cinaue. o sci mcsi.
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Rev. DIR. b. Il. LOomis Dead

CARLISLE, Pa. May 1.-THE Rev. DR..
b. B. Loomis, eighty years old. a veteran
retired minister of the Methodist Church.
died here today. I5e was formerly pastor
OF churches III Apany and Troy. n. Y,
and Tor twenty years conducted a Chau-
tauqua and Sunday school assembly at
Ocean Grove. He was active in founding
Of Christian Endeavor Society.
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MILIUKOFF STORM POINT
OF NEW RUSSIAN CRISIS

LONDON, May II.
Antagonism between the present Russian
Government and the Council of Workmen's
and Soldiers Deputies has become so acute
that affairs in Russia are at the most criti-
cal stage since the revolution According
to the Petrograd correspondent OF the
Daily News. the creation of a coalition
Ministry may lead to dual authority instead
Of avoiding il.
The Council OF workmen's and Soldiers
Deputies advocates the immediate summon.
ing of an All-Russian Congress. which will
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today at widely separated points on the

today at widely separated points on the
British front.
Bullecourt and Lens were the two points
most menaced by the British offensive to-
DAY. Buiiecourt Is almost completely sur
rounded Lens Is more than half encircled,
the British gaining every hour yard by
YARD to the south. The fighting at both
places Is intense
At tresnoy there were indications today
that the force of the British offensive was
slowly wearing down the rock-like resist
ance Of the Germans
But while this greatest of Allied often
sives was in progress on the western front,
dispatches today detailed the successful
start or another major push" in which
British troops are participating. This is in
Macedonia. British French. Italian. Rus
sian and Serbian troops under General Ser
ran nave started, their long-expected ad-
vance Some gains we're made on a front
OF two miles, but one mile-long section Of
trench was retaken by the enemy.
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AUSTRIAN ENJOYS SAID
TO BEAR PEACE SCHEME
LONDON. Nav Ii.

LONDON, May II.
Morning newspapers today gave prom
inence to a report from Amsterdam that
three Austrian statesmen are soon to leave
for switzerland with the intention OF pro-
ceeding to France, If possible, for peace
discussion.
The dispatch is given considerable
credence because Of the widespread peace
talk that has been coming from Austria
recently. The Amsterdam dispatch says
the statesmen will bear authorized pro-
posals upon which peace ran be based
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British Smash
Attack of Foes
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from Page One
there was an INTENSE German hombardment
against an advanced sector of trenches to
the east OF Lacoulotte. Here at 80 this
morning the enemy attacked fiercely At
the moment of writing this dispatch the
fighting Is continuing
Along the Scarpe and at Monchy the
Germans laid down a heavy barrage pos
sibly preliminary to an attack, but the
BRUSH si.enced the enemy's guns by heavy
Counter-fire.
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CHINESE WAR PARTY LOSES
Test Vote in House Against Formal
Declaration

PEKIN, May 1.-THE war party was
defeated in the first test vote In the Chinese
House Of Representatives. The House re-
jected a motion to vote a declaration of war
on Germany, despite the fact that a mob
outside the building was camoring for war.
The Premier, in an address to the House
urged that China formally enter the world
war
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Morayian col!ese Tennls yi.ss.

r, BETlhEHEM; aLdn Pa. Oct; .-.Th. Mo,..,.
match yesterday by Moravian So,Is.. tennis
latter's courts 2 matches to 4 summ.o1n on The
Ter and stols College. 4.e 40 ana AZ ssSst to huL
sins,ess-St9'l 6repa defeated tSed Mueller. co
beaten by stolz collese. 6.2 and s.aese' was
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Dutch Resent Calling of Landsturm

THE HAGUE. May 1.-THE Chamber
~ Deputies has taken the Government to
taak for calling out the 1918 landsturm
awninst It's wishes. The action was CEN
nnred by \ vote OF "A to 26.
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PARIS. MAY II

-, T-NTtI'o, May IT.
Another advance by capture OF German
position in the region of Chevreux was an
nounced in the French official statement to-
DAY The gain was held despite violent
Counter-attacks
Tho War Office said this gain was
achieved yesterday evening
There was heavy cannonadins in the re =
gIon or Ccrny and Hurlebuse Several at
fempts by the Germans TO raid French
trenches were frustrated by heavy shell.
frc.
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WASHINGTON, II Maggie

f. state annunciato ufficiaImente qui
che nellie due ultime settimane le forze
naval italiane operanti mel Mcditcr'
raneo hanno affondato ,redici sottoma
rini austriaci c tedeschi.
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BULLECOURT AND LENS
CENTRES OF BATTLE

ROME, May II.
Indications that Italy may have
started general offensive movement,
with Trieste as the objective, were con-
tanned in dispatches received via
Switzerland today. They indicated a
sudden resumption of intense fighting
in this theatre of the war, which has
been almost quiescent for five or six
months.
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Straits for Belgium,
NOlU Allies Plan
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
therefore, support the Governments i'm.
perialistic aspirations"
SPECIAL SESSION OF DuMA
Rodzlanko's speech was delivered at a
specially called session of the Duma, held
In commemoration of the anniversary OF
the first Dumas meeting. lie received a
tremendous demonstration.
After Rodzianko concluded Premier Lvoff,
Of the Provisional Government, spoke
1T Is true" he said, that this revolu.
ton compels us to traverse a period of
great trials raising the grim specters of
anarchy and despotsm, but you repre-
sentatives of the nation may be assured
that your work. despite all obstacles and
the disilusons of hostile elements will not
perish Every day strengthens my con-
fidence In the creative force of the Rus
sian people and in the greatness Of their
future"
WORKERS REVOLT
The Schliselburg munitions district re-
voted today. Workmen and citizens of the
district announced their intention OF or
ganizing separate republic.
Representatives Of the Council Of Work.
mems and Soldiers Deputies left here az
once to dssuade the revoltcrs from their
announced purpose.
Tho provisional president of the munitions
district mas been arrested.
Twelve members Of the Council Of
Workmen's and Soldiers Deputies were
named to plead with the revolving forces
for restoration of order. In addition,
scheidsc, leader of the Social Democrat
Ii. Russia and president of the council, per-
sonally hurried over to the munitions dis
triCt to aid.
The Schlisselburs district is east of Petro-
grad. lying dowr the river a short distance.
II corresponds, IN measure, TO the indus
trial section of New Iork's East Side.
Just how serious the revolt is was not
made clear in dispatches received here. APP
parently, however. there was no violence.
Another instance of friction between the
Provisional Government on Russians plans
for the future was evident today when 1t
was announced that the executive commit
tee of the Council OF " Workmcns and Sol
diers' Deputies Ia planning n world inter
national" The project embraces a meet
ing Of all varieties of Socialists in some
neutra nation to discuss world problems
Those behind the plan insisted the confer
ence was not identified in the slightest de-
gree with the forthcoming meeting Of So
cia lists at Stockholm in June
This Stockholm conference is being re-
garded more and more here as Cormany's
most carefully plotted move for separate
peace with Russia. The extreme pro-war
wing Of the Socialist party in Russia is
fatty record against the meeting and
it's members are cndeavor'ng in every way
to spread among the people and among fell
low Socialists here their conviction that the
conference is German-inspired, German
aided and will probably be German-con-
trolled.
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STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION
INTERESTED IN BOND PLAN


TRENTON. May II.
EN-Sena tor J. H. Blackwell. president of
the Interstate Fair Association. was greatly
Interested in the proposed plan Of the
United States Treasury Department to get
county and State fairs TO hang up Liberty
Loan bonds premiums and prizes. While
he was favorable to the plan, he said he
did not see how IT could be utilized by the
Interstate Fair Association whose prizes
in the main are small, but he has approved
the suggestion so far as the larger prizes
are concerned.
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tHSTUN. Ia, May IT.
II was said at the office of John r. Rein
heimer. secretary OF the Nazareth Fair As
socation, that the matter of offering Liberty
Bonds as premiums and prizes had not been
considered. but that it would be laid before
the executive committee
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u. S. and Allies Flaqs

New lot of silk and Cotton United
States and Allies Flags Just re.
ceived from factory. Prices reason.
able--no premium on patriotism
here.
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therefore support the Governments i'm.
perialistic aspirations"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
SAYS WEDDING WAS JOKE.
Court Annnals Marriage of Children
 of Petition of Bride.

Upon the assertion of the bride of 15 that the marriage was a joke" :" Chancellor John E. Martineau at Lit tie Rock annualled the marriage of Frank N. Auten, 17, and Jeanette Dabbs Auten, 15. The children were married at Star City on Ocotber 31, after they had been unsuccessful ,n obtaining a marriage license Aere.
 '"The young Mrs. Auten.' says the Gazette of yesterday, 'i1 her i'etition for the annulment stated the mar riage had only been a joke and had never been made i'll good faith She and young Auten, she said were out automobile riding with a young coup le who talked the matter of their mar riage, and dared her and Auten alHo to secure a license. The other couple were not successful in securing 7 license"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
COTTON EXCHANGE NOT
 ID EMPLOY PRo-GEgMANS
Board of Directors of New Orleans Organization Take Pledge Not
 to Aid Enemy.

New Orleans, Dec. 25.-The board of directors of the New Orleans cot ton exchange, at a meeting last nigh; adopted resolution calling upon all members of the exchange to sign tac following pledge:
 "We, the members of the New Or leans cotton exchange, pledge our selves and our firms not to employ German or Austrian citizens, or cltl- zens of any nation allied with Ger many or Austria, or any one, whether native of the United States or not, who is in sympathy with our enc mics."
 The action last night followed cir culaton last week of a petition among members of the exchange urging tho directors to "take cognizance of re- ports that German and Austrian sub iects and Americans with pronounced pro- German sympathies are still re- tained in the employ of some firms. Alleged disloyal remarks by an en- pioye of local cotton firm who was discharged, led to circulation of the petition.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
NO FENCE DTSTRINCT.
 NO. 1. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

The tax book for tho collection of the special assessment upon the land in No Fence District No One or Jefferson county, Arkansas, has been placed in my hands. All owners of land lying in the district are re quired to pay their assessment 10 me within 30 days from this date. If such payment is not made, action will be commenced at the end of tha, time for collection of sad assess ments, and fer legal penalties and costs. f9e lJ~5 ~s'1 3a
 Given under my hand this 4th day of December, 1917.
 R. H. WILLIAMS, Collector.
 12-4-1m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
How GERMAN U-ROATS
 ARE BEING OVERCOME
DctcctOrs and Explosive Bombs Deadly to the kaiser's
 Submarines.
Correspondence of the Associated
 prncS !


 Press.)
 Stockholm, Dec. 10.-Two of the methods by which the British arc ef fcctively fighting the German subma~ rine are by the use of new microphone detectors and explosive bombs of enor- nous power, according to writer in the Didningen. an authority on tech nical information.
 English experts have lately so per fected the use of the microphone on anti-submarine vessels, says the wri- ter, that they are able to steer ac- curately and automatically down on the submarine, while formerly they were unable to locate vessel be- meath the surface The microphones are placed below the water close to the keel of the vessel, and answer the same purpose of the microphones of q telephone By listening to the beat of the submarines propeller, they can determine the exact location of the enemy and attack him before he. has the slightest idet of what is happen ing.
 The detection instruments used with the microphOnes are very com- plex. One of them shows the distance of the submarine on a graduated scale, the indicator responding cleo trically to the sound from the sub marines propellors. The variations of distance are shown with marvellous ac- curacy Another device shows wether the enemy is on the port or starboard side. The electro magnet hand moves to the side on which the sound is loud est and the ship is guided accordingly ] When the proper spot is reached bombs are dropped in the same man. ner as from aeroplanes. Their under water force is so great that they can destroy submarine 150 feet from the point of explosion.