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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
EX-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Speech at Carnegie Hall, New York City.
Oct. 8. 1882

T should ask the people of this country to support
administration of President Mckinley if for other rea
than because say what you like the victory AT the polls
of the who are opposing and denouncng the admins
tratiOn in this election will be interpreted abroad meaning
the part of America reputation of the from which
have Just emerged triumphant II will strengthen the
hands of every hostile power which views with jealousy
victories in the Antilles and the Philippines II will that
the nations that secretly and envousy wish 10 clip the
wings Of pride will be embodened II will result in the
partial undoing of what and navy have
pished II will mean the chance of grave complications
and the likelihood of meeting obstacles when comes
reapng the fruit of triumph"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
EX-PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Letter to Indiana voters, indianapolis News,
Oct. 81. 1898. 2. D.

Another consideration think should strongly influence
the voters of the state The nation went to with SPAIN
supported by the moral sentiment of the great majority Of
people of all parties II felt that to Cuba there
distinct cali upon the United States TO ntepose for
the ending of Spanish cueltieS and msgovenmen there
The firing lines have been withdrawn and ships
largely in harborS after achievements land and
that have given increased fame to American but
foreign relations still acute and unsettled and the
appeal to which the response generous and
partisan at the beginning of the war to stand by
country and its executive and administrative officers should
still be felt and responded to- Our election results should
not give to give encouragement 10 those
who would find in dcOrdS and divided cOunSeS their
advantage Our British cousins have the good habit of
standing by when their nation conducting delicate and m
taing foreign questions"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Speech at Kokomo. Ind, Oct q, 1898. }

And must continue to stand together. So long
have any differences abroad must have none at home
Whenever get through with differences with another
nation then ii will be time TO old disputes al
home But until that time must stand for common
purpose and stand together until the settlements Of the
shall be embodied in the permanent form of public treaty
We commenced the not for gain greed pos
sessions We commenced for freedom and to relieve
neghbors of oppression And having accomplished that
must all the responsibilities that Justly belong to
that war; whatever they may be, and sure that the peo
pie of the country without regard TO party setting aside all
differences and distinctions will remain together until
shall finally settle the terms of peace"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
President Mckinley and Republicans

In 1898-durin9 the Spanish Aneri-
can Wdr-liRe Lincoln Of the COS and
Wilson Of now, pleaded for patriotic in
dorsenetlt OF his 91ar qdn fft t Tor
uine the party in control of congress
that would support him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
Case of is Republicans and
"a Democrats for Germany


CONGRESSMAN BARNHART voted AGAINST the nefarious
McLemore (House) (Senate) Resolution 9t6 that
would have surrendered to Germany the American peoples
rights to the free of the TOTAL OF tt5 RE-
PUBLICANS AND "a DEMOCRATS in BOTH HOUSES,
voted for it
% 6 BEEN a 5 @ 5SRg39 aG@ . a5 a
ha he votod for the Mcmoro resolution when In the b s
ts7ao1 Of the consona Record as proof RARzRr VoPED
FoR ASlERIcA~N0T aEfssi.ANY. 90 '''' '0-A-
ON s 5ss s aSa e;sa si5As 5 s e % 3 " s
Twelve sas and two voted for the core resolution
esndass for again RarRhaG launched
the McIsmoro surrender.
organ appears pro-
s se a S s TO rsB telling
n oao 5 sS ns 5! Rs9si but s5sa 6Ds s
VIII ambassador
E1cEDYs was 1Aportean
ing Deop on neutral or merchant SHIPS but haG G asRd @
s Of hp 0 n a5an s pasg p a eiP pa sda S
position be destroyed"
calling the president off:
of instead an i eSS9@ s not he 5s'a n ny the e S
tain; viii be overwhelmingly defeated in
s 9ot he noaS8s AD0'' and Michigan City vote
resolution 1918,
the
Of t
In
voted with LenrOot and 102 other republicans
surrendered
U-bOats unchallenged
OF
primary private
similarly
him and had himself elected the United states
THERE
FREEDOM
a
a
not be
the o See 10
n he
wanted during the retired"
THAT OF the
n
Mt be reelected these the republicans
antadminisaiOn
pres
BEWARE of the party leader newspaper billboard pamphlet
which mentions the president his policies without Sur
SANDER yet asks the people stand by the president by
sending TO congress from the republican paTy-the party
which has furnished practically all the AGAINST AID
MINSTRATION WAR MEASURES.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31

Restraining the President
CA Republican Hobby
THE Republican claim that thew cast more votes-a larger
percentage of votes-for 'SeUen Great War Measures
without specifying them is subterfuge. What constitutes
Great War Measures depends to them their partisan
minds To them such these Great War Measures"
but they obsructonst and embarrassment
partisan to the core-and of course they did exceed the
Democrats in support of them:
would have Surrendered 0 s sea-. 0a Germany Ds s mons s
The Anthony amendment o
disrupt military Organization p'"' army :"
The Kahn amendment o the
except in the Roosevelt political division ~ ~
a. The "supsrw.r Board. bill calculated to p! the conduct
Of the hands Of the resident war Department. nt''' taxing out
M ssni :ns %sns s s4 AsH ss Ds. Wa.
~ ever Republican opposition has been excessively noto
rous right on the surface-particulary these:
When America entered the she needed the soldiers
the s Tsr revenue bills stpod ne" cause me vote
Democratic ......
P. Opponents .............
Shs ssdd h ' R6 tosd supplies and She
c. o. Opponents. -. ..........
% d aee AGAs h ee equip the navy and build more war
Democratic Democratic 49,. .......... ............
Excess c. O. P Opponents. ............. 1874
We needed law ourselves the German
syste The AGAINST it stood
democratic Democratic -
Excess c. O P. Opponents. .............
The these and other War Measures Con
railroad telegraph telephone hpbud
armopate blshe eleven stands totals
D DRSsHssR .:::.::::::.:. 81 81
C Q. Opponents.
Facts from the Congressional record Congressman
Barnhart voted WITH the President; is "ProWar" and
"Pro-Admnistration always.
President of the United States but the premers of
very obstacle that stands in the way of information
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
PARIS UNALARMED BY ATTACK
Thought Cannonading Was Air
Barrage-Watch Gun Flashes
Special Cable to Epening Public Ledger


Paris, July 16.-The beginning of the
fifth German offensive, a calendar month
to a day after the enemy drive on Com
piegne was brought to a standstill on
June Is, was not made known officially
in Paris until the appearance of a brief
Government communicate at o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. The news was re-
ceived with satisfaction.
That something exceptional was hap
pening was obvious from the sound of
the tremendously heavy hombardment
which had been easily audible in every
part of Paris and the suburbs for fifty
miles around since a little before mid
night. The violence of the Cannonadng
may be gathered from the fact that a
majority OF the people in Paris believed
that the noise came from the barrage
fire of the anti-aircraft guns, and Won
dered why no alarm was given. Even
tually the northeastern horizon was no.
ticed to be aglow with a pale flame col
or'ed light, and hundreds of people climb
ed the slopes Of Mont Martre to watch
the flashing of the guns engaged in a
duel which proved today to be over 125
The morning papers breathed not a
syllable of the conflict that had begun,
except that one unfortunate critic ven
tured the opinion that the Germans
would not be likely to attack during the
unsettled weather which has prevailed
for the last three days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16

celebration in which Americans par
ticipated / had been much struck by
the confident demeanor and spontaneous
gayety of the poilus who might at any
moment be recalled to the firing line to
meet the greatest shock in the worlds
history. The proud cry of the Roman
gladiators to Caesar. "Morituri te Salu.
tamus," suggested itself as fitting
salute of the soldiers of France to their
country on this eve of battle.
Suddenly paused. Through the open
window, overlooking meadows and wood
lands as peaceful as scene in the
heart of the United States. came a sound
faint distant, yet insistent.
put a-put-put-p put" and then. louder
'put-put." It's meaning was unnistak
able. 1t was the cannonade of the sec
ond and perhaps the greatest battle of
the Marine. The long, nerveracking de
lay was over. The supreme German Of
tensive had begun at last
Through the hours that followed the
thud of the far-off hammers beat ever
more steadily. Paris heard it, too and
broke her sleep to listen. In countless
homes that ominous echo evoked a pray
er that Our boy" at least be spared
And now for the first time soldiers
of America are meeting the full weight
Of the German onslaught beside soldiers
of France. Their anxiety is our anx-
iety; their confidence is our confidence
Whatever happens-and the struggle
will be fierce, for Germany is desperate
we can put full trust in the Allied
armies and their leader, Their courage
will not falter, and in the hearts of the
nations behind them, no less unfinCh-
ing, nothing else matters. Ultimate VIC
tory is certain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16

Constituent Assembly. are in the move
ment The latest news is that the
Csecho-Slovaks have seized the old Tar
tar city of Kazan, the key to the lower
Volga. Success succeeds. and once the
strong spell Of the Boshevik power is
broken. a-general detection may be an
ticipated
While this movement was growing in
the east, while starvation. disease and
unemployment made rapid headway in
the towns, and chaotic. quarrel
some land-grabbing was the rule of life
in the villages, a remarkable thing hap
pened in Moscow. Count Mirbach, the
German ambassador, was murdered in
Moscow. and the murderers were not So
called counter-revolutionari but men
who until recently were the closest allies
Of the Bolsheviki The Jew Blumkin
and the Russian Alexandrovich. who
killed Count Mirbach. were Left Social
Revolutionaries, members of that ex-
treme faction which split of from the
main Kerenski-Tchernoff section of the
Social Revolutionaries and Joined heart
and soul in the Bolshevk campaign.
For several months after last Novem-
ber there was no essential difference be-
tween them and the Bolsheviki. Being
primarily a peasant party they brought
peasant SOvtetS. by strange manlpula-
ton. into the Bolshevik movement. They
induced Lenine, Marxist to accept
their agrarian program. Several of their
leaders held portfolios in the Bolshevik
Government. Members of the party we're
active in all committees and soviets. but
they began to part company with the
Bolsheviki over the Brest-Ltovsk peace.
Authors Of Trotsky's Formula
They were the authors of the famous
formula proclaimed by Trotsky. No
peace and no war and after the con-
clusion of that peace their commissaries
resigned from the Government and at
tempted to organize what they called a
revolutionary war against all imperial
lists
The break was not serious at first, but
has been steadily growing. The Left
I'Social Revolutionaries mock at Lenine's
theory of peaceful interval for social
reform Their ideal is one of perpetual
and highly romantic revolution, and
they like the Allies no better than they
like the Germans.
Among all the strange and hetero.
geneous movements, Russia is trying &c
find herself. In the Ukraine, the Cadets
have retired from Skoropadsky's Gov.
crnment. probably peremptorily recalled
by Miluloff. who seems to have emerged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16

from his seclusion once more TO take an
active part in the struggle with Ger
many.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
SOUTH AMERICAN MAY FLY
London Paper, Renewing $4,000
Prize Offer, Hints Possibility
Special Cable TO Euening Public Ledger

Copyright, 1918, by Ne,0 York Times Co.
London. July l6. The Daily Mail
says IL is rumored that there is a pos
sibility of a South American airman
attempting to fly across the Atlantic
this year. The paper believes a fight
from New Foundland to Ireland or from
New Foundlsnd by way of the Azores
to England is now just as feasible as
any of the long-distance flights that have
been accomplished since the war began
In order to stimulate production Of
more powerful engines and more suit
able aircraft, the Daily Mail again Of
fers its 10000 s5o.o00) prize for the
night across the Atlantic from any point
Foundland to any point in Great Britain
or ireland. or vice versa, In seventy-two
continuous hours.
The offer. which was first made on
APRIL 1. 1913, Was SUSPENDED ON the
outbreak Of the war. q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
HIGH COMMAND SATISFIED
Situation Reveals No Surprises in
L Attack, Is French Comment
Special Gable to Erening Public Ledger

X Copyri0ht, 1913, bD NetD York Times Co.
London, July 16.--Last night it was
ascertained that the French high COM
rnand was very much pleased and highly
9atisfied with the situation on the west
front
y No surprises were revealed in the
German method of attack, the enemy re-
lying on his usual plan of heavy bonn
bardment and massed onslaughts with
otorm troops.
"a II Is learned that recently there has
been "resortment' of Allied armies on
the western front, the object being TO
eoncentrate the troops of each nation in
: given area. which. in connection with
General March's statement that three
American army corps have been consti-
fs1ted In France, is taken to indicate that
The stage of brgading Americans with
The French and British has now been
passed
X Late information shows that while
American participation in the fighting
a. Chateau-Thierry was episodical, it
vas glorious episode.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
TIBETANS IN REVOLT;
CHINA SENDS TROOPS
But It's Too Hot to Fight, Cen
eral Says. Explaining Tn.
official Armistice
Special Cable TO Erening Public Ledger
Copyri0it, 1918, By NcU Yorb Times Co.
DaLin Illl,.

Copyright 1918. By Nc,c York Times Co.
Pekn. July 1G.
The Chinese Government learns that
Tibetans have revolted Instructions
have been given to the Tuchun of
kansu and the garrison commissioner of
Szechuan to dispatch troops for the sup
preston of the revolt. The unofficial
armistiCe in Human is explained by Cen
eral WI Pei Flu as due to the fact that
the summer is too hot to permit of fight
ing. lie declares that this is no inter-
ference with the Governments military
plans.
The independence of General Feng
Yuh Slang is still denied, but the Gov
ernment has given orders that he be
watched
At the request Of the japanese Gov
ernment the Chinese Cabinet has
opened Kalgan, Kwei-Sua. Taonan
HuluTao. Tolun and Chi-Fu-No as conf
mercial nerts. A loan agreement has
been signed for 10000. 600 yen based on
the security of the forests and mines in
Kir-In and Hei-Lung-E -Eiang. China is to
organize company for the development
of these resources.
The Government has signed another
agreement with the Japanese for the
construction Of railway from Tsi-Nan
in Shan-Tung, to Sieun-Eh, in Chih-Li,
where it will join the Pekin and Han
kow Railway. The amount of the loan
is S9,0o0,0O0. The length of the road is
1856 miles and the capital and material
and engineers are to be supplied by
Japan.
1t is reported that the Government
has concluded negotiations whereby
80,00OOO0 gold Yen are advanced by the
Bank of Chosen for circulation in
Pekin in order to redeem to Chinese
banks notes.
Further anti-Bolshevik successes are
reported in Siberia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
PLAN PRISONER EXCHANGE
Agreement Signed at The Hague,
With Reservation by Germany

Special Gable TO Evening Public Ledger
COPYRIGHT. 1918, By Net1 York Times Co.
The Hague, July 16.-Your CORE.
opondent is authorized to state that an
agreement has been signed at the
Hague, with a reserve by the German
aelegates, to effect an exchange of COM
1bstant and civilian prisoners of war
3enerslIy on the lines recently reached
" the French and German Governments.
4 y proposed that the effects Of this
2xchanse are 10 apply to British and
{SrmaIs prisoners Of war and civilians
lnferned in Holland and Switzerland.
Tlh< agreement also deals with an
OF conditions of prisoners
n M. beth In the British. empire aud
6orHeny<<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
LACKING
IN NEW ATTACK
Allies Had Anticipated As
sault East and West of
Rheims
FRENCH GUNS FIRE FIRST
Germans May Also Launch
Big Offensive Against Brit
ish Front
FRENCH GUNS FIRE FIRST
By G.. II. PERRIS

Special Gable 10 Ercning Public Ledger
Copprtoht. 1918, bv Nctc York Times Co.
With the French Armies, July 16.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16
FRENCH GUNS READY
WHEN FOE ATTACKED
Opened Bombardment Fully
an Hour Before Germans
Started
Bv WALTER DURANTY
Special Gable to Eucning Public Ledger


itil lne r TenCn ARMIES, JulN 10.
After the usual tremendous lombard
mcnt, thu Germans attacked at dawn
Yesterday on two wide sectors between
Chateau-Thierry and the eastern Cham
pagnC.
As forecast in my dispatches a week
ago. the most violent cffGrt was di-
roctcd against the Marine front from
Chatcau-Thierry to west of Rheims. No
assault on the Cathedral City was at
tempted
The latest Information seems to in
djcate that the eastern portion Of the
offensive from the region Of Fort de la
TOmpelIO to the blood-stained land of
Messages met a check. This army is
commanded by one OF the most famous
Of French colonial generals.
Heavier fighting occurred to the west
ward. especially between FOssoy and
pormans. where the Germans cndeav-
orcd to penetrate the plateau. and south
Of the Narno by the valley Of the Sur
melin rivulet, along which runs a light
railroad Cronr Mezy to Montmrail.
At the junction point Of the Surmelin
and the Marine, the hills south of the
river are less than 200 feet high, and
arr, dominated by the GO0-foot plateau
on the opposite bank, where bend of
the river gives the enemy semcircie
Of converging fire.
French Batteries We're Ready
It was an obvious gateway for an
offensive operation across the Marne,
with the object of getting command OF
higher ground east and west, shallow
Iolling valleys and tree-Clad slopes like
the foothills Of the Berkshires, only
more cultivated.' as New England
..tR,-r Jagrribp1 II
DESPITE the remarka BILE calm recently
prevailing on the Marine front, the
French were not caught unawareS. For
some time past the French. batteries,
to the strength and number of which
the correspondent can bear witness have
been forming big munitions dumps at
points where no enemy guns registered.
For fully an hour before the German
bOnlbardmenl opened the defenders loos-
nned a terrific counter er-preDaration, every
gun crew working madly to beat the
Noyon- Montdidier record Of firing
enough shells for thirty hours at ordi-
nary speed in four and one-half hours
between II p m. and dawn
At midnight Sunday I was sitting at a
point some seventy miles south of the
Marine, with the intention of writing an
account of a French units 18th of July
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-02-23
HON. GUY GUERNSEY

coacindsa from pags I.
worthy Colored people. Al clerk Of the
Probate Court he shssrfully appointed
Willis v. Jefferson - one Of his aids
or assistants, showing that he ID free
from narrow-nindsd rass prejudice.
Evsa ante tAis day Nr. edIrnssy spends
nnsh q he valuable tins ia assisting
oelorsd nsa 70 secure positions in the
Pullman service ana ssAsr positions,
and whsa h resided d ne Second ward
IL vs. N ed saying shst ks knew more
oslsrsd nsa aAa women ~ thslr proper
names thaa any otAsr person residing in
that ward For car part W hoaestly
sssl tAst every dsssas aaa sslf.ssspsst-
las celorsd naa nd wsnaz reading
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-02-23

Whereas, As the object of an unjus
unfair and unealled for persecution nj
prosecution, he was brought before III
bar Of justice Of Cook County, and tAsn
by the verdict Of jury, fully aequittsl
Eexonerated and restored to full standin.
% an honorable citizen Of the con
munity, and
Whereas, We believe that he is mi
win continue to be the fearless chan,
pion Of the things that make for Ra
best interests Of the constituency he rep
resents, we present the following dee
laration Of principles:
i. That the majority Of the RspuA
ican voters Of the Second Ward shOUli
receive political consideration accord
ing to their numerical strength, Gas
to all elements Of our local body pOEtE
that to which they are justly entitled
2. That neither the present sO-cala
Republican organization Of the Second
Ward, which has resolved itself into one
man control, nor any other privately con
troIled organization, has the right to n
rogats to itself the exclusive -prsrOf
tive Of naming, selecting or OthsrWS
forcing upon the people to the EXCUSES
Of others any candidate Of its choice
8. That our government, in ali Of ID
departments, has the unfaltering, lOyiI
united and patriotic support Of this con
vention and the people for whom "
stand, in the prosecution Of this E's
war that 10 destined to make the word
and especially this country safe TO-
democracy to the end Of time.
L That we stand for full and sq@
suffrage 10 al the citizens Of our con-
nonwealth, taking in that most inp'f
tant element-ths women.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-02-23
lR. psPRBsf's PLATFORM.

NE psPRIBsf's PLATFORM.
The propositions for which Mr.. De-
Priest stands, in his contest for the Re
publican nomination for Alderman Of
the Second Ward were outlined in the
platform adopted by the ward conven-
ton which made him its standard
bearer for that nomination at Odd Eel
lows Hall, on the 1lth Of January,
1918. That platform Is substantially
the one upon which he has made this
race and practically his candidacy has
developed into Q movement Of the Re
publican voters Of our race Of the ward
to take over the entire control and man
hgement Of Republican party Affairs.
Disearding and eliminating the auto
cratic bossiEm Of George Harding or
any other man, aided and abetted by
Colored job-hOlders. This platform is as
follows:
Whereas, The Republicans Of the See
ond Ward in convention assembled, real
izing the fact that wc have the same
right under the Primary Law to select
and endorse the candidacy Of any man
Of our choice for the Republican nomina-
ton for Alderman Of the Second ward,
and
q Whereas, We have been advised that
the so-ealled Regular Republican organi-
zation Of the Second Ward has adopted
Q resolution purporting to unanimously
endorse . candidate of its choice for
Alderman Of the Second Ward, and
Whereas, The Hon. Oscar DePriest,
having served q term In the City Coun-
ell with eminent satisfsstion 10 the peo-
pie Of the Second ward, and having
made . most enviable record - Q mem
Der Of that body, and