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OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established 1840
OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1830.
TRADER- JOTJRNAI
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonirht
and Saturday. Slightly
cooler tonight
VOLUME 1.--NO. ir7.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS. FUTDAY, MAY IS, 1917,
PRICK,. TWO CENTS.
REE
COMPANY G WILL 6EI, INTO
ACTUAL SERVICE Oil JULY 25
WAR OFFICIALS SEND
WORD TOP ALL STATE
EXECUTIVES
nse juhe 1?
HINTED HERE THAT DRAFT BILL
WILL FORCE ALL ELIGIBLESTO
SIGN UP" WITHIN NEXT TWO
WEEKS OTTAWA SOLDIERS
READY.
It has been finally decided upon by
the War Department at Washington
that all units of the Illinois National
Guard, which Includes the Third regi
iuent and Company 0 will be t ailed to
tho color. July 25, els weeks later
than tho first call for guardsmen was j
expected.
Captain R. C Woodward will be Riv
en Instructions today or tomorrow by
Adjutant General Dickson to get his I the llaiues. At I o'elc.ek the fire was
command up to war strength before l'nb'i' con,nil, but only alter the
that time. There is room in the " completely dcmo.,shed the
ranks for -a half hundred more men. j ' "tl ;, . o .
miins im Residents of the little villase ana
Unless -these places can .be led by f,.( m htf niril,(liate vidnitv
voluntary enlistments, the draft. It is to ronlnp lheir pffortg
expected will be brought to bear to )owal,lg fiavnK ,,,. residence.,, as
bring the local company up to full j R wag im,w(.,bUl t0 flpht the an)PR
lighting strength. With tho final pass- ,m, inn(!,()UllU, facilities,
ago of the conscription act, it Is now j M.. MrH ildred Lanaing will
believed tho general registration day j ). lf avv ,K,.r8, All of their house
for all men between the uses of 21 . ltl'A f,irniro fu dolhin;? were, de-
to 30 will bo fixed at June 1.
First orders out of Washington rela-
tlve to the militia intimated that the
call would be made mi June 15 or July
r
1, but owing to a delay in Retting out
equipment and arms sufficient to meet
the demand, It was deened necessary
to put the call back to July 25.
There will be no delay in getting
Company C fit for service. The men I
tire on tip toes awaiting tiie word io i
rally to the aid of Old Glory. Virtual-j
ly the entire company has signed the j
new Hay oath, and all recruitsand
there are many of them taken in
within the past few weeks, have been
administered the federal on t h instead
of the one required by the state, there
by making them members of Uncle
Sum's flahtlnc forces the moment
they subscribe their names to the obli- j
gallon.
Every unit in the national miurd nntj
already called to the colors will hoi
mobilized for training l.otterH weiej
sen. io an nuri ihiim ",r"- "'fci.i mm-,
, fying them that tho government de
aires all natltnal guard units brought j
tip to war itrenslh before the dates,
on which they will be called out. New!
units of the guard w ill be organized
and maintained at the expense of the j
state until taken into the i'edeialj
reivico. ' i
Tho war department while not re-;
fusing absolutely t' countenance the,
organization of new guard units Is inj
'ornilng the governors thai it is pre-)
ferable to raise all exist tne. organize ;
Hons to war strength before new onesj
t are formed.
? WheJi the guard units are culled out j
l t..l.. n,.l A ,L( II.,.., ...ill 1, ,,w,l.
Ill Jill U1U1 illlBUtM Ull'J "Ml C mill.
Uized in tho regular state encamp-
ments where they
ley will be taken Into
the federal uervice.
, The object or the government in an
nouncing the dates of guard mobiliza
tion lit to afford every man thus called
to the colors n sufficient opportunity
to neUle up his business affairs. From
the agricultural sect Ions of the west
came a plea to postpone national
guard mobilization until after the har
vest scase.ii and for this leasen the
organizations In that territory will be
anion'; tho last summoned on Aug. Z.
, Guardsmen ,lenirliiK discharge be
eauio they have dependents , will be
exempted from muster into the federal
service when mobilization takc3 place
In the state camps.
For tha training of the national
guard and the selective force of r,i.0..j
ooi) men ininy-iwo uivisionai training)
camps arc being provided. Tho six
camps In the central department, com
prising the middle west, will accom
modate 168,000 men.
Gen. Wood In the southeastern de
partment, will have twelve eampa ac
commodatliig 330,11110 men.
May Declare Truce.
The Hague, May IS.--II was te
jiorted hero today that a true may
shortly bo urratiged between HuhkIh
and the Germs'ii alliea. The repo-.t
came from a German source.
If the truce were brought about, it
wan stated, it would be n direct re
sult of a poltlenl disturbance in I'cto
Rrad. "!n. wluit In temperament?"
"Just a runcy mi me for cussed ucss."
-Dwtiolt r ru Press.
OTTAWA MAN 1$
HEAVY UB IN
FI AT HON
THREE BARNS AND HOUSE WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROED J. M.
DEBOLT OF THIS CITY OWNED
BUILDINGS NO INSURANCE
Atout ?5,uu0 will be lost by J. M.
Ib-Bolt, of this it y. as a result of a
11 in Wcdron yesterday afternoon
v. hie h destroyed three barn and a
iCHiduien, mid which fer a time
thieatened Jhe entire village. Sever
a' homes, within ;i short radius of
tho flames caught fire, but a bucket
bi igade (xtitiKilhcJ these roc f tiei
before any real damage was incurred.
The l)!a;e started at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and fur un hour a
volunteer lire department battled with
etioyed. It wis Impossible to save
anything. The fire started on tho roof
of the house and before it was dis
covered the house wan in a ma: of
flames.
The bain:!, located a short
distance away, caught fire from the
Dparka that were swept by the wind.! gang were frustrated for they failed
A large quantity of bay and grain !0 pecuro $250 which young TanadvI
were stored in two of the barns, w!iile!na( (rnUtc-teil at Cherry and was tak
" "lM contained niofctly farm Iniple,
tiieuts.
Origin Unknown.
The eri;;iii of tbn lire Is unknown.
By seme It Is believed lo have started ;
by spaiks from an engine, which
passed thru the village shortly be
fore the hlas.e was discovered
No Inaurance.
Accerdint to announcement made
in Wed rem lodav. neither Mr. DeBeltold, was employed by his uncle, G.
01. jjr. Lansing had any insurance on
their property and will suffer a com-!
; '.cte los;;.
.
QWIGHT CITY ATTY.
NABBED HERE FOR
BREAKING AUTO LAW
It co:.t Clvde Thorn-son. cUv ttior-lmulea and hfa delivery wagon he. hid
ney oi Dwi'ghi, and a classmate ot'Uhe cash in the collar of one of the
State's Attorney George S Wiley, $10 1 animals. It was after six o'clock
and costs to learn thai It was imams' j w hen Tanavzi left Cherry and about
the law lo traverse O.tav a si reels j 7 o'clock when he reached the bridge
w ith a r.tlil auto la- on his in i' h;ne. I where tho attack started,
lie was arrested this morning by The three hold-up men iiait secreted
De uity Sheriff Arthur Barrett i nd I themselves under the bridge and when
ta!,en before Judge Cerise Unenig, j (n(,y Haw Tanavzi approaching from
where he plead guilty and paid iii he north they crawled out to the side
i'"-. : of the highway and prepared for their
At the heating .Mr. Tbompson d-,.t(nk A . waa.0 ti,.ew n onto
,.., , ,, 1, ,,. ,,1 it,,.
.J ,r" . ., "r ' ' 'Vk ; ,,,
car
,T ' T V , V , , ... . '
Morris, but had Tailed to have the
nurabeiG changed. T!:e-tag was Is
sued to Todd List year, m the Dwlght
city attorney was hreakm '.hi iuut
uies a couple of time when he 'en
lured onto the public thornf-j'oJ with
i) machine that, bore all outward tip
pcaraii'cs of bclongim; to someone
else.
The arrest of Mr. Thompson, is tho
se end to have been niude in Ottawa
since May 15, when the law went in
to effect under the directions of r'ee
le'aiy of .state KmtHcrMin. In tho
other Instance the owiier or the enr
bad the new numbers under his s'oat
but failed lo put them on Uv Iront
mid rear ( mis of his "f.iarhiiu. He
paid a !f!0 fine also. Acrarrt'iig to
1(M,a, nu.thcrUU,s (here Is no cNoeusoj
tna( wj;, ll)k, up uml,.r n,.c ,,vv when
carp, lire found to bo licensed propuly.
EMPLOYES OF Q.
GIVEN AN INCREASE
Employes of the Burlington in this
city will benefit in un increase of ten
per cent In wacs according to nn
innouiK enietit leecived from the Chl
caiio cilices, The increase applies
chiefly to clerical help, shopmen and
onstructinn he'ii. The increase for
tho clerks and Hhopment Is effective
from May I, while lin.t or the con
struction help date:', .lack lo April IS.
In the botanical gardens of Rio de
Janeiro there are monster trees from
the Aimron country which overtop the
lofty royul palms and reach a height yruth rushed tc; tho HprhiR Valley hos
of "ioo feet. I Ptttl'
U
m
HAH
1
SHERIFF SKOGLAND CONFIDENT
THAT ROCKFORD ITALIANS ARE
QUILTY OF KILLING YOUUG
GROCER CLERK JAIL IS U"DER
CUARD. Y
Ladd. Illinois, May 18 (Special)
A heavy guard has been placed about
tho Bureau County jail, at Princeton,'
where' three Uockford Italians, Cent
Culura,' Frank Franinba, and Tony
Domasella, are held prisoners for the
murder of Belm'o Tandovl, whom they
(hot to death Wednesday evening at 6
o'clock on a road one mile west of
Cherry.
Authorities are confident they have
he guilty trio, duo to the fact that
the men were heavily armed with au
tomatic revolvers and had a wicket
looking knife when taken In custody
at La Moille, Illinois, following a
country wide chase.
Feeling in Ladd is at a high pitch
over the death of Tanadozt and
many times there has been talks of
lynching the men for their deed. Sher
iff Skogland is keeping the facts of
tho shooting from newspaper report
ers. He refused to give out the names
but the names given above were ob
tained after a scribe had accomplish
ed u clever feat.
Securing the number of the Ford
auto in which the men fled it was
found the guard belonged to Domasel
la. The men were in Ladd prior to
the holdup and visited with friends,
one of the trio, it is said was recent
ly released from Joliet, and another
one of their "pals" is still confined to
the big "stir."
Robbery the Motive.
Robbery is seen as (no motive for
the killing, but in their purpose the
ing It to 'Ladd. Tanavsl had secret
ed the cash in the collor of one of the
mules which he was driving and this
was what defeated the plans of the
hold-tips
Tlio attempted robbery and shoot
ing took place at a bridge which spans
a creek a mile south of Cherry on the
main thoroughfare leading into Ladd.
Tanavzl, who was twenty-one years
Tanavzl. who conducts a general store
at Ladd and carries on quite an ex-
tensive business at Cherry. Tuesday
was pay day at the mine in Cherry
and the young mm went to the town
to make deliveries and collections.
The money which ho accumulated dur
ing the day totalled In the vicinity of
$:i!)0 and when he was about to start
back for Ladd driving a team of
!thc they stepped out, "covered"
the span they stepped out, "covered
the tlrlver with revolvers and ordered
him to throw up his hands. With
out a moment's hesitation Tanavzi
complied, but as he did so the mules
became frightened and started to
run.
Evldentally or the belief that Tan
avzl was attempting to escape the trio
opened fire and two bullets took effect
in his body. .
As the mules continued to run the
three men Jumped Into their Ford
which they had nearby and gave pur
suit. They followed and overtook the
wagon ond after passing' it stopped
their machine and awaited until Tan
uvzl drew up even with thefu.t Again
they fired and three more .bullets
j foutirt their mark.
ljIltm. whPn Tanavzl
was hurried I
to St. Margaret's hospital, surgeons
found that two of tho bullets had
taken effect In the Imdoineii, one had
penetrated the left, shoulder, a fourth
had Htrnrk the left lee and (he fifth
had gone through an order nook
which Tanavzl was carrying in a back
pocket and lerlged In the thigh. Al
though everything possible was done
to aid the young man at the hospital,
his condition wits such and no hope
could he held out for his recovery.
Death eame shortly after ten-thirty.
- A half-mile south of the scene of
the shooting is the farm homo of Pat
rick Flaherty and when the mules
had raced this far the wounded driver
was able to stop them, attract the at
tention pf residents of the houso and
gasp his story of the nttaek. Aid
was soon on tho way nnl the dying
OF LADD n
.l:JFfOERAl OFFICERS
UMHitmnp ALIEN ENEMY
MAYOR BRADFORD APPROVES A
PLAN TO REHABILITATE RIVERS
FOR FURNISHING MEANS OF
TRANSPORTING COAL.
Coal as a vital factor in the war
irogiam, and the-' need of waterways
for its transportation, are put forth
n an appeal that has gone from the'
nayors of a dozen cities in si:hen
Illinois to Gov. Lowden, asking that
ffklal to use his Influence in behalf
cf waterway 'development in this
r.ate.
Mayor Bradford's attention was
called to this appeal, and he sees It in
forcible reasons for favorable action
by tho state legislature on the Dunne
plan for furnishing a deep waterway
thru the Illinois valley.
The npM'al comes from 'the coal
mining territory along' the Rig Muddy
river and sets forth that if some dams
were constructed and oCier Improve
ments made, this river would take
care of an unlimited number of coal
barges, which could be floated out
upon the Mississippi river and sent
north or south, as occasion might re
quire, Aid Deep Waterway.
"While this appeal is for the south
ern Illinois territory." said Mayor
Bradford, "the nrgumVnts advanced
M:d equally good for the extension of
the deep waterway thru Ottawa."
It is expected n appeal will be
Made to Gov. Lowden this week to
take a hand In the waterway propo
sition. Senator Barr, of .Joliet, has
said he would talk w ith him, and oth
ers are to try and get him Interested.
It is not likely, however, that anything
definite will result.
ASK LOCAL SHERIFF
TO KEEP EYE OPEN
FOR MORRIS THIEVES
Sheriff K. M. Davis and his depu
ties were called upon this morning to
keep a weattier eye open for burglars
who last night broke into the Sparr
store at Morris and made away with
six pairs el shue-.s and $12 in money.
William Jackson, Iww a icsident of
ia ., hi.. MnnA.
miii. u usivi-.. i.i.-i ""-
hounds to Morris and arrived there
about U o'clock. The dogs have been
working on the case the greater part
of the day.
The thleves broke into the cash reg
ister to secure the money. Among
their loot was $.'! ;in counterfeit, silver
that, tho proprietors ieft. in tho till
as keepsakes. '
Sheriff Davis and his men kept close
watch 011 the city for suspects but
up to a late hour this afternoon no ar
;ests were made in the case. The
sheea are said to have a value of $fl0.
TRY $5,000 PERSONAL
INJURYCASE TODAY
A $;",000 personal injury case grav
ing out of an 'accident suffered b;
Fdv.aid Manning in 1913, In which his
arm was broken, is being tried In the
Circuit court today with Otlio Hoob
ler, of near Streator, as the defend
ant. Mr. Manning was employed by
Mr Iloobler to work on his place
and while he was, on top of a ladder
be fell in such a manner the arm wa
broken. He claims to have been in
,'iiifil permanently.
A. II. Shay and V, H, Boys are re
presenting Mr, Hoobler In the proceed
ings und A. E. Butters is prosecuting
the case for Mr. Manning
OTTAWANS NOTIFIED
OF SISTER,S DEMISE
Mrs. Evan .1. Evans, a native of
Grand Rapids township, passed away
Thursday evening at her home in
Sireator. She was 54 years of age
and was a sister of George Singer,
Mrs. Charles Evans and Mrs. N. J.
Bussrir, all of Ottawa, Besides theae
l datives she is survived "by her bus
land and 'four daug'iters Mrs. Sue
rattcivon, Mrs. Edna Stevens, Elsie
and l.eln. all at borne. ,
Funeral services will bo conducted
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'deck ot
(ho Park
Streator,
Presbyterian church in
WHITNEY AND BEARD
; SNAPPED BY CAMERA
Ceflch .Carl Whitney and Athletic
Instructor Beard, of the Ottawa high
Heboid, win are receiving training ut
the olllcers' reserve rorp at Fort Sher
idan, i cc'dentully got in the way of
the "ciimera man" for tho Chicago
American ami last evening their
"photos" appeared In the paper ntons.'
with several other student soldiers
who were belli' taught "policing," n
lei in imcd for cleaning up.
C. B. Fullerton nnd Rodney Clover,
"tt'irncys formerly employed with tile
law firm of Winston, Payne, Strawn
Shaw, of Chicago, nre ut Fort Sher
idan wlterft they are being instructed.
Elf lit members Of the big Chleano law
firm ore at the tamp.
FROM OTTAW All
PETER BACKES IS REMOVED TO
"SOMEWHERE IN U. S. A." WAS
ARRESTED HERE AS MENACE
TO NATION'S SAFETY.
Peter Backer, Elk's porter, who
was nabbed on Wednesday, .May 0,
and held a priscner at the county Jail
pending disposition of his case by
federal operatives, late yesterday
afternoon was taken from bis cell in
the. local hostile, rushed to a Rock
Island train and whisked away fiom
Ottawa to "somewhere in the U. S.
A."
Backea was first arrested when in
formation was r.ent to Hinton Cla
bnuith's ofllce notifying the Chicago
bianch of tho department of justice
there was somtthings in connection
w.th the porter's conduct that were
net at all regular iu view of the pres
ent s1 rained relationship between
Germany and America. Ho was for
mally sieved aa an "alien enemy," but
later was charged upon presidential i
wan ant with being a menace to tne
safety of the United States."
The an est of Backes is tho fourth
to have been made in the Chicago dis
trict, two of them having been brought
about in Ottawa. Ed Sehunax, a pol
ish cobbler, was uiezed while at his
work in James Virgillio's shoe repair
tihon. and without anv more ado was '.
taken to t'hirago where he continues
to be a prisoner.
No warning was given Sehumax
"nd he did not even (inspect he was
(.eing watched. Mr. Virgillio teils
that a man appeared at tha shop, mo
tioned for Schumax to follow him
and that is tho last seen or heard of
him from that time on. He is sup-
l-osed to be held at the Ccok county j
jail.
No iirtiniation was made by secret
service men yesteiday as to what dis-
liEltion would be made of Backet',
It Is probable that he will be sub
Muetpd tn rloaA pvnminiil Inn ftniTTflttr
- - . . -
moved to some one of the federal in
t(.;nnKin, vumM fo. ..p watching
dining the remainder of the wnr.
The Chicago Tribune, In telling of
fhukes' a f rest, says:
'Teter Backes, the fourth alien en
emy to be arrested in the Chicago dis
trict t.n orders froml the president,
waj interned yesterday by federal of
ficial!:. . "Meager information given out by
tho officials Indicated that he is sus
pected of being a tool of the German
spy system. The formal charge cov
ering his arrest is that he Is "a men
ico to the safety of the United
Sfates."
Arrested in Ottawa.
Backes was first arrested in Otta
wa. 111., ten days ago. Yesterday be!I,il,lil liowake. of La Salle-Peru, corn
was brought to Chicago by United in sp('0"'1 tl''s event.
States marshals. : J"sa Iio,,el'ts "f Streator also won
"His antiiAiierieaii activities are I the typewriting contest, typ
ald to have been carried on chiefly ! "B 39.7 words per minute. Miss
,'n Chicago, though for the last (wo j Irene Schmidt, or La Salle-Peru, was
years tie was employed as a chef and second with 3-t words und Miss
.Kilter at the Elks' dug in Oawa. Grant of Maraeilles third with 25.3.
Ilia employment in Ottawa, according Miss Louise Mottit of Marseilles was
to government officials, was probably
a "blind" to conceal enemy operations.
"In 1014 when die war broke out
Backes was on his way to t anada
where he was subsequently arrested
and placed in a detention camp. He
escaped fiom the camp and made his
way to Chicago.
1 Man of Intelligence.
"Itackes has been watched for some
time by operatives of the department
f justice,
Ho ia 37 years old and
iid to be a man of considerably more
Intelligence than bis ostensible occu
pation would indicate.
"Ed. Sehuinax a Polish cobbler em-
aloyed in .n Ottawa shoe shop, has
ilso been arrested by federal agents,
Ait Investigation is being made to ns -
certain whether he was secretly
Backes" employ.
in
SAID KAISER OUGHT
TO LICK U. S.; YES!
HE,S HELD IN JAIL
Di.cbirlnir thcA be "boned the
ivi.lser would como over hero undp'bw Maynie, of Ottawa. George, a
V-,k the, United Slates." and using I brother, ais,s,ed away on March. 15, In
. . . . . . a. ,
some itesi 1 1( tive language uiae is not i
icruiitted lo print, to make his dec
linations fiiclble, Leo Brandt, a crip
lie, iiiin'f'.l in the county Jail late
yes'enlay afternoon to sit. out a fine
of i(20il and costs.
Brandt's an est came after be had
nsulted tiie uniform worn by an
lnny recruiting otllcer In La Salle
- tul voiced liis war oainloiiB. lie said
he was for the Kaiser, first, last and
all the time, and when the army man
made complaint Brandt was taken in
to police court and "soakd" for $2U0.
Later he wna taken lo the county
Jail to serve hla line, which will mean
six weekr, of i oulinctnciit.
Brandt Is u cripple, both leg.) hav
ing been cut off.
CONSCRIPTION BILL NOW UP
TO PRESIDENT; LAW BY TONIGHT
LA SALLE EASILY
TWO OTTAWA MEN MAKE TOTAL
OF 8 POINTS RECORD ATTEND
ANCE WATCHES "PREP." STARS.
La Salle, Illinois, May 17 (Special)
Fitzkee, of La Salle-Peru high school
was the winner of the majority of the
events here yesterday at the Illinois
Valley meet and thereby his school
piled up a total of 65 points. Streator
was second with 23 points, Spring
Valley had 13, While Ottawa with only
two athletes entered managed to
score 8 points.
The events were witnessed by a re
cord breaking crowd. The following
are the wjnnerg
Fifty Yard Dash-Fitzkee L.-P.;
Brandow, Ottawa; C. Nelson, Marseil
les. Time 5.1 seconds.
Pole Vault-Lee L.-P.; Kogoski,
L.-P.; Llnnell, Streator. Height 10
feet 1 Inch.
1 Mile Run Finkler, L.-P.; O'Don
nell, Streator; Cohen, L.-P. Time 5
minutes 12 seconds.
High Jump Vohs. L.-P.; Helffrieh,
Ottawa; Vitzkee, L.-P. Height 5 feet
2 inches.
Discuss Throw Hoal, L.-P.; Brun
dage, Marseilles; Butson, Hall. 'Dis
tance 110 feet 5 Inches.
220 Yard Dash Fit zkee. L.-P.;
Moeller, L.-P... Brooks., Streator. Time
24 2 5 seconds.
Broad Jump Daugherty. Streator;
Nelson, L.-P.; Hulsein, Marseilles.
Distance 19 feet 3-4 inches.
Shot Put Starr Hall, Grant Mar-
'rsollles: Hoar L.I' illMtnni'A aft fri
i,.
" imiies-
120 Low Hurdles C. Nelson, Mar
seilles; Fitzkee, L.-P; Daugherty,
Streator. Time 15 seconds.
Half mile Hoal L.-P.; McCullough,
Marseilles, Kogoski, L.-P. Time 2 min
utes IS seconds.
Half Mile Reluy-L.-P.. first, Mar
selles; second, Streator.
Total points:
La Salle-Peru, (If).
Streator, 2 3 ',-..
Marseilles, 22'2
Spring Valley, 13.
Ottawa, S.
The first honors in the Htetio
graphlc contest, which was decided in
the morning, went, to Miss Urina Rob
erts of the Streator H. S., Miss
disqualified In the stenography test.
JOSEPH J. RUSSELL,
PRESIDENT OF LABOrT
UNION, IS SUMMONED
Joseph J. Russell, aged 3S
yeara,
passed away yesterday afternoon at!
f':"0 o'clock following a several weeks
i illness due to a (a mplication of dis -
j eases
W AI
prep m m
Born in Brooklyn, N. Y Mr. Rus.-I curing I nod supplies from the United
sell when a boy came to Ottawa with States thru neutial countries. By vir
his parents and first was eimroyed asdue of these trade arrangements all
; a gatherer in the La llastie chimney;
j house. Alter the indudry was closed;
, down be became actively identilled
with Laborers' Union No. 134, and for!
the past four years was president, of ii. Ten regiments of United Sta'ns
that, organization. For a year and ai'ungineers are now being mobilized to
half he served as business aeni. of i he sent to France. Thee engineers
tho union and was noted for the fair-, will take over the work of keeping
ness und inipniqiality be employed In open ail lines of eumminiirat'oii ami
apm.i tioning work among the men. building up the ti.atispoitatbin system
Surviving he leaves his father, hchind the lines.
Midiae! Russell, oi Brooklyn, and; (. British and French shipping In-
two sisters, Lillian, of Brooklyn, and.teiests have sum nilered Utotr cote
P.ir .:iu-1 vii
Members of the Buildiiv; Trad,
CoundMuid hr Laborers' Union lire , finor of the Unite. I S'a'es 'V!;!pp;na
making preparal ions for attending the i hoard," riv.ii'.; ibis lu.i'v u t'-ce hand
luuenil In a body. A call has been to divert the eniire marine eofstr;: -Issued
for those organizations to as ; ticn of lh.; country to 'he construe
semhle early Sunday afternoon and (inn of :i wist fleet oi ves el.i io cope
march lo St. Coluiubu church were , .A jth Hie raibuiai ine Midline,
burial services will be conducted lit 7. All Uiendi iced British shipp'e.;
2 o'clock by Re.v. Dean Quinn. Inter-: n. -erve baa bei n i lease I am! the
nient will be.ln St. Coluniba eemeleiy, (ontrid of diipping space has been
glased entirely in the hands of the
Wheat fitill on Skids. ' United States. In return the Unitnl
Chicago, May IS. --The wheat 'nmr- S'atea has promised tn speed up Ita
ket opened tmlay 2 cents under yes-l ;mn .:am of standard steel and wodden
te:day's closing price. Trade was! diip coTistritct leu,
slight, Corn wan 1 cent lower and j X. General co operation between
mils we re to lt,4 cents higher.! . 1 1
Provlslona were slightly higher. (.Continued vn Pugu 3.)
EXECUTIVE WILL SIGN
MEASURE AS PASSED
BY BOTH HOUSES
1ISS1S ARE THRU
FRENCH AND ENGLISH BOARDS
COMPLETE DUTIES IN AMERI
CA; DUTIES PERFORMED COV
ER WIDE FIELD DEALING WITH
WAR.
Washington, May IS. Some time
before night a' law conscripting
ypung n-,on of America for military
duty will exist tn the statute books of
the land for the raluing of the nation
al army that will carry the stars and
stripes to tho ti enehes of Europe.
Altho the selective draft bill finally
agreed upon by tho Senate and the
House after weeks of bitter contro
versy had not readied the White
House at noon, It was learned that
President WlUion was ready to af
fix his signature lo it as soon as it
was received.
Simultanously with tho signing of
the bill there wns to be issued a proc
lamation by the President, setting a
Vate when every male citizen between
tho agea of 21 and tif- inclusive must
register and be subjected to the call
to the colors.
The Roosevelt amendment authoriz
inf, but net directing, the President
to raise four volunteer divisions. wa3
in the bill as finally passed.
By DAVID M. CHURCH,
(Intel national News Service Staff
Correspondent.)
Washington, May 18. The work of
the Anglo-French, missions . to the
United States is completed.
Arthur James Balfour and Secre
tary of State Lansing are in confer
ence today drawing together the last
thready of the war, which weaves to
gether the wealth, resources and man
power of the allies und the United
States in the greatest drive against
aiilecraey that the history of the
world has ever recorded.
Frit in the work of the British and
French missions In the United States
Ciere has arisen a series of agree
ments and arrangements, which make
for the greatest alliance of history.
Actual accomplishments of tho mis
slop arc:
Financial power of the United
States in its entirety has been thrown
against Germany. England has se
cured loana of f275,iMMi,!to and France
leans of $iio,i)00,0ii0. Italy and Rus
sir have also been given loans of
1iM,oor,((m eaih. Belgium git $4,"i,
OOO.miO. 2. Arrangements have been made
for a (cniiul purchasing commission
for the allied powers. Thru this com
mission the entente will get the ben
efit, of the same low prices, on food,
munitions and supplies which would
accrue to the United Slates.
3. Naval forces of the United
States are co-oporatinir with the allied
feet, in wiping out the submarine men
nee. A flotilla or destroyers flying
the stars and stripes is already some
where in the war zone doing patrol
uoi ic, and oilier naval expeditions
from tin
iVii'.eriean shorea are nr-
: raiiued for.
! 4 Tra U
pada have been made
v.h'eh will prevent Germany from se-
of fie export ot the United State.;
are thiown into the ast prol of Hi"
allies to bo equally shared among
them.
tracts cn Anierhan
UnK term alnids
ship hot lorna,
on American
ip building plants bell by allied
s ! rmitalif Is. hae been a anct lied In