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OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established 1340
OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1880.
E TRADER-JOURN A:
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight, Thursday
and Friday. Much cooler
tonight.
VOLUME 1.--.NO. ITS.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS. WEDNESDAY, .JUNE 13, 1017.
PRICE, TWO CENTS.
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Kfll I Fn AT IITIRA RY INTFRIIRMNiUI DRAFT GMHPMBN:
mi s i sb ill i in sis in s i siiiiiiiiiiii
ON RUSHING CAR I
UTICA RESIDENT, KNOWN AS
"DUMMY ROSE" MEETS TRAGIC
DEATH UNABLE TO HEAR
WARNING SIGNALS OF MOTOR
MAN. Fr:ink Iloscnskl. deaf ltiiltt aged
fifty-six years, known as "Dummy !
Rose," was instantly killed yesterday
afternoon at 4 : KO o'clock, when struck ;
by a west bound InteiWban car, tvoj
blocks west of (ho I'tiea station. The ,
car was in charge of Conductor Her
man Yonncy and niotornian Robert
Stelle, both of Ottawa, I ' itin i iidliil of
the danger as he was walking in the !
path of the fast moving car, Rosen
skl, because of his deafness failed to
hoed the shrill whistle of the car as '.
the inotorman signalled him .
Three sharp blasts were given, yet
the unfortunate man, walking w ith '
his head down, continued to walk j
eastward. The car did not slow down,
ns the itiotornian expected the man
to step off of the right of way at any I
minute.
When within a short distance of ;
Rosonskl, and seeing that he appar-
ently diil not heed the warning sig- ;
nals, the inotorni'.in applied the ,
brakes, but too late. The lift? of the
man was sacrificed. Uosenskl is til
ho Haiti to be blind in one eye.
When the car stopped, Rosenski's
skull was crun'tetl and one :.v:n sev
'ered. He met death instantly.
RoKensM had been at the home of
Elmer Antes in I'tloa to secure some
plants for gardening, and he sinrted
to walk up the tracks when he met
death.
Wife Is Nearly Killed.
Rosenski's wife, also a deaf mute,
nearly met the same fate, when she
went in search of her husband. Mrs.
Uosenskl was walking along the right
of wuy when an express car approach
ed. She, like her husband, was un
able to hear the warning signals and
hail not the inotorman of the car suc
ceeded In stopping his car in I lino a
double tragedy would have visited
the Uosenskl home. f
Inquest Thursday
The inquest will be h
Id tomorrow
the Coleni'in
morning at !t o'cl
at
undertaking rooms.
Rosenskl was well 1
(dty, he having resided
his removal to litica.
wife, a daughter and
vlving. Rnseiiikl was
"Dummy Rowan," well
bit.
nown in this
hi re prior to
lie leaves a
parents mit
all uncle of
known pu;il
MISS DOROTHY GILLEN
WEDS SON OF OAKLAND,
CALIF. CLERGYMAN
Misa
Dorothy (lilbn, dan
Ill (T of
Herbert
I- C.
lIll'OI tli.!,
ovon'in?
Mrs. II.
J, (iilleti, ami Irving
Pfaffenberger, son of Kev
Plaftenberger, of Oaulauil, '
were united in marriage last
at S:I!U o'clock at Si. Co umba
pars.oi1
age. The couple were tiitend
Mr, and Mrs. Robert (Ireen.
Dean Qqinn ulllcialed.
The btide was ni tired in a
uilVer clolh diess and carried
quot of lillies of the valley.
The bride !.t one ol Ottawa's
I'd by
Kev.
white
a bou-
pop'.i-
lar young ladies, having been a p:om
Inent llgiire in Hie nodal events of
this (dty. She is a graduate el' St.
Xavier's academy and the Co-iiuopoli-lan
School of Musk- ol Chicago, and
is a member of the Amateur Musical
club and Ottawa Drama club and or
gatiist of the St. Columba church.
The groom Is a member of the fac
ull of the Kds.oti school In Berkley,
California.
Mr. and Mr... Pfafi'ciihcrgt r will
upend their honeymoon on an eastern
trip and will make ilnlr home in
Hoik le
MAIL EMPLOYES
BUY $3,000 WORTH
OF LIBERTY BONDS
Uncle Sam's employe.! in the post
ollice here are rallying lo the uppinl
to mirchane Llhetlv Bonds, Nearly
Sl'Otill worth of Liberty Bund;'.
have
m
been purchased by the clerks and o bill was Joshed tlirougli tlie j
canlors of .the po.l ollice during thoi house, hut Uie senate made short
last few days. 'work of It.
M
TO REDUCE BILLS;
IY DO PHI
MULTIGRAPH MACHINE WOULD
SAVE COUNTY GREAT SUM
AVER3 SUPERVISOR GEIGER
AXEL HCIBERG WOULD OPER
ATE MACHINE IN HIS OFFICE.
Here alter you'll bear of the La
Salle County Print inn Co., for a few of
the corn field sailors, members of the
board of supervisors are seriously oon
siihiiiic pun basing a iniiltigiaph
and th'teby save the county great
sunm of money in their printing. Ev
ery now and then the august board
starts out on an ellieioncy campaign
when a few alleged elliciency engi
neers contrive how to put. money in
the count v coffers.
One of the ardent supporter
of the
multigrapli machine
is Supervisor I
Codger, f.f I
Supervisors
em, but it remained for ,
Wylio and Hell to throw ;
cold water on his plans.
They wanted to know who was go
ing to operate the machine, and It was
learned that a young man will be sent
If) Chicago, taught to operate the great
! money saving device and then started
uipou the task of printing n greater
part of the county's literature. Of
course, they admit there are ti few
! things that cannot be printed on the
i machine. It is hardly possible that
;the solons will issue a special edi
jtion while they are in session. It's
lead "pipe" since, however, to print
I affidavits and claim blanks, they say.
i A representative of a company, pro
i posing to install the machine was
: present, and told of the large corpora
tions who had sumo, such devices in
j use. f1
If the machine L, iiirchased County
Auditor Heiberg will be foreman of
the job. for it will be in his oMice that
the printing press and printer will
make his headquarters no printers
devils will be allowed in the place.
The board will decide tomorrow
whether or not they will spend $SS4
for the machine and thus produce a
great saving or whether the work will
be done by outside printing shops.
Fees and Salaries Fixed.
It was de.dded that fr, per day
would be siillieient for the members
of the board of review, $.'5i to be
the pay for the cierk and V- for tin
members.
Judge C. K. Williams, who assisted
in thi! ollice of the probate clerk will
be paid for bis work, it was decided
by the members today.
Adjournment was taken until tomor
row morning at In o'clock.
MANY MINIATURE
JOANS TODAY SAYS
! GERALD INE FARRAR
The void's hisio'-y offers an extra-!
ordinal') am! wonderful exauinie for,
! Hie iv.eiiiieili cHiliiiy woman iu Joan!
; of Arc, Hie patron .-'.lin. of Fiance, no-,
'cording fo Aliss (loialdine Farrar j
: The l.imoiis Meliopolitan Opera pri j
: ma donna has jmt completed three
months' work in California acling Ihej
i tide of Joan of Arc in a massive mo-
tioli picture produced under Hie di-;
! leclion of Cecil It. DeMdle and on-'
: titled "Joan, the Woman." Il will bo!
j shown at the (iayely theatre Sunday j
only, matinee ami night, June IT.
j ".loan ol Arc lived live hundred
)oats ago, yet the problems ''lie mot
1 ami masteti'd. rising in the end to
aohievciiK ills to w Inch no other wom
an, eilher Jiel'oi'.:' or uflcr her has at
liiined, are the problems nnivi rsnl to
women of all ii,-'.es." said Miss Ear
nir. "It is. not as if another .loan of
Ars will lise.iroiu our tuidsi in this
generation to be i otiiimimlor-ln-ehiof
of a i n at nation's army, but iu limit
small way thousands of women in
nil pints of the world are miniature
Joans."
OH JOY! GIRLS, HIGH
HEELS TO REMAIN
Hpi'lngfe'ld, III , June H Illinois
will not regulate the height of the
heels of its women's shoes. The sen
eto today, alter having1 considerable
fun at the expense- of Represenlat ive
Kirhy, Introducer of the heel regula
tion measure, voted almost unani
mously to kill it by striking out tne
j enacting clause.
MEFlOKI;;pKSAlE OF UOIY
ii
OFFENDER III Ml
ITALIAN PLACED EEHIND BARS
AT COUNTY JAIL AFTER HE AP
PEARED MERE TO HAVE SELF
REGISTERED PLEADS IGNOR
ANCE. Flank Jandnlfe, an Italian aged
annul years, is ine nrsi mm to ne
locked in the 1 a Salle county jail
for failure In icgisier on June f. Jan
iloll'o siiriendercd himself to Sheriff
Davis late yesterday afternoon ami
was immediately placed behind the
bars at the county bus tile, where he
will be held until department of jus
tice ollicials dispose of his case.
Pleading ignorance of the law Jan
dolle, who had been in Auroia for
several weeks, but who is a former
resident of Cedar Point, appeared at
the county clerk's ollice and asked to
be registered. Only a short H'me be
fore his arrival at the clerk's ilesk a
message had been delivered announc
ing the close c. registration and or
deling tin- detention of any who were
late at rival:; for registration cards.
Jandolle was n-eorilpanied by Steve
Capra,. who k rved as Interceder and
interpretor. Capra operates the
Washington house and was instrumen-
tal
in getting Jandolle to submit at
ir.se to f. deral mandate, but his in- i
U tci ssious were :f no avail when
County Clerk Pach explained the rul
ing that forbade his entering any
more names upon the i twister.
D'dn't Understand Law.
Asked to exiihrn his reasons for
not complying with the law, Jandolle
stated lie was an alien and did not
thin k he bad to gie his name and
other fail.-; demanded by the d i aft
rejulaliotis to the government. He
said he had been in the country for
six years, but never had made appli
cation for naturalization papers. He
begged not to be locked up, but as
I there was no other alternative he was
! escorted to the county jail and there
j placed In the woman's department uu
i til federal authorities investigate his!
j case,
. Hhorlly al ter Jandolle was taken
j in eusti dy the office of Hinton O. Cla-'
baugh, at Chicago, was notified of the
arrest. The chief of the government's ;
j central department will place opera-!
hives on Jamlolfc's 1 1 nil and should!
j il be found that he acted in good
I faith and purely out of ignorance of,
' the law, it is possible that clemency j
i w ill be shown him and that lie will be
j permitted In tegister and go on his
, way icjoicin;.;.
i Another Arrest Expected. I
I Shovil'l Davis and his aids are on
'stveral lead. that are expeited fo!
I end in tit rests or regis! tal ion offend-j
;eis. One young man in (irand Rapids
.township is under snrveillaiu e and
. his apprehension is expected niomeii
' tarily. lie, loo, is said to be en alien
! who claims U.notatice of the law as
, It is excuse for his failure to situ up
! for prospective' service in I'ncle
j .Sam's coiccripi ion at my. His ar
e.-i inaj be brought about before
nirlil.
A second lead on an American of
fender is being closely pursued, lie
is said to have perjured himself on
his are, ami until a tboro investiga
tion iias been made of bis case no in
formation will be given out by Sher
iff Davis.
HELLO GIRLS QUIT
MARSEILLES POSTS
FOR MORE SALARY
Three, employe.-;
(ion of I ho Marseil
walked out on a
They were Miss
Pingstoii and Mrs.
if the central sta
les Telephone Co.
strike yesterday.
Eva Allen, Mrs.
Hardy. Mote pay
was demanded, hut President
Work -
man asked them lo wait until a new
ivhoiir law ponding iu the legislature
was disposed of. The employes did
not wait, but walked on. Mrs. Arn
old and Mrs. Hartford, the latter a
daughter of 1-be president, have been
answering the calls and according in
an oflirint of the company there are
others with experience who will lake
the nighl shift.
GLENN WEESE WILL
QUIT COUNTY OFFICE
Attorney (Hen W. Weeso, son of
Dr. and Mrs. Woese of this city, will
resign as eoiinly attorney, according
lo the announcement he made this
morning to a Free Trader Journal re
pint cr. Mi. Wi",'o has been stationed
Willi the members of Company C id
Jolel, qiieHing the plisoiicra there as
a result of Hie recent riots. Last
evening lie necured n leave of aii
seiice to attend the session of the
! Bourd of Supervisors. He will prob
i aidy lender his resignation at the
Imeeling of the board Thursday.
Matrimony is Hie pi stgradiiafe course
In u woinun's education.
in mi BONOS IS FALLING
PRAIRIE FARMER'S PICNIC AT
BAILEY FALLS WILL ATTRACT
10,000 OR MORE PEOPLE COUN
TY BETTER FARMING ASS'N
HELPS IN PROJECT.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Carl Vrooman will be the principal
speaker at the state fanners' picnic
to be bebi at Haib y Falls Farm, June
30, according to announcement made
today by the editorial department of
j the Piairie Former, sponsors of the
touting. Hundreds from Ottawa and
j surrounding country will attend the
online, while nearly all members of
the La Salle County Hotter Farming
I Association, who aie assisting in mak
j ing the picnic the success it deserves
I to be, will make it a point to be there
on that day.
This picnic Is a state-wide affair
and it is expected that from ten to
fifteen thousand Illinois farmers will
be in attendance. This is the third
big state picnic held under tlie aus
pices of Prairie Farmer, the first be
ing held on Frank i. Mann's farm at
Oilman, mid the second on the Funk
Farms at Hloomington.
I Secretary Vrooman will bring to
j the Illinois farmers gathered at the
i picnic the latest word from Washing
I ton ndative to the, farmers' duty and
oppoi tunity in the great war. He
i will make the trip from Washington
I especially to be at the picnic, as he
consiileis thin a Kiiletidlri niiiiortunitv
, .., .,. ,ha iiisnni ,-,..
j regarding national agricultural prob-
lems.
Anct'icr noted speaker who has
been secured for the picnic is Prof.
H. II. Kildee, of the Minnesota Kx
perinient Station. Pi of. Kildee Is
one of the most noted dairy cattle
Judges iu the Cnited Statu and bis
talk along this line, illustiated by us
lug some of the splendid (luernsey
cattle on Hailey Falls Farm, will be
of interest to every farmer.
DRUNK RESISTS MEN
WHO TRIED TO TAKE
HIM TO CITY JAIL
A' man giving his name as John
Rooney and his home is in Chicago,
today h;ir yanked before "Squire (eo.
Koenig to explan his conduct yester
il.iv when ho resisted Hi'iest bv lieu
uly Shiitl Arthur Barrett and Ofllcer!
Jerry l.ooney. pay for itself In eliminating the need
Rouney, who was well jagged when! of caring for tubercular persons thru
the oll'wials overtook him in front of the county poor agent, and that it
Bradford's laundry on Clinton street, j would pay for Itself iu future genera
objected to his being taken In cus- t j0I1s by having helped stamp out the
I tody and fought so stubbornly it be
Jcanie necessary to bind his arms and
feet. Tie ollicers overpowered him
: without the use of their "black-jacks"
i and lie spent the night in jail.
I When taken before the judge he
admitted bis guill and was assessed I
the customary fin e Rooney re-1
fused this morning to throw any light 1
on bis iudeiitity. He is a laborer. j
ST. XAVIER'S EXERCISES
AT 0. H. S. JUNE 15TH
'
for commencement
Francis Xavier's
event occurs next
June l'.lth, will bo
' Reserved seals
! exercise, of St
academy, which
Tut Kilay evening,
! placed on sale in t lie ollice
of flic
1' I'illay
! Ottawa Township high school Friday
morning, June l.'lh. The tickets will
loinain i n sale there during the inorn
I ing and then ihe hoard will be taken
it i (ieiger's bakery, whore tickets can
he purchased until Tuesday evening.
The general public Is emneslly re
quested to attend the exercises and
soo the class of woik the good sisters
arc doing with their pupils. For fifty
years they have been doing flic same
thing, quietlv, skillfully, earnestly
The large auditorium should
Hiu,ni
on
the occasion of the annual com-
i tncncenienr.
FATHER M'CARTHY
WILL LEAVE CITY;
GOES TO DANVILLE
Father J, J. McCarthy, assistant to
Dean Ijiilnn, will leave St. Columba
parish next Wednesday. Ills succes
sor, Father Dunn, from Massachusetts
who was recently ordained to priest
hood, June 2, lit the Peoria cathedral,
i will come here Friday.
Father McCarthy, at the request of
the government officials, has boon up
pointed Chaplain of Hie soldier's home
at Danville. Father McCarthy's
friends will be sorry to hear of his
going, as he was one of the most bril
liant young priests that ever assisted
I lean quinii.
Lightning Kills Cow.
A valuable cow owned by Herman
Knoll was killed last evening when
it was Htruck by lightning.
Cooked iniliK' claws are nibbled by
the sople of Seville, Spain, more for
pustime than for susteuiun-t'.
SHORT OF MARK SET
ONLY $148,000 HAS BEEN SOLD
THUS FAR CITIZENS MUST
"PEP" UP IF THEY WOULD SET
MARK ESTABLISHED FOR THIS
CITY.
Ottawa will have to "pep" up if it's
going to do its bit In ttie purchase of
liberty bonds. This city will have, to
"go some," if the sale is to reach
$400,000, which amount it was antici
pated would be raised in this c ity.
Exactly $148,000 has been sold in lib
erty bonds up to three o'clock this af
ternoon, according to the canvass
made by a Free Trader-Journal re
porter of the four banking institu
tions of this city. The National City
Bank leads the list.
The following is the figures that
were given by officials:
National City Hank $.05,000
First National Hank 57,6110
Ottawa Hanking & Trust Co. 23,000
The People's Trust & Savings
Bank 3,000
$148,000
Boy Scouts Aid.
The Ottawa Boy Scouts accomplish
ed their bit by selling $6,500 worth of
bonds by s6liciting subscriptions.
The high school military cadets dis
tributed the literature for the sale of
the hoTids, which work was to have
been accomplished by the Hoy Scouts
of this city.
OR. PETTIT TELLS
GRUNDY S0L0NS ON
SANATORIUM NEEDS
Members of the board of supervi
sors o! Grundy county yesterday after
noon received expert advice on the
needs of the county for a place to care
for its tuberculosis patients, says the
Morris Herald.
Dr. Pettit, of Ottawa, recognized as
a national authority on the cure and
care of white plague victims urged
on the board the need of a hospital
for tuberculosis patients.
Ik- declared that the hospital would
great white plague. i
"We can get riil of tuberculosis in !
this generation If we go about it j
right," Dr. Pettit told the board.
Ho advised the erection of a tuber
culosis pavilion on the grounds of the
Morris hospital.
"You have ample room there," he
explained," and such an Institution
under the management of the present
hospital but in a separate building
would not increase the overhead cost
of running Hie hospital a single dol
lar. ' "There Is not Hie slightest danger
of handling tuboculosis patient;'
j there. There would be no danger in
j handling them in the same building
provtiRcl they were in a room by
themselves. They cannot lie handled
! I,. ,,rtnnmHml u-ilti littler rflMOM ill n
! single ward.
j "I am proving my sincerity in this
by erecting a general hospital on the
grounds of my tuberculosis hospital
! in La Salle county. I can operate that
j hospital without increasing the over
I head expense of my tuberculosis hos
I pital, and without risk to the patients
in tlie general hospital,
j "You men should realize that some-
i thing must lie dono. Now is the time
to do it."
Dr. Pettit. suggested several meth
ods of dealing with the tuberculosis
menace in this county. He also show'
ed plans of the Ottawa sanitarium.
FAREWELL GIVEN
FOR JAY SHAVERS
About seventy neighbors and friends!
of W. Jay Shaver and wife met at'
their home In Rutland township to'
bid Ilium farewell before they left for,
I heir new home in Ilobson, Montana.'
On behalf of their friends, Fred
Siicncer presented Mrs, Shaver with a
smoking cabinet. Mr. Shaver thank-j
ed them. Refreshments wero served
and a good lime had by all present.
Sues for Divorce.
! Mrs. Florence W. f'arrell, nee
St lawn, has instituted divorce pro
ceedings In I lie circuit coiirl against
her husband, Thomas S. Fart'oll, of
near Marseilles, alleging habitual
drunkenness, The Farrells were mar
ried July U7, I'.H'.', and separated on
April 7, BUT. They have three chll-
itrioi Ihe Iwn nhtent of whom life with
u,,. ' , ,,f n, neieminni n,i
I"" ' "'" '" ' " ' ""v
youngest with t(ie mother,
PQtSflHB ARRIVES II FRANCE:
GREAT OVATION FOR U. S. FIGHTER
HETZEL BADE DID
CHILD
PARALYSIS-EAST
DR. EAST, OF STATE BOARD OF
HEALTH, HERE YESTERDAY
COMMENDS DR. PIKE FOR TAK
ING PRECAUTION TO GUARD
CITY'S HEALTH.
Ottawa has no infantile paralysis.
The sickness of little Ella Elizabeth
Hetzel, seven months' old .laughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hetzel, of 91"
La Salle street, was found not to be
infantile paralysis upon the visit of
Dr. East to this city yesterday.
When Dr. W. A. Pike made the
diagnosis of the thickness of the Het
zel babe he stated that he was not so
sure the child had the dreaJ infant
malady, but that there were symp
toms of the disease and for that rea
son had the home quarantined.
In order to make positive of his
diagnosis Dr. Pike asked that a phys
ician from the State Hoard of Health
come here, and following a consulta
tion of physicians It was decided the
malady was seme Intestinal trouble,
due probably to typhoid fever.
Dr. Pike was commended for tak
ing precaution in guarding th" city's
health.
Sign Torn Down.
The sign announcing the quaran
tine has been torn down. Dr. Pike,
in talking with a Free Trader-Journal
reporter stated this afternoon that
there was no other cases of Infantile
paralysis and that the city was prac
tically free of contagious diseases.
As yet no word has been received
from the State Hoard of Health as to
when the inspection of Ottawa's mu
nicipal bathing beach will be made.
FRENCH TROOP SHIP
SUNK BY SUBMARINE;
FIGHTERS SENT DOWN
Pails, June. IS. -The French steam
ship Sequana, carrying Sengalese
troops, has been sunk by a Herman
submarine with the loss of 1!H! lives,
according to information received here
today. The Sequana was attacked in
Hie Atlantic and was sent down with
a torpedo. There were alio S-iigalese
on board at Hie time.
The facl that there were soldiers
on the Sequana indicates that she
was being used by Hie French govern
ment as a Hoop ship. The vessel
was built in IMiX lor the South At
lantic Navigation Co. and displaced
.",r,'i7 tons. She hailed from Bor
deaux. Freiqbter is Lost.
New York, June l;l. -and
ton I.eyland Lint
he live thous -
reighier Ang-
lian, has been sunk, according lo a
Liverpool cablegram to the local of
fices of the line today.
The cable carried the bare fact that
she had been sunk, giving no details
regarding the crew. She plied be
tween Boston and Iherpool and is
believed to have been eaiithl on tier
eastern trip before imadiing ihe Brit
ish port.
Craft Hits Mine.
Boston, June Hi. - Word was re
ceived here today that the British
'' steamer Mahonao, H.nHI tons, carrying
ja million dollar cargo of cocoa,
leather and machinery, struck a mini
111 tlie luiglis:i ctianuel ami was
! beached on the English coast, Th
Mahopae was formerly the MiniicM
; ' of the Atlantic Transport line.
NATIVE OF COUNTY
! PARALYSIS VICTIM
Mrs. Richard McHnire, a native of
La Saile county, died at. her home in
Morris following a brief illness of
paralysis. Death came Monday night,
Friday, while Mrs. McGuire was work
ing on the family washing she suffer
ed a stroke of paralysis and slowly
sank into death.
Her maiden name was Catherine
Keefe and she was born In La Salle
'county, north of Seneca, where she
I was reared to womanhood The date
I of her birth was January Ifp, ivM! and
w was in her tiiith year.
I In February, IStllt, she was married
to Richard McGuire In Seneca and
they lived there until bi t when Ihey
! moved to Morris.
j Of their marriage was born five
i children, four of whom are living, ho'
side the husband - William of Blue,
Island: David, of Mortis; James, of
I Marseilles, and Miss Minnie, of .Mor
! rls,
ENTHUSIASM SHOWN BY
PARIS AND LONDON
NEWSPAPERS
CONSTANTINE ABDICATES
THRONE AT INSISTANCE OF EN
TENTE ALLIES IN FAVOR OF
SECOND SON.
Paris, June 13 Major General John
J. Pershing, commander of the Amer
ican forces that will fight in France,
arrived at Boulogne from London to
day. General Pershing is expected in Par
is tonight.
Advices from Boulogne said that
the American commander was given a
tremendous ovation.
The Temps today said:
"General Pershing was born with
the vocation of fighting. We believe
the American forces will surprise ev
ery one, most especially the Rutf
sians. Petrograd will understand
when it sees America so resolved to
beat Germany that she Is risking her
military prestige on the battlefield ev
en before the moment has come for
engaging her full forces. The United
States is emulating the example of
the old time ofliclal who threw hia
baton into the enemy's, line and then
vowed to recover it."
General Pershing was met at Rou
logne by General Pellelier, represent
ing the French Government and army,
Commandant Hueb, representing the
war ministry; General Lucas, com
manding the northern military zone;
Col. Daru, governor of Lille and a
guard of honor, composed of British
soldiers and marines. The vessel car
rying the distinguished American sol
dier was convoyed by torpedo boat
destroyers and hydroaeroplanes. It
flew the American flag and after be
ing docked a band on board played
"The Star Spangled Banner," and the
"Marseillaise."
General Pershing will he formally
welcomed upon his arrival here by
Premier Viviani, Minister of War
Painleve, Marshal Jofi're, and General
Koch.
The American will be escorted thru
the streets of Paris from the North
Station to his headquarters by a spe
cial French guard of honor.
The city is brilliant, with flags.
British Impressed by Pershing.
London, June 13 Col. John Buchan-
an. of the British staff declared to
1 day that oflicials of the war office have
; been most favorably impressed by
i General John J. Pershing, the Ameri
;can commander and his fellow officers.
I "Their keenness and zeal are won
derful," said Col. Buchanan. "There is
! no doubt that the attainments of
porshini-'s staff are enual to those of
any other staff in the world."
50 Planes Raid London.
London, June IS The biggest air
r:'.id ever attempted against England
was made today when fifty German
aeroplanes attacked London. The
eastern part of the city was heavily
bombarded.
The raiding machines were heavily
shelled by high angle guns and were
attacked by patrolling British airmen.
l'i to dale the most pretentious
aerial attack was one made recent
ly by sixteen German air craft. In the
I : raid Tti persons, including a number
. ! of women and children were killod
and more than loo wounded.
The raid was made in broad day
light and was marked by a spectac
ular battle in the clouds.
The following statement was Issued
by Lord French chief in command of
the home tones through the govern
ment Press Bureau:
"Fifteen hostile n'rplanes wero
heard cross Tim Noro about 11 a. in.
They proceeded ill the direction of
Loudon, separating when they had
covered half the distance. The east
of London was attacked and bombed,
but no reports of casualties or dam
age have been received. Anti air craft
gun. of the London defenses wero lit
m l ion. A large number of our aero
planes went up in pursuit."
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