Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 19, 1918, Page 1

Wi Noy. 18. Wilson will attend the opening scs-|on such a ship, it is claimed, he is.on ns of the peace conference. This was| American territory and tochnically nnoun: tonight officially. He will| would be absent from the country only clm&‘h‘dynfl.monwmud for such time as he actually is on fur- § e {am President Wilson Expects to Sail for France Immediately After the Opening of the Regular Session of Congress, to Take Part in the Discussion and Settlement of the| Peace Treaty—He will be Accompanied by Delegates, Whose Names Will Be Presently Announced—Mrs. Wilson Undoubtedly Will Be in the Party. President | nayy's newcst dreadnoughts. he reguiar session of congress on De- | eign soil. i cember 2. the White House: The question of what effect the pres- This official statement was issued at|identW: ubsence will have on the work of congress was freely discussed to- “The president expects to sail for|night in congressional circles. Maany Frence immediately after the openiog|held that the president could not ap- ¢ the regular session of congress, for|prove or veto he purpose of taking part in the dis-|sent as the sctual signature of the ussion and settlement of the mein|president is required. Unier the pro- fefitores of the treaty of puace. It is|visions of the con not likely that it wiil be pessible for |not acted upon by the chief executtve him to remain throughout tue sessions | within ten cays after their passaze of tho forma! peace conference, but|they automatically hecome effective. Lis presence at the outsat is neces- ary in_order to obviate -he manifest|to whether isadvantages of discussion by cabie|the peace conference actuaily will ac- There w e American n determininz the greater outlines of | company the president. ihe final treaty about which he must necemsarily be consuked. de will, of |hoad the American course, be accompanied bhv delegai°s|Others regarded as probable selec. who will sit s the representatives uf | tions as delogates are Colonel Hovuse. he United States throughout the con- | Louis D. Brandeis. associate justice of Bl Roat, nce. The names of the resently announced. How leng the presid reace confere T.ounced. « that ) ch ent Docember, at ¢l What plans the president may have for. his trip other than to attend the ening of the peace conference and to ) discussion among he representatives of the assoefated | rticipate in the ations which will precede 1ot been revealed. He undo: Paris, where the peace ~onar biy will be held, he will =0 to I te Brussels don and possibly Rame. Mr, ~omm: navy, but also as the world democracy. fn visitiog Kutope. th- =ates will be|former. secretary of state. has not vet beca Lut the general belief here cannot be assemyled before earliest. oves to be the case, the pres- absent from ‘he courtry at least a month and probably long- it, tedl accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and it < expected here that besides visitig Wilson is expected fo receive Woid a reception such 1s has been coorded but few men in pablic life. fe will be weleomed not onty as pregident of the United States and the der-in-chief of its army and :mpion président ! establish -~ 4wo -précedents. will be crowing out of a war in w suntry participated and it wille be the first presid-ut North America, during his Mee. In reaching his decision to atte influenced by represent. nenceau of . France, tatesmen _of the Entenie ‘The prineiples and the tirst chief exacutive of the United States to participate in a peace onference for the settlinz of ieh fons emiers Tdoyd George of England and countrics | terms of seitic ments enunciated by the prasident Teen accepted by both th basis upon which peace is established and it is und= it s for the working oat of plication of these principl presence is so earnesily the allied statesmen. Since the president is T'rance early’ next month. to =emble associas nations and the Central Fowers as the o b0 that Gesired san f scems ertain that he will reach Paris several eeks before the peace congress as- His_purpose is believed to be issuns that @ the supreme court, and Gereral Tasker H. Bliss, it to_head the es the ra] delegation. dele; be a number of assistant seeretaries clerl HURLEY TO PROMOTE havel v wind W Nov. | Hurley inlgton, 18- prob- aa | for movinz needed supplies to the w to seek an principal dardization o working ‘conditions. Tt was & toda . of Jaws and. the agre ke American Federation of Labor this to_suppert the proposal. 1 plated by Mr. Hurley, it would eliminate fhe chief that has confroi ping in was w from |tion with other nations. w great that fleet of ships on the seas, tional greement re-|tr rine. % “Mia | ping board as far as consistent b is diverting ships to normal carrying needed commodities of to South and Central and Africa, as well as to Europe. ° rticipate in the confer:nce no '.?:"llnt at Versailles as the prelim- 7ary to the meeting of the peace com- joners. He thus wm‘mve the - nortur to aiwharge in persoi -ucyim' Chis duties b his meni- mi he rst t hership in the Supreme which he is now represente: Colonel E. M. House. Tn the general view hore. sions of the supreme war premiers with the represen: the United States, are of first import- |, ramme, co will be arranged. ening sessions of the the broad principles of th2 the ses- council, w 1 bring together tne Entente hieh will bring toge e which is to govérn the peace | Lo The president will attend the op- congrasa at which tieaty will he settled, but he will not ramain for o subsequent detailed di ssions settlements of the varicus ques- l:’:‘dnl. This will be the work of the ers he is soon {o name {o « re| t the United States. carreing out this ususual pre- sramme of having the conference draft géneral peaco treaty at president and the En- L — will be able scom afler | AVIATOR KW.LED AT the commissioners assemble to return 10 their own countries afd attend to the outset, the tents premiers imgortant bustness at home. dent attend the peace ‘has country t president. The con- h”"“um-nm;u:- president | _ The iing ureafl!h];flflelflt“ bject. He does not on this subjec "3 o the peace conference as a mnd, consequently, he relinquish There is ample \rresident to leave the ol da, while ited the Canal Zoae. Panama President "¢ impertance here while he |pyoe, is abroad. In all probabitity the president will been much dis-|Was killed and Charles for the| Sacramento, . Cali torfal 1im- | was no indication United States. President Har-{ ther action, it any, ison on one occasion went into Cand- | would take in-the ‘President. Taft' visited both | Mooney, whose that eountry and Mexico. President Roosevelt and also President Taft vis- 'h:u United States supreme court. Both Taft anl President Moosevelt continued to- perform the Some ships requisitioned by sels as rapidly as possibl EEDS FOOD d by PERSIA New York, Nov. 18—Unless Of | ties are conduct ing winter, threat: lation, Mirza Ali Kuli States, declared here tonight starvatien, of the Persian tire need.” first | employed by an_airplane air postal Island. REVIEW OF THE MOONEY u’:ih-tlon for ‘a pardon Quentin, Calif. Nov. Mooney's only: commment, hen legislation while ab- it bills are no statement tonight as legates to Secretary Lansing will nndoubtedly commissione:: former will remain |chief of staff and military representa- bread he himself probably eannot say |tive of the United States now. The time for the convening of the | preme war counel, is expec the military tepresentatives from th country who will assist in tne work at the peace conference while Vice A miral Sims probably will be selected 1 the su- d to hend es and military and naval representatibes there will cretary to the delegation and & and SHIPPING INTERESTS famished nations overseas, also plans|’ international agreemeaft between the governments, shipping in- terests and labor organizations of the maritime powers for stan- seamen’s wages and that Mr, Hurley expects to propose that the American chments. beiwibrr: the xovernment and the Seamen’s unions on these subjects be accepted as the standrds and it i8 understood that the | nd the British Seamen's unmion are prepared uch an agreement as that contem- sald, difficul ed American. ship- |7, ests in past years in their| atiempts to operate ships in_competi- | The stai dards for American seamen are said to be the highest in the world, and this country is putting a i) cials believe that unless some imterna- is reached a great proportion of train seamen will be at- tracted to the American mechant ma- It was lerned today that the ship- the necessities of government needs o trade are g routes and that within a few months officials hope to have Americax ships Dpeace America, Asia shipping board during the war are be- ing turned back to private owners and the board plans to return such ves- In al, some 2,500,000 tons of shipping was “War Council |requisitioned. : AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES food and meMcal supplies in large quanti- sert to Persia, with workers relief measures, death will through ‘the country during the ening the entire Per- sian charge d'affaires in ‘the United Appealing for American aid for his countrymen, Dr. Khan said not only but plague is ha'dnx tlfill population, citing tl death -of 120,000 persons in Tahem.: alone ‘during the past year. He add- Harmy Pratt Juasos: Feprespating. the arry represen the American Committee for Relief in the Near East, “does not begin. to meet CENTRAL PARK, L, I Now York, Nov. 13.—Allen Adams, |vision of military aeronautics. on that the pres-|of Elmhurst, Long Island, an aviator the suggesti nis | test. flight from New Yor kto Wash ington. - Rising to a height of 200 feet, the men were enveloped by a dense |ualiy and in connaction with the negs it is heid that|fOE and a few moments later the ma- |for their servic his anthority and | chine crashed to eart] umetions of office, hs would be with- er to act for the.United States CASE HAS BEENDENIED Nov. 18—There today of what fur- Governor Stephens case of Thomas J. application for a re- view of 'his case. was denied today. by pending before Governor| 181 nothiog to s&y” “was Thomas . 1o hie appeal seektingef.a repeal of his TORS Atiantic on an American | murder convictionvhad been denied by on-one of the the Dnited' States supreme court. - Minister. Cabled Paragraphs Basel, Switzeriand, Nov. 18 (Havas). of Wurttemberg Resigns. resigned, -according to a —The minister ‘of war of wurmuburg, despatc] from Stuttgart. He ha: placed by First Serseflnts Fisher. Dbeen TOTAL OF WAR FUND 10 . DATE IS NOT AVAILABLE New York, Nov. 18.—Thongh definite to date- of total subscriptions campaign to the Uni 'will not be fted War Work available until tommor, na- tional headquarters announced tonight that the aggrezate had zone far be- yond the $125,000,950 that had been pledged up to Saturday night. Upstate New York, and Maryland alone raised the figure more than Tion 'college, high and. private school students who formed themselves into a division with a self-allotted quota Connecticut, New Jersey $3,000,000, while half a mil- of $2,000,000, reported they had gone “over the top.” Communities of New Yock ctate out- side the metropolis and its immediate vicinity added $2,000,000 o théir sub- scriptions over the week end- mak'ng their total to_date $9,600.070. Connecti- cut added $1,600,000 to its pledges, ex- ceeding its allotment, an- and - Maryland added 35990960 Vermont, it was announ seribed 150 The state committee ir ina, it was stated, hae to the American expeditionary forecs New Jersey each. had sul ver cent. of its quota. North Car- bled word as cach county passes 100 per cont. and th Ca. c niormation is sel iCiers at the from: CONNECTICUT’S FINAL WAR tal, maki to ta of $2,394, howevi Tonight jics_follo New IHav s 000 $70,000; 0: (war chest chiesi) 350 MANUFAC ¥ ac ployers tional n ~la TR epirit of p: {taes neea “In Ame; pow the statem |is to be opinion. bers.”, ‘Washington, zeport Ansonia, Naugatuck K Manchester $53 in good time. effort to avoid bitternes: calamity howling or whining. future need. OPTION I8 EXTENDED FUND FIGURES $4,050,455 New Haven, Com necticut closed it: the United War Wo aadjng $1,042,699 to the previous to- g the final ate $4,050,4 1s tonight, Nov. 18.—Con- campaizn for und today hy. fij s for In announcing the the state quo- ,000. During the campaign, ) $3,000,000 has been consider- Chairman |€d_the goal, owin of the shipping board, who |increased contriby sailed for Europe last Saterday to ar- range transportation for the return of American troops to this country, and | to t ions, appeal en $923,000: Hartford $ $337.0 Waterbury ew Britain 200 Greenw 104,060 London Middletown Ei Meriden ) & Lt 30,000; TURERS INVITE CO-ORPORATION OF LABOR :2ing joint fon between wage earners and em- rk: * Noy. 18 peace as in’war’ the Na- Guld “stand atriotic indusirial co-oper- | atlor for t he wo! L the United ‘States w on to meet every pres:. hiere and abroa rica today we hold ent. “onfusions and rights Both ele- on and expect “Any organization which sets for it- self the task of creating or sustain- ing an artificial or abnormml nomic condition in try is certainly “not workig for the| true and proper interests of its. eco- Ameriean indus- mem- TO CADET AVIATORS Nov. 18—All cadet aviators mow in training in the United States will be given the option of im- mediate discharge wthout commissions or of completing their training. In- structions to this effect were sent to- day to all aviation fields and camps by Major General Kenley, chief of the di- Cadets who elect to complete their company, | training will be discharged when they Arens, a_me- |nish the course and given commissions to whether while ab- |chanician, of Chicago, was injured to-|as second lieutenants in the officers’ eotld con-|day when their machine, a battle plane | reserve corps. i converted for use by the United States | Candidates for ‘commissions at ba- service, fell at Central Park, | loon schools also will be given an op- portunity to complete their training, two men were on their way to |after which they will be commissioned Belmont Park, Long Island, where |in the officers” reserve corps. . ere fs that|they were to take on mail bags for a Requests of officers now in the air service who desire separation, from the service TO ADVISI surance in Paris, No Maud’huy Metz, says |geois . has ‘been Strassburg. will be considered -individ- E SERVICE MEN OF INSURANCE RIGHTS ‘Washington, Nov. 18.—A “conserva- tive section” of the.treasury’s war risk | insurance bureau has been created by Secretary McAdoo and eoldiers holding government in- surance of their right and privileges with . respect ot continuing their in- | “to advise sailors force after discharge from the army and navy.” ‘Winslow ‘Russell,” an insurance man, who ‘has_been ‘assisting in promotion | of sdidiers' insurance propaganda for| the war department, has heen placed in: charge of the new section. Appointed :Governor of Metz. v. 18 (Havas).—General De who is a native of Lor- raine, has been appointed goyernor of the Temps. General Bour- named governor of Te- io North eorge C. Hubert, state mpaign director, said that this was 65 per cent. of the original totals for the leading cit- |, tol Torrington (war toand 1u- the erful influence of providing exam- for the rest of the world,” read in- equities which have developed in gur American indusries during the hustle and bustle of waging war on a modern scale should he and will be eliminated We must lend our every | acrimony, | Nothing | P) gained by either side, if there dow, through cultivation or pro- motion of misunderstandings.” Asserting that “no manufacturer has or seeks to exercise any privileges which any 4 ican is asked to surrender,” the state- | CIalS. ment continued We believe that absolutism on the part of labor is just as bad for the| Zeneral weifare of the nation as abso- latism of so-called capital. ment# ought to be able to find a com- mon and equitable basis properly io meet every present and | In this effort to reach and maintain a common grounds, our industrial factors need constructive, legitimate and impartial! encouragement from the government | and a healthy, well informed public or other good Amer- which { 'NORWICH, CONN., . TUESDA NOVEMBER 19. 1918 EIGHT PAGES_60 COLUMNS Final Disposition ‘Washington, Nov. 15.—There was no :g:onncamnnl here today " regarding was there any information as to- the names of the ports at which the ves- sels were to be intermed. ” matien, many officers - thought this matter would be left until the' peace conference meets.- The dvmistice pro- vided that the vessels were to be dis- armed before they left Germany and that they were to be intérned-at fial or allied ports as the associated governments might direct with only caretakers, on board. _ Publication of the names of. the bat- tieships and cruisers which were des- ignated by the associated govergments for delivery reveals that Germany is stripped of at least half of_ the fleet of dreadnoughts which it had in com- mission or bullding when the war be- gan and of virtually all of its battle ernisers . , The dreadnoughts Kronprinz Wil- helm, Grosser Kurgurst, Markgraf and Konig are of the same iype, each 580 feet long and of 26,000 fons. They were designated for a speed of 23 knots and had just been completed when the war opened. They were armed with, ten -12-inch ‘and fourteen 5.9 inch guns. The Prinzregent Luitpold, Konig Al- bert, Kaiserin, Kaiser, and Friedrich der Grosse were complated in 1913 and are 564 feet long®with a speed of 21 knots and of 24,000 tons. They also carried ten 1 quns tach and fourteen 5.9 inch riffes. - Available naval records here do not show a battleship Bayern, but it is re- garded as possible-that this is one of tho three: newer. dreadnouzhts com- rlcted since the war started. .These were authorized in 1913 and 1914 and wre to have been of 29,000 tons dis- nlocement with eight nch rifles each. Desides the craft delivered, Germany had four older dreadnough: their surrender was not rejuired. They must be disarmed and laid up in Ger- man ports, howe The Derfiinger the largest of the lattle cruisers, her displucemcnt be- ing 28,000 tons and length 118 feet. Her armament consisted vf eight 12- iinch rifles and her designed speed was 34 There is no men- r Hindenburg in naval tccords available here, but this ship probably is a sister of the Derflinger, ond originally was named the Lut- 20%. The Seidlitz is ‘& battle eruiser of 24,660 tons and catried ten:.iisiw Auns, Her speed fs 29 knacts and she 5 completed in 1913 £nip of thel Goeken. was completed in 1012 and. sooh’ afterwards visited th country as the flagship of a fleet wh President Taft reviewed at Hampton Roads. She then was recarded as one | of the finest battle cruisers afloat, inz 610 feet long, of 2.608 tons dis- piacement and knots speed. She Pad ten Il-inch rifles in her main battery, The Von der Tann was tuilt in 1910 has a displacement of 18800 fons. speed iz 27.6 knots an hour and armament consists of eight 11- rifles. ten inch rifies and dmaller gun - ax Her | her. iuch ma 1,500 CIVILIANS GREEWED AMERICANS AT BRIEY With the American Army of Occu- {vation, Nov. 18, § p. m—(By The A Amefican troops entered Brie the heart of Lothringian iron fields, at 1i o'clock this morning. There wero arches across the-main street and the town was bedecked with flags. Fifteen hundred civilians greeted the troop: After a weicome by the Briey offi- the 3S5th Infantry band of the Third Division gave a_concert; then the Americans Tunched from rolling kitchens. a large number of released Russians also_being fed. Outwardly Briey showed few indi cations of the war, the buildings be- ing intact, hut there were Germah signs evervwhere, pointing in the di- rection of ammunition dumps and the various headquarters. AMERICAN VANGUARD HAS REACHED MONTMEDY With the American Forces of Occu- pation, Nov. 18, § p.“m. (By the A. P.). —A thousand civilians = greeted the vanguard of the Second American di- vision ~ which reached Montmedy {shortly before § o'clock Sunday morn- {ing. 'The civilians knew the" Ameri- icans were coming but were' surprised {at the early Hour of their arrival. The Americans, likewise, were surprised to find so many civilians awaiting them. Montmedy is little scarred as the result of:the war, except for the rail- road yards, where the bombs of Amer- ican aviators some time ago displaced tons of earth and tore up the railroad. ‘When ‘the Americans ‘arrived in Mont. medy the civilians still were at work putting up flags along the principal streets. “Soon after'the excitement of the welcome was over the Americans Were surprised to see shopkeepers open their ‘stores. SRR French flags,” which hdd -not been unfurled “for four years in Montmedy, predominated the scheme of decora- tion, but’ hers: and there' American flags appeared. The Americans were ata ‘loss' to’ understand where they came from until a civilian explained that" they. had been made by the French women of thetown in antici ration of the arrival of the Americans. _Detachments, of: the. division - spent part of the day in Montmedy. During |the afternoon the marine band gave a jconcert in the city square, which had been renamed by the Germans “Ber- liner Platz.” The civillans crowded around ‘and embraced’ the bandsmen en they finished the concert with a rendition of “The Marseillaise.” Late Suniday ‘afternoon the advanc |columns_of the Second division start ed forward from’ Montmedy to ‘make room for additional units coming o from the west. !A CLOSE WATCH KEPT ON 'MRS. ROSE PASTOR ‘STOKES New York, Nov.:18.—That. a'cclose’ watch is being kept on Mrs. Rose Pas. tor Stokes, the . socialist; who. is out on bail pending a hearing ‘in Kansas City of Her.appeal-from a conviction of “hayng- volated . the. csvonage’ law, Was disciosed here tonight when fed- cral authorities admitted that & steno- grachic report of a speech’ she deli- ered here ‘vesterday. been. forward- (0 to tederal ‘authorities in, Kansas Lendon, Nov. can trobps to he United States ten days | The .plans for clearing England of There was much speculation as to|American troops are incomplete, but it the final disposition of the ships, but, |is desired fo remove these men imme- | in the absence of any official infor- |diately ‘as some shipping is available | Most of the 18,000 men are helping the British air force. | The American. hospital units will be Jeft in England until a pelicy for car- ing for future cases of illnéss among the Americans has been decided upon. | e arm headquarters that very few Americans | ngland, as it is France can for this. purpose. The beliefe is expressed will be left long in thought the hospitals in care for future needs. ‘Washington, the 26th (New England) (Rainbow) _divisions in t American arm: Ni es, tory evacuated by war department to bring long service abroad. CONGRESS HAS ARRANG! ‘Washington, of the present session next Thursday Gemogcrat and the of epublican ate and hous: aliowanc: Thursday w: senate finan: that it could not report t] six billion dollar revenue session. with dispo. today of the ‘“war bill, which\ goes to Thursday after formal ion by time’ the Clark, the most pre the_session was ompleted. ate finance committee wil! with suggestions by gin framing bills. the 1 war in aj.Sroprittions are congressional leaders. The house appropriatious and judiciary bill, while ure. - Secretary Daniels ended to congress that t ry $2,400 000.000 but it i 1y. day. American Tours, France. Nov. P.)—The ‘American_iroo g in the expeditions Army to resist the morthern cold fitted out by the United kas, which are sli sembling Santa Clans The expeditions a have wegian sleds, dogs, mo shoes. reindeer skin mit er caps, sleeping bags, Arctic stoves, snow gogz! {n breeches, { new (German- statement: to the tri enne: | The new states, He ‘added that the holders Ioans - need not be uneasy. clared the state cowncil i bi a ‘billion crowns would be leyan university today of England. ceremony, which was mi soldiers atteding. Antwerp, Belsium, Sunda (By the A. P.).—Antwerp celebrating !from the Germans. sands of residen | diers. ahd * Belgian ately. {HAIG REPORTS AD VANCI :London. Haig' Briti ¥ today. Nov. - 185~Field s report’ on il Ir troops sa: The rol, Seneffe and Hal™ the . Ending of the present s the plied with a full complerzent of i FINANCIAL SITUATION ANTWERP CELEBRATED ‘ THIRD DAY OF FREEDOM Srmany to Lose Half To Clear England of ‘ S| American Troops Peace Conference May Decide |18,000 Men Stationed There of War-| to Be Started Homeward 18—The first Ameri- epart -homeward: as delivery of the fleet “of Dattleships, | result of the signing of the,armistice | Battle cruisers and light eruisers which [ will be 15,000 men stationed in Enz- 'y was required under ihe'|land. 'The American army expects to terms of the armistice to surrender [start the first shipolad of these sol- today to the associated nations. Nor|diers homeward within a week and fo | ave all the men on their way back o jater. at TO BRING HOME MEN WHO HAVE SEEN LONG SERVICE 1S—Inclusion of | and 42d| Third | the “army of occupa- | on,” as announced in cable despatch- | il not materially postpone the | return of those organizations to this country, in the opinion of army offi- | i 1t is believed here that the com- position of the force to occupy terri- the enem: porary and will not affect plans of the | home - soon American divisions which have seen he ED! TO AQJOURN THURSDAY ov. 18--3djournment congre: anged today by teaders This will en- able members to ‘secure travel mileage and also will prevent the present session, which began last De- cember 3, from merzing with the third Sixty m Decem- he re: bill _befor the date for the beginning of the new the sen prohibition ent | by peaker | sing business presi r enature Vice President Marshall and ‘While congres is adjourned, the sen- continue revislen of the revenué bill u accord Secretar; The' hattle ‘ertiiser Moitke, a sister|3d00 and house committess w 1 M sub-co mittee: will meet tomorrow to bezin hearings on tlw legislative, executive ; naval committee will begin work at the same time on the naval appropriation meas recom- bill ca expected that this amount will be pared down sharp. As virtually no further business pending before congress now. Leuses adjoubned todav until Thurs- AMERICANS EQUIPPED TO RESIST NORTHERN COLD Feadquarters, 18.—(By The A. participat- by way of Archangel and Viagiostok are equipped in the most complete manner Russia Th Lates army quartermaster’s departmer:! in England and France with white sheepskin par- on overcoats re- outfits, Leen He sledges, high rubber hoots and wool- IN GERMAN-AUSTRIA GRAVE Vienna, Nov. 18, via Base] —Dr. Von Steinweinder, finance minjster-in the cabinet, in press. te day, described the financiai situgtion in German-Austria as being ‘With economy: and the creation of new sources of revenue, however, he ‘said the difficulties could be surmounted. said the minister, ould have to share the national debt. war of He ntended dy derpand credits to the amount of twe llion crowns and that a new loan of issued. WESLEYAN CONFERS DEGREE ON REV. A. T. GUTTERY Middletown, ‘Conn., . Nov. 18.—Wes- conferred the honorary degret of doctor of divinity jon Rev. Arthur Thomas Guttery, pres- ident of the National Council of Free' Churches of Great Britain and pres; dent of thePrimitive Methodist Church President William. A. | Shanklin of Wesleyan presided at the ilitary character, with a battalion of student~ ITS Nov. today Y, s third day of freedom The city is gaily bedecked with entente flag: = OF BRITISH TROOPS Marshal advnce of the Setond and ¢ ‘ourth -armies continued their march | Gur advanced troops reached the general line .of Florennes, Charle- is tem- ssion on agreed upon after the committee had decided ed I be- appropriation Since the department estimates were prepared with continuance of the ew, fharn reductions in the contemplated by both grave. Thou- are crowding the boulevards and cheering the allied soi- The. Germans left the city on Friday without any untoward incident troops entered immed: Condensed T;legrams British submarines sank 20 German submarines during the war. Mohawk Mining Co. produced 787, 149 pounds of copper in October. Barber Steamship Line Co. increas- ed their capital o $2,500.000. British imports in October increas- ed £23 443,737, £27,987.054. Shipments of fresh and cured meats troops in France. Since the government took over the railroads $403,864,950 were spent on Class 1 railroads. Chicago Board of Trade member- ship of the estate of the late A. Stam- ford White sold_for $6,05 Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank Teports total reserve of $135592514 for the week ended Nov. 15 elevators from the interior is reported fairly heavy compared with a year ago. Anacontia Copper Co. announced suspension of manganese mining, from jthe Bmma mine of the Butte Copper | Co. . Brokerage rates on grains were dvanced 50 per cent. to 75 cents for ,000 bushels and 25 cents for bushels. Railroad Administration announce that no more for locomotives will be steel prices drop. Railrcad Administration offici announce that the firs batch of sho: lines contracts were received. and will be put.into effect soon. Missouri Pacific Railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for increases of 2% cents a 100 pounds in carload commodity rates. Great Britain is arranging to send a large number of German vessels to given until foodstuffs granted by the Allies. Prince Maximilian. of Baden, former German Chancellor, arrived at Baden- Baden with his family. It is report_ ed_he will be there for a long time. Six metal concerns are accused . of forcing an agreement to stifie compe- tition in a complaint which was made by_the Federal Trade Commission. The Canadian Victory Loan .ha closed. It is believed the $500,000 - 000 goal was reached. Late ' sub- scriptions brought the total $450.000,000. The Dutch volunteer landstrum, consisting of men who offered their services in 1914 but were obliged to undertake military duty, were called to the colors. More than 8,000,000 acres of land in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Miss. issippi, Texas and Tennessee are avail- able for the government to offer to men in_the service. i Swedish government has - decided to carry out without delay a program giving both sexes the vote, Con- trol of the foreign policy as well as declarations of war and peace with the Riksdag. Officials of railroads operating ‘east from St Louis-and Chicago - report the ending of the war and the begin- ning of reconstruction -period - have not_altered the traffic. situation on eastern lines . President Wilson issued a proc- jamation taking over the consolidated express business caryied on by the American Railway Bxpress Co. and assigned the operation to Director McAdoo of the railroads. 991 NAMES IN TWO ARMY CASUALTY LISTS ‘Washington, Nov. 18—The follow_ ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 174; died of wounds 69; died of diseass 25¢; wounded (de- s of up re te of - - gree undetermined) 110; wounded _ | slightly 15; missing in action 13; to- Is|tal 775. Names of Connecticut men in lists: Killed in Action, Bugler Louis Gage, Washington. Privates—Henry E. Landry, Mano chester; Guisseppe Mure, New Brit- ain; Patrick O'Leary, Norwich. Died of Wounds. Private Arthur R. Pape, New Hav- en. Died of Disease. Privates—Allyn M. C. Berrie, Mid- > | dletown; Lawrence F. Callahan, No_ roton -Heights. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Privates—Victor A. Haag, Torring_ ton; Robert L. O'Connell. Southing- ton; Illian Saweuk, Waterbury. Wounded Slightly in Action. Privhtes—Arthur J. Booth, ' New Haven; Steve P. Copyan, Bridgeport. MONDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST Killed jn action 40: died of wounds 66; died ‘of disease 110; total 216. Mario Polverari, New Haven, Killed in action was the only Connecticut man named in the list. GERMAN LOSSES IN AREIAL COMBATS WITH BRITISH London, Sunday, Nov. 17 (British ‘Wireless - Service)—In the last five months, in which occurred some of the heaviest air fighting in the war, Ger- many lost in aerial combats.with the British alone 1,837 machine. This to- tal does not inciude 640 machines driven down out of control, many of which would necessarily be of no use. It is estimated that something like 2,700 _machines were accounted for by the British since June 1, and to this Ereat total must be added the heavy destruction wroght by French and American aviators, JOSEPH S. SMITH, MORMON, LEADER IS CRITICALLY iLL Salt Lake City, Nov. 18;—Joseph S. Smith, president of the ' Church of Jestis Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), is critically ill here. He suffered a paralytie stroke last- April and since has been confined to his home with the exception of the occa- sion of the semi-annual conference ‘of church here last month, when hedress- led the members briefly, He is 80 years-old. a o0- v ta in TROOPS TO WRITE HOME TO “FATHER” NOVEMBER 24 Paris, -Nov. 18—The Stars and Stripes, the organ of the American expeditionary force, has arranged for November 24 as the day upon which 1 the American troops shall wrile home to father. Special delivery ar- ringementy are under way in order that. “Father's Day” shall be as suc- I eessful s ‘““Mother’ Day,’ last. It is hoped that the fathers will wrife to their sons on the same ‘day. GERMAN OFFICIALS BAR BOLSHEVIK REPRESENTATIVES Basel, Nov. 18 (Havas).—The Ger- man_authorities, according to a des- pateir from Berlin, have Russian. Bolshevik government that representalives must not be sent to i Germdny. 17 is | 1 stock from $1,000,000 | Exports dropped | | from Chicago for the week were 54, | 610,000 pounds . ' The American Red Cross in France | spent $29 282468 wn United States | | Movement of grain from farms and | 1,000 > b il officials large orders | the United States to bring Germany' to} | Ma¥y, 12, | notified the! COST OF WA About $45,000,000,000. Washington, Nov. 13-—The tions to last May 1 w: out $175,000,000,000 b Neserve Board Bulletin, waount to nearly $200,000 000000 by e the end of this e compiled by om various sources and w s not vouched fo: correct. noses it ents to May 1, th estimated that all Bel total war cost. The balance jindirect war expenses. About $170,000,100,000 of the total NEARLY. $200,000,000 Direct Cost For All Belligerent Nations Up to May 1 Was Re- ported at About $175,000,000,000—Of That Amount About $132,000,000,000 Had Been Spent. For Mili- tary and Naval Purposes—Hereafter the Annual Bur- den of All Nations to Pay Interest on Bonded 3 Sinking Fund Allowances Will Amount to at Least $10,- 000,000,000—Aggregate direct "ost of the war for all belligerent na- reported at the Federal issued today, cnd it is estimated that the cost will ear. These calcu- the board Lo their 3 the board heileves ‘the figures are substantially | ¥or purely military and.naval pur- ro had spent about $132,000,000,009 or about_three-fourths of ep- iresented interest on ‘debt, and other Debts and Debt of the Central Powers is war cost has been raised by war loans of various nations and comparatively little by taxation. - 'The public debt of the principal entente alliss is calcu- litted -t approximately $105,009.000.000, or more than tvyce as much as the az- gregate debt of the Central Powers, set at $45,000,000.000. This does mot toke into consideration debt incurred ce last May. v N The enormous size of the war costs d debts is illusirated by comparison with the ante-zer debt of the seyem principal belligerents which, did nof. excecd $25,000,000,000. The cost *of supporting this debt was only about $1,000,000,000 a year, ‘Hereafter 'the annual burden to pay interest - and sinking fond allowances will be not less than $10,000,000,000 and probaoly much more. 1 “WAR TIME” PROHIBITION v ston, Nov. 1 lative action was taken taday senate on the national inibition bill, continuing di measure wil 20 Thursday. to Presdent Wilson ¢ jexpected by “prohibition 1dvocates. of a legislatve rider on un emergen cy appropriation measure cultural prodaction. Effect of tie legislation, even if .ap: rroved by President ' Wilson, is th prohibtion active fter June 1919, until the conclusion of the pres ent war and thereafter un! nation of demobilization, shall he determined ed by the president. Senator Sheppard of Texts, authe: o7 the prohibition features, and otiwe: and pro. will go_into, effect on to_ continue until demobi‘ization compl proclaimed. Upponents of thelegisla. {ion, hewever, declare tha* i be operative, even though demob iz ation” will be i’ progress thereaft: The prohibition legisiation has im. {portant bearing upon the peadng wa cinding cessition of be 2 nanufactire, cri=wd cernber 1 by the food admer GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL Washington, No control and c;eration of all ocean ca ble lines zwned in America, Postmaster General Burleson, is or dered by President Wilson in a procla st been made public through pub- lication in bulletin. Officials at the post office de- partment refused to discuss proclamation today or to say whethe: any steps actually had been taken to: ward putting government operation in to effect. through a Clarence H. X Postal _Telegraph ent of th action and criticizing ths governmeén virtually is ended. Mr. Mackay control of the cables through censor would result in loss “just ment operation of the la: result-in a loss.” WILL BT GREAT TASK 18 gover lnes Wil York, Nov. 18.—Action, of th postoffice department in taking ove: control of ocean cable lines was. de. to government. ownership” ir & Suppl: | mentary statement tonight br Clarenc { H. Mackay, president of the Commer- } for federal management, ing” and asked what the i ing_to do with maay |a miles of undersea iines, con ! trolled by American companics and ex | tending to* numerous *fo on the Atlantic, P: | dian Oceans. REFERENDUM DEMANDED day adopted 2 motion demarding a re government. - The Chamber desires that the gran: action pending the referendum, A motion supported by the Liberak and Socialists, demanding the abdi cation of the grand duchess' and the establishment -of a rcpublic, was re jected. FORMER QUEEN OF BAVARIA SERIOUSLY: IL! London, Nov. 18—The report of h death "of ‘the formler queen of Bavari: untrue, according to a Munjch_des Dpatch received by the Central New: by way. of ‘Amsterdam. -The despatcl adds that the queen is seriously. ill. King Ludwig, was forced to abdicat CANADA'S VICTORY 1.0AN {_ Torento, Ont., Nov. | —Bvers prov ince in Cunada went “over an the quota of $500, 000,000 being.over-subscribed by 317, BILL UP TO PRESIDENT flective July 1 next, and ing. demobilization. The his_approval, ‘confidently The prohibition bill ‘is in the form providing about $12.000.600 for stimulating agri- | subject of warm, dispute which many members of ccngress think courts will have to settle. The bill would make 30. dry champions insist ‘that prohibit:on he date fixed ‘d. regardless of when peace is. ? peace is declared before July 1, the il cannot irevenue bill, whose authors estimate jan.arnual revenue loss of mor2 than ‘o the govarnmert fiom “eation OCEAN CARLE LINES 18.—C'overnment under mation dated November 2 which has the governmenz's official the The first intimation that the cables were to be taken over camn Saturday tement at New York by > Company, g he had been informed of the for taking the step now that the war said the government already had compiete ship' and that government operation FOR THE GOVERNMENT clared to be ‘apparently preliminary BY LUXEMBURG CHAMBER Amsterdam, Nov: 18.—A Luxemburg despatch says that the Chamber. tb: ferendum to decide the future form of duchess abstain from all governmental Maria Thercsa lost her position as aneen “on :Nov. 8, when Ler husband, !tars nd’ grens OVERSUBSCRIBED €175,000,020 PROBLEM OF DISBANDING THE ARMY AIR SERVICE Washington, 25—Demobiliza- tion of the army air service presents a separate problem on which war de- partment officials now -are at work. How it is to be accomplished so that the aircrait- manufacturing _ industry, now .a government monopcly, can be preserved, has not been disclosed, but it.is possible to state authoritatively some of the considerations that will govern demobilization plans. 255 Secretary Baker is known to regard tiie air service as the’field of military enterprise in which the greatest de- velopments are to be expected.. For that rason the army programme. to be 12id before cdngress probably will show recmnmenda%ons for continuing the aviation .branches on a scale dis- proportionate to the other arms of thé service. Hvery effort is expected to be made to improve existing types of planes and engines or develop new ones, It also is certain that the plans now Dbeing formulated will make provision for retaining in the permanent mili- tary establishment officers aud men who have dicplayed. marked. ability in the operation, production and equip- ment of airplanes, balloons and other aircraft, t s LARGER DISTRIBUTION OF COAL IN CERTAIN STATES Philadelphia, Nov. 18.—A meeting of state fuel administrators and anthra- cite coal operators was heid here to- day with the purpose of bringing about. ajlarger distribution of hard coal in certain states. Dissatisfaction was) expressed with the present amount. distribution. Among the states rep- resented were South Dakota, Minnes sota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylva. nia, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecti: cut and. New Hampshire. Others at .|the meeting included J. D. A Mor- row, director of distribution -of the’ Tnited States fuel administrator, and J. B. Dickson, New York: S. D. War. riner and W, J. Richards, who con stitute the anthracite committee of the national fuel administration. - It was explained by anthracite op- erators that the October production was about 800,000 tons short of the same month last year, which affected’ the distribution in ail states. This* loss in output, it was said, was due. to the influenza epidemic and other causes. The operators explained thi situation fo the state administrators’ and suggestions were offered looking toward a greater upply of coal ta communities Tefore - severe sets in. % RETAIL MERCHANTS MAY EMPLOY ADDITIONAL CLERKS New York, Nov. 18.—Abrogation of the agreement between the retail-mer- chants of the country and the council of national defense that there be mo additios made to holiday sellin forces was suggested in a letter seni jtoday from the merchants’ associatiom here to the headquarters:of the. coun- cil in Washington. It was pointed out that this atiempt had been made to prevent interference With, the govren- ment’s labor program and that: the signing of the armistice had made it no longer necessary. It was stated that the abrogation of the agreement T r e e i e r e i “able Company and allied cor- [might alieviate the situation caused fration by the closing of munition plants, as Mr. Mackay said that the very,vast- | well as preyeiting further slcrlflgq on ness of the cable system a project |the part of the stores. 5 fi STEAMER CASCAPEDIA @ i ABANDONED; CREW SAVED Montreal, * ‘Nov.. 13.—The _ British steamer Cascapedi, which was last night reported 'in distress off Ca TRice, has been abandoned and set af fire and the crew all rescued by the Britich steamer Bellerophon, accord- ing to a radio message received hers. l1ate_today. 5 F The Cascapedia, a vessel of 1,848 tons gross, left New York on Nov. 7 for Boston, Halifx and St. Johns, N. F.} with a crew of 23 anda_ general. cargo. She was commanded by Caps tain George Willlams of New York. - The radio message gave her posi- tioh when abandoned as 43.40 degrees notth, 55.55 west. and said she might fioat for some -time MILITARY CARNIVAL.TO t 2 BE HELD AT CAMP DEVENS Ayer, Mass. Nov. 13.—Details of the prozram for_the military carmival to {be held ‘at Camp Devens on Nov 126’and 27 were made, public in general orders today, and .an invitation was - {extended. to ecvervbody interested in s | the cantonment or_in the work of the n!army to attend.. The soldiers will give exhibitions showing how ‘.auildd ngs are blown up, mines exploded ‘and he use of machine'guns, trench mer- In addifon there 'e»qx(;v “ and, «other life Will be stiwn. {GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF BRITISH TRANSPORT SERVICE London, Sunday,- Nov. ‘17 * (British Wirel: uring “tHe war the L h aémivaity transport ser- [ vice conveyed by sca. 220,000 Soldiers With (he 105€ ak sea~0f Bnly 4, tkan 006 0% tons-o! tary stores and m animals also were d s L e 1. 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