Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 28, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 285 Washington, Noy. 27. — President ‘Wilson's plans for attending the peace conference are All matufed with the exception of the day and hour of sail- ing. His departure, however, is cer- tain early next week, It is entirely probable that the first announcement of the personnel of the American delegation will be made in the president's address_to the ovening of comgress, which will be delivered on Monday or Tuesday. At the same time, the president may take occasion to make something in the nature of a statement to the country, as well as to congress, on his going to Eu- rope, something no other president ever has done., The most important ammouncement that has yet been made in connection with the official plans for the peace SENATE COMMITEE COMPLETES REVENUE BILL Washington, Nov. 27.—Revision of the war revenue bill was substantially completed tonight by the senate finance committee, Amendments per- fecting the program of raising six billion dellars in 1919 were adopted and by a strict party vote the com- mittee formally approved Chairman Simmons’ plan to raise four billin - dol- Jars in 1920 through reduction of indi- vidual and corporation income rates, elimination of the war profits tax and reduction of the excess profits rates. “ With the seven republicans of the committee voting solidly in opposition, the democrats adopted Chajrman Sim- mons’ plan for 1920 to reduce the normdl income tax rate for individuals and corporations from 12 to 8 per cent,, to abolish the 30 per cent. war profits rates affer 1919, and to reduce the excess profits rates in 1920.to a minimum of 20 per cent. and 'a maxi- mum of 40 per cent. or two-thirds of the 1919 rate. Aithough the committee now virtu- ally has completed the bill, it became known today that the internal reve- nue bureau has almost despaired ' of the enactment of the measuie before Jan. 1 and has made full plans for col- lection of taxes under the old law, by which it is estimated ohly $1.000,000,- would be produced next year. The law, which remains effective until repealed by the new ‘revenue bill, specifically enjoins the ,c@mllsmner of internal revenue 10-prepare form: for use of taxpavers to repuri tlen‘ incomes, profits and other taxable matters between Jan. 1 and March 1. UKRANIANS PROTEST CONQUEST BY POLES New York, Nov. 2 The Ukranian Federation of the United States today issued a statement asserting that the Tkranian people would not submit to the capture ot Lemberg w Polish troops. “Te Ukranian people will not &Sub- mit to the conquest by I'oles of the city of Lemberg. the capital of East- ern Galicla, which, with ;i vopulation seventy-five per cent. Ukranian is his- torieally and technically Ukranian ter- ritory,” the statement rpads. “The Polish attempt forcibly incorporate Ukranian districts into i*oland is an infringement of the principles laid down by President Wilson in regard to the self-determination of peoples. Ukranians, conscious of their rightful cause, await with confidencs the award of the peacs conference and are will- ing to abide by it. By their precipi- tate action the Poles arc deliberately endangering the peaceful settlement of the controversy.” The federation will conduct a mass meeting on Decemher 1 at which plans for the Ukranijan congress to be held in Washington, December 15, will be discussed. POLICE GUARD EX-KAISER WHILE OUT FOR DRIVE \xnerongen. Holllnd Friday, Nov. 22 —(By The A, P.) The former Ger- man emperor went for a drive this afternoon with bis host, Count Von bentinek, accompanied by the usual police guard. He almost daily receives flowers and dainties from friends, but as often lctters or postcards are delivered at lhe castle addressed “William Hohen- vnllern n which the senders express hatred, contempt or execration. The missives probably are carefully with- held from the one-time emperor. German inmates of the Wolfhazen internment camp recenily came to blows over the former emperor's por- trait, which newly arrived sailors from the Flanders coast insisted should be removed or turned face to the wall The opposing parties had to be lorcl~ bly separated. SUGAR CERTIFICATES NOT NECESSARY AFTER DEC. 1 Washington, Nov. 27.—Distribution of sugar under the certificate sysiem will be discontinued Dec, 1 under an order issued today by the food admin- istrrtion. In announcing the order, the administration emphasized that requests for comservation of sugar ‘were in no way modified. Domestic econsumers, it was said, wili be ex- pected to observe the voluntary ration of four pounds per'person a month and public’ eating places will be re- quired to use only four pounds of sugar for each ninety meale served. GERMAN MINISTRY PROTESTS BAVARIAN DOCUMENTS Berlin, Nov. 27, via Copenhagen.-- The German forei€n ministry, protest- ing against the publication by the Bavarian government of documents dealing with pre-war events, says the Bavarian representatives at Berne, on the suggestion of Premier Clemencean of France, recommended the publica- tion of the papers on the ground that this confession of Germany's guilt would make the entente nations more ready for peace, TO SHORTEN. COURSE IN OFFICERS’ TRAINING CAMPS ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—The of instruetion for units in fiom Offieers training camps of the army lias been cut one month: so as to close «ll of the schoals W 15 ”m. students upon graduation will Tered commissions in- cmeh- % PRESIDENT WILSON SAL DIREGT FOR F Naval Crew of More Than 1,000 Officers and Mm— 'nunlleeNoCenoonhlponAmmNewDu- patches Telling of the Deliberations. conference came today. It was that there would be absolutely no censor- ship on the news which the American newspaper correspondents send back home. , At the nal request of President Wilson both the British and French governments will entirely re- lax all cemsorship on all American newspaper despatches telling of the de- liberations. Furthermore, to facilitate the transmission of news to this coun- try, the government through its re- cently acquired control. of the cable lines will give news preference in transmission second only to govern- ment official business. News will taxe preference over all commercial bu 4- ness on the cable lines. George Creel, chairman of ‘the com- mittee on public information, also an- (Continued on Page Three, Fifth Col.) TO USE WAR PLANES FOR MAIL SERVICE New York, Nov. 27.—Captain Een- jamin B. Lipsner, director of the United States aerial mail service, an- nounced here tonight that the war de- partment had turned over to the use of the mail service “hundreds of air- pianes.” Captain Lipsner said he was not_in a position to announce = the éxact number, but that the machines would be used as rapidly as possible in ex- tending the aerial mail service to all cities of the country. The service an- ticipates that it will be able to organ- ize its personnel from hundreds of ar- my aviators returning form the front. It is expected that the extemsion will begin in the near future. In addition to the commercial value of speedy transmission of mail, al- ready demonstrated by the service be- tween New York and Washington, Captain Lipsner pointed out, the em- ployment of hundreds of pilots will enable the nation to mzintain an ae- rial reserve for military purposes in the event of another wa Also as an immediate bene a lution will be offered of the problem of employment for the returning aviators and the money spent by the government in training them will not be altogether lest. ‘The New York-Chicago aerial mail scryice will be placed in operation next month. HOG ISLAND IS TO BECOME GOVERNMENT PROPERTY { Philadelphia, Nov. 27.—Announce- ment that the government through the emergency fleet corporation had defi- nitely decided to purchase the real estate of the Hog Island shipyard and thus become sole owner of the great shipbuilding establishment, was made today by H. L. Ackerson, one of the officers of the corporation. The real estate is owned by the American In- ternational corporation and is valued at $1,760,000. The governmeni has expended approximately $60,000,000 in equipping the plant. According to Howard Coonley, vice president of the emergency fleet cor- poration, the purchase of the real estate does not commit the govern- ment to continued ownership and op- eration of the yard. SING SING GROCERY STORE SYSTEMATICALLY ROBBED Ossining, N. Y., Nov. 27.—An inves- tigation was started today by officials of the “Inmates Court” cf Sing Sing prispn to ascertain which of the pris- son’s inmates has been guilty of sws- tematically robbing the co-operative grocery store of the Mutual Welfare League by use of forged coupon books. 'The store is operated on capital sup- plied by the inmates themszives, and the man who has been stealing from his fellow convicts will be gravely punished if he is apprehended, ac- cording to “Judge” Sweerey, a life- termer, who i head of the investiga- tion A COLONY OF AMERICAN SLACKERS AT BUENOS AIRES New York, Nov. 27.—Government agents ‘seeking Maurice Radam of New York, alleged draft evader, have discovered evidence that there is a large colony of slackers at Buepos Aires, it was disclosed here today when Badam was indicted by a feder- al grand jury. It was said that an’intercepted let- ter from Radam to New York friends, stated that he wa§ a member of such a colony and that most of its mem- bers were well supplied with funds from friends in the United States. POPULAR DISCONTENT 1S RIFE IN AUSTRIA Geneva, Nov. 27.—There is much dis- content in Austria, according to Vienna newspapers, because Former Emperor Charles continues to draw 500,000 crowns annually as supreme head of the army. He received back pay of 2,- 500,000 crowns recently, the newspa- Per says. The Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung de- clares that the former empe:cr still re- ceives his army pay, although he sur- rendered his command cn November B ALBANIAN SOLDIERS ARE BEING DiISCHARGED Saloniki, Tuesday, Nov. 16.—Since the cessation of hostilities teneral Es- ead Pasha, provisional president of Al- bania, has begun to discharge the sol- diers of his forces who have been the longest in the service. Some of them have been iighting nearly tbree years with the French forces on the Alba- nian front. A number of the discharg- ed Albanian soldiers have received the French War Cross for bravery, COLOMBIANS CELEBRATED . END OF HOSTILITIES ‘Barranquilla, Colombia, - Monday, gw. 26.—A o;'ho days’ celebration :'( 16 end ostilities, or; allied’ mu in which he appealed for financial aid, | closed | made ORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918 - EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS, PRICE TWO CENTS ith as Were the Wealthy Families in Russia. Geneva, Nov. 27.—Wealthy Germans and Austrians, headed by the former a | holdings at'any price, fearing that the revolution will result, as it did for the wealthy families in Russia, in the loss of their private fortunes | German and Austrian money has fallen considerably in value on the Bourse. during the last few days. The German mark: was quoted at 60 francs per hundred today and the Austrian crown at 29 francs per hundred, These prices are the lowest since the war ‘Swiss bankers believe that the mark | and crown will continue to fall as long | as the wealthy Germans and Austrians dispose of their holdings. MACKENSEN HAD 69,000,000 MARKS IN GOLD AND NOTES Zurich, Monday, = Nov. 25.—Field | Marshal Von Mackensen, who com- mded the German troops operating Rumania, on his return to Berlin| lmd in his possession 69,000,400 marl\=] in gold and notes, according to the Zeitung of Augsburg, Bavaria. His staff carried stocks of provisions for their families. Picket soldiers at the railroad sta- tion confiscated everything, the news- paper adds, and the authorities in re- ply to complaints made by the officers stated that the guard had acted as it did because it was “believed the goods had been stolen.” HOW ONTARIQ REDUCED = THE PRICE OF FISH Boston, Nov. 27.—The methods adopted by the government of Ontario to reduce the price of fish to consum- ers and to outwit the profiteers was described today to the legislative re- cess committee investigating the flsh industry by Samuel L. Squier, mana- ger of the Toronto Sales Branch of the Ontario game and fisheries comner- sion. By eliminating all middiemen, | ‘Mr. Squier said, the government hus put the price back to approximate the point where it was before war. The saving to the ncople he timated at least 3 months. “The government” hesaid, “devised a system-of permitting certain fisher- men to take fish under contract, re- quiring ail fish' to .be delivered to the government. It did not at first intend to distribute the fish directly to the people, but when it was found tha fishermen were gefting the as before the 'war, altho sumer was paying iwice as much for the product, the government deter- mined to try the experiment.” Each municipal council was asked to appoint distributors of government fish in each city. Of the 77 places in which government iish is sold, 76 re- vort complete - satisfaction . with the plan and 64 complain that they can not get enough fish. me price the con- GEN. PERSHING THANKS THE SALVATION ARMY New York, Név. ~—Miss Evange- line Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army in America, to- night made rublic a message of appre- ciation just received {rom General Pershing. * ‘“The American expediticnary fore- es thank you for all the noble work the Salvation. Army has done for them nce '.h(. beginning,” read the mes- sage. Miss Booth announced that Salva- tion Army wnits are foilowing the American treops into Germany, “in- suring them doughnuts. pies. candy and hot drinks during th stay there.” | TROOPS TO SAIL FROM | LIVERPOOL NEXT WEEK | London, Nov. 27.—Numerous steam- | ers will leave Liverpool .during the | coming week with American troops | aboard. The Ascanius will sail tomor- row with 1,530 officers and men of the American air-forces. The Canopic will | sail Nov. 29 with 1,060 aboard; the Adriatic Nov. 30 with 2,175, and the Cedric. Dec. 2 with 3,000. . sail | The Empress of Britain will Dec. 2 with 2,880, including 480 si the Leviathan Dec. 3 with 1,500 s and the Salonis. Dec..6 with 1,600 s POLES DEMAND TRIBUTE OF 3,000,000 KRONEN FROM JEWS New York, Nov. 27.—The = Polish commandant at Przemysl has threat ened to ransack all Jewish homes m| that town unless the Jewish popula tion pays a tribute of 3,000,000 krne according to a cablegram received here tonight by the Zionist organization of | America from the national Jewish council of Vienna. The council, it was announced, “is petitioning the govern- | ment at Cracow and Warsaw (o pre- | vent this newest form of outrage.” OBITUARY. Francis Bannerman. New York, Nov. 27.—Announcement was made here tonight of the death in this city yesterday of Francis Bannerman, dealer in military goods and war relics, who believed so thor- oughly in the war against Germany that he tried to donate his entire $1,500,000 stock of military supplies to | Great Britain. Mr. Bannerman offered his entire stock to Lord Kitchener at the begin- ning of the war, but the offer was de- clined because, though of Scotch ori- gin, he was a naturalized American. Later, by omitting to state that he was an American citizen; he succeeded in.donating to Great Britain the com- plete equipment for a regiment of sol- diers, valued at $70,000. He made an- other gift of 1,000 rifies, with bayonets and other equipment, valued at $30,000. ‘When the United States entered the war, Mr. Bannerman gave the war department two six-inch guns and $20,000 for remounting them on mod- ern carriages. Shortly before his death he donated to the commission for the relief of 50,000 gar- ments and a draft for 50,000 francs for the employment of Belgian labor to alter them for immediate use. Mr. Bannerman was one of the lead- ers in the fight against the proposal of German sym| s to enact legisla- tion torbldd.\n; the export of military supplies to- the allied nations. He several addresses against the opom.l and' to back up his arguments nve away 'souvenir pencils made of cartridge shells. captured by Ameri- can soldiers d the . Spanish- American war. The shells had heen y Germany, a neutral, and sold to Spain. ° ¢ Of course it was some vinegar vis- aged old bachelor who said that wom- en _were eligible for membership in the »,nn.lm._u'! union. i will soon be } Second District, i Industries rand demobilization periods. Condensed Telegrams commmmu r-t«, on whul to ar- flve raised from % to 1 cent a bushel. Express Association ., of Canada asked pmmsllon to raise rates 25 per cen An Alhcd conference to discuss in- ternational scientific relations opened at Paris. Detroit trolley men’s union de- mands women be released from posi- tions by Jan 1. General Ludendorff is reported to have quit German soil and gone to Sweden. Every family in Nice, France, will have a soldier as its guest for dinner Thanksgiving Day. R Administration reports {that six lines operating .ader govern- ment control signed contracts. Mexican oil shipments in October from Tampico, Tuxpam and Port Lo- bos amounted to 5,834,952 barrels. Director-General MeAdoo announc- ed that all work not neeessary on the railroads will be suspended Thans- giving Day. Manufacturers of standard cloth | started* Denmark. Enough for, 60 000 suits can be pro- duced at a time. Agencies of the government will buy steel direct:« from <the manu- facturers instead of’through the War ! Industries Board. Wheat loaded out of the grain ele- vators in Chicago in the last. four days amounted to more' than 1,000,- 000 bushels. Mumhons Board of Ot- steps to dispose of the t erected in different ! p-l.rt< of Cnrmd:l Shipbuilding labor decided to ask | for a new statement of policy by | United States Shipping Board on | after-war conditions. The big Hopewell plant of the Du Pont Powder Co., in Virginia, is to be closed owing to the government cancelling contracts. Hard coal miners are in great de- Soldiers and Sailors Police Commmwner Enright Threatens Use of Machine Guns on Disorderly Men. New York, Nov. 27—Threat of ‘he use of machine guns by the police on soldiers and sailors resisting the ef- forfs of the police to preven: lawless attacks was contained in a leiter sent by Police Commissioner Enright to Mayor Hylan today and forwarded by !the mayor to the federa. authorities in letters of protest aga disorderly conduct by men in the service at two recent meetings of &oc’alists here. In his letter to the mayor, Com- missioner Enright said: “The last two encounters we have had with them {soldiers and sailors) invited the same orous measures that are demanded dealing with lawlsss and riotous whatever their character, in Jelements, and if the use of night sticks, revolvers or. perhaps even machine Suns i3 recessary to preserve the public peace, the police will be compelled te employ them.! The mayor's protest, lirecicd to the secretaries of war and {h2 navy, Majer General Bell, commaiider ‘of the de- partment of the east, anl d miral Usher, commandaut of ! naval district, demanded that the fed- eral authorities make mediate ar- rangements to keep and sail- ors under their cont: while they are in uniform and unti! taey are dis- charged from the army and navy.” The police, the ma; said, had shown extreme courtesy to the men in uniform, and expected that they would reciprocate, but they had assumed, he declared, that “they are privileged to conduct themselves as tney please.” THANKSGIVING BY LILIAN The spirit of Thy heart, Today, as evermore, we LAUFERTY oh, God, is Liberty, thank Thee for this glory; And from the souls where her winged feet have trod Surges our story In frosted breath heneath November’s sky, Like incense hoary. Today our thanks to Heaven touched air, above ascend through Winter's chill- Divided millions join today——there rises all our nation’s prayer; For all we are and long to be—for ailure linked with hope to rise, To Thee, oh, God, we send today Thanksgiving past November’'s skies. We thank Thee, God, because the da; y must ever follow darksome night; We thapk Thee that our bleeding feet still bear us onward to the fight; Because we e’er may try again, because of hope that does not die, Because of joy the sunshine gives—our thanks today rise to the sky. The spirit of Thy heart, oh, God, great Liberty Has taught us how to write a nation-honored story; Freedom we knew to rise from hampering cold, For all this glory R Tnmkagnvmg surges frum our hearts today Like incense hoary. mand, and those who are left for war work in other plants will be taken back to the mines as they apply. Contracts for building 23 wooden ships on the Pacific Coast in the Oregon district were cancelled by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Packard Motor Co. shipped its 5,000th Liberty Motor to the govern- ment. Production of the 6,000 motors will be completed within 30 days. Fall River Cotton Manufacturers’ Association decided that the executive committee should exercise its own| judgment in answering cotton work- ers. Fire at the Crescent plant of the Carnegie Steel Co. destroyed the building which housed the drill rod department. Loss is estimated at $100,000. Johin D. Ryan, who resigned as As- sistant Secretary of War and director of aeronautics, was appointed a di- rector of the Anaconda Copper Mining i Co. Public Service Commission of the New York, authori- zed the New York State Railways Co. to charge a six-cent fare in Syracuse and Utica. Officials and employes of the War Board presented a gold lov- Chairman Baruch to ex- appreciation of his .ad- ing cup press their ministration. A national system of employment loffices in Canada, to be operated by the Federal Department of Labor, will meet the requirements of (‘onstrucuon Further relaxation of restrictions on exports was announced by the} War Trade Board. Several hundred commodities were removed from the export conservation list, effective im- mediately. Salary increases for many treasury officials and employees were asked of Congress by Secretary McAdoo. A ordinance, providing that children under 16 years of age. shall not be allowed on the steets of New York after 10 o’clock at night in summer and an hour earlier in winter, unless accompanied by an adult, was passed by the board of aldermen. Chanuka, the Hebrew festival of light, ‘which begins today and lasts eight days, will be celebrated wherever Jewish soldiers and _sailors are stationed, the Jewish Welfare Board announced. Mrs. Truman H. Newberry, wife of the United States senator-elect from Michigan, was yesterday elected a member of the national board of di- rectors of the Camp Fire Girls of America. The Florida senate yesterday rati- fied the federal conmstitution prohibition amendment, 25 to 2. The concurrent resolution now goes to the house. Restrictions upon the export of cot- tonseed oil were modified by the War Trade Board to permit the shipment of 100,000 barrels to Europe. Senator John W. Weeks of Massa- causetts spent $4,T11 upon_his unsuc- cessful campaign for re-election, ac- cording to his expense account filed with the secretary of state. Harry K. Thaw, who has been in the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane, Philadelphia. for more than a year, has been taken to Pittsburgh by his :inother over ‘the Thanksgiving holi- ays. PARADE REVIEWED BY MRS. WOODROW WILSON Washington, Nov. 27.--AMrs. Wil- son, wife of the president, reviewed a parade held here today in:benalf of the fund now being raised nationally to furnish free milk to Frenc babies. Army and ravy planes circied over the pageant as it passsd the Whlte House. : This attitude, he asserted, had endan- zered law and order “not only in New York but in other cities where soldiers and sailors in great number are allow- ed the freedom of the city without restraint.” Th eir own deportment, Mr. Hylan added, had mad2 it necss- sary for him to order the police to ac- cord to soldiers and sailors “the same treatment as civilians when they be- come disorderly and‘incite riots.” Commissioner Enright in his letter to vor Hylan charged soldiers and sailors with “reprehensible conduct” on several occasions following the signing of the armistice, but said tnese disor- ders, which under normal circum- stances “would have been the occasion for stern treatment,” were overlooked “in order that nothing shouid mar the general feeling of joy at the coming of peace.” The attacks of men in the service upon persons atterding the so- cialist meetings, “to avenge some ru- mored insults to the American flag which had never occurred,” would have led to riots “of the worst type,” the commissioner asserted, if the police had not suppressed them. In order to forestall “serious disor- ders,” when ‘soldiers and' sailors are demobilized frm camps in this vicinity and returned to civil life in large numbers, “without restrictions which they are bound to respect,” Commis- sioner Enright suggested that the gov- ernment keep the men wuder control while they are in uniform and cend them directly to the di. where they were enrolled. He urged that demobilized from camps in this vicinity their local draft boacds, “protecting this and other large ci‘ies from conse- quences the gravity of wtic1 ne one cculd possibly estimats Mayor Hyland was notified tonight that 72 men from the naval guard, up- der the command of Lieuvenant Com- mander John Nammock of the New York navy d. had been detailed to aid. the police in preveenting demon- strations asainst speialists by sail- ors MAJOR WILLIAM THAW, AMERICAN “ACE,” PROMOTED New York, Nov. 27.—Major William Thaw, American “ace” with the 103d United States aero squadron in France, has been proomted to a lieutenant coloneley; according to advices re- ceived here today by Alan R. Hawley, president of the Aero club of America, Lieutenant Colonel Thaw is 28 years old and, according to Mr. Hawley, is one of the youngest officers of that rank in the American or allied armies. He was recently awarded the Umtul States distinguished service cross with two citations by General Pershing ard previously had been similarly honored by the French government wliile & member of the Lafayette escadrille. A younger brother of Lieutenant Colonel Thaw, Lieutenant Alexander Blair Thaw, was killed last August in France. TO TAKE UP COMPLAINT OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS Washington, Nov. 27.—Late today railroad administration officials said the board of railroad wazes and work- ing conditions would take up at once the -complaint of the railroad telegraphers, but no assurances were given that action would be taken by the railroad administration authori- ties by December 5. ADMIRAL KOLCHAK, DICTATOR - OF SIBERIA ASSASSINATED Honolulu, Mov. 27. — Cable advices received . here today by the Nippu Jiji, a Japanese daily newspaper, stated it was reported in Japan that Admiral Koichak, the dictator of Siheria, has been assassmated at Umsk. -No de- tails were given. NewYorktoSuppress| GOV. STEVENS T0 REVIEW MOONEY BASE Has So Assured Members of a Committee of San Francisco Labor Union—John B. Densmore, of Federal Employ- ment Service, Has Been Instructed to Furnish Governor ‘Stephens With a Copy of Sacramento, Calif, Nov. 27. — As- surance that the case of Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to De hanged, would be givern “careful consideration” HlsReportontheCue. ation Mr. Densmore has bearing on the charges, Mr. Wilson did not grant this re- quest, informing the governor that it was given today by Governor William | had been his original purpose ‘to fur- D. Stephens to members of = commit- tee of the San Francisco labor coun- | cil who called. to ask the executive to open the way for a retrial of the case. This statement was mad2 by D. C. Murphy, president, of the California State Federation of Labor, who head- ed the comw.ittee. He said Governor Stephens dil not indicaie when he would act on Mooney's petition for a pardon or what course he would take. REPORT IN MOONEY CASE TO BE GIVEN GOV. STEPHENS Washington, Nov. 27.-%he report alleging irrczularities in tie Mooney case, which was made recently to Sec- retary Wilson by John L. Densmore, director of the Iederal Employment Service, is to be furnishel ‘o Governor Stephens of California, and Mr. Dens- more is to piace himsel the gov- s disposal in con on with '.investigation the Califoraia execu- tive may order. Thi mouncement was made to- v Secretary Wilson, who made public a copy of a telegram sent to Governor Stephens. ) ilson’s tel- egram revealed that the grand jury at San Francisco which is investigating Mr. Densmore’s charges had asked for a complete copy of the director gen- eral's report, together h all inform- nish a copy of the report to him and he would now carry it cut despite thefact that the report had received “unintended and ‘partial = publicity.” The report was published Noyember 22 and was said to have dealt largely with the case of Mrs. Herma Mooney, wife of Thomas J. Mooney, under. sén- tencg of death as the resnlt of the pre- paradness day bomb exp!: usmn in San Francisco. In the report as published, it was allP"r’d that evidence inst Mrs. and men- tion was made of a former justice of the California. supreme court, a mem- ber of the prosecutor’s oific persons * connected with growing out of the explosion. Mrs. Mooney was indicted with her husband and three others on ten counts charg- ing murder. She was acquitted on one count; four were dismissed and she at Iiberty under bail awalting n of the other counts. telegram to Governor Steph- v Seeretary Wilson eriticized investigation of the Densmore charges by the San Francisco grani jury, say- ing that this body does no! seem the impartial instrument of investigation the situation ce/~ for. inasmuch as the inquiry concerns the ‘district at- torney who is legal advisor of the grand jury. -_——— TURKS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMENIAN ATROCITIES New York, Nov. 27.—The recent dec- laration by. Abdul Medjid Effendi, heir to the Turkish throne, that he and the svitan had denounced the proposal tiat Turkey enter the war and had opposed the Armenian atrocities, was characterized today by Arshag Mah- desjan, secretary of the American Committee for "Armenian Independ- ence, as “an attempt to shift the blame to others.” “It appears that the Tur‘k in the hepe of evading punishment for his crimes against -civilization, efbulates his Bulgarian and Prussian kinsmen and attempts to shift the blame for the atrocious wa® as well as the slaughter of the Armenians, to others,” said a statement given out by Mr Mahdesian. “It must always be re- iterated that Turkey has been a gov- ernment of - murders and brigands, from the day that the barbarian Turk encamped on a civilization which he destroyed. The Turkish govern- ment and peopls have 2lways perse- cuted and massacred tha Armenians, as well as the Greeks, Syriaps and other non-Turkish elements of the Ottoman empire.” In support of this "assertion Mr. Mahdesian gave a partial list of Turk- ish massacres extending from 1822 to 1909, in which 389,107 victims perish- ed, of whom 247,990 were Armenians. BOYS SUPPLYING WANTS OF RELEASED PRISONERS American Army of Occupation, Nov. 27—(By The A, P.)—The wants of thousands of released prisoners as they pass through the city of Luxemburg are being looked after by the boys' singing society there, corresponding to the Boy Scout organizations in America. School buildings: andother public struetures are utilized. The prisoners are given hot meals and heated quarters for the night and sent on their way. The Luxe'nburg people are bearing the expenses cf this, with the help of the funds provided by the Luxemburg government. The prison- ers are to be furnished raiivoad trans- portation from the Grand Duchy whenever possible. ~The -American army has agreed to transpert the re- leased British prisoners to French ports. In Nancy, thousands of the home- ward-bound prisoners are being cared for and given baths in the immense municipal bath house, which is in the hands of the Y. M. C. A. The Knights of Columbus and the Salvation Army have established qaurters at various places along the lines to feed the pris- oners as they are marching towards France. GERMANY HAS RELEASED 1,500,000 PRISONERS American Army of Occupation, Nov. 27 (By the A. P.).—Mor ethan a million and a half prisoners of various na- tionalities have been released by the Germany, according to estimates based upon reporte received by the Ameri- can Third army. Of this number approximately 23 000 will pass through the American lines and will be fed by'the Ame Most ‘of the quarter of a million v ners are French, English, Italian and American soldiers. The army, assist- ed by the Salvation Army, the Young Men’s Christian association and the Knights of Columbus, is shouldering the bulk of the task. The population of the grand dnchr of Luxemburg already has been dou- bled by the arrival of the army of oc- cupation. The question of feeding the former prisoners is taxing the Ameri- can transport facilities owing tn the fact that the new lines of commun‘ia- tion cross No Man's Land and be- cause the Americans are getting far- ther each day from the base of sup- plies. EDWARDS URGES PURCHASE OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Boston, Nov. 27.—In a Thanksgiv- ing message to relatives and friends of the boys who fought under him in the Twenty-Sixth Division in France, Ma- jor General Clarence R. Edwards to- day urged the purchase of war sav- ings stamps as a fitting expression of the holiday spirit. “Theugh the arm- istice has been signed and your boys .are soon to come home to their own firesides,” said General Rdwards, “you should not forget the tremendous ex- pense which the. government must still meet before we have them safe home with us. “We conld show cur thankfulne®s as we gather around the festive board on, this Thanksgiving day in no better way than to again proclaim our loyal- ty t6 the paternal government and ac- knowledge the further need of fu by buying a war saving stamp bring Massachusetts’ quota up where it should stand.” ORDERS TO DISCHARGE CAMP DEVENS MEN Ayer, Mass., Nov. 27, — Major Gen- eral Henry P. McCain, commander of the Twelfth division at Camp Devens, received orders today from the war department to.discharze from service officers and men as he deemed expedi- ent. to HIGH WAGES TO CONTINUE; ALSO HIGH COST LIVING ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—Frank P, Walsh, joint chairman of the Nationai War Labor Board, gaid in a statement made public tonight that labor must not be expected to return tc the pre- war basis of wages and working hours, The only hope for a safe, orderly na- tional development, he declared is ir the maintenance of present wage lev- €ls and continuous improvements of conditions of laboP, Investigations conducted by the ‘War Labor Board, Mr. Walsh said, show that the lowest possible wage on which a worker and his family ran subsist in health and reasonable eom- fort is 72 1-2 cents an hour based on the eight hour day. These same in- quiries, he asserted, revealed that be fore the war the great majority of la- borers were earning far below the amount necessary for a “decent and healthy family existence.” Mr. Walsh predicted that there will be no return to the pre-war level of costs of necessities within five years, at least, and said that even with the reduction in living costs the present wage standards must be maintained for then- “the,workers in_ihe.average industry will be receiving only a fair return for their work.” PERUVIANS WERE STONED BY CHILEANS Lima, Feru, Nov. 28.—Peruvian men and women Were pursued through the streets of Inpuique last Saturday and stonned by Chileans, according to ref- ugees from Iquique who arrived at Mollendo today on the steamer Pale- na. Among the refugees was Senor L. Hosa, the Peruvian consul at Iqui- que. The mobs in Iquique .it is declared ‘were led by prominent Chileans and {there virtually was mno interference from the Chilean authorities. Many of the Peruvians had narrow escapes. Peruvian homes in Iquique were loot- ed and burned. The strict censorship on all press nd official despatches from Chile to Peru apparently is still being main- tained. There have been no demonstrations in Peru and Chilean consular officials appear publicly in Peru without the slightest sign of hostilitics being made by Feruvians. Senor DBunster, the Chilean consul-general, had a long conference last night with the Argen- tine charge d'affaires. STRIKES IN LARGE PLANTS AROUND BERLIN Brelin, Tuesday, Nov. 26.—(By The A. P) Unorzanized strikes have broken out in several of the large plants around Berlin. They are whoi- ly local in nature and are the result of demands, made by the workers for a fixed rate of daily wage instead of a piece schedule. Former workers in the munition plants are insisting upon the contin- uance of the “prosperity” wages paidl during the war, whereas the employ- ers now are starting a peace produc- tion and are striving to realign the wage conditions, Several of the .plants have shut down. The workers are threatening to_socialize the plants. Unless the situation at the coal mines and the Wamsport service show immediate improvement Germany wiil be forced to inaugurate more rigid fuel economy. ARGENTINA HAD NO PACT WITH CHILE AND MEXICO Buenos Aires, Nov. 27.—The Argen- tine foreign office has sorized the Argentine legation at Lima to deny that President Irigoyen promised Se- nor Bulnes, the special Chilean ambas- sador {o Argentine, that Argentina would join European countries .in South America. A Buneos Aires despatch last Friday said that the Chilean government had approached Argentina on the subject of Argentina regaining coitrol in the event of an outbreak between Chile and Peru. The report was declared to emanate frora a reliable source in Buenos Aires. GERMAN SOLDIERS BEING RAPIDLY DISCHARGED American Army of Occupation, Noy. 27—(By The A. P.)—All “erman sol- diers with the exception of the classes of 1898 and 1899 ar: being discharged as rgpidly as possible, according ‘to reports reaching the American Third Army. These two classes will be héld in service until Field Marshal Von Hindenburg sees fit to discharge them. The schedule of demobilization in Germany is being carried out as rap- «idly as the troops reach their variou: headquarters. ¢ 20,000 SOLDIERS HOME FROM DEVENS FOR THANKSGIVING Ayer, Mass, Nov. 27.—More thar 2000 soldiers left Camp Devéns today to spend Thanksgiving with theit families. An elaborate dinner- -and program of entertainment have been arranged for otmorrow. for the m,m men rzmaming in r-amp