Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 30, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. POPULATION 29,919 ‘NORWICESSYCONN., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1918 PRESIDENT WILSON T0 HEAD | THE U. 5. PEACE DELEGATION Official Annouhcement Made at the White House Last Night —Other Members Will Be Robert Lansing, Secretary of State; Colonel E. M. House, Henry White, Former Am-| bassador to France and Italy, and General Tasker H. Bliss, American Military Representative at the Supreme War Council at Versailles. Nov. 29.—The repre- sentatives of the United States at the peace conference will be: President Wilson. Robert Lansing, secretary of state. Henry White, former ambassador to France and Italy. E. M. House. General Tasker H. Bliss, representa- tive of the A.merl?n b~ \mth the upreme war council at Versailles. S hle announcement was made to- night at the White House. In the ab- sence of any official explanation, it was assumed that the president Soes an president of the United States and that Secretary Lansing, Mr. White and Colonel House, and also possibly Gen- eral Bliss, will be delegates: with am- bassadorial rank. It wus recalled the president's an- would go to France “for the purpose of taking part in the discussion and settlement of the main features of the f=saty of peace” said that it was not could remain throughout the sessions of the peace conference and that he would be “accompanied by delegates who will sit as the representatives of the United States throughout the con- ‘Washington, nouncement likely that he The White House announcement to- night follows: “It was announced at the executive the representa- tives of the United States at the peace canferenecs would be the president secretary of state, Hon. Henry White, recently ambassa- dor to France, Mr. Edward M. House and General Tasker H. Bliss. “It was explained that it had not been possible to announce these ap- before because the num- ber of representatives each of the was to send had until a day or two ago been under dis- chief Helligerents White House officials would add nothing to the formal statement and no one profeseing to be in the confi- dence of the president would talk. There was only one surprise in the statement, the appearance of the name of General Bliss as one of the repre- It had been granted that the general military rep- résentatives of the United States on the supreme war council would take part in the discussions at Versailles, idea had been weqild be attached to the delegation in military capacity, just as Admiral PBenson probably will cpokesman for the navy fh the great naval problems.4o. be selyed.. . . M ‘eallets at the White House gained the distinct impression that there would be but three accredit- ed delegates of full rank. gested tonisht that the name of Gen- eral Bliss probably was added at the Jast moment upon receipt of.informa- tion that the allied powers would in- clude a military man among their rep- for the general he be present as 1t was sug- Britain, | © France and Italy are expected to at- | the peace conference sentatives of their governments, the president, throughout the conferences. The gen- eral understanding here fs that present | ! plans are to have the conference first agree to the broad principles of the e working out of repre- but, remain treaty and leave detafls to further sittinge. This would enable the president a the entente premiers urn to the capitals of their respective countries so as to give their personal attention to affairs of state, Secretary Lanst delegation proper, became secretary of William her than in the Lusi- thought might At the time of his ap- counsellor of *after a career as an to re- heads the Jenninge Bryan resizned sign a note to Germany potntment ha the state departme: Head Of The Procurement Di- vision United States Army i atpa- s that guns ciptored from the s show every possible sub- §¥ Boglr e . international lawyer which had estab- lished his reputation as one of the foremost American authorities on this subject. Mr. ‘White, the republican of the delegation, is a diplomat of long ex- perience who began as secretary of the American legation in Viemna in 1884. He served as secretary of embassy at various capitals, represented the United States at several great interna- tional gatherings and in 1905 was ap- pointed ambassador to Italy by Presi- dent Roosevelt. Two years later he wae made ambassador to France, where he remained until 1909. His last public service was in 1910, when President Taft sent him to Chile as special ambassador of the United States for the celebration of the cen- tenary of Chilean independence. Colonel House never held public of- fice, but as President Wilson's per- sonal friend and adviser he is credited generally as having played a_greater part in the present administration than any other man except the presi- dent himself. He has been called into consultation at evry crisis and after going to Burope in 1914, 1915 and 1916 as the president’s personal representa- tive to European governments, he was commissioned to gather and organize data to be used whenever the time for a peace conferegce might come. He hastened to Europs when i became apparent tha: Germany was crumb- ling, and was in France to speak for the president in conference with the heads of the allied governments when the terms of armistice and the basis for peace discussion were determined. General Bliss, who formerly was chief of staf of the army. went to Lurope jast December with an Ameri- can mission and later was perman- ently assigned as the Amcrican mili- tary representative on the inter-allied council at Versailles. As the American military representatives at the peace conference, he will be assisted by a staff of the American expeditionary forces. * Admiral Benson has made several trips to Europe since the United States entred the war and wawt to Paris with Colonel House last month as the representative of the navy on the Su- preme War Council. JAPAN'S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE Washington, Nov. -29. — Viscount Kato, former minister of foreign af- fairs, will head ‘the Japanese delega- tion to the peace conference at Ver- sailles, according to unofficial advices ;mn; Washington today from —_— NO DEMOBILIATION OF BRITISH FORCES PLANNED London, Nov. 29.—(Via Montreal). Reminders to the public that a wzen eral demobilization has noc vet been begun and that the naval and military situation does not admit of any gen- eral release of men ,from the force: ve been issued by the Bri ad- miralty, the war office and the air Iinistry. When the gzeneral demobilization dces begin, it is announced, priority will be given to officers and men who ve definite employment awaiting them. ~Strictly limifed numbers of men, however, will be released befors the general demobilization for “pivot- industries and professions wh include machine makers, agricultural ists, bootmakers, brickmakers, cement a makers, builders, miners, wharfmen, foodmakers, paper makers, railway men, shipbuiiders, ship broers, over- eas commercial aZknts, d architects. ASQUITH’S VIEWS ON BRITISH HOME PROBLEMS London, Nov. 29.— Montreal). Premier Herbert H. Asquith, in the course of an election address to his East Fife constituents, condemned tampering with the essentials of free trade. He advocated the prompt introduction of home rule into Ireland and the undelayed removal of war re- strictions upon personal liberty. The ex-premier dwelt upon the strengthened ties with the dominions which had_resulted from war com- radeship. He said he expected a stim- ulated inter-imperial development of common resourciw and a more fre- quent and intimate interchange of counsel without m any way impairing local autonomy. e S O AT T NORTHERN ITALY TO HONOR PRESIDENT WILSON Turin, Italy, Nov. 29.—~(La Prensa). President Wilson will be made an hon- orary citizen of all the townships in the Pledmont provinces of northern Italy. Copies of the respective reso- lutions granting him freedom of the towns will be handed to the president at a solemn ceremony when he passes tkrough Turin on his way to Rome. accountants The itinerary of President Wilson’s tflh;; }tlo_E;uron:. ucxle primary object of which is to attend the peace congress at Paris, has not yet been officially announced. pe ot e T NEGRO LYNGHED AT CULPEPPER COURTHOUSE, VA. Fredericksburg, Va,, Nov. 20.—Allie Thompson, a negro, charged with at- tacking white women, was taker from the Culpepper county jail by a mob last Sunday night and hanged to a tree. Two men went to the jail with a man bound in ropes, the report of the lynching received e today said. The guards at the jail believing the men had a prisoner, cpenei the jail doors. Fifteen masked men are said to have stspped inside, overpowered the guards and seized the negro. 200 GERMAN SUBMARINES DESTROYED DURING THE WAR London, Nov. 29.—It is announced that approximately 200 German sub- marines were destroyed during the course of the war. The total number :r Emmanuel of Italy will visit Paris nouncement made here today. TESTIMONY IN ANTHRACITE fore the committee today told why the administration opposed Maycr Hylan's plan for municipal coal yards in New York city this winter and of diffi- culties surrounding increased pro- duction of anthracite through opening of new mines or those now being worked. administrator, testified that Hylan's proposal for municipal coal yards would seriously interfere the administration’s equitable distribution of coal in New York because it called for the storing of 100,000 tons of domestic coal different parts of the city, thus taking that amount of coal from the general allotment for the entire population. that the poor people of New York an adequate supply of coal this win- ter even if other residents have to do without it. Pa., a mining engineer, told the com- mittee that increase in anthracite pro- duction virtually is Dbecause new mines must be run at a loss for the first few vears, and cap- ital will not seek that sort of an in- vestment. avaiable, he said, to work either new mines or mines now unusued. Kenyon, Mr.-Griffith said he did believe government operation of the mines would result in any increased output. anthracite mines, he said, now owned by three companies, tl&' Phila- delphiadelphia and Reading Iron Company, the Lehigh Valley Coal | Company and the Wilkesbarre Coal| Company. morrow with President W. ards, of the Philadelphia and Reading Company, as one of the witnesses STORIES OF AMAZJNG The A. P.)—The amazing changes Germany, especially know the stern system of days, are illustrated by many storie brought to Switzerand from Germany by travellers. | A Dutch diplomatic courier tells of his trip after the breakup of the em- He was unable to get further | than Cologne because there was room in the raiway trains. to the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Coun- cil bound train. He found a group common soldiers seated in‘a big room, joking and smoking and spitting on the floor. pire. courier what kind of treatment German couriers received in Holland. On learning that they were given an entire railway compartmeent, the sol- dier said he guessed.the Dutch should: have the same privilege in Germany. | Ee told the courier to & tary commandant's office. courier found an old-time officer w at first sternly general at a taole. mon haves the or even noticing the began to eat. man and his marked Rus: might make trouble so he anthracite coal WAR CASUALTIES IN during the war, given out here today, of which number 33, died of wounds or are mis: wounded totalled 53,295 ants. seas was 953,374, Cabled Paragraphs King of Italy to Visit Pai Paris, Nov. 29.—¢Havas). King Vic- to an an- COAL INVESTIGATION ‘Washington, Nov. 29.—Witnesses be- senate coal investigating coal the not | Delos W. Cooke, New York fuel Mayor with plans for an in The witness said he proposed to see et ‘William Griffith, of West Pittston, impossibe now There is no skilled labor | Replying to a question by Senator | not Bighty-six percent. of are The inquiry will be continued to. J. Rich CHANGES IN GERMANY Berne, Wednesday, Nov. By Gerly Must Pay Assertion Made By David Service) .- British prime minister, in a speech at Newcastle today, said the victory of the entente allies had been due to the ceaseless valor of their men, and that it would be a lesson to anybody who in the future thought that they, as the Prussian war lords hoped, “could overlook this reckoning.” conferenaa,” “The price of victor, nor retribution. of all, what about those people whom we received without question for years to our shores; to whom we give equal rights with our own sons and dau: ters, to betray the land, to plot against se- curity, to spy upon it and gain such information war lords to inflict not punishment but damage and injury upon the land that had received them as again!” of security the | al and | ; nstt_u‘l:apacity Lloyd George, British Prime Minister. London, Nov. 29 (British Wireless avid Lloyd George, the little island in their “We are now approaching the peace the premier ~continued. is not vengeance 1t is prevention. First and who abused that hospitality enabled the Prussian guests? Never Mr. Lloyd George said the interests and fair play demanded N.Y.Hotelstolgnare That They Charge Not More city will refuse to comvly with the or- der that they charge not more than five cents for telephone c: to an announcement ton neys for the Lotel assoc York city. £ members of the association have been advised to ignore M effective December 1, opinion of th the postmaster general authority torneys, explained that, in his opinion, the power to fix rates is a state’s i Aswell 1 Burleson acted in taking cver the tel- ephone _syst 4 from his jurisdiction the the police powers of the state. eson’ and opportunity on the 1 hotel men to be heard i Burleson_} Order Than Five Cents For Tele- phone Calls. New York, Nov. 20.—Hotels in this of Fostmaster General Burleson according hr. by attor- tion of New The announcement said that all the Burleson’s order, besause in the | tion's attorneys, has no legal to fix telephone rates in w York state” Charles J. Campbell, one of the at- ass0¢ art of the owers, and that the m, under which Mr. ol oluti ns xpres: cepts of Mr. Campbell charged that Mr. Burl- order had been issued without rt of the Cefense of reaching and thoro which brings re In the past weel letin's colum in to thosc no He went to apply for a seat on a south- of The leader of the soldiers asked the the 1o the mui- On the train the courier found a Soon_three com- oldiers entered, acks and seated themselv general's table. Wi general, the nother new arrival in Switzerland is a Russian from Odessa who en- tered Germany b; v of Brest-Lit- ovsk and Warsaw. He was worried lest his insufficient knowledge of Ger for hours. became Finally imperative. however, His speech fellow travellers demanded his identity, and | when the Russian revealed it, fairly deluged him with attention. th MAY REMOVE RESTRICTIONS ON BITUMINOUS COAL Washington, Nov. 29.—Price r strictions on bituminous coal may be removed by the fuel within two weeks. Fuel Administra- tor Garfied said today he hoped cancel the price regulations not later who | former | demnities, every court of justice throughout tha world the party which lost has had to bear the cost of the litiation. . When Germany defeated France 3he estab- lished the principle, and there Was no doubt that the principle was the right There the | one. o | refused permission. | He told the courier to be sure and ge a vise before the council before leav- irg. pac many i took off their | indem n accent | d pot talk | administration | ¢ to than the middle of December. Present prices as fixed by the fuel| administration range from $2.35 to $4.95 a ton at the mines. Dr. Garfied said it may be possible to abandon the zonme system of dis- tribution of bituminous coal by middle of December, but that action to this end will be taken only atter | consultation with the railroad admin- |, istration. | The fuel administrator said he could not “take his hands off” the anthra- cite situation until winter was ove This was taken to mean that the gov- ernment will continue its control over until the end of the coal year, April 1, and that the fuel | administration will continue to| function until that time. | BRITISH INDIAN ARMY London, Nov. 20.—(Via Casualties in the British Indian arm according to figur totalled 1014 51 were killed, sing. The d 9,092 were ken prisoner. The majority of the asualties was suffered in Mesopota- mia. The strength of the Indian arm; at the outbreak of the war was 239, 561. During the war 1,161,789 were re- cruited, of which 757,767 were combat- The number of men sent over- EX-KAISER GUILTY OF AN INDICTABLE OFFENSE Newcasle, England, Nov. 29.—In a speech delivered here this evening, Premicr Lioyd George, dealing with the question of the responsibility for the invasion of Belgium, saii the Brit- ish government had comsulted some of the greatest jurists of the kingdom and that they unanimously and defi- nitely had arrived at the conclusion that in their judgment the former Ger- man emperor was guilty of an indict- abie offense for which he ought to be held responsible. of all types built by the Germans is estimated to have been 360. — . g FORMAL DOCUMENT OF % EX-KAISER'S ABDICATION Copenhagen, Nov. 2).—The formal document of Emperor William’s adbi- cation has already arrived in Berlin, according to a Berlin despatch to the Arendbladt. OBITUARY Major Frederick Mahan. Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 27.—Major Frederick Mahan, who for many years in had been an American Paris, died today." ed an operation military hospital Treuse. resident His demise foliow - performed at in the Rue Chev- | mean only | e the |y | are Montreal). | the SERVICE SUCH AS NO OTHER GIVES It makes no difference what the season of the year is the neces- sity of the merchant who seeks rot only to hold his trade but to draw more is publicity. One might have the best assortment tc choose from, the greatest bargains to offer and the desire to please the trode, but if he fails to adveriise it he nides his light under a bushel. Trade Zoes where it is encouraged and certainly there is no way to give encouragement ina more satisfactory manver than hy the use of the columns o and when it comes to selecting a medium in Norwich here is hone which can equal the far- circulaticn of The in the year. Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, November 23 77 130 489 696 Monday, November 25.. 146 122 264 532 Tuesday. November 26 82 18 296 496 Wednesday, November 27 88 137 277 508 Thursday, November 28 83 120 252 455 Friday, November 29.. 99 - 148 ¢ 346 593 B alletin, serv- It gives th ter has appeared :n the Bul- Totals . el 1924 that it should be made perfectly clear that the people who acted in this way merited punishment for the damage they hag inflicted. The second question was that of in- the premier added. In Germany must pay the cost of the war up to the limit of her ca- But T must use one word of warn- ing" said Mr. Lloyd George. “We have r the question of Germany's ‘Whatever happens, Ger= not to be allowed to pay her by dumping cheap goods hat is the only limit _in are laying down. She not be allowed to pay for her daniage and devastation by cheap goods and wrecking tries, a third and last point. us. principle wi upo) must wanton dumpir our ind There Is |10 one to be made responsible for the war? Somebody has war been responsible taken the lives of t young men of anyone to be made If not, all I can is that if that is the case there > for the poor wretched nd another for kings and nsible for ti Mr. Lloyd George declared that there two offenses against the law of nations that had been committed. One,” he said, “is the crime against in the deliberate plotting of at war. The other is the.out- upon international law. It is a crime, to devastate nother. Whoever did i to be responsible for it. ubmarine warfare did not the sinking of ships, but crime against humanity in nk thousands of harmless In the whole history of that oug he it was a antm warfare between nations that had never been sanctioned. It is rank piracy, and the pirates must receive he punishment. “1 mean to see that the men who did not treat our prisoners with humanity to 'be made responsible. I want this country to go to court with a clean conscience, and she will do so. ‘There is not a stain on her record. We will not be afraid to appear before any tribunal. ‘Now, these are the things which we have to investigate. We mean that the investigation shall be an im- partial one, a perfectly fair one. We also mean that it shall be a stern one, and that it shall go on to the final reckoning. “We have got to act so now that in he future men who are tempted to follow the example of the rulers who plunged the world into this war will know what is awaiting them at the end of it. We shall Ifve to see that this terrible war, which has inflicted 0 muchg destruction on the “world, which has arrested the course of civ- ilization and in many ways put it back, which has left marks on the minds, upon the physique and the hearts of myriads in many lands that this gen- eration will not see obliterated—we must see by the action we take now, just, fearless and relentless, that it is a crime that shall never again be re- peated in the history of the world.” RETURN ADDRESSES ORDERED ON MAIL FOR MEN OVERSEAS Washington, Nov. “nder in- structions issued today by Postmas- ter General Burleson, no letter mail will be accepted by postoffices in_the TUnited States for delivery to members of the American expeditionary forces without a return address on the en- velope. The order was issued at the request of the war department so that proper disposition may be made of mail reaching France for members of their rates. It is claimed that the high cost of maintaining hotel service makes the pry rate imperative, TEETH MARKS ADMITTED marks on th telephone t ten cent IN HAMEL MURDER CASE Maw-Fork, Nov.2.—~Testimony that rm of Mrs. Helen Ham- New Yoik lodging house keeper who was murdered last February, were, in his opinion. caused by the teeth of Miss Elizabeth B ears_old. Freemansburg, Ps here today at Mis charge of murder Schultze, medical ass t attorney. Declaring that although no cases of identification by tceth imy on record, the teeth form a more pos- itive means of identification than fin- ger ified that by Dr Otto H. ant to the dis- prints, Dr. Schult: in his opinion, no living person other than Miss D: could have inflicted the marks on Mrs. arm, Attorneys for M objected continuz to the admission of Dr. imony, but Judge Rosal- ruled that it would be ded that e would in- to how much weight should be given to the testi- mony, provided the case went to the jury. £ The court, in questioning Dr. Schultze, bronght out fact fhat his pro- onal experience that he had been fed upon to t to the iden- tity of teeth mar! Twice during tod prosecution sought te dence a plaster cast hearing the =dnce as evi- said to be that Baska's upper teeth and a wax cast said to be ‘that of her lower teeth. In both instances Judge Rosal- sustained objection of Miss Bas- ’s lawyers who contended the casts had not been proved to be accurate. TO PREVENT BRINGING OF DISEASES FROM EUROPE Boston, Nov. 29.—Thorough prepara- for combatting possivle epidemics of diseases, which be brought back from Furope by returning sol- dfers was urged by Governor McCall today in a message to Dr. Eugene R. Kelley, state commissioner of health. “I understand,” the zovernor said, “that the bubonic plague, menin; cholera and some other diseases likely to become epidemic are more or les prevalent in Europe. It seems to me to be vital that we should prepare curselves as far as we can for any in- sion of these Jiseases. I would urge you to get in touch with the Lealth officers, and devise means for at once combatting them should thev appear among us, and encourage the members of the medical profession to inform themselves as to fhe best meth. ods of treatment. I shall write to the authorities at Washington to take ev- ery precaution to prevent any of these diseases from being brought back by any of our men.” INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF ANTHRACITE COAL Washington, Nov. 29—The anthra- cite coal shortage was releived som what last week, the fuel administra- tion announced tonight in reporting that production for the week showed an_increase of 373.0(f) tons over the output for the mreceding week. Total production to date for the coal however, amounts to oniy 65,3 net tons compared with i tons for the same perlod in 191 duction in tne anthracite field: cials believe, will an increase s miners continite to show are released MAJOR WELLDON REVIEWED YALE ARMY TRAINING CORFS New Haven, Nov. 20.—The Students Army Training Corps at Yale Univer- the expeditionary forces who have re- turned to the United States. FORMER GERMAN EMPEROR IS ILL WITH INFLUENZA London, Nov. 29—The former Ger- man emperor is 11l witi influenza, ac- cording to an Gespatch from 'Amsterdam. Exchange = Telegraph! sity had its only formal review today when the ' student soldiers and their cfficers were inspected on the Central Green by Major Samuel A. Welldon, 1,500 members branches of commandant. Nearly of the military and naval were on' parade. Demobilization the S. A, T. (. will be well under w: 15. | Constantinople. fair in March next. owing to engine trouble. - treaty will be signed before April. ition next spring to celebrate peace. chased §800,000 of the Fourth Liberty Loan. will cancel contracts for 150 wooden vessels. filed applications for increase in class and eommodity=rates. Straight, who is ill with pneumonia in Paris, is reported improving. plans for building an internatioal rail- way from Bordeaux to Odessa. i troops have married French girls dur- ing the occypation by boys in khaki. in a giant Handley-Paige plane 2,500 feet over Elizabeth, N. J.! land from Germas will be a counter revolution for Kaiser's cause. ried the yellow sheet to his mother notifying her that another son died in battlee. garian Minister signed because of conflicts with the Socialists. ministrator, Deputies that Italy Hoover meeting food needs. to turn over dreadnoughts under con- | | struction at the beginning of the war for Chili and taken over by England. gives the ballot to all men 21 old and all women 36 years old, pr viding they lived in Hungarl for men, lost in the sinking of the tran- i‘im Otranto in foreign 6, were announced by the [Dur!mcnt. Locomotiv ment has cancelled the order for 1 Pershing locomotive: | of South Africa, said that of death: ropean: was estimated at 50,000, Bourbon-Orleans, great grandson King Louis Phillip of France, has died in a military hospital from sustained in the fall of an airplane. Whose name appears in the casualty list as severely wounded, mand of the fantry of the 77th Divi TO BREAK UP OFFICERS' demobilizatior of the Student Officers Training Corps hundreds of institutions the country has been decid the war department. In making the an- nouncement today said in some caseés the demobilization cluded in Condensed Telegrams Officers’ training schools close Feb. British troopa marched through Lyons, France, will hold a world’s Three Anaconda mines were closed | Paris does not lexpect the peace Tokio will hold a $2,000,000 expos- American residents in Japan pur-| . The Emergency Fleet Corporation Representatives of various railroads The condition of Major Willard D. French government s considering 1t is estimated that 10,000 American Nine persons ate turkey and fixin's bombing | A Dutch citizen, returned to Hol- v, predicts there | a the A Philadelphia messenger boy car- had Count Theodore Batthyani, Hun- of the Interior, re- Dr. Italian Food Ad- in the Chamber of | places hope in Silvio Crespi said Chilean government wants England | The new Hungarian suffrags law | vears | ix | ars. i The names of seven more enlisted | waters, Oct. | War D 1t was confirmed by the Baldwin | Works that the govern- | 00 | Viscount Buxton, nor-general he number nfluenza among and natives of South Africa gove: Prince Antoine Gaston Fhillip, of of injuries Brigadier General Evan M. Johnson, ! in _com- 154th _ Brigade of In- TRAINING CORPS JAN. 18T ‘Washington, Nov. 29.—~Tre complete comprizing units in throughout d upon by Secretary Baker will start immediately,”an1 the plans of the department contemplate the breaking up of every unit by Janua 1 "More than 600 insti student enroliment of 1 the ions, with a 00, were in- Army Train- : was au- Lill and its reservoir of h the army Student the last army to furnish The corps was divided into two sec- tiors, the Coilegiate and Vocational the latter bewng designed to train trad specialists for the armiy. Contract: were entered into between each insti- tution and the government nn-ler which the colleges and schools were reim- bursed for the additional expenses necessitated by the organization of the new unit, The S. A. T. C., as it was of- y termed, absorbed the old re- s officers’ training corps in the schools, but many of the institutions will reconstitute the old corp: Demobilization of the units is to begin “as near after Deccmber 1 as! is praciteable,” and officials here be- lieve the entire personnel will have| been turned back to the coliege facul- | ties by Januery 1. Supervision of the organization has een under control of a special edu- cational committee headed by Dr. Charles R. Mann, dean of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. The military features were controlied by a body of army officers with Brigadier Genera] Robert T. Reese in charge. RELATIVES NOT PERMITTED TO MEET TRANSPORTS New York, Nov. 20.—Relatives and friends of first American troops now returninz from Engiand will not be permitted to meet the transports when they reach Hoboken, nccording to a statement made by Prizadier Gen- eral G. H. McManus, embarkation of- ficer at the port of New Vork, at a conference here today with newspaper men. He did not state whether this poicy would 2pply to other troops re- turning later to America While accredited newspaper men may board the ships, he said that the public would not be allowed on the piers, first because of the congestion that would result, and, second, be- cause of a desire to safeguard public health by making possible a physical examinaition - of th> soldiers before they were weicomed by their relatives, in order to make sure they had con- tracted no iliness on the veyage. The first contingent to return, comprising chiefly men in the air ser- vice, will proceed directly from the docks to the' camps at which they will be examined and discharged, according to Brigadier General McManu: added that army. navy and ficials had been deluged with letters from relatives of the men in service, asking whether they would be allowed on the piers when the transperts dock- ed. TO INVESTIGATE FACILITIES OF ALL MUNITION PLANTS (Special to The Bulletin) Washington, Nov. 23.—The ordnance Gepartment has completed plans for a system of-taree committees to investi- gate facilities of arsenals and muni- tions plants both for manufacture and repair work. These committees will be three in number and each composed of three high ordnance officials.. who will investigate all_conditions at arsenals and army and munition works, and report their findings to a nemyly creat- ed board of which General John T. Thompson is the head. A board will also be organized to review and re- next week and will be completed by 2L war requirements. Comptroller Warwick of the Treasury Decides That undsofOrdeuPluedbyTe’egnm_,Telephoneor ] Are Not Legally Binding—Plan is Under Consideration to Terminate Contracts by Making Some Sort of a Sum Payment to the Contractors. Washington, Nov. 23—The govern- ment’s maturing programme for can- celling big war orders with the mini- mum of disturbance to business con- ditions was thrown into confusion to- day by a decision of Comptroller War- wick of the treasury that thousands of orders placed by telegram, telephone or mail are not legally pindipg, and they may not be recognized through the negotiation of terminating contracts without special legislation by consress. mated that hundreds of millions dollars in contracts are involved. At the same time, Secretary snnounced that the war department 1 direct its own cancellin the proposed contract form does, the. contractor anticipates profits from: completing his contracts. be . contractors willing to terminage’ =3 their existing contracts, whether conw: taining- termination clauses or not, ém, terms more favorable to the govern-| ment than are contained in_the pro- Tt is possible that some to terminate ekisting contracts on the_basis of payment for! Hat is delivered before termination.” ‘The comptroller also said that “the naking of the supvlemental ment and the sim minimum amount by officer upon the statement and esti- mate of the contractor sufficient nor conclusiv counting officia the checking of working und comptroller of t The supplemental agree-| itted to impose a posed form: that consequently may be willing Officials esti- certifying to a the contracting will not be upen the ac- helpfulness to all concerne This referred to Attorney General ked to pass on this flict between the law, terpreted by Comptroller i ment cannot be per ion of payments and the desire of s none theref terminate coni The comptroller then expinined that| be legal, must “be re- ng with the names of the parties signed at the end ment those Gocuments and those und:rtaken on informal agreements—by m sort of a lump sum payr contractor: duced to w ered by this office is found to be nece: aid thai an attempt sary s to rush it throu army officers duly authoriz seeretary of war. officer in these cases at the end of the contract and a minor officer actually The name of the as typevgitten ation and readjustment pians. Troposed a ;rm of terminatin ACtE- agreement—by ernment would be released by the from the orizinai turn would pay <penses incurred” i y ement, and an additional r profit limited to ten per unfinished ar- ctinz officer. The manufacturers to supnort their con‘racts consist of letters instructinz them to proceed with certain orders for war materials, 1 certain prices, or on the basis of a1 percentage of profit, bearing the siz- | nature of a subordinate officer beneath the typed name of the real contract- Tt was explained that jn | ar preparation. tem was necessary in the interest of vontract This method, Secrotary ive plants which have devoted zovernment finance their Baker said, ome capital ra-conversion The comptroller also faults with the proposed contract, in- asmuch as it failed to reserve to the to recover overpa: or to credit the value of ma- s remaining property of the con- found othar continuous operation and employment | government ri; Comptroller Warwick's decision de- clared that “it canpot be assumed, as TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO GET TOM MOCWEY FR E Efforts to sst Tom Mooney free will not be,aban~ Goned, said W. D. Patterson, repres sentatiye of the International Wor defense League, in a statement iss al the headquarters of the organizas{ Patterson further des { clared that the plans for a labor strike on December § in- behalf .of M vould be continued. - There will be 1o letup in the bat~ tle for the liberation of Tom Mooney{ and Warren E, Billings, corporate greed statement read in part. commutation death sentence to by Governor Stephen: but is a victory Mooney’s execution. stant death by hanging, has been condemned to death of slow torture in one of the foulest prisons i} America. Those who think that this action will close the demands for jWhi- tice will soon have reasons to realize | their mistake. “The defehse than ever to force the issue now. The agitation for a general strike on De- cember 9 will now take daiinite form and despite the actions of a few trai- tors to the working people occupying in the' American labor} DEMOBILIZATION HAS BEGUN AT CAMP DEVENS mobilization of the Twelfth division at Camp Devens began in earnest today 500 :members of Companies A and B of the First Development bat- represent widely scattered sections of | tion here today. | the country, those having the longest | journeys ahead of them_ before reach- ing home coming” Washington, Texas and Florida, while s from Quebec. from California, have been dis- California,” the The average 3 charged from service. rate of discharge is expected to be about 1,500 a day. of the men of the Depot brigade will n tomorrow and it is hoped they be started back to civil life y Monday or Tuesday. the Depot brigade to be examined will be members of the First, Second and Although these bat- is planned to personnel of imprisonment is not justice for those Who sought. Instead of an in- The examinations The first of Third battalions. talions comprise what be the permanent camp, married men and others whose return to civil life is desirable will be discharged and their places filled by v there have been so many applications for service in the regular army from the men of this division that there will garrison at full strength. While the demobilization orders re- affect only the Depot instructions Plymouth division, as the Twelfth has been named, are expected any day. In the meantime permission has been re- ceived for any officer and man in any cantonment to charge at once. Governor Stephens | of California, the statement continus “We have assurances from the la- for forces, throughout the nation that the taking of the strike vote will con=1{ ticue and the tieup will come on De- cember 9 unless the na ties secure the justice refused by those in power in California. of labor have forced the issue. There will be no compromise with them now.| Mooney must be freed or given a new: Organized labor s unit upon this dem: After criticisin: ionzl authori- organization make application for d While the men leaving the servica v seemed tuo dazed to make any demonstrations over their release, the officers expect a bis celebration from the Depot brigade when it is mustered The enemie: The smallest range of temperatures. In summer the ave='{ rage is 78 degrees, and in winter only-! one-half a degree less. 5 * is in_Surinamp. MASSACHUSETTS STATE GUARD TO BE CONTINUED 29—The state guard |, organized at the outbreak of the war to take the place of the national guard forces mustered into the federal ser- vice, is to be continued at ieast until peace is formally declared, Adjutant General Jesse F. Stevens announced \In a _communication heads of various units of the guard, the adjutant zeneral said that the in- coming legislature or the feceral gov- ernment, through the miiitia bureau, might adopt plans for the guard and that there might be a strength, but until such time the units should be main- tained as at present. Captain Willard Responsible- For Wonderful Naval Guns reorganizing SIX CONNECTICUT MEN FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR former prisoners of war, the first men of this class to reach London, arrived s morning. They are Corporal Thomas Barry, Frank Butler and Corporal John Bathgate, all of New William Lilly, of Southing- Corporal Lech Whithead William O'Sullivan, of nn.; James Epitochelle, of North Providence, R. I, and Cor- poral Leroy Congleton of Philadel- phia. All the men are ir good con- Forestville, ¢ 1,100 JEWS KILLED DURING MASSACRE AT LEMBERG 29 —Eleven hundred Jews were killed during the recent massacre in Lemberg, according despatches in the Berlin newspapers transmitted by the Copenhagen corre- spondent of the Central News. dreds of Jews are said to have barri- themselves in a synagogue which was set afire. Those who at- tempted to escape from this refuge were fired upon. BOMBS WERE THROWN ON 600 JEWISH HOUSES Stockholm, Nov. 29 (Havas).—At the office of the Jewish News agency. it was announced today that pogroms which took place last Fri- day and Sunday in Lemberg, Galicia, the Jewish suburbs and other parts of the city were destroyed. Bombs were thrown on 600 Jewish houses port on the subject of all ordnance post | and several thousand persons were killed, it was asserted.