Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 7, 1918, Page 1

©VOL. LIX—NO. 293 NORWICH, CONN.. SATURDAY, -DECEMBER 7, 1918 FIRST {wmflnflefihfumedbywmdfie Plans —The Inter-Allied Conference Will Reassemble on De- cember 16 or 17—David Lloyd George, the British Premier, and A. J. Balfour, the Foreign Minister, Will be Present to Meet President Wilson—It is Expected the Peace Deliberations Will Last About Four Months. Paris, Dec. 6 (By the A, P. council at London. reports that the president has be made known to him until M Clemencean, House's long talk with following a British ambassador to France. The inter-allied conference will re- The meet- ings will be at the foreign office in the assemble on Dec. 18 or uai d'Orsay and not at Versaille ¢ PRl M P | mier, and A. J. Balfour, the forel&t i) iy oxpected to express himselt on it |City: -Albert Littla Soringfield;lid” minister, expect to oome hets al o1 | soon after reaching France in & public|ward _Duont, Sprinkfeld. Mass; time to meet President WisSor S0C|adaress or in conferences with the|James Pender =—Bridmeoarl: Herte dttend the conference, but the elections | i\ is statesmen preceding the ses- |Hopkins, Bethel: Alexander Kamin- In Great Bl e o two or three | 5ions of the peace congress, ski, Bridgeport. ; By g s g |” The president slept late today, but Wounded Sliahtly. T ce. e ., | after breakfast he again was hard at} (goks—Thomas Harrington, New- J';L"m""i:’ e P eonere. ¢ | work on his accumulated correspond- | port 1. 1; Samuel J. Robb, South The desire of the Americans to | €RCE. 58 Manchester: Jobn Joseoh Murphy, Bis ot the ear! \seible moment.| The George Washington is running | p.wtucket, K. I Bein At the e Mhat & later date | into warmer waters now that the vi Pl B e e N iie the | sel 4s approaching the Azores. The issina in {Action. to would be necessa owing of President Wiison and Emmanuel of Ttaly in January finally was_chosen. powers, who will be present. The names of the French delegates to the peace congress have not as yet but it is understood be three membegs of the fourth The British delegates will been announced. they will government, and possibly member. a PEACE GONGRESS EX —Presi- dent Wilson will be informed by wire- Jess today of the plans for the assem- bling of the inter-allied conference and the meeting of the peace congress. He also will be advised concerning the recent gathering of the supreme war In the meantime, ap- proved of anything done at the su- preme council are premature, as the steps taken at that meeting will not today. The plans concerning the peace meet- ings are the results of Colonel Edward Premier conference with Baron Sonnino, tie Ttalian foreign minister, and the Earl of Derby, the the Christmas holidays and the official functions eonnected with the presence King Victor put the first week The | fiest meetings will be for the actual framing of the preliminaries of peac with the representatives of the enemy 10 OPE N JANUARY . be Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Minister Balfour, Chancellor of the Exchequer _Andrew Bonar Law, George Nicoll Barnes, labor member of the war cabinet, and a fifth dele- gate not vet selected. It is antici- pated that the peace deliberations will last about four months, and, unless | unforeseen obstacles arise, that final action will be reached toward the early part of May. PRESIDENT’S SHIP IS | Winston pencer Churchill's renewed declaration for British naval suprema- | cy. The president evinced great in- | terest in the builetin, but’ did not com- | ment on it. | weather is variable today but most | fair. : President Wilson today was in wire- |1ess communication with Almiral May on board the battleship Penn: which is convoying the Geors hington will make the trip to the States with wounded while the presi- dent is in attendance upon the peace conference. * It is probable that President Wilson will go to Italy after he has visited France and England. REVENUE BILL IN SENATE NEXT WEEK reporting war revenue bill to the senate to- the finance ziniing of exclusive Washington, Dec. f.--in Chairman Simons of committee arranged for 1 debate next Tuesday with right of way given the v Wling of committee hill wis deferred snre. ity report, ard: Senator Tenfose Utah and La Follette epublicans, eave notice that their individual views. Senator Simmons served notice to- that every effort to expedite the biir's passage woud be made, and Sen- while no replied that ator Penrose Qlibuster would be atiompted, .there|into disrepute and tend to destroy would be thorough discussion, espe- the jury system of trial which is the Sally of the 1920 tax plan. which re- | resuit of a thousand vear< struggle bublicans generally are vigorously op-fon the part of the masses fo protect Dedise. themselves sgainst criminals on the As revisel by the senate committee to meet peace time conditions, ‘the|er.” measure i8 designed to raise $5953,- Many iabor unions over the coun- 300 as against $8,200.900.000 which | try have voted to strike December 9 would have been vielded hy the house draft passed September 20, KIEV IS IN THE HANDS OF UNIONIST TROOPS Geneva, Dec. 6.—General Skoropad- tki, the Hetman of the Ukraine, has that sountry is now in the hands of the peen killed and all power in anjenist. Kiev is now in the hands of unionist iréops, after a_severe battle in which 10,000 men, including 600 officers, were cilled or wounded, according to a tele- gram received by the Ukrainian bu- -eau at Lausanne. General Skoropadski rose to leader- ship in the Ukraine with the aid of the German forces that occuped that sountry. There have been recent re- ports of disorders in the Ukraine and it was stated that General Skoropadski had been deposed. Another report was to the effect that General Deni- kine .2 Russian anti-Bolshevik leader. had arrived at Kiev with a force of ko referred to in the above despatch not clear, LLOYD GEORGE IN OLD ROLE OF CONCILIATOR Lloyd George has taken up his old role of He returned to London today from his speaking tour and took charge of the rallroad situation. The conferred with ir Albert H. Lewdon, Dec. §—Premier conciliator. Blanley, president of the trade, after which Sir Albert received Iway men representatives of the rall and explained the premie: I from the conference comes operative Feb. 1. other questiona. FIVE AEROPLANES MAKING TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT Dee. 6.—Anthority was gramted ty the war department to Ma- jor Albert D. Smith, commanding the Atlantic seaboard if possible. orts on. the next week. Sen- ator Simmons will prosent the-major. of Pennsylyanfa will file a minorty re- port. attackng especially the plan of fixing 1920 vates. Senators Smoot of of Wisconsin, they would file separate reports to present “ossacks. The identity of the “unionist” forces result of the premier's mediation developed when word was sent that a beginning ‘been made by granting the loco- mative men an ;wht h:on w'a 1;:- pettlement inciudes Ireland an Other condi- remain unchanged while com- of obth sides review wages of five army airplanes which Diego, Calif., Wednesday for Texas, to continue the tri -continental flight is made, it APPEAL AGAINST NATION WIDE “MCONEY” STRIKE Washington, Dec. apeal to the workers of the not to en- gage in a nation-wi protest in the case of Thomas J. Moo ey, convicted of murder in connection with the preparedness day homb ex- plosion in. San Francises, was issued today. by Seeretary of Labor Wilson. In & thlegram fo Otto A. Hertwiz, president: of the Oregon Htafe Feder- ation of Labor, the secretary said that if the evidence mow available is suf- ficlent to cenvince a jury that “there has been a .conspiracy. tb. econvict Mooney there is every prokzbility that he will secure a mew trial and have his guilt or inmwocense determined by @ jury in the light of thc facts that are not known to exist.” The secret added effect of a strike that the only “wonld he to bring one haid and profiteering on the oth- as a protest ir the Moones case. Their action was taken hefore Gorevror Stephens commuted Mooney’s sentence | to life imprisonment, but officials of the American Federation of Labor have publicly announced that the governor's action did not meet the de- mands of labor in the case. f Mooney has been guilty of this ime,” said Mr. Wilson's telegram, “labor is mot interested in protecting him. Ife he Is innocent, all of our peo- ple are interested in hik acgnittal. No strike of the workers of the country can facilitate these proces: It can- not produce a particle of evidence that would be helpful in securing justice. A strike can neither give a fair trial to nor secure a fair trial for Mooney and I sincerely hope that no strike will take place.” PROVIDENCE PHYSICIAN SENTENCED FOR SEDITION Providence, R. I, Dec. 6—Dr. Fred- erick O, Balcom, for ten years prac- ticing physician in chis city, was sen- tenced late today to ene year in the Providence jail for making seditious statements, by Judge A. L. Brown, in the United States district court. Dr. Taleom, who is a graduate of Yale and later studied at the University of Bonn, Germany, was found guilty by a jury on November 12 of saying: “Lib- erty Bonds, thrift gtamps and war sav- ing stamps aren’t worth the paper they are written on. People might just as well throw their money into the ‘wastebasket.” Pending an appeal, Dr. Balcom was released on $3,000 bail. NEW YORK CURFEW ORDINANCE VETOED New York, Dec. 6—The curfew or- dinance recently passed by the board of aldermen was vetoed by Mayor Hy- n today as unconstitutional. The ordinance provided that children ap- parently under 15 years old should not be allowed in any public place or on the streets after 10 o'clock at night in summer and 9 o'clock in winter, un- less accompanied by an adult. The mayor held that children might be on the streets alone after the hours stip- ulated upon many ‘egitimate errands. TRADING RESUMED IN FUTURES OF CEREALS ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—All time limi- tations on trading in future deliveries of corn, oats, rve and barley were re- is i says that President Wilson has delay- ed his arrival hours. He will land at Brest on Dec. 13, but will not come to Paris until the following day 1,959 NAMES IN TWO casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of Expeditionary Forces: $2; died of accident and other causes 18; died of disease 222: wounded sev- erely 330; wound mined) missing in action 34: total 1.079. Massachusetts men: Mass.; Mass. Died from Wounds Received in Action sonia; cester, Mass. Island, R. New Britain. dence, R. L Cabled Paragraphs President to Land at Brest. Paris, Dec. 6~—The .Havas agency in Paris twenty-four ARMY CASUALTY LISTS ‘Washingtn, Dec. 6.—The following the American Killed in action 60: died of wounds (degree undeter- 90; wouNded slightly 243; Connecticut, ~ Rhode Island and Killed in Action. Privates—Harold Brown. Worcester, Joseph Donvito. Worcester, Lieutenant Richard A. Storrs, An- Corporal Arthur E. Gaumond, Wor- Privates—Milton L. Mitchell, Bloci L;.Valentine Zambreski, Died from Accident and Other Causes APPROACHING THE AZORES| Privato Martin J. Bremnan, Dan-y Theofficial statement issued _today joard U. §. S. George Washjng- [PUrY- Y S shows that of the total major casu- e B G S sl Died of Disease. alties reported bv General Pershing {the A. P.)—President Wilson today| Privates—Alfred’ C. ‘Butts, Provi- [on November 27th. 50.928 have been ’rnm.l from the wireless despatches |dence, R. L; George A. Rieo, Provi- reported to the next of kin, with 5,550 Wounded - Severely. Sergeant Daniel A. Burns, Seymour. Wagoner William H. Wood, Slocum, Priv: L tes—Asaher Albee. Providence, R. L; Forna G. Niznick. Hartford. FRIDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST Died of disease 110: wounded se erely 27; wounded (degree undeter- mined) 301; wounded slightly #42; to- tal 880. | Willi- Died of oase. Sergeant—Alban M. Potvia, mantic. Wounded Severely. Lieutenant Harrv R. Burdick, West- erly, R. 1. Corporal Warren W. Birdsall, Naug- autuck. Wounded (Dearee Undetermined). Sergeant Roy T. Lovejoy, Worees= ter, Mass. Privates—Emile L. Desaulniers, tral Falls, R. L; Harold K. Bridgeport; Berger W. Johansson, Providence, R. L: Joseph Kiepadle, Providence. R. L: Clearance L. God- frey, Central Falls, R. L: Emil AL Geiiz, Bridzeport. o, g Wounded " Slightly.™ Corporal Alexander Kelly, Newport, R.'L 2 Mechanic Ravmond MeKinney, Wor- illiam : Cesare M. Earle, Falvo, Pro Proviz AMERICAN TROOPS RENEW MARCH TO THE RHINE With the American Army of Occu- pation, Monday, Dec. 2 (By the A. P.). —Studied indifference again character- ized the German reception of Ameri- can troops on their way to the Rhine today. General Dickman's army re- newed its advance at daylight, and by tonizght had reached the line approxi- mately twelvé miles to the eastward. Scores of additional villages and small mation of the American army, but none of them is of great importance. At American headquarters in Treves, General Brown, as military governor, and General Smith, who is in charge of civil affairs, have begun the work of administration. Local authorities in wirtvally every community have agreed to retan their posts and co- operate in_the maintenance of order. General Pershing has issued a proc- lamation calling upon the people to return to their normal pursuits and assuring them that if the conduct of military affairs is not molested, and if good order is Kept, they will not be interfered with, STORY OF THE SALVAGE OF A BRITISH SUBMARINE London, Nov. 29 (Correspondence of the 4. P.).—An extraordinary story of the salvage of a British submarine which went down in Gaerloch lock, near the Clyde, has now been publish- ed. The submarine had 73 persons on board, including naval contractors and men from the yard where she had been built. The order was given to sub- merge, and she had descended just be- neath the surface when water began to pour into her aft and she descended stern down to a depth of 15 fathoms. An inspection showed that the ven- tilating shaft had been left open and 31 persons in the rear of the vessel were immediately drowned. The fore part was shut off and the 42 persons there were saved. MORE COAL FOR CLAY AND CEMENT MANUFACTURERS Philadelphia, Dec. 6.—An increased supply of anthracite, coal for clay products and cement manufacturers was ordered today by the anthracite committee of the United States fuel administrtaion. The incraeses range from 75 per cent. of the average nor- mal consumption for manufacturers of building or paving brick, enameled eanitary ware and tiling, to 92 1-2 per cent. for manufacturers of stone ware. Cement makers are given 87 1-2 per cent. of their average consumption for the two years ending Dec. 31, 1917. CHIANGE IN DISCIPLINE IN MILITARY PRISONS Washington, Dec. 6—The practice of tying military prisoners to the bars moved today by the food administra~ tion. Present conditions, the an- nouncement says, do not warrant ab- rogation or modification of present limits on epeculative account, AMERICANS ENTER THE FORTRESS OF MAINZ Amsterdam, Dec, 6 (By the A. P.).— American troops on Wednesday enter- ed Mainz, eapital of the province of Rhenish Hesse, and one of the princi- pal fortresses of Germany, on the left bank of the River Rhine, according to ;Jh:r ‘lr:ml»vmflll Wolff News bureau of of cells and all other methods of severe corporeal punishment has been order- ed abolished by the war department. Secretary Baker in making this an- nouncement today said the efficiency of such punishment as a deterrent to violation of military rules had been found to be questionable. Peace and Peace Products. Authorities disagree whether busi- ness will boom after the war, but we haven't been making much else than war materials for the vear and tion, died of wounds. died of disease or other causes. severely wounded and mssing, reported to the next of Kin. | relativeiy towns were brought under the domi- | Major Casualties Not |British Warship YetReported 16,000/ Sunk By a Mine Causes, Severely Wounded o e ‘Washington. Dec. 6.—The war de- partment announced todav that 16,000 major casualties including killed in ac- have not vet been formally The ar- rears in minor casualties is much larger, it was added. From cable revorts now expected the department hoves to clear up the arrears ih maior casualties within a week, except for a few names with respect to which identification has not yet been completed. The minor cas- ualties not vet reported to the next of kin represent slizht wounds invelving brief disablement and in most cases the men sustaining thems already have been healed. The total in this class also includes many dup- lications, the same soldier having been slightly wounded two or more times. still to be revorted. Of the 14,776 missing and prisoners of war sent in by General Pershing 14.093 have been cleared up finally. “Ten thousand men seriously wounged and renorted by cable,” says the statement. “are being held up be- Died of | Went Down in the Baltic Sea missing as a result of the British wa: ship Cassandra coming in contact with a2 mine in the Baltic Sea last Wednes- day night, according to an communijcation issued by the admiral- ity rescied the remainder of the crew. The admiralty statement says: struck a mine in the Baltic just be- missing. Presumably they ere killed by the explosion. Wednesday Night—Eleven Men Are Reported Miss- ing. London, Dec. 6.—Bleven men are offic tonight. Torpedo boat destroyers “The British warshin Cassandea fore midnight Wednesday and sank at 1 a. m. Thursdav. Eleven men are “The remainder of the officers .and crew were saved hv our destroyers." Available lists of British admiralty ships do not contain the Cassandra. LIPSNER RESIGNS FROM AERIAL MAIL SERVICE New York, Dec. 6—Captain F. B. Lipsner announced here tonight that he had tenderedio Postmaster Gen- eral Burleson his resignation as sup- erintendent. of the aerial mail service. The reasons given wer2 that he had been informed novices are to be placed in charge of important branches of the service and special airplanes con- structed for carrying mail. The res- ignation of Max Miller, first pilot of the service, was announced at the game time for the same reasous. Advertising invariably plays an takings even a g that part w vertising One has only to loo ampaigns of the Liber winning of the war. And certainly what it has dong n_developing business during ti do thé right kind of publicity and gett of trade. VALUABLE BECAUSE IT GETS RESULTS One observer predicts that newspaper advertising will pla ‘part in reconstruction than it did in the war, great as war work drives to realize what a part advertising has played in the more importance to the merchant than giving his business plenty of That is the service which The Bulletin furnishes in Nerwich and \'icini‘ and a service which o ot her advertising medium in this territory provides. In the past week The Bulletin has carried the following reading matter in its columns, all for 12 cents a week: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, November 30. 79 150 312 541 Monday, December 103 139 312 554 Tuesday, December 64 106 235 405 Wednesday, December 91 142 430 663 Thursday, December 91 108 213 512 Friday, December 108 12 320 537 important part in all Jarge under- k back upon the tremendous ad- loan, Red Cross, and the other e in helping to win thé war it can mes of pes Thege is nothing of e. ing it well distributed in his field 757 1922 3212 cause of discrepancies in initials or enlistment ndmbers and 100,000 ' men less seriouslv wounded. including many slight casualties. are still to be drawn.from the hosvital records which have been forwarded bv courier from France.” The statement attributes the delay in reporting casualties and the large number of errors which have been found to the faet that growing army was operating on many |fronts under manv eommands and in the later fighting it was used to press the enemy for a auick decision every consideration being subordina- great KING ALBERT ACCLAIMED EVERYWHERE !N PARIS Paris, Der. 6—(Havas) King Al- bert of Belgium, accompanied by Prince Leopold this morning visited the Belgian hospital at Courbevoie and a home for soldie He rmly acclaimed everywhere. At the soldiers’ home the king wis received by Belgian officials, Belgian B Scouts, repatriated soldiers and se eral hundred citizens. Queen Elizabeth, accompanied = by Mme. Poincare, visited “the Belgian Hospital Albert I, the Cochin Hospital ard St. Gervais church, bombarded by the Germans on Good Fridz greeted enthusiastically in_the s by the wounded, with whom hands. P Later the k z and queen were the guests at a luncheon at the forei; office and from there w hall, where a_reception was held in their honor, The presutent of the mu- nicipal council, i welcoming the Bel- gian monarchs, told of the love Paris had for them. The king thanked the president and cxpressed the wish of all Belgians for the continued great- ress and prosperity of P: AMERICANS AND RUSSIANS TAKE BOLSHEVIK POSITIONS Archangel, Monday, Dec. 2 (By the A P).—A detailed report of the cap- mericans and Russians of Bolshevik _positions on the Pinega river, on Nov. 29, says: “Our troops, with only machine guns and rifles, advanced against shrapnel, nel, strangely without any, or with very few minor casualties. Before re- treating, the Bolsheviki are reported to have killed thirty peasants. “An international battalion, com- posed mostly of Magyars, has recently been the .Bolsheviki's most reliable force on the Dving front. In the fighting of Nov. 11 to 14 it left great piles of dead before our positions, hav- ing fought stubbornly. All sectors in the past two days have been quiet. GREAT BRITAIN TO DEMAND £8,000,000.000 OF GERMANY London, Dec. T.—Great Britain wiil demand of Germany 8.006,000,000 pounds sterling for Great Britain and her dominions as revaration for the war, according to the Daily Mai The newspaper savs it understands that David Llovd Georze. the premier, will make this announcement in a speech at Leeds todav. This, the Daily Mail adds, is what the war cost Great Britain and her dominions and British taxpayers will be relieved of 400.000.000 pounds sterl- ing per annum by the German pay- ment SPANISH INFLUENZA IN THE SOCIETY ISLANDS ‘Washington, Dec, §—Consular ad- vices to the state department today from Papeete, capital of Tahiti, in the Society Islands, said Spanish influenza bad created a grave situation there and that the authorities hac sent out an apeal for assistance. There are only two physicians at a half, so it.i8 apparent we'll have to catch up, and some one will have to Qo the work.—Portland Press, Papette and the drug suppiy is re- orted exhausted. No indication of the extent of the epidemic was given. 4 “our | Captain Lipsner said that e oIt ] cuss with Otto 1 sistant postmaster e O] relating ' to the appaintiment of pooe Derienced men to important positions in the aeria ell as the broposal to ve special mail carry airplanes d been cut short with the announcemeit that the sonclusi had been reached and would ba carried cut regard 00 i o ¢ he tnought or “I wish to resign,” he said spotless my first ndent of the aerial mail sery In his 1 Lipsner sai “In the past three weeks, since the ending of the war, there have come to my attention apparent efforts made by representatives of certain aure manufacturers ¢ Aireraft letter ST to dis- second gs- “to keep uperi spec mail carrying and 3 . has’ tun ed over and is turniag over to postoffice department +o Lo uti the aerial mail service." DISCUSSION IN SENATE ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS Washington, Dec. 6.—There was zeneral discussion in the ate to- dzy on the proposed league of nations with Senators Lewis of illinois, Walsh cf Montana, and Williams oZ Missis- sippi, democrats, supporting such an Idaho, republican, and Reed of Mis- souri, democrat, opposir Few senators followed the ion, the average attendance during the day be- ing about thirty, The resolution of Snato of Iowa, republican, pointment of 0 to Paris and keep the senate in- ormed on events at the peace confer- ence, was not brought vp today be- cause of the absence of i The senate adjourned tonight proposing ap- RECORDS OF GERMAN ‘Washington, Dec. committee inves of investigation. possible purchase of the W Post and other newspapers; as a means of shipments to the allies. LA FOLLETTE MOVES FOR ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—Senator ing statutes or department cussion of the policy of the States government, including repeal of any law or passage of any pro. posed law or a declaration of war ol organization, and Senators Borah of Cummins 2 senate committee to author. it next Tuesday, When the war revenue | fram Amesica, but has npt vet receiv- bill will be taken up with right of way | ed it 3 given it. Peace discy however, | The committee announce; that part expected to continue duving the de. | Of the $50,000,000 centenary fund re- bate on this measure, cently raised by the church will be PROPAGANDA SUBMITTED 6.—Confidential records of the department of justice dealing with the activities of German agents and others in the United States were placel today before the senate igating brewers and German propaganda by 'A. Bruce Bie- laski, chief of the department’s bureau They dealt with correspondence of Count Von Bernstorff, former Germap ambassador, and others concerning the shington ihe send- ing of William Bayard Hale to Ger- with. suggestions of fomenting trouble between the United States and Japan stopping munitoins FREEDOM OF DISCUSSION La Follette of Wisconsin introduced a bill today providing that nothing in exist- orders “shall be construed to prohibit the dis- United Condensed Telegrams Turkey’s fleet was turned over to the Allies. Inspiration Copper produced 7,500, 000 pounds of copper in November. Peru is reported seeking a loan of $33,000,000 from American bankers. -An additional credit of $24,764,036 was extended to Greece by the Treas- ury. Shipping Board fixed the price for 3,500-ton wooden ships at $700,000 apiece. Abandoned canal lands in Schenec- tady, N. Y. were séld by the State for. §380,000. : Railroad employees’ wages were in- creased over 50 per cent. in the last two years. There were ouly 549 failures in November, compared with 676 in No- vember, 191 7 Robert S. Lovett resianed from Rail road Administration. He will return to the Union Pacitic Railroad. A bill was introduced in the House providing for the payment of one month’s pay to returning soldiers. A contract. for 500 standard loco- motives was awarded to the American Locomotive Co. by the government. Secretary Daniels announced he is in favor of government ownership of all radios owned by private interests. | Minneapolis flour outout for last week amounted to 499.225 barrels, as compared with 580,840 barrels in 1917, Savings approached $12,000,000,000 are expected to be made from the $24 281,000,000 War Department appro- priations. In a robbery on the Leavenworth State Bank $100,000- worth of Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps were stolen. Secretary Daniels announced that about 100,000 men, 20 per cent. of the personnel of the navy. will be ' dis- charged. Lieut. Edward Berrv Wall, of Or- . J., was killed when an air- plane in which he was Sfiying at Mather ield, Sacramento, fell. In a formal proclamation issued by Governor Whitman of New York, he asked all the people to observe today as Britain's Day. Charles Morgan, of the New York Kane, was suspended from the Stock Exchange for five vears. The State Department was notifide that the King of Rumania conferred the Military Cross of Michael the Brave on, General Pershing. The Chilean consul at Callao, Peru, reports a hostile demonstration at Lima. A new director-general of railroads to succeed William G. McAdoo may not be named for two weeks or more. Major General Clarence R. Edwards has consented to speak at Hartford. The date is left open. A state convention of the Sons of Irish Freedom has been called for Dec. 15_in New Haven. ‘Three hundred thousand cases of influenza and pneumonia, of which 15,000 proved fatal, were reported in Massachusetts during the recent epi- demic. Thirty-five officers ani men of the Seventy-Sixth division, homeward bound from France on the steamer Canopic, are expected to arrive at Camp Devens Saturday or Sunday. Mount Halyoke college girls are to furnish entertainment once 4 weel for the soldiers at Camp Devens. - Louis Superior of New York, a rail- road porter, was fined $500 in federal court at Rutland, Vt, for smuggling drugs into this country from Canade. P a a t e t t t t f 1 bt b SENATE CONFIRMS THE NOMINATION JF GLASS ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—Tae nomina- tion of Representative Carter Glass to be secretary of the treasury to suc- ceed Willlam G. McAdoo was confirm- ed tonight by *he senate withcut ob- jection. s immediately will resisn m congress, in which he has served vears, and will take up his new duties on December 3. Mr. Me- Adoo will continue as director gen- eral of railroads until his successor for that position shall have been ap- pointed. Representative Glass said today that he had every reason to believe that the future policies of the treasury would not be different from thosc now being pursued except as varying cir- cumstances may suggest. “There is no further statement that I could make af this time which would either interest or enlighten the public” said Mr. Glass. “I would readily wish that I may succeed even approximately as well jn admini ing the affairs of the treasury as has the distinguished man whose retire- ment so distresses the country. It i my judgment that his retirement is 1 national misfortune.” THOUSANDS OF FINNS IN DANGER OF STARVATIO! New York, Dec. 6—Thousands of Finns are in danger of death by star- vation and the Finnish government has appealed to “he board of bishops of the Methndist Episcopal Church to use their influence in obtaining foor for Finland, it was stated hero today by the point Centenary Committee of the church. The appeal was delivered through the Rev. Karl Hurtig, Metho- dist pastor at Helsini the com- mittee said. In presenting the plea( Mr. Hurtig added: “A yesr ago Finland vought wheat spent for the relief of I nd. TWELVE PERSONS KILLED IN FIAILROAD WRECK IN FRANCE Orleans, France, Dec. § (Havas)— An_express train from Orleans last night crashed: into and teiescoped an- other train loided with Americin ma- terial near Meung sur Loire, eleven miles southwest of this city. Twelve bodies have been removed from the wreck and identified. Other dead still remain ‘in the debris. Twenty-five persons were injurde. Four of the railroad cars were smashed to bits. | HEALTH CONDITIONS IN ARMY CORPS IMPROVED many as correspondent of the Hearst| yyashington, Dec. 6.—Further im- newspapers, described by Von Bern-|provement in heaith conditions ~in storfi as having “outspokenly placed |army camps at home was reported to- themselves on the German side” and |day by the surgeon general for the 29, week ending although Spanish influenza still i alent. The num- ber of new casis is decreasing and the week’s total of one thousand represented a reduction of 25 per cent. “There was a slight increase in pneu- 222 HARVARD MEN WERE KILLED IN THE WAR Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 6—Two hundred and twenty-two Harvard men have Dbeen killed in the war, accord- ing to reports received by the Har- vard war records office. Of the num- ber, 201 were in the army.and na; 1 r interest or concerm” to the judiciary committee. proposed declaration of war or terms of peace or any other matter of public It ywas referred in ausiliary branches of the Approximately Appointment of a Commission Decided Upon at Final § representativ: to go to F) the peace States in considering econcmic prob- lems that negotiations was decided upon today under federal charter to the of all railr £ modification of creed respecting labor enunciated by Jokn D. Rock reply. abroad will also study th sion. been decided upon but tative from each of the important in- dustri: difficul the 1 from their hom einterests long enough to accompl the commi from Lynn, M the passage of the res: owners more light could be had on the situa- tion. urged cosy will permit the eliminaton of “waste- ful competition, the pooling of equip- ment, through owners operation of terminals, and such other Dpractices as will without destioying comp | return from the battlefields of France SN sion of the Reconstruction Congress of the In War Servite Committee—To Give Aid to Dele; Urging Speedy Return of All Railroads to F Ownership and Opposed to Government Operation Telegraph, Telephone and Cables. Atlantic City, N. J., Dee. . —Ap- ointment of a European commission of American business ce and b: available for aight be able to give to ‘legates from the United : those which are Tot, in m-reasmfi = restraint of commerce * * € ‘; stricts wholesome co-operation and dt 8 prives both industry and: the genera public of its Lenefits. ok A risingivote o unanimons endorss ment was given the Rockofeller ny aid it ight enter into the peace t the final session of the reconstruc- congress of the Industrial War rvice Committees. ~ Other resolu- fons adopted urged the speedy return r owners \is now onerated by the overnment, opposed government own- rship and operation of telegraphs, elephones and cables, appealed for the 'Sherman . anti- endorsed the industrial lution stated, however, that it er approved mor ted Mr. Ro feller's particular or “machi feller's particular plan x. machi for carrying out the principfs. . . R:egn‘;dm& the mcflg‘}"fi*‘.m contracts, e 0 e M L is in the pub] %ntemtfled' -3 % orders placed by’ ery 3 whether regularly executed or . should upon cancellatioa be proi and equitably adjusted and satisfied as if every formality had been ob:. served. 3 R What ig regarded as an important step in the work of stabnlizing busf- - ness through ghe readjustment period was the treation of a war. . service exccutive committee which will keep the business and industrial of the country in close touch with government. ~ One of the duties of committe will be to keep the war seryice sommittees continually in- formed on matters of common inter- est and co-ordinate the work on prob- lems of national of national interest. The congress voted to jake steps to encourage and preserve “pivotal ine dustries” that have been developed during the war. These pivotal indus- tries produce articles upor which oth« er industries depend afd which were formerly obtained from foreign coun- tries, notably, Germany. y Other resolutions adopted by th congress included these: Suggesting - the desirability of the two_existing vacancies in the Fedes al Trade Commission be promptly fill- ed “with able men of broad busine o experience and clear vision prepared to assist actively in discharging tasts along constructive lines.” ~-iia Recomwending the -davelopment public works of every.sort so that em- ployment may be createi for unskilled labor; that the construction of a great merchant marine be continued and amplified; that reveriue legislation to be passed by congress conform torthe views expressed by organizations of commeree and industry; thal tax laws shall provide that during prosent Son- ditions the taypayer shall be allowed to. make a_deduction from :his apparent profit by way of s reserve for a sub- sequent shrinkage in {le value of ‘merchandise; ‘the strengthening of re- lations with South Amierica by a vig- orous development of eumm«em:fid financial associationy, and favoring the adoption of unifrm cost Various other resolutions were G feller, Jr. creation of e committee sreeted the adoption of the iling for the Ruropean | The Chamb:r of Com- United States. through Harry A. Wheeler, of g0, recently inquired of Presi Wilson whether suck a commis would. be helpful, hut according o Mr. Wheeler, the president made no he board of The proposed commission while reconstruc- ion needs of Europe. Mr. Wheeler, it said, may be one of thc commis- The size of the lLody has not il probably number fifteen to twenty five, It is planned to pick at least one represen- 1 groups of the country. The it was said, wiil be to find it men who will be willing to make the sacrifice of staying away sh the work planned for on. Only one voice, that of a delegate as raised against ution for the prompt. return of the raiiroads to their and he only askel celay until The railroad resolution also to enact legislatin that combinations or consoliadtions ip or otherwise in the tend fo economize ition in ser- vice. The resolution favoring modifications in the anti-trust laws declared that ihe war has demonstrated that through industrial. co-operation great econ- omies may be achieved, waste elimin- ated and efficiency. incraased. “It is in the public interest,” the resolution stated, “that reasomable trade agree- ments’ should be entered into, but the failure of the gzovernment to either: clearly define the dividing line be- tween these agreements whic hare, and P by industries. i adopt ed looking to the further development of foreign trade. = ANNUAL REPORT INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONI Washington, Dec. §.—Direct . e fall heavily on corporations and om persons having large incomes lightly on the great majority of per= sons earning less than $3,000 a year, was shown today by the annual re port of Internal Revenue Commission- er Daniel C. Roper for the year ended June 30, S Although 2,319,000 persons with in= comes of $3,000 or less in 1917 filed returns, including many heads of fam- ilies having incomes ransing bei o $1,000 and $2,000, which r:‘mi able but not taxable, they as- sessed only $22,385,000 in the! agere gate, or less than $10 each. On the other hand, 665,000 individuals with in= comes of more than $3,000 were as- sessed $592,613,000. Corporation excess profits taxes of $2,045,713000 came from 117,000 con- cerns, while 218,000 corporations were assessed income tares of $48,175,000. Revised reports on collections show that $3,694,619,000 was collected from internal revenue, including $2,838,99! 000 from income and excess profits taxes, $317,553,000 from distilled spirits $126,285,000 from fermented liquors, 4 total of $443,838,000 from- all liquors, and $156,188,000 from tobacco. - GERMAN CROWN PRINCE HAS RENOUNCED THRONE Paris, Dec. 6, 5:25 p. m.—(By Tho A. P.)—Crown Prince Frederick Wit- helm has renounced his right to the German throne. A despatch received in Basle from the semi-official Wolff Bureau quotes the crown prince im renouncing the throne as having’ said: “I renounce formally and definitely all rights to the crown of Prussia and the imperial crown which would have fallen to me by the renunciation’ of the emperor-king or for other reasons, “Given by my authority and signed Dby my hand. Done at Wieringen, De- cember 1, 1918, (Signed) “WILHELM” In an interview with a corresponds ent vf The Associated Press on_the island of Wieringen. received in New York, December “3. which bore ne evidence of delay and presumably was given not earlier than December 2, Frederick William said: Ty “I have not renounced anything and I have not signed any document whats ever.” - He added that should the Germam government degide to form a republie he would he content to return to Gers many as a’ simple citizen, ready to anything to assist his country—even fo work as a laborer in a factory. & * HOSPITALS FOR SICK. AND DISABLED SOLDIERS Washington Dec. §—Iospitals cost- ing $26,000,000 and provsding 13,000 beds are estimated as necessary 10 care for discharged sick and disabled soldiers. Assistant General Stimson, of the - health service, asked the house committee today with fthe approval of Secretary McAdoo for an appropriation of $10,000,000 to provide the first 5,000 beds. New hospitels are planned at Nor- folk and Seattie, he said, and.at sites vet to be selected in the Massachusetts Berkshire Hills and in Northern Caro- lina. Additions also are planned to the marine hospitals at Bosten. Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Evansville, Louis- ville, ‘New Odleans and Sar Francis- co, St..Louis and Willmingtog N. C., at the Fort Stanton. N. M., sani- itals now under the control of v are expected to be turned over to the rublic health service after demobilization. Dr. Stimson said, how- ever, that the cantonment hospitals are best only for temporary purposes. SHIPBUILDERS ARE FREE TO ACCEPT ALL CONTRACTS Washington, Dec. 6. American builders may accept contracts for steel or wood ships to be built for private American , interests without maliing application to the shipping board for a permit. Similarly wood ships also may be built for foreign account. This was announced tonight by Bainbridge Colby for the shipping board. In amouncing the lifting of the ban on ship construction for private inter- ests, Mr. Colby eaid: Tt will be the endeavo ping board as rapidly as with the-public interest to conduct the business now subject to regulation back to unfettered operation through normal channels. This cannot be ac- complished all at once, but I can say to the shipping men of the country that this is the objective which the board is keeping before it as a_guide in its day to day transactions.” & t the ship- consistent TO CONTINUE Y. M. C. A. WORK AMONG FIGHTING FORCES Atlantic City, N. J, Dec. 6.—Plans for continuing the work of the Young Men'’s Christian association among the American fighting forces after their were discussed at a conference here today of representatives of the inter- national committee of the Y. M. C. A. state committees and local associa- tions. It was decided that vital changes in the Y. M. C. A. “home base” opera- if thet work' here in the future was to keep pace with the magnificent results attained over- seas. Comimittees were appointed to formulate a home base extension pro- gram and were instructed to réport to- morrow. _Dr. John' R. Mott, Zeneral secretary of the international committee, pre- sided over the conference. RIOTOUS EEMONSTRATIONS IN * BERLIN BY THE UNEMPLOYED London, Dec. 6—An _Amsterdum despatch to the Central News Agency says there were riotous demonstrations he ecamo s 10,000 MEN HAVE BEEN 2 DISCHARGED FROM DEVENS Aver, Maes, Dec. §.-~Demobilizaiion of the’ depot brizale of the Twelfth Division, with the exce; of thres battalions, which are to be held gt Camp Devens permanent » or=. sanization was completed today. Since the work startei about 10, men. have been discharged here Sy The first officers ‘o le released wers discharged today. There were 487 of them, including in the medical eorps. A THE HOHENZOLLERNS NO LONGER IMMUNE FRCM L/ in : Berlin Wednesda: by Harvard men participated actively in the war, ployed. The disorders . a leaderss ad- | privilege heretofore threatening em dressed the crowds, promising assist- ' bers of the Hohenzollern family of in pacified them. i ance, and finall