Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 11, 1918, Page 1

Have Been Completed. ed by the naval wireless as passing the Azores at 1 o'clock this af“ernoon. Afl on board ‘were 'well after . the ormy weather through which the presides liner passed. The George Washingtfon is expected to arrive here ahout noon ¥riday. Tre lnding of President ‘Wilson 1s plan- ¢ned for three o'clock in the afternoo: and he is expected to ) arrive in Paris at ten o'clock Saturday morning. This schedule would lenve less than an hour for ceremonies here, whieh | necessarily will be restricted, althoug the Breton peasantry . is gathering from miles around to give Mr. Wil- son an enthusiastic greeting. President Wilson will drive direct from the quay to the depot, passing along the Cours Dajot, a splendid ter race overlooking the harbor. populace and soldiers and sailcrs. will be massed along the Cours, and if time permits there wiil be a brief aG- dress of welcome by the .mayor and a response by the president. The presidential train will proceed slowly, stopping for several hours <uring the night so to arrive at the Pauphine station in Puris exac at ten o'clocly Saturday morring. BREST IS PREPARED TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT WILSON Brest, France, Dec. 10.—Prepara- tions for receiving President Wilson GREAT WORK BY AMERICAN TRANSPORTS AND CONVOYS New York, Dec. 10—~With the con- sent of the navy department, the of- fice of Vice Admiral Gleaves, com- mander of the cruiser and tr&naport force, made public here tonight fiz ures showing exactly the 1ropnruun- ate share of troops: conveyed to Irance in.American vessels. Of the entire army of 2,079,880 men taken “gver, the statistics show, 46 1-4 per cent were catried in erican ships, 48 1-2 in British, and t gbalmce in French and. lfaliin vessels Of the total strength of the navil escort guarding all these eonvoys, the United States. furnished 82 3-4 per per cent. cent,, Great Britain 14 1- and France 3 1-8 per cent. many. In actyal numbers of men tran parted; 912082 were_arr-el in Amer: leased ‘Ttalian ships; ard y Irench and Italian ships. om May, 1817, to November 11-last, there were 391 sailings of American naval transports, }23 of otaer Ameri- can troop sghips, 546 of DBritish ships and 82 of other ships. Not a single soldier of those carried in United States naval transports was-lost. VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL sion. acting as president. He sui of theWpresidant. No business requiring the ‘atfention of the presidant developed 2t the cab- inet session, it was said, anil 'the wire less called 110 mzssage from it to the wpresidential ship George Washington. The cabin~t meeting tolav was the last which Secretary MeAdco will at-) tend as he will be sucecedrd next Monday by Carter Glass. Mr. McAdoo bade farewell to the memlcrs of the cabinet and attached exocutive offices although ho will remain in Washing- ton until January 1, or uatil his suc cessor as director general of railroads is appointed. — U. & GUARDS ARRIVE AT DEVENS TOBE DISCHARGED | Ayer, Mass, Dec. 10.—Fifteen hun- dred United States guards arrived at Cadmp Devens today from points in ‘lne and from Fort Ethan Allen, ¥ nd Springfigld, Mass., to' be dis- charged. They expect to bé returned to_elvilian life Thursday, _ Discovery of influenza among the guards who arrived = yesterday has caused several units to be guarantined. Among them is one whole company from the Watertown arsenal. Preparations were completed tonight for the reception. rof the overseas troops expected on'hte steamer Cano-- pie. The” steamer probably will dock in Boston tomborrow. and trains will | take the soldiers direct to the canton- |, ment here, where. bands will. be: in readiness for them. cen officers were returried to civil life today and 100 more will be disel nr:nl tomorrow. \ML»N" WAR CABINET TO JOIN HIM IN PARIS Washinzton, Dec.. 10.—The industrial members of President Wilson's “war cabinet,” whi met at . the White House every - day dur'ng this country’s parts o the war, will join the president as a unit in Paris and act as his advisers: at the peace conference on economic, industrial and reconstruction probléms in Furope af- fect'ng the futnpe peace of the world. 5 the party to sall on woid from I'resident Wilson are Bernard M. Daruch, chairman of the war industries-board: Fuel Admin- i=trator Harry,A, Garficld, and Vance MeCormick, chairman of the war traae ¥, ¢hairman of the shipping beard, and Focd Ad- ministrator - Herbert Hoover already These who will make ur board, FEdward H. Huri pre in E'uropc. (CONN., WEDNESDAY, Ammr'uumd.y— i vh ¢ pecM“hMPmleO’do&SflmbyMomngToRmmThseuhfilnuy b~ —Preparations For Receiving the President in Brest ;dwe A&nhl Additional E ! orces ve. Dec. 3, 10 p. m. Coblenz, Sunday, : A. P.)—Coblenz tonight Brest, France, Dec. 10, 4 p_m.—(By The A. P.) . The steamship George ‘Washington, corrying Rresident Wil- son and the An™rican delegates to the prace congress at. Paris, was report- here have been compi: is fairly humming with expectancy. The progress of each step taken b; the American visitors now is’ follow- ed with eager interest. of sending an-American dreadnought fleet seaward has been changed. Ac- cording to the hew plan the fleet wal | | iday - moraing to ren- counter the American party a. short distance off the coast and sccompany under - the complete military of the Americans, with the munigipal authorities ~o-operating. n forces comprised th) Blfl. lion of*the Thirt] try whicn arrived here this alt- armvon in answer to a r ‘the Gorman uuthorities. T iof the Americans was most friendly. ans marchel direct from which brough Treves .to the various arsenals, bar- racks .and storehouses wher2 they es- The first plan go out early Fi 1¢. reception, French Wa!‘shlpa also will take For- eign Minister Pichon, Minister of Ma- ¥ine Leygues and Andre Tardieu, head | typlished guards. ©of the general commission for kran- co-American war questions first greetings by an-exchange of sa-| Che last German trocps left Cob- ‘The “friendly spirit wich which the civillans of Coblenz greeted “he Amer- icans began to evidence itself in the villages' along the railroad ver which the Americans came to Al many places ‘Sunday crow: dren cheered and waved their hands as the Americans passed. Mc <pirit d ore frlendly. as th= French offlcerq arrived here today . from Paris to make ments with the ‘president's The George V(a.shington draws too much water to enter the inner har- Lor so the president's shi entire fleet of warships will anchor in the outer harbor the loc’xl authorities for played became Americans approached Cobnlenz. When the Americans «: trained in an outlying s2cticn of the city they we: including municipal official the others waiting to sec a mile off ved and de- ~\;| Amerk‘anw party, General Pershing, General PBliss, miral William Henry H. Wilson and Colonel House, then will board the -liner and- bring the president and Mrs. Wilson ashore aboard a naval tug. The landing will be thade at Quav where the French ministers will extend a formal welcome to the Amer- ican president as he sets foot French soil. consisting of Amecricans to Coblenz wes manned b "a. German.crew. the Ame-wan soldiers Cecupying coaches formerl; German troops. ) newspaper correspondents. Tht battalion is commaded by Tdeu- Major Fred ackett sees wand. Tn adlition to their ammunition pack containinz emergenc and additiom food 5] 1t by the train to tde the men ntil ration trains o . !SENATE DEBATES REVISED WAR REVENVUE BILL Washington, Dec. 10.—Debate of the Trevised war revenue bill began in the senate today witly the presentation of the majority ahd minority reports from the senate finance:committee before a small attendance measure has been given right ol way and: because of republican- opposition to the fixing of 1920 taves discussion is expected to contiue almost indefi- When the Americans of the Coblenz ends of bridges German ¥ on the oppognn Pnd~ £ ght the Awcrican Rhine could ree the Chairmian Simmons. opened debate by presenting the majority views on the legislation, while Senator Penrose spoke for the republican members, ex- cept Sehator La Follette of Wiscon- sin, attacking the 1920 taxation plan. @mas of » Colorado, ~ demo- resented an individual report, cm.u:lzing lhe excess profits_and ,in- heritance. tas’ features Smooth of Utah, republican, plans to file an individual statenient tomorrow. Later Senater La Follette -also will present his.views. feet above the regiments of German soldi fl\!.’u‘tered 1t is said l‘w'\t not cross tie Senator - Th It was felt that these official fig- ures should be ‘made public.owing to the discrepancies in the statements of many public speakers as ‘to'.the relative share taken by the different naval forces. enabling American troops. lo reach the 'battle line in sufficient] feree to turn the tide,against Ger- {alion remaining in Coble: the pature of military poli ditional forces arrive. and - Senator RMANS FOUND AMERICAN - TROOPS VERY COULRTEOUS ! Amsterdam. Dec. P.)—~Rhenis! n'adespatch dos-ribing. the or.d American it says the statement today -and, by de{end.!ng the tax provisions, ‘declared American. -business . intevests are.en tied to know what yassage of the Forty- ivhlg: tow: mericans. w v only demanded the surrend not otherwise interfering with the ci re enjoying ¢ taxburdens !h&j' wil be called upon to' bear during the | perlod of reconstruction. the . republicans adyo6cating postpone- ment of 1920 legislation, keep the question in abeyance. solely in order that the hext congress, con- trolled by republicans, may handle the He asked if RUMELY ARRAIGNED - BEFORE U. S. COMMISSIONER ,, Dec. 10.—Dr. Edward A. who bought the Y Eveging Mail with money sali been furnished by The mlnoritv report, while erpress- ing general approval of the 1920 tax program, declared that extension of the legislation to 1920 is without justi- Senator Penrose said future conditions are too uncertain and in- formation at hand insufficiet for con- gress now to fix tax schedules for 1920. He added, however, that tax reductions jin that year are a forezone conclusion. Besides the republican opposition to the 1920 program, several features of ne bill relat’ng ot 1919 taxation meet with the disapproval of individual sen- ators, and many amendments are to be offered. | Opposition already i oping to the elimination of the so- called luxwry taxes, while increase of the individual income surtax, corpora- tion and war ercess profits rates also is to be proposed. the German PRESIDES AT CABINET MEETING Washingtoa Dee, 10.—.Vi2) President Marshall presided over toda;’s cabinet meeting, at the request of President ‘Wilson, who is en route fo Europe and aet. accordiny to the White House staff, a new ;recedent in the conduct of Amarican executive afaTs No oth- er _vice president. so far as records show, ever jresided at a cubinet ses- Slate< commissioner hs‘re to- against him in ‘Waship&ton, D. ., on with, failure to report to the al'en’ property custodian that he was indebted to the German government for $1,451,700 and that he had failed ot disciose that-he controlled on behalf of Germany certain shares of stock of the S. S. McClure News - | paper corporation on Oct. 17, 5 The defendant’s counsel said today | he was prepared to contest his client's removal to Washington on the eve of | trial here on a charge of perjury. Th latter accusation was made in s dictment brought Dr. Rumelv’s purchase of the Evening Mail has since passed out of The perjury case bond of § today held to cover hond of the Wasl.- ington rase and the hearing was ad- Journed until Dec. 17. In a statement made at the close of | the proceedings Dr. o that the new indictment simply dupli- in an effort to have 1 changed from New He contended ; i to the Unite] States, charging him il In taking hls seat, Mr. arshall set at rest any theories that be might be he was attending th: gatherinz “.nformaliy ard,_impersonally, not und.rtakizz to exercise any official duty or ‘unction” Before going to the Whita House, Mr. Marshall explained that the pres- ident before departing for llurope had im to preside at : cabinet mea mgs and had repeatod the request ireless from the George Washing- tor. Mr. Marthall made plain that he hac ne idea of exercising the tunctions in connection regarding the PREPARING TO DISPOSZE OF U. S. PROPERTY IN FRANCE 3 h—r.l\vnrl R s, reprosEntative ed States war departmen®. arge purchas of the American expeditingiry forces and who. sin~c the armistice. b the task of transformine from a war to a peace ba \fu-r _confer- feun business men to cates the first. the place of tr York to Washington. that such a transfer to a strange court, with different rules of procedure, and | hundreds of miles away, burden and handicap, attorneys, .offices and staffs and ex- perience, as well as a voluminous mzss of bopks. files and records, whicn =re to be introduced as evidence, and part | of which cannot be moved from tne city, are here. ring with Secretary B I ill rl:n\lrn hern in tha m’?dle of Tanuary Mr. S*nttining jo TTnited State. zoinz hack to the ta disenss ptars for the is an unfair inasmuch as his American exneditionary disposinz of its propertv on ‘he most advantageous terms nossible, Tmmediate!v following ¢ the armistice” orders were nending the construction r'f b| trackage, ete. forc2 and for BILL FOR REGULATION OF MEAT PACKING ‘Washingtou, Cesigned to carry ommendations Commission to I‘l'iidr‘n’ W |'son the government regulate packing. indastry was introduced the house today by Chairman Si the Interstate Commerce A Mr. Sims raid the measure was sent | to him by the president with the re- quest that every effort be made to en- act it at this session of co L said that he assumed that t . was prepared hy = justice and added that before offer it hp had conferred with Trade Commission rega and, on Novem- her V_-l specific orders wers jssied d's- INDUSTRV construction suspending a1l purchases and directinz the cancellat‘ca of pur- chage orders and contracts so far HOLBROOK RESIGNS FROM SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION ment! w’ls made tn"a\ th has tendered tion as president and diresrcr of the American International Corporation, lus resigra- Shipbuilding which scteé as ngent for the United States Shippine B » construction of the Aonmflim{ to Peter O. Kniehr. vice The bill provides Amtierican [n(grmmmal \hpbund ng | at his discretion, may 'uqum- nrd op- is endeavoring to chtain | erate certair facilities of tre packers the services of M. C. Brush, t nt of the Doston Flevated Rail- Fompam as Mr. Folhraok's sue- fregerator cu government | without acq mnhrat!on et chetils will re:|a System of federal license. Corporation, inciuding sto:h i:\(‘:litios to -"'Igm‘\ of (hli shinhnildin-! \’3‘31\"1" indusiry under <ume the pos R rienal Cors ($506,000 FIRE AT NAVAL | * BASE AT HAMPTON ROADS Norfolk, Va., Dec. destroyed the power plant at the naval operating base on- Hampton with a loss estimated poraticn and fake charge of <iangaffaivs of that concorn umnam. tory N zoing 1o Russia. ‘EX KAISER REPORTED To HAVE TRIED SUICIDE anned by northwesterly ; the fire for a time threatened The hase fire depart- | ment, however, succeeded after a half hour’s fighting in confining the flames to the powes house. zollen, the former’ the entire base. has # gnpted to commit fowing mental depression, the Leipzig Tageblatt, wi Geran 9'npern" The origin of the Rodman Wanamaker, Special ~De- puty Police Commissioner York, took 6,000 cigarettes to the Hos- | pital Ship Comfort for wounded sol- diers returning. - The United States Supnmo Court | holds the Minnesota oil lnapection law of 1909 as constitutional. California grape growers will seek injunction / to prevent war-nme pro- hibition. Italian try anngu‘bcod that the Ttalian’ government , will send every mobilized emigrant to the coun- | try from where he came. Federal Judge Rudkin called the Sacramento, Cal. Mayor Hylan announced that he postponed until today his in®estiga- tion into the B. R. T. wreck on the Brighton Beach line when 95 persons were killed and 200 Injured. A special meeting for the consolida tion with leased lines of the Boston Jan. 9. Gold outplt of Rhodesia, South Af- | rica, in. October, was 32,629/ fine’ ounces, valued at £136 780. 1 was placed at 9,563,124 bales. All fuel and gas oil priorities’ were abolished by the nm Admini tration. week amounted to 6,330 000 bushels. to be presented on Jan. 1 calls for: $96,858,064, an increase of $15 000,000 over last year's final budget. Imports into United Kingdom in No- vember totaled £116,898 091. Ex- ports ariounted to £43,219,335 Imports into the United States in October amounted to $246,763 051. Ex- ports amounted to $502,654,585. Cunard Line propases to make Ant- German Lloyd. Alien Propérty Custodian, Industries Board. Miss Margaret Wi troor that not a single Pnited States. sol- dier was put to death for a purely States entered the war . revolver and going into the next room, shot and Killed himself. is cropping almost to nothing from re- ports of the United States Employ- ment Service. to a Berlin despatch to the Tidende. FOR CO-OPERATION 'BETWEEN peciaily in construction of commu- tions, . was Hugo Wilson, acting hizh financ commissicner’ of Argen na, at a lun cheon in his konog at the Lawvers tiens with North Americ; of ‘the zreat and 1 constru ison and hizkwavs which e the movement ol ‘e products to the Argentine porte iTn this connection he nounce “rance and sreat DBritaia cquirsd the entire surpiv American id, was litle known before the war. though reduced no fuel of its dent for it on the #ud_Great Pritain. Br 1sed, he explained, bec: Veying cereals to Burope returned wit al as ballast, and thus ihe freis reies were nominal. dir, Wilsoa strongly urged Amer: you brighte: men to see DISHONEST REVENUE New De Molyneaux, an internal reve- nue inspector, was arraigne day on 1 1 an attempt to defraud a the plot of a 'screen scenari inspector held in $3,090 bai According to William H. Molyneaux had visited her and | telling her the government had a claim of §4,000 in taxes for the years 1911, 1915 ‘and 1915, offered to seitle for $1,400, which che said he told her was his commission. % meet Molyneaux again. After she had tin handed him a check for $1,400. Government agents trailed Moly- rocket. Mr. Edwards said, as the party start- Tombs prison. MEN WHO WERE CAPTURED ¢ of the party being membel hjps captured by | A {scaporl of Denmark, from German 1 according ta ' hagen despatc 10 the |Cxek graph Compan EA—[' F ‘has” Mot been detcurmed No. Na)gl Prize This Year. hagen dispatcn (5 the Ex- ehun-e Telex apn Company ber of the former emmarc nted him from m»rs(ng out jotentioa received a wound, it ! Nobel mmm‘.uee has resois 0 not tof German ard a Nob! e peace bn:e in 1918 d h - Condensed Telegrams l Grain receipts at Ch:cago'for last Ma,ér General Crowder announced THAW HAD LIBERTY CN ORDER OF COURT | ¢ § o military oftense _since the USited: Philadephia. Dec. 10—Dr. B. T Indications are that unemployment among factory workers at Bridgeport A counter-revolutionary movement | 1o is mj‘?:‘l‘l se‘:'mz at Potsdam, according | 17 MASSACHUSETTS CITIiES urged. here today byle With the coming of peacs M. Wil- son said, Argentina fag2d new and dif- ficult problems, chisf of which was| lack of capital and.fual. American can- | goecreipe, tal, he susgested, could well i in-| vested in )5 to bring the products a ti: ¢ rens i stock ain for the next two coal the commissioner - | Attleboro, Teverl INSPECTOR TRAPPED | dcrsing the plan for a loa York, Dec. 10.-~When Charles | the here to- charge of using his official wealthy widow, the story scunded liie | s o The | entered the se1 and Canada, and 50.000 nwore from has st in the history of The prograss of the work in Chin-. India, Japan and Afri- ca was declured to he encouraging It was announced that plans were being made for the rehabilitation of Chris- tian Endeavor in France and Belgium, of the so- rds, collector of the Second District, Mr:. Delia L. Martin reported to him that Edwards had a listening device | |instailed in Mrs. Martin's home, sum- moned an expert stenographer from ington and had Mrs. Martin | National unisf have be Molyneaux repeat his ocer, Mrs. Mar-| Rey. neoux to a bank and arrested him as | nounced that the next wos he emerged with the check, on which payment had been stopped, in his nating slip of paper fell from his lips ITH GERMANY The Dentscne @ copy < ot! . says it DECEMBER 11, 1318 mncmqocom Finds Harry K. Thaw !wuum isUnderNoRestraint . {An Endeavor to Be Made to Have Thaw Returned to New York. #New York, Dec. 10.—Harry K. Thaw, ‘| defendant in two of the most sensa- i tional trials in the history of criminal trial of the 56 I, W..W. members of | 1aW, is ‘under no restraint” at the Pennsyjvania hospital for the insane at Philadelphia, to which he was com- mitted after his flight from New York, trict Attorney Swann declared to- night, in explanation of his plans to i appeal to the new governor of Penn- sylvamn after Jan. 21 for- Thaw’s re- turn to New' York. Mr. Swann hopes and Maine Railroad was callea ~ for to place Thaw on trial on two indict- ments charging him with kidnapping iand assaulting Frederick - Gump, a | Kansas City, Mq., boy: | Mr. Swann said investigation of re- Amount of cotton ginned to Dec.|POrts. that Thaw had been enjoying periods of freedom from the institu- tion had proved the reports true. Hej . declared that Edwin P. Kilroe, 'an as- istant, who had been in Philadelphia .m\’esugatmg the case, was' told by an Eofl\cial of the hospltal that “if Thaw Newt York: Sfate's tantative hudget,\\‘anted to go out of the institution { theré was no power Vested in:the in- i stitution to detain him.” The official Mr. Swann said, em- phasized that the hospital was a “pri- | vate and not a public institution.” Mr. Kilroe, he declared was denied i permission to see*Thaw at the institu- {tion unless he obtained permission !from Thaw's private counsel. This was at first denied, Mr. Swann de- clared, but the attorney later advised werp a port of call. authorities ' oficials’ of the institution to let Mr. were Tequested to permit use of docks Kijroe see Thaw, “to make sure that that were formerly used by the North he was then in the institution.” bu! not to allow him to speak to Thaw. Enemy-owned stock in the Garfield; " iy Swann asserted Mr. Kilroe had s sold by the peen den‘ed permission at the county clerk’s office to see papers on which ition ~against foreign ~and Thaw was committed and fimally was ive selling of contracts on the told he would have to get permission and New Orleans Cottoniof Thaw's attorney, as the court had was removed by the War ordered the papers ‘“impounded. | F'nally, Mr. Swann said, Mr. Iroe on, daughter of applied in open court to the judge who n, arrived at St. Na- had signed the, commitment and was zaire and sang for 13,500 homecoming “given authority to see the papers, | Fuller, superintendent of the Pennsy . d ¢ vania hospital for the insane, declared “,""::degl“;:“gh;;f:;*f he home of fomight that Harry K. Thaw has no den shot Mrs. Kisiel with a 32 calitre liberty whatever except such. as is| sanctioned and ordered by the court. “Since Thaw entered th's institutio order of the court RESULTS 297 ELECTICNE IN Poston, Dec. 10, iupset- when ntrol of rd J. Go . He statad that there was a Strong| the haard of {Jde,-mgn b ‘e in Argentina for closer rela- X the presert without ’H’Vh term and Charles = Other masors elected are th in Ch whurvport “Worcester: Medford and William crett. Tn Lawr.nce, L Newton no mayors w None of th ies changed their attl tude on the licensed sale f iiquor voting for license : The license ¢ Fawrence, Lowell, Worcester. The no licens i Malden, Medford, nort \("V\ ton, RP\(‘!‘E Somer oburn. | PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR THE Boston. Dec. 10.—Resch were unanimous! nnu: ristian [in e in the Uni among the uiiie been one of the the movemes the past v where aboul fifty per cen: cieties were in churches the Geérmans. A special has heen estabished for this purpose. daxtroyed b in Mexico and South A rica re-clected president, and Wi Shaw, secret.rk-treasurer rext summer. Molyneaux drew the check from his| FORMER GERMAN-OWNED pocket and attempted to swallow it, only bidder. London, Dec. 10—Five ' hundred Two other German-owned woolen cans, Englishmen and others, & |mills sold by Mr. Palmer were the | Passaic - Worsted Spinning company and the New Jersey Worsted Spinning the Cer:m Iy raiders Moewe | company. 'The former was purchased and Wolf, d at Aarhus, a{by Shearson, Hamill & company of ew York for $859,908, and the labter by Christian Bahnsen of Passaic, thej purchaser. of the Gera mil, for $2,005, of tref000. re- Sl fflthe Germans | CUBAN RAILWAY STRIKE HAS BEEN SETTLED| . Havana, Dec. 10.—An ufficial mes- e received this evening by the sec- retary of Gobernacion fromy Cama- guey' announces the signing” of an agreement by .both sides to the Cu- ban rdilway striks ‘The message says| York to Washington.. N 8 source that ihe|traffic will be resumed immediatel; refuse (o con- catr with 3 tmq of a Ger- man naf to Havana - tonight by special train. lttheRecephonNewYorkAeeoldd The Which Will Dock Today, Huw PolhlUn* the 76th Division, New England. New York, Dec. 10.—Wounded Amer- ican soldiers arriving here today from | overseas on the steamer forgot their injuries in their joy at the New York accorded them. ‘When the police band on thé patrol boat bearing the mayor's . welcoming committee struck up “Keep the Home | Fires Burning” and as it came alongside Kroonland, caps, crutches and canes flew into the air, and the maimed and wounded, vying with the well and strohg, danced and cheered wildest abandon. v Messages to home folks and sweet- hearts were thrown to civilians with the request that they be delivered at “Just telephone my mother,” shouted one young soldier, giving her telephone “Tell her I'm mighty glad to be back'in God’s country.” The Kroonland ‘brought 63 officers 1,180 enlisted men and 106 civillans The Empress of Britain, which. alsc arrived today, brought 2430 soldiers from overseas. The Empress of Brit- ain docked in a din of cheers and toot- ing sirens. Thousands of welcoming relatives and friends were at the dock. The Kroonland, because of its late arrival with so many woundec ' and sick soldiers, ‘anchored down the bay. The men will be debarked tomor- row. The passenger list of the Kroonland included nurses, civilians and members of a French mission. Among the sol- diers ‘arriving were casuals, the 304th ambulance company, headquarters de- tachment, headquarters troop and -a postal unit of the 76th division,~New England. HEARST TELEGRAPHED INSTRUCTIONS TO EDRITORS ‘Washington, Dec. 10.—(‘opits of in- structions {elegraphed Randolph. Hearst to the editors of his newspapers and of other messages ceived and sent by him at Palm Beach, | ment as to the outcome. .The govern: p p the | ment will carry more than 400 seats, war were | 2nd of these members one-fifth will be genmp { I'beral supporters of Lloyd George. The apd | second largest organized group vgll be entered tie records of the iny estigating German propaganda. Tha: from the files of the justice given to the commi read into th of the. bu- reau of invest cocted that n braiae) for ln&fldr‘h’fl that o cd he talken, rrepare a cartoon for American showing the 1m| lh\t Winsor each other and a huge Sam” in the hack. Other of the telegrams r: famous Zimmerman pioposed an alliance withl | Mexico and Japan and which The As- revaplad to-the wa ociated Pres: One mescace d Dr. Fuller, “he never has been ocutside except when ~he went to | Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving on the ent ahbly was a forgerv. the parhans al- S0 into passing the espioniea bill™ telemram was - @ated Mareh nowers he and was sent after Von 1 F ot 2 York had telegraphed Herst at Palm | 0o Eovernment insiete that facilities ‘of_the instrustions as! Re mmat New was ap- achuscits AMERICA AND ARGENTINA | Cities electi Ay v, N4 *n Gorman Min- 0 throuzh man foppiem - ecret o0 hroush | rROOP SHIP CANOPIC fer Von Felkhardt 21 Von Rernsto United States governme: Tefore the teleerams we . the commitoa’} Albert Dushncil Hart of whose name was st of imnartant n2 e found in . a Ger-) Boston harbor. who has mcre,!. an e'n- | dock tomorrow in Charlesi>wn and the tenden-| men will "eitrain at once for Comy strongly an-| Devens at Aver. sons in’ the armr, 1nd_declared he 1 Befars and tates entererd the wa Me-cares from . vonehing for and| only p . Hart’s| tonight. They- reached thz big trcop- rmar | ship just as taps were sounded, hut Adaras, EIZ.;D IN A uTEL HA'D IN BERLIN | 4.impse of the home lights ax The sequel of fl‘e 1 ovurred to- one of the vhe » Hotel Bristol, ve fashionable niaces on Unter den ded by ordar of he of the holel we=c "qu«le-l ; were concealsd there Tn larze apartme i wenty-two n susperiad Vs former | SITUATION IN CHILE AND and the PERU IS MOREZ HOPETUL. number | Washingtoa, Dec. 10 CHRISTIAN ENDEAVCR UNl’)Nln,,.m W ons en- of free dopted at meeiing ¢f the World's tian Indeavor Union, held here younger Prince Hohenlohe, of students were found i the room. n‘t\ is under detention. were | spec to Chile and Peru arowing oit presented shewed that al- 230090 members of ivor have d Stites seized. Count alleged to h: day’s disorder hevn invorvee NO GOVERNMENT IN RUSSIA FOR NATIONS TO RECOGNIZE |a ‘iew to preserving Washington, Dec. 10.—Russia, in the |t opinion of officis formally, repre will not be|€nt. Peru las d.crem.el the ted at tho peace con- the United - that there bas come fr is no "O\CH\.men' in Ru ssociated nations recognize: ng the power to confer unon delegates | ¢ me: the right to represent that the Paris as: One official s influential R. : tions bety, o 102s' fonnd fouey n organized Franeis E. Clark. LL.D.,*was lliam was an- conyen- tion probably will be held in New York gress, but that they woul great MILLS HAVE BEEN SOLD ed to board an elevated train. The| Passaie, N. J, Dec. 10.—Ninety-two sgents choked him uniil the incrimi- | Per cent. of the stock of the Gera mills, a woolen manufacturing plant, Ger- and Molyneaux was then taken to the [man-owned until confiscated by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property cus- | todian, was purchased today by ! Christian Bahnsen, president of the 595 i BY GERMAN RAIDERS | coneern: for $1,525,000. He was the back upon a peace basi | dents reassemtle for struction, although the discussed favorably. TRAIN' BLOCKED * TRAFFIC ON PENN. ROAD | $65,000,000. . . - k. Raiiion: | SEVEN MORE TRANSPORTS ia and ARE HOMEWARD. BOUND Washington was interruptad for sever- S50 Ebie by ibe deratlinent heFe tonjght] o oaminEn: Dec. 10.—The eailing o of the four rear coaches of the Cua- gressional Limited bound from New DERAILED Philadelphia, * affis on the Pennsylv: between New York, Phi'ad cae was in- e was department. Six -sailed on Dec. t and Baltimore and Ohio jured. Throuch The first”train already has depart- | diverted: to the ed from- Camaguey for Sautiago, and | Railroad. the arbitration commission will return The accident is believed to have been due to spreading 5 = | coNFIDENT OF ouTCOME OF THE BRITISH ELECTION London, Dec. 10, via Montreal—The William | British election campaign on the whele is lethargic, owing to the result not being in doubt. There is general agree- the labor party, which may get 100 rhment ot seats. The following of ex-Premier Asquith is developing stremgth and m yaelect 85 or 90 members. The re- mainder of the house will be composed mainly of Sinn Feiners. The virtual destruction of the na- tionalist party is looked for in some ! qua s. While the result will give the government a Sood muajority, it is not helieved that it will. stabilize the - | bolitical situation, which is very un- | certain. the \‘_“ Yorks ‘There is very little ‘controversy over the government’s program, which is fiw “,"enerally accepted, but the argument of labor and of the Asqguith liberals is "L'u(‘lc that there are reactionary influences behind Premier Lloyd George that will d 't ,Nicancel the program If they are strong “which i enough in the new house to give ‘efféct to their will. The features:of the campaign are the bitterness shown toward Lioyd George by the Asquith liberals and the laborites and the fact that meetings addressed by extremists in the Jabor party are very largely attended. There ds mueh discussion as to the effective- ness of the provision for takmg sol- i diers’ votes. L1 "The opposition says that only 55 per cent. of the soldiers can vote, while will be extended to 80 per cent. A { majority of the soldier vote is claimed | by both sides. e .8 ARRIVES AT BOSTON read in-| Boston, Dec. 10.— Tha White Star ic thh 47 oficers and one and oac kalf mi ves Light, just outsids The steamer the f to bring home-coming troogs here, will from. the |~ Boston newspapermen and the crv*\\' of a naval submarine chaser ‘were ta: ons to greet the returnig men 4ps meant nothing te ths men aboarl ic tonight. Tansy swarmned the ship’s rail in an edmt to gel 2 ! to ChLa { “lie: reporters who tried o inte them by megzaphone again-t a w What cities are representel1” the veporters as! A serics of incoherent ye!s followed, jin which the words w York," “Trenton, N N “Pro dence,’ Sacral o, “Los Angeles,” ware discerni- bie. There arc no woundiyl sboard the Canopic and only one “bed -ase,” offi- cials said. One man was ‘aken the way across, ion -informatihn reaching the state departraent fodav indicated that the situaticn with re- of the disputed provinces of Tacna one of those | a5 PArickiis mions hopeiui. Tle Unticd in ¥ri- | States has urgeg upon both countsies has not yet been ar-|that every st D be faken :0 vreserve amicable relations and wits faid that the offer of the Ameérican overnmeat i i) adjust the Gispute was ma '0' with s throughout the Am . but no vffi months the bureau, whnm wWas davomd that undoubtedly | to gathering data regarding 113 vari- 1S wouud be in Paris| ous nations of the world ~and the essions of the peace con- jtrouble that has existed 1 South d be presnt | America since, Chile’s victocy over sory capacity and|Peru in 187. without any official standi voice in the conference will heard, it was said, but e no part in frami treaty of peace. TO PUT TRINIT¥ COLLEGE vear O PUT UPON A PEAGE HAs!S | felt display o patriotism of the people g. Russa’s thus Dei INSULAR POSSESSiONS rnhon it HAVE BEEN PATRIOTIC Washington, Dec. 10. — The onut- standing feature in insular aitairs dur- ing the last fiseal year was the heart- of the island possessions vf the United Hartford, Conn., Dec. 10.—The facul- | Stat Major General ¥Frank Mcln- ty of Trinity college today took action| tyre, chief of the bureau, deviared to- institution’s curriculum | day ir his annual report. when its stu- “This was accompanied,” 'he gen- he new term,|craj said, “by a feeling of vontinied voted that students|satisfaction of the people with their returning directly from any war ser-| present organic laws.” vice should be given credit- for the| The year was a prosperous one in full year’s work and that the coursés{ all the islands, according to the re- of study should be as nearly as possi- | por:, being marked by_ civic .pro- ble like those obtaining before war. % No action was taken today upon the| high prices for the products: matter of continuing any military in- Trade statistics appendei to the re- Wwas | port show that ‘total foreign éxports brogress, increased production and of the Philippines for 1917 ware nezr- ly’ $96,000,000 .against $70 100,000 oor 1918. Imports rose from 845 000,000 to seven additional transports for Ameri- can ports ‘with 52- officers -and 3,000 men was announced today by the war the other a day later. _Were it not for clouds 2 not be .mrm appreciate” ain "‘A l