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33 Washington. Dec. 11— Extension of the period of govermment control of raliroads for five years, vntil January 1, 1924, was recommended to congress tonight by Director General McAdoo. Advantages of this, Mr. McAdoo said are that it would take the railroad question out of politics for the pres- ent, give time for carryins out an ex- tersive programme of improvements, and provide cpportunity for a fair test of unified control to indieite the per- manent :plution of the railroad prob- lem. “The president bas given me per- mission 1o sav that this conclusion ac- cords with his own view of the mat- ter” Mr. McAdoo concinded. The leiter was addressed to Sena tor Smith of South Carolina and Rep- resentative Sims, chairmén, respective- of the scenate and house interstate ommerce committees. Mr. McAoo explained that to continue government operation for 21 months after formal declaration of peace un] present conditions would mean disruption of wmorale among employes and officers, and could no: enable the government to go ahead with improvements and purchase of cqujpment. Aaother alter- native, the prompt return of the rail- roads to private control, witiout leg- islation to permit elimination of the old wasteful competition, would be “hurt- ful alike to the public intocest and to the railroads themselves,” he said, and toe difficulty of obtaining immediate legislation providing a penmanent so lution, pparent. “There s one and to my mind only one, practical and wiss alternative,” Mr. McAdoo continued, “and that is to extend the reriod of federal control from the one year and nine months provided Ly the prescent lsw to Gve years, or until the first day of Janu- ary, 1924. Tiis extension would take the raflroad question cut of politics for a reasonable period. It would give composure ts railroad officers and em- ployes. It would admit of tie prepara- 11008 and carrying out cf comprehen- Ve me of improvements o th§ raflroads and their tecminal facili <ith_which would jmmenscly increa: the efficiency of the transportation m: nibe. 1t would put back of the rai the crodit of the United States @ fhie five year period so that the i ing of these improvaments could ba succesafuliy carried out. It would offer the mecessary opporuyrity ange; proper conditions to_test the value of nified control and the experience thus fainad would of itseif fndicate the pe manent solution of the raiload prob- wom. “The American people have a righ: to this test. They should no- be deniei it is to their interest that it shoutd be done. In ray opinion, it is the only practicable and reasonable method of determining the right soluton of this ¥rave economic problem. “1 am not now and have not been for the past year interestal in proving or dieproving the theory of zovernment ownership or any othar kind of theory. The railroads bave been coerated for w NT CONTROL OF S FOR FIVE YEARS Recommended by Director-General McAdoo in a Letter to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Interstate Com- merce Committees—To Permit a Fair Trial of Gov- emment Operation and Eliminate Unsettled Conditions Which the Roads Would Face the Next Year Unless Re- lieved Materially by Legislation — Recommendation Made With Permission of President Wilson. the past vear with the purpose of serv. ing efficiency the paramount needs of the war and at the same tini~ furnish- ing the best possible service to the public, whether such opetation tendei to prove or disapprove auy theory oi railroad control, no matter what & might be. T have formed mo opinion myself as to what is the best dispo- sitfon of the railroad problem becausc the fest has not been suificient to prove conclusively the right solutior. of the problem. J believa that a five vear test will giry the American peo- ple the right answer. A ounce of ex- perience is worth a ton of iheory. There are those W say -that un extension of five years for such a test will mean governme'i. owner- shis. Personally T do not believe {t Lut whether such a tes: would indi- cale that the ultimate soiution shal be government ownership or a modi fied form of priva'e ownershil under effective federal rsgulations should not cause us to hesitate or te refuse to ac 1f congress does not ext:nd the time for government control, said Mr. McAdoo, th> raiiroads should be re- turned to private managemcnt “at the earliest possible moment.” “Practical difficulties of continuing government operation under existing authority, he pointed ou:, are the growing conficts of authority befween state and federal administ-ation, in- adequacy or_the half millioa dollar re- volving fund for financiz improve- ments, inability to fore> railroads to ray for cars and locomotives without litigation, an1l to require terminal im- provements. NO SURPRISE TO THE RAILROAD EXECUTIVES Philadelphia, Dec. 11.—Recommen- dation by Director General “cAdoo that government control of railroads continue until January, 1924, was no surprise ‘to the railroad executives of the couniry, it was learned tonight. The railroad exccutives advisory com- mittee, which is in conference here on problems relating to the return of the roads to private operation, had inti- niations from Washington that thead- ministration was considering the ad- visability of recommending an exten- sion of government control. The ddvisory committee is made up of 24 members, reprasenting 1:5. rail- roads throughout the Souniry. This commiftee at a meeting in New York o1t December 4, adopted resolutions that gopernment ownership and oper- ation of American railways “is not conducive to the highest economic el ficiency of the country.” The sessions are executive and it was stated that probably nothing will bo made public umiil the committee finishes its work. It was pointed out tonight that the recommendation of Direclor McAdoo extends government control u? rail- roads three years hoyond the maxi- mum time estimated by President Wilson in his recent address to con- gress. WARNING THAT INFLUENZA v EPIDEMIC HAS NOT ENDED Washington, Dec. 1.—Warning to the country that the influenza epidemic by no means ended and that all possible precautions against the dis- case should be taken was fssued to- night by Surgeon General Blue of the public health eervice. Reports received by the service show a recrudescence of the disease virtually from one end of the country to another amd in his statement Dr. Blue advised the closing of the public schools on the first sign of the reap- pearance of the epidemic He said the disease apparently now tended to occur more frequently among school children. “Our main reliance,” Dr. Blue said, “must etill be the observance of pre- cautions by the individual person. He .should cover up his coughs and sneezes and Insist that others do the same.” Information reachinz the public health seryice shows that New Jersey: has a substantial increase in the number ‘of cases. The disease also is | reported in Vermont and Massachu- setts. In Pennsylvania conditions at Frie, Newcastle and Jolinstown are said to be worse than during the original outbresk. PRESIDENT OF THE SWIsSS CONFEDERATION FOR 1919 Berne, Dec. 11.—Gustave Ador, a member of the Swiss federal council and president of the International Cemmittee of the Red Cross, was to- day elected. president of the Swiss Confederation for the year 1919, M. Ador received 142 votes out of a pos- sible 188, M. Ador becams president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and in 1912 visited the United States to attend the International Red Cross Couference at Washington. He founded the now world-famous Agency of the Prisoners of War, the main purpose of which was to act as inte:- iary between prisoners and their families or friends. He started the undertaking in his private residence. M. Ador was largely responsible for the ‘exchange of wounded or ill pris- sners by the belligerents. NONSENSE TO THINK THAT GERMANY HAS BEEN CRUSHED New York, Dec. 11.—It is nonsense to think that Germany has been crushed, declared Dr, Maurice Jran- «is Egan, former minister to Denmark, in an address here today. ‘““'ha point of view of Germany is to begin over again” he said. “It Liebknecht 15 given an opportunity, he will fournd a government almost as autocratic as that of the late kaiser. “Germany may be beatan to her put I cannot soncelvs of her her breast with a Mea culpa.’ have not accepted the scourging with &: (b'muc‘hl demo- crats cen! of German eouu.\‘-d To Belleve that 1t was again uber Alles’ they would nerve to resume \ae- WOMEN DOCTORS DISCUSS WOMEN'S SCANTY ATTIRE Chicago, Dec. 11.—Arguments. for and against scanty attire for women | by women doctors occupied the atten- tion of the American Public Health association today. ) Dr. Jeannette Throckmorton of Chariton, lowa, who made the address | which started the discussion, declared | the customary street dress of women last summer was an offense to public | decency. She blamed *he good women | of the country for allowing their daughters to “defy heumonia and in- | fluenza with a i<valiere for protec- tion.” Dr. Effie Lobdell of Chicago in- dorsed the wearing of fewer clothes by women from both moral and hy- glenic standpoints, Women are cleaner now because they have to be to wear these thin clothes,” Dr. Lobdell eaid, “and the character of our art and the spread of education about sex hygiene remove any tendency of indecency in the pub- lic mind. T favor, also, a . uniform dress for each industry, which a girl can put on at her office or work- shop.” NEW YORK PRINTERS GET $6 A WEEK WAGE INCREASE _Washington, Dec. 11.—The National War Labor Hoard in a supplemental award today in the controversy be- tween members of the Typographical and Pressmen's Unions and employers in New York city granted the men an increase of $6 a week instead of $3.0 as in the original award. The larger increase of $6 a week instead of $3.00 tween the men and the employers. REPORT OF DEATH OF LIEUT. CALDWELL ERRONEOUS Washington, Dec. 1L—First Lieu- tenant William'F. Caldwell, one of the many_ young men who left the service of The Associated Press to fight in France, is safe and well at his post after being officially reported as dead from wounds. He was severely gassed Sept, 6, and through a ‘confusion of names was reported dead after he had left the hospital. HOSPITAL SHIP MERCY HAS ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE New York, Dec. 11.—The United States hospital ship Mercy, with 395 wounded troops aboard, arrived at Quarantine today shortly before 5 p. m. The Mercy, sister ship to the Comfort, was delayed by storms and put in at Bermuda. She will dock to- morrow morning. During the voyage two of the wounded soldiers died. 1859 CASES OF INFLUENZA REPORTED IN BOSTON Boston, Dec. 11.—The state depart- ment of health received reports of 1,859 cases of influenza today. Offi- clals sald not all of these had devel- oped in the last 24 hours, as many EX-KAISER ENTITLED SANCTUARY. IN “T;In -Hague, D«_l 11. u“m German emperor is en to Vthe right of sanctuary in - Holland and therefore his return to Germany can- not be demanded, according to a statement made foday by Jonkheer Beerenbruck in the lower chamber of parlisment during a debate on- the ;rm\; of the former emperor to Hol- an 3599 NAMES IN TWO I ARMY CASUALTY LISTS ‘Washington, Dec. 11.—The follow- i ing casualties are reported to the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 112; died of wounds 106; died of accigent and other causes | 15; died of disease 75; wounded sev. erely 231; wounded (degree undeter- mined) 737; wounded slightly 437; missing in action 339; total 2.072. Connecticut, Rhode Island southern Massachusetts men: Killed in Acton. John Hussey, and Sergeant Holyoke, Mass. Private Frederick W. Schade, Britain. New Died from Wounds. Corporal Paul H. Lawless, Worces- ter, Mass. Private George W. McAlister, H Private Jerome Lovett, Walthall, Mass. Died from Accident and Other Causes Private George Mayhew, Newport, R..L Died of Disease. Privates—Donald G. Fraser, wichtown; ford. Nor- Alfred B. F. Hultz, Hart- Wounded Severely. Sergeant Joseph C. Miller, Bridge- port. Corporals—Herbert _¥. Bridgeport; Ray C. Providence, R. 1. Privates—Irederick H. Raymond, Webster, Mass.; Carlo Hansen, Bridgeport; Patrick A. Sullivan, Wat- | erbury; Frederick D, White, New Haven: William Joseph Fortin, Hart- ford; Percy R. Columbia, Bristol; Bu- gene Vitale, Bridgeport. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Lieutenants—John J. Hickey, Stam- ford; Willam ¥. Williams, Eristol, Rl Cooks—Edward G. Manchester; John J. Kelley, Holyoke, Mass.; Alexander Koger, Hartford. Privates—James J. Di Martino, Oak- Tille; Albert B Johnson, Rggbur Davld Loiselle, Woonsocket,” R. I Flannagan, Bertherman, Cobb, South Patrick J. Lillis, New Milford; James Travis, Pawtucket, R. L; Charles Marthers, Moosup; Edward Patrick Ryan, Ansonia; Albert E. Melvin, Providence, R. L; Terrence T. Mc- Cann, Springfield, Mass.; Frederick R. Sourbier, Norwich; chaiarino, Danbury. Wounded Slightly. ‘Wagoner Many Babrillo, Bridgeport. Cooks — John Gaboriault, Central Falls, R. John J. Baker, New Hav- en; Robert J. Doggart, Talcottxille; Car]l Ficken, Meriden; John J. Keane, Botsford; Nelson Skog, Providence, R. L; James L. Yacavone, Heckanum: Ignace Simanski,” Central Falls; R. L; Ernest F. Hunker, Winchester; Henry W. Lauries, Worcester, Mass.; Steve Slosar, Bridgeport. Missing in Action. Corporals—Robert Stehman, Brook- Modestino Vee- field; Bernard A. Duffy, Providence, R. I; Edward Johnson, Springfield, Mass. Bugler Louis T. Falanders, Poquon- ock. Privates—Lewis W. Cowles, Wol- cott; Daniel J. Lyons, Bridgeport; Carl H. Skibiski, Rockville; Carmine Carmine _ Capellupo, _ Torrington Chris. T. Flaherty, New Haven; Fran- cis G. Swan, Hariford; Lawrence A. Chambers, Bridgeport; Johw P. O'Con- nell, New Haven; Adolph Haisben, Bridgeport; Bruno Johnson, South Manchester; Oswald A. Margelot, New Britain; Justin Stankovicas, | Waterbury. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST Killed in action 203; wounded sev- ercly 833; wounded, degree undeter mined 213; wounded slightly 144; missing in action 204; total 1597. Connecticut men: Killed in Action. Corporal William T. Woodruff, Had- dam. Privates—Stanley Drevinski, Water- bury; Kider Starita, New Haven; Timothy W. Handley, Thompsonville. Wounded Severely. Tizatenant Bdward G. Bell, Water- bury. Sergeants—Gilbert G. Clark, Fair- field; Adolph P. Brodeur, Hartford, John A. Brennan, Kast Hartford Frank O. Hatch, West Hartford. Corporals—Irvine Brown, Water: bury; Waclaw Darkowski, New Hav: en; Thomas Anthony Kubina, Tor. rington; Walter Marcuski, New Fav. tes—John Stevens, Hamden n N. Dardis, New Londor; Bol-|money sent to Washingfon. and he jeslaw Pawlowski, Shelton; Josgph|Would be back on his job hefore the Vallera, Hartford; Joseph Gianneli, | returns from Washington would dis- New Haven; Joseph Goldman, ron; Raymond J. Queenin, New Brit ain; Thomas J. Hewitt, South Man chester; Oscar Kellburg, New Brit ain; Philip L. Labate, Bast Hartford John O. Huzzen, West Haven; Ed ward Dowling, Waterbury Bagdastarian, New Britain. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Privates—Richard E. Gibney, Put nam; ‘Wounded Slightly. Corporal William J. Blake, Danbury. Missing in Action. Sergeant James Mekusky, Bridge port. Corporal Daniel A. Gleason, Hart. ford. Privates — Gustav A, Bridgeport; Frank Ramsay, Win. sted. ‘' DIRECTOR OF SPRINGFIELD Y. M. C. A. GOING TO FRANCE Kenneth Springfield, Mass., Dec, 10. Robbie, director of the. Springfield Y. M. C. A, received today an urgent request from Dr. John R. Mott, of the linternational Y, M. C. A. committee, that he obtain six months' leave for association work in_France, and it is intimated that Mr. Robbie will accede to the request. He has had consider- able experience In war camp work at Camp Devens and is considered an expert in association methods. ALLIES AGAINST SOLDIERS’ AND WORKERS' COUNCILS Copenhagen, Dec. 11.—According to reports from Berlin, the entente gov- ernments intend to refuse to send communities had sent reports cover- ing from two to four days. Twenty- four deaths were recorded. Wellesley college reported that there had bheen 149 cases among faculty members and students since Oct. 4. foodstuffs to Germany until a demand they are said to have made for the dissolution of the soldiers' and work- ers' colmcils'i; url;i‘f'd out. The allies, the reports add, will reserve the right to march into Germany. - and 20,000,000,000 pounds sterling. So, Freseénted - as bem= particular o £ THURSDAY, DECEMBER Six Men Killed on —30 Injured. Washington, Dec: 11. the ‘crew of the ' armorod Brooklyn we:a killed and thirty othe Bristol, Dec, 11.—(By The P.) The war bill of the allies against Ger- many is 24,000,000,000 potnds sterling, according to the British prime minis- < men ter, David Lioy: plosion of coal dust ab. N last. Monday at Yokouama, Japa where she was coaling. The navy d partment was so informed today in despatch from the commending office of the Asiatic eet, of which Brooklyn was flagship. The dead are: Chief Water Redmond, Red Bs v The cost of the war to Great Britain “as $,000000,000 pounds steriing Before the war the estimated wealth of Germinn)’, said the pramicr, was be- tween 15,000,000,000 pounds sterling William il the whole wealth of Germany were Criser Brookiyn In an Explosion of Coal Dust Last Monday at Yokohama cruiser were injured, some seriously, in an ex- rd the vessel the = T - Condensed Telegrams London Stock Exchange will close on_December 25, 28 and January 1. Peruvian legation at Washington raised to the rank of embassy. ited States Steel Corporation re- ports unfilled orders on books for November, §124,663 tons. Total purchases of War Saving and Thrift Stamps in New York to date amount to $35,105 485, Senator ‘ Poindexter introduced a resolution authorizing an nvestiga- tion into ‘the army ordnance = and quartermaster's departments. Association of Petroleum Producers in Mexico broke off negotiations with Carranza officials as to property rights of Mexican oil companies. Tobacco Products Corporation, at a special meeting in Richmond, ‘voted fo increase the common stock from $16,- 000,000 to $20 000,000 Revenue bill was taken up by the Senate with statements from Senator Simmons and Senators Penrose and LaFollette opposing the whole bill of TS n. &= a er B. nraken(.hthere would not be enough to| e e John W. Shaw, Tishomin- in?et:(';'t';."ansd‘mt.o::igt:gc‘o::\“n'n‘::e s ay the account, . Therefore, he had |50, Okla. . 2 3 ' used the words: “Germany stiould pay | Roscoe W. Morris, Houston, Texas. | fToduced a_ bill T el to_the utmost limit of her capacity.’| lfonier Sherwood, Compiche, Calif. M..W_Gl'| 'gF v‘; Yé’ hief of When the prime minisier wgs ad-| 'Theoc/we T, Thevenhi Shoshone, |, Maior-General F. P Bl dressing an overflow meeting, he said | Idaho. e AL ELY, - Gudual fe = Great Dritain would be guilty of = great folly if she gave up her navy. A voice interrupted: “Then walch Wilson!” The premier replied: “Well, T hope to meet him in a fortnight. I will teil bim what you say. G Whergver the request comes from, We are not going to give up the pro- tevtion of the nmavy so far as (ireat Britain is concerncd.” # 2| Most of the injured mon were froi the Far West. The following also wera 10 record of their eni Fireman Artel Lamos vate J E. Bovd, marine coij The navy department's ment said the Erookly aged and thut a co been called to in tment: nnouncy sion. which was in compart- | ~APPropriations of $359,657577 for, FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE mentson the besth Jeck and in the | the Post Ofice Department for the 7 s. No cause was assign- | fSC July 1, 1919, a wuifi'fl';sfl”ifig Cfi”f:‘l’l’vi:\i‘l" S ORe Ot e s Elled et | recommeded by the House committee hile the othe American_ countries have bern 4 o i ed Ly the United States to join in Boc: reported injured, although the depa-tment has| evx and Pri-| ) was not dam ed of their port, says army ordnance ment has made the 24-inch possible. ; Tea imported into the United States {in the year ending June 30, amounted to 148,684,000 pounds a year ago. Rear Admiral L. C. Palmer in a statement just made public shows the personnel of the navy was increased from 56000 to 500,000 men during the war. develop- cannon m o of post offices and post roads. Lofan W. Page, cousin of Walter H. ; 3 o ¢|Page former Ambassador to Great susgestion to Chile and Para that the | Viadireston tiree. ke hened 2| Britain, is dead in Chicago of heart interests of Pan-American unity de- | g landed theve after de-|disease. He was a director of the mand an amicable s ent of their | cision was reacted to have a joint|UDited States Official of Public Roads. controversy over the provinces of | expeqition into Siber partic:pated in| At a meeting of Rhs Investment Tacna and Arica. Acting Seeretary | by the associated nat the ciation of America, at Folkk of the state departmen: an-|fag ship of Rear Hiasal ¥. N. J., a resolution was )n\::’lmbe;:xn‘h;rz‘:)de:u e?:n:::\fl‘!!:fithslt\;i the . battle antiago ia 1898 and is|adopted demanding the return of the Aigentina alone had bica approgched | oavyr ¢ oSt (4mOyS £hips In the| rallroads (4 thelr ewners. on the subject. Secretary Polk made it clear ‘hat the American zoverament was not o fering its good officas (o compose the trouble between the two South Amer- ican republics, but at the same t'me 19 WAR CONSTRUCTION Washington, Dec. 11.—Abandonme: b oL mine vith 561000 tons, in 1918. to bave their Christmas dmners in| (British). and the Tenadores, Kroon- let it be known that it snch zood of- | including’ a number of niirate and | ™ sy senoent horsing propesitions | their homen. land and Calamares (American). ices were requested they would be ex- | other chemical plants, was announced | wpere 7o par cent. of the work is not| All who returned today weré not in|Theré were German helmets, Germar tended promptly. Th ormation | today by the war department. Projects } sompleted, will be stopped. military or naval service as actnal|machine guns and Germa1 belts with o ied to nll the Souilt Ameri- | 2bandoned are the nitrate plonts at [“ORP g TLoy 0 NUPC plant will | Axhters. Thess were Y. M. C- A. girls | the unfilled “Gott mit uns” caption. S ropublics with thy suzeestion tha: | Cincinnati, Toledo, Little Rock, 4| contnue operaton. Tt will manufac- | Who had suffered from zus yoisoning, | These possessions the canters display- pach make similor representations o | Rapids and Emporium, Pa. a tetryl | {oRIRI® CRCFGEON. (5 W (BENTTASTT v M. C. A, workers who nad strength- | ed wilh pride second only to that which both Chile and Pera : | plant at Sentor, Mich, a T. N. T. plant | tUre evanide, to cned xoldiers’ morale while under fire, | they displayed in telling of brave acts prompt acceptunch ot the arofes ot | e aits CRIIt, @ power plant at Mil- | ¢ rtional Bank of Pekin financ- |and chaplains who had ri:ked their | performed by, particular comrades. 2 N of| ton, Pa.: construci k on the : the “good offices™ of the Unilek | welding spool, Camp Jessup, Atlanta, |1, the expenses of the Chinese peace| States might simply be a misinterpre- | Ga.: construction work in_connection | d¢legation to FEurope at a cosf tation of the state department’s note.| with the Mays Landinz plant of t PROJECTS ABANDONED of nineteen war construction projects, A special Trade and Commerce Com- mission was sent to London by Can- ada with a view to securing special busiess for Canada. Hawaiian sugar crop for 1919 is estimated at 600,000 tons, compared nt e | $600 000. While the main endeavor nowis to | Bethlehem Loading compa: niae SaRelienr dig companits’ wane g end the present strained rala:i famding. "N, /300 Secoyery Plnt |Sanized in: November, iwith total ieaps tween Chile and Peru. it w Cambridge, Mass.; Construction and |ital of $3,870000. 2 the department that the occnsi Lateration of the' Peters Cariridge| An investigation into the National arise for a final settlement of the dis- | Company building, Clincinnati: a | Security League of New York and rute by the carrving out of the pro- | phosphorus plant, Fairmount, W. Va.: | other similar organizations wer order- ions of the treaty of Ancon. in 1883 by the two rem ing for a plebiscite in 2red s and eall- disputed the. Manchester and Broadway pla: th rrovinces to determine (™ disposi- Lou; ., Mo.; construction work of t tion. recovery plant, Lynn, Mass.; constru The American government tien work at the Western Cartrids Company, Bast Alton, Ils. ous that conditions western hemispher~ - ‘ne tle. project at Grand Ra meeting of the peace conference atlsc cancellation of contracts Pari; The "agw. aud - «aca dispute, | construction there of twenty it was said, was the only serious dis- agreement now existing in the west- ern world, in the for t men. Figures on the total HARTFORD BANK CASHIER EMBEZZLED $44000 Hartford, Conn., Dec, 11.—Merrick W. Chapin, assistant cashier ana pay ing teller of the Phoenix National bank of this city, was ted today on the charge of embezzlement of $114.- 0. He was taken before ° ates Commissioner Richard 1. voll and held under $5,060 hon, amount available. largely because the extel of expenditures already made has n been fully determined. however, that (he total expenditu well in excess of $109,000,000. When the railroad control bill w: enacted, Mr. McAdoo urged that t period of control not ke limited to s for | the February term of the Lnited |Months after the formal close of the States: Aisteicts bt ¢ war. saving this would not give o The arrest was made by Degity | POrtunity for a real test of sovern- United States Marshal John J. KK ment ownership. Ler on complaint of Dauiel C. Mul ney, chief national bank examine: 1S AU E (Ul ROy SHAIISTL Y D RS | the Boston Federal Reserve district,|Tient had snch limitations, saving th Mulloney made aff there was danger of the railroad que tion becoming elections of 1920 fortunate, he said, road question was Commissioner Carroll that examina- tion of Mr. Chapin’s accounts he had embezzled and wilty’ political Thi because the rai purely econom with political OPENING torney Allan K. Smith presented the sc_before the commissioner. Mr. Chapin was represented by Attorney Edward J, Myers. Mr. Chapin is 48 vears old. a native Hartford and with his wife and family resides at 175 Warranton sues. DDRESS (AT Chicago, Dec. 11.—Evidence to sho the planning of an railw: of of the Laclede Gaslight Company, St. toxic ‘gas plant, Croyland, Pa.::toluol The abandonment of the picric acid ids involved al- room bungalows, five 160-man barracks, ten cottages, and other houses for work- in- d in these cancellations were not It was said, contemplated in all the projects wa Recently he again expressed disop- sue in the would be un- and should not properly be entangled | TRIAL OF VICTOR BERGER} “underground to Mexico so that draft evad- | ed by the House. Twenty-nine freight transports have left France, bringing back stesl rails. engine supplies. air service supplies and gas machinery to be used in this country: S Eight cases of influenza and five of pneumonia were reported liere vester- day in Waterbury. The Swiss police have arrested a courier of = the Stuttgart socalist council on his way to Zurich, accord- ing to the Tagebiatt of Berlin. An indictment charging tite murder of A. M. Prentiss, station master a\ the Union Station m Burlington, Vt., was retfirned Dby the grand jury against John Luce, a nrivate who was stationed at Camb Devens Governor McCall of M: ‘husetts nominated Miss Clara Louise Power of Boston as a notary public. William White, for four vears town auditor and a member of the dema- cratic town committee, died in Cos Cob taday, aged 70. Nicholas Semernikoff of the mechan- ical department of the Russian mission of ways and communication commit- de in a hotel in New York by g himself from a chandelier in nt he o- g he. nt ot re as as he 21 - at | g~ e ]CLAIMS REGULAR ARMY 1 OFFICERS ARE OPPOSED TO N. G. St. Paul, Dec, 11— -Charges that re: ular army officers are so bitterly op- posed to the national guard sysiem in the United States that they nre at- temptine to make its existence impos sible, were made today at the con- ference of Adjutant Generals of the central states, at the Minnesota si capitol. The charge was made by Major W. 1- 1¢ w | lof Liberty neld hign above the busy 1 $614,380,000. New York, Dr. 11—V vicomad home as heroic sons of the nation 7.740 more soldiers, sailors. marines and aviators representing virtually wvers state in the Union, entered fog hound York harbor 1edav on six lurge trans- ports from Luropean ports, The, tales these men told about one another were narrations of American high courage i on French hattleflelds, on the -open seas and in ihe air #hove France and Eneland. Hundreds of the mon, maim- & for life by wounds recorved in-some 6f the war's heaviest fghiing, were hurriel to Lospitals, iad the others went fo camps, where they will be de- mobflized. tivés and al4ad Amerlean contingents in' destroying 'Gorman machine” gun nests. Of thise. stories without num bor tere toll by troons who_ them- selves had survived the war's d ana spoke modestly -of fhat fact.s, Tllustrative of Yankes 2y roi the account given of <ay Glazebrook, of Washingten member of the Tiwelfth Fle: Shot in fhe lung, gas: the Jex’ removed to 4 ho=pitai, Captain Glazebrook, arrivals said, siole away from liis cot. assembled aniform, at- tached a captatw's tars climbed through a wondow. rode. thirty=six hours on am amy truek without let- i & Artillery. wounded in Some had left Am «s scarcelv | ting his comjanions know of ‘his con- more than boys but thes came hack | dition; and entered action _in__ the 48 men_either wounded or sound. The | American advonce on.the St. Mihiel wounded inc who had | salient. TFour days later, once more walked with eruiches when their shivs | gassed, he was hack the same led from Rurove, anl who, made|hospital. Asked about incident, i oming. toss-1 Captam (lazehrooi s The chief declared | surgeon gaye me 1 you don't cured” as » b the mira- | die he said, “and vou prohably will, of their ‘1eturn. with a jaw sbot a his expectation of rejoic oii will be court-martialled. But out- wide the door T heard him laugh and T knew it was all yight ¢ Pehind the crosses «of war which many of the retnrned soldicrs wore— gifts from the French government— lie incidents of doushbov grit and sac- vifice which parallel the incredihle, and the telling of which would fill pages of newspapers. Some of the soldiers and marines described theis mistrast for the Germans who cried “Kam- ercd!” and who were killed in their . after treacherous activif Sailors spun ¥arns of batiies with sib- marines. Aviators exploited how they tempered thelr disappointment-at not reaching France by hringing down en- with Doth feet urgeons after ihe bon I splintered by German sh-lis in the Llovdy Argonme Forest, hut glad, he said, that he had served country and flae repurdiess of the cost to him- celf.” Other men had met with a dif- fevent misfortune: these were unable to Qifcern the torch which the Statue gone, ami v harbor and moving tronsnorts. And there were others who couid not hea. ‘he port’s whistles and the air raid sitens which shrieked their welcoming demonsiration. emy airplans during rails on Eng- of these men had eaten their|land. givins dioners on shipboard | Trophies of war eams hams on the and were zlal they wére I n time | transports, ihe Adriatic and Ascanius FARM CROPS WERE OF RECCRD VALUE THIS YEAR Washington, Dec. 11.—With a total value of § the nation’s rrincipal farm crop this year were worth more, based on prices paid to firmers December 1, in that any vear in the history of American agricul- fure. December crop. eéstimates today of. {he department of agriculture show- ed that' this vear's total exceeds that 0f the former ,recorgL year 1817 . There also was a marl ed “increase in acreage, the 3 total exceeding that of last 10,700,000 acrbs, : These crop figures were lcoked upon with satisfaction by officials as show- ing that the nation will be in evén Detter position to fulfill its pledges of twenty million tons of foodstuffs to Europe next vear than had been ex- pected. Most_of the crops are larger than the five year average and some of them established records, particularly spring._ wheat, barley, co. Corn, however, fell year averag Today’s estimates piaced the cron at 166,384,000 bushels lss than forecast in November. with a total of 2,582.814,000 bushels. That is almost half a billion bushels less than last. year's record crop. The wheat crop is larger than the five vear average, and almost 300,000.- 000 bushels larger than last yvear's crop, but it is more than 100.000.000 bushels smaller than the record crop of 1915 Almost all of the crops were worth more this vear than in any previous year because of ‘the high prices paid to producers, Corn's value was more than three and one-half billion dollars, wheat al- most two billions, hay and cotton more tnan a billion and one-half, and oals | more than a billion. PRESIDENT TO MAKE ADDRESS TO U. S. TROOPS Paris, Dec, 11-—(By The Associated - Press). The address which President Wilson will make to the Americsn troops, probably as soon after his ar- rival in France possibie, is expect- ed to be one of the most important de- livered during his stay in Europe, and is. being looked’ forward to by Euro- peans, who hope to gai1 from this a more definite idea of the president’ exact position regarding numerous vi- tal poines. It is considered undoubted that the president will make this step 4t the American front, but at what place has not vet been determined. The president, it is announced, will visit devastated districts in France, and, although the present plans are tentative, all depending on his per- sonal wishes, the trip may take him into former German territory. Visits to Metz and Strasbourz are extreme- Iy_probable, President Wilson will lunch with the president of France on Saturday soon afier his arrival. The plans for Sunday have not yet been made known. On Monday the president will TLold a reception In ®ie Paris ‘city hall, | to which a host of officials nave been invited. 895, year by MINORITY REPORT OF WAR REVENUE BILL IN SENATE ington, Dec, 11.—Formality of reading and considering minor and unopposed amendments to the war revenue bill was reached today in the senate sooner than expected because senators preparing addresses were not ready to proceed. Reading of the bill by senate clerks proceeded for several hours without discussion by senators and with less than a dozen members in their seats. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin re- quested postponement of consideration of virtually the entire income tax IRnUrEaO e R B section ::ml this and other controvert- Heb- Jeseph ‘William Kavanaugh, Plainville. Johnson, avenue. He began his bank career at the age of 18 when he was emploved by the American National bank as a ; | runner. 3| While in the six and a half vears that he has been with the Phoenix he was always granted a two week's va- cation vearly he would never fake hut one week off at a time. The way | he covered his alleged. shortage while away for the week was (o report be- ; | fere he went an amount of mutilated close his_stealings. What Mr. Chapin_ did . with the money has not been disclosed. He lived economically, it is said, belonred ; | to no expensive clubs or social organ- izations. MEMORIAL FORESTS FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Boston, Dee. 11—The establishment | of memorial forests by tewns, in memory of soldiers and sail- ors who gave their lives in the war, was suggested today in a letter sent fo municipal authorities by Frank W. Rane, state forester. His Gepartment, Mr. Rane said, would supervise the work if cities,’ towns or Individuals, ‘ho desire to establish snch memor- Is, would finance it. “To undertake s work,” he pointed out, “will aid at the present time in giving a zain- ful temporary occupation for those of the returning soldiers who need it and ers might seek sanctuary in the| southern republic, and similar activi ties designed to embarrass the United | States in the prosecution of the war, | was promised by Joseph Fleming, a: sistant district attorney, in his open- ing address to the jury completed t day at the trial of Victor L. Berger, congressman-elect of Milwaukee, and four other socialists on a charge of | conspiracy under the espionage: act. JARANESE DELEGATES START FOR THE PEACE CONFERENCE | Yokohama, Monday, Dec. 9 (By the| A. P.).—~The Japanese delegation to the peace conference at Versailles will leave here tomorrow on board the liner Tenyo Maru for San Francisco. | Admiral Austin M. Knight, com- mander of the United States navall forces in Asiatic waters, also will be | a passenger on the Tenyo Maru, hav- ing been relieved by Admiral William L. Rodgers. OBITUARY | William Agnaw Paton. New York, Dec. 11.—Wiltiam Agriew Paton, author, art student and former newspaper publisher, died at a hotel here today in his Mr. Paton was p New York World m i3 and after serving four years as t tee of the National Republican, came in 1883 first business of the 1881 ) to give it up,” Premier Ll Geclared in a speech. at Bristoi ital stock of the Bayer Comipany, Inc., The food administration annoumeed Referring to the question of one of the largest German-gwned | some time ago that as a result of ims demnity, Mr. Lloyd George. s: chemical and dyestuff conderns in this | JToved conditions in the coffee supply ke indispensable that a ‘person | count will be sold to Americans. at | the exchanze might be re-opened, but who is in, the wrong anl has lost |« public auction to be held tomorrow | the governors had = deférred action chould pay more than a person who | by the alien properiy custodian at the | hitherto owing to the omuuons_ o has heen declared in the right and hes | company’s plant at Renssalaer, it was | Some members to restrictions on prof- won.” . announced here tonight. The Synthe- | its and stocks retained in the federal L He said that the war had cost Gireat | tic Patents (ompany, };m» Q\q{;nme the | regulations. { Britain the tic sum’ of £,790,090,- | patents used by the Bayer Company. T St 000 pounds sterling and added: axd the Williams and Crowell Coicr | OVERSEAS MEN CORDIALLY ! “We propose to demand the whoie | Company, of Providence, R. I, will be GREETED AT DEVENS MAJOR RAOUL LUFBERY | oq provisions went over under unani- Wallingford, Conn., Dec. 11.—Tribute [.mous consent agreement. to the memory of Major Raoul Luthery nator Smoot of Utah presented was paid at a meeting here tonight | his minority report. predicting that when REdward 1. Lufbery, father of{ the count; req Yrements in 1920 the nofed “ace.” presented to the town | will be $10,000,000,000 and suggesting of Wallingford a bronze medal which | radical changex in the bill's policy, had been awarded o ihe aviator by | proposed a 1 per cent. gross sales tax the Aero ciub of Ame and opposed the excess profits and The speakers were, Allan Hawley. | other provisions of the pending bill. president of the Aero club of America Captain Bachelier, representina A. Curtis, former chief of staT fo Ad jutant General W. ¥. Rhinow, of Min- nesota. Major Curtis rcrently resigned frow the siaff of the adjutant zenerai at Washington “Every officer in the regular armv is against the natfonal cuard” snid Major Curtis, in addressing the meet- very officer must fight hard n six months the national guard will be a thing of the past.” NEW YORK COFFEE AND e & oro 2 French high commissiori; (io XCHANGE TO REOPEN Major Curtis declared that “t high « s SUGAR E; feeling In Washington indicated | H: Hplcomb and Everelt J. 1 ¢ York, Dec. 11.—The New York move to abolish the National Guard, or | TReC lleutenant governor. and Su; ixchange, which at least to reduce it Fhelps, of Wallingford. pr closed {0 trading in coffee futures the food administration Will -opened for that purpose Dec; 26, he board of governors decided Tate today that fluctuations would*be lim- ited to 130, peoints daily, while epera- tions will be in deliveries for May and liter dates only CLAIMS BRITISH NAVY IS A DEFENSIVE WEAPON | London, Dec. 11—"The navy Is defensive weapon, not an' offen: one, and that is why we cinnot m Major Lufbery-was killed in aerial combat on May 18 last. He lived here | from 1907 to 1909, GERMAN DYESTUFF COMNCERN TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION New York, Dec. 11.—The entire cap- cost of the war from Germ: included in the sale. Avyer, Mass, Dec. 11.—Camp Devens gave b cord:al greeting today to the fhen who were sent EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TO ATTEMPT TO RESTORE 1100 officers and Scribner's Magazine probably FOR U. S. TROOPS IN FRANCE RULING HOUSE OF BAVARIA | here immediately after their arrival in at the same time help perpetuate it |best known of books fs “Picturesque ‘Washington, Dec. 11.—Andre Tar-| Paris, Dec. 11.—A des! fo the | oSton on the steamship Canopic. A greatly needed natural resource upoy il He traveled extensively and | dieu, high commissioner of Franco-[Temps from its Geneva correspond- | large- number of the troops ‘at the which many industries are dependent.” | was a close associate of Weir, Chase, | American affairs, h: vicd Secre- | ent says that a German newspaper in | cantonment met the two trains, which 4 B = Abbey and other widely known ar-|tary Baker from Paris offering to | Switzerland announces that Crown | arrived an hour apart. The men from SOLICITED SUBSCRIPTIONS tists. place ‘the educational resourcss and | Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, accom- | Overseas marched hehind the depot FOR FICTITIOUS MAGAZINE Francis T. Bennett. facilities of the French gcvernmen: at | panied by severa! high personages of | brigade vi;Ja'nflhmh_l:e\_ba:g:l‘:’aim;;::? : New Haven, Conn, Dec. i1—four| New Haven, Conn. Dec. 11—Fran-|the dispasal of Americin soldiers in | {lie former Bavarian kingdom, are now ated by the orty 3 cis T. Bennett, lawyer and democr men and two girls arrestad here last night, chargedgavith fraudulently so- ng subscriptions for a magazine which is not published, and claiming that the proceeds were-to be used for relief of Red Cross nurses now it France, were heid for trial today. The names given were: Richard A, Thomp- son, Pawtucket, R: 1, Artaur Sut- cliffe, Fall River; Joseph Spasini, of | Taunton, Pauline Blair, l’ar((ord, An- nie Kearns, Somerville, /Mass., and Hector Carnegie Springfieid. Pending rolice inquiry the attention of fed- erai authorities has been directed to Sutcliffe and Miss Kearns. The lat- day of pneumonia. 30 years old and a son of Willlam Bennett, former judge of the superi court. Lester C. Dole. Concord, N. H., Dec. 1 at St. Paul his residence here. cluded some of the most famous ath letes, in America. age. His_wife and two sons, Paul ter claims to have been a war nurse| Dole of New Haven, Conn. and Lieu- tic representative-elect from New Haven to the general assembiy, died here to- Mr. Bennett, who was graduated from Yale in 1913, was Lester C. Dole, for 40 years athletic instructcr school, died last night at His pupils had in- He was 63 yvears of the army of occupation who will be delayed i through the ansportation. pecial opportunities will American coliege students army. and an_opportunity French would be "affor.] can soldiers, \ returnirg home natural difficuities of he ziven the L. or with CHARLES PIEZ NEW HEAD OF EMERGENCY FLEET CORP. ‘Washington, Dec. 11.—harles Plez, vice president and general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, is to succeed Charles M. Schwab as di- - L. 11 of those | at Cerre, in the canton of .Grisons. The néwspaper, the - correspondent adds, Rupprecht is preparing to | attempt the restoration of the housn of Wittelsbach, the ruling house of Pavaria. AN INCREASE OF THE CONSULAR FORCE URGED i Dec. 11.—Increase the consulur force and uppointment twenty-five economric ussistants to ail ‘American industries in exXtending the'r after-the-war foreign iride was urged today by Acting: Secretary of State valk, before the house forsign affairs “The first question asked by the men when they reached - the cantonmen was: - “Where are_the shower baths?” Within a few mintes every bath was occupled. y PRUSSIAN GUARD WAS WELCOMED IN BERLIN Copenhagen Dec. 11.—The Prussian xuard entered Berlin Tuesday and was welcomed by thousands of people. Outside the city the guard was stoppedi: Ly- representatives of the_independent socialists, ‘who vainly ‘invited - the troops to. disarm. Commenting on this | ineident, one rector general of the corporation, it in France. Thompson says he is a|tenant Richard C.Dole now in France, | was said today at headquarters here ‘wounded soldier. survive him. of the shipping board. sl ind lisbinsa o committée. Mr. Poli also requested increased compensation for ambassa- dors and ministers. paper says that the placed: itself at the counter-revolution. i Tt