Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 17, 1918, Page 1

Will' hve Paris in an Automobilé for Prmupd Pomh Nota- ‘bly the Battlefield of the Mane—Was Accorded an Im- r Rneuphon at Paris City Hall Yesterday—Has Christmas Dinner With the American ‘-Dod-ho Paris, . 16 % (Havas).—President ‘Wilson “will leave Paris, in an auto- mobile w to visit the principal points g the old fighting front, notably " the ‘Battlefield on the Marne. . —_— OHPIII‘IVE RECEPTION " AT THE CITY QALL Parls, Dec. 18.—The reception at the city hall, 'hfle not attended by the nuge _which welcomed Presi- dent l-on on Satuvday, was impres- sive, The président was received by the municipal council at the main en- trance and walked through the spa- cious corridors, which were tastefully decorated. More than 5,000 people were within the building, for the most part women: the male element was in great minority. The women cheered the president heartily and he smiled and bowed repeatedly. Adrien llouthud’, presldent of the municipal council, the president replying in.loud, clsar tones, in which there was a tingle of emotion. After the official ~ceremonies, the president Inspected the various depart- ments in_the:eity hall, ending finally m a smafl ¥ where a buffet had been installed and refreshments were served. Several officials were pre- sented and many others showed eager- nees to shake his band. Shortly the president left, returning to the Murat residence. GREETED BY CLEMENCEAU® WITH OUTSTRETCHED HANDS presen the city of presen with an enamel dove. PRESIDENT TO V'Bl‘-l-' Pari. ted with the great go!d medal of ris. To Mrs. Wilsor was ted a diamond broocn adora-d FOCH'S HEADQUARTERS s, Dec. 15.—Presilant Wilson will proceed tomorrow to Seal’s, Mar- shal with t will vi Thierr: Foch's headquarters, he aliiled commander. isit the battlefield it 'y, where the first Amo: to. confer Later he Chateau can di- visiong distinguished themse’ves, anl also Rheims. * Paris, Dec. 16. passed reading a large number of letters. then s of the going The president Mrs. Wilson. TRAN New States 1ome Young STARTED BY. AUTO FOR VISIT TO VERSAILLES — President Wilsor the early . forencon indoors, He =it tarted by automobile for a vi VOB, TR it inds, i to Versailles, whére the final meeting e re: peace conference will Le held, by way of the Bois de Boulogne. was accompanied by SPORT SANTA ANNA ARRIVES AT NEW 'YORK York, -Dec. 16.—The Uniel transport Santa Anna, bringicg 48 officers, 21 enlisted men, Men's Christian association T workers and three Knights of Coluni- cus workers from overscas, arrivcd hera late goday, three days behind scinedule. The ship's officers reported a voyage so roug’ that it had 1o be hrcken by a_stop at Bermuda Paris, Dec. —President Wilson, | james F. Kelly of Salt Lal'e Ci:y Rceompa Colonel 1. M. ¥.use | jne of the Knights of Columbus v&rh- but oth unattepded, arrivedl ers. was thé only wounded man the French ministry ofggvac it $4) o'-iapoard. With thé two othery Knighis clogk this afternoons e Ciemen- | 5t Columbus men, L. M. Kines of Bal- ceau, “”m rouncil and timore and J. L. Mc€andof Chicago, minister outstretch- wore the Croix de Guerre, von by o Hands @B @-top ‘of the wids s anl preeted the presidert warmiv “The premier took Mr. Wilson's hand in both of shis-and pr‘( it vizorausiy s “ay'ng aeiachi nur ket in an airplane with fod ‘0. a ment of marines W were ed for four days.in a salieat of ihe Argonne line. in the espeélally vigogous manner -th ' he enlisted men on thé Sant: Ann: old "uger"m )rh Ai8piaying P.cas- | were members of the 73d. field i nre. S .ery, Among the officers were Licu- “How 50 s¥oil do, Mr. l’re'nueul tenant Colonels William Eaton, 1.t said the premier. fie.d, Mass, and T. F. Brow “Quite well, Mr. Pres! answ- | Brighton, Mass. and Major W. il ered Mr. Wilson. Rogers, Pittsburgh. “You are vot tired?” asked Mt Clemenceau. CRaW OF STEAMER “No, quite fit, declaredl ihe pniest. CORINTHIAN SAVED dent. 5 Mr. Wilson was then ushered hy| St John N. B, Dec. 16.—Alf of tre Premier Clemenceau ints nis ovivate | oficers and crew - of thée Cahagiun . Colome! House remaiming in the | P'acific steamei onnxh&an. from gh's ante chamber chatting with eneral | J01% for GlasgoW. wigcked near Mordacq. Presigent Wilsen left. (he Just Saturdasiihrrive ministry ‘at " h the exception o‘: The premies “The & n minfatry t iu'éx ted 10 er \muewgeen through the Seinc being crossed by“lexander TII Bridge. So great wers the crowds that access to the inner boulevards was impescilie. At the ministry o’ war the old Teriiioriais, class of 1905 on the eve of Luing demobilized, formed the guard of Ponor. WILSON ENGAGED IN AFFAIRS OF STATE Paris, Dec. 16—~Durine the intaraonlg between official calls. ani visits today, Presidenrt ‘Wilson was enguzed in a.- fairs of sta‘e much -after the mauner | St Officy high t ent’ as to, the, stan s erg of ore h essels th brought $he cre ere sald rhi&Et fi :de ‘this morning the decks ot ihe omorrow. It hidkgbsente who was'on the steamer wiea welt aground )vould mal:: Corinthian were awash, withfpaly the wridg asts and funnels out af waler, AUTOS AND MOTOR TRUCKS P Wey: mcbile: ROVIDED TRANSPORTATION 'mouth, Mass.,, Dec. 16 —Auic- s and motor trucks of all dc- wecriptions were pressed into service of his procedure in the White House |today to provide transportation fer offices. He A'd considerabl> busiress | several hundred shoe factdry emp'gyis over the tel:phone, jus: as ut home.|arnd school children who had bees ¥e. The president bas been insisting that the American peace mission organize its achinery &5 that (he psovle in the Unijted States can begin io know what is happening. Meanwhile the mission is trying to itself sett’.d so as to begin preliminary work. Joseph C. Grew, formerly* corricel- na, will take charge of the official an- nouncements which will he odingrilv transmitted to the Unite} Statess #He will have as assistants Pav Stannard Baker and Maximilian Foster. yendent upon the Bay State Stront italway company, which has suspapc- ed service in a large part of the tow Aciion by the selectmen of Weymruth reg: rding the revocation of tas :a way's franchise was expec'sd ~t a epecial meeting mdav The selrc:- ne ere ‘aut] orxzed a town m-et- mv fast \»cfi& ommm to take un itet hu!tqmp- ment jn case service whs Curtafict. GEORGE ALBERT OHL ORDERED INTERNED VARIOUS OFFICIALS T MEET PRESIDENT WILSON of the Paris, Dec. 16--The a (o] various officials to. mee; Wilson now has been The_ Italian premier, V do, and Forzign Ministe: reach here Thursday. prime minisier, David Liovd George, A. J. Palfour, probably will reach Paiis ne.t Satur- day of Sunday. With Pramisr Clemen- ceay. 'he prosence of these pea egates will permit of discussionw ne- and Foreign Secretary al Tresident arranged for. del- Rochestér, N. Y., Dec: 16.—Orders for the internment of George Albert Ohl, :ormer Paris correspondent for the Sports Journal'of Paris..who was ar- rested .here several :woeks ago as a dangerqus enemy alien, weretkeceived by th@United «States marshal touay. Although the factfhas notpeen es- tablished, authoritfes have discevered evidence that leads them to. bélieve that Ohl came to America from Hol- ‘and after the outbreak of the war to zet into communication with George Von Rottweiler. Rottweiler had been captured - and Oh: interned before tween the four leading pow: Great | could meet him. 3 Br:!mlltnl France, the ini States e and Ttaly. GENERAL MEETING OF .- The luter-slllod confevence proba- bly wi le néxt Monday and REPUBLICAN WOMEN will g(\a President Wilson his first opportunity to t the delegates wround .2 confefence tabic. After two days the virious leaders will separte for the Christmas holidays. WILSON TO HAVE CHRIiSTMAS DINNER WITH TROOPS Washington, Dec. 16.— general meseting here tod: can women under the auspices of the Republican \Vomen's Executive com- mitte, decision was_reached to invite suggestions from repudlican’ women over the country ak to the Lest means of social and industrial reconstruc- tion. The suggestions wiil b consid- At the frst of republi Paris, Dec. 16—Presidcnt Wilson will | ered at a conference of the executive leave Paris Christma: s eve nd go to|committeé here Jamuar: American genéral headquarters. From aeadquarters-he. will rroceed to the| RAILROAD ROUTE FROM American front. He will have Christ- the Ameracan troops, American command- nas dinner w. wnd not with }%fl sr-in-chief or other nfllcers From the nbove it woul scem evi- at it s the purpose of Piesi< ilson (1o, have Christnas dirner | charest to Fari: sn_German ‘orritorg in the region of | enna re-established according t Co\lmlx with the Americhn forces of flcml advices received t.day in ¥ dent fent occupation. MONDAY OBSERVED AS Paris, Dec. ,}" hrll. The Cuheorde nw the preside tha most of - theip lri% Sunday to {he V. HOLIDAY IN PARIS 16.—M e oot i fima’ tn sti% history t-of.tha Place | University, ertrance to- lh for the first time and “hey made | Year. The esaminations b 7'he | and will .continue .to-Thurs gy b of Lafayette BUCHAREST TO PARIS Washington, Dec: 16.—A delegation of English and Rumaniar officers is negotiating wvith the Vieuna and Budapest governments with a view of getting the railroad route irom Bu- via Budapest and Vi- of - sh- ington. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS AT YALE ARE BEING HELD New Haven, Conn., D 16—For of Yale examina ns being held in the middle of the =chaol abandonment of the 'S. A. ' d In ithe, Ficpus cemetery, in the south- ou:er war coaditions causcd the mno- t P uhfi:fl WITH GOLD | MED Y OF PARIS ‘% dent Wilson, | is stored a quantity of clemicale foo adldress at the | laboratory purposes. The fumes han- AL‘ "'mm 20 th P section, v?s mad: unofficially a? the populace that section did not T .t the fiak\em had been | FIRE [N kh vation. BUILGING AT COLUMBIA UN!VEFSITY New York, Dec.' 16.—Fire broke out late tonight in a- bulldiog at Cojum- bla university in which ik is reported e greetings | dicapped the firemen fightin (ne blaze resident of fand a cul for the was turned ZLescue squad. was are | | Witk thewgroungafor tha \ irm beliefy everal circ'es here. Ny incide: ecently have led pus lfl. Washingtos, Dec, 16.—A huse win- ter’ywheat crop. larger b, eighty mil lion bushels than any yield in tory of American agriculture, was fore- cast today by the deparirent of agri- culture. The goverdment's apseal. made he- fore the coming of peacs was in sight, saying an acreage of 47.5(9,000 was de- sirable, and the guaramteed price of $2.20 a bushel for whear, stimulated extraordinary 2ffort on the part of the farmers, sail the depariment’s an- nouncement. As a result 49,027,000 acres were planted durjug i leng and almosy perfeci season, ‘The fall growing season has been one the finest ever known, regulting in crop heoing in ihe best condition | exer recorded on December 1, and giv- inz promise of heavy yicils g Allowingz fer the ave sprirgy abandonment of acreage duc to winter ling, the rtment announoed that winter wheat gives promise of a total production of 765,000,000 bushels. An avarage spring wheat o0 would place next year's production of wheat® be- md 2 billion hushels and exceed the record crop of 1815, Last ¥ s Spi wheat. production wus 363,000, 000 bushels. Stat, having sown more than a million acres of winter wheat, the percentage of increase and the con- ditionsof th2 crop on Decomber 1 in- clude: i 8 per cent. increase: Ohio. 2,374,000 acres; 1 per cent; eon- dition 104, Washington showed the la 000. Towa prease ' with a Califor- n was 100. rgest par- 135 with the acreage showed 100 r cent, ,000 acres re: ia, the condition of tho REDFIELD OPTIMISTIC ON BUSINESS OUTLOOK Boston, -Dee. 16.—Opti m regard ing business in the Unitad States was expressed ay by Segretarr William Y Regeld. ©t the department of com- merc discussing at & husiness re- adjustme; conference hcre some of | the plans f the governmont to ex-¢ tend the foweign tradq of inc coun-| try. The solution of. controver: tween capital and labor. he believed, would be solyed by largest production which would make high wages pos- sible. The workingman woud find no difficulty,. he said; in.findicg employ - ment and every effort wou'd be made ° seé that the men who had heen in ser- | vice found gcod places. “We have not heen forced to worry | about ghese soldiers up tv the pres ent,” he said, “for v dre findine places for themselves lrzady a few usand wounded. meY 4 Ny u:r&mhout any help %hézo\-- nt.” Vo o s He ik@bouts the government en't Eu !‘l'éfiu.tvi a be- Pt 1pth: or< - Stat? increasedighs carefu donica study of lradad‘g| u’i rid woul ade, nilx Gel - ad efory ,he lha. o8 'fiére could bhe tifical Iy ‘thed KILLED WHILE TRAINING FOR AIR MA! Rlizabe 3 Smith o veteran postal em] m )\ teain- ing the pas e al mail service, wa chen his plane fell 500 feet he ficld usged as the New York \ermmal of the air pos ystem. Witnesses 0 accidentgsaid ll'fix Smith ap en WVsried an l\oslrion e niachiné whilg |n g against fthe wind. The nt gidewjse.and the pilofy making a desperate el bt the nalt dned Whe; aze a?’” mr found to’ be h\ohen ih een v I(‘e eleven years. POPE BENEDICT WMAY BREAK CUSTOM OF £0 YEARS Rome, Dec. 14.—That Pope dgict is prepared toabandcr a cu falf a centpiry u himselfZh. in the postal ser- lic opinion {oward (his helief. No pontift - has left the Var 1871 as a protest azainst 1 i tion- of Rome by the Itulan govern- ment, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO MEET Chairma Washington. Dec. 15. - \i Hays of the republican aa mittee issued today a ca'l for a meet- ing of the committee at uary 10, “to discuss ‘the vation and- to lay pl ture.” tepufblicans feel” said Mi Hays announcement. “that they ;n\e won a | tremendous Vietory .this lasi dlectior and dealized thoroughly v by th>ir opportunities nmew are their respon- sibijities measured.” TWO POLITICAL LEADERS ARRESTED IN PORTUGAL Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 16 (Havas)y.— Pr Brito Camacho, leader of the un- osist group in the Porfuguese cham- ber of deputies, and Magalhaes Lima, leader of the republican party, have been arrested. p Magalhaes Lima was taken into cus- tody because, it is allegzed. a letter addressed to him was found on the; person of the assaésin of President | Pases. ALL DRAFT BOARDS TO BE'DISSOLVED Annapolis. Md., Dec. 162 Local and district draft boards. will be dissolved at the end of the gresent month Sec- retary Baker said in an address today at the governors’ conference here Af- ter that time, however, they will main- tain an informal organization fo as- i employment bureaus in placing returned soldiers in industry. Swedish Ministry to Resign. ‘Washington,- Dec. 16—A diplomatic despatch from Christiania today says thé Knudson ministry, having a ma- jority against them, will resign before the mew convocation of the storthing. A coalition ministry probably, will be formed with a platform of electoral reforms ‘and a new" election will then take place. - {of pneumonia. i The New Haven road will build a $50,000 engine house at. Hopedale, Conn.. / Greek tobacco area was cut 50 per cent. for 1918 compared with 1917, Shipping Board assigned two ships | to ‘carry cotton from the South ! New England. new coal tipple cultmg $40,000 Wwill be installed by the Wood Coal Co. of Bthel, W. Va. Increased importation of wool from various source, “belng considered by tht War Trad Metal products wl!l be manufactur- | ed by the Perfex Specialty Co. of Camden, N. J,, capital §$100,000. Fire caused damage of $100,000 at the plant of the Pemnsylvanix Tank Car Co, at Masury, Pa. Groton lron Works, steel !h:pbunld-- ing plant, completed about 25 per| cent. of govérnment contracts. An aero station costing $800,000 is! planned for Narragansett Bay, R. L, by the Navy Department. War Trade Board allows Holland ' 100, 000 tons of coal. It will have to be shipped-#n Dutch ships. $50,000 will be built at the Aelml Mills | Co. plant at Watertown, A one-story addition to coun $24,020 will be erected at the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. plant in Brooklyn. Lehigh Valley Railroad signed a contract with the Railroad Adminis- tration “for an annual rental at $11,- 321,233, Chile Copper Co. produced 9,854,- 000 pounds of copper in November eompared with 8,548,000 pounds in| October. Director-General, McAdoo denied the | barges | to operate on the Mississippi River| report that contracts for were cancelled. Government authorities and copper producers are reported to he working to bring about stabilization of the in-4 dustry. This winter is expected to be busiest -in the histor# of the build- in?nd constructing industry of the co! v Articles of incorporation have been filed at Dover, Del, by the Tom Thumb Car! tor Co., of Phila- delphia, capmissan 000. Six self-propbiled steel barges will be manufactured for the Navy by the Todd Shm)flrds Comporation of New »_Cendensed Telegrams i joffice of the expeditionary { Dec. {Elled, 51; A two-story factory addition to cost| | Ca the | Complete Rgports of Deaths in Action’' to Be Reported by December 20. Washington,- Dec. 16.—General Pe:- shing cabled the war department tocay that virtually complete — reports deaths in action among lne expe: tionary forces should reach the depart- ment by Dec. 20, and of severely wounded by Dec. General Pershing said that the nums ber of unreported casualties in proce of verification at the central records forces on They were appor- 14 was 40,400, tioned as follow: illed in action. 390: died of wounds, died of disease, 353; llc(‘ldenln“y severely wounded in actioa, alties to November 23 in ieth (Wileat) Divie South Carolina « ic ! cuard) weve Killea wounds, \n action 1.168; : died of disease 15: ; severely died ot died of wounded, 1,- undetermined, missing shightly or captured 193. g 3 These include all “suspense cases under investization,” the general said General Pershing reported that tne number of duplicated casualties dis- covered in the central records office since Nov, 27 wculd not operate w reduce the total for the entire expedi- tionary forces given in his summary of that date, as additional casualties reported more than offset the dupli- | cates. A message from Genera! Pershing added about 3,000 additional men to i those designated by him for early re- furn to the TUnited States. are: bt The units e 400th. 465th 457th, 48Sth, 499th, 9 h and §404h aero-squadrons: the Tirst Gas regiment, at full strength, the anti-aircraft artillery school de- tachment and replacement battery. York C President Wilson accepted an invi- | tation to \:sit King George of Eng- gland. H. will probably s@p at Lon- don on Ins way home. The Lion Brewery, New Yor% is to be converted into an ice- plant, and new machinery 100,001 be installed. The warking force of.the Bethlehem thel Co. plant at Bethlehem, Pa., will be reduced, and capacity production at_the plant slowed down. The Mavy<“Departmentt | is planning to ‘spend $5,000,000 ufx 19 for the ex tension of the keagf®¥sland Navy Yard’s shipbuilding’ Iant. The Universal Rubber Products Co. of New York has h&n incorporated with §250,000 cam' ufacture , ity, making costing | tires and mschamca“\: Surgeon General lan the Army -appeals, eriéal éople | 103’1 lar; er al %@a}ws mem- berhip in miericatt Rag Cross. Buoys :n oducts will be_mau States Buo; Newbern, Repreuntam Heffln committee orit ulturi Buneau of Crofy Estimat estimating the cotton croph & bales. Capital stock ofi the Seneca Pow 6., oft; Pafdwinnwgy - gwcreased fre 0,000 hask llow for exteffsions and ther rin ctured py. thi Corporation. fo) ith $100.,00f River 1 Fl $100.00 improverents. Sec ry McAdoo badg the 3,009em- ployesfofs the TreasurvffarewglF wnd introdCed Bis successor’ Carter’ Glas He said he “never felt more alive inj his, Mfe.” erty Motors Houston, to Detroit. The awiators expect make i by 4.30§%today. r‘ re Americans, members of th f the armored cru BroOkly 7 junogcuqaumd \R supposedly ofsscoaltius cruiser last Monday Japan. Robert E. Dakin. a cwn& nginee: whophas been in charge offhe con structjon of a dam onfthe Housatonic | River at Stevenson, died at Danbury, Jeft - Ellington Field, to the., explogion, t. on_boardgihe at Yolwohama, | D. Ward Northrop, secretary state of Connecticut*from 18%: 10 1885, and former mavor of town. died in a hospital at town. aged T4. Italy, with a population of only 36,000,000 and gl! 00,000 men called Nt»#)hq@kn \ffered Japproximately casunlfies in the war. omen's The first convention of the Democratic Nationa] league sinfo the rirance of the United Séat to the war will be held in Washingten® Jan 121 ond 22. Amonrg the American prisoners re- ported to have arrived in London after release from camps in Germany are William John Lilly, Southingtcn, and James E. Petochelli, Pawtucket. R. I David Lloyd George, the British N"imfl minister and Arthur J. Balfour, PBritish foreign secretary, in Paris next Saturday or Sunday. President Relendez of Salvador seriou 11, and Vice President Quin- onez is in charge of the sovernment. Mrs, Maria Del Villar Rewler, wife | of Georze R. Fowler, a sngar producer | New York. died at her at Greenwich. Besides her hus of Havana and home hand. the latter being an aveator Cuban army. in the ANTI-BOLSHEVIK RUSS!AM TROOPS MAKE PROGRESS Washingtor, Dec. 16 —Ofimial vices to the'state departren dicate that the anti-Bolshevik Rus troops are imaking prosress on tae| Perm fronf. Another repcrt auoted from an add by Admirat Kol dictat n wrumen[/f Si ern or of St. George's Day. enlogizing Pres® ident Wilson's ideals and’ . policies, Ambassador Regnault of France, Stated on that occasion that France would continue to help the Russians overcome the Dolsheviki. EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE BELGIAN PARLIAMENT Washingtoa, Dec. 15 inister Brand Whitlock at Brussels advised the state department that at 2 joint ex- traordinary session of tha Belgian par- liament tomorrow the. narliament will formally receive the Americar, Span- ish. and Dutch ministers to express to fhem, and especially to the president and the people of the 1Tujted States, the gratitude of - the Belglen - nation. As ‘a permanent token .of Beleium's appreciation of their serviecs busts of these ministers will be instalied in the chamber of deupties.” Three airplanes equipped’ with Lib-| Tex., in a race-against time | ser | ave died as a result Bf in-| will aneve! is she leaves a daughter and a son, | The repor: tody from the American congmeander was in reniv to specifie | auestions cabled by the war depart- { ment. In askin inz the casual~ | ties in the Thi vision, the @e- | partmen@®®aid “there hal heen “much ‘.xpnrn‘heuar‘" here about ‘ne lossas of this unit, which helped the British « break np the fanous iindenburg {line. ENGLAND IS TO WELCOME FIELD MARSHAL HAIG London. Dec. 16.—(British Wireles | Press). Field. 3arshal ir Douglas Haig, mander-in-chief cf tihe i British forces in Tndia, wilkerrive in England next Thursday mqmm 5vith i arstaff of distinguishe E landing at the dock{ the‘fle]d marshal a i be ‘driven from the-d e wdmlraltyflg‘ station wi address e nrfleen!e fie h; er Sir Douglfs will¥ir; ik # e&own hall. Ladv Haig will be ¢ sent. | (‘onnlllg 'l behal( ! imposi ary nzed e tatio m eld Y i trod ining the stfeets, | will dri\e te- Buckinzham Palace, wher .eorge will.give a lunch- 1 eon’ onon It is san that after the pesce trea- tv is signed there will be awmore for- and ceremonicus welcome of | 1T Marshal Ifaig, his officers and I | PIPER DENlEn KNOWL_:DGE l.IStS fif Basualtles | Sécretiey Buber el | Annapolis, Md., . 16.—Thirty-six state governors or governors-elect in annual conference here. todav were told by Secretary Baker that the war iad proven the indespen: -of strong state governments in peace well as war times as -the pring agencies for izing armie: ing soldiers methods of mobil and denfobil- finding work for refarn- and devesoping. betier physical training for young men. At the same time he plended that state authoriiies give cities more freedom to work out theip individuul local problems, Early: dishandmeént of boards and state branches Council bf Nationsl Defence: eral. agencies was advocat by secretary, who urged,. howcyer. (hat the draft of the fed- the both remain in existence informally to aid local’ authorities in solving problems of the readjustment period. Secretary Houston, addressing ‘he covernors, suggested that sfate gov- ernments ascertain immedintely wrat use for returnina soldiers. tioned, however, against- these men indiscriminately into ag cultural pursuits withoat vious ex- perience or adequate training. Secretary Baker said his principa! purpose in addressing the stire execu- tives was to express thanks fer (he remarkable manner in whith state and local authorities. thranzi- defeice councils “draft boards angd orher ot cials, had -carried out the faderal g ernment’s withes throughowm 1ke w and had own. “This demonstration of ‘the ability of a democracy to earry ousereat un- demakings, using its cons:uiffited au- thorities, 'is one cf the greaf-:st les- sons of the war,” the ‘secpefary said. “instead of adding to the aggresate of cenfralized power this war -rs sirengthened, .state gpwernmehts and made them more indispensa¥le than ever in our scheme of government.” The war. secretary emphasized, that He cau- o i initiated measures’ of - their farming lnds might be available for | Snu Exauiithes of i lndupenniflity * of Strong State Governments in Peace as Well as War Times—Declares That One of the Principal Functions of States Should Be to Provide Physical Education Fot Youths as Well as Mental Training—Tells of Physical Defects Exposed During Recent Military Mobilizatios. one of the principal o states hereafter must 0. réscut young men _from the situation shows durin® the recent mobilization whep one-third -of .the drafted moan - were feund to he physically undeve:oped vr deféctive.” “We must realize,” physical educatien is as necessary the development of our uihs mental training. A sound mind must depend upen a sound lLod: and we should - organize educational system: providing for: pHysical -development.’ ~ Draft boprds will be dishande: il¢ end of this -month and oy brivaches of the Council of Nationad Lefense will cease functioninz as fed- eral agencies as soon ug pessible, M Baker said. He urged thth voth co-+ operate with empWyment agencies finding work for soldiers. Secretary Houston urzed states to establish &trong centralized agricul- tural. departments, to deiine mo clearly the function of lan1 grant co. leges, to continue pi 8tion of ay: ricultural extension work, } funciions be “that 10 he . said, thrgwing | roads and promote campaigns in ru- ral districts against preventabie dis- eases, Cansidering the unmsrta(m\ of ‘the future of the world's food mroduction, Secretary Houston sai “Congress should make awailable a reyolving fund of not less than $600.~ 000,000. to effectuate the goverament guarantee of $2.20 a bushel for wheat. for we cannot tell at this time what the real market price will ba)a vear frem now. It mav be as ach a< $2.20 and it may be as m as fifts cenm less than the guarantged price.” Among those in atiesflonee are Governors Townsend, Delaware: Mil- liken, Maine: Harrington, Marviana FEdge, New Jersey: Brumbaugh, Penn- Beeckman, Rhode Tsland, 4r¥ Governors-etect Coolidg= of Mas achusetts,. and Clement of Vermont. Governor Bamburger of Uish wik | tvite the conference to mest N2t vear at Sait Lake City. DOCUMENTBARY. EVIDENCE' © SN VICTOR L. BERGER CASE Chicago, Dec. 16..—~A mass of docu- mentary idence in support’ of ‘the government's charges that Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee violal the espionage: law in the anti-w: = paign he carried on as edit the Milwaukee socialist daily newspiper, Leader, was presented-to’ tge jury udge Landis' court loda 'he ve socialist pnrl ‘xtrx from = numerou: ar editorialq@which Berger Aause publishes the lLeader were read the _recotd : by Charles F. Clyne. Harris, tormerly managi luor of the Leamer, testifiel ti resigned his.positien’in May, ! & causelpl ispute with Ber'o: over an order received to,print fgy the sec- ond timé the pi mationfim.] war pregram of the s ouis sgclalist con vention. g assistants.” District AuornEy “T talked it over wi by the'governmen:. “Berg | OF WEICHMAN DEATH ] he: aper and insi il o T el Nchea again. T tho Pohat ohabis L selavine of | im T wBulR¥esizn. He expresses re- Miss Freidy) » of Chicazo, | Bret be e only. two men in tne | admitted to: he had vied-d;ofice hagpa *02“5" for, the poi- several Michi h the vo; EBgy. woman in 1 when ihey pp: Gy he T"'°"‘°“‘“"’ had husband and ex eccording {frose- | fl ptiakze erger for tie way cuting Attorney Proeck it Insisted hich war news had been hindled | that he kney Po'hm;: of jer nr nd e { u ho \\a> un-\WH_D SCRAMBLE FOR LIQUOR. s ,\_ vear l;v- P AE COLORMADO BECOMES “DRY” According to Piper's story, a man} ‘po o’ o Dec. 16, - The ap- = q‘“,'“”” hd married}yroach of thi honr for the initiated B 2t under the name off yone ary" pronibitien law te be- . H.WPipe ver: Ind., OB ooa effectiviound thotsands of | March 21101 u ar-d to ex- | come effectivef®ounc ousands o lmm Hm»«“, K> af ‘hri persons besicg the .express. office R here temizhgiegzings for opportuni l ty to caj mn:"&m. d 10 them | under théfPiurtoraw hich the new lastid - saveral i in where Hamilton he - fleg n December and Masregor of- ficers found him workins in a hotel under the r e of M. J. Carlson ! FOUR MEN KILLED IN AN AIRPLANE COLLISION | West Point Dee. li—Four j rer were kilied in dn awpkine ¢ ion near here t \ tenants Alvin 5 €lationed at H re said to have to .Payne I accident. about from Eov of th and plunged into tXe r2co SLIGHT DISORDERS IN CONSTANT!NOPLE rday, Dec. 14.--Slight orders occurred in Congstantinopie | t- week, accordi to.a despatch from the Turkish nital to flu - b#os. A Greet in front of m@‘howue of detachment of AnglosGreek were sent to the sceffe and order. At another tine a Turkish pa trol- attacked some Fwsench =zailors, two-of the seamen being Ki#ed. Greek units have béen debarked to Jprotect the Greek legation at Con- stantinople. Athens, S SUSPENSION OF SPANISH PARLIAMENT REQUESTEL Madrid, Dec. 16.—Fremier Romanon- es, after a ccbinet meeting- called to consider serious outbreaks in Catalg- nia, hf¥ issued a note declariag that the king has been asked 1o sign a decree susps ding ]mrlmnvenf RESOLUTION OF THANKS FOR GENERAL PERSHING Washington, Dec. . 16.—Representa- tive X\lotl of New York today intro- duced a_ resolution tendering the thanks of congress and the Americin people to General Pershing 2nd the officers and men under his copamand. A by tite Sovernor-to- 1wo coliimns tretehsd two from the exnress office. nerscons wha had (‘hime&’ il ‘he morning were just arriv fhe express company’s counter.- Ix- nress romp: officia’s said it b3 imposs o deliver akli the sigrments, /BARS WELL FILLED TO' CLOSING HOUR NEVADA Reno, Nev., Dec. 16.—When the mid- night hour struck tonizht Nevada went ary and there appeared to be listle nn- 1l dempnstration in Rono. Cabarews ing hour. FOR RELEASE OF BRIiTISH TRANSPCAT GLENEDEN Washington. Dec. ¥6.—Permission 1o institute original proceedings: to bhe heard January 6 in an effort {o com- pel the release of the' British admir- the supreme court. A memorandum Wbmnlvd h\ the conte ican courts have no j ritish ships engaged ment servke. Perml for a rep- resentative of the em assy {o appear in the ce was granted Ly the coeurt. NEW VORK TO SUPPRESS RED FLAG PROPAGANDA New York, ‘Dec. 16.—Mayos. Hylas today notified the police department to “loek carefully into the record .of every person arrested i@ connection with red flag propazanfia,” _wrginz that in cases where ‘those —arrested cannot prove their Amerizan citizen- ships, steps be taken for their de- portation, SOLF HAS RESIGNED AS IMPERIAL SECRETARY Perne, Dec, ;G _(H(n‘ns A patch réceived here from erlin savs the resignation of Dr. W. 8. Solf 23 imperial secretary bas bean n'nll Harris, “and™d onsulted “the ! raldlistrictggtiorne 'ho express- infon®ghat ould be dan- i 0 print thi Ne the a stat we x;refle‘nte er deglaring tnat in ! ?opmion atfors as sel t thogg responsible for publ .ng 1 ighf¥Pe liable to prosecution Q hars_were well filled to the «los- " aity transport Gleneden, iiveled . in| New York as a result of a collision ll‘ivh an Ita vessel in Buropean waters, and i*re\'unt furtaer aciion | against ong as she ix in eov crnment service, . wa§. granied today by "1 rollment an@ with voliti WAR REVENUE BILL CRITICIZED BY SMOOT E gton, Dec. 16.—After Senator Smoo tah, republican, had deliy- ered a. pared address criticising T war revenue bill, the senate today be» (consideration of disputed sections ure. On the figst roll call ill the sena¥e voted 35 thet finance committee’s oviding for refund of e who demonstrate to the epartment that in previous hdve suffered a uneti loss in 55, ‘Tomorrow it is planned to discuss *he income tax seetion. G al. de- baie dlgo may be mpene%en. o Benater . Penrose of Pe Ivania, cenior republivan of the finance com- mittee, plans an address during the ta; Discuesion by members, however’ & ot expected to long delay final dis- position of the. bill. Senator Simmens, chairman of the nancé ‘commitiee, said he experts age of the meagure @y Christmas, and Senator Smoo?in his addAess ex- vressed belief that the bill soen would he adopted. Most of the session today Wwis e up with discussion of the imendment, BURNED COMIES OF - PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES n “net loss” ‘Washingtoal, Dee. 16.—Nearly 300 membhers of the Natioral Woman's Party. carrying torches and banners, the White ilouse today around (hs statue of S « public square.across the (‘EX‘E‘H’\OUUUA‘\ the executive mansion. burned * copies of all e .by President Wilson. ate to adopt the resolutipn the faederal = suffrage constitutional amendment tu the states. Police protacted the women from ine terference by the crowd wiich watch< ed, and vered severai times to quiet i who tried to drown out w the hes. swhivn cach woman made 3 came for. ward to deposit the copy of an address on the fire. FOR TREATMENT OF INVALIDED SOLDIERS New’ ¥ork. Dec. 15.~A course im musice-therapy, - designed -primarily. “to provide practi¢al trainiag ior the- rapeutic treatment under medieal con- | trol” of invalided soldiers and: suffer- ers “from cer well as } the deaf be started at Colymbia R : February "3, 1919, it was anzeunccd here {onig } The cou it was stated. would “cover the plice which musico-thera~ rhy fills in relation to vocationat re- | educa and occupdtional therapy’; 1nd neuro: of shell shock- h ind:cation of i nd- vibratory mus:cal sage for curative results.’ Miss Margaret Anderson, who had Peeh. engaged in simudar work i Ca- radi mifltary hospitals, wil direct toe instr lon PED CROSS DRIVE IN ’ . THE ATLANTIC 2IVISION New. York, ' Déc. 16.—The Atlanue division of the American Red Cross started eagerly today on its task of enrolling members _in the Christias roll cafl drive and (onizhi, althousn definite figures were. lac officials ared the work was ressing actorily. Alany large commercial concerns ir this city reported a 166 per cent. en- relief organizations campaign, it was believed tHoasandmy of new individual members had bee obtained. THhe fgist towns which reported hav4 ing gone “over the top” were Sher rill and Kenwood, N. Y 1geport, Conn., was_credited with. having en- rolled more than one-third of its pop-_ ulation, A. MEYEROWITZ HELD AS DANGEROUS ENEMY ALIEN New York, Dec. 16.—Arthur Meyero- witz formerly Berlin manager of the Jewish departmenc of ihe North Ger- man Lloyd steamship line, wag arrest- ed by federal agents he today and %eld o na charge of being a dangerous enemy alien. Meyerowitz, it is a #ged. way sent by the German foreizn ce, to the United Stales shortly after the . of foreiza affairs{outbreak of the war, to work &s a propagandist among the Jews,