Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 27, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 311 A LONDON GIVES WILSON A TUMULTUOUS GREETING | After His Speech From the Balcony of Buckingham Palace, 4 the Crowd Gave the President a Greeting More Clamor- ous Than Any Accorded Any Other Guest Within the Memory of the Oldest Londoner—2,000,000 People Crowded the Two Miles of Streets Through Which the Procession Passed. »ec. 36.—(By The A. P.)—|done in the great settiements of the he stood with the king and queen and|men for your greeting and beg to ex- Mrs. Wilson in the balcony of Buck- tend to you in the name of my coun- ingham Paltce today, facing a multi- | trymen the most cordial greetings.” o o il mae tude which stretched clear down th N CoNEe AR Ma he Armiralty, nalf a mile Ulstant, and overfowed Et. Jxmes GEORGE FRIDAY MORNING Park one and Green Park on the| rona0n™ Do 26—The initial. con- other. versation of the presidemt with Pre- Only a corporal's guard could hear|,;ier Tioyd George will take place at the president’s speech, but the people io g'clock Fridsy morning in _the demanded that he show himself and |l QUCCE (O™ ‘Buckingham Pel- gave him a greeting more ClamOTOUS |0, where they will confer until lunch than any other guest of (e nation has|ime “when they will drive to Down- «ommanded within the memory of the ing street. This was arranged tonight oldest Londoners. when the matter was discussed be- The doy's vvents constited a tribute | FULl S0 D ey and a representa- to the president of the United States|yivo”oe the pragident which will be historic. The official] For the lunchec in Downing street coremonials—a reception by the Dov-|to meet the president, Mr. Lloyd er corporation and the navy; George has invited the following: the come at the station by the royal fam- | Marquis of Crewe, the Earl of Curzon, ily and fthe chief officials of the em-|ihe Jarl of Reading, the American re. and the state progress through the | ymbagsador, John W. Davis, Viscounts leart of London—were colored with|Grey, Morley and Bryce, Andrew Bo- uches of medleval pagentry, even t0|pnap” Taw, Arthur J. Balfour, H, H. the crimson-coated beef vaters from|agquith, Arthur Henderson and Wil- ihe Tower bearing halberds which the |liam Adamson, the two last named Jiritish peopl: cherish. That the cen-{jabor members of parliament. al figure of the royal procession dn| 7t {s understood that the conference quaint state ca ges, attended by a|will' continue in the afternoon at military escort and household officials.fDowning street. PPesident Wilson® should be a civilian wearing a black | will not meet all the members of the coat,and silk hat mave a flavor of|Imperial War Cabinet until the state novelty to scene. tanquet Fridav night and the pre- But the assembling of the people|mier's dinner Saturday night. cus spontancous. That was the chief ote of the day. There had been no|IN HONOR OF LIBERATION time to erect stands and windows wete | ", oF Abnkcs LonAAInE R Rt ie fron ai ave Paris, Dec. 26—At a meeting held simply flocked in from oli = AUAS | today in the Sorbonne in Lonor of the OOt o™ fmes and_ thelr Junches, and | Uberation of Alsace Lorraine a letter ng fags and el ritala for a|from President Wilson was read in standing for hours in the c0ld IO7 % ihich the president thanked the Al- SRS - sace Lorraine society for an artisti- - b cally bound message sent him just t was a athering B e in | before he lett the United States. plain people; the others were 17| ““Since childhood.” the president’s he country for the holidav. 1t Was B|jetter said, “my heart alwavs has been e D Tmuster, with a|Fith expatriated Alsace Lorainians. g M B ] outh of fourteen when the drge stement ot soiniers,’ amons |1, N80 £ YO °f, \0oiEen, WREL [0S hom the colonials and Americans | e gince T have felt the day would seemed conspicuous and popiar, & Y- | iome when they would be delivered igain to their country, 1 am pro- tachment of wounded from the hos- oundly grateful to the Aimighty for pitals, attended- by nurses, getting a o Share o e e king ana|the role He has permitted me to play eh again was festifica tp by, the|in their deliver stion glven to them while driving KING GEORGE GREETS PRESIDENT WILSON Londgp, Dec. 26. — Shortly after Prosident Wilson reached Buckingham Palace, Keing George showed . him through the upartments ailoted him, the “Belgian suite” Later in the alt- o the station to meet the president. Fiveryone agrebd that London never « known enother emonstra- n, except on gr onal days, cn the British peopls have celebrat- 4 the inaugural - Of . LGW.Eelgn or milestone in the old. It is estimated that two milliion | ernoon President and Mrs. Wilsoh and people crowded the two miles of [ Rear Admirai Grayson drove out in Sireets through which the state pro-|a motor car and called at Marlborough ession passed were conopied | [House, where they lef: cards for with flags and and amid the | Queen Mother Alexandra. They droye dding 6f t aluting cannon, the|thence to the residence of the Duke esident of the United States receiv- | of Connaught, whero cards were left 4 a popular weleome aimost unprece-| King George shook hands with Pre lented in history. . |ldent Wilson as the president des London was not satisfied with the | cended from his train, e said: tumultuous rreeting accorded during “T am very glag io greet you to the eeremon drive ‘o Puckingham | England.” Palace, where the president and Mrs. “] am very bappy to (ome,” the Wilson are staying as the guests of | president repiied. the king and aueen. Some 200,000 peo- ple. completely filling the huge semi-| ENGLISH COUNTRY FOLK circular assembling place facing the CHEERED WILSON'S TRAIN palace, chegred incessantly until half| Tondon Deo. 26—Englis 5 in Beur after his arrival, when the | o 0nd0% Dec. 26—English country folk gathered all along the railway from Dover to the suburbs of London to see President Wilson's train go by today. ‘They sat on fences and clus- tered on tree tops and roofs des) the bitter cold for a glimpse of tho train. They waved and cheered as the train went by at sixty miles an hour. SINN FEINERS WON A MAJORITY OF IRISH SEATS Dublin, Dec, 18.—(Correspondence of The Associated Press). The Sinn Fein victory over the Nationalists in the recent parliamentary elections exceed- ed the highest hopes of) the Sinn Feiners., It is believed that when the final count is made on December 28 the Sinn Feiners will have won a ma- jority of the Irish seats. In fact be- fore the election they had gained 25 seats because the Nationalists did not oppose them. The Sinn Feiners elected to the house of commons will not take their seats. They will forfelt the £150 n the address read by the recorder | #hich they had to post as an election 1o e the precident thus remien | fee and which is returnable only when ihe president was welcomed “at this |® Mmember takes his oath and his seat. season, when thoughts of peace and|pgrarTE OF GEORGE G, BOLDT ood will are uppermost in our minds” ind as “president of the republic, HOTEL OWNER, $2,154,985 New York, Dec. 26.—The gross es- resident apreared on th T balcony b v were followed by he queen, v aved a small Amer- can flag, and Mrs. Wilson, who carried a Unjon Jack Princess Mary and the Duke of Connaught. So prolenged and intense was the cheering that the president, showing great emotion, thanked In a few words the citizens of London for their great welcome. «ide the king PRESIDENTIAL STEAMER ESCORTED BY WARSHIPS Dover, Dec. 26.—Crowds gathere? at overy station and road crossing along the route from Chaumont to Calais aft- er daylight today and cheered Pres- ident Wilson's train as it passed. The steamer Brighton which car- Hed the president agross the channel was escorted hal across by a French destroyer flofila and was met by British destroyers ard a large fleet of airplanes which accompanied, the the steamer to Dover. which, though far away from Europe, determined to associate herself with |tate in New York of the late George us and our allies in the battlc for free- | C. Boldt, owner of the Waldorf As- dom and humanity, thus furthering | toria Hotel in this city and the Belle- the high ideals which you placed be- | vue Stratford in Philadelphia, who fore the world.” died in December, 1916, amounts to After a reference to the valor of_the [ $2,54,995, according to a transfer ap- American armies, the address con- | praiser’s report filed here today. Debts tinued: amounting to $800,000 and other de- “But Dover, keeper of the gate of | ductions leave a net estate of $1,105,- 2 and ian of the narrow |85 exclusive of Philadelphi; 3 Fugland and gu biag usive o elphia property. - | Among the outstanding uncollectable Iy the associated measures for the|debts due the estate which were safety of the seas taken by the navies | marked off by the appraiser were ob- of the United States and Great Brit- |ligations of patrons of the Waldort ain” amounting to $132,731, some of which In reply 1o the address of welcome, | were sixteen years old. President Wilson said: “Mr. Mayor, Y:E hu:h“e ""“‘”’J ex- ed to me and to who are ':;numnx 8 5.y BOIUT and BANK OF GERMANY RESIGNS gracious hand of welcome. Even the| London, Dec. 26.—Dr. Rudolf Haven- sea was kind to us this morning and |stein, president of the Imperial Bank gave us a very pleasant passage so|of Germany (The Reichsbank) has re? that it tallied perfectly with our ex- |signed, according to an Exchange Tel- pectations of the pleasure we should |egraph despatch from Copenhagen. haye in landing in England, = “We have gone through many seri- | Dr, Havensteis became president of ous times together and therefore we | the Reichsbank in December 1907, suc- can regard each other in a new light | ceeding Dr. Koch. Under his direction as_comrades and associates, because |the Reichsbank had charge of German nothing brings men together like a |war finances. He has been a supporter common understanding and a common ot the pan-Germans. P I think that in spite of all the terrible’ sufferings and sacrifices | AMERICAN WARSHIPS HAVE e NG o B iy i ARRIVED AT COPENHAGEN they were worth while, not only be-| Copenhagen, Dec. 26—The Ameri- cause of the security they gave the[Can lezation here was informed that world against unjust aggression, but |merican warships would arrive at Co- aiso of the understanding they estab- | Penhagen probably Saturday. It was Ylahed between great nations which |Said they would remain here several ought to act with each other in the|9ays on their way into the Baltic ermanent P maintenance of justice and | Sea. of right. “It is therefore with emotions of pe- | Ealtimore, Md, Dec. 26—The steam- culiar gratification that I find myself | ship Florence Luckenbach, due to sail bere. It affords the to | tomorrow for France, with foodstuffs match my mind with the minds of |and gasoline, is afire at a Locust Point {hose who .with o like intention, are | pier. The cargo is heing removed by yurposing 19 do the best thal can be the United Stages fire patrol. PRESIDENT OF IMPERTAL 'statement issued by the directors, was International Ha: company. that more workers are out today than 300 CASES. OF INFLUENZA #aid today that the number of new cases reported in the day and Tuesday of this week was 300, He thought there were many other ceses than those reported it. was to be deplored ‘hat so many physicians fai necessity of the medical officers of their towns. ABOUT 3,000 PERUVIANS It is estimated that 3,000 have fled from Chile to Peru and Bo- livia during the last month as a re- sult of the crisis between Chile and Peru. Every steamer from the south is bringing scores of fugitivds, A dis- patch from Tlo, southern Teru, reports that a Chilian airplane fisw over that port on December 21. GERMANS HOPE TO mans hope to regain their colonies is indicated in a despatch from Berne received today through official chan- nels announcing that Dr. Soif's recent resignation referred only to the for- eign office and that he still retains the post of secretary of the colonies. This despatch quotes the Berlin Tageblatt as authority for the statement, ‘NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, Troops in Berfin Held in Readiness Radicals Will Attempt to Disrupt the Present Gov- ernment. Berlin, Wednesday, Dec, 25.—Night. —(By The A, P.). At -- o'clock the government sent out a general order to the troops in Berlir to hold them- selves in readiness. Spartacus forces have seized the Prussian war ministry in_addition to the Vorwaerts. The impression appeared to prevail tonight that the radicals would make a general attempt Thursday to disrupt the present government. 100 PERSONS KILLED IN -STREET FIGHTING IN BERLIN London, Des. 26—Nearly 100 per- sons were killed in the street fighting which began in Berlin on Tuesday morning, according to tne ldtest re- ports’from the: German ‘capital, trans- mitted by the Exchange Telegraph corresponden: at Copenhagen. The re- publican guards tried soveral times to take the royal stables and the headquartq’s of the revoiting sail- ors, but were repulsed Many soldiers belouging to the Berlin guard and a few of the repub- lican guards joined the sailors, Vor- waerts reporis. When these reports were sent a large number of armed civiiians were continuing to join the sailors, not only at the Royal stables, but in the Koenig Strasse. ~ The street, with all its housesfi was reported in the hands of the sailors, who were supported: by the Spartacuans. They demanded that Premier Ebert and _Secretary Haase resisn and be replaced by George Ledebour and Dr. Karl Lieb- pnecht. Dr. Liebknecht, the advices add, went to the chancellor's palace and had a long conference with the minisers, the résult of which was un- known. z Further fizhting was anticipated, it was added, as the Spartacans and the sailors had decided to atterapt to force /the guards 15 return to Potsdam. The guards wers stationed in Unter Den Linden and the Wederschen Flatz. GERMANS HAD LEAN FARE . FOR CHRISTMAS DINNERS Berlin, Wednesday, ' Dec. 25.—(By The A. P.)—The Germavs, particular- 1y those living in the larger cities, are today having a lean fare for their Christmas_dinners. So much has been said about the food situation that it is understanda- Dle if there is an impression in some quarters ‘that the situation has been exaggerated Here, however, there is one excellent barometer of the sit- uation, namely “Schelechthandel,” as illegitimate trafficking in foodstuffs is termed, ¢nd this is beginning to diminish markedly. A month ugo it was possible to buy butter, sausazes and some other arti- cles from these surreptitious dealers at higiy prices. During the last fort- night, however, it has become incgeas- ingly difficuit fo find these things and even the best “connectiors nnd sourc- es” now are unable to produce more than occasional small ~ portions at sreatly increased prices ‘Whin the crafty dealers in ' this businels cannot longer secure articles, there can hardly be a doubt that it is because they do not exisi Wealthy Deople, it is true, still can obtain lim- ited quantities of what used to be con- sidered necessaries, but now are con- dered luxuries, thougn at terrify prices. In ons particular case one in Rerlin paid 540 marks for a ham, the eggs to o with it cesing three marks apicce. A dinner recently pur- chased at an Unter Den Linden r aurant, consisting of thin soup, fish, beat and a baked apple, cost 62 marks. Coffee would have cost tiree marks additional. What such prices mean can best be realized when it is concidered that the highest dailv wage of a skilled Cerman mechanic rarely reaches twentv marks. J Those in the poorer watls of life all declare that it jis absotutely impcs- sible to keep body and sonl together on tho rotions distrib.'ted on food cards. The correspondent c.n declare on per- sonal knowledge that it wae impossi- ble in the winter of 1916-17 to exist on the official rations. In other worgs. nearly everyone was compelled to re. sort to “schlechthandel” EDI!TORIALS READ IN THE BERGER TRIAL Chicago, Dec. 26.—Tha defense in the trial of five socialist leaders in federal court under the espionage act today examined witnesves and read editorials from the Mi) vaukee Leader, edited by Victor L. Berger, a defend- ant, to show that the alleged anti- war articles were as likelv_to aid en- listment as 1o hinder the draft. Clarence S. Darrow, testifving for the deferise, said he thoughtgthat the literature issued by the socialists and the St. Loufs platform of the party helped enlistment in some cases and had little® deterrent effect in others. Personally, ne had b in favor of the war against Germany from the be- ginning. ~He field that the war spirit was inspired largely by portrayals of Forman brutality and horrors of fight- ng. * Aitorney William A. Cunnea read several editorials from the Milwaukee Leader as evidence for theedefense. Explosion at St. Etienne, France. St. Etienne, France, Dec, 26.—(Ha- vas). A violent explosion occurred in the explosive storehouse of a min- ing company here today. Four per- sons were injured and several houses destroyed. AMERICAN PROTECTIVE LEAGUE IS DISSOLVED ‘Washiagtod, Dec. 26.—Dissolution of the American Protective League, with its wmcmbership of 250,000 and branch. organizations in nearly every city and town in the couatry, ef- fective Februzry 1, was announced to- Gy by the league's directors. Decision to break up tHe orsanization, said a reached after conferences with de- partment of justice officials. Attorney General Gregory in a letter written shortly after the armistice was signed askgd that the orzanization which was 'formed shortly after rela- tions were severed with Cermany and which the attorney general said “has pertormed . great task” continue its activities during the period of read- justment. A canvass of the situation, the statement says, resuited in' an agreement to disband February L ‘Witr the coming of peace, the state- ment declares, there lace for organized citizen espionage. Men who devoted much time and effort to the purposes of the league, said the statement, now desire to lake vp their iplace *in " the constructive work, of peace. The result of peace soon would render the problem of finance acute, the directors believe, and many local orzanizations would be forced #o sus- pend. A'sough the league will disband, the & rectors’ statement expresses a belict that the “service of the league wili -not end but it will remain a po- tent force, through the training re- ceived by ils members durmg the war. More than three million investiga- tions are said to have been conducted by the league during the war for the department of justice, military intel- ligence, provost marshal general's of- fice, the state, navy ond treasury de- partments, the food and fuel adminis- trations, fhe alien property custodiin and other governmental hodie FINANCIAL POWERS FOF MEXICAN DEPUTIES Mexico Ciry. Wednes Dec. 25 Extraordinary powers in _ financial matters have been extended to Pres- ident Carranza by the Chamber of Deputies 'This action was taken aft- er he had sent a message to the chamber ontlining the necessity for such powers, “the mew authority granted, ted to issuc decrees rmog- ing until June 30, 1919, import duties on foodstuffs. articles of primary me- cessities to the country and on ag cultural implements an irrigation machinery. It is expected that duties on aufomobiles will be removed for a period of three mont Constitutional reforms have been proposed by which the force of sev- eral actions of the constitution - will be mitisated. They refes principally to sections governing ths power of state legislature to fix,ihe maximum number of clergy participating in re- ligious rit nd require t all mem- bers of the:slergy be native horn Mex- icans. -Clauses dealing with the nia- tionalization of church oroperty would be brought into agreement by shoth- er agreemen! by anothe S amendment. POPE RECEIVES OFFICERS OF THE SACRED COLLEGE Rome, Tuesday, De Pope Ben- cdict today received the members of tire Sacred College who presented their (ristmas wishes to him. Twenty- three cardinals and many bishops and Lrelates were present. In’ repl to the greetings, pope expressed a wish that the de- cisions of the coming peace congress not only would re<establish order, but would give a new birth human sentiments which will render commun ion with our brothers and t fices made for them sweet i declazed he weuld power to facilitate acqul decisions of the conzres irsure a just.and’durable the The pon- i in his nce in the in order to cace. CHANGE IN OFFICERS OF INTER. HARVESTER COMPANY Chicago, Dec. 26.—Cyrus H. McCor- mick, prasident of the International Harvester Company since its organi- zation in 1902, retved from that office today and became chairman of the concern’s board of directors. Harold F. McCormick, his. brother, treasurer from 1906 to 1912, was elected presi- dent Dby the board. Harold F. McCormick was graduat- ed from Princeton in 1895, He worked in various departments: of the McCor- mick Company until 1902, when Tie be- came an active vice president of the vester Company. ELECTRIC WORKERS MAY SEND COMMITTEE TO WASHINGTON Pittsfield, Mass, Dec. 26. — Inter- plant employes committees from the different plants of the General Elec- tric Company are likely to be sént to Washington ‘to confer with the war labor board with reference to the strike of General Electric employes now in effect in a number of the plants of the Union leaders here claim any day since the strike was calpd one week ag One of the articles compared the REPORTED IN THE STATE| brutal detention and_starvation of Hartford, Dec. 26—Dr. T. Eben|men, women and children at Lille, Recks, deputy health commissioner France, by the German army with the deportation of several hundred mem- bers of the I. W. W. from ' Bisbane, Arizona. 35 SAILORS WERE ROBBED IN NEW YORK New York, Dec. 26.—Thirty-five sail- ors on leave from warships in harbor here were robbed of all their money at resorts to which they were enticed on Christmas night, according to. com- plaints received today at the naval in- telligence - bureau. Twenty of them were robbed in one place, but the sail ors were so uncertain as to the details that the police have not heen able ‘to get tangible evidence -on which to prosecute. - Many questionable resorts are being wstchad 2000 army and nivy propost guards &re on patrol duty to warn service .n€i «gainst such places. FIRE DESTROYS $80,000 WORTH OF ARMY MEDICAL SUPPLIES New York, Dec. 26.—Army medical supplies valued at $60,000 were de- stroyed tonight by & fire in 8’ ware- house occupled by the medical supply corps. Firemen were forced to don masks before entering the building be- cause of the fumes from disinfectants with which the dressings had been treated. Defective insulation of elec- tric wires caused the flames, necord- ing to the firemen. tate for Mon- He said ed to appreciate the reporting new cases to HAVE FLED FROM CHILE Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 25.— Peruvians REGAIN THEIR COLONIES ‘Washington, Dec. 26.—That the Ger- ‘DECEMBER 27, 1918 ' TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS Personnel of Peace CongressTakesForm 'Great Powers to Have Five Delegates—Others One to Four—27 Countries Will Be Represented. Paris, Dec. 26—The personnal of the peace congress gradually is taking form, so that the American delegates cxpress the hope that the delegations of the vatious countries will be an- nounced and that the delegates will arrive for the actual commencement of the negotiations soon after the opening of the new year. A number of the main details of the composition of the congress mow are fairly well settled as a resuit of re- cent conferences. These indicate that the total membership of the congress will be between 100 and 120. There will be twenty-seven countries repre- sented by delegations, including those which declared war and a number which have come into existence as a result of the war, The great powers, notably Great Britain, France, the United States and Italy, each have alloted five delegates, 'while the other delegations will vary from one to four members, according to the size of the country and the in- terests” involved. Word has been received that the Belgian and Portuguese delegations soon_will join the representatives of the United States, wha thus far are the only members of the peace con- gress to arrive. The non-arrival of the others has been the subject of considerable surprise and adverSe comment, the Americans taking the ground that they .are here ready to proceed to business but with the per- sonnel of the congress not yet an- nounced. It is understood that Pres dent Wilson’s visit to England is like- 1y to result in conveyins quite defi- nitely the view that it is highly de- sirable that the congress should be put into motion with the least possible delay. While the personnel of few delega- tions have been announced, unofficial adyices indicate that most of them will be formed substantially as fol- lows: Belgium: Pau! Hymars, foreign minister; Emile Vandervelde, minister of justice; Baron Van Den Heuvel, minister to the Vatican, Portugal: Senor Egas Moniz; For- ign Minister Espirito Sawto Lima; nhor Friere de Andrade, Senhor antos Viga and Augusto Vasconcel- los, minister of the colonies. Brazil: Nilo Pecanha, foreign min- ister; Ruy Barbosa, Admiral Huet Ba- ellar and General Thompowsky. Japan: Viscount Chinda, ambassador to Great Britain: Baron Matsui, am- bassador to France, and two other delegates: now on their way to Paris. Serbia: Nikola P. Pachitch, premier; Dr. M. R. Vesnitch and Dr. Cumbitch. Greece: Premier Venizelos and M. Politis, foreign minister. Italy: Premier Orlando, Baron Son- nino, foreign minister; Leonida Bis- solati Bergamasichi, minister of mili- tary. aid and war gnsion: Didz, commander-in-chiof -ofthe Ital- jan_army, and Admival Paolo Thaon di Revel, former chief of the naval staff. : Great Britain: David Lloyd George, prime minister. Arthur J. Balfour, for- eign secretary; Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer; and George Nicoll - Barner, labor member of the war cabinet, and one other dele- gate who has not yet been designated. Lieutenant General J. G. Smuts an General Botha, representing South Af- xpected to accompany the rifish_dapzation, 1n which probably also will be representatives of Canada, Australia and Ind France. M. Clemenceau, premier; Stephen Pichon, foreign. minister, and three others who have not yet been announced, although the names of those mentioned as probable members include Leon Bourgeois, former pre- mier; Jules Cambon, general secretar: to the ministry of foreign affairs, an Captain Andre Tardieu, head of the general commission for Franco-Ameri- can war matters, or Former Premier Aristide Briand. The foregoing delegations compris those of virtuaily all the European countries which have taken part in the war, except Rumania 2nd the four enemy countries, whose delezates have not yet been announced. China will ba represented by ome personm, prob- ably ‘the ambassad rance. Siam and Cuba f South and Central American have not been heard from, On the whole, the lists ziven above, though unofficial change, indicate. t have been vi th up the work of the congress. 1,071,000 OF FRENCH ARMY KILLED DURING THE WAR Paris, Dec. 26.—Announcement was made in _the chamber of deputies to- day by M. Abraz, under-secretary of state, that France's losses in officers and men killed up to November 1 of the present year aggregated 1,071,300, divided as follows: officers 31,300 and men 1,040,000 The number of dead, prisoners and men missing was given as 42,600 of- ficers and 1,789,000 men. 3 The men missing agsregate 3,000 of- ficers and 311,000 mén. The prisoners still living total 8,300 officers and 438,- 000 men. ADVOCATE PHYSICAL EDUCATION iN SGHOLS New Yorl Dec. 26.-—Resolutions urging statr and federal legislation “for the effective physical edncation of American youth in all sc! edy the physical unpr young men uas disclosed b Were adopied at the annual convention bere today of the American Athletic Research Soeciety. “Continuation of negiect and wast- age characterizing America’s attitude toward its childhood and vouth,” was condemned, us well as ‘iniensive ath- letic_athletes for pulmonary and heart trouble.” BOSTON POLICE ASK AN INCREASE OF $20¢ A YEAR Boston, Dec. 26.—A committee rep- resenting the Boston police foree call- ed upon Mayor Andrew J. Pettrs to- day and requested a general increase of 3200 a vear. The men previously had asked for $100 which Mayor Pe- ters had promised to try and obtain. He told the committee today that the city was not in a position financially to grant the 3200 increase. TUMULTY IN NEW YCRK . ON PERSONAL BUSINESS New York, Dec. 26.—Joseph*P. Tu- multy, secretary to President Wilson, arrived hers today from Washingron. He 'said he came on personal business and that he did not expect to have time to participate in the review. Condensed Telegrams ..Paris Matin reports the Allies de- cided against further military inter- vention in Russia. H Revenue bill has gone to' conference, where it will remain for many weeks, Kansas State Agricultural Board placed value of field crops at $592,- 017,324. Livestck was estimated at $361,368,785. It is reported in ‘Montreal that fur- ther changes in the Canadian Car &| Foundry board will take place. A demand for a 44-hour working week at the present wage scale was presented to managers of municipal and private-owned railroads in England. Exports of sugar from Cardenas, Cuba, for November was 201,965 bags, compared With ;147,000 bage in’ Octo- er. Department of Commerce announc- ed the organization of an American Chamber of Commerce at Tampico, Mexico. No Christmas pardons were received from Governor Whitman, although several in Sing Sing expected them. e hundred .and .nineteen new units were added to the British navy since August, 1914. A resolution was introduced in the Senate demanding that George Creel furnish copies of all cable messages sent to Burope by the Committee on Public Information. Anaconda’s divident was cut from eight dollars a year to six. United States Industrial Chemical Co’s contract to supply acetylene to the Government was cancelled. Great Britain's price for barley har- vested in 1919 was set at $17.03 per quarter of 448 pounds. B A charter was granted to the South- land Steamship Co. of Delaware with | a capital of $5,000,000. | It is reported that Government con- trol of price of silver is to end soon. There were 23 deaths from influ enza-pneumonia in Boston yesterday, according to the final report issued last night. of Christmas River. New York, Dec. 26.—Riding at an- chor in the Hudson tonight were 21 superdreadnoughts, dreadnoughts and chips of the line wiich with cruisers, destroyers and a host of smaller craft made the mightiest Ameri- can armada ever assembled. Ten of the floating foriresses steamed into the harbor today after eighteen months overseas *with Beatty’s' grand fleet. The others are the flower of the North Atlantic fleet. Grim guar- dians of a great nation, they symbol- ized that the United States has be- come the second naval power of the world. In the teeth of a northwester, in the chill of a driving snowstorm, millions waited hours until the ten battleships of the homecoming armada_appeared. This was New York's—and the na- tion’s—tribute to the ships, far more eloquent than the greatest din of whistles, bells and human voices. The vocal welcome came later when the rugged, weatherbeaten tars who man- ned the ships debarked, and, with Sec- retary Daniels and Admiral Mayo at their head, marched down Fifth Ave- nue in the country’s first great victory parad Leading civilians in the cheering were wounded soldiers returned from France. With the memory of their own first anxious voyage still fresh in their minds, they paid unstinted tribute to brothers in arms who had | guarded . them across the Atlantic. Passing in review before the secre- tary of the navy, off the Statue of Liberty, the homecoming ships loomed suddenly out of the mist and as rap- idly disappeared. They seemed al- most like pnantom craft, grim, gray, majestic in their silent might. But as they dropped anchor the skies cleared d they stood revealed in holiday at- tire, ablaze from stem to stern with multi-colored pennants. To many of those who lined the shores this flash of sunshine symbolized the light of peace which awaited the fleet after the gloom of war from which it had emerged. Moving at only ten knots an hour, the Arizona was the first dreadnought to pass the presidential yacht May- flower, on whose bridge stood Mr. Daniels and Secretary of War Bakes With flags masted, sailors and ma. rines manning the rails, the Arizona swept by stripped for action. As she canie abreast the Mayflower she thun- dered the salute of mineteer guns for the secretary of the navy and her band struck up The Star Spangled Banner. A moment and she had faded gain into the mist, leaving -only an impression of greai gray sides and massive gun turrets crested with | snow. The Arizona's guns had not finished | their salute when the Oklahoma be- gan firing and from then on the can- nonading’ was continuous. In swift succession followed the Nevada and the Utah, flagship of Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers, and then the su- perdreadnought Pennsylvania, bear- ing Admiral Henry T. Mayo, comman- der-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. At two minute intervals came the New York, flying the flag of Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, d the Texas, Ar- kansas, Wyos and Florida, with two kite balloons, towed by destroyers, completing the procession. The New York was the first of the battleships to, display from her mai mast the “homeward bound pennan a long slender strand of red. white and blue, a foot for every day out from her home base. All the ships hich followed her carried the pen- nants and it seemed as if each w longer than the others, A deep silence followed the last sa- Iute and so accustomed had those on the Mayflower become to the roar of the guns, that it. seemed hardly pos- sible that the review had lasted Jess than twenty minutes. Fourteen carloads packages for divisions along the Rhine reached Coblenz and were distributed immediately. Names of 185 American soldiers cited | by the French government for brav- ery in the fighting from Oct. 3 to Oct. 10 were published in the Jaurnal Of- ficial. . Death sentences imposed by court martial upon Recruit Lamb and Pri- | vate Jacobs of the 105th infantry were | commuted by President ‘Wilson to 20 years' imprisonment and dishonorable | discharge . Sergeant Aviator Stoll dropped a Christmas gift to his girl in Brooklyn | {from an airplane and then fell from the machine. He was not injured. Six persons were killed and a num- ber injured in a collision between a pasenger train and a freight train on the St. Louis & San Francisco Rail- road in Oklahoma. ¢ Two burglars were caught robbing a home of a wealthy Hackensack, N. J, resident. They were identified as the men that robbed the Brooklyn Savings Bank and shot the paying teller and cashier. A delegation of American Jews headed by Rabbi Wise will arrive in Paris in a few ddys to confer with Col. E. M. House regarding the Zion- ist movement. Joseph B. Martin, “Smoky Joe,” for 13 years a_deputy chief of the New! York Fire Department, was designated as assistant chief. : Loyal British Waiters' and -Chefs’ Society voted against the employment of enemy aliens. Americans in and out of the Army called_to Paris by the visit of: Presi dent Wilson resent extortionate rates which hotels and restaurants are charging. : A Getman was arrested in a Paris| hotel when he asked for a room. He| said he' was a member of the Interna- tignal Armistice Commission. Private reports from The Hague say the ex-Kaiser's illness should be ac- cepted with reserve. William A. Twiss, of New Bedford, a retired cotton manufacturer and di- rector of-the New Bedford Textile school, died at Malden. Charles E. Pierce, 77, formerly treasurer of the Boston Journal, died at his home in the South Boston dis- trict. U. S. SHIPPING BOARD IS TO HAVE FOREIGN OFFICES Paris, Dec. 26.—(By The A, P.) The United States shipping board has de- cided to create a permanent world ovganization for the purpose of hand- ling the government's trade fleet with the greatest effectiveness, “We will open at once offices in London, Paris and Rome,” said Bd-| When the last dreadnought had ward N. Hurley, cNairman of the|steamed from sight, Secretaries Dan- board, today. iels and Baker descended from _the “From these centers,” Mr. Hurley |bridge, but only for a moment. While continued, “will be directed ‘ten ' or twelve other offices, such as in Shang- bai, Yokohama and Bombay in the east; Genoa in Italy; Buenos, Valpa- raiso and Rio Janeiro in South Amer- ica, and at Rotterdam and Antwerp. Take for example vessels bringing supplies to Belgium or France. It is of the sreatest importance that we have a quick turn around. It may be of advantaze to re-route a vessel on this side to India or to South Afri “The London, Paris or Antwerp of- fices_would have precise information and be able to consign a ship without delay for its most efficient mge. The subordinate centers are ‘essential pro- perly to direct our national fieet. They will be managed by practical shipping men who will be assigned to their posts from the United States. PEOPLE OF PALESTINE THANK CHILDREN OF U. . New York, Dec. 26—The gratitude and good Wil felt by the Heoples of ethlehem, Nazareth and Jerusalem tbwara the Sunday schools of America for their relief efforts is expressed a1 a cablegrame received nere today by the American committec, for reliet in the near east through the state de-fipe splendor of the flags with which partment. Ggneral Allenby. command- | tnee “Reelc “Gecorated, ATl the battle- ing the British #rmy forces, sen 4 ! | ships wore coats of sinister gray, while Christmas greetings “to cvery scholar, | qegtrovors and auxiliaries bore — the teacher and officer, thanking them for | santastic touch of the camoufleur. last year's offering instead of giving|™ {pger the shadow of the New York each otheg ‘presents.” The cablegram |gnore, three hundred yards apart; the cametsf_ranéame relief organization | ihrigge of steel” extends six solid miles agents in 3 . from Fifty-fifth street to Fort Wash- _Further details regarding the des-|ington park, where, in Revolutionary titution and, starvation among Arme- an iron chain' was etretched nians and other peoples persecuted by " river to bar the the Turks are contained in the mes- | oty ‘o HVET t0 bar the progress of el In inspecting the vessels the May Ty flower made a run of nearly ten miles RETURNING SOLDIERS ARE TO |pefore she finally dropped anchor at REGISTER WITH TOWN CLERKS | the berth she had left in the morning. Boston, Dec. 26—Orders to com- |Immediately she was surrounded by a mandants of army and navy camps fleet of gizs bearing admirals, vice ard stations to instruct all officers and |admirals, rear admirals and captains soldiers' to register with their respec- {to pay their vespects to Secretary tive town or city clerks immediately | Daniels and Vice Admiral A. W. Grant after returning home have been issued |of the home fleet, who arranged the by the war départment, the Massa-|day’s program. chusetts committee to Welcome re-| A touching scene was enacted in the turning_ sldiers, sailors and marines | main_salon of the Mgyflower, where was informed today. The order was welcomed, his ' guests. issued at the request of the commit- fee in order to facilitate the compil- ing of complete records of men in ser~ vice. the Mayflower remained at anchor to zive the Incomt: warships time to reach their berths in the Hudson be- fore Secregwy Daniels inspected the entire fleet at their anchorages, the | British transport Saxonia, iocaded with ck and wounded American troops, ove alongside. The heads of the navy and war departments again ascended to the bridge and doffed their bats to the fighting men. Then getting under way, the May- flower moved along with the trans- port, and after a sailor had wigwag- zed to the larger vessel the wcompli- ments of both secretaries, the yacht’s d played The Star Spangled Ban- ner. Tnstantly those aboard the Saxo- nia who were able to stand came to attention and then, at the end of the anthem hroke into a prolonged cheer. In beginning its tour of the fleet, the Mayflower first reached the Flor- ida, last to anchor. As the moved craft, with the home fleet to port and the veterans to starboard, each ship was dressed and from each of the new rrivals came the strains of the na- jonal anthem, played by the ship's band as the Mayflower came abreast. It was ¢ stern array of ships, despite Mr. Daniels Among those invited to:Witness the re- view from the presidential yacht were the wives of naval officers home at last after eighteen months' service in SEA FIGATERS N COUNTRY'S FIRSTGREATVICTORY PARAD | As the Tars Who Manned Our Warships in the European Fighting Zone Marched Down Fifth Avenue, New York, = ‘Wounded Soldiers From France Led the Cheering—The Naval Review in New York Harbor Was Marred by a Heavy Mist, Which at Times Enshrouded the Ships— American Naval Fleet is Now at Anchor in the Hudson yacht | 50 low throngh the. lane of fighting | “as, 2 follo foreign waters. If the officers de- voted no ; jore time than courtesy de- manded in paying their respects to the secretary before greeting thei rwives, Mr. Daniels showed no disposition t0 chide them. The reception ended, Mr. Daniels and Admiral Mayo landed, entered a ma- chine and drove to the head of the long column of sailors forming om Broadway. Rear Admiral Rodman | led the line on foot. > With a detachment of marines at its head, the column moved down Broad- way to Fifty-ninth street, crossed to TFifth avenue and then swung down that historic thoroughfare. At the | public_library Mr. Danfels and Ad- { miral Mayo left the line to take their | places with the other members of the Mayflower's party who had_ preceded them to the reviewing stand. | Following the marines were p'atoon after platoon of sailors from each of { the ten ships which came home today. | Each contingent carried the ship's flag | at its head and each received round | after round of applause, Fully 10,000 men were in line and In many in- stances dogs taken aboard in England as mascots scampered along with their shipmates, gaily decorated with Ames- ican and British flags. After the pa- rade, the men immediately embarked for their ships, there to receive shore liberty. Tonight a remarkable spectacle was staged on the Hudson. Fach ship was brilliantly illuminated with electric lights, making the river a sea of fire for more than six miles. The N Yok ehore was ablase wil: Romaw candles, set in place by the city's committee of welcome, ard overhead burst thousands of rockats. In addition to Secretaries Daniels | and Baker, those aboard the Mayflower during the review included Acting Secretary of State Polk, American army and. naval officers of high rank and naval representatives of tie allied governments. Mrs. George Dewey, widow of America’s naval nero, was i the Leuored guest of Mr. 'nd Mre. | Daricls Aboard the Aztec were Franklin D. 4 Roosevelt, assistant secretary of tha navy, the naval committees of senate and house and other dignitaries. { OUR TROOPS IN GERMANY =¥ HAD A WHITE CHRISTMAS { Coblenz, Wednesday, Dec. 25.—(By | The A. P.) Snow greeted the Ameri- can troops in the occupied areas on Christmas morning. It began falling after midnight and continued to come down until the entire district around Treves was covered fn a denth of sev- ral inches, and in the afternoon the fall still was in prozress, The principal religious services of the American troops were held in Cob- lenz, but in virtually every village | they occupied and in every camp in | the region the day wes begun with the. holding of services by the army chap-: lains. _The men attended these ser- vices in great numbers. In numerous instances within the occupied areas where the Americans held religious sérvices on_Christmas day, Germans took part. Six masses were celebrated in the largest Catho- | lic church in Coblenz, more than two | thousand Americans receiving holy communion. The last, beginning at ten o'clock, was a_solemn high mass, Chaplain_Patrick Dunigan _officiating. The choir consisted of fifty voices from a war orphans’ hoime under the { direction of ®sters of Charity. The other masses were celebrated by Ger= man. priests. The principal Protestant services of the Americans in Coblenz were held in the chapel of the royal palacé, a number of Germans attending attend- ing. The services were conducted by Chaplain Edmund Easterbrook. A German musician pRiyed the organ and a solo was sung by a young wo= man native of Coblenz. After tha American services, German Protest- ants held services in the chapel, il which a number of Americans partici= pated. During the morning American bands i paraded the streets of Toblenz, play= | ing Onward Christian Soldiers, Roek of Ages, and other sacred airs, and giving concerts in front of the churches where Americans worship- ped. P from the summit of Threnbreitstein, now occupied by American soldiers, & great illuminated -Christnas tree Dlazed forth into the Christmds night: The tree was visible for miles in all directions. - ANNUAL REPORT OF 1 COMPTROLLER WEBSTER Hartford, Conr., Dec. 26.—The print= ed report of Comptroller Morris C.s Webster, fo- the fiscal year ending September was submitted to the governor toda The recapitulation Balance of civil list funds Oct. 1, 1917, $5,911,783.84;- general revenue. year ended September 30, 1918, $15.- 189,326.8 Total $21,101,110.71. Civil list orders draw, including interest on state boands and an ale lotment to sinking fund $12,553,340)22 interest bn trust funds in treashry, ,716.71ffi state bonds redecmed, par alue $473,000. Transferred to sing= ing fund, above C. L. O.. 348,404.19; in- terest on state bonds above C. L. O., ber 1, 1918, $8,025,076.48; sinking fund_on _hand $4,679,595.81: " fotal $12,704.672.29. Fund= ed debt of state $1 surplus. $642,572.20. 2 BOSTONIANS RETURNING ) TO A MEAT DIET Boston, Dec. Many “Bostoniang who during the war substituted fresh fish for meat as a conservation neas- ure, are now going back to a meat dief, according to testimony given to- cay before the legislative fish inves- tigating committea by Bdgar L. Rhodes, a local dealer. “For a time,” d Mr. Rhodes, “there was a very noticeable increase in fish sales, It. has been steadily diminishing, hows ever, and now we find thai_our cus- {temers have returned 1o conditions’ existing before the war” His he said was selling even less fish noy than in pre-war days. ‘|