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POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1918 EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS. PRICZ TWO CENTS ISH ELECTIONS RESULT TORY FOR COALITION Press Declares It a Great Personal Triumph for Premier Lloyd George—In Many Constituencies the Winning dates Received Enormous Majorities—Coalition Lead- ers Claim Their Triumph Was Due to the Votes of the Women and Soldiers—Complete Returns of the Parlia- ment Have Been Made. London, Dec. 20.—(By The A. P.) A s kable feature of the elections for | he new parltament is the enormous najorities received by the winning ‘andidates in many constituencies wd a dearth of very small majorities. Under the provisions ol the new 1anchise act, every candidate who wils to obtain one-eighth of the voles 6lled in his constieuency forfeits his “posit of 160 pounds ste More wan 130 candidates are Vi his ule. ¥ It is difficult to compare the results if this election with that of 1910, ow- ug to the numcrous rearrangements /£ constitnencies under the last re- orm .act but a comparison between he country, areas as a whols shows Jiat London .has gone almost solid fer he céalition. Only three independent dberals were returncd and the two -aborites returned are both coalition- The returns in Yorkshire are no less stonishing. ‘Of the 55 members from Vorkshire, 26 are coalition Unionists; £ coalition Liberals, two members of he National Democratic party which upports the coalition, are discharged oldiers and. sailors representatives; ‘ght Labor, mémbers and only owe is n independent’ Liberal. In Lancashire, the 6§ members re- urned do not include a smgle: inde- endent Liberal. There arc 33 coall- jon Unionists, five Independent Inionists, eight coalition Liberals, 13 -aberites, one socialist and .one Na- wonalist. Even in Seotland. the number of in- iependent Liberals returned “can - be timbered on the fingers of one hand. Coalition leaders claim that the two rincipal factors that contributed to heir trivmph are the hotes of the wo- uen and soldiers. The former made he majority secure and the soldiers’ ote, according to one leader, came fer as a tidal wave in favor of Joyd George. The twelve divisions of Eirmington sturned Coglitionists, the only wo- wan candidate 4n the city being at the ottom of {he ‘poll and forfeiting her leposit. This forfeiture of deposit as also the.fate of threa other wq- nen candiflates, including the only voman candidate in Scotland. Most of the castout ballots were hose of soldiers who wrote arross bem such remarks as “Send us home nd we will vote” or “We have no in- by personal George in the dJdisappearance of the ) two great parties, the Liberals and | president signed the freemun’s roll. Irish Nationalists. out exception emphasize that the elec- tion is not merely a great triumph, but a great opportunity issued . in try The elections Libe fcrmation about the conditions.” The net results of the election is s G summed up in today's papers as alDpresident was received by Mayor Ber- trfumph for Premier Lioyd |tram Carr and local no:ables, for Glasgow, expres the couniry RESULT The papers with- Lloyd | him, and the house in George, as the country insists on the | Flice that'was built by his arandfath- carrying out. of a vast programme of social reform. They declare that ihe | Lowther. governing classes are on trial and, if they fail to satisfy the country, a pian- tul reckoning awaits them at the next | churcl, election, which may come sooner than | come into the pulpit and address the is now apparent. In this connection it is pointel out|delivering a short speeci in which h that labor voted largely coalition in the expectation that .a poiicy agree- able to labor would be pursued, George Nicoll Barnes, l.abor mem- s ber of the war cabinet, in a statement sed the opinion that the Labor party had lost a great chance by truckling to the pa- cifists and Bolshevists. Food Clynes, in a statement, says his clection tour of the Ccenters of indus- convinces him that labor candi- dates had aroused great enthusiasm. in his opinion, proved that labor was & jiving force w! weuld be not merely a Jever in parlia- ment to secure reforms, but a safety valve guarding dangerous explosions. An analysis of Minister of ich against the polling shows that London and Scotland polled less than half the total English boroughs and_ counties polled little more than one-half just half. COMPLETE RETURNS FOR electorate, while and Wales Wilson at Girlhood Home of His Mother The President and Mrs. Wil- son Were Warmly Wel- comed at Carlisle. <} Carlisle, England Dir, Dec. 29.—(By - | The ‘A. P.)—-President Wilson, ac- companied by Mrs. Wilson, Carlisle today in rain and cold pene- trating mist {o visit the girlhood home of his mother. But the warmth of the greeting of rhe people of {he town and of the thousands of strangers frem the surrounding country more. than offset the dreariness of the weather. Large crowds lined the streets and cheered the presidential ‘party iusfily as it drove from the station, here the to the the Crown and Mitre hotel, where The president ed Annetwell streef, where the site of his late grandfather’s chapel was pointed ou to Cavendish er. Later he attended services in the Street Corigregational church. Here during th rvices the Rev. Bdward Booth, tor of the requested the ‘nosidcnt to assemblage. = This the president did, touched simply but eloquently on his mother. He said: “it is was reluctantly that I-inject m) into this service. I remember my grandfather very well, and, remembering him, I can see how he would -no:< approve. I remember what he required of me and remember the stern lesson of ‘duty ne spoke. And I remember ‘painfully adbou: things he expected me to know that 1 did not know. “There has come a change of times when laymen like myself permitted to- speak in &4 congreganon. There is another another reason why I was re- luctant to speak. are really too to permit af public expressi memories that have. come of mother who was born here¢ are very af- fecting. Her quiet chiracter, her sense of duty and her disike of os- tentation have come back 1o me with increasing force as these years of duty have accumulated. Yet, per- THE NEW PARLIAMENT | haps it is appropriate that in a place London, Dec. 29.—Complete returns for the return of the new parliament give the following results: Coalition Unionists s 127; Unionists 46 Laborites 65 dependents 5; Socialists 1; Sinn Fein- ers 73; Irish Nationalists 7. All ccalitions with and National Party may be regarded roughly as supporting. Lloyd George. The only opposition will Asquithian Liberals, ites ‘and Independents. 334; National Party 2: the Coalition Coalition Laborites 10; Asquithian Liberals 37; | In- TUnionists be formed| “This knowledge that Labor- | of worship 1 should acki:owledge my indebtedness to her aud her remark- able father, because, after wll, to turn from the savugery of inferests to the dignity of the performance of right. “T ‘believe as this wor has drawn nations temporarily together in a combination of physical force, we shall now be drawn together in a combina- tior. of morjl force that Las defeated the exfort to subdue worid. Words have cut as deep as sword: heen attempted has aro tions. They Lave gone out like men for a crusade. No other i1se could . — FHREE A - TS . . ARRIVE AT NEW YORK New York, Dec. 20.—The United itates transports Sherman, Cartago fid Sixaola arrived here from France oday, bringing about 250 officers and nent-of the army and navy and a uantity of equipment and explosives. The Cartago nd Sixaola, sister hips, left Bordeaux on Dec. 16 and ‘aced home, the Sixaola winning by \bout three hours. The Sherman ar- ived Jate this. aftermoon from Mar- eilles. v ' ‘Among the officers arriving on thej ‘artago were three brigadier gener- s, W. J. Nicholson. a brigade com- wander of the 79th division, and Dan- el B. Devereald and John D. Johnson f the 84th division. Major H. Nelson Jackson of Burling- on, Vt. wore his arm in a sling, hav- ng been wounded at Montfaucon last! september while glying first aid to & Wounded Severely. President and Mrs. Wilson were vounded soldier.. The bullet which Privates—Edward Daly, Woonsock- | greeted on their arrival here at 3| ‘hattered his arm killed the wounded ;‘{ ifl, L; James F. Linscott, Newport, | o'clock this afternoon by thousands nan. “Officdrs on the Sixaola included ieutenant Celonel John B. McCord of ittsburgh, Majors Stewart Edward Nhite of San Francisco, R. M. Pugh f Wayne, and W. II. Ruth of faverhill, Mass. Lieutenant Valentine A. Browning i the ordnance department, a son of he inventor of the Browning machine H also arrived on the Sixaola. He been demonstrating his father's nyention before allied officers. v SAMPAIGN FOR RESUMPTION OF BUILDING OPERATIONS Washington, Dec. 20.—A great cam- aign for the nation wide resumption t buildinz operations will be inaugu- ated in an address tomorrow hefore a oint session of the Massachusetts leg- clature by Secretary Wilson, who left onight for Boston. The direct purpose of the campaign ©ill be to provide employment for the housands of men returning to civil fe after military service, but-in urg- og the expenditure of $3,000,000,000, or a million new private residences, he secretary of labor also will seek 13; 2 promote 100 per cent. Americanism bu‘:yl;“'ts::n:g“;:\yme it . nd the lessening of unrest inspired ¥ anarchistic doctrines, beilevinz that bere is no patriot like the man who as his own home to defend. In ad- ition to the private building, Mr. Wil- on believes the country would do well o expend $1,000,000000 on roads and Jghways and double that amount on ‘ther publlc works which malke for he improvement of the living stand- rd of the masses. AET MAN ON STREET WHO SHOT HIM A YEAR AGO New York, Dec. 20.—Ceming to New York for an X-ray examination pre- iminary to the removal of a bullet ‘ram his Yead, William:, Robetes, a 3ridgeport, Conn., restaurant proprie- oi'nmncmd accidentally on the froet here ‘oddy the man he claims thot Mim wear Ago. He swore to a varrant for arrest of William Armen- s, a fruit vendor, W\& the policc, Armenas a8 1 that he shot Bebotes hree times after a quarrel over a sirl. Armenas is held on the charge 'f being a fugitive from justice. .EAGUE FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION OF KAISER Berlin, Saturday, Dec. 28.—(By The | P)—A “% e for th2 Protection »f the Personal Liberty und Life of he Kaiser” pas been formed and will ssue an appeal to the former advisers f the ex-emnperor, as weil as diplo- nats with whom he was aseociated, to submit all ‘possibledocuments to prove he emperor’s -innocens® of the out- sreak of the war. Frince Henry of Pl;“"lm'hv'hl: was sroposed for of the league, mggested Von Hindenburg for the wst. L Washington: Dec. ing casualties are commanding general of the Americay Bxpeditionary Forces: Killed in action, 45; died of wounds, 82; died of accident and other cauvs- es. 10; died of disease, 46; wounded severely, 112;° mis total, 302. Worcester, Mass. ' Died of Disease. Privates—Edmund M. Likley, Wat- erbury, Conn. The Lieut. Norwalk. Corpal the navy. months, the war. the White Book will during the ‘period of hostilities. 1,389 NAMES 1TV~ f ARMY CASUALTY LISTS 29.—The follow- | the reported by Lonsdale, R. I. Missing in ‘Action. Lieutenants—Milton K. Lockwood, | Bridgeport, Conn.; Frank Creta, Wat- erbury, Conn. SUNDAY'S LIST Severely Wounded. Connecticut Names James F. Garfield, Daniel Dilworth, Stamford. Musician Jomn Kamienski, Bridge- port. Privates—Frank Boias, Deep River; Fred Foster, Willimantic; Samuel Ri- naldi, Waterbury. SATURDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST Killed in action, 13; died of wounds; §6; died of accident and other causes, died of disease, T; verely, 146; wounded, degree undeter- mined, 26; wounded slightly, 27; miss ing in action, 116; total 424. The Connecticut names in this list include tne following: Died from Wounds. Streibbig,» Dan- Wounded Severely. H. Caine, Keefe, Missing in Action. Privates Clinton F. Sears, Ansonia. SPELLACY RESIGNS; TO WORK ABROAD Hartford, Dec. 29.—United States District Attorney Thomas J. Speliacy, of this city, has tendered his resigna- tion to Attorney General Gregory, and will_sail Tuesday on the Levi for Europe as legal advisqr to Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of Mr.. Spellacy will be ac- companied abroad by his wife. seid she will be the first woman—ex- cepting those engaged in war work and those who are members of Presi- dent Wilson's party allowed to cross ? Europe since the United States en- ered the war. Mr. Spellacy will be abroad several The Purpose of sending him with Secretary Roosevelt is to co-or- dinate and centralize, and as expedi- tiously as possible adjust all claims and settle them. This will necessitate visits .to_England, Ireland, Scotland France, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal. VATICAN HAS DECIDED NOT TO PUBLISH A WHITE BOOK Rome, Dec. 29.—The Giornale D'Italia asserts that the atican has decided not ot publish a White Book dealing with the Pope's diplomatic action dur- The newspaper adds that relate only to South wounded se- Pine New Hart- hian It is have drawn s¢ many of the nations to- —jgether. Theyr ~knew an oatlaw was abroad. and the® outlaw purposed ungpeakable things. “It is from quiet places tJce this alt over the worid that the furces are ac- cumulated that presently will over- power any o tempt to a sh evil on a great sc. that gather: viver that ves to the So there ing in action, 57;| C¢ome out of communitics like these strcams that fertilize the conscience Killed in Action of men, and it is the c npce of the world we now mean (o place upon the Sergeants—Charles J. McKeown, | throne which other tried to." The lengthy programme the day Died of Wounds. was carried out with the single ex- Sergeants—George G. Shepard ception . that the presideni had not »iintended to speak in the church. PDESIDENT SPENT THE NiGHT IN MANCHESTER Marnchester, Dec. 20 (By the A. P.). | who filled%the streets to overflowing ion the half mile journey from the i station to the official residence of the lord mayor and by many mecre thou- sands who were packed together in the president’s car started through the troop-lined thoroughfares until he dis- appeared within the imposing edifice. The presidential party alighted in | the strikingly decorated station, which The president greeted and chatted briefty with the lord mayor and other officials.. He then reviewed the British zuard of honor under Lieutenant Gen- eral Spow and F, C and G companies of the 1624 American regiment from Liverpool. ; After posing for two flashlights the presidential party started for the town hall amid, continuous cheers, For two days, until late this afternoon, rain had fallen heavily, but the weather stil favored the president, for it cleared shortly before his Nevertheless closed automobiles, in- stead of open carriages, were used. These were decorated with American and British flags. The lord mayor and the town clerk rode with the president in the first icar, while Mrs. Wilson accompanied Privates—Frank F. Tracy, Bridge-|the 1ady mayoress. Others in the port; Napoleon. Peltier, South Canter- bury; William Meadow; John J. ford. party included Regr Admiral Grayson, Sims, Major General Biddle, the Amer- ican ambassador and Mrs. John W. Davis, the American- consul, Ross E. { Holaday, Lieutenant General Snow, j the deputy mayor and the town coun- cillors. the night quietly as the guests of the lord mayor. The president had no en- gdgements and made no sp’«vhes, FRANCE IS TO ISSUE ! Paris, Dec. 29.—The government terest rate on the short term nation- al defensc bonds, which ars s3 pop- ular in France that more thzn 1000, 000,000 francs werth of them were of December. They are one, three, six and twelve month bonds, and when first in‘ro- A year later the interest was set at fur per cent. for the one and three months boncs. The scale now is 3 1-2 per. cent. for one month bcnds, 4 per cent. for three months bonds, 4 1-2 for six month bonds and 5 per cent for the twelve month bonds. MONUMENT BLOWN UP . BY THE SEINN FIENERS Cork, Dec. 29.—((By The A. P.)— Sinn Fieners c¢n Saturday night, after the announcement of the election re- sults, blew up the monument erected by public subscription t3 the Cork sol- diets who had fought in the South ‘Afrjean .war,: " HTT : x came 10| huge square in front of the town hall. | They cheered lustily from the time the | was ablaze with lights. | sition to join workers employed by the arrival. fighting. The president and Mrs. Wilson spent | SHORT TERM BONDS| today announced a change in the in-i subscribed during the first two weeks ! duced all bore five per cent. interest.! Condensed Telegral'ns Kansas farm products for 1918 are! valued_ at 3592,_017,324. Minneapolis flour output last | week was $445,140 barrels, an increase i of 1,880 barrels. . ¥ i _Arnerlca’: peace-time mnaval policy iWlll be fixed by the present | 7 damo- cratic congress. Total reserve Bank of England | shows a decrease of £838,000. Bul- lion increased £506,000. National Park Bank of New York| and Union Bank of Canada will en- ter banking field together in the Ori- ent. & Director-General McAdoo announc- ed he has no ‘intention of staying on as railroad head until successor is picked. Purchase price of the fleet of the| International Mercantile Marine by 000. . Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Ceal Co. will duild an all-steel breaker at Edwardsville, Pa., to cost $2,000,000. Department of Agriculture reporied commercial stocks of wheat for Dec. 1.l 1918, amounted to $219,434,832 bush- els. Government will sell large tonnage of semi-finished shells and shell steel. Britain will also make a sale of hold- ings. One man was killed and ten seri- ously injured when a large tank of the Standard Ofl Co. of Baltimore collapsed. Military Affairs Committee is said to be opposed to the permanent title of full general for Pershing, Bliss and March. } - Franco-American Board of Com-| i merce organized in New York includ- ling representatives of business and banking interests. Savings banks are investing heavily iin 4 1-4 per cent. Liberty bonds. They | are picking up the-bonds at present| low prices. price guaranty for 1919 1 i Under protection of the Webb ex- port law 50 American firms announced their intention to combine to strentgh- en their foreign trade efforts. A report of Director-General Me-| Adoo of the Railroads shows a decided | improvement in traffic conditionsj troughout the country. Government report on corn crop; shows the yield will be 455000,000! bushels. Seven states where corn is| the principal crop were short. The Corsair, the former J. P. Mor-| gan yacht, arrived at Queenstown t{o become the staff headquarters of tha| American Navy in Irish waters. Ceontracts were placed for the plate requirements in connection with 173 of the 600 engines ordered by the | Government from the American Lo- comotive Co. A sub-committee of the packers’ committee on livestoek will confer with officials of the Food Adminis- tration Monday regarding conditions of the beef supply. { ‘British government’s committee on| the production of gold recommends the government to supervise mining development and distribute the lahor| equally. Chai~manDext of the House Miii- tary Committee introduced a hill pro- | viding for repealing of restrictions| iimposed by the draft law on volun-| tary enlistment. More than 4,000 mechanics employ- ed by the story plant of the Bethle- hem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., threat- en to strike as a result of the alleg- ed lockout of certain union members Representatives of the Railroad Ad- ministration dumped several million pounds of high explosives owned by the French Government into the At- lantic Ocean as it was considred a| menace. House Military Affairs will take up problem . of {army of occupation after days. New Jersey will keep the ban on en- {emy alien automobile drivers until { peace terms are signed. ~ 4 The Special Fuel Administration | Commission appented to make an in-j v tion of fuel conditions in Brit- ain, France and Italy submitfed its jreport to President Wilson. | _ Britain, France, Russia, G Committee the America, | | Germany and Austria-Hungs lost| 5,796,504 in killed during the wae | Half a million enlisted men and 50,000 officers have been discharzud} | from the training camps since Nov. P11, Employes of the Lynn plant of the} ! General Electric g¢ompany voted to | postpone for a week action on a propo- | company “in:other cities in a gerneral strike. i GERMANS INSULTED | THE AMERICAN FLAG | London, Dec. 29—Tiring by Ger {m2n officers on an allied automobile; |carrying an American flag was the| cause of street fighting in Posen last Friday, says a despatch to the Ex- i change Telegraph from Copenhagen. The Germans were defeated in the About 138 perscns, including a number of women and children,| 1were killed c¢uring the rioting. The| | dispatch says: ! “There was severe fighting bet: el} [the Poles and Germans in Posen Fri- da; } i chilaren ana about 100 Germans and | | Polanders being killed. The affair | originated as a result of German of-: which was prcceeding to Warsaw carrying the American flag. ! “The Germans insulted the flag and: the Polish guard was callec out. fighting lasted several hours and the! Germans were defeated. 1 “A delegation from the British mis- sion to Posen protested to the Ger-: man commander in the town, Gen.| | Schimelfeng, but the German officer | | declared he had no contrcl over the | soldiers.” |FAVORS CONSTITUTING A SOCIETY OF NATIONS | Rome, Dec. 20.—The after-the-war commission which, at the govern-! 1aent’s request, examined inte plans fer constituting a society of nations. has reportad in favor of the corsti- { tution of such a body. The rcport of {the commission considers such a plan the best methods for preventing con- licts. SRS | | RUSSIANS HAVE 100,C00 MEN AT ODESSA Paris, Dec. 29—(By The. A. P)— The Russians have 100,06 en at Odessa ready to intervera against the Bolsheviki, sajid M. Pichon, and Gen- eral Berthelot's army ir. Rumania was ready if anw attempt at inter- vention was made by Ukraine. 166 Marks For 100 Francs. With the American Army of Occu- pation, Friday, Dec. 27—(By The A. P.) Beginning Saturday the exchange’ on marks throughout the ‘ accupied area will be 166 marks-for 100 franés. the Government is placed at $128,500,- |, | f Congress legislation to fix the wheat|cr. Stormy Scege in FrenchéChamber Peace Terms. . 28—(By The: A. F.)— h hds been threatening chamber for the .past ke this aftetnoon, when 2on, minisier. of foreign affairs, amid violent interruptions by the socialists and counter demonstra- tions by the government supporters, outlined Fu.:nce's. peace ‘terms. The ministcr «.t France is LD hat full pub- licity be given to the proceedings of the peace conference. Ho announced ‘that intervention in Russia was ine- vitable, but that it would Le of a de- fensive character ‘so far xs - French troops were concerned, and that if of- fehsive operations wore undertaken, it must be by Russian troops. 1t had been evident for the - past week that the opponents of Premier . tlie_palace shows signs of the Clemenceau were detersnined. to ob- struet in - every possibiz way the. vot- ing of the budget of 10,500,000,000 francs for the first thre: months of 1819 unlass the government stated jts peace terme ' elther through Premier Clegenceau or M. Pichon. But was not expected that the government would do-so hefore Monday. M. Iranklin Bouilion. of the com- mittee of foreign affairs. hréught mat- ters to a head, howe a violent attack on M. Pichon and the¢ govern- ment's foreizn polic; Since Th: ay the government bench had sai in obdurate silence, ‘re- to any queries; but v on ascen 1ie tribune the « he was dy to answ- er. He declared: Pirst: ment was in r uimes: ould be given to the peace confer- ence, thus replving to tha ointerpella- publicity uty, Marcel -hin, of last ¥riday, when he ask- &l Premjer Clemenceat to state ‘hether secret diplomac would - be wndoned in the peace srence and the discussion given a:l nublicity. Second: ‘That the govern- ment has ad icipal of a league of na w busy working toward its effective realiza- tion, thus replving to the inrerpeilation of t, M. Bracke. 1t the gover not d re any annexatio es the right to fix the Aisace Lorraine frontiers to fuard against future at- tacl thus replying to M. Franklin Bouillen. IFourth: That the government does not think’ that the question of diplo- | prove of the factics of the Spartacan matic representation of the arices at the present moment. Fifth: -That intervention in' Russia is inevitable. Jpon Russian interventio», M. Pich- on explaineo. reading- ffom instruc- tions issued Ly Premier Clemenceau to the general commanding. that sueh interwention’ was not ofiensive for the time bemg, but defensivs, order to prevent. the Bol i fr i ding Ukraine, the Siberia. In t¥ tervention m ry in order to destroy Bolshevism. h an op- eration must be carried out by Rus- n troops, of which 190.060 were at at Odessa ng M. Clem- ndemonium bench. arew,” they Vatican affensive in- shonted. M. Deschanel.. president chamber, threatened to most unruly of th soc ejected. M. Pichon weathered the torm calmiy. Te refused neremptor- ily to answer whether the French gov- ment was prepared at the present e to maks public the names of iis deltgates to the peace conference. The chamhber mus i the gevernment its confidence, The . chambe: of the e one of the L members o igain wes ih an up- i to May 1. The) ased on the size . in which it was noted that oth- ¢ the vessels, which are divided into! ers joined with the sociuli { five classes: are the same as the pres- | tene BN f0N et rate paid in the coastwise traffic| thig evening, as the budge: bhe voted befor: midnig - both the chamber and here were three sessi two have been held avery week. only one vole ate. advertised onslaught of i | FIVE BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED AT BRISTOL, VA. Bristol,” Va.-Tenn., Dec. 28.—Five larze business houyses, inc:uding the Dominion National bank, were de- troyed tonight by ' fire which for a tima threatened destructicn of a Jarge | arisen among members portion of the business district. Th flames were checked only after the ar rival of fire companies from Kingsort, | mundatory on other onse to a call from the | inasmuch'as the arm Tenn., in re mayor of Br mated at $1.50 The fire ol in the five story i styucture on State street ockupied |sity in relation to shipping, however,| by th e Mitchell-Powers ~ Hardware v As the firemen rived re a series of explosions, dynami and nearby structures were set on fire by flving embers. So far as was re- Brigadier General Harts, Vice Admiral | ficers firing on an allied automobile | ported there was no loss of life. The destruction of the plant of the Bristol Gas and Electric company thre by the exhaustion of the ci supply. Engine were quick to a nearby creek however, v moved pan head, setting forth the com- pumped from there. Tn the mean- 2y 3 7 K time, the Kingsport department haq|{Pany's position. Tue couichis of the been acked for aid and apparatus and | I°tter were not made publi. A com. men arrived on a special hours after the fire started. train two RUSSIANS CAPTURE PERM FROM THE BOLSHEVIKI Paris, Dee. 29.—Russian troops have captured Perm from the Bolsheviki, taking 18,000 prisoners: M. Pichon, the foreign minister, made this ‘an- nouncement “in the chamber of depu- ties today. R 2 Perm is the capital of the govern- ment of Perm ard is the arting point of the Northern Siberian rail- ‘way. It is the £ prison depot for the transpori of convicts under exile to Siberia and is a depot for szocds sent to and imported from Siberia. OBITUARY. Christopher F. Downey. Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 29.—Chrie- topher F. Downey, 60 vears ol of “Waterbuty newspaper reporters, died today after a long iliness. Trans- fusion of blood was resorted {o sev. eral times in an effort to save his life. He was born ‘here and for years was correspongdent for New York and Bos- ton newspapers, “ H i ‘in& luding Herbert .Hoove BERUN FEARS OPEN AR NEETINGS Sailors Still Occupy the Imperial Palace and Sentries are Posted at All Entrances—Socialists Appeal to Population . of Berlin Not to be Terrorized by Bands of Armed Men, _But to Maintain Order so as to Avoid Occupation by Entente Forces—There Has Been Street Rioting in the Cifyv of Posen. London, Dec, 29.—Berlin reports from Copenhagen and Amsterdam indicate | that Sunday was béinz awaiied in the German capital w;¥a_ ansiety, it ie- | ing feared that ths _greai open :wirl meetings which had heen arranzed would lead to serious trouble. The despatches say the hourgeoisie press was urging ¥he support of -the government of ‘Friedrich Ebert and Thilipp Scheidemann, while the Spar- | tatans weré convinced that their honu hed arrived and that they would be | 2hle, with the assistance ef the ma- Tines, to sweep agide all resisiu’ According to one of the de: the Vossische Zeitung of Berl ! Lombardment. A shell pugsed throuzi l!ie marble covered wall and lodged in the courtyard. 7The throne room and e Joathim Hall, héwever, swers al- most ' untouched. = The long, aarraw ing room was converted into a hos- vital ward, and in it basins and pans of bloodstained water still are fyinfl. The former emperor's private, ronms wére closed by the minisiry of finance. Five dead saiw-s were found lving in the small vestibule of the second courtvard. HAASE RETIRES FROM THE GERMAN CABINET Berlin, Dec. 29, a. m.—:By The A. P.) Foreign Minister Haase, Minis- ter of Social Policy Barth and Demo- | & bilization Minister Dittmann retired m the cabinet ~at midnight last ht after the Central Council had decided against the Independents on « majority of the questions the Inde- pendents had submitted for consid: vation. Premier Eberf. Finance Min- ister Scheidemann ai® Minister of Publicity Landsberg now are in charge of the revolutionary government. The cabinet and' theé council of sol- diers and workers sat in conference throughout all of vesterday afternoon in what was a cross examination by the council of the cabinet on the cab- inet'’s recent administration. After- ward the council went into execu- live session and sat until late at night, - The impression now is that the ma- Jority socialists will form ¢ new gov- ernment with the assistance of the Liberal bourzeoisie. Herr Barth told The Associated Press ‘that his faction dces not ap- Socialist or violence in anv ferm. He permitted the inference that Hugo Hoose's party does not at present con- templatt a counter-revolution. Herr Tarth concluded with the statement | that the general economi: and food situation would chielly determine the future course of events. TO FIGHT FAMINE IN THE CENTRAL EMPIRES TLondon, Dec. derstands tha has been giving attention d has endorsed submitted to the allie for relief formulated by and a Jefinite plan his adbisers, It is felt that the need of some ac- ticn is- imperative. Pres! t Wilson favors the immediate apypointment of a director general of ‘relieZ for BEu- rope, pplementing the work of the inter-alijed food councii. SITUATION IN BERLIN REMAINS OBSCURE Paris, Dec. 29.—Advices from Zu- rich are to the effect that the situa- tion in Berlin remains obscure, but that the city evidently is extremely disturbed and it was thougnt Sun- day might prove a crucial day. Both political parties were said to be mak- ing formidable preparations for the announced demonstrations. ) The despatches add that serious news is being received from Hamburg, Lubeck, Kiel and Danzig, where revo- lutionary sailors are masters of the situation.. It also is asserted that there have been sanguinary encount- ers in the Ruhr basin region of West Prussia. ROITING IN STREETS OF POSEN FRIDAY NIGHT Berlin. Saturday, Dec. 28.—The Lok- al Anzieger's Posen correspondent says there was street rioting in Pos- en Friday evening. German soldiers marching through the town are said to have hauled dow Egflente flags. A company of Pol ivilian sol- diers proceeded to police headquarters for the purpose of raiding the prem- i German seldiers with machine guns dispersed the Poles, who are said to have suffered severe losses. Quiet was restored at night. POLISH MINISTRY ASKS GERMANY FOR MUNITIONS Basel, Dec. 24 (Havas).—The Polish ministry has asked the German gov- ernment for supplies of munitions with which to fight thé Bolsheviki, accord- ing to reports in.circulation here. It is said, however, that Germany is not inclined. to accede to 'this request, taking the ground that it would be contrary to the principle of neutrality which the German government has adopted toward the Bolsheviki. : 76 PERSONS KILLED IN BERLIN ON CHRISTMAS Paris, Dec. 29.-—(Havas). The Ger- man propaganda hureau asserts that in the fighting in Berlin on Christmas eve 76 persons were killed. The at- tacking troops lost men killed, while six jlors and five policemen who were fighting with the sailors lost their Jives. The burean also announces that the damage to the imperiai castle during the fighting wask great. More than hundred shells were fired on the cas- ale. SEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND EIGHTY WOUNDED Amsterdam, Dec, tch received: here s in the street fighting Friday ag- aregated seven persons killed and 80 wounded. ARMS DISTRIBUTED TO RADICALS AND SOCIALISTS Basel, Dec. 29 (Havas).—The Cologne Gazette says arms were dis- tributed today at Bremen to the fol- lowers - of the radical * and socialist parties. NEW WAGE SCALES FOR OFFICERS OF STEAMSHIPS Washington, Dec. B wage scales for licensed officers of all steam- hips plying from Atlantic and gulf ports ‘were promulzated today by the shipping board, effective from Jan. 1 3L 1 of bonuses in any form whatever. | €| sion making the award The loss was esti-!after the agreement for the arbitration Lof the w; of | te and shells in the building |'{ar] i he city into darkness and then | The | the firemen were further handicapped { } | and water|©f @ communication from thut com- and do not contemplate the payment | Masiers will receive from $300 to a month, depending on the size| he ship: © chief engineers, from 30 to $287.50: fir officers and ssistant enginee: $181.25 to second officers and second 3 engineets, $1 to $157.50; | ers and ‘th stant en= $143.35 to fourth 'of- ourth engineers, and junior engineers, The new scale is mandato owned or under requ <r'pping board. A difference of opinion, hewever, wa: d to have the commis- as to the ex-| d should be ican vessels, ce was signed tent o which the m ge scale was made. red urgent Owing toi national neces- | the con the board urged that all.private own- ers and opertators of vessels not requi- oned should pay the scale volun- v to promote stability of conditions and prevent interruption of traffic. INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO. STATES POSITION Meriden, Conn., Dec. 28—Several hundred former emplovers of the In- ternational Silver Company mct here this afternoon to listen to the reading niittee of ten. was appointed with fu'l power to act, anl it is belicved that a scttlement of the differences which have existed for over three years will, scon be effected. FLESH TO HAVE CHARGE OF FOOD SUPPLIES FOR EUROPE St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 20.—Edward M. Flesh, St. Louis agent for the United States food commission and second| vice president of the United States food administration and. grain cors poration, will'leave St. Louis for Lon- don Wednesday' to assume charge of|V the distribution of all food supplies| in Europe at the request of.Herbert Hoover, United States food adminis- trator. EURGLARS GET QUANTITY OF MEMENTOS OF GOETHE | Basle. Switzerland, < Dee. 29—RBuarg- Iars recently entered the former home | ot Goethe, the poel, and curried off u qrantity of memenios of* Goethe. Goethe’s house was built in 1709 and y the poet from 1792 It was bequeathed to state in 18835 by the poct’s last grand- son and opened-as the Goetiie National Mauseum. PADEREWSKI FOR PRESIDENT OF POLAND London, Dec. 29.—According to des- patches from Danzig and Posen ,com- ing by way of Berlin, it is purposed to proclaim a republic in Poland ‘with Ignace Jan Paderewski as president. Paderewski's entry into Posen, says the Zeitung Am Mittag, resembled a triumpha The houses were ed, the mem- bers of ations lined the street played Polish airs which the crowds sang with en- thusiasm. Soldiers marched in the proc PADEREWSKI HAD ving rifles FAINTING SPELL Berlin. Saturday, Dec. 28.—A des- patech to the Lokal Anzeiger from n Paderewski ay. Posen says Ignace bad a fainting spell OBJECT OF PADEREWSKI'S VISIT TO POLAND shingten, Dec. 29.—The visit of Ignace Jan Paderewski to Poland is not for the purpose of creating a new government, but rather to solidify the present governmental activiti country, a: siatement is day by the Polish bureau in V ton. The bureau’s announcement was based on infermation from Paris. FIRE'IN FULTCN FISH MARKET, NEW YORK New York, Dec. Alfred Hovorka, 2 driver thv ity fire department, today climbed the flagpole on the. roof of the lPulton Fish Market and res- cued an erican from flumes which ed the hi ructure to the extent of §10.000 hle- 19 lower the ilaz, Ilovorka <limbed hand over hand to t » of fhe staff. re- moved the fl E tucked ii inside hie coat Before he descended. FRENCH PLEASED WITH BRITISH ELECTION RESULTS Paris, Dec. 29.—The of the Pritish clections afford reatest pleasure to the French cept. the socialist section. “It is the most fortunate event since tice.” says the “Political courage. like that of the military, has been cmpens- ed.” GERMAN-AUSTRIA'S FIRST LOAN SUCCESSFUL Zurich, Dec. 29—According to the ‘ienna - Neue Freie 5 German- stria’s first loan been The resulis the press, A highlv will cicse December 21 600,00 000 c¢rowns had been hseribed 1 cember 24, This was more than 10 060,000 crowns over tolal asked for! y $110 A MONTH FOR COASTWISE RADIO MEN Washington; Dec. 28.—Waoges to be paid wireless operator \merican vessels operated .from A and gulf poris were fixed today br the shipping board at $110 a month ier all chief operators and $55 for all ant operators, without /onuses sliding scales. LG