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France and Britain Reject German Peace Terms “* Clrenlatlon Hooks Open to All’ wee Mh Nak Tider PBI O 8 LTE TT EAR Ree Ce ee — te NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER a6, 1917 r “Clreutation Books Open to AL” 16 PAGES -? —— Cade Ve Geren ATHER— trom Te Magne , _ PRICE OLS TT aa Fars RAILROADS IN WAR BOARD CONTROL: M’AD00 AIMS TO END FREIGHT TIE-UP “CANNOT ACCEPT A PEACE BASED ON THE STATU QUO,” FRENCH REPLY 10 GERMANY TWO NEW YORKERS CrTED FOR BRAVERY BY FRENCH ONLY 13 ZEPPELINS U.S. GUARDSMEN LEFT TO GERMANY MARCH TWO DAYS OUT OF BIG FLEET IN FRENCH STORM Keeps SPREADS FIRE i ‘five Another Division B. RT Reported Totail Ponangee PANIC AS BLOWOUT ON'L' ~ TRAIN; MANY HURT Rushed a Destroyed, and Five Di rk in Spite of Snow— cross Bridge While They ibled or Missing Southerners Hardening Fight to Escape _ “Achievement of Allies’ F ee ites sere c urposes Es- By W. &. Forrest. writs sie asinracia cee fr ‘naitian of inbred). Soihan sential to Future Freedom of Man- _ 1 tn enescn ans PRANCH, Thursday, Dee. 2 By fainting women and men camo over THE FIELD, Deo. 28 (United Prom), (the Associated Urom.—Por thre the Williamsburg Bridge thie morn ” its kind,” Says Lloyd George—British —ersny's zevpein proruinine, an-| ars rho haw bron fuling Intermite ing to Bawex Street, where ainbulancen a ‘ i unced with I pride n 19%6,! tently (hroughout the American sone, and surgeons from the Gouvernew Labor Endorses Wilson’s Policy. viinis a tere accurate neuree|tnterfeving with tie training of | toepital took charge —— that of fifty-three Zeppelina p troops with communteations, At Tt was in the third car of a seven- PARIS, Dec, 28.—France will ro "ent rise gee 2am de. | mee # strong wind haw accompanied f train bound for New York that fuse to vegotiate any German-con aaeved. | the snowfall, and many roads are be i ouble Laide ve i bing tat Koo oan frived peace such as the deft terms {Two have been badly dam Me SENORE SRTPRENRN Sm enone St pasmngeey Sear Ik, But: ab woe pee vy Count Caernin provide, ayed and put out of commission. of drifts. only the boginnin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pichon NEW YORK BANKER ae possibly destroyed, now Me ere a . ulty bas Been ex- The blowout red just after the | to-da: Chan OOIng. enced thus far in supplying ¢ OWwIN M. POST Ocal train left the Myrtle Avenue station | Contaces oe ee abenree One badly damaged, temporar ops in the outlying towns and di bit und was approahcing Flushing Avo- Deputies. ily out of commission in Decem- ets, ‘but it 1s feared that the sup- | Lieut. Post, His Airplane in Flames, !nue. In an instant the car was full Mis declaration was received w ber. ply problem will give trouble if the Lands Safely and Saves Val- of smoke and panio, Men smashed great applause. Thirteen remain in service, | storm continues, . abl Inst f i windows with thelr fste and there innit th tering te wvolve us sight of which are detailed to bee Motor tracks to-day were crawling | vable Instruimer wan a rush for the rear door, which a her Mi list negotiations,” the Nerth Sea, two to the Baltic and | over the hilly roads at a snail's pace) WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-—Lieut.|wan at once Jamimed with struggling a jer Maximalist nego’ jons, a . i | thre experimental or school because of the drifts and /( snsity of | In’n M. Post jr. and Private Frank | men and wemen, ». obody daved try Foreign Minister sald, “After suf- Manager of National City)~ ie the snow, Numsroum accidents were! A. Koss of the American expedition- door becutise that was where tering as we have we cannot accept! Bra nap j . Raids over France, England and| reported and the weather was a0 cold | a, Wat ‘ ranch in Petrograd Refuses i ate ae ary forces have been cited for gal-|the motorbox was located. Peace based on the statu quo, By 4 ng ud Refuse j Belglum have coat the Germans sev-| that many cars wero frozen and could |fantry in French army orders. Let-| Hysteria was increuyed by the re- Agreement with our Allies we aro to Give Up Keys. bea Ne ee ceili ee not bo moved. Brigade manoeuvres | tere of commendation written them| fusal of the guards to stop the train, roady to discuss direct propositions = \irance and four in Beleium. Acct.| 2% % {vision whose units bave seen | by Cen, Persing’s Chief of Staff were| Policeman Rohrback, who was in cit- sogarding peace, but this is indirect.) PETROGPAD, Dec, 28 AEH Ldints Go Ree mind and lighten | ee ee ee crenenen ware let off | made public to-day by the War De-lizen's colthes, pulled the emergency “At the conference in Paris @ pro-/ acting under tle orders of (inance! jaye destroyed at least eight in Ger-| ee gp iengee gh derctbarcites a ain) Darts brake, which brought the train to a gramme was drawn up, and In conse-| (0. nissioner Monstiineky; yesterday | mans bose troops of a sen’? janded a) Lieut. Post, son of Mrs. Price Post) jolting stop and thia added to the Quence unity of uction on the part ot eee a eiaevate| Zeppelin M wumbers, according to ac- sie (eon mer National] of Tuxedo J N.Y, dur eit confusion and fright. Several were the Allies will make itself felt, even a teed all p ourets atcviation, atarted with the nen, “mg : jat the aviation sctioot Pau, found ‘own off thelr feet. to Macedo: Germany and her al-| banks in Petrograd, including te |(y/"i,, Calculation, mared ith tye|towna In which they are to be bil-/his machine breaking into flamex.| ‘The exact number of the injured in Ses have undertaken the impossible ach of the National City Bank of]. 7 i etoon os and 80 have not bean| ted temporarily after marching f but managed to make a safo landing|not known because many, af task of conquering the world. The} New York. Tho manager, ¥. It |soioved, leaving 53 to be accounted |W? @ays through the storm, Not-/and rescue his instruments |colving first aid at a drug store, went world will conquer them. | Stevens, was arrested and detained | 9. wp 1 and “L—2" were destroyed | Wtnetanding the severe weather) Private Ross, a nephow of Charies|home without giving thelr names. “In this war France will have! for a short time before the war, The first fell in the| ‘Rr exPertence seemed to have done/ Cooper of No, 1629 72d Street, Brook-| Most of them were burned on the played a great role, for, as Roosevelt yas said, she will have saved human- Many bank directors were arrested Several surrendered the keys to the bank vaults, bi d referring to tbe German deo-| y. laration that Alsace and Lorraine Wright, Counselor of the American | Embassy, called upon Mr. Stevens would never he surrendered, M-| guring the day Pichon wald: | The Jenal City Bank oy New| “The question of Alsace-Lorraine York was granted a license last Jan- does not affect Irance alone. It is a 4) Commence business bem, world question, It 1s not a te:s.torlal) particular reference to the problem, but a moral problem—on 1) ananoing of railroad construction. solution depends whether or not the\ane iicense given it was the firat world shall have a durable peace.” Referring to the war alma France, the Foreign Minister sald th {iret was to conquer granted to a foreign bank to do busi- ness here since 187% Mr, St dectared his bank “But why?" he went on To ws. | Vaults, but only small safes, After sure @ qworld peace of justice and|t/# arreat he was permitted to return fraternity, We desire the Iberation | to the bank, which was placed under of our qcoupled territories, just rop- Sard. The bank directors who were aration for what has bi H id were accused of “sabotag torn from us, reintegration of ‘isace-|Tlephone service through the city Lorraine, reparation for duinages) ~** Stopped for an hour, In explaining the seizure of the sustained and a guarantee of durable | peace by international agreements.” | banks M Menshinsky sald: “Repeat that last phrase.” Plorre “We let it be known long ago that Renaudel igterfected, private banks should send reports M. Pichon repeated %, addir weekly to the State Bank. This was “The reference is to a society of done, but the reports were incorrect nations.” It was then decided to occupy the “You should have said so.” M, banks, revise their activity and then that they resumed business." reported that a special com- Renaudel rejoined. “We are in perfect agreement with | President Wilson on that point,” M.| mittee will investigate the closed Piohon said. He then quoted Pres\-|banks and that the institutions will dent Wilson's words to the effect|not be permitted to resume business that the immediate task was to win|in the meantime, che war, adding: {a serious financial shortage, eapecial- “Tt never has been the Intention of |!y in currency of small denomina- Presidept Wilson or the Allies to de-| tions, which has been unavailable for stroy the German people,” several days. At the National City Bank, No. 55 Wall Street, the news of the seizure of the Petrograd branch and the de- tention of R, Fé Stevens caused con- siderable surprise, “We have had no advices from M: Stevens which indicated tho Allies’ Aims Must Be Achieved, says Lieya Geo LONDON, Deo, 28.—“Achievement ef the purposes for which the Allies are fighting 1s essential to the future freedom and peace of mankind,” said Premier Lioyd George in a letter possibil which he sent to-day to the Labor|!ty of such action by the Russian Congress. The Premier's statement) Government of the moment," said ie regarded as the British reply to| Foreign Manager Coaby the German peace offer, “I cannot say what funds we bad Jin the Petrograd branch |that most of our ) in ruble: Wmphatic indorsement of President , but the f commitments were (Continued on Becond Pag: and the ruble ts now so —_—>__. greatly depreciated, will reduce tho HB WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU, actual temporary loss. wor the reat donde Palen, (Wort) Balla, I imagine that we can leave the anata, reservations, xilags, do. vie at Bike eee cette ke OG cate ‘Coastwiee, Central end nt American > vas eadO' Mitton(p nes, Bagguse and perce! check room = F'rancin Ba and nigat, ‘Travellers’ checks 8d Money - ‘Zea tenia. ‘Tiimhene Bescon WGiwads (Raving Rntriee on P. 11) rer See Oe OME etree. t Stevens refused. J, | The city ts facing | them more good than har for the men are rapidly becoming hardened. Former Guardsmen of another al lyn, distinguished himself by under fire during a North Se: nd wan acel- and hands ‘uhlssbuttel. and thi ed at courage | face or bombard: | shock, suff cont — nn The clothing of tw aanen~ 1 from | FIVE HEADS OF RAILROAD LINES TO DIRECT THE OPERATION OF ALL RAILROADS OF NATION —<+- War Freight to Have Precedence Un- der New Regime—Transfer of Sys- tems Effected Without a Ripple— Economy to Be the Watchword of Government Control. | WASHINGTON, Dec, 28.—Director | General McAdoo to-day placed the existing War Board of private rafl- roau executives in charge of tempo- rary operation of the Nation's rail were formally taken vver by the Government at noon, Tht was the solo official announce pent following a ninetyeminute com terence between McAdoo and the ex MOST OF BiG JOBS ~—INRYLANCABINET, vad tines that | | ecuttves. Coler, Selected for Charities) The “emergency operators” inciude | Commissioner and” Dry . |7ge* Merrtoon. President of tire | Southern Rullway: Doyle for Fire Head. ben mee a ceed ford Howard Elliott of New York, New Haven and Hart Railway; Jullus Kruttschnitt | ‘The only appointments for the Chairman of the E tiv new Committee | Municipal Administration that Nave) 49 +),. southern Pacific; Hale Holden [heen definitely decided upon BY! president of the C. B. and Q, and Mayor-elect Hylan are the following: | samuel Hea, President of the Penn | Corporation Counsel, WILLIAM P| sylvania tines, BURR of Manhattan, | The Foard, McAdoo stated, pledged Dock Comminsioner, CONGRESS- | *!™ |t# hearty support and agreed to continue operations until he saw fit to | MAN who In addition to Zeppelins, Germany , ment. He was gassed, necessitating | gers caught fire, ‘The police lint fol- MURRAY HULBERT, pit Inte effect his planned organisa has had in commission since begin- Lofts beetle: Me git tr SP" bis removal to @ hospital liown: | will resign his seat Jan. 10 to take] tion h 1 ei payonet, ning of the war at least thirteen alr- erro kaa ateein cine tise Henry J. Boblon, No. 98 Vander clty office Problems of operation were chiefly ships of the "Schutte Lan, Witiout (ntermintion, Wowie ot te HUNDREDS OF U S FLYERS Avenue, Woodhaven, L. L, taken to} Gommisstoner of Charities, BIRD | dlacussed, he said, and no decision of and “Parseval” types. Of these pos- c + : «Oe Gouverneur Hospita on Kad ‘ ” any kind was reached. men had thelr new caps pulled down 4 8. COLER of Brooklyn. sibly seven remain in service, two as . +: ish, stenographer, No, 2008 Fulton Detail# must be worked out before over their cars, and all who had treet, Brook Fire Commiasioner, DR. WILLIAM |non-combatant instruction ships. muffl reot, Brooklyn, same hospital; J. J orders covering pooling and freigh ————e era wound them around their Boylan, 748 Bushwi Avenue,| F. DOYLE of Brooklyn hinments can be lesusd: isan - oylan, o, 7 8 kh Ave " fol 00! shipm e pe ms! . | * necks, They paid no further atten-| | | Brooklyn; Be etta O'Connor, No ealth Commissione <EVIN ed, These orde 0 expe , | AIG SPECIALLY HONORS tion to the snow under foot or to the| Austrian Troops From Roumania |, ?. ore i" acts i nea N Health Commissioner, DR, KEVIN |atated, These orders are expected t swirling flaken. ean Ra Sue. Bic 4 °y Avenue, Brooklyn; Chris-| 4. nr, BERRY, both of Brooklyn. come through the War Board untt | een on the Piave Rive topher Moore, ' twenty-fv No. 43 McAdoo completes his own organiz: | AMERICAN WOMEN NURSES These troops are mostly in the low ute Mtrest, Woodhaven: Jo.| Conimilant of Correction, to} 0 completes his own organisa the: Igher titude ne. ‘eet, rdhay De | I tor ba lands. Others in higher aititu ne McKnight, stenographer, No.| some Bronx man, not yet selected I ie were unable to proceed wit ASHINOTON, De A deelaeg Woodland Avonu ra baatlet duchies | ie personne Adoo's pre {R es : Presbyterian | work as well ax was desired. ‘Troops reve n me te say, Oval atanaera cline rosa The s p posed ovganiz n ¢ , eels orn 8 ». Keen 4 "4 . bs ) Stl unfilled ena 1 upon This inclade | Hospital and Other Units in fron tie Bouthers Ste Botin RUANPSAG Sines M1 Street, Broakly th, No id | pK | quite unfortunate in the lw fw LU phi Street, Br: Marguret| Gtover Whalen, prospective nec wih sortie he will gather List Sent to London days, but they are becoming accu Feat tote ee aeit in & Fouths | nith, No. 8 Elilisdalo Avenue, | tary to Mayor-eleet Hylan, was tntro~ ut him JONDON, De §.—Feld Marshal] tomed to the cold and snow hraatichi ebvEaT bs es ‘ean oe N eosdha wan: Lititan wees “No, y,| duces to Mayor Mitchel in City Hall Judge Payne may be slated for one Haig, the British nander in chief, Austrian troope from the Roumans| Amburat Avenue eel lto-day by Aldermanic President] of the posts in the now organization as submitted @ list of names of persons| Americans in French Army Mas Be) front have been observed to ar-| Miss Bernadetta O'Connor de-|Frank 1. Dowling, Mr. Whalen called] Asked whether Payne would “assist” serving on the western front aa desery-| Transferred to P ing Hanks atidd the enemy inea at aurlesribed) the ocldent atte “| to errands det uf the simple cere-]him, McAdoo smilingly turned te ing special mention, The lst containg!| PARIS) Dec, Sir-American volun: |yyo, ov ot copay pe Hin | mony which wili mark Mr, Hylan's| Payne and sald: “We hope ao.” the names of many Americans attached | teers serving in any branch of (le) WERLIN, (via London) ae niece bec home tse H perthe aa nduction into office. Mayor Mitehel| Shortly after noon McAdoo's fret Bee reas cant in ieee ATiny many bareactes ; Tieceaee irae = On "OK ea tien ay und the Mayor-elect will meet in the omy stroke under the new regime ‘The names of the women mentioned are: |any American camp and s¢ cir} plateau around Tomba Ridge | wae near the rear f the |v abite reception room of City Hall at announced—elimination of the Miss 1. M Alora er, Chive wale Ranater tothe United 5 us the day, way reported [third car when it happ r oa eae pails Heard ‘Publicity’ Boreas, aie _ 8 Sriges. te unit, Clever) i+ is announced to-day ie atin a wean t evo in Saahinin in utgoing | three emplo: were notified of their ‘ 4 L. oe 20 mM y people were Tt eohinak) i 1» the o Y é pital unit, New Yo the French Army a eoate Sah ceaa'C ’ the to the new head,| Pu Infor handle the Mian C. Cuppa! Louls unit. FROM THE PACIFIC IN SHIPS ie moh ‘a¥ blne Mit and Government railrond publicity. Miss M. Dunlop, University of Penn- U S$ TROOPS KILLED 50 407 the © will dinmedintel immon| TRANSFER OF ROADS TO Qoy- aylvara unit, Philadelphia +O Raate ig pidtive ED jofore im | ERNMENT TOOK PLACE AT NOON, ce tp ae MEXICANS IN BATTLE Thinks That Would Help Relieve, cot down too and we x ; 1 « aed Pproximately vers’ ' Pees Ve 4 00 miles American ratlway (iss C. Hall, Harvard unit Sennen the nestio: Hol ( he mation, but the guards mud ! ' t Beea oe stocielané Ebiaainhiet INBESHAN cs uy get into the fourth xplaining the wm ‘ ne y tmerged into one r | Cavalry men Returning W I lerence | Then we supposed the t tr t inen ain for the win unt inna’ of f the wa onl Kee, Lakeside i oners and All the Loot Take Federul Food Ad over, |MtOP at the next state t r w oar oe for President W ‘igs I. Mars}, Presbyterian Hospital by Bandits b t 4 or at the one bey n th y er tot ve idor at iison's decision, DS WwW i} that. ext I da ly « great event, regarded by many as unit ep sotwine [beyond that, They insis wotng | Next of } iy Miss J. C. Ste St. Louis, CANDELARIA, T ” and o ed |through without a stop, | = the opening of a new epoch in Gov~ | Miss D. Arch of nicago unit American cavalry pat had bee of| bridge. Women were ta an HYLAN AT WHITE HOUSE, | *rament operation and control of kabel a Sprinkle, which purs n of usin xtenal einer : | public utilities, passed by without any | SNOW AND COLDER HERE, | into. Mexico. ts to-day # LO be applies fron ix the: Showout ‘ eet a ¥ ate | formal ceremony | ~ saat haa a ae mis m7 ah, 6n6 of injured, waw ine Falk With Wil Director G 1 McAdoo was con- "| store snow and a new cold wave arolon the lirite and # tat the movorben, Pee ae WASHINGTON, De Jude John | ferring at the tine with the members ‘onlithe wh: New York, according tolaccording to word te od } Bee, site i er clothing a Fr. Hylan, May t New York, had/ of the Ra. ad War Hoard and Her- the Wea Wurean warning {ssued| ‘phe United Ktatex troops engine Dy oft 1 ; ate oor with i ovett, Chairman of the this mo 4 16) onning fant with:the. baud i 1 Sfing | dent Wilson to-de Priurity Shipment Committee. jeceivin tort horrow It wil an sof), King ab " Food Adminieten " x wn ho M Tuas vinvanied| “Although McAdoo became Director [much cold jing many ot Docume ——e nna analy : Se einith oe sath General of world’s greatest rail- pe 4 a us NEW YEAR’S SPECIALS. : 1 ‘ thal cs asia inquirer Inty te, | Pad system: preciiely at noon he was WILSON IS 61 TO-DAY, [ee Vilistin as who 910,00 Men's Overcoats and Suits, $6.v9, And thoy did t , u fay t id ‘ ‘© Anterested at the conference thas —_—_—— spleens il deepen | THE "HUB" Clothing Corner, iroad yess a y meena Hed (0 AN | the time slipped by and It was 12,90 be- ENINGGO Dee ‘MaBreideu| weeps 6 ¢ Mexican by way, cor. Barclay St. opp. Waolworth| Detective MeKer Deon a other q ns, teas atten WASHING OMS | soved u belated Christmas | Bulging, will sell tod 1 Sulutdsy| #lgned to inventimn: acold \ body called his attention to zon in vol ie hie frat | Gey a bier el | ance of our $10 & $12 Men's Muity apt. O'Connor of r Afterward ale wld shit nat the most stupendous hdew . Le tory > N , wn | Peay 1 hod p . the eaten birthday toe eratulatory lettere | praising uie mien for thelr Ko ; 4 ia and dark | station } 1 nied : “ . rallroud history had been eT ving the Preatdent ~ rd and. $7.95, | Kn¢ tra 1 tol Yo 5 n . Hou: eileon ae WESPS LOK TINE HOLIDAYS, || laturday, 1, a 97.98. 5 a it Y pms nbers of the war board—all om 1 addvess be will ana, | Hub Clothiers, Micuuwas. cor Bractay,| © njured n f lroad executives who have been vaeee ay r ° \ ba BKYUWN — ver vo Congrenm meat week, adie | aay. mediate attention, PORN ge OO Heaven okda* working, within the Umitations ef i } vai