The evening world. Newspaper, December 24, 1918, Page 2

LSON TO DINE “UN DANISH KING | —— ATBUCKINGHAM ; > oe 4 i “London Is Being Being Wonderfully = Bedecked in Honor of President. IN, Dec. the banquet to be given Th night dn honor of Presidentt Wilson are similar to those made for the | “King of Denmark during hie recent | pviait to London. The banquet room ite and gold and has some of the a a fiest tapestry in existence. It is the jargeat room in the palace, There is! but this will | «@ throne in one end, | probably be hidden by flowers. In the | other ¢nd an organ loft, which w.li te the orchestra on the “Wight of the banquet The substitution of the dinner to ‘be given by Premier Lioyd Georse ‘Yor the banquet which was to hivo een given at Lancaster House Saturday night meane that it will b @ much smaller and more intimate > gathering, the President meeting only ‘ma small body of men from the im- perial War Cabinet. s It has been decided that Mr, Wil- pon will dine with King George at Buckingham Palace on Monday eve- @elock Tucsday merning, pass through lines of troops on his wa to the gtation and take bis train fo Dover. It was announced to-day tha the reception at Guild Hall on Satur- day will occur in the great hall in- atead of the library, This will enabie| “e much larger company to witness | the ceremony incident to the pre-| sentaaion of the address to the President. $ ‘The “Boigian Suite” in Buckingham | Palace, which the President and Mra Wilson will ocoupy during thelr stay in London, is on the first floor of the palace, facing the garden where King George and Queen Mary reviewed the _ American doctors and purses soon after the United tes entered the war. Probably one Uf the most hand-) fomely furnished of the seven rooms comprising the suite js the “Spanish | Room,” which is intended for a dress- ing room. On eliler side of the hand- aomely decorated fireplace there stand remarkable bub) cabinets, These and other cabinets in the room, of ormolu and silver of antique design, are con- sidered of great value. ‘The sitting room is known as tho) “Bighteenth Century Room” because | ste pictures were formerly all of that | period. Some of these, which were femoved during the days of the atr ‘aida together with other plotures ‘und art works of the palace, bave not | yet been replaced, One of the bed- yeoms is known as the “Orleans Aioom,” for the reason that the pic- | tures are for the most part those of the Orleans family. | The “Pink Dressing Room," with the decorations of the color indicated by its name, is at the disposal of the President for elther a dressing or wriling room, It contains @ magnif- cent old writing table and other fur witure of sandalwood, The officials in charge of the deco- rating of the streets of London are | * aiming at an artistic effect as w as @ brilliant color scheme. In addl tion to the Venetian inasts, support- ing royal crowns, shields and flags connected with featoons and bunting, an effort is being made to treat the Important bulldings along the route in a m. with their architecture The portico on the facade of the ‘National Gallery will be decked with * festoons of laurel and the windows will be hung in scarlet cloth edged * with gold. ‘The masts in this section Will be connected with laurel festoons " jostead of bunting, Wellington Arch. + om the top of Constitution Hill, will Le decked with laure! festoons and crowns combined with American figs end gilt eagles, The central passage ef this arch is open only for and state processions, President pon will be the first uncrowned head ef @ government to pass through the | aroh in state, Constitution Hill, whose trees pre elude the erection of masts, will be 24.—Arrangements | 9 Buckingham Palace is decorated in| ning. He will leave the palace at oY | boulevards, er to harmonise | _THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, a LONDON WILL PRESEN 7 FREEDOM 1918. OF CITY TO PRESIDEN T KEY DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW THE WAR FLEET WILL ANCHOR IN THE NORTH RIVER MARINES REVOLT eas)" ab emma tl jntelelmieieleteimin bei NEW JERSEY > ny ey Lan =_-_-~+ = = 6? rz) 69 70 4 #92 0 <——7t = = 72 3 3233 34 35 3c 37 Se FAT Traaic rene ENT 8 F = ies ity #6 41 48 49 So St 52 53 54 Se Fe 1 2 3 | Hb Rieiiteleinieieil-i-! Review, December 26. 8 Inlefejetnteleleteinieieniebletefelteietetet=i=! | The above plan shows all anchorages provided for Ioinletaieteleteinintsieieintebeictebeteieleinteletebetstetete coming naval OR "Below are given the names and numbers of the battles ps and other vessels w! folnlobetaintotntetetetetalet ohetntofelatetet } “et h are scheduled for the Naval Berth No. 1 Florida Berth No. 16 Kearsarge \ Berth. No. Ship. Ship. Berth Nv: ey wea MW °"s New York Brieee 13." mints. | A = 8 Al 6 Pennsylva Dent 14 bd ‘if 19 foe Branch P. & Station N, Broadway | 14 Barge Radford | 15 PY nm and 69th St. | rairie rit 6 Pannsylvania | 21 Vestal Berth No. hip. 40 Solace a Ringgsia” ea aa San bt ete rat | 37 Bridge 1 Fiorids | LANDING STAGE "C." fost of W. Mahan | Branch P. 0. “Hamilton Grange ; Bevede | i bi Crpirie § Wyemnlue ahaa fe M Soci P. O, Station H, a6 carpi STAGE “D,” foot of West! Station, 521 W. 146th Street. olace , Ae S | Berth, No. Shi 10 Arizona rs) Gambi LANDING STAGE “B," foot of W.|Berth Ni hip. Wath Street, P. 11 New Mexico | “4p one 79th pale hs cade i al vane Branch P. 0. Station J, 309 West| 8 fypacearge [32 Mississippi “4 Branch SB. 0. Station W, 160 W. Bad) Nevada 125th Street 18 Alabama 11g Missouri : 4% c sh t ak | 8 Qkiahoma Berth New Shi . tow “ Lo or o ip. rizona e ico | __" _6W “47 Ringgold Texas, I 41 Gamble | 12 Mississippi | Fy Gaane WILSON AND WIFE SHOP IN PARIS AS THEY DO AT HOME | Crowds on Boulev i bisuleeants Recug- | nize Them, but Make No Noisy Deinonstration, PARIB, Dec. 24.—After ten days of | enthusiastic demonstrations in his| honor, the Parisians have become ac- customed to the presence of President Wilson. Although they are still inter- ested in all his movements, they are now satisfied to follow them with re- apectful deference to bx wish to be able to move about town without pro- voking a crush everywhere he goes, With the crowds on the boulevards fall day yesterday such as scarcely | ever have been outnumbered, the Prosident and Mrs, Wilson strolled through the principal shopping dis- trict in compayative tranquillity. They | were recognized repeatedly but were never embarrassed strative attentions, by too demon- Hats were dofted often as they passed, and occasionally a discreet “Vive Wilson” was heard, but after paying their respects, the Voulevard Christmas shoppers went thelr way, leaving the American Ex-| ecutive and his wife to follow their! own bent. Thus they were able to do their Christmas shopping without dis comfort, despite the holiday throng. They visited many of the principal shops during a tour of two hours iq) the centre of Paris, Both have been about the city before, but thts was The first time that they ventured into the shopping district together as they often do in Washington, They waiked from the Murat reni- dence down one of the principal going first to a widely nerican book store, where known A, Mr, Wiisdn was at once recogni«ed, Afier making ‘several purchases there, they went to some shops that Mrs. Wilson desired to visit’ ond spent some time “window wishing,” as it is sometimes called in the United States, Many members of the temporary American colony in the French capital saw them and were genuinely envious at a scene bringing to mind reminiscences of home at Christmas time ‘The show windows were ablaze with light and full of pretty things and | Mr, and Mrs, Wilson strolled from one to another, stopping to admire ned with wounded soldiers women of the navy and army su ‘ary services. ‘The masts around | the Queen Victoria Memonal, in front of Buekinghom Palace, will corry al- jernately the Star Spangled Baunor end the Union Jack, — WILSON NOT DECIDED Answer to Queens Invitation Leaves Matter of Acceptance Open. * THE HAGUE, Dec. %4.—Belore departure of President Wilson and Mra Wilson from Washington, Queen Wil Promises that the President and Mre Wilson will keep in mind “hd generous offer of Rospit do #0, whether it will be possible to ‘acoept- ‘| ON VISIT TO HOLLAND the} helmine sent an invitation to vielt Hol-|/" France Just as well as if he wers tand. The reply which was sent to che| {| Washinxton. | The reason jx that a ‘Quesu by the President early in Decem- fe reef at gs Aha ig ber has just been published. It leaves ithe ie Prealdent's anni the question of ucceptance of the Invi- | © rs. Wilron wrranged for t turkey. distribution besore leaving for tation open. Europe. ‘The reply expresses “sincere gratif- cation” at the Queen's invitation and your kind ity, and ake the Uberty of letting you know, if “4 will mot deem it discourteous of us and often to go inside to buy. They ade remarkable progress with French clerks, Who did ‘ot always recognize them, All Americans, with whom the centre of Paris now fcc. gave greetings, which the President {and his wife returned with smiles aud bows | When shopping was finished ond r, and Mrs, Wilson hed accuniu nany pack an atitomebile t by one of the American Moyr Corps drivers took them home, Tho President always remembers those who are members of his immediaty staft at holiday time, and this year they will have presenta bought In Paris. ‘cneneiatanane: WILSONS GIVE TURKEYS. WASIIINGTON, Dec. 2% | Mouse emi * to-day are | that Woodrow Wilson can be Pr — White certain FILM STARTS 'S FATAL FIRE. Charles Emich, "forty, an employee of Goldamith Brothers, gold refiners, was burned to digth this afternoon when his clothing wa ignited b ya blasing mo- bin > cture film. Col, Miner was met at the pler by jis wife Col, Bryan Lonrad of the s07th LINER LA FRANCE COMES WITH 3 54 NORE WAR HEROES (Continued from Firat Page.) | he boys had the thrill of seeing their! own Prewident before leaving the shores of France. COL. ASHER MINER RETURNS WITH LEG GONE. Perhaps the most ploturesque and oheerful figure on La France was Col, Asher Miner of the 109th Field Artillery, His Itft leg wan missing, he had been shot twice in the right leg and one side of his face showed the marks of where shrapnel had ploughed through it, He was wounded at Opermond Oct. 4, | “We got in there.” he said, “and the Germans got our range and that's all, We Just stuck.” But the boys of his command tell more, He stuck there through the thick of it and continued his com- mand after his left leg was gone, and stuck till he got it twice In the right and the shrapnel had torn his face Then he was carried to the rear “I'll tell you though,” the fighter said, “you ought to see those boys of the National Guard go. T have seen them break into the Germans in com- pany formation and wade through them under withering fire, And I've seen them dribble back, Of the 14,000 Pennsylvania Guard there weren't more than a thousand who escaped death or injury.” Field Train went all through the war with the 82d Division until nearly the end and never got more then a scratch, ‘Then he was knocked down by an automobile and both legs were injured to such an extent that he was invalided home. First Ldeut, RobertA, Hall of No 649 $8(h Street, Brooklyn, came home | with the French Cross of War in ad- dition to‘his four wound stripes. He was with the 18th Infantry, and be- fore the war was a professor of chemlatry at the University of Min-' nesota, His French Cross of War bad three citations, He told how the Germans threw 90,000 shelis into Pic- ardy, but wouldn't talk about hin. self further than to say that his wire shot through both knees in the Ar gonne on Ney. 4. Lieyt. Ralph Freed- man, No, 618 West 161st Street, Co. A. 7th Infantry, was shot in the foot | in the Argonne, Oct. 15th. Private James T. Clarke, No. 288 East 43th Street ©,, 165th (old 69th) got a shoulder wound at Chateau-Thierry Co. July 27. LAeut. Harry E, Fowler, No, | 424 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, Co. | 1, 307th Infantry, was shot through the left leg in the Argonne. laeut, F. W. Carver, No. 10 Riverside Drive, Machine Gun Company, 165th Infantry, was shot through the left leg at the battle of the Ourcg, Major Gen, Goethals was on the pler, the guest of Major Gen, David ©. Shanks, The fortner was there to t his son,» Major Thomas R, | thals, who was one of the first | Harvard Medjcal unit to go across In 1917, Another delegation of relatives and f is was on hand to greet Col, Asher Miner of the 10h Artillery, They came from Wilkes-Barre, The Colone! lost a leg in the Argonne |drive and was decorated with the| DSC. The wounded and sick France were classed as follows: Bed-9 ridden, 44 officers, 161 men; ehell shock, 283 men; requiring no special medical attention, 253 officers and on la the ieidieiieb init | bark at Brest on Dec. 18, that was received in America, had done her bit by teaching in the |Mois, District of Columbia; Canal) with prices gener high school Company 814(colored),) 2 officer Capt, Clinton D. Winant, No. 10f| men; Casual Company No. 315, es | CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS Past Tist Street, 318th Infantry, wag |ficers, 149 men; Casual Companies President and Mrs. Wilson Preparing to Disembark at Brest And Receive Welcome to France felebeleleieleteiai | | t oietetetebeteteloteleleinintetel This {8 the first picture of President and Mrs. Wilson, ready to disem-! lowing: Headquarters Division 68d)twenty years, and the latter Field Artillery, 6 officers and 18%| than it did in the paic of 1907. Sell- men; Advance ‘School Detachment,| ng In Brooklyit Hapld Transit was) eeenoot oe acnmen’ | due to the anticipation of a reseiver 1th Division, 2 officers, 88 men; 197th | ship.” Buying of the tobacco stocks | Field Artilry, supply company, ord-|was on the strength of reports of | nance detachment, thedical corps and| Tcofd earnings, United Cigar Stores Batiedan to - 18 offi. {Und Tobacco Producta were the iost atteries C and F, totalling 18 offl-| rominent of the Itt, both making| ers and 482 men, ee Sart em for tht Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Iili- | The being troops from securi Nos, 316, $17, 918 agd 319, 2 officers and 140 men each The Saxonia, which has been raeing across the Atlantic in an effort to arrive by Christmas, will not achieve its g according to wireless messages received here to-day, The vessel] has been delayed by storms, but | is expected to arrive the latter part of this week. She has on board $2 of- , 1,873 enlisted men and 32 civil. lam Reet Sugar transport Halt. & Ohio Rathi, ‘Steel i lans, The transport Bavaria, with cight| casual officers of the air service aboard, is expected to get int port to-day, She suiled from France on Dec, 10, ‘The steamship Persia Maru, which | sailed from Fran Dec, 12, Ma anchored off the & early to-day. The F her were taken off on tugs and le at Hoboken, ‘They includ Twelfth Division Advance Sc} tachment of sixty-five officers, elgh- 8 = teen casual officers and twely en. _ listed men, ‘Three civillans also ar- rived on the Bere Maru. WALL $ STREET PECEEE PFE ome 6M. | Siock pales, 411,000. | a | Tractions sold to new low levels, Date of Review Chi Bécause of the inability of ¢ . Whit review ‘of th at : Emich lived ‘x TT Wes notes pres wate being fete ip the ree fe ST 1,253 men. Ten nurses were on board, The well Wreops comprised the fol, Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Inter-|man to be present. the boro common and preferred were the | 13th gaat Rs leaders of the downward move, the |? Pave former solling at the lowest price in! held Saturday evening | Fe i. Brooklyn, it will be day by DEG Bie WAR FLEET HOME | Wireless Communications To- to-day between United States coming} !° ahead of its to do considerable loafing on the last | leg of the voyage | York | Admiral Mayo's squadron from § Hook this morning was not given out, but the vessels were 80 near the tion this Admiral Grant to steam through the Narr eight ¢ much eariier if Admiral ably welcome with joy ¥ | Vice Admiral G | ever. 2 down the programme for the home- coming Warships and there sibility of its being changed This programme calls for the fleet's appearance sandy Hook at 7 clock Thursday morning, The ships will steam slowly through the Nar at 8 and pass the Statue o Liberty at 9 | rows EARLY THURSDAY, REDUCES SPEED Secretary: Daniels is to cut shert| | bis Christmas and hurry from Wash- gton to-morrow night and board tic yflower, or the Sylph, which will be anchored off the Statue of Lib- erty, ‘The fleet will enter Ambrose Channe! about A. M,, and the flag. ship Pennsylvania will pass the May- flower about 9 A. M. | As the big shipago to their moor- A wireless conversation held early| ings in a five-mile row, from 58th to th Street, in the North River, the ccompanying seaplanes and balloons ee day Indicate Ships Could Get Here Sooner. | warships and Vice Admiral Grant's| 2 | will show the public how the vessels office at 97th Street and Riverside yave been surrounded by fighting ob- Drive indicates that the fleet is far|servation aircraft while with the and off the French coast. including the Texas and t at the surrender of the Geran ti et, will pass between rows of official and sem}-officlal craft after ‘The exact distance that separated | being officially reviewed by Secretary | Dani Later, when all the ships ure anchored, the |New York side of the river and the destroyers and amaller craft on the Jersey side, Secretary Daniela will was flashed from/| cruise up along the entire line, | About 1 o'clock, the Mayor's Com- | mittee has announced, a thousand of the sallors of each of the battleships will debark, land at 96th Street and parade down Broadway to 59th Street, schedule and will have! from Brest to New| andy | that in course of the wireless conversa worn Please remember that you are not ws before Jock “Thursday morning.” The Pennsylvania's aerials from/to Fifth Avenue, to 23d Street, where st somewhere east of Nantucket sighe!|tbey will turn west, going back to © | nis reply their shins from the foot of that te this reply street, As the review in the morning “ALL right, we'll Inaf the rest of the | will begin about 9 o'clock, and as way. Speed cut down, Could make | Capt. Yates Sterling yesterday in- aiesiary.” | formed Daniel G, Reid of the Mayor's | Committee that the will take | This was taken to indicate that our! three and a half he pass the + North Sea fleet could make port easily | reviewing @tand at 42d Street, it ts by to-morrow efternoon, an invitation r that the ceremonies arranged r will consume the greater part of the day, Tim Pennsylvania, Admiral Mayo's flagship, will hor off 79th Street, and Admiral Mayo and Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman will head the tnarch- | s down Fifth Avenue. Mayo's jackies would prob- No such invite was elicited from nt's wireless. De} how- artmoent has lald vg HIGH GRADE ASSORTED CHOCOLATES Bon Bons and N the | stocks, which have b goodly assortments for fe, and at the same is no pos- | g ones on the] P72 Final Suggestions TO LATE HOLIDAY BUYERS it minute frenzy of gift buying and bustle characteristic of the day befo: you. We are making every effort to maintain uni- versally good service up to the last minute. Our holiday business, have been splendidly reinforced, and offer lection. May we take this opportus nity of wishing you the very MERRIEST CHRISTMAS of “WNBERIN, KINA? COMMANDER OF CY (Continued from First Page.) | republic and election of a Prestdent— scheduled for the last of this month or the first of next—will effectually end the aspirations of the monarch- ists, As a result they are redoubling their efforts to combat the monarch- ical propagundists. Bavaria, ja addition to its territorial and economic importance, would bring | into the German republic a large por- |uon of German Austria, which would | replace any territory lost through the | aspirations of the French and Poles. |The German newspapers, therefore, believing a strong central government | absolutely essential to the life of the | German republic, are vigorously op- posing the Republican Separatist movement in Bavaria, on the grounds | it would weaken the democratic move- ment and be playing into the hands of the royalists. The plan for establishment of seven semi-republics in Germany and Aus- tria, to be, confederated like the United States, was being strongly ad- | Vocated in Saxony, The newest pro- gramme in this connection provided the following line-up; | Dresden as the capital of Upper Saxony, Hanover as capital of Lower Saxony, Coblenz as capital of the Rhineland, Stuttgart as capital of |Schwaben, which would be called Neckarland, Munich as capital of Ra- varia, which would be called Danube- land, Vienna as capital of German Austria, which would be called Alp- land, and Berlin as the capital of Oberland, which would include | Brandenburg, Prussia, Posen and a. Each republic would have a local | President or Governor, who would be under she confederation’s President n matters of national importance, ner Herlin or Dresdea would be national Laguliee CHILDREN: BURN TO DEATH. While Mother Is istman Gifts, ir home while their went out to buy Christmas ents for them, Bertha Knight, five, ind her sister, Ruth, two, were burned to death to-day in their home at 479 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, atrolma) John © who saw smoke, for and found the bodies, A small cylinder stove had |iipped over and set fire to the floor The children's mother, Mrs, James Knight, became hysterical and had to be taken to St so8n's Hospital. ROBBERS GET $% $50,000 GEMS. Hold Up Minneapolis Store and jerk im Vault. s Dec, 24.—The Amer- Jewelry Company, Minneapolis: 1 by four men early to-dey of $50,000 In diamonds and $850 in cash A clerk was forced to open the vault containing the stock at the point of « revolver, knocked Unconscious with @ gun butt and left in the vau | RELIGIOUS NOTICES. |S “biskens Figajon with carol | Com joe; 10.80 A | ion” Commutiin: “oe if ios seats free, 4 3070 At maltie. *seciat invitacion te’ etheees 1 ohare eg the trand’ West, in the i bonetla pleted by the immense volume of time thank you very sincerely for For Church & Sunday School Christmas Trees 30 of Crystallized Creams and Assorted Jelly Half- Paced ‘Holiday Greetin, may be seen and prices obtained at any Loft Store. ith oe iy rior sweets which b where, An nano apprediate ality artistic presentation PAO De Lox ve, entree inte the finest ent pat un tweets and “1.25, 2.50. open to-night, December 24th, Tiloco. | Our Stores will rem: COVERED Aheays Big bars of Honey Nougat are dinved in Caramel, rotted in chopped Pecan Nutv and enyel~ oved in our work renowned Premiunt Milk Chocolat each bar » lune 54 BARCLAY STREET CORTLANDT STREET PARK ROW & NASSAU 206 WEST 1257 ST, 400 BROOME STREET 28 WEST S4TH STREET 472 FULTON 8T., BKLYN aa GOLD SEAL ASSORTED CHOCOLATES nen, Bet And, me men pada (Midnight) for the convenience of late holiday buyers. 28 FAST 23p STREET 140th ST, & THIRD AVE, 157 MARKET NEWARK 1289 BROADWAY (Near Gates), BROOKLYN 11 BAST 44D STREET 550 BERGEN AVENUE, (BRONX), South of Loew's 149th Btreet Thoatre, he apovitied, welht includes Wye container, Pounds a METROPOLITAN MIXED CANDY, consisting Gu with 60 Samples homer & 6.25 until 12 o'clock Bourn VICTORY PACKAGE Containg —Assort- ed Cocoanut Cuts, Vanilla and Kose ene EET,