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FRIDAY: Snow I* cost* 2','t cent* a word to get your -esvage by telegraph to one person, ror ore cent a word you can get your message through the Kenneboc Jour - il to over thirty thcueand peroone. -I \HUSHED 1825 AL'GLSIA. jVI.^lNE, FRIDAY MORMMi. DECEMBER 27, 1918. SATURDAY: Fafr It cost* Z',2 cents a word to get your message by telegraph to one person. For one cent a word you can get your message through the Kennebec Jour nal to over thirty thousand persons PRICE TWO CENTS London Pays Tribute to Wilson Distinguished American Given Tumultous Ovation by Crowd WHEAT PRICE GUARANTEE !/ m '.ition crunmiunded to i <!vf 11 Inflective for Cion of 1 •!' — VI so lo Sai'evuard < ,ir e* nmeii' Atsiinsi I o> -es — II i • Vppioval of IVcsidcnt V i|M>n I " • . 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Smith p.v :• -Opposition to ti..tu>ns w s i-xpussed in lo Snnalor Smith. • i fVoornin. roforrtnjr to a • >i. .h sp.'itrU outlinina l’ros. IVi ..ns attitude Senator '■ .i'll h. .oiilil not for nno mo "" ’ • v.- flint tho President had if h ..n tmpr.u'tlcalile and 1 i t ■< homo. GAS TABLETS FOR STOMACH CAS \tKl S QAS TABZ.BTS (top fis and .7' t*rni*nt«tloB after eating. atoj •iritlnj. reduce bloating Bad gaa pre* £ * .ind correct acid stomach T*»r*'* ,n AWblla ’* enough. Bni *ALS OAs TABLETS at any rail. rtnig «»ora. Un S<. Ui PERSONNEL OF CONFERENCE (•real Hi iiain. France and Italy Fuel* Have l ive Delegates— Other Delegations V. ill Vary from One to Four According to Si/e of Country and Inter ests Involved V.'i i.i. I'(.*■. -C.--TI10 personnel of *he I" u", 'ungn ss i>- gradually fak ing form. ;o that tin; American de| 'Sntr:; express tin- hope that the del egation of tin- various countries will !"■ anounied and that tin delegates '■■'ill an ivi for thr- actual comnieiu-e nn n' id the negotiations soon after ’ll- aliening of tic new \e.u. A riutnli- r of the mam d-tails of the eomposit ion of the congres are now fairly well settled as a result of re cent ' rinfereni i-s. These indicate that the total membership of the con gress will Ik; between 100 and ICO. Tlii-a- wil be C7 countries rcprescnl ■ .1 by delegations, including those "hi<h dec!,-it'd car and a number which have come into existence as tie- icsult of war. Tbo great powers, notably Great I’.ritain, IT,nice, Italy, fflc|i have allotted live delegates while the other d< legations will vary from one to fum members, aee.ording to tin- siz- of tin- country and inter ests involved. Word has been re < civcd that tlic I’ortugtiese delega tion soon will join tiio representatives of the. United States, who thus far are the only members of the peace congress to arrive. The non-arrival of the others has been the subject of considerable surprise and adverse comment, tin- Americans taking the ground that they are t>* proceed with tlie personnel of the congress not yet announced. It is understood that IT* ddent Wilson’s visit to England is likely to result in conveying quite definitely the view that it is desir able that the eongres should bn put into motion with the lease possible delay. SNOW GREETS II. S. I50VS AT COBLENZ CHRISTMAS DAY « Wednesday, I »«n . a |{y 11 e A . iu’i.i t «d I Toss) Snow grpoj - • •! t •'* A iiinri* ;i ii troops in tin- <.<„• • ipj' tl ;irv;is« «»n <’hrisMnas monting. . f; hignn I'DIIill*4 ; I’tr*r midnight arc! « imtimmd in i -tmc iluwn until tin* «• m tire d i s»t r i»■ i nreunrl Trews v as co\ irctj l*. r.io dept » nf several inches, 11 a* I in tin* .'iflcrnonn the tall waa still m progress. T c principal religious - r ar.s «>t* the American troops were rid in ‘’olden/. hut ir< \ irtuaII y e\ - cry village they occupied and in rv • r\ «amp in the region tin' day was 1" -run with lie-* holding of services *•: flit* ;irniy chaplains. 'n mam roar iusi;un - within the o - '• ipmd areas wlirrr. 11» * Americans ludd rehgj-t j.; h< rvio mi I’hristnia* <la\ (••.rmans t♦ *«part Siv mas. cs were • • lebrated in ; l»• • largest I'ath'dic • lurch !:i ‘ **hicn/, more than J*'*" Amer icans receiving hop ci»umuiiion. Th' principal Protestants services of tho Aim r.-Miis m Coblenz were lcl! in the i h ip*d of fie* lloya! p it.m . J Minns the morning American hand® paraded the streets of Coblenz. playing * c»nwitr«l Christian Soldier.'. * * IP»> ■. of Ages’’ and id her sac red airs, and giving con certs m front of tin chur-hes where A mere .ms Worshiped. From the sunn m i of Clinnbreitsteln. now occupied by American soldiers. a great illuminate 1 Christmas trie Ida.o-d fortii into the Christmas night. The tree was visibb •or mile-* m nil directions. FRENCH LOSSES TOTAL 1,071,300 UP TO NOV. 1st Paris. I »tv. J»5.- AimouncomeTU w^s nuido in tiu* < r *• f 1 »t-1»ntito <!;iv > M Adr.i'.. limit r-v eretary of s*.itt. France \s losses m ofilcens an 1 ♦ ik o ixillrct up to Novr luher 1 of this V »-ar aS'Kreaatcil 1.07LW, cl»\ j as fol lows Oflirers nu n i,01‘VfXv*. The number of dead. pvisonr-rs and missing . given as uffir*r men. Tii • in on missing aggregated ."v,x) ofli cerr ami rmn. Tlic prisoners still living total FM' ofiiren* and men. Hard Work Ahead To Define Peace Points of Wilson i Paris. Dec. ?<—President Wilson's Christmas speech is attracting j much comment, as indicating his t view ol' the peace congress. TI is re 1 ference to the American chart of '■ peace being accepted by all the na , lions concerned is understood to re ! for to his executive points. The President's statement that lie 1 had not found among the great Icad : ers with whom he was now cooper ating any difference of principle or fundamental purpose is construed as showing the favorable results of the conferences during the (vast ten jdays. It is pointed out in conference ! circles however that the hard work i ahead is not on principles but on ; defining their concrete form and do- j I trrmining the details of their ap-j j plication to the peace treaty. I With King and Queen, President and Mrs. Wilson Face Multi tude from Balcony of Buckingham Palace —Continuous Dem onstrations From Chaumont to Dover London, Dec. tBy The Asso ciated f’le.s:->.—The great moment of l’residen: Wilson's lirst day in X-fng lanri was when he stood with the King and Queen and Mrs. Wilson in the balcony of Buckingham Pahaja today, fin ing a multitude which .‘•Di tched clear down the Mali to tnc admiralty, half a mile distant ■' nd overflowed to the park oji one side and Green park on the other. Only a corporal’:; guard could hear the Pres ident's brief speech but the people demanded that he show himself and gave him a greeting more clamorous than any other guest of the natim has commanded within the memory of tlic oldest Londoners. The day's < vents constituted a tribute to the President and the United isfu'.ca which will be historic. The oltieial to )■• nionials--n reception Ip. the J.'o \ er eoiporation; and the navy; the welcome at the station by tnc royal family and the chief officials of the empire and the state progress through the heart of London were colored with touches of mediecal pageantry even the crimson-coated beef caters from the tower, bearing balbred.t, which the British people eherian. That the central tigure of the rev il procession in quaint state carriages, aided hy a military escort and house hold officials, should be a civilian wearing a black coat and a silk nat, gave a Havor of novelty to the scene. But the assembling of the people was spontaneous. That was the chief note of the day. There had been no time to erect stande, and windows were not ad vertised for rent. The people simply flunked in from all quarters afoot, m motor.-; and other vehicles, carr\ ing Hags and their lunches, and standing for hours in the cold for a chance to get a sight of the President Ii was a gat It* • ring principal];.' of tiro plain people, the thers were in the 'ounlrr for the hol i.in; . it. was a diverse anil picturesque throng t-urii as few capitals can mus ter. with a large element of soldiers among whom the culnnials seemed e.on ipieiious and popular, a detachment of wounded from the hospitals attended I*, nurses, pelting a full share of toe eheel's. Tile popularity of the King and Q U< cm was .-gain testified to by the ova tion given to them white driving to the station to meet the President. It is es timated that 'VjCO.OCO people crowded llie two miles o: streets through which the pitty passed. These wore canopied with tings and bunting and amid the thudding of the saluting cannon Die I'resident of (lie United States jeetived a popular welcome almost unprecedent ed in in. tor;. London was not satisfied with tlie tumultuous greeting accorded during ttie ceremonial drive to Bucking ham palace, whets tin President and Mrs. Wilson are slaying as guests of the King and Queen. Some WjijO people, filling the huge semicircular assembling plat form at the palace, cheered inces santly tiptil half an hour after his ar rival. when the President appeared on tnc balcony beside the King. They were followed by the Queen, who waved a small American this, anti Mrs. Wilson, who carried a Union Jack. Princess Murv ami the Duke of t'onnaught. So prolonged and intense was the cheering that tile President, showing great tmo ; .01. thanked irt a few words the citi zens nt London for their great welcome President and Premier To Hold Conference at Rockingham Palace Fiiday J. inilon. Deo. 2ti.—The initi.il eoii \creatiun of the President \yith Pre mier Lloyd George will take place .it 1" o'clock Friday morning in the 1 'resident':- room at the Buckingham I’alacc where they will confer until lunch time when they will drive to Downing street This was arranged tonight when the matter was dis cussed between the premier and a representative of the President for the luncheon in Downing street to meet the President. Mr. Lloyd George has invited the following: Mareri'S or Drew. Karl of Curzon, the Karl of Heading. American Ambassador John \V. Davis, Viscounts Grey, Mor !ey and Bryce, and Monar Law, Ar thur J Balfour, H. II. Asquith, Ar thur Henderson and Rev. William Adamson, the two last named labor members of Parliament. It is under stood that the conference will con - time in the afternoon at Downing utreei. President Wilson will not meet all the members of the Imperial war council until the state banquet Friday night and the premier's .tin ner Saturday night. Crowds Cheer Wilson From Chaumont to Calais Calais, Dec. 25.—Crowds gathered at ever station and road crossing along the route from Chaumont to Calais after daylight today and cheered the President's tram as it passed. The steamer Brighton which carried the President across the channel was escorted half way across (Continued on Pag* 4—Cot. 5) TO DISRUPT BERLIN fiOVT. Radical Party May Make At tempt—(icrnian Paper Yoi waerts Seized by Spartacus Croup—Nearly 100 Killed in Street Kij>htin<r in Berlin Monday Bcrjin, Wednesday, flee. (By the Associated Fressi — At 11 o'clock tonight ihc government sent out a general order to the troops in Berlin to hold themselves in readiness. Spartacus forces have seized the Prussian vrr ministry in addition to the Yorwaerts. The impression appeared to prevail tonight that the Radicals would make u general at tempt Thursday to disrupt the pres ent government. Seize Newspaper Plant Berlin. Wednesday, pee. "3—(By the Associated Press)-—The editorial rooms and the. publishing plant of the Socialist Vorwacrts were seized and occupied at t< it o'clock tonight by member;; of the Spartacus group. Munition Sailors Released "London, lice, yr, The mutinous sailors vim had been holding out in the Rod Fahnc at Berlin, have hoist ed the while ling and have been al lowed to leave under guard, accord ing t" advices from Berlin sent by the cxchunge Telegraph correspon dent at Amsterdam. Government troops, the message adds, now oc cupy the palace and the royal stab les. Ebert-Haase Govt, in Danger Berlin. Wednesday. Dec 113, . V*. M. —(By the Associated Press)—Politi ettl leaders i)i Berlin, including many who are not identified with the. pres ent government, were disposed today in believe that the Kbert-llaase i government was no longer intact as the result of the happenings of Tuesday. The independent Social ists hold that Premier Khert was re responsible. for the predicament into I which the government was forced ' Tuesday.. They declare that their - represent at i - is m i ie government were not aware that Rbcrt had ■ailed .hi tlm troops in Potsdam un , der Lieutenant Genera! Lequis t" •oppose live sailors with armed force oilier circles which arc opposed I" li e government allege that li 'cabinet’s t'mipromi.- e Willi ti.e sail ors amounted to an abject ■ apltula i i ion and was a \ irtor.v for the Rad ical elements and those opposing the calling ol' the National As.seml'l'. 100 Killed In Street Fighting riondon. Tier fit.— Nearly tl-1 persons were killed in the street lighting which began in Berlin on lues lay morning, according to the latest reports from the German capital, transmitted by the ex change Telegraph correspondent at Co penhagen. The republican guards tried several times to take the royal stables ! and the hcaca|uarlers of the revolting soldiers, but were repulsed. Many soldiers belonging to the Berlin ’ Guard and a few of the Republican Guards joined the sailo-s, t orwaerts reported. When these reports were seal, a large number of armed civilians were contin uing to join tiie sailors, not onlv at the royal stables but in the KoenigstraJte. This strcit. with all its houses, was rc : por'ed in the hands of tfro sailors, who j wore supported by tiie Spartacans. They ] demanded that Premier Kbert and Sec retary Haase resign and he replaced by Georg Li devour and Br. Karl Lieb hneeht. Lu Liebknecht. the advices j add. went to tiie chancellor's palace ami had a long conference with the minis ters, the result of which was unknown. Further fighting was anticipated, it was added, as the Spartacans and tlm • sailors had decided to attempt to force ' the guards to return to Potsdam. I tic , guards were stationed in I nter Per 1 Linden and the Wedersehen Plata. According to an Mxohange Telegraph •dispatch from I'openhagen, a force of • yi.v jailors on Monday formed a guard ; and seized the rted Castle, one of the , former royal palaces. They blocked the main streets, entered the public buiid | ings. and arrested Herr M els, the inili I tary commander of Berlin; Herr Fisch l er, his adjutant, and Ur. Bongard , The Repub!.can Guard with machine 1 guns and artillery bombarded the eas i tt£ Holes v ere made in the walls, the porches were destroyed and all the wm ■ dows smashed. The balcony from which ! former Kmpcror William once made bis speech in which he declared "f know ' r.o parties." was entirely smashed The . guard eventually occupied the castle, but the sailors were still holding *n • other large building at the time the dis : patch was filed. The square in front of the castle was littered with stones and ' missiles Military Commander Released Berlin. Tuesday, Dec. Cj—(By The ’ Associated Tressl—Herr V-'els, the military commcnder of Berlin, who v.ns arrested Monday by revolting ‘ sailor3 during the fighting in which : many sailors and Bepnbliean Guards were hilled and wounded, was rc ‘ leased shortly before noon today. lb spent the night in the basement of : the former royal stables Some of the more impetuous sailors were in favor of immediate execution , of Weis. but cooler beads opposed ‘this plan The military 'or nimandcr. (Continued on Page <—-Col. 4) 11 TRANSPORTS On wav to u.s. Mauretania Bringing .1000 — Men Will lie Sent to Camp I)i\—800 Sick and M ounded on Henderson—Other Ships Have Only Small Number! Aboard , Washington. l>ec j>> Departure' i from France of eleven transports, in - ; eluding the Mauretania with more! 1 than .".'tut) men from the 34 < Ui In- . ; fan try ,-C the S Ttl i Division, was an-j I pounced today by the War Depart- ] ment. The Mauretania sailing on I > I i''hristmas o\e, will reach Now York j Monday, and most of the men aboard j I will be sent to Camp Dix ter tie-1 mobilisation. Might hundred sif'k j land wounded men the on tile lien-' • ierson, due tit New York January . but the other vessels are bringing ! only a smali number of men ' The transport Antigone, due at Newport News January t. is bring ; ins home l) officers and So men of t lit- 06th (New Kngland > Division, which has been used as a depot di • vision anti which lias been reduce.] n> skeleton proportions. They will bo I sent to Camp Devons, Mass. The ■'-iid Coast Artillery Regiment with a ! number of casuals and sick and I wounded are also on the Antigone. Tho transport Kspagne. which is i expected t<> reach New York Jan. 2, , am) tho Virginian, Newport News, , Jfcn. f>. carry small detachments, j The transport I’rineess Matoka, ; \fhich will dock at Newport News ; January 2. lias on board the second i and third battalions of the 03rd Reg i irnent Coast Artillery, instead of the i 37th Regiment, as first anonunced. — FOR MLR IUSS. PREMIERS ! rfaSCOl .'RAGED OVER | DECISION OF ENTENTE I Paris. Dec. 2f> The recent annourve , men* by Stephen Piehon, the french : foreign minister, that Die entente I l.ad decided against extensive mili I fnry intervention in Russia at I't-M j ' lit lias had a discouraging effect un ion fi rmer Premiers Doff and Knknv soff ami other prominent Russians, ni , arc now in conference in Paris I This miii he said despite the f u ' | that they did not expect an immedi i ate response t<* their appeals Vie | cause of the lack- of unification o'' I I hi forces o |'.posed In the i'.olsh. y is i 1 and the in.-it.i7it> i.f the remote p i j visional governments to co-ordinate : their niovemonts. The Russian lea I ’ . is eonliilue their conferences at te.e .- Russian imlosr". in the hope 'h it i t hey will get a formal hearing wl'.i-n the peace congress actually opens. 12 SHOT AT OMSK FOR PARTICIPATION IN HOESHEN IK l PRISING Vashingon. Dec. 2*1 —-Twe lve ni* it were shot by court martial orders if ler an armed uprising by P.olshcvik regiments at Amsk on the. night of Dec. 22. said a cablegram received to day from the Omsk government by .tlu Russian embassy. The L’.olshev ists su< cord oil iii frooincT prisoners i held in tlie iim-k prison, hut a de ! taebment e-f government. soldiers • itiiekly arrested 12 men who liad participated in the outbreak, fh -y : promptly were tied and executed, the official teport saying "This incident i was closed before dawn.'' Most of i i he prisoners released have been e;*p i tured and part of them returned vol i untarlb During the* same night, tie cable gram said there was an uprising of railway workmen at the station of Koulomzino. Telegraph litu s were cut but unit; from tie- < >msk garri son rt stored order before further damage was dope. | McCullough Elected President Lackawanna Co. Now York. Dec. -*>—F. If Moi'ui iougli. Jr., formerly vice president anil ! ncral manager of the Lacks wmin i j Steel Co, ms elected president «f j tlio company today to succeed A S. Clarke, who lias* resigned to bo ! come head of the N'ortli American Steel Products Co. Moses Tavlor. for merly vice president, was elected ! chairman of the board of directors, a newly created position. THE WEATHEl. LOCAL SNOWS North New England—Local snows and somewhat colder Friday: Satur day fair. East New York — Partly cloudy Frt : day and Saturday; little change in I temperature. Boston Forecast Foret ast for P.eston and vicinity— I'air Friday and Saturday, no decid ! ed change in (• mperature. Moder j ate northwest winds becoming vari i able. General Forecast Winds along the Nqfrth Atlantic coast wdl be moderate northwest; •south New England — Fair Friday 1 and Saturday without decided tern • tl"J ndlUl 'JttJ r» f i ; | peraturc changes. HOBEV BAKER LOSES HIS LIFE •» I Killed by Fall from Plane in France—Was Member of lT. j S. Aviation Service—Famous; as College Football and Hock-, ey Player New York, Deo. I'd—L'ajjt. Hobaltj A. II. Baker, the famous Princeton, athlete known in his college days as "Hobey” Baker, an u\ iaior in the ■ American army in France, lias been 1 killed in the fall Of ins plane. News ( ol his death was received here today i by his friend, Percy Pine Mr. Vine received a cable message1 from Paris signed “1 nglchurta j member of Baker's squadron, which j said that Captain Baker had been! killed in an airplane accident and requested that his family be notified. J No details were given. II. A. H. Baker was famous in Eastern amateur and college ath letic circles for his football and hock ey playing. He easily made the Princeton ’varsity eleven and was 1 a member of the haektleld from 1911 j to J'.ipl as well as captain of the team in his senior year. He was also captain and a prominent factor in many of the victories of the Prince ton hockey team. After his gradua tion he entered the ranks of the amateur club hockey players and! eventually became a member of the | St. Nicholas v'lub of the American Amateur Hockey Eeaguc. In the po sition of rover lie won immediate recognition as one of the best hockey j players over developed in the State?. In n number of international matches with the leading Canadian teams he held bis own both as a speed skater and liockeyist. He was among the early collegians to enlist in the avi ation service and soon rose to the rank of lieutenant. Baker "'as awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Government in recognition of Ids bravery and skill while in the I air. Baker's Career as Flier Philadelphia, Dec. L'il. -Captain "Hobey" Baker's career as an avia tor in . Franco was told here tonight by .Major Charles .1. Biddle, one of the American aces, who was in com mand of the group in which Baker moved. Major Piddle returned Hone last week lie said that Baker during his service at “he front brought <Jov."i thm Gcmait machines, om at Yptea and two on the St. Mibb I sector. The Ink' n acliinc. Major Piddle said, via ■ attacked by Baker. PV'dO f. • t in Pm air "There was no liner man noi a belter pilot,"’ said Major Piddle. STR. LUCKENBACK AFIRE AT DOCK BALTIMORE, MIX Kaltimoro. I >rr\ 20.—The steamship! Florewc 1«uckenbai‘l;, <Iuc to sail tomor- j vow for .Krnnop with foodstuffs an l j fra-Bolint*. is afire at Pier 1. Ijoctist Point, i Tin « argo is 1’i‘tng removed by the I !»it- j ed States fire patrol. BANGOR BOY KILLED BY AUTO Bangor. Me., Deo. -ti. Andrew Dor- i ion aged I-', while coasting near ins, home in East Hampden today, ran • in front of an automobile driven *r>\ 1 Point Flagg of Bangor and was bi stanly killcvl. STEP TO PROMOTE TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERI AND UNITED STATES New York, fits ‘A*. T • promote trade relations between this country and Pe ru the federal reserve Po.it! today an nounced that the Peruvian government Into agreed to establish n.i •:' hange fund of $1 j.W.000 to i ay for purchases '■ of commodities made bv our merchants i in Peru. It was stated that American ! importer? could secure such exchange by depositing tlirou-h their hanks vvitii the federal reserve hank of this city to the credit < f the Junta de Vigil,nici.v oV la IbruFion dc (. hequcfi tbrciiilare.i, I the sum of S‘> plus 1 l-< cents for c^n.h Peruvian pound, also i commission ■>' I 1-2dth of one per cent, and cable charge-'. I It is understood that other youth Amer ican i anks will enter in.o similar ex change regulations with financial msti- j tutions, : BOSTON POLICE TOLl) CITY CAN T GRANT LATEST WAGE REQUEST j Boston. Deo 16.—A committee ri p- ‘ resenting the Boston police force] t ailed upon Mayor Andrew J. Peters: today and requested a general in-1 crease of ?200 » year. The men pre- i viously had asked for $100 which ; Mayor Peters had promised to try ' and obtain He told the committee to day that the city was not in a posi- ' tion financially to giant the t'-O'j in- j crease. The committee told the mavnr that i the; was much unrest in the poire ■ department and that if the min did! not receive the increase they asked j many would leave the departnien' fori better paying positions, and they feared disorganization would I'sn't. ' l iving expense* and the cost of uu:-! form. hu beep Increased, they a d I that a minimum increase of y.nj neewnarj. * Secretary of Navy Daniels from Deck of Mayflower Reviews Home Coming Fleet Royal Welcome Accorded Jackies as They Parade Gotham’s Streets-Remarkable Spectacle in Evening on River Front Each Ship Brilliantly Lighted, Makes Continuous Line Fire of More Than 6 Miles New York. Dee. 20.—Riding at anchor in the Hudson to night wore 21 super-dreadnoughts. dreadnoughts and ships of the line, v hieh with cruisers and a host of smaller craft made the mightiest American armada ever assembled. Ten of the floating foi tresses steamed into the harbor today after IS months’ service overseas with Beatty’s gland fleet. The others are the flower of the North Atlantic lice':. Grim guard ians of a great nation, they symbolized that the United States has become the second naval power of the world. In the teeth of a northeaster, in the chill of a driving snow storm, millions waited hours until the 10 battleships of the home-coming arm ada appeared. This v as New York’s—and the nation's—trib ute to the ships, far more eloquent than the greatest din of w histles, bells and human voices. The royal welcome came la ter, when the rugged, weather-beaten lais who manned the ships debarked and with Secretary Daniels and Admiral Mayo at their head marched down Fifth Avenue in the country's first great victory parade. VICTORY PARADE Leading- civilians In the cheering were wounded soldiers returned from France. With the memory of their o"ti first anxious voyage still fresh hi their minds, they paid un stinted tribute to brothers in arms who had guarded them across the Atlantic. Passing in review before the Secre tary of the Na'y off the statue of Liberty the home-coming ships loomed suddenly out of the mist and as rapidly disappeared. They seemed almost like phantom 'rati, grim, gray, majestic in their silent might. P.tit as they dropped anchor the skies cleared and they stood revealed in holiday attire, ablaze from stem 10 stern with* inulai-colorrd pen nants. 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 they had emerged. Mm jng at only ten knots ari hour this Arizona was the first dreadnought ti pass the Presidential yacht May flower. on whose bridge stood Mr Daniels and Secretary of War P-ak or. With flags masted, sailors and marines massing the rails the Ari zona swept b.v stripped for action. As she came abreast the Mayflower sin- thundered the salute of lb guns for the Secretary of War and her band struck n|> "The Star Spangled Manner ' A moment only and she ii.ud faded again into the mist, leav en ij an impression of great, grev sides and massive, gun turrets crest ed with snow. The Arizona's guns had not fm js,.eil their salute when the Okla homa began firing and from H en on 11 o roar of the saluting guns was continuous. In swift succession followed the Nevada and the Ftah. flagship of Hear Admiral Thomas S lingers, and then the .superdread nought Pennsylvania, bearing Ad miral Ib-nry T Mayo, eomamnder in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. At two-minute interval-* came the Now York, flying the flag of Hear Ad miral Hugh Rodman, and the Texas. Arkansas, Wyoming and Florida, with two kit" ha loons towed hv de stroyers i nmpleting the procession. The New York was the first of the battleships f.. display from her main mast the "homeward bound pennant" -i long slender flag white and blue, H foot for every day out from her home base. AI Hie shiits which followed her carried the pennants ami it seemed as if each were longer than the others. A deep silence followed the last salute and so accustomed had those on the Mayflower- become to the roar of th» guns that is seemed hardly possible that 1tie review had lasted less than ltd minutes. When the last dreadnought had steamed from sight Secretaries Daniels and Baker descended from the bridge but only for a moment. While the May flower- remained at anchor- to give the incoming ships time to reach their posts in the Hudson before Secretary Daniels inspected the entire fleet at their anchorages, the British trans port Saxonia, loaded with sick and wounded American troops hove alongside. The heads of the navy and war departments again went to the bridge and doffed their bats to the fighting men. Then, getting un derway, the .Mayflower moved along with the transport, and after a sailor had wigwagged to the larger vessel the compliments of both secretaries, the yacht’s band played "The Ftar Spangled Danner." Instantly those aboard the Saxonia who ’-ere able to stand came to attention and then at the end of the anthem, broke into a prolonged cheer. In beginning its tour of the tied the Mayflower first reached the Florida, lust to anchor. As the yacht moved through the lano of fighting craft, with the home fleet to port and the veterans to starboard, each ship was dressed and from each of the new arrivals came the strains* of the national anthem played bv the ship's band as the Mayflower came, abreast. It was a stern array of ships, despite the splendor of the flags with which were decorated. All the Battleships wore coats of sinister gray, while destroyers and auxiliaries bore the fantastic touch of the cam ouflage. Kxelusive of all except battleships the tonnage of the light ing craft now in the Hudson amounts to •12-1,82?. The ten homecoming craft had a tonnage of 268.H00. Not counting numbers of smaller craft She battleships alone carry a total of S8 fourteen inch guns. 20 thirteen inch guns and at; twelve inch. The Mississippi. New Mexico and dreadnaughts. the battleships whicn were the last word in naval architec ture only a few years ago. scent puny craft, huge as thee are. Under the shadow of ttie New York shore 300 card* apart the huge bridge of steel extend* six solid miles- from &ith street to Fort Washington Park, where in revolution ary days an iron chain was stretched across the river to bar the progress of hostile i rail In inspecting the ve? jcln the Mayflower made a run of nea | ly 10 miles before she finally dropped anchor at the berth she had left in th morning. Immediately she was sur 1 rounded by a fleet of gig.-, hearing an mirals, viee admiral, roar admirals and captains, to pav tin ir respects to rierre ! tary Daniels and Vice Admiral A. w • '■rant of the home licet, who arranged the day s program. A touching seer was enacted in the main salon of th .Mayflower where Mr. Daniels welcomed his guests. Among those invited to wit iu-ss the review from the presidential yacht were the wives of naval officers home at last'aftn IS months' service in foreign waters. If the officers devoted no more tint than courtesy demanded to paying th«ir respects 'o the secretary before greet ing their wives, Mr Daniels showed no disposition to ( hide them. The reception ended. Mr. Daniels ant Admiral Mayo landed, entered a ma chine and drove to the head of the Jong column of soldiers forming. Hoar Ad miral Rodman led the line on foot. VVitff a detachment of marines at its head the column moved down Broauway to -9to street, crossed the Fifth avenue and then swung down that historic thor oughfare. At the publi. library Mr Daniels amt Admiral Mav.j left the line to take their places wi.h the. ©th-r members of toe Mayflower's party who had preceded them to the reviewing stand. Following the marines were pla toon after platoon of sailors from earn of the 10 shins which cam- home todav Mach contingent carried the ship's flax at its head ami received round after round of applause. Fuily 10,€00 meu were in line and iri many instances dogs taken aboard in Knglan i as mascot, scampered along with the sailors gail decorated with American and British flags. After the parade trie men imme diately embarked for th-.r sijips, th-r lo receive shore leave. Tonight a re msrkabir spectacle was staged on the Hudson. Karh ship was brilliantly il luminated with electric 'ights, makirx the river a sea of tire tor more than six miles The New York shore was ablaze with roman candles, ret iri pla -a by the city's committee of welcome, and overhead burst thousands of rock ets. Hardly had the battle fleet, which rested last night off .Sandy Ilook. weighed anchor and begun its triumph al entry into the harbor *han the pres idential yacht Mayflower moved down stream frrm its anchorage in the Mud ton to take its station .or the review near the giant T*ady of liberty. Aboard her were Secretaries Daniels lend Baker Acting Secretary of dial* Folk. American a'rmv and naval officers (Continued on Page 4»—C#l. 8)