Gardiner Local Items Prank U. Dudley was a passenger Thursday for Lynn. Mas? Miss Lucy A Wovks rf Fairfield is \, ' ng Cardtnei friends. M1 - Myra Kedd of Pittstpri was call - , Thursday cn Gardiner fr.enus. T F Mlllett . of Gorham was a • ■ visitor in Gardiner, Thurs H.ss Mae Hamlin left Thursday ' r several days via.t with friends in liar.gor. ’•Ira. Jones of Warren la the guest *•; sitter, Mrs. Fred Hahn High ly n 1 u\ t nue. T < Meader of Chelsea was a r ir.esa visitor in Gardiner, Thurs S’3.- flub trill rn«"l Friday eve i £ with Mrs Fred C\ Moore, Middle ■ Itandolph. ••• «•* r> Cornell cf Uld Town passed • » :li his n'ir, Mrs McDon 1 r i e1reet a r i : >« tn* rs an l Frink Ulan bar 1 :• ' .nm ir*: en,eying a liv fui '\ jUi i: by thy illness uf . 111*-!' * '■ i -re, It.iiidoiph, re , 1 ui o.i v to \\ 11*■ r\ tile , t*out ii ' helscu llranch of the > • 1 < r- '.,,i moil » is Friday at ,n • i, i h . h will. Miss Mat • M .rr l! Woi an Mih.> on * trrle of the i hun h wt •• ,i w .is to , , he. n held .11 Friday UJS been .• ttli. ■ 1" tli. lied . r. ki’.e, who passed I'hn.st* it in - lioin■ in this oity returned i.iy t i Wat* rville, v. lit r- he is . >■ I \ 1 1 no, ■ < . Ihodeful cj. win, 1 ' hn tins ' 1111 Ins sister. 1 i ;i\ , \ I.* u.iti, ii. returned . ns■ , Th .n silii y. ' rlh T *.« wlur.d left Thursday , i \ i 11 i .1! fi no tn Portland, i s i . , i ' h a' ,n i. f ■ I lostell, v, le i. n i i I. i d . position M ,r. i M ... •! < i.! .ml and son |! w . I. i ,i. t■ holiday • th ' • ti in ,Hf, at ii ned ■ t . i ... I., .i . o. . Port land. .\ lire. 11 i t i a * -It'd on f i i .1 t 'lie • gu. u lie. • - ■; oi *..ii ; ■■. * .s in.ni.il rv, '*.,> l-.M. . . . i I.. .. r.i \ - n t he i: - lulls - • i * hi h is I . l . iir la a M nl Mr* llarr\ K Krr.mony anl Harry h I’r.u ns. Jr * o passe 1 ■ tiri- in E- i. MOIl.SK C >. .* ver I ; : I i 4 THE GREAT ISSUE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS The Community forum is living up to its reputation in other ciLies of being the "peoples university."" The forum in our city, has started with the right spirit and motive of giving the best possible talent or. the greatest and most, vital topics of the times. The Srst two meetings were of a high uuallty and the coming meeting on Sunday afternoon will te quite the equal of the others. The topic of world Importance, "The League of ftiatiops," is the next one to. be presented. The whole world Is in terested and vitally concerned. The peace o" the worid is wrapped In the proper solution of forming the right kind of a league of nations. The Pres ident is in Europe to heip shape the thing. The speaker of the next forum, Edward L. Gulick, wll! discuss this live question at I o'clock Sunday at the Uni versalist church. AMUSEMENTS Biggest Programs Ever Offered in Maine at Johnscn Opera House and Coliseum Today and Saturday. "Sporting Life." Wallace Reid, Fatty Arbuchle and Others. Read What We Have in Stock. What's tite "'Sporting Life?" Its a corking big special at the Coliseum today and tomorrow followed by the Left screen comedian, "Fatty" Ar buckU. T world'-' most famous race—-the Httlish Derby: A thrilling prize fight . t un < xcliisive London c^ult! L'xti lenient, ii|lrjgue-everything in. • t young Knclish Karl's "sporting life:" fine Hus tremendous picture! This lug spri-tai.-lo will be followed by 'Fatty" Arbuckle in bis latest5 remedy "The Sheriff." So much for t: <■ Coliseum program, now the big double program at the Johnson opera house. Wallace Iti-id in bin, Paramount picture, "Too Many Mil- , lions;" i.lladys lirockwell in "Tb.e' Scarlet llond" and the Sennctt Com edy "Ladies First.” ^ ™ I \IXLUlCX Pxsd m, □ "Ton Many MilJions" and all in! J." iVt gold pifvfs anil Wallace Keid rouhln't sputid it fast enough—it bur i< i! :iitr.1 Ha gave the bell . boys a ten s|i ■ every time he saw tliem and . . bet they took rare to be present, i Show today and 7 :;0. Three i hows tomorrow.—Adv THE STRAND Geraldine Farrar In Her First Gold win All-Sar Production "The Turn, of The Wheel" Shown in Six Parts; Also Big V Comedy and Gaumont ! News at the Strand Today and To* I morrow Geraldine T'urrnr makes her first appearance in Gcldwyn pictures, the I play chosen for her being "The Turn | of the Wheel." by Tex C'harwRic. I When the international celebrity ap- \ pears at the Strand Theatre, begin- j ning today, it is said that she will have a role of Iter own chonsing, which means that 'The Turn of The Wheel'1 is a play of todny, the star having announced that she means to appear in modern roles only. The story of "The Turn of The Wheel" is a highly dramatic one. be ginning at Monte Carlo, where Rosa lie ltean. an American girl, is so- i joiirning with her aunt. At the Ca- i sino shr sees a stranger, also an ! American. ].laying recklessly, and he , loses. Keeling a powerful attraction, ! Rosalie follows him and stops Max-! field Grey when he is on the verge of suicide.—adv. j A Christmas Pageant At the Highland avenue Methodist church at 7.45 this Friday eve-^ ning the Christmas pageant "Beth- , Jewelry at reduced price* at W T. COSGROVE'S UPSTAIR JEWELERY STORE 285 Water St., Gardiner ; Above Eastman's Book Store Remember the Slogan "Every step up saves a nickel" j £ec4eog guns to come up. which was about 1 in the afternoon, an 1 then we went on attain. That night I was gassed and sent back to the base hospital. I am O. K. now. Wei!. Mother, this may not seem: very much to the people in the j Stater, but believe me, of they were over here and had to go through! It. it would seem different. I have ; not told you every lottle thing, but j when I get back I will try to tell j you more. Well, I can not think of any more to say so will close with lots of love j to all. From your son, CAL. C. A. Ingalls of Portland was a bush ness visitor Thursday in this city. Charles Emerson of Newport was a guest at the Hallowell House Thursday. F. W. Frost of Waterville was a vis itor in this city Thursday. Mrs Francis Griffin of Livermore Falls is vissting friends ui this.city. H tv. Gough of Aubur.i was among Thursdays business visitors in this city. Sherman Dunn, dr., F. S. X. Reserves, is home for an indefinite period, being on inactive duty.* doim Dowling of Augusta has resign i 3 his position at Mars!on & Brooks shoe factort'. Regular meeting tins evening of Ores cent Lodge. No. 3. A. O. V W., at the usual hour. II. M. Packard of Guilford is visiting his brother, Charles E. Packard of this city. F. S. Adams of- Bowdo.nham- was called Thursday to this city on rrav tors of business. Edward Lever, who ha"' been visiting Ins' brother, Frank l.cvo'. over Christ mas. r- iumed Thursday to Lis home ;n Norway. Friends of Herbert Keyes will regret to hear that he is ill at lis home, suf fering with influenza of tin stomach. George Hildreth ia substituting as clerk in Spaulding's pharmacy during Mr. Keyes' absence. ■ Hinkley and Kilgore Win Hinkley and Kilgore won last ev ening >n the Two-man Ltagtn howl ing. Kilgore's total of 449 was the highest score. The summary: Merrill . S3 S3 SI S9 63—401. Sylvain . he S3 91 S3 73—435 1st 165 173 773 141 6 ■) Hinkley . S3 93 73 94 92-439 Kilgo re . 93 Hi S." 83 93—449 IK 113 166 179 1ST SSS Kilgore, high nun, total 443 Fish and Crimea vr. Overlook and Fuikr at rigid o'clock sharp. AUGUSTA LOCALS .Mrs. Maynard Ficket; of Portland * visiting lien parents. .Mr. ur.ii lira. • J. It. Chiles of tiiis euy. < 'ompany II. Third .Maine P.egi I meat, is planning a ilaijcc >'> he held . New liar';- live at City Hal!. Doug ■ ins' full orchestra will furnish music j and a good lime is looked for. ! SOUTH PORTLAND BOY MISSING Portland, lie. Dec. lit— NoLlhr.g has j been heard as to the whereabouts of j P. Norman Parker since ins uisappear I r:r.cu from his home in South Portland. • o.i Dev. 10; and Ins relatives are much worried as io his safety. The lad. who • is It years of age. a student at the ' South Portland high school, was rent ■ home from school tor a minor misde , meanor and told to remain there until j the truant officer tailed to take him to the State school. | Pi the meantime lie disappeared, and ! this is believed to be the cause. The hoy is large for his age and would east* ■ ly pass for lf» years. He is left handed, | is live feet and six inches in height, i weighs about 13b pounds, lias blue eyes i and red cheeks. 'When he '.eft home ho | had on a brown suit, gray flannel shir:, blue mackinaw coat, khaki slip-on I sweater. Heavy woolen socks, and | heavy leather-topped shoes with rubber .soles, and a red knitted cap. It '• j thought lie may possibly have started for his old home in Norway with his grandparents and stopped oft at some farm, hut r.o trace of him has been 1 found. Ills father is vrr\ anxious to get in touch with hint and any informa- I tion regarding him will he gladly re ceived by Jtulph W. Parker, til Walnut I street, South Portland. SENATE CONSIDERS READJUSTING PRICES OF SHIP CONSTRUCTION Washington, Dec. lid—Formation of a definite government policy rela tive to tiie further construction of ships and their cost in order to in < rease the American merchant ma- = ring to meet our needs after the war was urged during a duscussion of; the ship question today in the Senate. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts ! and Vardanian of Mississippi, favor ed a readjustment in the cost of; construction now. declaring unless this was done it would mean "the j writing off" of millions of dollars; after peace has been concluded due to the building of carriers at war j prices to be used in peace times. ; TO DISSOLVE U. S., PROTECTIVE LEAGl E Washington. Do.-. 36—Dissolution j of the American Protective League, with its membership of 2.10,000. and 1 branch organizations in nearly ev- , ery city and town in the country, cf- ! fectiie February I. was anonunced today by the league's directors. D~ ■ ' vision to break up the organisation j said a statement issued by the di rectors was readied after a confer ence. With the coming of peace, ; the statement declares, there is no place for organized citizenship t opi- i "Page. M"ie titan three million in- i , v estimations arc said to have been; conducted by the league during the! I »ar for the Department of Justice, j 1 miiitar;- intelligence provost mar shal general, tiw Slate Navy and Treasury Departments:, the Food-and Fui! Administrations, the Alien Pro perty Custodian and other govern* mental bodies. Wilson Thanks French Society For Bound Message Paiis. Dee. 20.—At a. meeting held . today in the Sorbonne in honor of the ! liberation of Alsace-Lorraine. a let* i ter from President Wilson was read i in which the President thanked the j Alsace-Lorraine society for an artist- ; Ually bound message sent him just before he left tlio United States, i •'Since childhood", the President's ! letter said, "My heart always has been with expatriated Alsace-Lor raine. I was a youth of fourteen ; when the provinces were torn from France. Ever since I have felt that | the day would come when they would i be delivered again to their country. 1 am profoundly grateful to the A!- j mighty for the role iic lias permitted1 me to play in their delivery. Two Portland Children Badly Burned as Besull Of Childish Prank Portland, Me., Dee. 2‘j.—Two little tots, j brother and sister, arc lying beside each j oilier in a ward of the Maine General, hospital, the little boy probably fatally ' burned and bis sister suffering painful J burns as a result of a childish prank, j whea they pulled a kettle of boiling we- ' ter on top of themselves. They are .Ma- j ry. six. and Paul, four, children of' Philip Moraccto of 110 Huntington aw- . nue. . 1 t nabie to leave the house, on account I of the inclement weather, the children scampered about the house playing with ; their Christmas toys. Eventually they roamed into the kitchen o; their home and trotted toward the stove. They! reached up to a kettle of boiling water J and pulled on the handle. The mother of the children was in the front room of her house and, bearing i streams from the kitchen, rushed in. • The two children were lying on the iV.or ' writhing from pain. Xeighbors sum-! moned Dr. Walter S. A Kimball, who! literally bathed the children in carron i oil. At tlie same time he called an am- . balance and the youngsters were rush- 1 ed to the Maine General hospital. At the hospital it was found that the 1 little girl was suffering from painfui ' bums about the left shoulder and side.! The little boy was badly burned about! the right side and abdomen. It was the I belief of the doctors that the boy had' very little hope of recovering German Profiteers Using Planes to Escape With Booty from Country Munich, Dec. 26.—(By The Asso- • dated Press).—The Munich Post ..- , day prints a charge that German i war profiteers unable otherwise to I get their booty out of the country [ have resorted to the use of airplanes, i According to the newspaper, several ; airplanes have taken securities of 1 enormous value from Frankfort to! Switzerland. The Post urges the gov- j ernmont to seize capital, where it te I available, especially in banka. NATIONAL HOME Office.* of the Lay, Cup:. do.a. Daly. The remains of the late Mostc P. ; Brown have been sen*, to Athens for1 burial. John Agar. has returned tc the branch from i uwtuoket, where he went on fur lough to visit relatives. Morris li. Stevens, late of the South ern Branch, late Co. B. 10th Minn. Ir.f.. has been taken up T. A. P. awaiting admission. George P. Fowler, lale Co. I. 3Stli Mass. Inf ; Thomas Murray, late l*. S. navy, and Charles Devine, late U. S. navy, former members, have reported for readrnission. The funeral of the late Royal S. Childs was held from the Home chapel at 10 A. M. Thursday, Rev. C. H. Tem ple officiating. The iuneral of the late David B Kies wili be held from the Home chapel at 10 A. M. Friday, Rev. Fr. Nelligan of ficiating. The moving picture program for Fri day will be Miss Rhea Mitchell and Howard Hickman in ‘ Social Ambition,” a seven-part Goldwyn feature, also a rathe News reel. Daniel Grace, late Battery M. Sd V. S. Art., and lidwm M. Higgins, late Co. D, 1st Me. Cav., have been admitted to the branch. George J. Austin. Into Cos. G and D, 13th Ct. Inf.: Daniel C. White, late Co. K,_ Itli Me. ]nf.; Benjamin Turner, late Co. G. 70th X. V. Inf., ard William Houghtaliog, late Co. I«, 3d Mass. Cav., former members, have been readmitted. Uniform and Insignia Regulations General orders No. 1 .ms just been re ceived from the headquarters o.'ii.e an 1 is as follows: 1. The oil! era of the National Home arc authorized and will wear when on duty uniform and insignia as follow.-: 2. Coat, military eut, dose fining standing collar; trousers. all olive drab color, any suitable fabric. If vest is worn, it wilt conform in color. Over coat, military cut, olive drab color, any suitable fabric. Mat, '-ampaign style, drab color, of cap, olive drah color, em blem Home seal on the front, plain but tons fastening elfin strap. 3. The emblem Home real w ill I e worn on shoulder strap flaps ?< •. cross-wise, lower and outer edge of emblem one iijeli fr-mi shoulder sea.vt. Kmblem Home real will be worn on overcoat six inches from the end a d oil the outer and upper side of sleeve, the lower edge of emblem ou'ward. There will he worn on each side of the collar plain bronze letters, onc half ilich in height, set in the middle of ami one inch from ;%ij front of the collar, ns follows: Inspector general and chief surgeon 1 G. C. S. Assistant inspector general. A. 1 G. Ssupcriiiiciitleru general depot. S. G. D. Got error. Go,*. Treasurer. Tin. Quartermaster. Q M. Commissary of subsistence, f. S. Adjutant and inspector, A. I. Chaplain, Burgeon, S. Benin; r ■distant surgeon, S. . Other assistant surgeon?, S. :: etc. 11 be No other iiistign p. of office worn.. 4. v.i buttons non-mvialllc com position i f suitable size for eout and overcoat, olive drab .‘dp'.do. il. To avoid the expense of,an en tire change iii uniform, ojlicer.- will •be permitted to \year uniform they now have so long as the contain;, te nia in serviceable, provided insignia, as prescribed above, is worn. John c.,nklsox. President Hoard of Managers, N . tional Home for L>. V. IS. Official: A. S. MtLLKll, Assistant General Treasurer. SLIGHT DECREASE NUMBER FIX CASES IN CITY OF AUBURN Lewiston, Pec. ‘JO.—The Aubur” Hoard ot Health at a meetlr.fr Tues day. postponed indefinitely the open ing of the public schools, in view of j the influenza situation. While the at - j 1cnciur.ce in tVn I.cwiston schools was I not sufficiently affected at the time; of their closing' last week to warrant I taking any action for an extended pc- j I'iotl, Hupt. llickford considered j Thursday afternoon that matters! were becoming serious and put the i matter before the authorities. The I ted Cross emergency commit- j tee. which served the community f- j fectively during the previous; pideni- ■ if. reorganized Thursday morning, j and is already discussing possible, i lines of activity. I'hillip Pottle, chair- j man. said no definite steps liuu leer:; token as yet for carrying on the w or!;. Secretary Kpstdn «.f lire Lewiston Hoard of Health could gi\e Mu lit-, tie positive information, with ti:e*sta- | fistles which have been suppled Vim. ' but from the incomplete figures in his posse -icon, considered the disease! v.a< making about the same prog ress that it has for days past. The Auburn figures for Thursday , show a slight decrease if anvfhing. Thursday afternoon, loti: physicians; were still to be heard front, but the ; figures :.t the offic of the city man- I ager showed 103 active cases, with t'l new cases. It is doubtful if the cases ; r.oi yet reported would bring the to- j tnl above that published Tuesday.! Auburn doctors report 13 cases in Lewiston under their caro With in new coses. MANY CHANGES IN l\ S. SHIPPING BOARD York, Dec. X.—Wi'.h the retire-j triert cm I>ec. .'1 of l\ A. s’, Franklin,; II. If. Raymond and Sir Cunnoii lluth- | rie, comprising the shipping control I committee of the r. f». Shipping Beard. : it is learned here today that A R. ' Clegg, now connected with the compa-i ny aw head of its division of trans-At-i Jantic and trans-Kicitic fade, will he .resigned to handle a considerable tliarc ■ of its duties under the title of assistant i director of operations of the shipping' board, Major Cletus Keating, se.-rctar • I and executive officer of the comm.ttee, 1 will also retire, with the end of the year. * To kanule the work of the arm; trans port servici Major Harrison $?. Herrick ; will, it is believed, te assigned to New I Tori:. Mr. Ciegg wlii also make headquarters here. Th«. end of the war and the rcstcrut’o;i to traces of th. American and o’lie.': tonnage will grad Dally work a reduction and cor.centra tion of the vast.organisation which has ! been built up here At present, howev er, it was said today, there will be no change in the Yariouw departments The turning hack ot the H/fjO/K* tons of ; requisitioned tonnage to commercial i trade is reported to be progressing rap- I Idly and without friction. ) PORTLAND BOY TWICE CITED FOR BRAVERY J’ortland. Mo., Dec. 3C.—'Word Las jusr been received in this city th.it former Captain Charles F. Houghton, now with the army of occupation >n Geiir.ariy, was promoted to a major .11 October. Additional information w as that lie was twice cited for brav ery by two distinguished French generals as? ; result of his wonder ful strategical maneuvers during the fust battle at Chateau-Thierry. Major Houghton was a lieutenant for years in the fnd Company of the C. A. C.. State of Maine, when the war broke out. After being assigned to various camps he was finally sent ubroad as a captain in a machine gun organization. His strict adherence to the censorship rules kept his family in ignorance of the different engage ments he lind figured in. although be continued to keep up his hgblt of sending a monthly cablegram, rela tive to his immediate- safety. During the German drive toward Paris, lie was ordered to hold the main bridge, over the Marne. at Chateau-Thierry. The dogged man ner in which his men carried out this order l.as now gone down in historv, as i pert of the story telling of the railing if the Huns at this pivotal point. It was from this stand that the French recovered themselves suf liciently .to eventually start the Huns on their yet heat toward the Rhine. Later his men were sent to the Tout front and later sent to the Verdun sec tor. In a letter to his folks at 773 fc-tov. ens avenue, he described the hatred, as expressed to him and his men. ilms ihe ilr; fted soldiers from the Alsace Lorraine section held toward the Hup. when they were forced to take up aim" m defense of Germany. In this letter he mentioned Ida esprri er.ci .s as Vicing “a sort of Rig Broth er. Buffalo Dili and HentyV works roiled irUn one.”' At ihe time of his last letter he was ironing toward Germane, with ihe Rth Machine Gun Battalion, after bar mg left ihe Lux emburg line, about 13 miles northeast of Thlronvillr in lair. nine. MURDER SUSPECT. WANTED IN FLORIDA. ARRESTED IN' BOSTON Heston, Dec. 3e Will V- A dents, wanted for murder a*. Apopka, V'la . tvas arrested hero teday and held without bai: ."or a hearing dsn. 3. He is alleged to haw shot Robert Beech er in .rule. 3 910. in a dispute result ing ■from a card game. Ho told the police that lie was innocent and that the shooting was done by a Negro. LIFE SAVING CREWS DISABLED BY ‘FLU Providence, K. I., Dec. '-V- -The life saving station ut Nurragctisci: Pier anil Visiter's Island, off Watch Hill. !i;iv( liotli hoi n practically cl >scd I»> - rituii.- of the pn valence of iutlucn/.a among; the ere v.-«, according to a statement from Captain Herbert A!. Know los, suporinh'ndcnt of tho third coast guard district today. Cm: Ler of the Watch Hill station crew is also ill. Rctir Admiral McKnight Arrives at San Francisco Man Vraneb.co. Ib-.e. l.'c.r \d l.iival Austin McKnight. who on Dee. 7 hatih-d down his flag as command, e: • in-chief of the United States Asiatic fleet, winch post h had held since Lite United States entered 1 lie v.irrivel hen today from the Older.'. Vladivostok v.as lit at Ad miral Knight's station for eight month:'. WASHINGTON Missionary W. K. Overlook went to Oakland lust Saturday to ofliciute at liic funeral services of ne lato I'ra 1 Day. Mrs. Killian Cantole sni daughter Cecil passed Christmas with her uiste *, Mis. Helen Brown, at Di 'crty. Mis. Emma Orottor. who has Lee i stopping for the past few months wiln her nephew. Watson t». Turner of Jef Icrron, returned home Sunday. Missionary W M. Overlook went to Foygs Ciyner Tuesday to officiate at the funeral of the lat; Miss Johnson. Ch.ries K. Savage nude a business trip to Union Wcdnieda , itturmng the tame day. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Overlook rectlve.l a nice long letter from i orporal John Howard of Battery i», 203,1 Heavy f ield Artillery, giving an account id Jus expir.tn.es In tile last battle before the war cams so suddenly to uu end. Now the « xcitcmont of the war is ovei lie is anxious to gel back to tiny old U. Si. A The many frior.ihs of Uev. <'. Smith, pastor of thy Peoples' Meth odist church, are very sorry to learn he. has had to go to the hospital for treatment. .Missionary V II. Overlook went to Somerville Wednesday to (ifHelule ut the Moorr-i itzgerald wedding. Mr. and .Mrs. Odell Bowes pissed Sunday at W. counsel ling of the wealthy classes for tha good use of tneir wealth and author ity. TELEGRAPH BRIEFS Baltimore. Dee. tti Joe Dorman of Chicago won a 12-round bout with Eddie Witnhr «>f Pittsburgh before (lie American Athletic Association tonight. Chicago, Dec. 26 The defense in the trial of five Socialist leaders m federal court under the espionage :a< t today examined witnesses and read from the Milwaukee Leader, edited by Victor ]. Berger, defendant, to i.i ow that the alleged war activities were likely to hinder the draft. Ho testified that he had enlisted in the Students' Army Training Corps a month after he bad registered un der the selective draft. Baltimore. Pee. 26-Twenty associ ations < f scientific experts from c\ - cry state in the I'nion are participat ing In the meeting of the American Association for tlie Advancement of Science, which began its sessions at Johns Hopkins University today and will continue tomorrow and Satur day. Professor Fubio Urasto of tiv Italian embassy at tVashington real a paper today advocating an Inter national uniform method for tho int-aincrement of soldiers. New York. Deo. 26 - Army medical ■supplies valued at $66,000 were de | stroyed tonight by n fire in a ware I hotisr occupied by the -Medical Sup [ ply Corps. Firemen were forced tu [ don marks because of the l'umes from ; disinfectants w ith w hich the dress lings ha vo. been treated. Defective | insulation of electric wires caused the fire, according to the firemen. I Boston, Dev. to. Emanuel Lo Prestt. founder and editor of Lumliris. an Imt ati newspaper of this city, died at the Massachusetts (iencrjl hospital today of pneumonia, lie was bom in Sicily ] -tj ? cars ago. \ Boh to n( Dec. 2^. —IN.-l.it ivea of Massa [ chusetts-mm in th naval si*rvi< o wem t aak«ui today by Hmr Admiral Spi ne* c | S. Wood, cominanil.'ir.t <>' the t’.rst naval dii'tri* t, to i end the nanit* arid addrcm [ i'Ud a vliort history of mch man to tho h adviuartf iv hero, stating nu what shin they served or v;!ier« tiny were sta [ Coiled during the t\ar. Admiral Woo f i »s snxioud to cooperate with state olfi ! tials in i/jtainii.g • this information. Washington, Dee. SB —A report reach ■ eJ the "fcltitc department today from Jassy that the Bessarabian assembly* l which last March voted for a union with 1 ltumaniy, with a iibeial autonom>, ha l ! 'otod now for action without ar y reser vation. It w.*s algo reported today that u . trin-■ in this city t tmorrow. Many mcmbeis who have favored ■ thleUcs reform in tin ptc-t hold tIt• • opinion that the present is a propit - ious time tor a coi. plcte reconstruc tton in this departim-nt of student tivity. Incidenta! to tin- geri< ,-.it meet ing it is ox pec to«l that there will Le a conference of idinc-eton-Vale fac ulty iepresMitau\e,s to consider plan for triangular sport a ti'dti : duriir tile coming winter and spring. RIPLEY DECLINES TRUSTEESHIP OF “L” Boston. I Joe. it was announce, at the governor's oftieo today that William 'A. Kipky of Newton, recent! • named by Governor McCall as a trua lee of the I tost on Klevated Hallway Co., had declined the appointment for butmrss reasons. U. S. \Varships to Arrive At Copenhagen Saturday Copenhagen. l)er. "6.--The Ameri can legation here was Informed thflt American warships would arrive hi Copenhagen probably Saturday. Ji was raid they wcuid icmain here sev eral days on their way into the Cut t:u sea. Chadbourne-Gandress Springvaie, Dec. i‘6.—The marriage of Auldert S . son of Mrs. Mary Chad bourne of North Her wick, and Mm Marie Josephine, liauglih r <*f Mr*. IN'irel! G anuro>s ef Sprk.gvale, was awt)o:r ;cti tabu'. They were mar ried by Rev. C. C. Kork of the Sprtngva’e Free Baptist Church.