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AUGUSTA. MAINE SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28. 1918.
I
THREE DROWN
In Reservoir at Arling
ton. Mass.
Recently .Discharged U. S. Aviator
Le es L'fe *n Attempt to Save Two
L ttie Girls Who Had Broken
TH-outjh Ice—Two Others Narrow
'/ Etcape Drowning
v etc Muss. I»r IT—Two little
i a- 1 listh.-r Goodman, of
Mti^tvn. fed l aa.i 22 years
, at- , .1 iriit-6 l>. Scauttvll. an
• ■ 1 11. \,t: was discharged
it..era tamp, were drowned
;■.. it • \rhngton rtservoir. The
j ,thin lee to rerover their
• - -tit s 1 ! ristnias uietl which
1 '■•n ' r grasp, and broke
: - *, lost mb life trying to
’ - , 1 . i rt«i>o:i.-o o the
. 1 ■ ■■ la t-i tin- reservoir Mol
.1.. iri tl an d Esthcm was
a ii r.' edgi of tome thick ice.
e •: hold of her hand but the
• j when In attempted to pull
i turfaci ant both went
M ■■ 1 of (lie tire department
: .• BtrUjghfg couple and
1 >• ,l(.: 11 Findley ai.d William
- . • iiar>in-. 1; • •.cue 1 drowning
f 1 n S'! : bodies were
. bite. 1 a poi 1 e. Scaunell
1. - - art and », s prominent
* rill oI atllb t l‘ t.
1. S. MUST PAY
1 OR LOSS MYERS
OFF CAPE COD
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. p'Tirani t with a ;ir‘-l de
Iji 1 \t.1 tiled ni the I'nitcd
. .'.'tut. Oil-' indue. Tim burk
.. 1 ni.t .1 tor Bouton :roni
. 1 - \. It. n 1 mi down by tlm Nc
• -sn v. 1111* tin warship vu.t
rv .*, r.ng it ti • fog. Tim right
. p< ai v . .- waiv ed bv both sides
' ie. I'ongicss will lie asked to
- ■■ i" ,.!• the money to stub the
TWO BOLSHEVIK
DESTROYERS ARE
TAKEN BY BRITISH
London, Dec.* 27.—The British wir
• i> t ulyplio iuis captured two Bol
-|;rv ik df s'roj CI S in tlie t;iM» 111 Mal
■ <*. a<\"ruing i" an ' llicial report
m the admiialt: today, v.’iu of the
- ■.-trovers was engaged in bombard -
g ;ipl.t Il'UtSCS 111 the v icinity , t >bj
v. ■ 1
Th- officers and men on board the
• trovers were made prisoners. No
1.1-initios occurred or the v'alypho,
epording to the reports reaching tlio
iniirultv'. The tdalypho u as C"ni
mandid by Captain Bertram The
igei
CABLES TO BE SEIZED ONLY
IN CASE IMPENDING DANGER
TO NATIONAL SECURITY
'And Not at Any Time During the Existence of
Mere Technical State of War, Contention of
Charles E. Hughes, Counsel for Commercial
Cables Companies Which Seek injunction to
Prevent Taking Over of Lines
N'w York. Dec 2~.—Ir. authorizing
President W ilson to ink'' over the na
tion's cable lints Congress intend"’-!
:u* ii seizure to be made "only in < tiro
■f .rnpending danger to the national
security'' and not "at any time dur
ing the i xistence of a mere technical
state of war.'' declared Charles E
Hughes, counsel for the Commercial
Cabl« ito. in fedeial court here to
day. Mr Hughes made this conten
tion while arguing before Judge
Hand of the motion of the United
Slates governin' n: to dismiss the lull
of complaint in an injunction brought
by the two compart s to enjoin J*..'t
inast" r <it nf rat Hurk scr, and New
comb Carlton from met gang Iheir
lino.- uiidoi federal control with those
of ;he Western L'nioii Telegraph Co.
of which Carlton is head. At one ) -
i iod in reply to a tiucstion of Judge
Hand to whether the security of de
fense of the nation does not dept ml
op achievement of the objects for
which ike war win fought, "and not
0:1 the mere tetinitiation of tigntiug."
Mr. Hughes said: "l think what mat
11»; achieved in the sens* of tl. final
wsuits of the war will probably not
be determined during our lifetime. !
think that Congress had no reference
to the national security i:i the sense
of tlif; absolute establishment of sonic
conditions. Congress had in mind an
actual state of applied fore'."
I.ondon, Dee. .7.—Bcuters Eimred
learns that thr alleged British ad
miralty ordei legarding Bolshevism
in the I’ltrnmii lleet, rec-oved front
Deilin by way <|f Amsterdam t"dav
iM a “tissue of falsehoods ”
lied Cross Fills.6000
Stockings for 1. S. '9v<<ops
At Archangel Christmas
Washington. I » c. »7 Sn tit ustuij
-torkitigs till'd with .and’, t • i• i• • •
j and other Much : were distribut 'd
1 Christmas day to Xnvriean troops
• stationed tn the ve-miiy of A t,angel
. by the Hed Cross A cablegram 1 ■
! reived today at Bed Cross liend'iita r
* ter- said school children • f Arch: n -
| get aided in idling the Mocking'.
: which wen sent t" tie soldiers '■■■
! sb d transport, fn r- tiini for tin •
1 '(Stance r’e Bed Cross provided a
| noo^ day luncheon for thoiisards of
| t tie children.
NO BOLSHEVISM
IN GERMAN FLEET
REASSURANCE
i
0 f Gov’t's Attitude
Toward Shipowners
j Is Needed Declares Bainbridge Colby
In Statement Relative to Paris Dis
1 patch That Shipping Board Had
Decided to Create World Organiz
ation
^ Washington, Utii1. -T — B.iint : ldge Col
i 1 , a member of tin; shipping board, is
sued a statement tomgli •. saying that
dispatches from Paris to the effect that
| the shipping board had de-ided to create
i a permanent world organization for the
, purpose of handling the government s
trade fleet save "an incorrect impres
sion. In issuing ins statement Mr.
Colby >.\plaliitd that he was not tak
l mg issue with the chairman of the
board. Kilward N*. Hurley, but said iic
. felt that the completeness of Mr. Hur
ley V ;uotcd remarks made necessary a
. re a -suranee to shipowners of the gov
j oniment s attitude toward them.
; There are a few Kuropean ports. '
i Mr I'r.iby'a statement said, "where the
, temporary business of the board l.as re
iJitv.i a representative on the scene, but
j we icitainiy do not wish the American
• owners of requisitioned ships to get the
' idea that tile shipping board Is embark*
mg mi a permanent program of world
! w ide employ np tit lor trade purposes of
; shipping which we have temporarily
reiiuisitim , d from its owners tor war
1 m-i'i e Tiie period of service is draw*
1 i; g to .i close and the board is very de
s11mis of restoring requisitioned tonnage
i to i’s rightful owners at the earliest
» pr.ic i til moment. The extent of our
i 1 re-: and the problems of transport and
. niamii.naii'win h are peculiar to this
country, af omit of the great dis
■ tfime from horn- at which our forces
i . iv operating, make it difficult for us to
j keep pace w ith the releases of rerjuisi
' Coind -hips a 1 re .ad made by our Kuro
. i < an ailies. Hut the ditti.ulties of the
. pro br.i arc r.. -,viving tiie most earnest
1 study m eon. unction with the war de
i jartmeut and with the cleurest recog
! nition of duty to American shipowners
: vdvo haw so loyally accepted the griev
j 'i-s dislocations of their business made
j i e-vssary by war needs.'’
EAGLE BOATS
May Win Permanent
Place in Navy
Oftaiis of Trial Show New Beats Ex*
r-*<J All Contract Requirements in
SooccJ. Seaworthiness and Maneu
vering Power—Maintained Speed
;83 Knots.
\\ i -11mt• »ti. 1 >ce Trials "f ti c
! i limits :h\i> coneincod naval
•n .'riHtnr.. that ttic liltl" craft
.i-nr.j r.yt by the Ford l’lant at De
ll ro fight submarines arc worthy
t.ihinif their place as permanein
ts of tie fleet. It was learned
■lay that riiti'ial reports to the
■ j': Department giving full details
: i trials show that In speed, sea
■ rt iv ss and maneuvering ability
• new boats exceed all contract re
i ■cents An average sustained
• ; of 1'3 Knots was maintained
•• The ■'esset showed no
if "buckling'’ under this gait
’ w tn the sliced was forced still
-■]..•• for short periods. Final
nf sea going qualities was re
vs len three Eagles recently]
’ ‘ through the Welland Canal into
1 Atlantic arrived at their destina
: n on the coast after passing i
• vales of unusual severity. The
’ t ■ a s ported that the boats had
mi more comfortable that certain
’ i of destroyers and examination'
"iuhI that the hulls had not
'ruined at any point.
-——
Chicago Labor Congress
Mo < online Action to
Main Issue Mooney Case
Sun Francisco, Dec. 27.—The labor i
• on gross to he held in Chicago Jan. ;
i for consideration of the Thomas!
Mooney case will coniine its action
' the main issue and there will be j
" • consideration of labor policies;
’tint do not deal directly with Mooney ]
c l other defendants in the Sail i
l ur.cisco preparedness day explosion
' us* This w as emphasized today in
stat> mon^ by Edward D. Nolan,
secretary of the San Francisco
'' rvh of the International Workers
L‘‘ fcnsc De-ague, who said that letters
I'oni unions which elected delegates
ll> the Mooney congress had e.\pre>s
1 opposition to any suggestion for
l*’e toimation during the congress of*
■ labor political party or any aetiou |
''•-•ruing toward the direction of a!
Sriural labor policy. i
HOOVER BLUNT
Tells German Officials
To Go To Hell
Strong Language Called Forth by
Attempt of Baron Lancken and Or.
Ricth to Dscuss German Food
Conditions With American Admin
istrator
Washing!' n, IV 27. i o l Adminis
trator Hoover, in llurop • arranging r* -
Inf for tin !■ opus of the war-df. .ist.it
cj territories, has refused in imphati
terms to discuss German food coiul.
lions with Huron von dor HancUcn an!
I'r. Kieth, who sought n meeting witi
tl’.e food administrator. A message
from Paris today said these two Get
man ./officials, who were prominent *•.
Hie German administration of Belgium
wired from Berlin to Walter Lyman
Brown, director of the commission for
relief in Belgium, at Rotterdam, that
they had been appointed by the Ger
man government to negotiate with -Mr.
Hoover for foo l supplies and that tno.
desired Mr. Iloo'er to adv.se them when
and where he would me t them. In an
swer to the request for a conference
Mr. Hoover sent this messagt "Von
can describe two and :i hair years of
arrogance toward ourselves and cruelty
to the Belgians in any language you
may select, and tell the pair personal!.
to go to hell, with my compliments. If
1 do have to deal with Gentians it will
not be with that pair
SWISS THANKED FOJ?
INVITATION TO WILSON
Berne. Dec. 26.—The Swiss govern
ment has received a telegram from
the American Suite Department say
ing that it has been instructed by
President .Wilson to thank the gov
ernment for its invitation for the
President to visit Switzerland. Tie
President. it added, was unable to de
cide at present whether he would be
able to accept, but appreciated the
invitation as fresh proof of tiie
friendship between tlie two countries.
Former Aujiustii Man
Dies at Providence, K. I.
Providence. 11. . . Doc. 2T \ibei -
man George 11. Hussey, president of
the Baird-North Co. of this city, died
today of pneumonia. IP- was b*ur. in
Augusta. Me., in i<M and was for
i ears a resident of Salem, Mass.
PLAIN QUESTIONS
I Concerning* Federal
Control Railroads
Are Set Forth In Annual Report of
N. H. Public Service Commission—
•Many Local Problems That Should
Be Handled by States In Which
They Ate
<'.>r. ord. X If., Dor. '7- Sente
. hi uses ibo (Vl~ral control of rail
i waj s or- touched upon in the an*
i "ual re.port of the New Hampshire
i I-ublb. Service Commission made
j public t'xla.'
I
i
"ft- eonsolidation and unification of
railroads j* desirable for the sake ...f
economy." the commission asks,
“why cannot this be done under pri
t atu ownership with proper govern
ment regulation."
. “Do the farmers wish to have t: e
■-tutue requiring the railroads under
certain conditions to maintain farm
crossings annulled? Do propertj
j owners wl.-i; to surrender their sta
, tutoiy rigl t to eall upon the rail*
i roads to pay f< r damages caused by
IT rest fp on their locomotives? Does
, i;.c State wish to be deprived of the
; right to require suitable tr^in ser
i vice to reasonably accomodate the
I public V
j These and many similar ques
tions." says tin- commission, “are
strictly ‘•■cnl and should bo handled
^ !•> the states in w hich they are?'
French Premier to
Answer Question Secret
Diplomacy Today
far is, Deo. X— The Socialist deputy
1 Marcel Cachir interpellated the govern
ment in the Chamber of Deputies this
afternoon, asking Premier Plenienceau
to state whether secret diplomacy noul I
to abandoned tti the peace conference
land the dis ussions given all publicity.
; The premier expo ted to reply tomor
row.
WILSON HASTENS
TRIP TO ITALY
Paris. Dec. C7.— President 'Wilson's
program after his return to Paris on
New Year's day lias been revlscu. it.
: now provides that he will leave fwr
i Italy 7! hours after returning to
1 Paris as there will be .in interval '>■?
i tween hi.-; return from Krvgland
, t hpreliminaries to the latcr-AJiied
I conference.
RUSS SITUATION
Will Be Left to Peace
Conference
Alii** H. ve No Desire ts Interfere
With Internal Affairs of Russia—
Additional Reports of Chaotic Con
ditions in Territory Controlled by
Bolsheviki Reach Washington
Washington, Dec. 17.—Officials of
the American government here ex
press belief that Stephen I'ichon, the
French foreign minister, was voic
ing his own opinion and not the pol
icy of the Frcncii government when
he said there would be no immediate
intervention !n Russia by the allied
governments. The Russian situation,
has been the subject of earnest dis
cussion by the representatives at
Paris of the associated nations but
as far as understanding here is that
the whole subject will be left to the
peace conference. It was reiterated
today that the allied powers have no
desire to interfere with the internal
affairs of Russia and that if any ag
gressive action is determined upon
the object will be solely to curb a
menace to the peace of the world. Ad
ditional reports of the chav.c- condi
tions in Bolshevik controlled Kuro
pcan Russia reached the state de
parment today. One account said the
loyal militia of Ksthonia and Livo
nia. p< oily equipped and v. iih lit'!-?
or no training was in no condition to
withstand the attacks of the Bol
shevik!. Some of the Bolshevik forces
In this section were said to be well
supplied with machine guns, tanks
r.nd armored cars.
Baker’s Views on
Silver and Gold’
Service Chevrons
Washington. 1 ><h:. IT.—Thtrc has
been some criticism of the war de
partment regarding the wearing ■ f
silvo chevrons to denote service mi
le at home. Secretary Baker said to
day, iiut there is no disposition on
tite part of the department to rescind
it. "A few years from now,” said the
secretary, “the army of the United
States will lie composed of two parts,
those who served in this war and
those who did. not. The chevrons
both denoting service abroad and .be
other denoting service at home, will
become increasingly valuable."
Demand Passage
Polish Troops
Over Hun Railways
Warsaw. L)eo z7.—(By The As-i
eiated 1‘ressj. The Polish govern
ment lias issued an ullimamm to
•Germany demanding the right of pas
sage of Polish troops over Berman
railways to Viltia, which city >s
threatened by the Bolsheviki.
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY
Northern New KnglantP Cloudy Sat
urday and Sunday with o -..asional light
local snows.
.Southern New Kngland. Cloudy Sat
urday. probably light local snows. Sun
day partly cloudy, little change in tem
I nature.
Bast New York <"loudy Saturday,
probably light local snows. Sunda.
partly cloudy, little ediange in tempera
ture.
Boston Forecast
Forecast for Boston and vicinity
cloud.', probably hoht mow flurries
Saturday. Sunday partly cloudy, little
change in temperature, gentle shifting
winds.
General Forecast
The winds along the Northern and
Middle Atlantic coasts will be gentle to
moderate glutting.
nuMKUirt
'•LC S^CCTACLCS
THR
OLD TASWIONCO UfOCALI
Improvement
JrtrfcctioH *’"'TO*
Tlf originator of il. bifocal
ij* ;i was Ben l Vanillin. His
glasses showed a heavy seam
across the taco of them. Then
followed the cement and pasted
bifocals which were not much
of an improvement over Ben’s
crude special ks.
The latest improvement iu hi
focais is
They are the periec-t a lapses for
near and far vision, without
hno, seam or hump
KRYPTOKS •pronounced Crip
tocksi arc one soiid crystal clear
lens with iinocth even surfaces.
M. P. WIGHT
Optometrist
H4 Water St
ievSSiJTt_
A ugttcta
HIGH PRAISE
Accorded Brig. Gen.
Mac Arthur
By Major G«neral Menoher in Letter
to Pershing Urging Promotion to
Maj'or General—Describes Courage.
Skill and Resourcefulness of Young
Officer
Washintgon. Deo 27—A striking:
tribute to the courage and skill of
Brig. Gen. Douglas MaeArthur, com
manding the Mli Brigade of the t.nJ
(Rainbow) Division, was given by
Major General Charles T. -Menoher,
formerly in command of the division,
in a letter to Gen. Pershing, urging
; for a second time the promotion at'
Gen. MaeArthur to the rank oi
major genera!. A copy of the com
munication has just reached 'Wash
ington. It reviewed • the record of
Gen. MaeArthur, tirst as chief i l'
staff of the division and later as
commander of one of its two infan
i try brigades and disclosed that the
young officer, a major of engineers
when the United States entered tin
war. had been twice wounded, had
been decorated by both the French
ana American governments for per
sonal gallantry in action and in ad
dition had been twice recommedei
for tiie French Legion. "1 do not feel
that I arm free to assume another
eominanii," Gen. Menoher wrote to
Gen. Pershing, on tiie eve of 1:1s
transfer to the command of tiie
; Sixth Army Corps, "without record
ing the services of Gen. Douglas
MaeArthur. These services ren
dered constantly for over a year and
, in tiie large para, eir.idst a>!ive op
erations in the field, i ave been so
brilliantly and loyally peiformed
t that in recognition of them I see
. only a fair appraisal of tiie example
of energy, courage and efficiency
w hich Gen. MaeArthur has set to the
12nd Division and to our entire army
in France. Tiie contributions made
l io our military establishment by
I this general officer have already liad
far-reaching elects. tic has stood
for the actual physical command of
large bodies of troops in battle, not
for a day. but for days' duration and
t believe has actually commanded
larger bodies of troops in the battle
line than any other officer in our
army, with, in cadi instance, con
spicuousness. He has developed,
■ ombiiied and applied the use of in
fantry and correlated arms with
an effect upon the enemy, husban
dry of his own forces and means and
a resourcefulness which no other
1 American commander in the field lias.
, His efforts have been ur.tiring, iiiini
terrnpte 1 and without the least regar I
for lih' personal safety it each of the
many times which he felt las personal
leadership required bis presence in the
' thick o: the struggle. The itemized »•>
count of Gen. MaeArthur's services lii
■ eluded the statement that tin -I2d D
vision sustained the full brunt of ill >
German drive in the Champagne la.;;
.July and that ii was the si-ill and IH-r
j sotial supervision of this • itieer whicn
made great the victory Later during
: Aisnc-Marne offensive the 4j>J was
, (.nving toward the Vesle "lien an iu
i '.dent occurred which Gen. Menoher de
sciibed thus: "At the end oi this phase
of th* division's when u bad l.ibore I
night fl icl day for over a week and
which brought numbers by vigorous re
i sistance to the assaults front excep
tive ally powerful positions, occurred'an
example of leadership and the high
qualities of command which 1 consider
! as unusual. Gen. MaeArthur, on th;
i advance line at a tune when tlie Atncri
; can urst army corps hud not ordered
the division to advance, accurately di
i agnosed the situation as one in which
the enemy had but an hour before
broken camp. In' advance of order;
and without delay Im. wiih rn> concur
rence. at tin early hour galvanized tin;
■ entire division into a prompt pursuit
which brought it op the very heels oi
the enemy and gained one of the great
massifs of the forest of Noises. ' Gen.
■ Manoher was in Gen MaoArthut s bri
' gadc which broke tiie Krienihilde posi
tion in the lighting north of Verdun
with the capture of Cote de Cliatllle and
adjacent heights, and adds: "!n fail
ress I wish to say that after having at'
tained tie Cole de Chulille by three
days' constant fighting Gen. MaoArthut
bad so husbanded and controlled hi
brigade that with unused battalions lit
■ stood ready to exploit tins success im
mediately In ease that bad been or
dered.'
.">Uh Regt.- C. A. C.. May
Return as Unit to U. S.
Tort land. Dor. 27.—-That the 51th
Ucry. C: A. t . a unit composed ol
t'i. old commands of »h<- Maine Coast
Aitillery National Guard, will return
t: the State : ns a unit is the word re
•civ^d from one its members. Ac
cording to the communication, orders
i were issued a few weeks ago for the
reassembling of the companies of the
,*>4th Regiment with a view of return
ing it to America as a unit. It was
also slated in the letter from the
Tor*land boy that the 54th was due
•',) ail on or about the 27th of this
month and may be r.ow on its way tu
rl. United States.
While a dozen or more of th of
lic, rs who went to Frame last March
with the 51th have returned home ;n
recent days, it would of course be
possible to reassemble the regiment
.with a fewer number of superior;
than if it "ere to be used for some
special duty, il the reassembling of
the 54th proves correct, there is also
t a strong possibility of it being landed
at this nort in view of the fa* t that
many of the overseas troops a » be
ns debarked hero. T1.rirrinal
•strength of the 54th was Maine men.
• with the exception of one company
• omposed of troops from Pennsyl
vania. Siiould the 51th. however, tie
j debarked at N< w York. Hoboken. N.
' J. or Boston, it wil lundoubtedly lie
sent U» Ltevena for discharge.
BRITISH ROYAL HEADS HONOR
PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON
AT STATE DINNER, BUCKINGHAM
For Food Administra
tion’s Grain Corp.
To Carry Out Govsrnirent Wheat
Price Guarantee for 1919 Contract
— Bill to Be Presented to Congress
Early in January—Desire Early
Passage of Measure
Washington. Dec. -7—An appro
priation of at least $500,OX1,000 fur ;he
food administration's gram corpora
tion which "ill be charged with car
rying out the government wheat price
guarantee for the 1919 contract will
be provided in a toil to be introduced
in 1 'ongrpss early next month.
• 'hairnian Dover of the House ac i
: cultural committee said tonight that
an effort would be made to have ihe.
measure through in the House at an
early date.
no Confirmation
ASSASSINATION
OF EX.-KAISER
Paris, Dec. -7. 4 .'5 A. >1.—Rumors
that the former Emperor of Germany
had been assassinated became cur
rent in Paris, notably m the Cham
ber of Deputies, last evening. There
is not the slightest confirmation of
the. report up to the present.
Lord Northcliffe
Gives Luncheon
To Newspaper Men
‘London, Dec. -7.—Forty American
newspaper correspondents w ho ore
visiting London with President Wil
son's party were entertained at
luncheon today by Lord Northcliffe at
the Times oilire and at dinner tonight
h\ the Newspaper Proprietors’ A'•Po
llution. The principal si>eeohrs de
livered at the luncheon were by Hu
ron Hurnham. Richard V. Oulahan of
ihe New Yoilt Times; Dm id Latv
ia nc-e of ihe New York Evening Po-t;
Herbert Swope of the New Yuru
World: Vdmirai Sims, commander • f
the American naval forces and Rao
111 Stephen S. Wise of New Yoi!:.
The Amt ric in journalists will be 1 -
ceived at the foreign office Satin
day morning Afterwards »h< y will
bo tendereil a reception in Downing
stieet by David Llovd Oeorge, the
British prime minister
Every Royal Formality Attending Epochal Occasions
at Palace Carried Out Before and During Banquet
--Many European Notables Present—American
Executive Continues to Interest Londoners—
i Newspapers Filled With Tributes
CONFERENCESllELD WITH DAVID
LLOYD GEORGE AND A .J. BALFOUR
ON COMING PEACE PROBLEMS
HOLDS CONFERENCES
London, I 't ■ . i*7—Tilt' environment
' of President Wilson's second day
I ;r» England was quieter than that
of the first day flic only cerenum
• utl event was a state banquet in
i Bui king!.am palace tonight w hich
was notable not only as a spectacle
j such as probably no other court n
: Europe can provide the setting for
j now that the thrones of Kussi.i,
Germany and Austria, have disap
peared but from the representative
! character of the men summoned to
J meet the heads of the government.
Besides tite members • *t the roval
i
: family the old world was represen
j tgd i y the foreign ambassadors to
’ the Court of St James, the heads
j of the government present and heads
1 of the army and navy and mem
! hers of the royal household There
also were present dignitaries of the
I Church of England, representatives
• of universities and men high in the
worlds of literature, art and jour
i nnlism. President Wilson escorted
! Queen Mary into the banquet ball
• while King George had .Mrs. Wilson
on his arm Today however, was
. chiefly a working day with the
1 President. Five hours were taken
up by two conferences with David
i Lloyd George, the Kritisi prime min
istry end Arthur J. Balfour, foreign
secretary, on pea< e problems. This
was the fulfillment of 'in* main pur
post of in** President - pilgrimage
i London.
For three houis in tin- mt-rning
(Continued on Page 4. Col. 6'
BANQUET AT PALACE
London. Dec. .'7.—No more regal
setting ever had been arranged
in Buckingham palace than that
which greeted President Wilson and
Mrs.* Wilson when they were escorted
into the banquet hall tonight for the
precedent-breaking state dinner.
Kvery royal formality which had
attended epochal occasions at the
palace for two or three hundred years
was carried out before and during the
banquet. President Wilson with Queen
Mary leil the procession into lh«
dining hall, preceded by officials of
it he palace, splendidly costumed,
bearing wands and walking back
wards and making obeisance to the
■ guests. immediately behind th«
; President and the Queen came King
jtlcorge and Mrs Wilson. They were
followed b> members of the royal
j family.
I At the head of the table twelve
j persons were seated, with King
! *leorgc in the middle. President,
j Wilson sat at the King's right and
! .Mrs. Wilson on his left. To the right
'of President Wilson was Queen .Mat y
and then the Krench Ambassador.
Princess t'hiistian. the Spanish am
| bassador and Princess Patricia,
! daughter of the Puke of Connaught.
At Mrs. \\ iIson s left sat Princess
Mary, the Italian ambassador. Prin
cess FSeatrice. and the Japanese am
i bassador. in the order named. The
American ambassador. John W. Dav
• is. had the first place at a side rcct
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GOOD LIVING
Can Be Made on Farms
If Farmers Take Advantage of Op
portunities Offered by State Agri
cultural College—Belief of Bay
State Man Who Made Small Farm
Pay Him $2000 Salary
! Hostr.n, I >ei 27—Farmer-* - an make
a ryiru 1 Jiving in Massac imsetts J
they sn at it right and lake ailvnn
\ tape ot h e opportunities offered by
the State agricultural college. II. M
Chamberlain of North Adams, de
clared today at i hearing before .i
.-pedal legislative commission inves
tigating the sheep industry, agricul
; lure and related matter. Mr. Cham
berlain said that h« made his small
farm pay him a St’000 ralarv and
ejght per cent on his investment ami
• lie believed others could do as well
if they would work as hard a«*
farmers should. Other speakers were
'r-rs optimistic and Andrew Oodsard
of Holhstnn, who described himself
. an amateur farmer, declared that
il the abandoned farms in New
England would he quickly taken ip
if people knew that even a hare, liv
ing could he made. Frank W. Kune
suggested that federal engineers l-e.
brought to New England to classify
the lands. New England, he said.
offered excellent opportunities for the
; development of the good soil and
the close proximity of the markets.
EFFORT TO CHECK
CRIME WAVE IN
CLEVELAND, OHIO
<*' otl'cnrl f ihirt Tdi • _ I », -c n
Cleveland. Ohio, Pec. J? — In an effort
to check the epidemic of crime that has
resulted in It murders and scores of
holdups and robberies in the last three
: months. American Protective lie ague
operatives patrolled the streets tonight
armed with clubs Services of the A R
men were tendered to Chief of o
ice Smith by Archie Klumpk chief of
the lvca! uiviscon ot the league. Jn ai
■ ■ opting their se rvice" Chief Smith is
sued an appeal to every reputable citi
J zen to lend a hand in ridding ;iv city
of burglars arid gunme; A shoot-to
: khl squad of 07 regular poh emeu has
been detailed to night duty to run down
bandits and rubbers.
m
OVER 9 BILLION
New York Wealth Es
capes Taxation
During 1918 Because of Exempted
Privileges Intended to Establish
Classes of Intangibles—General
Property Tax Failure Because Not
Equitable
All •any. X V . T>e~- .7 Mon- than
S'jT'OO.O"",1*1... ti:*» States taxable
w ealth -equivalent to three -mai -
lers <-f the total asiable property—
r-siaped general taxation last year
because of exempted privileges in
tended to abolish < lasses - t intan
gible?. fv.rnpt roller Travis pointed
1 out tonight This situation, accord
ing to the comptroller, is due large.
; ly to special tax laws such as the
hank tax law which removed from
genera! taxation more than J.300,009,
'900; the mortgage recording law, }7.
$00,090,000; the secured debt tax law,
$1,000,ooo. and ether laws of smaller
amounts. "This question." • xplaincd
the comptroller, means that the tax
payer owning a homo assessed at
SJOoo pays $45 in general taxes at ■<
rate of $22.50 tier SloOc. I’.ut for the
' above he would have paid only ?2u
or taxes at a rate of II;; per thousand
Moreover it shows that the general
property tax is - failure because it
does not distribute the tax burden
equitably,. Fifty years ago 25 per
lent of the property subject to tax
ation was personal, last year but 4
per cent despite the tremendous in
reased cost of government."
TO DETERMINE
OWNERSHIP OF
SUM OF $358,830
New York. Dec, 27. - The American
Kxehange Bank brought an injunc
tion In Federal court here today to
restrain A. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian, and John Simon,
a depositor, from further efforts to
withdraw a de-posit of $358,830 until
the ownership of the money has he-*n
determined. According to the bank's
pititior Mr. Palmer claims that while
the fund was deposited by Simon in
June. 1914. it was being held "on be
half of and for the benefit of” l>i
Hcnrich F. Albert, foimcr “paymas
ter" of (Jerman agents in the Fnited
States Simon claims that he is an
American citizen and the fund ib his
owp. out Dr. Albert's. . ,
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CZAR ALIVE
___
Claim of Nephew Gen.
Skoropadski
Whereabouts Known to An Allied
Government—Accounts'* of Hi*
Murder Manufactured by Trotsky
and Len no for Propaganda Pur
poses
Warsaw Tui-sdit;., I >c 1*4 «B ih*
Vshoeiatn! I'?♦*:ss) 'Inn* is no doubt
' that the Czar and lua entire family ar«*
| alive. 1 urn positive of this/’ was the
d* iaration made to the correspondent
today by Michael Deitchihatchef. who h
a nephew of General Skoropadski, an I
who h:\f uht. escaped from the L'krain**
■ iifter a re-ent trip to i’etrograd. Lninsk,
, Vjina and itovno.
• ‘ I i.'innyt reveal whrrr the t’zar i.«,
. because h» does not wish it, he added
"lie does not rare to b. bothered and
; he wants • be Irft alone.
"His whereabouts are known to an
■»ilied Kover. merit. It is in a neutral
« ountr Accounts of his murder wer**
manufactured b\ Trotsky and ia-nine
for propaganda purpose#.
‘It look much mono and time, al.o
■he ii\es of in.in;. officers to accomplish
escap. Among the officers killed
wa.s ouni Tatirhev. the t zar's former
personal military attache, who was sho
instead of the Czar. I>ocumcnts de
scribing the Czar b escape were in the
hands o: German Consul Koenig at Bet
! rograd. who rwarded them to Berlin.
M Iieitchihatchef said that the Allies
should send an army of occupation into
Russia to reestablish a stable govern
ment and business conditions. He sa» 1
the cost of living in Russia was appall
ing, a pound of butUr costing lUO rubles
and a pair of trousers 1000 rubles. Fre
quently. however, there was no food
obtainable at any price.
SCHOOLS OF TWIN
CITIES CLOSED ON
ACCOUNT OF ’FLU
Lewiston. Me , Doc- 117.—Owing to
the spread of influenza in thin ci- y
the school hoard today decided to
postpone opening me schools for one
week Dates < ollcge lias also post
poned 11-opening until January ti
and the opening of Auburn school"
has been indefinitely postponed. The
actual situation here Is not known
as complete statistics are not kepi
by the health board Thirty-live new
cases were reported in Auburn to
day;