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FROM THE HERALD HERALD "ADS" MEAN BETTER BUSINESS TO THE SERVICE. V ESTABLISHED 1876. AMERICA STAR ENEMY HOOVER NAMED AS EUROPEAN DIRECTOR Food Administrator Sails Satur day to Assist in Relief "Work TO RETURN BY CHRISTMAS IVesident lias Asked That lie Direct Work of Feeding Starving Popula tion of ar7Toj.;i Europe Sugar Supply Increased. Washington, Nov. i 4. Herbert Hoover ard other food administration officials will sail for Europe on the White Star liner Olympic probably on Saturday, it was learned at the food administration today. Mr. Hoover goes at -President Wilson's request to direct the work of feeding the starv ing populations of war-torn Europe. On the Olympic also, it is understood, will be Dr. Masaryk, president of tho Czecho-Slovak republic. Hoover Talks of Flan. Mr. Hoover had a final conference with senate leaders today and told them legislation to extend the life of his organization, limited to the dec laration of peace, will be unnecessary. Many months must pass before final peace is concluded and in the meantime tho food administration will be closing up its task, taking the steps necessary to co-operate in the solution of food problems abroad and giving attention to reconstruction. Some legislation may be necessary, Mr. Hoover told the senators, in con nection, with world provisioning. With the declaration of peace and the expiration of the, food control law, he said, obligations of the gov ernment then in existence, including particularly the guarantee for mini mum prices for 1919 wheat, still will lve binding and will be fulfilled. He explained that all contracts made by the government under the law neces sarily would be binding after the ad ministration ceased to exist. For a considerable time, he said, it will be necessary to supply large quantities of food to the Belgians, Serbians, Jugo-Slavs, Armenians and many other peoples, as well as to the late enemy countries. Back By Christmas. Mr. Hoover plans to return to Am erica by Christmas. He said he would study especially problems of German provisioning, the important question Tor decision being whether this shall be done on a cash or credit basis. The senators were told that an in crease in the sugar supply in this country was to be expected, depend ent on the size of the new crop. Several senators said extension of the food control law is a question for congress in view of possible rapid in crease in prices at the expiration of the law. KILLED IN EXPLOSION Naval Reserve lieutenant and Ma- ehinit Die When Steam Valve F y s Ship Was About to Sail. v ik, Nov. 14. Two men vt :. ...!:c !. one of them a lieutenant of Hid United states naval reserves, and two others were badly scalded when a steam valve burst on an Am erican steamship in the service of the tiavy, while at her dock here today. The men killed were Lieut. Alex mder W. Walls and Sylvester Ten noyer, foreman of a civilian crew of machinists employed in making the ship ready for sea. Harvey L. Mer rer, fireman, second class, and Paul Turner, fireman, first class, were the men burned. The accident, occurred in th engine room of the ship. Lieutenant Wall ind Tennoyer were said to have been Mruck by fragments of the valve and killed, instantly. A similar accident occurred on the ship about a week ago, when twelve were seriously burned. The ship on which the accident oc ?urrcd was the steamship Louisville, formerly the American liner St. Louis. HOLLAND UNSETTLED. Amsterdam, Wednesday, Nov. 13. Pieter J. Troelstra, the Dutch social ist leader, declared at Rotterdam yes terday that a meeting of the social ists next Saturday would decide whether a Soldiers' and Workmen's council would be established in Hol land according to advices received here! Dutch socialists would act calmly but drastically, he is reported to have said. NEW VING COMMAND OREAT OPORTUNITY FOR THANKSGIVING Governor Holcomb Sets Aside November 28 as Day URGES BETTER LIVING Chief Executive of State Says Rarely, If Ever, Has State Had Such Deep Causes for Thanking Diet. . . . . . Hartford, Conn., Nov. 14. Gov ernor Marcus II. Holcomb today is sued the usual Thanksgiving proc lamation, setting apart Thursday, November 2S. He says: "Rarely, if ever, in all the long his tory of this commonwealth, has a time called for so deep and sincere an outpouring of thanks to the God of the nations. It is He Whose hand has now placed the crown of victory upon our just cause; but, more than the material victory, it is He who has breathed into the souls of men the spirit without which our triumph would be but the hectic flush over the ashes of a sure defeat; who has opened the eyes of these our new crusaders to see, above the murk of battle, the leading of His cross, and to hear, beneath the cannons roar, the still, small voice of His calling; Who has comforted the hearts of those who sorrow for loved ones lying forever beneath the shell torn fields of France with the certain knowledge that all the profits of life weighs nothing against the rrohness of such a death; Who has instilled into this whole peo ple such a fair vision of right and honor and justice, such a willingness to do and bear, as only this age has ever seen. These are the things that most should bring the glow to our thoughts. But thanks for yesterday and for today are empty that hold no promise for tomorrow. I would that a high tide of triumphant rejoicing should roll our over the land on that day, November the Twenty-eighth, which now, by old custom, I designate as a day of Thanksgiving. Urges Better Living. "But beneath that triumphant paean, I would that there might, sound a deep undertone of promise; I would that its true note should be an un altering resolve that, in the changing times to come, the spirit of the dark days so newly passfed should carry us on, to make clear the way of justice for all men and peoples to" mould our strength to the help of the weak, to salve the deep wounds of war with the healing of an effective sym pathy. Truly it is only so that" we can pay the full measure of devo tion to tho.se who have died, or, living, are burdened now with suffering, that we might have peace and safety and happiness." $250,000 FIRE LOSS Business Center of Upper Sandusky AViped Out 10 Caught Under Fall ing AVall, Two Will Die. Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 14. Fire destroyed the heart of the busi ness district of Upper Sandusky this morning with more than $250,000 loss. A dozen mercantile houses and their contents are a total loss, including the three-story hotel Fetter and Osborn lodging house and the opera house. Ten persons were caught under a falling brick wall and two injured, probably fatally. Ten persons were rescued from the second story of the Osborn rooming house by firemen on ladders. The fire is thought to have origi nated in a bakery. MAJOR TRUJIBULL DEAD. New Haven Engineer Reported to Have Died in France. New Haven, Nov. 14. Major John F. Trumbull, former chief engineer of the public utilities commission, is reported through private correspon dence to have died from the effects of an operation while with the sixtieth engineering transportation corps in France. Mrs. Trumbull as yet lias had no definite information from Washington. Major Trumbull went overseas in June and was taken ill soon after arrival. A letter from u member of the unit received a few days ago mentioned his death. Major Trumbull was a civil engineer for the New Haven road when ap pointed chief engineer to the commis sion upon the appointment of Mr. Elwell to be a commissioner. BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, EPARIN UN ABOUT ARMISTICE Will Try to Comply But May Find It Impossible TIME IS TOO SHORT Envoys Frotest That Execution of Terms Will Throw Helpless Coun try Into State of Anarchy and Panic. Paris, Tuesday,. Nov. 12. A dec laration sent to the French govern ment early this week by the German plenipotentiaries who went to Mar shal Foch's headquarters to sign the armistice between the allies and Ger many has been published here. It protests against some features of the terms agreed to by the Germans and to which they objected verbally at their first meeting with Marshal Foch. The declaration reads: "The German government Avill naturally make every effort to aid in the carrying out of the obligations imposed upon it. Its plenipotentiar ies recognize that on certain points a conciliatory spirit has bene shown to ward their suggestions. They can, consequently, consider the observa tions which they submitted on Nov. 9, referring to conditions of the armistice, and the reply they received on November 10 as forming an in tegral part of the complete conven tion. Fear Anarchy and Famine. "They cannot, however, permit any doubt to exist on the fact that tho shortness of the delay fixed for evac uation and the handing over of in dispensable means of transport threatens to provoke a state of affairs which, without the German govern ment and people being at fault, may render the execution of the condi tions of th armistice impossible. The plenipotentaries further consider it their duty, referring to their reiter ated verbal and written declarations, to state once more with the utmost energy that the execution of this convention must throw the German people into anarchy and famine. "After the public manifestations which preceded the laying down of the armistice, conditions might have been expected which, while giving our adversaries full military security, would have put an end to the suf ferings of non-combatant women and chldren. The German people, which for 50 months has held out against a world of enemies, will maintain its liberty and unity despite every violence." NEWINGTON FACTORY DESTROYED BY FIRE Thonias F. Garvan Co. Paper" Mill Gutted Loss Is Estimated at $125,000. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 14. Fire destroyed today the paper board plant of Thomas F. Garvan & Company in Newington, resulting in a loss of $125,000. The buildings were of brick aad wood. A strong northwest wind rendered the work of the town fire department of little avail. Tho Hartford department of little avail.Tho arrived too .late. 473 PLANES DOWNED In One Month Americans Establish Undisputed Supremacy of the Air, Defeating Enemy Even where. With the American Army in France Tuesday, Nov. 12. (By the Associated Press). in the period from September 12 to eleven o'clock on the morning of Nov 11, American aviators claim they brought down 4 7.3 German machines. Of this number 353 already have been confirmed of ficially. Day bombing groups from the time they began operations flrnrmprl a tntn l nf 11 ft. 18 kilograms of bombs within the German lines. THE ELUSIVE PRINCE. Basel, Wednesday, Nov. 13. Re ports that the former German crown prince is with his father in Holland are denied by despatch from Berlin bearing Tuesday's date. The despatch states that he is with his troops at the front. GO GERMANS COMPLAIN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1918. TEN PAGES. CITY WILL GO OVER; 5 COLLE Day's Contributions to United War Workers' Fund Is $41,816 QUIGLEY PREDICTS SUCCESS ; Stanley Works, With Donation of $7621, Is largest Individual Sub scriber Stirring Noon-day Talks. At the Elks' club this noon Mayor George A. Quigley opened the United War Work campaign meeting by say ing that he had no dount but that New Britain would go over the top in the drive, since already $138,135 has been given. He said: "When the news of the signing of the armistice came in last Monday morning, I thought of how quickly the German bully capit ulated -when the Allied forces were getting near German soil." He added, "It is characteristic and typical of a bully to 'cave in when he is getting the worst, of the fight, and German; was true to type." "England, Fiance or any other of the Allies would fight to the last inch of ground before giving in to the foe,' Mayor Quigley declared. He ex pressed the. opinion that the United States would send food to Gerniany after peace comes, although the thought is distasteful to him and other Americans. "It is the province of the victor to show mercy to the van quished," he said. Quigley Would Honor Dead. - - Mayor Quigley said that he hopeU that after conditions became normal. New Britain Avould erect a memorial in Central Park bearing the names of all those New Britain boys who went to France, never to return, having made the supreme sacrifice to make the world safe for those loved ones behind in the States. He concluded his address by announcing that New Britain would celebrate Britain day or December 7. Lieutenant Colonel Hatch of Hamil ton, Ontaria, who is in charge of the Stanley Works affairs in Canada, was1 the next speaker. He told his audience that New England, more than any other section of the United States, is proud of the work that the Canadians have done in the world war, and that the friendship between the United States and Canada is firmly cemented, and will always be assured. He praised the war work that the soci eties of this country are doing, and mentioned the fact that nothing of tho kind can be accomplished without money. He spoke of the competition which is very noticeable in the cam paign, one trying to get more sub scriptions than the other, and said, "Competition is a sure sign of suc cess." He said, "The more you give to this cause, the better you will feel in having baicked up the boys who went to France to fight for and tect you who must necessarily home." Stanley Works Leads. The reports for today were next and were as follows: pro stay read P. & F. Corbin, $1,415; Russell & Erwin, $1,429; Corbin Screw, $1,373; Corbin Cabinet Lock, $1,358; Lan ders Frary & Clark, $4,899; Stanlev Works, $7,621; Stanley Rule & Level, $1,678; Union Mfg. Co., $1,880; Skin ner Chuck, $250; New Britain Ma- - chine, $1,143; North Sr Judd. $380; Traut & Hine, $587; Fafnir Bearing, $537; Hart & Cooley, $100; Hart & Hutchinson, $65; American Hosiery, $309; Tarker Shirt, $182; Minor '& Corbin, $282; B. fc K. Mfg. Co., (100 per cent.) $158; small factories, $952; city officials, $711; clothing dry goods, $6 94; furniture, autos, etc. $1,22 4; restaurants, saloons, $977; profesl sional men, $1,052; grocers, butchers, $554; schools and churches, $849; Victory boys and girls, $915; public utilities, $1,039; miscellaneous $451; Plainville $1,500; Newington, $527; Berlin Construction, $129; G. E. Prentice Mfg. Co., $368; American Faper Goods, $824; corporations, $3,400. The Vulcan Iron Works, the Malle able Iron Works, and the B. & K. Manufacturing company have all reached 100 per cent., which means that every employe has pledged a (Continued on Ninth Page) WEATHER. Hartford. Nov. 11. For New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday. CTED JL J New German Government Organized; Friederich Ebert Chosen Premier; Haase at Head of Foreign Affairs Copenhagen, Nov. 14 ovcrnment has been organized with the following cabinet members : Premier and Interior and Military Affairs Friedrich Ebert. Foreign affairs Hugo Haase. Finance and Colonies Philipp Scheidemann. Demobilization, Transportation, Justice and Health Wilhelm Dittmann. Publicity, Art and Literature Herr Landsberg. Social Policy Richard Barth. Announcement of the members of the new German government confirms previous reports that the cabinet would be composed entirely of socialists. The majority socialists, who supported the imperial government during the war are represented by Ebert, Scheidemann and Landsberg, while the independent socialists are Haase, Dittmann and Barth. Herr Dittmann, who sits in the Reichstag as a deputy from Hamburg, was sentenced to imprisonment last February in connection with labor troubles in Berlin. He was released by the imperial government a few days before its downfall. Richard Barth formerly was editor of the socialist Vorwaerts and is a member of the Spartacus, or Bolshevik, element of the independent socialists. It was reported through Copen hagen under date of Monday that he had resigned from the government after a stormy meeting of the cabinet. FOOD TO EUROPE UNTIL FLEETS DISARM Allies Must Not Be Hin dered in Slightest Degree. London, Wednesday, Nov. 13. Problems connected with the policing and provisioning of Russia and the central powers hinge primarily upon the immediate disarmament of the German fleet, the Russian warships held by the Germans and those un der control of the Ukrainian govern ment in the Black sea. Warships which are held by the Bolshevists in the Finnish gulf also must be put out of commission. With freedom Df movement in the Black and Baltic seas, the entente powers and the United States will have great difficulty in affording eco nomic relief to central Europe, as well as Scandinavia. Consequently, the attitude of the German navy to ward the armistice terms is watched with eagerness by entente officials. The United States, and the entente powers have shown no disposition to deal with the Bolshevist government. While Russia remains in the control of the Soviet, therefore, there seems to be little hope of feeding Moscow, Petrograd and other large cities there. If the Russian Bolshevist movement, which has been started against Fin land, should be successful, Finland also would be placed temporarily be yond relief. RECONSTRUCTION PLANS Indications Are That Special Com mission Will Work Out "From War to Peace" Problems. Washington, Nov. 14. Reconstruc tion problems may be worked out under the direction and on the ad vice of a special commission. Presi dent Wilson, it was understood to day, is considering the appointment of such a commission. The commission would lay down the broad lines under which the na tion would be converted from a war to peace basis. It would act largely as an advisory board. Executive func tions would be in the hands of de partments now in operation. Its membership would be representative of the social, industrial, commercial, labor and agricultural interests in volved. It was said today the secretaries of war and navy and the chairmen of the two congressional appropria tions committtees probably will be members of the special commission. The first announcement of the ad ministration's program may be made known in the president's annual message to congress in December. 8:52 a. m. The new German WHOLE WHEAT DREAD AGAIN PERMISSIBLE Bakers Do Not Have to Use Substitutes in Flour. Washington, Nov. 14. White bread made entirely of wheat flour went back on the American table today aft er an absence of more than nine months. Householders and bakers, beginning today, are permitted to purchase wheat flour without substi tutes, the food administration having withdrawn regulations requiring the buying of 2 0 per cent, of substitutes with each purchase of wheat flour. In announcing the withdrawal of the regulations as to substitutes, the food administration gave notice that substitutes in the hands of millers, dealers and bakers pTior to November 12 and for which a ready sale is not found Avill be purchased by the Grain corporation under plans now being formulated. Victory for the allied and Ameri can forces compelling the surrender of Germany has made possible the elimination of "victory" bread, food administration officials said in point ing out that Europe now will he able to tap the available supplies of wheat in Australia, India and Argentina. 0. S. GENERAL CAPTURED Brig. General MacArtuhr Taken Pris oner By Yankee Soldier Who Did Not Know Him. With the American Army in France, Tuesday, Nov. 12, (By the Associated Press) To be taken prisoner by Am erican troops was the experience last Friday of Brig. General Douglass MacArthur, a brigade commander of the Forty-second division. The First and Forty-second divisions were ad vancing rapidly taht day towards Se dan and in the region of Autrecourt the lines of the two divisions became criss-crossed. General MacArthur was taken prisoner by soldiers of the First divi sion, who could not believe that any Americans were ahead of them. The situation was explained and General MacArthur released. By night each division had taken its objectives. LIEUT. JACKSON MOVED. Red Cross Cables He Is Located At Camp Villingen. Mrs. Thomas Jackson of Chestnut street received a cablegram from the American Red Cross late yesterday informing her that her son, First Lieut. Thomas F. Jackson, is now lo cated at Camp Villingen. Preious in formation from the war department was to the effect that he was sta tioned at Camp Karlsruhe. He is in good health. Lieut. Jackson was taken prisoner by the Germans last month. It is be lieved he was captured in Belgium. PRICE THREE CENTS. PRUSSIAN SOLDIER VIOLATING TEI Allied Commands Yarns That Pillaging Must Stop INTERFERENCE THREATENED Military Fortes Committ Violent Acts Against Inhabitants L'neniy Sol id's Rioting in City Brussels. London, Nov. 14. German soldiers are committing acts of violence against inhabitants and are destroying and pillaging contrary to the terms of the armistice, according to a French official wireless message received here today. The message which is from the allied high command to the German high command says the allied com-, mand expects the German command to take steps to stop the violations. Ijf the acts increase, it is added th allied command will take scteps tot end them. Rioting in Brussels. Ghent, Tuesday, Nov. 12. Reports are current that German soldiers ifl Brussels have muinied and shot theif officers and are burning and pillaging the city. Germans Leaving Front. Amsterdam, Wednesday, Nov. 13. Long trains crowded with German soliders who left the front on theft own initiative, have arrived in Ham over and at cities in YCestnVmn:1 j cording to despatches to the Ilan'dcls- hlarl Hindcnburg in Command. London, Wednesday, Nov. 13. .field Marshal von llinderburs: re mains as head of the supreme Ger- f man comand, according to a German wireless message received here, whica gves the text of th massage he has sent to arm comanders ordering them to lead their forces home in or der and discipline. The order of tha field marshal reads: "To all and especialy ihe arm? group under Field Marshal von Mack ensen (in Roumania:) I remain as hitherto the head of the supreme army in order to lead troops in order and disclipinc. I expect tha command, staff, officers, non-commissioned officers and men to continue ta do their duty. This is to be mada known to all the troops." PERSHING DECORATES FOCH Allied Commander Awarded Ameri can Distinguished Service Medal in Name of President Wilson. , Senlis, Tuesday, . Nov. 12. General John J. Pershing, commander of tho American forces in France, today conferred upon Marshal Foch, the commander-in-chief of the allied armies, the American Distinguished Service Medal. The presentation was made in the name of President Wil son at the villa where Marshal Foch has his headquarters and was an im pressive ceremony. i In accepting the emblem, , Marshal Foch said: "I want to say to you that I shall never forget that tragic day in March when, stirred by a generous impulse, yoJ came and placed at my disposal the entire resources oC your army. Today wc have gained tho greatest battle in history and saved the most sacred cause the liberty of the world. "An important part is due to the action undertaken and well carried through by the American army upon the two banks of the Meuse. For the last two months the American army has fought in a most difficult region a fierce and ceaseless battle. Tho complete success of this struggle, ij due to the fine qualities displayed by all." ENEMY WITHDRAWS. Those North of Verdun Hurrying To ward Their Own Frontier. With the American Army in France, Nov. 14, 1:30 p. m., (By tho Asso ciated Press) The Germans opposite the First American army north and northeast of Verduh are reported to be moving northward rapidly. Preparations begun by the enemy several days ago to withdraw in force now are becoming effective. Great railroad activity is reported at Metz and other railroad junctions, S