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General Staff
To Reorganize
U. S. Army
Universal Training Issue Is
Expected to Cause Re?
newed Struggle in
Congress
100,000 Only Must
Serve After War
Thousands of Officers Have
But Temporary Commis?
sions, and Readjust?
ment Is Necessary
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.--Plans for
tho reorganization of the War Depart?
ment und the army itself are in proc?
ess of formulation by the General
Staff and soon will be before Secretary
Baker.
The Secretary haa indicated that
new legislation will be necessary to
carry out the reorganization, and is
expected to lay a definite programme
before Congress at the earliest pos?
sible moment. This may reopen the
whole question of universal military
training, and many officials anticipate
a long legislativo struggle before final
action is taken.
Existing law authorizes the main?
tenance of a regular army of approxi?
mately 375,000 men. While it is not
possible to forecast the number of
American troops that must be em?
ployed in Europe even after the peace
treaties have been signed, military men
believe the authorised regular estab?
lishment cannot provide an adequate
force at home and abroad.
About 100,000 Must Servo
Of the 3,700,000 men under arms i
probably not more than 100,000 are un- i
f?er obligation to serve beyond the
restoration of peace. There were 7,000
i
officers and 120,000 men in the regu?
lar army when war was declared. Ex?
piration of enlistments, however, has
served to reduce this considerably and !
all war-time enlistments are for the
war period only.
Thousands of officers now in service
are on temporary commission in the
regular establishment. Thase commis?
sions were issued for a definite period
of years, and the men might be held.
The generaPattitude of the depart?
ment would not indicate any intention
of so doing.
The number of men to be retained
in Europe will be worked out by Geq
?jrt* Pershing's staff, and since similar
calculations for the United States and
its possessions are being made her-1
the size of the army for which it will
be necessary to provide soon can bo
estimated.
The General Staff's recommendations
as to the way the army is to be formed
are expected to embody the principle
of universal military training. A bill
prepared by the staff just before the
United States entered the war outlined
tho general scheme which is likely to
be again advocated, modified by the
light of war experience.
Would Remodel Army
At this time it was planned to con?
tinue the garrisons for the Philippines,
Hawaii and Panama on a voluntary
basis, ty selectng men who elected
army life after they had passed
through their period of training. Out?
side of these Overseas forces, however,
the staff proposed to remodel the stand?
ing army into a strictly training force,
composed of officers and non-commis?
sioned officers, who should be devel?
oped into experts in getting raw mate?
rial quickly into shape, and through
whpse hands, year after year, should
pas? the classes called to the colors
for training.
Some similar project again will be
brought forward, although neithei
President WilBon nor Secretary Bake*
is committed to universal training as
a national policy. In his last annual
report Mr. Baker said it was not t
question which should be d?cid?e
while tb,e country was at war.
Demobilization of the existing offi
cers corpa, both line and staff, forms
a separate element of the presen
problems of the War Department.
Resignations Discouraged
It is certain that efforts will be made
to keep men who have shown them
selves qualified in such relationship
with the government that their ser-i
vices can be quickly secured at need.
Pending the completion of plans, resig?
nations are being discouraged.
Plans for returning officers to their
civilian status are expected to provide
for an army reserve officers corpa
similar to that used in building up the
present ?rray.
It is regarded as probable that steps
toward the organization of an ample
enlisted reserve will be taken. Th?
form of the reserve, however, whether
by voluntary obligation, or by order,
will depend upon the military policy
to be adopted.
Brussels-Charleroi
Line Reached by Fee
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Nov. 12
(By The Associated Press.) -How far
'the main German armies have re?
treated in thi.** region cannot be said
definitely. It is probable, however,
they have at least reached the Brus?
sels-Charleroi line.
Enemy rearguards early this morn?
ing had vinisned from the vicinity oi
Moris and points further south.
HAVRE, Nov. 11. The entrance oi
Belgian troop? into Ghent is an?
nounced in the official Maternent from
the Belgian War Office to-night, which
ri ports, u1h?j that the nrr-grusa of th?
armi?? contpoti until the amnistie?
came into effect.
Be Calm in Victory,
Petain Tells Troops !
PARIS, Nov. 13.?General Petain. the '
Commander of the French armies, has
addressed an order of the day to his?
troops eulogizing the tenacity and en- !
ergy shown during four years by
France, "which had to vanquish the
foe in order not to die."
He asked the soldiers who will oc?
cupy German territory not to permit
their resontment over German violence
in France to lead them astray and to
respect persons and property.
"After having beaten the adversary
by arms," the general continues, "you ?
will impose upon him the dignity of j
your attitude, and the world will won- j
der what to admire more, your conduct
in success or your heroism in Battle."
The order concludes by eulogizing ;
the soldier dead and with a salutation j
to the bereaved fathers, mothers, wid?
ows and orphans.
England Asks U. S.
To Back Up Plan to
Feed Needy Europe
John R. Clynes, Controller
for Britain, Tells of Sac?
rifices Expected
LONDON, Nov. 12.?John Robert
Clynes, British Food Controller, said
to-day that the food situation is
Europe continues to be serious, neces?
sitating larger shipments until spring.
He said that he confidently expected
America to back up any British sac?
rifices which might be necessary in
behalf of the needy peoples of Europe
recently freed from German domina?
tion.
"Not the least of the services ren?
dered to the Allies by this country has
be^jn the, building up of four reserves
here," he said. "But in order to re?
store conditions to ttje normal margin
of safety there must be greatly in?
creased shipments of cereals until
spring.
"The food emergencies of peace are
likely to be formidable. A certain
amount of the stocks now held as mili?
tary reserves probably' will be re?
leased, and I hope, with the diminu?
tion of munition shipments and the
abolition of the convoy system, the
tonnage position will be improved.
"This will not entirely solve one of
the most serious problems, the [short?
age of beef and mutton. Virtually all
the refrigerator tonnage of the world
which is or can be available, and
without which meat cannot be shipped,
is already employed to the maximum
of its capacity for meat deliveries.
"For instance, while there probably
will be vessels available to bring to
Europe the accumulated wheat har?
vests of Australia, there are only a
few additional refrigerator ships to
bring the large stores of meat from
that country and New Zealand. This
shortage of Allied tonnage is due to
the submarine warfare. Nor will an
expansion of tonnage modify to any
extent our position as to fats and
dairy products. There is an absolute
world shortage of these commodities.
"We feel we can look to the Ameri?
can public to back us up in any sac?
rifice we may make ? in behalf of the
PAoples o|>?Belgium. northern France,
Italy and *?*S?brbia. Central Europe, so
far as we can depend upon reports,
is in the shadow of famine. What
action may be incumbent upon the
Allies remains to be seen. One thing
is certain, that Allied food control
must be continued, at any rate, for
many months after peace, and probably
must be extended to take on inter?
national scope.
"To effectively carry out this plan
the Allies in Europe, during the vital
period of recuperation, must rely upon
a continuation of the far-sighted
policy of this United States Govern?
ment in providing credits for food
supplies."
Wilson to Aid
If Germany
Keeps Order
Continued from paj?e 1
lars which Alien Property Custodian
Palmer is realizing from the sale of
German properties in this country can
be manipulated so as to constitute a
credit for the German government or
private importers to draw against.
There was some disposition to find
fault with the President's prompt
promise to send food to Germany, but!
the critics were asked to consider it'
not an a bit of excessive kindness to {
an unworthy foe, but as good policy
and good business, since it is believed;
that square meals will go further in '?
Germany toward maintaining or re?
storing order than a policing army of;
a million or two million men, which is
likely to follow if Germany turns to:
Bolshevism. ? |
The critics continued to complain,
however, that in acting without con- j
suiting the Allies and in acting in the
name of the United States only the
President has permitted the big Ger?
man boot to be pushed still further
into the door that its owner wishes to
open for free access to President Wil?
son as the next friend of Germany.
Assurances are given by the food ad?
ministration that there will be no
maudlin sympathy with Germany in
meeting her immediate minimum re?
quirements for food. The countries
ravaged by Germary will get $he first
chance at the American international
soup' kitchen.
There is no denying that there is
some skepticism as to the sincerity of
Germany's starvation wail, though
steps will be taken to meet it on the
assumption that it is bona fide.
As the harvest has been but recently
taken and should suffice for at least
I eight months on the kind of rations
the Germans have long endured, it is
! argued that there is no dancer of star
: vat.ion in Germany if distribution does
? not break down.
London Newspapers
Would Feed Germans
To Avert Bolshevism
LONDON, Nov. 13.?A note cf deep
j anxiety lest the situation in Germany
degenerate into Bolshevism is struck
| by all the editorials in London- news?
papers to-day. The continued absence
? of information which would tend to
1 throw further light on the fragmentary
one-sided knowledge of the actual so?
cial and administrative situation in
Germany prevents the formation of
absolutely conclusive views here.
President Wilson's "timely counsel"
i? haled with unanimous editorial ap?
proval and hi? warning that "Hunger
may lead to madness is quoted as
touching a vital chord. It is admitted
by newspapers of all shades of political
opinion that Germany must be fed, if
only as a business proposition, inas?
much s? if she starved to death she
could not pay what she owes.
"The 'Times" remarking that the
combination o? hunger and revolution
Yanks Watch Silently
As Enemy Fades Away
Germans Are Leaving Front Lines for the Rear While
Americans Hold Positions Won After Days of
Hard and Bitter Fighting
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES ON
THE MEUSE AND MOSELLE, Nov. 13
(By The Associated Press) (6:00
p. m.)?Germany's army was moving
slowly along its whole front toward
the rear to-day. The American forces
remain exactly where they were when
the armistice went into effect.
The Germans reluctantly abandoned
their efforts to continue fraternization
where the lines still were in proximity,
but threats to hold as prisoners any
one approaching the American lines
practically stopped their visits.
Retreat Is Big Problem
So far as known at the American
Army Heaquarters no disposition has
been displayed to block at any point
that part of the agreement providing
for the withdrawal of the German
troops. It is realized that the revers?
ing of the Rears of the great broken
German machine will not be simple.
There would have been no surprise
among the American officers had the
German front remained almost un?
changed, but already there appears to
have been left immediately in front of
the Americans little more than a fringe
of soldiers. In some places even that
line has been withdrawn so far that
the army men on this side do not know
its location.
All day yesterday there was a largo
number of explosions behind the Ger?
man lines, indicating that the enemy
was blowing up ammunition dumps.
Cannot Cross Lines
The terms of the armistice forbid
American airplanes from going over
the German lines, and inasmuch hs
no prisoners are being taken it is vn
tually impossible to gel. any informa?
tion as to the movements of the Ger?
man "army.
The hours :?in.ce the cessation oi
hostilities have wrought a wonderful
change on the front. Silence has re?
placed the roar of cannon and the
rattle of machine guns. The marching
columns of troops going into battle
have been replaced by laughing groups
of American and French soldiers re?
joicing over the success of their greai
efforts. Every one seems to take il
for granted that the war cannot start
again.
Only one thing goes on as it did be?
fore?the work of the German pris?
oners. By thousands they are re?
pairing the damage German guns and
mines have done to the roads of
France. They have a large task ahead
of them.
The Americans figure that they have
enough ammunition at the front to
last for weeks even if the armistice
does not continue. The famous Ver?
dun roadway, over which automobiles
hauled ammunition and material for
years and by which Verdun was saved
from the Germans, was buzzing with
traffic to-day just as if the war was
still going on.
When fighting ended Monday the
German front line opposite the First
American Army, runnitjg south and
north was approximately as follows:
From north of the Chateau d'Han
noncelles, through the Bois de Lavaie,
the Bois de Manheulles, the Bois Mas?
seneue, then on northwest, passing east
of B'.anzee, east of Grimacourt, east
and north of Nobras Woods, thence
through the Grand Chenas, east of
Bezonvaux, through the Herbebois
Woods, east and north of Hill 319,
north of Chaumont-Devant-Damvillers
and Hill 324, to the east side of the
Thiente Brook* and the Damvillers
Metz road north of Remoiville to the
north of the Forest of Woevre and
Paalon to east and north of Stenay,
and thence north and slightly west to
the end of the sector north of Mouzon,
along the Meuse.
Second Army Lines.
The front of the Second Army from
south to north was:
Nomeny to Eply, through the Bois
Voirotte, through the Bois Frehaut,
to the Moselle River, and up the river
to a point about two-thirds of a mile
south of Pagny, and thence west to a
point one-third of a mile south of
Prcny. Thence through Remberecourt
to the north of the Bois Dommartfcjn
and the Mainbois Farm, skirting the
northern end of Lake Lachaussee,
through the Boiules Hautes pines,
through the Bois les Hautes pines,
llilaire, Morchville, Riaville to one
third of a mile south of Ville-en
Woevre.
On the front of the First and Second
armies between the Meuse and the Mo?
selle Allied troops hold the former
German front line villages of Ronvaux,
Watronville, Blanzee, Moranville,
Abaucourt, Dieppe and Bezonvaux.
is highly perillous, says common hu?
manity and common sense, alike com?
pel the feeding of Germany, and that
the arrival of Herbert C. Hoover, the
American Food Administrator, will fa?
cilitate <;be work.
"The Daily News," commending Presi?
dent Wilson's "sane humanity," says
the deliberate starving of Germany
would be nothing but a stupid crime
and stamp the brand of hypocrisy on
all the Allied professions.
"The Daily Express" says a starving
nation would be a Bolshevik nation, and
that a Bolshevik Germany would be as
grave a menace as a Hohenzollern Ger?
many. The appeal ?of. Foreign Minister,
'y.lf, while it is regarded in some
quarters as merely confirmatory of the
genuineness of the distress, is viewed
elsewhere with suspicion.
"The Morning Post," however, calls
Dr. Solf's appeal impudent. "The
Times" refers to his "veiled throat of
abiding vindictiveness" and wonders
where the real authority resides which
Solf affects to represent.
The general British view appears to
be summarized in the question whether
the cost of the rehabilitation of Europe
should be borne by the victims of
devastation or by its authors, and in
the declaration that the Gorman armies
should be deprived of all arms in the
interests of Germany herself, thus
making internal fighting less possible
when the armies are repatriated.
Newspapei-3 in Sweden, Spain, Hol?
land and even Norway express ap?
prehension over the spread of the red
flag movement. The troubles in
Switzerland nlso cause uneasiness.
War Cabinet
Staggered by
Peace Needs*
Continued from page 1
tives of the copper and ore industries
are to follow.
There wore a number of miscellane?
ous contributions to the reconstruction
stream to-day. Churlos J. Bram, of the
Committee on Cotton Distribution,
issued a reassuring statement on the
cotton outlook, explaining the commit?
tee's action in forbidding speculative
short selling. He estimates the world
demand for cotton at 2.000,000 bales
over last year's. "Europe is almost de?
nuded of cotton and cotton goods,' he
said.
The War Industries Board announced
the release of building projects, largo
in number, but small in units and
widely distributed, amounting to $20,
000,000. Oil stove manufacturers were
notified that the proposed restriction
on them was off. The lid on soft drinks
and mineral waters, except as deter?
mined by food administration regula?
tions, was lifted.
Various labor administration officials
made their contributions to the read?
justment talk, and tht suggestion was
made in some quarters, that the way to
demobilize the army is through the
draft boards.
War Board Removes
More Restrictions
To Aid Industries
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.?Several
more industrial restrictions imposed to
meet demands of war were rescinded
by a scries of orders issued to-day by
the War industries Board.
By agreement with the food admin?
istration the War Industries Board re?
moved all restrictions placed on the
use of tin plate in the manufacture of
tin containers, thereby permitting
manufacturers of many products, such
as baking powder, cocoa, coffee, tea and
condensed milk to substitute the for?
mer types of tin containers for those of
paper now being used.
Approval of the War Industries
Board to the sale for road purposes of
asphalt, road binders, road oils, tar
binders and dressings was announced
by Fuel Administrator Garfield.
Restrictions soon to be made ef?
fective on the manufacture of oil
stoves and of packing for hosiery,
underwear and knitted goods were re?
moved. Orders curtailing the produc?
tion of soft drinks and mineral waters
also were rescinded by the War in?
dustries Board, but it was pointed out
that food administration r?gulations
limiting the amount of sugar allotted
eoft drink manufacturers were in no
way modified.
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Jews Appeal to
Allies to Check
Riots in Europe
Leaders Here Say Situation
Is Alarming in Poland
and Rumania
_ j
Julian W. Mack, president of the
Zionist Organization of America, and
Louis Marshall, chairman of the Amer?
ican Jewish Committee, have appealed
to the United States and Allied gov?
ernments for aid in preventing the
anti-Semetic riots which are reported
imminent in eastern Europe, particu?
larly Poland and Rumania.
A dispatch received yesterday by the
Zionist organization from its Copen?
hagen bureau describing the panic
among the Jews said:
"Received alarming news from abso?
lutely reliable sources that the Jews
of all eastern European countries are
threatened by the greatest danger.
Riots and approaching demobilization
of armies are leading to general an?
archy, of which the Jews will be the
first victims.
"in the Rumanian paper 'Duminica
Poporului* the Minister of Education
recommends cruel practices to force
the Jews to emigrate.
"Posters have been put up every?
where inciting the population to
slaughter the Jews. Massacres are ex?
pected to break out any moment.
"In Poland there is also a pogrom
agitation. At Warsaw Jews are being
attacked 'in the streets; shops are
being demolished. The chief com- '
mander of the Polish forces, General
Vitaldorski, in a proclamation issued
on October 8, denounced the Jews and
demanded as hostages all representa?
tives of corporations and municipal
councils, all rabbis and the directors
of Jewish schools and synagogues, who ;
are to be shot the moment there is |
any Bolshevist activity.
"We ask that the governments make '
| clear that the claims of only such na
! tions will be recognized which by their
? treatment of national minorities prove
: worthy of political national indepen
j dence."
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i Alleged Army Grafter
To Face Civil Courts
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. ? Colonel
Harry J. Hirsch and seventeen other
defendants recently indicted on a
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government in connection with the
transactions at the plant of Rosen
i wasser Bro'thers, in Long Island City,
| will be tried by the civil court next
j December, the Department of Justice
I announced to-day.
At the same time, the Attorney
! General's office made public the de
! cisi?n of Judge Thomas I. Chatfield,
! of the United S'tates Court for the
: Eastern District of New York, which
1 places a new construction on the
| articles of war affecting trial of mili
I tary men for offences.
Judge Chatfield's decision denies a
I plea mado by Colonel Hirsch, who
I sought to be tried_ by- court martial
I instead cf by 'the civil courts.
"In the present case," Judge Chat
field ruled, "the defendant has in ef?
fect been delivered over to the Fed
I eral authorities, even in time of war,
? by the mere fact that without inter?
ference from his superior officers he
I has been subject to arrest, und has
i ht en and is being allowed to appear
to answer the charge. The jurisdic?
tion of the civil court is, therefore,
completo, and will continue so far as
is proper and necessary, giving due
regard to the needs of the country as
? expressed through its military offi
I cers."
Official Communique
Discontinued at Paris
rARIS, Nov. 13.?It was stated at
the War Office yesterday that no fur
; ther official statements detailing
events of the battlefront will be is?
sued. From time to time, however,
there may be official reports regarding
the movement of troops in occupying
districts west of the Rhine.
Wilson Plans
Board to Make
Peace Changes
Commission to Develop
Safe Programme of Con?
verting Industries
President Opposed
Congress Inquiry
U. S. Chamber of Com?
merce Writes Letter
Pointing Out Dangers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.?President
Wilson has under consideration the
appointment of a reconstruction com?
mission to develop a comprehensive
programme for the nation's conversion
from a war to a peace basis, with ad?
visory rather than executive functions.
As now considered the commission
would be representative of commercial,
industrial, labor, agricultural and so?
cial interests. Its membership would
be small and it would deal with all
phases of the great problem of easing
the country from war to peace.
Opposed to Congress Committee
The President is understood to In?
distinctly opposed to the suggested plan
of having a Congressional committee
prepare a reconstruction programme.
He is said to prefer men who can give
their entire timo to the work, and
who have made special studies of eco?
nomic and social problems. The Presi?
dent is said also to be considering
what emergency legislation may be
necessary before the government can
proceed systematically to turn all the
resources of the country to peace-time
production.
How to shut off further war pro?
duction without closing plants, throw?
ing men out of work and causing finan?
cial strain is the most immediate re?
construction problem facing the gov?
ernment. Hundreds of telegrams of
inquiry reaching government depart?
ments to-day disclosed anxiety of busi?
ness men over this question and of?
fered a multitude of suggestions for
Plan of Professor Sprague
Establishment of such a board was
recommended to President Wilson by
Professor O, M. W. Sprague. an econ?
omist, of Harvard, who has conducted
reconstruction research work for the
Council of National Defence.
Government authorities having charge
of the placing of war contracts are
considering a plan for diverting raw
materials from war industries as fast
as these curtail their activities, to
other industries where they can be
used at once for? reconstruction needs.
War orders will not be cancelled in a
wholesale way until such a plan is de?
veloped, it is believed.
In this connection the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States made
public a letter to-day to President Wil?
son citing evidence of anxiety among
business men over the government's
future course, suggesting development
of uniform policies for all departments
and some measures for preventing a
sudden drop in prices of raw materials.
Letter Offers Suggestions
"As you are doubtless aware," the
letter said, "the cancellation of con*
tracts by some government agencies
during the last ten days has caused a
great deal of apprehension and dis?
turbance.
"The developments incident to the
cancellations referred to indicate the
difficulties we will have to face, un?
less the transition is gradual, and the
vast labor and financial interests in?
volved are most carefully safeguarded.
"It seems to us it is possible to
work out certain common principles
which should obtain in all government
departments in affecting settlements
on contracts now to be stopped, and
adjusting them on a fair basis. We
believe the agencies set up in the vari?
ous bureaus and departments to deal
with the question should be controlled
by some common authority in order
to prevent great difficulty.
"Pending the development of an
adequate organization, we earnestly
hope a clearance committee may be
appointed at once to which will be re?
ferred all proposals to cancel con?
tracts, with instructions to all depart?
ments that cancellations shall not be
made without the approval of this com- ;
mittee."
-,
Restrictions on
Capital to Remain
Government Financial Needs
Will Delay Lifting Super?
vision of New Issues
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Restric?
tions will be continued by the govern?
ment's capital issues committee on the
floating of securities for building, road
construction ana development enter?
prises not absolutely essential, it was
stated officially to-day, despite the War
Industries Board's partial removal of
limitations on non-war construction
and manufacturing.
In view of the necessity of obtaining
another big war loan in the spring, the
Treasury, with which the capital issues
committee is affiliated, holds that the
securities market still muet be left
open largely for government securities.
Consequently, even though business in?
terests find it impossible to obtain
building and road materials and neces?
sary machinery for construction, they
will have to demonstrate that their
projects are needed or advisable in the
light of the national situation before
the capital issues committee will ap?
prove stock or bond issues.
Daniels Commends Two
For Heroism in Navy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.?Secretary
Daniels to-day commended Axel J. P.
Adolphsen, chief machinist's mate, Co?
penhagen, Denmark, and Wiliiam A.
Ford, coxswain, Lee, Mass., for acts of
heroism.
Adolphsen prevented an explosion on
the U. S. S. Barney on October 19 by
entering the fire room to open boiler
valves. Ford jumped overboard and
saved a shipmate.
The Navy Department announced to
j day that Joseph S. Johnson, phar?
macist's mate, 319 South Park Street,
Elizabeth, N. J., was killed in action in
? foreign service on October 4.
Food Sent by 'Planes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.?Caproni
| aeroplanes are being used by the
: Italian "supreme command to trans
? port emergency rations to the fim
! ished citizens of the liberated ?fties
1' of Italy, an4 also of Pola arid Fiume,
said an official dispatch today from
Roma,
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?s stamped on the bottom. The stamped price is W. L. Douglas personal
guarantee that the shoes are always worth the price paid for them.
'"Thequalityof W.L.Douglas product is guarantee?!
Stamping the price on every pair of shoes as a
protection against high prices and unreason?
able profits is only one example of the constant
endeavor of W. L. Douglas to protect hi? cus?
tomers. W. L. Douglas name on shoes is his
pledge that they are the best in materials,
workmanship and style possible to produce at
the price. Into every pair go the results of sixty
eix years experience in making shoes, dating
back to the time when W. L. Douglas was a lad
Of seven, pegging shoes.
a by more than 40 years experience in making fine f,
shoes. The smart styles are theleaders in the fash?
ion centres of America. They are made in a well?
equipped factory at Brockton,Mass.,by thehighest
paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and
supervision of experienced men,all working withan
honest determination to make the best shoes for the
price that money can buy. The retail prices are the
same everywhere. They cost no more in San
Francisco than they do in New York.
CAUTION ? Before you buy be sure W. L. Douglas name and the
retail price is stamped on the bottom and the inside top facing.
If the stamped price has been mutilated. BEWARE OF FRAUD.
For sale by 105 WX.Dougtaa stores and over 9,000
W.Ii. Douglas dealers, or can be ordered direct from tlJF (H ?r President W. ?? Douglas
W. ?.. Douglas by mail. Send for hooklet lulling yt#^ *&-&%{?>?&& Shoe Co., 210 Spark SU,
how to order shoes through the mail, postage free. ^O l?rockton, Mass.
W. L. Douglas Stores in Greater New York:
yj Nassau Street. i *2779 Third Av., bet. 146th & 147th Sts.
755 Broadway, cor. 8th St. 347 Eighth Avenue.
847 Broadway, near 14th. | -?250 West 120th Street.
BROOKLYN
421 Fulton Street, cor. Pearl.
^-706 Broadway, near Thornton St.
? 1.367Broadway, cor. Gates Avenue.
?478 Fifth Avenue, cor. 11th Street.
? 1352 Broadway, cor. 36th St.
1495 Broadway (Times Sq.)
?k 984 Third Aveuue.
* 1452 Third Avenue.
*2i_02 Third Av., cor. 120th St.
?8?9 Manhattan Avenue.
1779 IMtkin Avenue.
.1V. RS K V OIT Y?18 N ew ark Arenas.
? HOBOKEN-120 Washington St.
? UNION HIIX?276 Bergenline Aw.
?NEWARK?831 Broad Street.
? PATERSON?192 Market Street,
?TRENTON?29 East State Street 1
?tarea marked with a ic carra completa) linea of IV.L. Vouxla* Shoes for Women.
Foe Is Evacuating
Brussels; King to
Make Entry Friday
German Garrison Revolts ;
in Belgian Capital and
Kills Several Officers
PARIS. Nov. 13.?The Germans have
begun the evacuation of Brussels. A
Dunkirk dispatch to the Paris edition
of "The New York Herald" says that
King Albert and his family probably
will re?nter Brussels next Friday.
The German garrison in Brussels
has revolted against the non-commis?
sioned officers, according to neutra s
reaching the British lines from Brus?
sels. Several oihcers wen* killed.
GHENT, Belgium, Nov. 12 (by The
Associated Press).?In the course of a
great celebration to-day, in which the
entire population of Ghent partici?
pated, the people wrecked the windows
and interior of the German hotel in
the Grande Place. Hundreds of men
with axes entei*ed the building and
smashed everything possible while the
onlooking crowds cheered.
Citizens of Ghent, without distinc?
tion as to nationality, have greeted the
Allied troops as liberators. They re?
late the same stories of martvrdom
that are current in every city delivered
from the Germans. They were as?
tounded at the quickness of the relief
brought to them and are unable to be
Heve that they are really freefl from
the hateful Teutonic yoke.
Deputy Ansule, acting Burgomaster
who was" thrice arrested by the Gei
mans, told the correspondent to-da\
that the food situation here is nor
desperate, but is serious enough. Ther
is enough wheat, bacon and lard for
three weeks, but there is no rice, con?
densed milk or soap. The city's great?
est need is for brown paper with which
to temporarily replace the thousand*
of windows smashed during the recem
fighting in the small houses aroua i
the city.
Wilson Worked All Night
On His Armistice Speech
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13,?It was
learned to-day that President Wilson
was at work until 2 o'clock in the
morning on his address to Congress
Monday, announcing armistice terms.
He had the address ready and had
been asleep half an hour when news
that the armistice had been signed
reached him.
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Rockets' Red Glare Greets
Armistice News on West Front
Germans Set Off Lights on Old Battleline?Germans Insist
on Shaking Hands with American Captain?Yanks
Turn Loose Thirty Captured Prisoners
By Wilbur Forrest
(Special Cable to The Tribune)
(Copyright. 191S, New York Tribune Inc.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 13.?Many parts of the
front were illuminated Monday night
with Very liphts, red and green
rockets and flaming onions, which the
enemy were firing with enthusiasm.
Incidents too numerous to be ade?
quately told occurred everywhere on
the old battleline on Monday after?
noon. At one point east of the Meuse
a group of Germans sauntered into
the American lines and insisted on
shaking hands with the American cap?
tain. The captain first declined, ex?
plaining to the correspondents stand?
ing near that the cessation of the war
was due to the armistice, and that
the war was not technically over. The
Germans, he said, were still our en?
emies. The smiling Germans, all of
whom were private*?, however, took w>
notice and, not understanding techni?
calities, insistejitly offered their hands.
The captain, therefore, forgot the war
technique momentarily and reluctant?
ly performed the task and walked
away. This started the handshaking
by the Germans among the dou;?h
boys. Before the group had returned
to their own lines with American
cigarettes they had shaken half a hun?
dred of American hands.
The scenes at Stenay, on the Mew,
befure noon on Monday were a prel?
ude to the afternoon's incongruitiei
elsewhere.
The Germans retired from Stensy
?^arly in the morning, the Americans
entering at 10 o'clock. About thirty
willing prisoners were taken, and on
several occasions the doughboys turned
their quarry loose rather than escort
them around. The prisoners wandered
about aimlessly. One dejected middle
aged German complained that he hid
been captured for the third time and
that he was getting tired of it. Ap?
parently his greatest difficulty was is
remaining captured.
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A Forest Fire Warning
THIS -poster, printed in the written characters of
the Cree language, is a warning to Indian hunters
and trappers to extinguish fires when breaking camp.
The Cree written language was the invention of the
missionaries. It is a simple and logical method of rep?
resenting sound by characters. The Crees have bibles
and prayer books printed in their own language, and
there are several excellent Cree dictionaries, with defi?
nitions in French and English. Of these, the one pub?
lished by Rev. Father Lacombe, in 1874, is generally
accepted as the standard. Missionaries and traders
going into the Northwest learn Cree easily from prac-/
tical text books compiled by their predecessor?.
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