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CONGRESS IS ASKED
TO RAISE D. C. AND
D.S. EMMS' PAY
$2,353,297 Is Sought, for
Purpose for Fiscal
Year 1920.
$1,643,828 OF AMOUNT
IS FOR THE DISTRICT
Cabinet and Other Officials Urge
Increases Following Investigation
by Labor Department.
Congress has been asked to appropriate
$2,353,297 for increases in statutory
salaries of officers and employes
t>f the government for the fiscal year
1920.
This request comes in a budget estimate
from the heads of executive departments
and other government establishments,
and has been referred to
the House appropriations committee.
More than half of this sum?$1,643,828
?is for employes of the District.
Great Need for Increases.
Cabinet members and other offlcials'in
charge of government establishments
urge these increases as based upon
conclusions reached by the Secretary
of Labor after a comprehensive investigation
had been made by the Depart
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Iiiciil. vi juauvii
They point out that the increasing
cost ot living, the offering of higher
salaries in outside establishments and
the paying by the government of higher
salaries to temporary emplsyes during
the war emergency have created serious
unrest in the government service. Unless
these increases are allowed, the officials
state, the government work in various
establishments will be demoralized.
The budget increases asked for by
departments are as follows:
Ftate Department J. $28,450
Navy Department 7.600
Interior Department 359,120 '
Department of Commerce 106.560 I
Department of labor 22.310 j
Department of Justice 83,884
Post Office Department 8,110 I
District of Columbia 1,648.828
fttate. War and Navy building 102,606
Government printing office 32,500 j
library of Congress 60,600
Fuperintendent of building, Library. 10,615
botanic Garden 8,500
Civil Service Commission 87,950
Employes' Compensation Commission.. 450
Total 82.353,297
The direct testimony of the executives,
over their signatures, was sent
to Congress, as follows:
By Robert Lansing, Secretary of
Statei
"These increases are requested for
the reason that it is believed to be'
only fair that these employes should !
have more compensation, in view of!
the present cost of living and wages
being paid elsewhere. The Secretary
of Labor has investigated the ques- j
tion, and the salaries herein recom-!
mended are understood to be in ac- j
cordance with the conclusions reached j
by him after an examination of the
subject."
By Jnrpku Daniels, Secretary of the |
Navy i
"These estimates represent but a
portion of the changes it will be necessary
to make on the statutory rolls
of the several bureaus and offices if
Congress should decide to make permanent
such positions as It may be
found necessary to continue now filled
by persons paid from lump-sum ap- ,
propriatlons and carried as naval re- i
erves. Many of these It will be ne- |
cessary to retain and it will not be j
possible to hold them unless their
compensation do maae sumcienuy attractive."
By Secretary Lane of the Interior Department:
Indian Bureau.?"The salaries now
paid employes of the Indian bureau
were established a great many years
ago. when prices and living conditions
were entirely different from what j
they are today. Also, it is getting
more difficult to obtain and retain satisfactory
employes at the salaries now
paid. The bureaus of the government
established In recent years pay larger
salaries than the older bureaus of the
government. Outside commercial
houses in recent years have as a general
rule materially increased the salaries
of their employes.
"In view of the greatly increased
cost of living, the difficulty in procuring
satisfactory employes at the salaries
now paid, the great responsibilities
connected with the positions or
the officials and employes of the Indian
bureau, and in order to meet
changed conditions and do justice to
faithful employes, the Increases suggested
should be granted, it being
understood that these proposed increases
will not include the 1120 in|,
crease now paid."
General I.and Office.?"These increases
are considered necessary to keep
In the service experienced employes, the
loss of whose services would very
seriously Interfere with the proper
conduct of the office, and to secure
new employes to bring up to normal
very inucn uepieiea iorce. While
employes may he. and have been, prohibited
from going into other branches
of the service where they would
receive materially higher salaries for
similar services, they cannot be presented
from quitting the service and
accepting positions with private concerns
which are offering and paying
higher salaries than can be paid under
present appropriations for this office.
"Salaries tor the general land office
were established more than ftfty
years ago. since which time salaries
With private concerns have more
than doubled, and the cost of living
has more than kept apace. It is impossible
to get satisfactory employes
gt the present entrance salaries, ana
In order to get absolutely necessary
employes higher salaries have been
offered than are being paid to experienced
employes already in the office,
only to be rejected in many cases by
those to whom offered. To do this"it
Is necessary to deny deserved promotions,
which, of course, is unjust."
The Patent Office,?"Touching clerical
positions, it may be said, frankly,
that they are made In view of a growing
state of dissatisfaction and unrest
In the patent office. The clerks in
that office, almost without exception,
. believe that clerks in other departments
uniformly receive higher salaries
for similar work, and in many
instances for work less exacting and
requiring less training and skill.
They are told every day that wholly
inexpert en oed- young girls la large
numbers are called to this city and
nppotnted at 11,000. 11.140, 11,140. and
AMERICAN ARMY COMES
TO HALT ON THE RHINE
The American Army marching
into Germany has come to a stand
on the Rhine. Gen. Pershing's report
for yesterday says there was
no advance during the day.
The communique follows:
"On the front of the American
3d Army there was no advance
during: the day. The Army seotor
has been shortened and now
extends along the west bank of
the Rhino from Rolanseck to
Brey."
A belated report for Wednesday
received today says:
"Units of the 3d American Army
which were yesterday on the
line Anddrnaeh-Bassenhelm-Boppard
today advanced to the Khine
and occupied the Important city of
Coblenz. At nightfall our troops
were along the west bank of tne
river from Rolanseck. south of
Bonn, to Trecht Ingshausen."
EXPECT fffl ACTION
ON 111 PROBLEM
BY THIS CONGRESS
Leaders See Reasons for Doing
the Work Well, Rather
Than Quickly.
Notwithstanding two appeals to Congress
by the administration, coupled
with a warning that unless there is
prompt legislation regarding the disposal
of the railroads they will be
turned back to their private owners for
operation, there is likely to be no determination
at this session.
There Is not time, (or one reasqp.
Members of Congress feel that there dre
more big reasons for doing the Job right
than for doing it quickly.
Extension of the life of the so-called
Newlands committee with instruction*
to study this question and make the
earliest possible recommendations and
then for the President to call an extra
session especially for railroad legislation,
seems to be the solution favored
by leaders on each side of both House
and Senate.
President Wilson's Warning.
On the opening day,of the session the
President said:
"1 stand ready and am anxious to release
the roads from the present control,
and I must do so at a very early date,"
etc.
Director General McAdoo In his letter
asking Congress to extend the government
control and operation for five years
said:
"Unless this is done I do not hesitate
to say the railroads should be returned
to private ownership at the earliest possible
moment. The President has given
me permission to say that this conclusion
accords with his own view on the
matter."
Democratic leaders In Congress admit
that It is almost impossible to get
any legislation through in this session
about which there Is any division.
They realise that there would
be a very serious division over the
railroad question.
View of Republican Loaders.
Republican leaders say that the McAdoo
proposal opens up the entire
question of future policy of the government
.regarding the railroads?
affecting government ownership,
financing, federal regulations, unification,
pooling, rates, the salary schedule,
etc. They do. not want to pass
upon these subjects hastily and without
extensive testimony.
Meanwhile both houses have their
time mortgaged to passage of the
revenue bill and thirteen appropriation
bills and the possibility of having
to put through peace conference legislation.
The leaders say there would
not be time, physically, for., railroad
legislation.
At the same time democrats and republicans
alike look forward with
trepidation to any attempt by the administration
to throw the railroads
back into private ownership, control
and operation without having first
passed legislative safeguards. Durtng
government control and operation
the entire system of railroading
has been changed.
Many roads have had their short
hauls taken from them. Their
freight solicitors have been lopped
off. They would go back to private
operation with decreased traffic and
increased expenses, which they could
not carry. Many, therefore, would be
forced into bankruptcy.
It was to guard against such a contingency
that the statutory time limit
was put into the present law. The
bill as reported by Chairman Sims, as
urged by Mr. McAdoo and approved by
President Wilson fixed no time limit.
The House provided a limit of two
years, the" Senate changed this to
eighteen months and the two houses
in conference made it twenty-one
months. Therefore. Congress, having
considered this question with deliberation
and having set a time limit, is
surprised that there should be such
an early demand for an extension to
five years.
Federal Ownership Looms Up.
The republican members see in this
an attempt toward government ownership,
and the republican party has
persistently gone on record as opposed
to government ownership. This one
question alone would signal a hard
fight and delay passage of any determinative
legislation at this session.
The only hope of the democrats,
eager to carry through the desires of
the administration, Is that a sentiment
in favor of the McAdoo proposal
be aroused among the railroad executives
and the owners of stocks and
blinds through giving them a government
guarantee that they will ret for
live years revenues based on the average
for the three best years they ever
had.
What seems like the most workable
plan is being urged by leaders on
both sides. This is to put through a
resolution extending the life of the
Newlands committee, which has for
some time been engaged in investigating
all phases of railroad operation,
with special instructions to make a
special study of the present situation
snd recommend legislation which
seems to best meet the situation. This
joint committee has already taken, extensive
testimony and has .an aj>proprU^a-^n^avsMgMo
f^rcontlna
GREAT WORLD WAR
PREDICTED BY HUN
EARLY INJULY, 1914
Capt. Lester Gives Story at
Propaganda Hearing by
Committee.
CIVILIAN EMPLOYES TOLD
BY BERLIN GOVERNMENT
Writer Whose Reports Hearst
Printed Declared to Have Been
German Agent.
The German government July 10,
1914, Informed about 130 German
civilian employee at a conference In
Berlin that a world war would be
started soon, Capt. G. B. Lester of
the Army intelligence service, testified
today before the Senate committee
Investigating German and brewers'
propaganda.
These employes then were dispatched
to all parts of the world, thirtyone
coming to the United States, to
stimulate pan.-German propaganda,
Capt. Lester declared. He said his information
came from an unnamed in- f
fcrmant, now interned in the United
States. I
The German propagandists landed in '
the United States in August. 1914, on
the same boat with Dr. Helnnerich F. |
Albert, known as the paymaster of
the enemy propaganda system in this
country, and immediately formed the
nucleus for German propaganda.
Season for Selections.
These propagandists were chosen by
the German government, Capt. Lester
testified, because of their knowledge
of foreign languages and their ability to
wrrite and their knowledge of legal and
public matters In general.
The Army officer explained that he
did not feel justified in giving the
name of his informant on the groxnd
that this man might wish to return to
Germany after being released from
Internment.
Pan-German propaganda was started
by Germany in 1894 as a means
of carrying German ideas to every f
country in the world, Capt. Lester t
told the committee. This propaganda v
was to be carried to South and Central
America. Japan and China and to *
the United States, he said. t
Details of the program of the thirtyone
men who came to the United States t
for this purpose were not disclosed by I
Capt. Lester when the committee ad- T
journed for the noon hour. He plan- G
ned to resume his statement in that
connection at 2:10 o'clock. B
Testimony that Edward Lyell Fox, a i
writer, was sept to Germany in 1915 by B
the German embassy to write German "
propaganda which was distributed by '
the Hearst International News Service, c
was also presented to the Senate committee
by Capt. Lester.
In response . to questions Capt. '
Lester said there is nothing In the ?
Army intelligence records showing I
whether either Mr. Hearst or man- '
agers of the International News Serv- n
Ice knew that Fox was in the pay of I
the German government.
The witness read a telegram sent 1
from the German embassy in Wash- s
ington to the German foreign office v
September 9. 1914, saying: f
"Chicago Tribune friendly paper." g
Alleges Fox Confession. I
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Capt. Lester said that Fox confessed
to him that while in Germany he had ,
an understanding that he would write |
anything he was told to write by the :
German publicity bureau at Berlin. ]
The witness said he obtained from i
Fox an admission that an article ap- j
peering in the New York American on i
September 18, 1916, dealing with al- j
leged atrocities by Russian Cossacks,
was written by him under instruc- f
tions from German officers as a means 1
of offsetting the stories of German <
atrocities in Belgium that had begun
to come out about that time. j '
"I obtained from Fox his original j J
notes written in lead pencil on the
Cossack story," Capt. Lester said, '
"and he admitted he never saw any j
of the atrocities referred to and that 1
to his knowleedge none of them ever .
were committed. Fox was given cour- ;
testes from German officers that no
other correspondent was able to obtain."
I
Capt. Lester said that as a result '
of a request by President Wilson at i
a personal interview with William I
Randolph Hearst, changes were
made in the film play. "Patrla," pro
duced serially In the United States .
early in 1917, picturing Japan and *
Mexico in an alliance against the
United States. The witness cited this
film as one bearing earmarks of Ger- .
man propaganda.
.Louis Uarthe, Washington corre- c
spondent for the Baltimore American. *
explained that his only connection
with the National Courier, a Wash- ,
lngton weekly, was to write editorials, '
in some of which he urged all citisens
to "keep cool and stand by the
President." He said on one occasion
he had declined to accept a sum of
money from Count von Bernstorff. intended
for Theodore Lowe, publisher
of the Courier. Mr. Garthe said he
knew the Courier was financed by the *
German embassy. a
Anti-Japanese Plot Called Pake,
Chairman Overman yesterday made t
public a letter from Edward Lyle Fox i
asserting that authors of a scheme out- *
lined to German agents in this country <
to stir up anti-Japanese feeling on the J
Pacific coast had no intention of the 1
plan being carried out. The purpose, 1
Fox said, "was rather to enable a third
person to swindle Capt. von Papen (for- s
mer German military attache here) out j
of a sum of money and then laugh at f
him." i
Fox is one of the newspaper corre- s
spondents alleged to have been sent to i
Germany by Teutonic agents in America .
to send back pro-German news to this
country. Last week A. Bruce Bielaakl
of the Department of Justice produced I
before the investigation committee a 1
communication written by Fox and suggesting
that anti-Japanese feeling be
stirred up.
Hiram Moe Greene, editor of the Illustrated
Sunday Magazine, was named In
the communication. In his letter to
Chairman Overman, Fox said a great injustice
had been done Greene by involving
him in the matter.
A letter from E. C. Richardson of
Princeton University, whose name was
contained In the "Important list" of
names taken from papers of Dr. F. K.
Feuhr. German propagandist, also was
inserted in the record. Mr. Richardson
said he had not been pro-German,
but that he believed he could prove
himself to have been "pro-patria."
Messages from Senator-elect Capper
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Anderson of Philadelphia, vouching
for the loyalty of. Prof. Albert Bushnell
Hart of Harvard, whose name
also was In the "important Hat." also
were placed in the record, while Senator
.Weeks of Massachusetts spoke in
the Senate to record that no one la
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SHIPS WILL COME
HONS MONTH
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rhose Co-Operating With
British Fleet in European
Waters to Return, v
?
Every capital ship of the American
s'avy now In European waters, including
he dreadnaught squadrons, which have
leen operating with the British main
leet during the war, will return to home
raters this month.
Secretary Daniels announced today
hat they may be expected to reach
Jew Tork about December 23, and a
aval review will take place there to
elebrate the homecoming.
Instructions have been cabled to Adniral
Mayo, commander-in-chief of the
Ltlantlc fleet, and now at Brest, to
.ring back every vessel that can be
pared. Many destroyers, converted
achts wed - other craft probably will
ome with the bigger ships.
The dreadnoughts ordered to return 1
re Division No. 6, commanded by Rear 1
Ldmlral Hugh Rodman, battleships 1
Jew York, flagship; Texas, Wyoming, ,1
Florida, Alabama and Nevada; Divls- 11
on No. 9. commanded by Rear Ad- j 1
niral Thomas S. Rogers, battleships 1
Jtah. flagship; Oklahoma and Arisona.
Admiral Rodman's division for the '
ast year acted as the ?th battle '
quadron in the British grand fleet. It 1
von high praise from Admiral Beatty ?
or its efficiency and shared with the
;rand fleet the acceptance of the surender
of the German high seas fleet..
t now is at the British base, on the
vest coast of Scotland.
The division under Admiral Rogers
ivas stationed on the west coast of
he British Isles, to act as convoys
Lgainst enemy surface craft. On
nore than one occasion this division
vas called upon to cover the apiroach
of Important troop convoys,
supplementing the destroyer force
irotecting against submarine attack.
Both divisions were mobilized on
he French coast to meet the George
Washington with President Wilson
>n board.
It is assumed that much of the i
Atlantic fleet which has remained on ,
his side will be mobilized at New
fork to meet the ships that have
shared in the defeat of the subma- '
ine and the crushing of German sea ,
lower. .
Secretary Daniels will go to New 1
fork on the Presidential yacht May- j
lower for the review. ,
DENIED THAT THE ALLIES ;
INTEND TO OCCUPY BERLIN <
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Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1818. i
PARIS, France, December 13.?The ]
eport that the allies intend to oc- i
upy Berlin Is denied in official circles i
lere. ,
SOUTHERN CONGRESS
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
BALTIMORE. December 13.?Robert
Vorth Bingham of Louisville, Ky.,
jid Dr. Clarence J. Owens of Riverlale,
Md? were re-elected president
md director general, respectively, of
he Southern Commercial Congress at
t? final session here today. The presnt
vloe presidents and the board of
lireotors also were retained. Next
'ear's convention will be held iji
Washington, the time to be named '
ater. <
A military parade, provided as an ,
ittraction of the oonvention, took
daoe today. A brigade of infantry!'
rem Camp Meade, troops from the I
[liferent Army posts near Baltimore I
ind a regiment of sailors from the (
car vessels In the harbor partldjated.
, 1
HUN NEWS CENSORSHIP J
NOW MERE FORMALITY ,
BERLIN, JJecemoer is icy in* (
Associated Press).?The German
censorship of telegrams exists now
only as a formality. The messages {
of the Associated Press corre- ]
spondent are being passed for 11
transmission without having been j;
read by the censor, and on one oc- I;
casion the censor's stamp was even ii
handed to the correspondent for
him to use if the censor happened
to be absent when the correspond- i
ent finished the message upon
which he was working. ji
There Is no press censorship what- 1
ever, unless the sparodic assaults upon i
newspapers in Hamburg, Cologne i
and a few other places can be considered
such. The censorship of ]
outgoing letters Is confined to seeing
ttat they do not contain bank
FORMER KAISEi
BY SCORES l
Ex-Emperor, in Consi
T Arnolor* nnrl A. ?*/*.?
a Small i
LONDON, December IS.?Scores of deectlves,
the pick of former Emperor
William's force at Potsdam, are staying
it Amerongen. shadowing every moverent
of Herr Hohenxollern, according to
he Amerongen correspondent of the Express,
who claims to have talked with
lome of these men. Herr Hohenxollern
s said to be in constant dread of bomb
brewers and other assassins and always
parries a small revolver.
The former emperor's suite ahd de:ectives
have added at least 100 to the
population of the village -of Amerongen,
he correspondent states.
Batch Socialist Criticises Holland.
THE HAG WE, Thursday, December
12.?Switzerland refused to admit the
'ormer German emperor when he fled
'rom Germany, and Holland ought to
lave followed the example of the repubIc.
declared M. Ravensteyn, a revoluionary
socialist, in thg lower house of
;he Dutch parliament today.
The former emperor, he continued,
thould not be handed over to the allies,
put should be sent to Germany for trial
py a people's tribune. The Dutch workers
will oppose every attempt to drag
MORE TRANSPORTS SAIL!
'' . ' i * r . V "j:
Additional Units in France Have
Been Assigned by Pershing
for Early Return.
Three more transports, the Bultentorg,
Amphion and Suwanee, have
sailed from France.
The Bultenzorg sailed December 8
with the 12th Anti-aircraft Battery,
nodical detachments and casuals to
tallng 9 officers and 62 men. The
(tmphion sailed December 8 -qrith 125
:ivlllan3. and the Sumanee December
11 with" 2 officers, 111 men and 5
dvillans.
The following additional units have
seen assigned for early return by
Sen. Pershing: 154th, 151st, 374th.
137th and 373d aero squadrons; the 11th,
12th, 13th and 14th companies of the 4th
Regiment Air Service Mechanics,
Headquarters and Companies B, C, D
ind E. 29th Engineers, and various
Tiedloal detachments and casuals of
the chemical warfare service. In;luded
in the list are 87 officers and
1,160 men.
ONE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY
GETS ROYAL RECEPTION
/
Met as if He Had Been Regiment.
Brings Gen. Bandy's Horse
Home on Oregonian.
NEW YORK, December 11.?One
miliary doughboy, being the only sollier
aboard the transport Oregonian.
which arrived from France today, releived
as royal a welcome home as if
He had been an entire regiment. The
Brgeonlan was met down the bay by
the police boat Patrol, with the mayor's
welcoming committee aboard, the police
glee club and woman police reserves,
as in the case of other transports.
.
Over the rail leaned the one Amerisan
soldier. He appeared startled
when the police boat's siren let out a
mighty blast, the waved his hat and
lanced ecstatically when he found out
what it was all about.
He bowed appreciatively when the
glee <dub rendered "Home, Sweet
Home." and proved an adept at catching
cigarettes, with which he was
pelted by the woman police reserves,
ell of which was according to the
usual program of welcome.
The lone soldier was Sergt. Del and
A. Kaufman, Headquarters Troop. Second
Division, who was bringing home
"Joe," the favorite charger of MaJ.
Ben. Omar Bundy, whose troops stopped
the Germans on the Marne. The
end other engagements in which his
troops pe.rticipe.ted, and will be delivered
to bis master in Washington.
Kaufman. detached at Chateau
R GUARDED
OF DETECTIVES
tant Dread of Bomb
sins, Always Carries
Revolver.
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Holland Into a war on the question of
the former emperor.
M. Groenendaat a socialist, denied
the charge that he favored tlye annexation
by Belgium of part otj Dutch
Llmburg. He said he had spolyen Jestingly
on that subject, but ljb added
he knew why his home had been
searched by the authorities. /
Holland's Decision Provisional.
AMSTERDAM, December The
premier of Holland, Jenkheer Ruljs ds
Beerenbrouok, who yesterday declared
in the lower house that there could be
no question qf internment in the case
of the forme* German emperor, nor
could there be a demand for his return
to Germany because of the right
of sanctuary; is quoted in a dispatch
received from The Hague today as
also saying:
"It is possible that foreign governments
might desire to. consult with
Holland regarding a new place of residence
for the kaiser. The Dutch government
would not He disinclined to
this, on condition -that- Holland be
given a place in such a consultation
corresponding with tne country's
honor and dignity. r
"The present arrangement is provisional,"
he explained, '"the government
reserving its definite decision."
mzm?iiiMS
Senate Committee (Jets Request to
Use Building* for Nerv
ons Cases.
Recommendation, that the buildings
on the Union station plaza erected by
the government housing bureau be
used to house soldiers suffering
nervous troubles who are now sent
to St. Elizabeth Hospital, but who
are not insane,- was made by Mrs.
J. H. Boggs to the Senate committee
investigating the activities of the
housing bureau today.
Mrs. Boggs told the committee that
these soldiers . dislike very strongly
being sent to what is well known
as an Insane asylum. She said thia
feeling tended rather to increase
their nervous troubles.
Chairman Reed said the committee
would give the matter its consideration.
The examination of contracts
add subcontracts for work done for
the housing bureau was continued.
NEWCOMB CARLTON PUT
IN CHARGE OF CABLES
NEW YORK. Decembei^ IS.?New- '
comb Carlton, president of the West-r
ern Union Telegraph' and Cable Com*
pany, has been gjaced in charge of all
marine cable systems of the United
States by Postmaster General Burleson,
it was announced at Mr. Carlton's
office here today. /
He has accepted the appointment
which was declined by GeqTge G.
Ward, vice president of the Commercial
Cable Compafiy. /
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FREE IRELAND MEASURE UP.
Hearings on Resolution <br Support
at Peace Table Continued.
Hearings of the House foreign relations
oomijiittee on the resolution
providing that Amerioah delegates to
the peace conference be requested to
support the right of Yreedom. inde(pendenoe
and sMf-dptermination of
Ireland were resumed today, Opposl
i uon 10 mm resolution mi nprtOM
; by George L. Fox, Hew Haven, Oonn.
| Fox Mated that Ireland voluntarily
< entered the British union and has no
j more right to ask for separation from
: the union now than the south had to
i secede from the TJnlted States during
the civil war.
Among the spectators replying to
Fox were Representatives Jeannetto
Rankin. Montana; John W. Ralnsy,
Chicago, and Thomas Gallagher, Chicago.
and Miss Catherine Hughes. Now
York, president of the. Irish Women's
Council: Humphrey O'Sulllvan. Lowell,
BIG GUNS AN
THUNDEROfj
PRESID
U. S. Fleet Takes Over j
.il
rormer Awinu i w l
AMSTERDAM. Drmit?r l3.?
A* Aaerion afiiiro* Wj arflrei
at Pola. formerly oao of
the principal Aaotrlaa ' naval
bun, aad ku taker offer the
eommaad of the port. Jf ja-SUf jj
war renela la the hart .or hare
hoisted the American < flap, according
to a telegram 'from Lalbach,
reporting the farrlTSl of
the Americana.
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TRIBUTE PAID U. S.
iiwn:
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Leon Bourgeois Rates Wit- ?
son Highest Representative 1
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of American Democracy, t
GRATEFUL FOR AID IN WAR *
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PAiyiS, December IS (Havas).?Tri- [
bute paid to American participation ^
In tfie way and to President Wilson a
by /'Leon Bourgeois, former premier d
ana president of the French Associa- ^
tfon for a Society of Nations, in an
ffyticlo in the Petit Parisien.
'The French democracy," he says,
"will salute In President Wilson the s
highest representative of the Amer- f
lean democracy. The day when c
* - " " - fan tVia 1
America, arew iuo owuru ?.? ?? ..
ten90 of civilization and right she re
membered the day when old France 8
had sent Lafayette and Roohambeau t
to ply their swords in the service 0/ e
liberty in the new world. The blood J
of the two nations at the interval of t
more than a century was shed for the
same cause.
Homage of France to Oreat Citizen. ?
"They are united forever by their ?
mutual sacrifices for the honor of their j
name and the salvation of the world, but r
the highest ideals triumph only by the
will of the men who serve them and the
homage of republican France goes directly
and personally to the great citizen J
Who with untiring stralghforwardness, B
firmness and perseverence showed the v
way to the free people of America and A
threw on French soil covered with blood ?
millions of fighting men who contributed
largely to the final victory." _
Concerning the project of a league of i
nations, the former premier says that inhts
work to this end President Wilsofi
wlH be supported by all who want a I
just peace. In conclusion the writer
says: P
"Mr. President Wilson, you have' been
up to today the energetic and Untiring
promoter and organizer of wa/ activities;
you are now, with the same energy,
the promoter and organiser of peace ac- ,
tivities. France, the eternal soldier of _
liberty and right, is with you." | d
AMERICAN RED CROSS \l
WILL NOT AID TEUTONS
A.
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The American Red Cross will use g
no part of its war relief fund for the c
benefit of thd peoples of the centra! | a
powers. In making this announce- b
ment today, George E. Scott, general 13
manager of the organization, said: B
?">rlr A* onv lrln/3 urhflt. V
iiw IC1ICI nyi n v? ..
ever is contemplated by the American n
Red Cross within the central powers, v
except such as. may be possible for v
the benefit of American or allied l
prisoners, refugees and internes."
GRATUITY TO SOLDIERS.
/ <3
Bill Als# Propose! to Give Bis- I
charged Ken Their Uniforms. *
Payment of a month's pay for gra- b
tuity Jo all American soldiers and the r
giving to discharged men their unl- Jj
forma are provided for in bills or- b
der/'d favorably reported yesterday P
by,'the House military committee.
The gratuity would be given soldiers
when discharged, except members
of the Regular Army, who would
receive the money as soon as pos- n
slble. t
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ANOTHER OTRAJPTO VICTIM, t
n
Corp. Jones 0. Johnson Also Was s
Lost When Transport Sank. f
Another name was added today to
the list of American soldiers lost In
the sinking of the transport Otranto. ,
He was Corp. Jones O. Johnson of
Sweden.
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TURNED OVER TO COMMERCE.1'
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Army Transfers Nnmber of Vesselr ;'
to Shipping Board. i {
Ships having aggregate capacity of 3
800,000 tons hsve been turned over '
by the Army quartermaster to the I,
government shipping board for com- ' 1
merctal diversion, according to In-'
formation received today from MaJ. '
Gen. Goethals by 8enator Smith of
South Carolina, who has been urging
an increase of tonnage to carry
products from south Atlantic and
other ports.
DEPICT NAVAL WABFAEE.
Official British Picture* on Ex*
hibition at Corcoran Gallery.
By urgent request the Corcoran Art
Gallery will have on exhibition, beginning
this evening from 7 to is
o'clock, official British naval photo- '
graphs. The photographs are said to
be the largest In the world, depicting 1
every phase of naval warfare. t 1
This exhibit will continue ntttMh J
D CHEERS
SLY GREET
T AT BRESJ
War Ships and Fort*
Belch Welcome to
America's Chief.
it STEPS ON FRENCH SOIL
AT 3:24 O'CLOCK TODAY
Leaves for Paris at 4 0*0^
After Ceremonies Are Tflpk*
Bated at Brest *
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Ij the Aaaoclated Press.
BREST, December 13.?President'
Vilson reached the harbor of Breat ea
oard the steamer George Washington
t 1 o'clock this afternoon and proisely
at 3:24 o'clock stepped on dim
-the first time an American President
ad trod European soil. President WISon
will leave for Paris at 4 o'clock
his afternoon.
The arrival of the Preslddtot In tjfe
larbor was the culmination of an
mposlng naval spectacle, which he;an
as the presidential fleet MumdOd
he outer capes, then passed 1M s^
ranee forts and moved majestj^dllf
nto the harbor, where the ijehrge
Vashlngton anchored at the head ed
. long double column of AaitlttS
readnaughts and destroyers and tjnO
intta of a French cruiser squadron. .
Fleet Sighted at 11.30 A.K.
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The presidential fleet was first
ighted at 11:30 o'clock this morning
Ifteen miles off shore. This sea whs
aim. and the stately fleet moved
andward under skies which vm
teadily brightening after a dark and
rloomy morning.
It was more than an hour later
hat t||e ships were signaled at (he
ntranee of the harbor, and a great
heer arose from the waiting crowd
m the 'cloud of black smoke showed
hat the presidential fleet was near.
Ahead came a single destroyer,
howing the way to the fleet, slid
lose pehind loomed the huge bulk
if the battleships Pennsylvania and
Vyomlng, flying, respectively, the
lags of Admiral Maye. commander of
he Atlantic fleet, and Vice Admiral
Jims, 'commander of the American
laval forces in European waters.
Flanked by Warships.
Just back of them moved the George
Vashington, bearing' the President,
ianked on either side by the battlehips
Arkansas. Florida, Utah. Meada,
Oklahoma. New York, Texas and
Lrizoita, by French cruisers and b?a
rest flotilla of American and French
ojpedo boat destroyers.
The entrance to the harbor is a ngrow
strait, a mile wide, with forts
rowning the towering cliffs on each
lde. Through this avenue the impoeng
pageant moved, each of the ten
arts contributing its cannonade and
he ten American battleships answerrig
gun for gun.
Take Up Thunderous Salute.
As the fleet neared the inner haror
the land batteries and the asembled
war craft took up the thunerous
salute, while the quays, the
ills and the terraces of the old Breon
city rang with cheers from the
nthusia8tlc multitudes At the same
ime all the war craft, merchantmen
nd transorts dressed ship and mooed
the yards, and the strains of u<
imerican anthem floated over the
rater, mingling with the roar of the
linn ?.nd thp shouts of fh? va.it
rowds.
The George Washington came to
nchor a mile oft shore, while the
attleship ranged themselves in doule
column on either side.
President Wilson witnessed ths
pectacle from the deck of his ship,
raving greetings and acknowledgments
as the cheering throng ashors
led with the artillery in the old
rorld s flrst tribute to the American
'resident. ,
Welcoming1 Officials Board.
Soon after the arrival of the prealential
flee' Stephen Pichon, the
'rench foreign minister, and Ggprg#
.eygues, the minister ef marine.-who
rere at Brest to meet the PresTddht
n behalf of the French government.
oard?d the George Washington to
xter.d their first greetings. Ameriar
officials also went on board tp
take the arrangements tar the landig
of the President. They wore accomanied
by Miss Margaret Wilson, tho
resident's eldest daughter.
Leaves Ship With $!rs. Wilson.
There was another thundering canona
le as the President's launch loft
he George Washington and landed
t pier No. 3. He was escorted to tho
ribune amid cheers and salvos and
he notes of "The Star Spangled Baaier."
President Wilson came ashore with
Irs. Wilson, who carried an American
Lag and a bouquet.
Mayor Sonde's Greeting.
Mayor Goude of Brest, in greeOftK
'resident Wilson as he landfd, MjBV
"Air. rrmueui. i kci u.? ii b pp
.motion in presenting to you tire wel:ome
of the Breton population. The
ihlp bringing you to this port ig ths
lymbol under the auspices ot yii)sk
he legions of your pacific emkenS
.prang to arms in the grand cause
it independence. Under the safitf hasiices
today you bring to ths toruented
soil of Europe the comfort of
'our authorised voice in the debates
vhich will calm our quarreis.
"Mr. President, upon this Breton
toil our hearts are unanimous in sauting:
you as the messenger of JuStMa
md peace. Tomorrow it will be owr
ntire nation which will acdgJm yon
ind our whole people will thrill with
inthusiasm over the eminent Stat?
nap who is the champion of their
ispirations toward Justice and liberty.
"This old Breton city bas the boner
>f llrst saluting you. In order te
>erpetuate this honor to our deice
n dan ts the municipal council bna
tsked me to present you with as
iddress expressing their Joy at being
privileged to incline themselves before
the illustrious democrat who
presides over the destinies of the
ereat republic of the United States."
Address of Council.
The mayor then presented- the engrossed
address of the council, which
laid, in part: - .
"Being the first to weleome the
President of the United IKmtsn te
Pranee. worss^ctteUr sejnts tho