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rights of man. In order to perpetih ite
this event through ages wo direct
That th? so proceedings be deposit* d
:a the city archives. .Long live Prefll dent
"Wilson! fxmg live the ehan*3>ion
and. apostle of international
just ice !*
The President delivered a brief ad- .
dress. thanking flavor Goude for the
PJretou welcome given him. He tlien
trove through the cheering crowds,
~Im? frantic ovation continuing until
ih* reached the railway station.
^ German Prisoners Look On.
5*4 nan?I at* f?at?ro of tile welcome >
Tn the President was the suppressed
interest of the German prisoners at
Brest. It was evident that their interest
in the visitor was as keen as
that of the huge crowd thronging the
own, but the authorities kept these
Germans in the background.
Among those who lined the route to
the station were delegations of patriotic
societies and other organizations
and throngs of people from the I
neighboring localities, attired in gala
Breton costumes.
The first to greet the President, besides
the French ministerial repret
enjtatives. wore Andre Tardieu, French
high commissioner to the United
states; the mayor of Brest, Ambassador
Sharp, Col. E. M. House. Geu. John
J? Pershing and Gen. Tasker II. Bliss.
Animated Scene in the Harbor.
Day broke dark and gloomy ov<r
Brest this morning. Heavy clouds
-hut out. sunshine and sky, but the
downpour of rain which prevailed L,
.yesterday abated during the night
and the wind subsided to a gentle
breeze blowing in from the sea.
With the first break of day fleets of
warships and merchant craft broke
out their colors and dressed ship with
long lines of streamers. A group of
Frer?<Sv cruisers, in their war paint.
: w 11 ng at anchorage with a score or
French destroyers about them. Near j.
hand loomed the big liner La j
bnlLiice, used as a hospital ship, bit- \
i'MOUt CO resume lit-r uaiiaauaiiuv
service.
Atxmrtran 4*fctroyers. naval yachts
antfc sffidTI craTf glided about tIt* harbor
and farther off lay great tlotiiias
of merchant .ships, transports, freighters
and qimrnt Breton Ashing craft.
Two American freighters were still
unloading Army supplies here and an
Vmeri?-ari transport was preparing to
lake more American troops homeward,
ft was a scene stirring with activity
and one whic h glowed with color as
by a touch of sunlight.
Since early morning a fleet of airplanes
has hovered over the entrance
?o the harbor, keeping an outlook for
" he approaching, tlcet. On shore there
was equal animation, as vast throngs
>? Bretons, in their picturesque headgear.
packed the streets and massed
along the quays and terraces overlooking
the harbor. Marly in the day
"French and American soldiers lined
the streets and took asigned positions
along the ('ours Dajot, the handsome
promenade leading from the commercial
harbor to the city.
The whole city is a mass of bunting,
with Place President Wilson hung
with streamers and mottoes. The en-j
tire presidential route is lined with ?
Venetian * niadts, Hags and trans-J
parenoietw j
At aboi.Lt ^ o'clock the French cruiser j
squadron^. consist!^ of the Admiral]
Aube. <'gride afltf Montcalm, with ai
number of destroyers, moved out of j
the harbor, amid the screech of sirens, J
tr? meet lllo* incoming off shore. I
Distinguished Officials Arrive. j
A special train bearing Stephen
Pichon. the French foreign minister; j
Georges Legues, the minister of marine,
and other distinguished officials,
officers ot the army arid navy and the
foreign committee of the chamber of
deputies arrived this morning, and an- j
other trrfln brought American Ambas- ]
sador Sharp. Col. E. M. ILouse. Gen.
Pershing. Gen. Bliss. Admiral Benson
and other prominent Americans. j
Col. House'Sends Wireless I
Announcing Peace Parleys '
Will Begin About January 3 j
ON "SOARD THE U. S. S. GEORGE j
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, December 10
fby wireless to the Associated Press).
?President Wilson learned today by
wireless from Col. Edward M. House
that the plans "of the French government
contemplate the peace conference
getting down to its sessions prior
to January and he at once began
arranging bis plans so as to utilize
tlie. intervening time to clear up his j
visits to the battle front, the Ameri- j
can troops and Italy and other tunc- j
lions in order to leave his time en- I
tircly free when the conference begins, j
In the meantime he will have in- r
formal conferences with Premier!
l.loyd George of Great Britain. Pre- J
niier Clemeneeau of France, Premier j
vimtniu ut uai,> aim viiirii?, iw amuuill I
out any points of difference which j
may arise between the United States j
and the allies with regard to the j
groundwork ??f the conference.
i
Avoids All But Official Functions, j
The President is planning to avoid :
ri^tronsly all functions not necessari- !
7 yjjpf an official nature and will veto j
all pleasure trips. On his arrival in I
Paris Saturday he will be received by i
.President and .Mine. I'oincare.' Oil that !
day he will be the guest of honor at a j
public reception and later will receive!
a degree bestowed upon him by the 1
University of Paris. j
.Virtually all of next week has been]
reserved by President Wilson for con-;
Terences, at which he will emphasize!
the idea that a league of nations must j
necessarily be part of the peace trea
tips and is not a subject for separate!
action. j
ftown Prince Alexander of Serbia
will be in Paris over Uhristmas. as
will also King Victor Emmanuel of
"?t dy. Immediately after the Christ-:
mitcfe holiday, the President probably \
wis; go to Italy, returning to Paris on j
Jtgjguiry l\ ready to attend the peace!
c deference. j
To March in Paris Parade.
Tn the meantime he will visit the!
i
devastated portion of France and den. ;
Perishing, at the front, for a review, j
rid he will probably inarch at the j
of the American column in aj
combined demonstration in Paris.
The Ceo rue Washington rounded the
\zeres this morning, running elos.e in i
o-^ive the President an opportunity!
catch a glimpse of the American j
base.
dawn, a flotilla of American de-'
st^Bfiircrs from the Brest squadron !
;tjSBtf over the horizon, and soon after
hS^kfast th?? islands were sighted, j
Vfpk lying, m the early mist. The i
nl(^jstuo^ warships were saluted and j
rrf&n'-tl a salute of twenty-one guns.
dreadnauglit Pennsylvania !
b?o out signals to the flotilla to
'ajSw. and tho President's tlag was |
from tiie George Washington's;
peak. The augmented escort i
spread out iti a broad column and 1
tljjgp is lands were rounded, the fleet!
1ii0fl;iig toward Brest, which probably j
wg? be reached Friday afternoon.
jgrcsident Wilson spent his time in
hjlni work during the morning and
dgfrl with the members of the com- ]
jv^Bion and the two ambassadors in
tlfj^evcning.
QS BOARD THT1 T\ S. S. GEORGE f
Wj&SH 1NGTON". Thursday. December
13 Hyy wireless to the Associated Press?. !
President and Mrs. Wilson had;
fifir farewell dinner tonight with Capt.
'MqCauley. Aboard ship ail preparations [
;lafl-been comnleted for the ituharUatinn 1
u^fe-est. 1
President today completed his |
conferences with members of the Ameri
Aft. mission and the ambassadors on
<>OU(i. and everything now is re?dy for
-.he Informal but important preliminary
oaChrences with the entente premiers,
oegtnmng probably next Tuesday. The
President spent the day in putting the
fiaiihing touches on his plans for the
.'irafc conference and preparing a reply
ttk.lbe address of welcome to be delivered
by President I'olncare at a luncheon
In Paris on Saturday.
IB the final conferences aboard ship
today the President made clear his
position on vital questions in order
tlwt.' his Ideas should be well defined
IjaCSie the meetings with the' entente
.pnuJers.
in HI inn
I
aboard ship last evening. At the conclusion
of the showing of motion pictures
a chorus of bluejackets entered
the main salon and sang "God Be
With You Till We Meet Again."
The President apparently was deeply
affected as the sailors sang the
verses of the song, their melodious
voices ringing through the ship. As
Hhe solemn notes of the famous old
lV*mn ?re concluded the orchestra struck
UA* "Auld Lang Syne." In which all the
sh\P'? company joined,
"Acclaim President Wilson,"
FYench Chamber Men Ask
Labor Not to Welcome
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 12.?The radical
and radical-socialist party, which is
ruuraerically the greatest In the chawbfr
of deputies, having 161 seats, has
Issued an appeal to the citizens of
Fnmce to welcome President gWilsQn
enthusiastically as a mark of gratitude
to the American people. The appeal
say s:
"T& acclaim President Wilson is to
acclaim the citizens of the United
State*# who freely put on the heavy
harnea* of war * * * To acclaim
President Wilson is to acclaim a great
Americi n and a solid champion of a
peace ia ade durable by a society of
nattons. Thanks to the aid of the
United States in the last quarter hour
of the struggle the tri-color of the
republic, defended by you citizens and
all demo<Vats. emerges triumphant
from the ht irricane unchanged by the
corrupted 4 onscienccs of Berlin and
Vienna. '
French Z& bor Not to Welcome.
(Havas)?Fi ench labor will not
take part in ^he ceremonies of formally
welcoming President Wilson [
to Paris. Pr?* nier Clemeticeau informed
delegate* ot the general labor
federation that they would be allowed
to preseuV an address to Mr.
Wilson only in case the American
President gave h\* personal permission.
The pro jet *t, therefore, has
been abandoned a*id the federation
has asked its adhei ents to join with
the people in cheering Mr. Wilson
on his arrival.
British Xabor Seu3s Welcome.
LONDON. Thursday, December 12.
?Charles W. Bowerman, secretary of
the trades union congvess, and Arthur
Henderson, secret tar y of the
labor party, have signet.1 a message
"on behalf of 5,000,000 X orkers" to
President Wilson, associating themselves
with their "French comrades"
in welcoming President Wilson to
Europe, and assuring: hirv? of the ?
"support of British labor in his com- J
ing efforts to realize his loft5' ideals." f
The message has been forwt rded to j
the American embassy in France.
Pall Mall Gazette Glad
President Will See Hjo.voc
LONDON, Thursday, December 1 2.? '
Commenting on the approaching: ar- j
rival of President Wilson in Franc?*
the Pall Mall Gazette says:
"Mr. Wilson will at last have an op*
portunity to see for himself the havoc
wrought by the Germans in France
and Belgium, and from personal conferences
be able to understand the
point of view of those who suffered
front these infamous depredations.
"President Wilson has a judicial
mind. No living statesman is better
able to weigh evidence or more ready ;
to face facts with courage and determination.
Too much has been made
of the letter of Mr. Wilson s 'fourteen
points' and too little of their spirit.
His reference to freedom of the seas,
for instance, has caused much discussion.
As Mr. Lloyd George pointed
out yesterday, our navy is a weapon,
not of offense, but of defense, and we
do not mean to give it up.
"The war has demonstrated that not
oniy our own saieiy. nui me saieiy
of civilization itself, depended upon
our naval supremacy. When a league
of nations is established and has become
not an idea to be aimed at, but
a realized confederation of mankind,
then perhaps we can modify our
claim to sea power."
HAS NO "DEFINITE" PLAN
OF FIGHTING INFLUENZA
I
i
I.
Health Association Publishes Data, i
Says ''Different Epidemics Be- j
quire Separate Treatments.*' j
CHICAGO, December 13.?Unable to J
formulate a definite plan for fighting j
influenza, because of divergent views, j
the American Public* Health Associa- ]
tion, before it adjourned, gave out J
copies of all the medical and scien- I
titie data presented during the four- j
day discussion, with an explanation \
that different epidemics required sep- I
arate treatments.
"The various communities for which I
we are working will know that we I
have at hand the best available in- j
formation science has yet discovered {
concerning the disease," said Dr. j
'harles J. Hastings of Toronto, Canada.
retiring president. We cannot
expect to draw up a definite program
for combating influenza epidemics
when we see so wide a divergence of
opinion among medJcal authorities as
has been shown here."
Health officers from the southeast,
especially Dr. S. W. Welch of Montgomery.
Ala., favored strict quarantine
measures, and those from smaller j
cities wore moderately favorable to
quarantines and the use of masks,
while health officers of the larger
cities opposed both these measures
and placed great reliance on vaccine.
"After all. it is a question of applying
to your own community the
most practical remedies for the conditions
encountered there," said Dr.
Welch.
APPEAL TO EMPLOYERS j
FOR WAR-DISCHARGEb!
Hundreds Are Asking Assistance !
of XT. S. Employment
Service.
An appeal to employers in neeil of i
technical and other highly trained ;
men to take on qualified men from
the commissioned and enlisted ranks:
of the Army, who are now being de- ,
mobilized, was issued today by the i
United States employment service. j
Hundreds of officers, nrany of high i
rank, are asking the camp repre- !
suntaUvcs and fetleral directors of
the "service for the states to assist
them in obtaining new employment.
Many of these men, with numerous
enlisted men, are qualified for professional
and technical positions and
are leaving the Army without having
positions in sight.
Among the men of this type applying
at the federal employment
service are engineers and other technical
men. executives, chemists, statisticians.
purchasing agents, employment
managers and cost accountants.
The professional section of the employment
service is handling all applications.
CASES TOR FRENCH CHILDREN
KfTort to provide a year's subsistence
for 2(10 fatherless children of
France is being made by the local
relief organization, whose headquarters
are at 1824 H street.
Already S2.500 Iras been raised. This
will take care of seventy-five children.
It Is hoped, by the organize
SAYS HUNS RULED ~
AT RUSSIANPARLEY
Count Czernin Declares Austria's
Policy for Referendum
Cast Aside.
InuloKT UAUSto A orLII
VIENNA, Tuesday, December 10 (by
the Associated Press).?Count Czernin,
the former Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister, has made public the sub*
stance of a series of notes kept by him
upon the negotiations for the BrestLitovsk
treaty. He says that these
negotiations show bow Austria-Hungary's
policy was subordinated to
Germany. w
Count Csernin, in issuing the substance
of notes kept by him during
the Brest-Utovsk negotiations, shows
the various steps taken by the central _
powers and Russia at that time.
He says the Russians proposed a' f]
referendum for Poland after German U
forces had been withdrawn, but that II
the Germans wanted a "plebiscite
during occupation." Austrian media- .
tion was unsuccessful up until Decern- I
ber 29, 1917, when negotiations were I
broken off. IVhen meetings were re- |
sumed January 6. 191$. Leon Trotzky.
the bolshevik foreign minister of Russia,
disagreed with the Germans on
the question of territory which should "n
be included in the referendum.
Proposes a Referendum.
At that time. Count Czernin says,
Austria proposed a general policy of
referendum during occupation, "with
extensive safeguards against influencing
the voting." Austria* however,
failed, he says, because of Ukrainian
claims to Hungarian and Polish districts
and because of the critical food
situation in Austria.
Later, after Trotsky had sent wireless
messags to Berlin, which. Count
Czernin says, urged the German
troops to rise 111 revolt, \jt. Jtiena.ru i
von Kuehlmann, the German foreign J
secretary, received strict instructions
to demand that Russia cede to Germany
the provinces of Livonia and
Esthonia. The treaty with Ukraine
was signed after wearisome negotiations.
he says.
It became clear that Russia could
not, by merely ceasing hostilities, obtain
peace. At this time Gen. Hodman
of the German army advocated a
cancellation of the armistice and an
advances on Petrograd. Germany soon
afterward did denounce the armistice,
according to Count Czernin, but
Austria-Hungary declared she would
take no part in this action.
Claims Axe Conflicting.
Count Czernin described the negro- I
t.'ations leading* up to the treaty of
Bucharest, in which he says Hun- I
gat'ian opposition to peace by com- I
proviise dominated bucause of con- I
riictf g claims between Germany and
Hungary.
"Huugary wanted the frontiers so
altered that a repetition of the invasion
cf 1916 would he prevented."
Count cVernin says. "This meant the CI
ceding to Hungary of Rumania's val- b?
uable oil district, which was not wel- ta
coined by the German military party,
with its greed in economic matters. "
"Germany's- plan was to secure eco- ol
nomio privtldffes which would amount
to an indemnity. The plan was to .
force Rumania to cede to Germany ,n
her oil lands, railways, ports and state Hi
domains and submit to permanent -\\
financial control. An understanding
was eventually reached as to Bulgaria's
demand for the province of D
Dobrudja. which would shut off ao- hi
oess by Rumania to the port of Con- jr
stanza. Under thess conditions I re-t
signed from office." :aI
PERU VERY RECEPTIVE; ?
CHILE IS APPRECIATIVE 2
lo
Both. Governments Stake Informal
Beply to V. S. Offer of Xedi- ^
ation h'i Controversy.
Chile and iVru have replied in HJ
friendly tones to the identic note of
the United Stateo urging upon them
the supreme importance of adjusting
amicably their controversy over the
provinces of Taenia and Arica and V
tendering the aid df the United Stales
alone or in conjunction with other
American states.
Peru indicated a trish that the good
offices 'of the United' States might be ,
employed to bring al-out a settlement,
while the Chilean g overnment con- P'
tented itself with en pressing appro- fa
ciation of the spirit <vf the offer. C(
Both replies, it wau announced at .,
the State Department, were informal,
transmitted verbally through diplomatic
channels by the foreign offices sa
of the South American countries. For- ! t
mal notes probably -will follow.
There have been intitrl ations in press tt
dispatches that Chile mtght not be in- h
olined to agree to action, by th* United tt
States, but might regard favorably i,
an offer from Argentina, which has ?
taken up the matter since the sug- "
gestion of the Washington government
was made.
COLORED H0LD4JP MEN
GET MONEY AND AUTO S
c
Bob William. Hamilton Near Ellicott
City, While Using An- Ia
other Machine. ivi
he
o
Xigiit Chief of Detectives Weedon m
lush night received at long-distance
telephone message from Chief of Po- te
lice Wosch of Ellicott City, lid., ask- tc
ing that search be made for three n(
colored men, who held up and robbed w
William Hamilton, colored, of $C95. jj
They were in an Overland car. the tj,
chief stated, and local police think v<
the car was stolen front this city.
Hamilton, a resident df this city, J'
was about four miles from Ellicott
City, he reported, when two of the
automobile bandits stepped from the
side ?f the road, pointed pistols at
him and commanded him to stop. They T1
robbed him while the third member
of tiieir party remained St the automobile.
y
The attoraomie Hamilton was operating
belongs to Henry Montgomery,
130 Virginia avenue southwest.
When Hamilton had: been relieved of
his cash, be reported to Chief Woseh. K
two of thse robbers drove off in his ai
car. making H necessary for hhn to ..
walk to llllicott City. Tbe car was
luund abandoned on the road some is
distance from where the robbery was i=
perpetrated. ^
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TO BUILD UP TEACHEffG FORCE
Ci
Examination? for teachers hi practically
all subjects taught in the pub- ct
lie schools will be held "December
according to Harry Si Ebiglisb. chairman
of the hoard of examiners for the
public schools. These examinations
will be held to again establish & list y(
of eligible teachers. ^
GERMAN NAVAL
sf ~
tea the Genua nftTil tOeeri nm
set Hritta of erery mine laid
Inoir, ta command of the Germ
His stall Included a smbmarlae e
IEV. DAVID R. COVEIL
IMTHEHf
istrict Boy Appointed Social Serv
ice Secretary of This Biocese.
designs Local Pastorate.
fa
REV. DAVID R. COVKLL.
Rev. David Ransom Covell. rector a
irist P. E. Church, navy yard, ha:
:en appointed social service secre
ry of the diocest of Washington
e tendered his resignation as pasto
' the church last night.
It Is the hope of Rev. Alfred Hard
g, Bishop of Washington, to estab
sh a large community house ii
ashington where all modern socia
rvice activities will have their home
eaconess Viola Young of New Yorl
is been called to assist Rev. Covell
e will begin his new work Febru
T I.
Rev. Mr. Covell is a Washingtoi
?y. He graduated from Easter!
igh School and received his bachelo
id master of arts degrees fror
rorge Washington University. H
so graduated from General Theo
srical Seminary in New York.
At one time he was curate at SI
ephen's Church and had two years
ork in the mountains of North Caro
la. Three year3 ago he was oalle
' Christ Church and since then ha
ganized several social service at
cities in Southeast Washington.
(AIMED BOY IN HOSPITAL
IS LONGING FOR MOTHEf
Ttlliam Atkins, Under Treatmen
at Walter Reed, Fared Badly
in the War.
There's a boy in Walter Reed Hot
tal, who wants his mother. HI
other left him fifteen years ago. Th
,mily was then living in Winstea<
jnn. He has a notion she is in A!
iny, X. Y., today.
"The boy was a fine-looking lad,
ifd a local relief worker, who is at
mpting to locate the mother throug
ie Red Cross, "until he was wounde<
Is face, of course, now is badly me
lated. One eye has been shot ou
? lips are scarred by shrapnel, an
Is hands and fingers are badl
ounded."
The wounded soldier's name is Wil
am Atkins and hi3 mother's is Mr
11a Atkins.
AILOS GIVEN EIGHT MONTHS
. E. Olsen Sentenced for Violatioi
Tninim Act.
Charles E. Olsen, a sailor, of Lon
land, N. T., recently convicted o
olating the espionage act. was sen
meed today by Justice Siddons i
riminal Division 1 to serve eigh
onths at Occoquan.
Olsen told officers of the Navy in
lllgence office that his boat had bee
irpedoed by a German submarin
far Block Island. At the time searc
as being made for submersiblea nea
erf oik, Ya., and the departmen
mught Olsen was attempting to di
;rt the search.
The defendant denied that he ha
?y intention of misleading the ot
'inIs. and said that he first told th
ory as a "yarn of the sea" whll
unk and then stuck to it.
70UNDED ARE ENTEBTAIHE3
audeville, Movies and Dinner Pre
vided for Walter Heed Boys.
ride from Walter Reed Hospital t
eith's for this afternoon's perform
ice, from there to the ordnance met
m and then to the Knlckerbocke
the schedule of entertainment fe
id latest overseas boys provided b
tsl Claude Zap pone, with the aid c
te Red Cross, the war camp coco
unity service and Semmes Mote
ompany.
Dinner Will be served at the mei
>11 under direction of the war cam
immunity service.
Chosen Art Trustee.
At a meeting- of the board of trui
ea of the Corcoran Gallery of Ai
sterday Rudolph KauSmann wt
noted a member of the board, to fi
? vacancy caused by the rettremei
[_ Theosae Hyde, on account of I
OFFICERS SURRENDER
r \i . HR.1
lyi^
hifliBBti&^&?':$fii^^BttiKMl^^^^mKSB^^KK&aR^lHl
ndered tke German fleet to the British
by Gorman ships in all wateta were tmi
an fleet. Is shown arHvlaf on the Brltli
wnmaaflor nnfl a sep >elfn eo?nnflor.
NAMES OF 29 WA
BOYS ARE 0
If
[ Names of former Washingtonians
crowded today's casualty list, just
given out by the W!ar Department
" There are twenty-nine local boys li3t
ed as "casuals."
"Died of disease" is the classification
of four. Nineteen are wounded,
degree undetermined; four are severely
wounded and two are slightly
wounded.
Following is the honor roll of
Washington boys:
Died of disease?Capt. James L.
Booth. 3570 11th street; Corp. John A.
Kersey, 3644 Warder street; Private
Leonard Waldman, 51 New York avenue.
and Private Raymond Skerritt,
1110 16th street.
Wounded severely?Capt. Walter
A. Sommers. 754 Rock Creek Church
road; Sergt. Hubert D. Goode, 603
j 2d street: Corp. Robert T. Stringfel:
low, 1824 H street; Private ltichai
WAR RISK BUREAU
ATTACKED IN HOUSE
Mr. Rucker Charges "Criminal
Negligence"?Says
t Letters Are Unopened.
3
l "Criminal negligence'' was charged
r against the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
on the floor of the House to
day by Representative Rucker of Mis
souri. Minority Leader Mann also re*
neived his declaration that a great in,1
justice is being clone to men in uni!.
form, especially those who are sick
s and wounded, who are not receiving
L their pay.
Representative Rucker startled the
House by saying, "i have some interesting
information which I regrei
i I do not feel T can give in full. 1
i | received this information from a govr
! ernment employe. One of the troua
bles of the war risk insurance bureai
e is gross negligence; yes. crlmina
- negligence. I can furnish a nios^
interesting fact that there were more
>. 300.000 letters regarding soldiers' al
I" lotment which were dumped into s
. heap at the bureau and permitted t<
a remain unopened. Later some of th<
s bureau employes got together ani
. opened about 4,000 of these, whet
some one in authority said this woulc
cause too much work and orderec
them to stop opening the letters."
Mr. Mann said: "T have received s
telegram from Richmond, Va., as fol
^ lows:
Tells of Arrears in Fay.
" 'Your statement in Congress in ret
gard to the pay of wounded men i!
absolutely confirmed by men returnee
to hospital here. Men with whom
have talked stated that their pay is
! In arrears from five to eleven months
1 Large proportions of them are en
tirely without money except such a*
have telegraphed for and receivee
money from home. Since their returr
13 the people of Richmond who knew
e of this condition are outraged at th<
treatment of the men at the hands oi
, the War Department and sincerelj
hope that your action in Congress w-il
cause the injustice to be remedied.''
" Mr. Mapn said: "I appreciate th
difliculty in paying these men that ar~
detached from their organisation, ye
It seems that a way should be fouru
1. to pay at least something to all o
these men returned to the hospital!
. Unless the men are paid the injustiu
t- - ? T
j ! Rl 1H CXISLS <t'UU A kUilllV Uiai luc ocu
" retary of War should remedy this."
J Representative Madden said he haj
, reoeived a letter from a man toda;
who said his wife has not received i
cent of pay since last June and h
had not received anything-.
: nomiroFpian
AGREEMENT IS REACHEE
n
t Without reaching an agreement 01
any phase of railroad control, th<
- conference of the railroad committee
n of the Chamber of Commerce of tin
e United States, with men represents
h many and varied interests, now ii
r progress at the New Willard, will ad
t journ this evening.
It ia likely, however, that a commit
tee composed of an educator, a bank
^ er a railroad man and a labor leade
e will be appointed to formulate a pro
e gram for submission to the country
At least this is advocated by promi
nent members of the conference.
Charles E. Elmouist. president o
9 the National Association of Railwa;
and Utility Commissioners, partici
pated in the deliberations this morn
" ing. Mr. Elmouist recently support
ed a resolution presented at a meet
Ing of his organization calling for i
0 return of the powers taken fron
state commissions when Directo
General McAdoo assumed control o
m the roads. Mr. Elmouist gave the con
r ferees the benefit of his views on th
' subject.
ir Prank Morrison, secretary of th'
y American Federation of Labor, alsi
,f participated in im Diwuuign. u 1
understood that Mr. Morrison made 1
clear that his organisation wouli
oppose any plan that would tend t<
,, Injure the morale of the workers o
threaten any reduction in the pres
* ent rate of pay. In this he was sup
ported by some of the educators.
Charles P. Nelll, representing th
railroad administration's labor de
partment: Harry A. Wheeler, presi
I- dent of the Chamber of Commerce
rt Prof. John R. Commons of the Uni
verslty .of Wlaoonsln; Paul M. War
* bar*, former governor of the federa
11 reserve board, and 8. E. Heberlini
it president of the SwitehmenM Unior
It are nmons the mesa bet a of the eon
MApS TO HRITISH. ^ p
Hven
and
KBd allied navies, maps showing tt? exited
veer to the BHtiah officers. Admiral ^
ih flagship, carryiax with him the maps, twi
Hei
. cloi
elm
SHINGTON t
N CASUALTY LIST i
tini
der
i. D. Wartleld, lilt X street. eTs
Wounded (degree undetermined)? Pla
I.ieuts. Robert r'rans Kohr. adjutant
general's office, chief of officers' di
vision, and JIagnien McArdle, Ham- ,
ilton Hotel; Corps. Andrew Brown,
1530 Columbia road; Fred. H. White, *n*
757 Kenyon street; John W. Burton, .
, 511 P street, and Holsey S. Bee, 2316 |*}J
Dumbarton avenue. lnP
Privates Charles E. Brooks, 2303 N
street; Edgar B. Griffith, 1617 H
street; Henry Williams. 2633 Shertdan P?*
1 road, Anacostia, D. C.; George C. ,2
Hughes, 23 Q street; Richard MeA.
Shamley, 1011 7th street; Boraino i'?
Johnson, 1235 27th street; Alfred Donald ZZs!
McCurley, 2031 9th street: Daniel Wil- "!r
son, 2501 W street southeast; Frank'
Gordon, 2129 Newport place; Maurice F.
Mahoney, 1200 19th street; Floyd Brown, rrl.
| 86 N street; Charles E. Tolson. 433 N ^
street, and William H. Temple, 1475 por
'' Church street. ?arr
i Wounded slightly?Privates Thomas
> H. Shoemaker. Conduit road and the
District line, and Azra Howell Jones,
rdR. F. D. Box 108. "1
Wa
JUSTICE WILLIAM HITZ
SHINES AS AUCTIONEER U
Cor
, lie
Estate of Date George Ryneal, Jr., fir
, Will Benefit Nearly 820.000 to"]
Prom His Efforts. *??
saf
"1
Justice William Hitz. presiding in act
Equity Division 1, yesterday essayed
the role of an auctioneer. As a result j rec
the estate of the late George Ryneal, j aly
jr., will be benefited to the extent of ' !
nearly $20,000. I paJ
In a partition proceeding the court 1 cur
[ had ordered the trustees to advertise
for bids to purchase premises 418 7th sp^
street. Two bids were submitted. Sua
. one for $80,000 and the other for $82,- !l?a
50?- ma
After the bids had been closed other aim
. prospective bidders were heard from. "i
Justice Hitz decided to receive their Sjti
bids in open court. in .
r After the nsual manner of the auc- the
tioneer. the court pitted the buyers hat
, against one another. Bids rose by sou
* thousands, then by hundreds, until op<
t Joseph I. Weller. representing Bessie ris
[ L. Brown, declared he would give the
. $100,250 for the building.
The justice tried vainly to coax the
i other bidders to raise Mr. Weller and
I then signed an order directing the
t trustees to accept hat bid. cor
' ? wo
; MRS. CATHERINE G. RIGGS'
> ua
\ WILL FILED FOR PROBATE tZ
poe
J the
Husband and Children Share in Es\
tate?Division After Mr. Biggs' sot
Death?Other Wills. ?<?
H !
: thr
sch
The will of Mrs. Catherine Gilbert Hei
* Riggs, dated February J, 1014, has
[ been filed for probate.
5 J A diamond ring and certain, books the
i and pictures are given to her son, the
. Francis Rotch; and the remainder of
1 her household effects to her husband, tigl
' Thomas lllggs, jr. Other jewelry and >3
T. personal belongings are left to her 1
f daughter, Katharine Riggs Elmore. flu<
The remaining estate is devised to at
I the American Security and Trust 031
' | Company in trust to permit the husa
band to occupy for life premises 2111 VI
e S street, and to pay $1,000 annually
t! to her daughter, Katharine Riggs
i! Elmore, and the remaining income to
t '- the husband during his life. On the j;
death of Mr. Riggs $10,000 is to be . .
e paid to his danghter. Margaret Riggs *n
- j Cox. and $5,000 each to Thomas Riggs, cot
I jr.; Francis Rotch and Katharine R. pet
i. Elmore, children of the testatrix. ,
f '< The three last-named children are
a, then to share the income of the trust poi
s; estate. whic^ at their deaths is to be the
distributed among their children. ^
Orphan Asylum Beneficiary. ?n<
pal
St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum is cut
to be the ultimate beneficiary of the chl
I estate of Mary E. Thaw, according to ser
I' her will, dated July 24, 1917, and of- cat
fered for probate. The American Se- tng
curity and' Trust Company is named Set
as trustee and is to hold the estate Ti
during the lifetime of Mary E. Litteil, ret
a cousin of the deceased, who is to gai
have the income. On her death the ciu
1 estate is to be surrendered to the or- j igj
, phan asylum named. i ?>ai
William George Wich, by his will, j bra
5 dated May 9, 1913 leaves his entire | ws
2 estate in trust for his wife, Eouisa M. <ja!
. Wicb. during widowhood. On her Gtt
death or remarriage the estate is to ^
1' be distributed among his heirs. jn
- Charles T. Kuechle and Gustav Wich to
are named as trustees and executors. ou(
* G.T7. LAW FRESHMEF BAHftTTET
r A
* Justice Gould and District Attorney ^
Laskey Address Students. qu,
f Addresses by Justice Ashley M. the
j Gould of the District Supreme Court ed
- and District Attorney Laskey fea- ret
* tured a banquet given by the fresh- C
. men class of Georgetown Law School
* at the Arlington Hotel Tuesday night,
J Others who spoke were Henry 8. gri
f Boutell, Capt. Hugh J. Fegan, Charles *
- J. Murphy. Joseph D. Sullivan and Ar?
e thur A. Alexander.
e The speaking was preceded by a j
-j iMHBiv** *** in wiiicn mwnoera
b of the class took part. Joseph E. J
Gallaher was toastmaster. Selections
3 were given by the class orchestra,
r composed of Messrs. Hayes. Kowasky. j
" Saenger. Smithers, Rosser and Stein. ec,
Songs were sung by Messrs. Dyke, Co
e Blood. Mahoney, Doyle, Egglestop
- and Stein.
The ofllcers of the class are: Pres- ne
; ident, Capt. David R. Wolverton; first tri
- vice president, Thomas A. Doyle:
- second vice president, Ueut. Harlan 1
.1 Wood; secretary, William A. Dyke: th
t, treasurer, Francis C. McCoy; class do
LAN DRASTIC STEP
OHALTINFLUENZj
C. Heads Likely to Clos
Schools and Forbid Public
Gatherings.
be District Commissioners may issi
order tomorrow dooms au aciw
places of public Catherine as a pn
tive against the further spread of tl
uenza contagion.
he hoary increase in the numbt
new cases of influenza, reported 1
health office for the past thn
s?Wednesday 2*1, Thursday 31
1 today 343?indies tins the rap!
ead of the contaslon. Is causin
re concern for the public safety
Confer'ace Held Taday.
it a conference at noon today N
ten CfHuastswloner Brewatow ai
?lth Officer Fowler the neceastty <
ling public and private school
trches and ether places of publ
herings was discussed. No coi
sion was reached, hut the gravil
the situation Is seen by tbs Con
isloners and the health office. Tl
tter is now under adrisemen
mid the number of new cases coi
ue to increase it is thought an o
will be Issued by the Commissioi
tomorrow morning closing a
ces of public gathering.
New Coses Increase.
. total of 343 new cases of infli
a was reported to the health off!
the twenty-four-hour pertod em
at noon today. This shows i
rease of 9S cases over yehterda
an. there were 244 new cased* wbi<
l exactly double the number r
ted the previous twenty-foi
ire, when me record was irr.
hers has been a. stead; growth
number of deaths for the pa
r days. Monday there being fhr
ths; Tuesday, five; WednesJJa
s. and yesterday. 13. A total
ths from Influenza for the fee
s of thirty. For the month of D
iber, up to noon today, there ha/
n 2,016 new cases of the disease r.
ted, with fifty-five deaths for tl
10 period.
Kay Bar Public Gatherings.
: fear that influenza conditions i
shington are rapidly approachin
t point."* declared Health Office
liam C. Fowler this mornini
liere it will be necesary for me, t
natter of protection of the publ
lth. to recommend to the Diatrii
nmissioners the closing of the pul
and private schools and all oth?
ces of public gathering to prever
ther spread of the epidemic.
[f the wave of contagion continue
spread in the next few days as
for the past three days I will 1
ced to take this step for the publ
ety.
t shall regret to take this officii
ion. but w-ith a continuation <
sent weather conditions it will bi
ie Imperative as a preventive of
urrence of the epidemic which paj
ted the community in October.
Conditions in Washington are i
leption to those in many oth<
ts of the country where the n
renca of the epidemic is reflect!
mors or less serious form." sa
Fowler. "Danger of the gener;
ead of influenza is recognized I
geon General Blue of the publ
kith. service, who calls at ten tic
another outbreak of the disease
ny of the cities of the counti
ritar to conditions here.
iVe appreciate the gravity of tl
lation, and while doing everythin
our power to combat the spread <
' infection, with some success, w
? mobilized our forces ttnd ri
irces and stand ready to put i
ration every known method '
id and heroic efforts to stamp oi
t epidemic.
Volunteer Nurses Needed.
vu tne weuare agencies or tj
omunity that were activo in tl
rk of fightihg the last epidemic a:
dy to contribute their services fi
i emergency that seems to confroi
now." said the health ofBcer.
blunteer trained, student and u:
ined nurses and other women wl
isess any knowledge of caring f
i siek are needed by the Distri
ipter of the American Red Cro
car for the large number of pe
13 ill with influenza. Headqua
? of the organization are in oper;
it at the Webster School. 10th ai
greets northwest. reached by phoi
ough Slain 6000. by asking for tl
ool, or by calling Franklin 61]
tdquarters of the Nurses' Assodatii
it 1413 G street
eneral complaint is heard fro
rams of the street car lines th
y are subjected to the dangers
i influenza contagion due to tl
t that the windows and ventilato
the crowded cars are kept closi
ltly. Health Officer Fowler says th
a grave menace to the publ
ilth under ordinary conditions a;
now greatly Intensified with i
?nza epidemic He believes th
least every ventilator in all tl
s should be kept open.
jrgeon Genera! Blue Calls
for Taking of Precautior
.eports of a recrudescence of Spa
inflenza in different sections of ti
intry have caused Surg. Gen. R
t Blue of the federal public heal
vice to issue a warning that i
isible precautions be taken again
: disease. He advised the closing
jlie schools on the first reappea
to of the epidemic, the disease a
ently showing a tendency now to o
more frequently among schc
ldren. He also suggested the o
vance by individuals of ail pr
itionary measures suggested du
; the three months beginning
itember of this year,
icreases in the number of case? a
iorted to the health service frc
i Francisco and other cities, i
ding Louisville. Ky., and. sevei
crs? mnnfHnaTitiflfi in Ofiii*. Th? dl
le ia also reported in Missouri. N
Lska, New Jersey. Mlsslssip
ishington, West Virginia. Sou
roilna, Vermont, Massachusetts a
ier states.
.t Erie, Newcastle and Johnston
Pennsylvania, conditions are sa
be worse than during the origir
: break.
Return of Containers Desired.
.11 who have received broth co
ners from the Girt Scout influeti
t kitchen at 1101 M street are i
ested by the organization to retu
:m at once. The containers are nee
for serving invalids created by t
urn of influenza.
onatlons of matertals also will
predated. It ia stated. The kitch
a Just Increased in equipment
>plv the children of the pla
>und? with hot soup dally.
,11 donations should be sent to II
A. Colman, SIS the Woodwa
lldlsg.
EEL6IUH SEEKS EXPAHSI01
Aomeree Gkutber Faron Taku
Put of Netherlands.
3RCSSELS, December 15.?The e
uttve committee of the Chamber
mmerce has unanimously adopt
resolution in favor of Belgian a
xation of Zealand and the Mu
cht enclave.
.'he province of Zealand, which
most^ not^erly^portiou^ of yim
POLICE NOW WATCH
\ 'AFFIDA11IQUOR
t. - . In
e Driver or Truck Delivering
Whisky Under Sheppard
Law Is Arrested.
? MAY INVOKE CAMP LAW
______________
ie
The President's proclamation mak>r
ing it unlawful to have liquor within
o Ave miles of a camp, except for filiate
ily use, may be used by the police to
14 keep a tab on whisky shipped from
id Baltimore to Washington on uutom<>g
bile trucks, with affidavits attached
for Washlngtonians.
Police of the fourth precinct last
night took into custody the driver ol
a truck said to belong to a Baltimore
id express firm, which had brought j
' load of liquor to Washington undei
{? the personal affidavit system, as perl
mitted under the Sheppard law.
:y At noon today Assistant District At**
torney Ralph Given, in chargi- ? ?
whiskey prosecutions, said he had the
lt- case under investigation, but iou.il
not say what the result would
J" 'Asked if his office had adopted any
.j policy toward liquor consigned to
Washingtoniaus under the Sheppanl
law affidavit system, he said sumstatement
might be made by him lati r
in the day.
B_ It is understood that 121 ordeers had
re been delivered and that theere went
j. twenty-six cases of wet goods still
in on the truck when the driveer ol' it,
y, a young white man, was taken int
-h custody last night.
'r Purchasers Are Apprehensive.
- Many Washingtonians wh? liav?
t been securing- whisky regularly under*
the affidavit system since the town
went dry and who have sent away ui ders
for wet good's for Christmas
have been wondering- since la:*t week
- whether the police would extend
zl their campaign to goods shipped in
e- by this method.
ie. The arrest by the police of the
fourth precinct yesterday is believed
! to be the first case involving whisky,
[brought in on an express truck for
delivery to many homes,
in Vlr. Gven was unable to say at noon
g toVay what action li-e will take in tfm
r caa>. At the station house it was said
g, a decision is being awaited from th-j
ls district attorney's office.
ic Th^ve were three convictions in Post
Hce Court this morning in the trial*
>- of parsons arrestee for bringing
*r whisky on the electric ears from Halit
timore. The three defendants wer-i
Narris Holley, Thomas Dean and
>a Lloyd Burgess, all colored. Kach was
It sentenced to thirty days in jail. Hoiley
^ had five quarts and the other two had
IC six quarts* each.
The total number arrested in raid?
on Baltimore cars since Thursday of
last week now is approximately 375.
of which ntatber less than fifty ha\e
a been deposed of ih court.
r" Convicts One, Acquits Two. '
L? Judge McMaham convicted one and
sr acquitted two yesterday in trials of
B" persons charged with having liquor
** within five miles of Camp Meigs, in
l<* violation of the President's proclaa*
mation.
\y The court was uot satisfied with f
ic the explanation g?ven by Florence
Jn Colbert, colored, for bringing twelve
Y* quarts of whisky frozv Baltimore at
one time. She was sentenced to thirty
days. Florence testified that six
ie were for her brother, three for a
& friend, and the other three for herot
self.
'e Bishop Bearfleld, colored, and Claiborne
Grandison, colored, were a< ?n
quitted. Bearfleld brought in five
in quarts and Crandison six.
it
Five Demand Jury Trials.
Five other prisoners who were arraigned
yesterday demanded jury
5 trials. There has not been a jury
ie trial yet of a person charged with
re violating the President's proetamn
or tion, which makes it unlawful t.?
[it have liquor within five miles of a
camp unless the carrier can show ic
n- is for the use of himself or family.
10 Four cases in which testimony was
or taken yesterday were held over unrif
ct today to allow the District attorney
ss to investigate the cases further and
r- produce additional witnesses.
^ Soldier Among: tlie Accused.
ie Among the three hundred or more
he persons awaiting trial is Private Luther
.7. C. Wright of Aiken. S. C.. who served 4
on under Gen. Pershing in France. The
police say Wright had eighteen quarts
m of whisky when taken from a Baltimore
at electric car Tuesday night,
of When arraigned yesterday "Wright
he pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury
ra trial. According to his attorney, Robert
sd I. Miller, Wright was on his way t<>
ris Aiken and bought the liquor to take t
home with him.
3d
Thirty Arrests Yesterday.
tie Four white men and twenty-six colored
men and women came over from
Baltimore yesterday afternoon with supplies
of intoxicants and were arrested
when they alighted from a special train
at 15th and H streets northeast. They
R* had approximately 1.000 gallons of
whisky and other intoxicants, according
to the police,
he fapt. James Hartley of the ninth po-.
u- lice precinct was at White House sta
tll ttou with a squad of police to greea
the contingent from Baltimore. Thow*
ill arrested protested they were within
St their rights, claiming they had made
of the purchases for personal use. an exeep^
tion provided 111 the regulation govern r
inff the flre-mile military zone.
| WILL HANDLE RED CROSS
? CHRISTMAS ENROLLMENT
in
jjjj" laical Organization Is Completed in
n- the Naming of Officers and
*al f
is- Committees.
epi
ntj Local organization to handle the
Red Cross Christmas enrollment to
7*; begin nest week has been completed |
" ! with the appointment of Myer Cohen
as vice chairman and Thomas Bell
Sweeney as executive secretary.
Chairman Frank J. Hogan announced
n- today.
;za These men, with the following." con e
stltute the executive committed: MHrn
ton E. Ailea, Monta Bell, Henry P.
d- Blair, W. Gwynn Gardiner, Julina
he Garflnkle, John B. Lamer, Henry R
F. Macfarland, Arthur 11. " Marks,
be waiter I. McCoy, John Poole, B.
Frank Saul, Corcoran Thorn, -Jwiuli
y. A. Van Orsdel. Fred A. Walker,
George O. Walson and Dr. W. A.
rd Ward eld.
Subcommittees and their rgapoctive
chairmen are: District leads* Edward
B. Eynon, Jr.; woman'* comr.
mtttee, Mrs. Montgomery Blade: pub"
? ecu unil
IU: UU1III**, *--- - - ? ? ?~-i'm
John Dolph: speakers' go mm WO 4, W.
tg Curtis Nicholson; newspaper J>ubllcity.
George Griswold Hill; solfcitatton
of business bouses, Harry Alln_
man; government departments. Wil.
11am John Eynon: newspaper advertisementn.
Lester Lansburgh; general
ed advertising campaign. Charles 1*.
n- Light; Boy Scout activities, Oreille
- B. Drown; Junior Red Cross activities,
Hiss Annie M. Goding.
is A collection of 3,125 dangerous
a- weapona taken from criminals and
m- others siaca January 1 and valuad at.
mt MM? stop thrown into the oooan oft
?r- Scotland lightship ytohrkr by the