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VOL,. CIII-KO. 97. WILMINGTON, ST; SUNDAY MOENING, DECEMBER 8, 1918 WHOLE NXTMBEH 39,619 ASQUITH JOINS BY MID-S UMMER ALL BUT REGULARS WILL THIS AMERICAN SERGEANT BAGGED 375 HUNS AFTER FIRING ONET TWO SHOTS DEMAND m OrlERS IN THE THAT HOSE GUILTY OF STARTING WAR RE PUNISHED BE RETURNED HOME w.ai.gJ.MWMPJM1J.ais Should Be Given Their Dues, No Less, No More, Says For mer Premier. EBERT "FIRST PRESIDENT Soldiers and Sailors Hail Their "Comrade" as Head of "Ger man Republic 99 CATASTROPHE IS FACED Early Summoning of National Assembly Demanded. ; London, Dec. 7. (British .Wireless Service). Herbert H. Asquith, the for mer prime minister, speaking at Roch dale, Lancashire, today, ranged him self alongside those who have declared j that the men j-esponsioie ror me war and the atrocities shall receive ade quate punishment. We ought to insist that justice be done." declared Mr. Asquith, "and that t not only the forms, but the spirit, of j justice tne meting out to tne wrong doer, of his due, not less and not more -should be scrupulously observed." -I'OMriADE LIBERT" IS HAILED N AS THES "FIRST PSESJDBIfT." Copenhagen, Dec. 7. -"The German republic and her first president, Com- j rade Ebert" have been hailed by an , organized demonstration of soldiers ind sailors at Berlin. The. Wolff Bu reau, the semi-official news agency, thus describes the incident: 'On Friday evening soldiers and sailors armed with rifles demonstrat ed before .the chancellor's palace. Their, j 'eadere spoke as follows: ; " Germany stands on the brink of a catastrophe. We demand that a ria .ional assembly be summoned on De cember 20. . The executive council must no .onger be able to. put srswure on he government; Jatong itre the Ger man republic and her first president, Comrade Ebert.' " EISNER PROMISES EARLY" SUMMONING OF ASSEMBLY Amsterdam, Dec. 7. At Munich, says a Berlin dispatch, returning troops led by officers and bearing the old and new imperial state flags, demanded a speedy summoning of the national as sembly. The Bavarian premier, Kurt Eisner, vas compelled to come out and re spond to the demonstration. He prom ised the early- calling of the sasembly. Herr Eisner was surrounde by a body guard and ha armored cars brought up. The soldiers protested so vigor ously against the presence of the cars that they were withdrawn. HOLLAND MAY YIELD TU WISHES OF ALLIES However, She May Make Attempt to Save Lives of Hoheniollernn By Interning Them. ' London, Dec. 7. If the allies Insist upon the delivery of the former Ger man emperor and crown prince to an international court .of justice, Holland will yeld .but will Jirst urge that the allies content themselves with ah un dertaking by Holland to Intern them for life in one of the Dutch colonies, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to The Express. Holland, it is understood, will sug gest that Herr Hohenzollern and his son be placed on an island In either the East or West 'Indies, where he will be guarded by a Dutch fleet. It is also anticipated that Holland will be asked for compensation for permitting a violation of her neutral ity by allowing German troops to pass through the province of Limberg on their retreat, from Belgium and re ceiving German ships from Antwerp This compensation, says the corre spondent, may possibly be the cessa tion of certain territory along the Bel gian frontier owned , by. Holland, since 1S39. perhaps the southern part of Dutch Limburg, population of which region :s claimed to be principally Belgian. SWITZERLAND WILL NOT TOLERATE BOLSHEVIKS fcnssian Envoys Ordered to Get Out, and Two Companies of Troops See That They Do. . -lega- Berne, Dec. 7. The Russian tion in Berne has ceased to - exist. Bolshevism refused ' to respect the "fcutrality of Switzerland, and so the Representatives of the soviet were po "tely but firmly told to get out. Ser ial days were given them to make e'r preparations, and then .;they were hustled to the German border in j a"tomobiles, escorted to the froh er by two companies of Swiss troops. WILL DRAW UP PRINCIPLES GOVERN R. R. LEGISLATION ashine-fnn rinn n Dnoofo : " , a-'v. a itc J L to,- ci', of financial, industrial, coromer thr agricultural and other interests throughout tne countryt were asked cnlay by the Uted States chamber of tornmerce to attend a meeting here December 12 and 13, to formulate a Of in tn u legislation reiax- t0 the railroads. - 's Ship To Pass the GIVES UP SHIPPING JOB. CHARLES M. SCHWAB. SCHWAB President Wilson Accepts Direc tor General's Resignation By Wireless. HE WILL RETIRE AT ONCE Desires to Resume His Extensive Pri vate Interests Mr. Pies Will Car ry On the Fleet Corpora tion's Work.- ' - : ,. . Washington, Dec. 7. The resigna tion of Charles M. Schwab as director general of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration was accepted today by Presi dent Wilson, in a wireless -message from the transport George Washington to the white, house. It had been understood here that Mr. Schwab was anxious to be relieved of -the offlcb 60 that he' "cOul'd' again take up extensrve- interests' he 'cheer fully relinquished when asked to -.become the directing force of the coun try's war time ship building program. Mr. Schwab Was not in Washington tonight,, but .it . was stated that, he would retire at once and that Charles Piez, vice 'president and general man ager of the emergency fleet corpora tion, would carry on the work exact ly as heretofore. BRAZIL IS REPORTED MOBILIZING TROOPS Reports to This Effect la the Preuvian Capital Lack Confirmation New " Envoy, to United States. Lima, Peru, Friday, Dec -6. Reports in circulation in , Lima tonight were to the effect that Brazil had begun to mobilize her troops. There was no offical confirmation. Francisco Tudela Varela, Peruvian foreign minister, will leave for Wash ington next week to assume the post of Peruvian minister to the United States. A reorganization of the Peru vian cabinet will coincide with Yarela's departure. TO BUILD GREAT DBYDOCK AND SHIPBUILDING PLAN Norfolk, Va., Dev.- 7.--The Norfolk Hampton Roads Drydock & Ship Re pair Corporation, with an authorized capita lstock of $7,000,000 was organis ed here tSls afternoon and J. B. Mor gan, of Norfolk, elected president. A great drydock and shipbuilding plant Wili be constructed at once, plans and specifications being accepted for the work. The industry will provide work for $7,000 skilled and unskilled labor. , Candy For the Army. " 1 Washington, Dec. 7. Nine million pounds of candy for the army has just been ordered by the war department and it was announced that a consider able part of it would he rushed over seas in time to insure a plentiful sup ply for Christmas. Other special pur chases for the expeditionary force in clude 565,000 gallons of pickles. Wilson ii mm mi m H iksa mm i m MTI0H a . - Scheduled Azores Today Went Through Severe Storm Yesterday, But Kept Up Full Speed. or MANSION IS RENOVATED President's Paris Home to Be "Spick and Span" When He Arrives. THE HOUSE DESCRIBED Private Telephone Exchange Be ing Installed. rV& - On Board U. S. S. George Washing ton, Dec. 7. (By Wireless to the Asso ciated Press!); President Wilson's ship today is running through a severe wind and rain storm. It is maintain ing its fixed speed, however, and is due to pass around the Azores on Sun day. , i .yAfter reaching the Azores the presi dential liner will pick up more units Of the naval escort. Mr, Wilson slept until a late hour this morning and there were no con ferences with his .advisers. . " MURAT MANSION IS BEING , . COMPLETELY RENOVATED Paris, Dec. 7.-r-The town house of Prince and Princess Joachim Murat, , placed at the disposal of President and Mrs. Wilson during tneir stay in Paris at the request of the government, will soon be completely renovated jcedr?tO'.TeBeiVe ttee afcinlrfcl executive and his wife. The Hue de Monceau, in which the house is located, while One of the most fashionable neighborhoods of j Paris, contains all sorts, of houses. Ad joining the Murat house on the right Is the Ste Marie institution, a large school for children. Across the street lives a woman artist and a doctor and there are a group of officers and a butcher store. On the corner ; there is the familiar little -French cafe with tables and chairs, on -the sidewalk, where signs announce that Wine and beer are for sale. Although the Murat mansion is rap idly becoming known as "Le Malson Blanche de Paris," if is not whlie, bat a dull brown tint. The house Itself is hidden from the street by a stone wall 10 feet high. i V Inside the gates is a large gravel led space. Here the guard of honor will be stationed. Broad gravelled walks wind through green lawns un der trees of great size. In. the house itself, an army of work men and servants were busy today cleaning , and- . replacing furniture, paintings, portraits and beautiful mar ble statuary. American soldiers were doing, all sorts of things in the man sion. Great trucks came and unloaded switchboards, telephone instruments and big reels of lead covered cables. The president and his suite will have their own private telephone exchange. On . the lower floor, - in addition to salon, ball room, dining and break fast rooms, there are a1 private study .which the president will Use and offices for his personal staff. The upper floors contain great high ceilings, sleeping chambers and other rooms wonderful ly decorated with priceless collections of antiques. In the sleeping Chambers are enor mous four poster beds, some of which require little steps to enable " the oc cupant to climh in. Every room don tains at least three long French win dows, delicately curtained. Princess Murat ' expects that her home will be in readiness' to receive the nation's.-guests by December 10. BRITAIN IS HONORED l f OR HER PART IN WAR New York and tne Rest of .the Nation Pay THhmte" By Celebiratlnar Britain Day. kew York, Dec. 7. Gaily decorated with the Union Jack, New' York joined today with the rest of the nation in celebrating Britain ; day, and at num.-. erous gatherings, speakers paid vm stinted uraise to the British? soldiers and sailors who laid down their lives for democracy' in the world's greatest "W3.IV . .Tile, main .P.uPlip ceremony, however, will be held tomorrow when, at a meeting of tha Hippodrome, will be read a message which Was received to night from King George, .expressing the hope that "Britain and the United States may always be united as they are today." Special services will be held in the churches of the city. . Features today included a luncheon given by the Pilgrim society -in honor of the British array and navy. ROBERT EAT, THE FOX OF THE POTOMAC," IS DRAB' Oxford. N. Y.J Dec - 7. Robert Ray, known as "the Fox of the Potomac," J saia lo nave oeeii me uwi ui Grant's i scouts and . to have- shot and mMin4ari "RaIIa T?nvd. thp. noted Con federate woman spy, of Richmond, Va., died here yesterday, at the Woraans'i Relief Corps Home. He' was 87 years old. I mm mmhI Msttitt. I Jfmmmm jh - i mmm Joi mW mm mm BfBSWiBBjg:8Sgy ea mmmmmmmmwssmwmmr I mmBmssBmmwrrte Sergt. Harry T. Adams and two rifle shots stopped 375 Germans in the heavy fighting in the St. Mihiel salient. This photograph, the first to reach this country, shows Adams just after he had turned in his Huh pris oners and tucked a receipt for them in his pocket. He said he deserved no particular praise because the American style of fighting had disheartened the boche and that many of them were only too willing to surrender. That is Adams' story. : ; - :' '; ; . PRESIDENT OP FRANCE AND KINGS OP ENGLAND, BELGIUM AND ITALY MAY BE GUESTS OF UNITED STATES New York. Dec. 1. The United States government will have as its guests in the near future President Poincare o France. King George, sot England, King Albert, of Belgium; King Victor- Bmmanuel, of Italy, and the hada, o &ny other nation Presi dent WtteeVrtay; visit daring his trip to Europe. Stiephair B. Lauzahne. edi tor Of tWP Argentine States in United Tacna-: WILSON ENVOY - - -- Argentine Invite Join This Country in Disposing of the Disputed Provinces and President Irlgoyen Aocepto. Buenos Aires; Dec. 7i Argentine vWHl join with the United States in endea voring to .reach, settlement between Chile and Peru on the question -of the provinces ' of Taena d Arioa. ' j Early: U ' the Wek' the American ambassador, - Frederic J. Stimson, con ferred with the Argentine foreign min ister, Honorio Pueyrredon, and notifi ed the minister that he had been in structed by" President Wilson to inform the Argentine government yOt rthe at titude of the United States government towards tha- Tacna-Arica .controversy The United States wOuld interveno in the matter conjointly ivith some South American' republic asrfL 'President" Wil son invited Argentina to Undertake .this task. President Irlgoyen today -accepted tho invitation anji instructed i-the Argentine diplomatic agents in Chile and Peru to this .effect. : H . v, ., i A dispatch from Santiago, cnue, un-J d6r date Of Becember 3, .said It was persistently rumored that the- United States wo uln- propose to ! Peru,';, ana Bolivia that Chile cede the province of Peru afctl turn over the province of Arica 4 Bolivia, the- latter v republic HeHvrti.tVi 'Chile a 'frontier Province. A Washington dispatch .of the: eariie. date-, however, said that the state-department had announced offlctediy that it had made no sUggeStioiv whatever as to territory, but had urged- that everythinli1 possible be done to meintain M peaceful relations. PRESIDENT WILSOS'S OFFER MADE TO CHILEAN EXECUTIVE Santiago-. Chile, Dec-. 7. Joseph H Shea, the Amerioan ambassador, today handed to Presideht Sanfuentes anes sage from President- Wilson, offering mediation on, the question of the pro vinces of Tacna and . Jrtea' ,ahd ex pressing ttfe wishof the" American gov ernment for a jfriehdly settlement of the controversy. , J President San Fuente thanked Am bassador Shea for the offer. He de clared tha'jtne mater should be set tled in strict conformity' with the treaty of An con and in manner dic tated, by justlcge. At .tttf, same time, he said,-neither - tne government nor the people of Chil wished' for ws,r and, " iit hfs opinion, the controversy could be satisfactOrltly settled; ' ' w; r: . v : ? ' Leaves Fortune to Greece. Athens, "Thursday Pmaon Pantezopoulos, a lossling Greek mer chant, M He left his entire for- tune, of 1 traAces to tne ureeK government. Parujltatin. eclareci teay TO HELP PAGIFY HBN CHILE AND PERU - i I Mediating INSTRUCTS JTT COMM. OV X f tNFORMKrlOhk Lauzanne has been in the United States several months on an official mission. "It has been a diplomatic custom from time immemorial," M. Lauzanne said, "that the head of one government who entertains the head of another, ft, variably repays ther! view's v, While no official announcement of plans has been made, M. Lausanne de clared it was certain resiaent J-oin care wouIdjn JoJtheBt umma ' the nwzr GLUM MTHER REVEALED Sinking of Lusitania Wrecked Dernburg's German Propa ganda System. BERNSTORFF RE-BUILT IT : ! ;' . .. ! , , , . t -i f . ' Chief Blelaki Lny Another Collection Of Documents Before Senate Com - mlttee Investigating Acts of Disloyalty. , ..Washington, Dec. 7. Either chap ters in the story of the efforts of for mer German. Ambassador Von Bern-' storff and other German agents to in fluence sentiment in America toward Germany arid to prevent the shipment Of war supplie o th Wes were re vealed in documents . laid before the senate investigating committee today by A. Bruce Bielasfci, of the depart ment of justice. .: Wreck of the propaganda system built up by Bernard Dernburg, the kaiser's personal agent in the United States, by the sinking of the Lusi tania, and the rerbulldlng of it by von Bernstorff in a . manner which "can not hurt us if it becomes known," also were dealt with ' in communications from the "former ambassador" to the Berlin foreign office. There also was evidence relating to auent activitlee of the American em- barero association with the hope of barg-o stopping' shipments of war supplies to the allies by so arousing feeling among the voters "as to comipel legis lative action. " One .of the communi cations ottered by Mr. Bielaski and purporting to have, been 'written by German Consul Reiswits, at Chicago, dealt with a mass meeting of the asso-, elation soon to .be held and said that among tboe Vfho: had "agreed to co operate" were Senator Hitchcok of Nebraska, chairman of the foreign re lations committee, former Representa tive Buchanan of Illinois, who was connected with Labor's National Peace Council; William Bayard Hale and Dir. Alced, a minister of San Francisco. Another communication relating to a meeting of the embargo association and said to have been written by G. M. Jacobs, of Chicago, acting chairman, said taht Senator Smith, of Georgia, as well as Senator Hitchcock supported the principles of the conference. " Mr. Bielaski read a document signed by Senator Hitchcock stating that the senator' would do all In his power both as a senator arid as editor .of the Oma ha' World-Herald to bring about an embargo on arms. Mr. Bielaski also testified that to stake provisions for the dissemination ef pro-Gerriian news to smaller nsws papers the German agents contemplat ed the purchase of the American Press Association which furnished matter in type to popers, but he said there was no evidence that the deal was carried through. Late today the state department made public the- full text of the Bern CConttnuod on Page Two. SINESS U.S. HAD THE MEN, BRITAIN THE SHIPS And Through This Combination the Liberty of the World Was Saved. y LLOYD-GEORGE SPEAKS "Send Your Ships" Was President Wil son's Reply t?. the premier Wfcem UOtMO American Troop Were Asked For. Leeds, Eng., Dec. 7.-t-"I shall never forget that morning when I sent a cable message to President Wilson telling him what the facts were and how essential it was that we should get American help at the speediest possible rate and inviting him to send 120,000 infantry and machine gunners to Europe," said Premier Lloyd-George in a speech to 3,000 persons here to day. "The following day," continued the premier, "there came a cablegram from President Wilson: 'Send your ships across and we will send the 120,000 men.' - . .. "Then I invited Sir Joseph McKlay. ; the shipping controller, to Downing J street and said? . 7 "-'Send every ship you 'can "They were all engaged -in essential trades because we were down and out right to the bone. There was noth Ivgf that was not essential. We said: 'This is the time for taking risks.' '?tVe ran. risks with our food and we Tan, risks with essential raw materials. y-0 said: " the thing to do is to get these Lmenacrofe. at all hasard- "America sent 1,900,000 and out of thaumhat-4,100,000 wte Carried by jtba 'JpEt$Uereanii ma-J rlne. The good ofifihjjps of Britain have "s"aye the" ftberty of the world many iUmee. They saved it in ; the- days of Queen felizabeth-; saveti It in the dayp of Louis Xt; saVed it in tia days ppion and , have saved it In the days of Kaiser Wilholm II. . . "It is a change from December, 1916; a change from the days when we made out balance sheet and found Germany had acquired more allied territory than she had before; that a new ally had fallen and that another ally was tottering and that Germany was ad vancing ruthlessly "That was. the story up to the end of December, 1016. What is the story today? Every German submarine Is in a British port today. , The best battle ships and cruisers and torpedo boats oi merman are now, witn lowered nags, unaer tne surveillance or British sea men in British harbors. And the Brit ish army which has fought so gallant ly is today, at this hour, marching across the Rhino into Germany and into one of the most famous cities of Germany." ABOUT HALF OF U. S. TROOPS CARRIED ON BRITISH SHIPS London, Dec. 7. Regarding- British aid in the transport of Amerioan troops the shipping controller today made the following statement to the Associated Press: "The real effort to accelerate the movement of American troops began at the end of MarctV. "Ships were .gathered from every source, with the result that in the six months between April and September, 850;OOO troops, or 60 per cent of the total number carried within that per iod, were transported In British bot toms. In all of the 2,000,000 odd Am erican troops transported to France, -well over a million were carried in British ships. "From South Africa we moved every passenger steamer and for the time that country. From India and Aus- tralla, we removed all the fast steam- era plying to and between those two countries and we made very danger ous sacrifices of meat supplies en dangering even those of the British army, by transferring these ships to the North Atlantic, thus wasting re frigerator space, as meat was not available for export from North Amer ican ports SELL FARMERS NITRATES AT COST Tp WAR DEPT. Supplies Xqtv Stored Here and Other Ports Should Go to Farms Direct. By S. R. WIJfTKR.S. Washington, Dec. 7 Frank Hamp ton, secretary to Senator Slrr mons, to day urged the war department to con vey to the department of agriculture the immense quantities of nitrate of soda stored at Wilmington, Charleston arid other southern ports for distribu tion among southern farmers. He would have the nitrate accumulated at these ports as the result of a ces sation of hostilities, distributed to the farmer at actual expenditure invested by the war department. The war department had tentatively committed itself to a policy of market ing the nitrate soda under the hammer to the highest bidder. The office of Senator Simmons argued to the war department that such a transaction would invite speculation, and that the the farmer would pay the ultimate figures determined by inflated prices A decision is anticipated within the next ten days. The soda is stored in south ern Docts, the termination of the war rendering it useless in the manufacture of munitions Bulk of Troops to Be Back Fob Months After Peace Is Declared, MARCH TELLS OF PLANS Eight Divisions of National Guard or National Army , Now at FjnmU MANY MEN DISCHA 200,000 Mnstered Out at the Camps Last Week. Washington, Dec 7 4Bltfbt of IS divisions comprising tho American third army, now approaching the Rhine, either are national guard OT national army troops and there is ev ery reason to believe that they Will he on American soil again by mid-summer. General Vardt, chief of staff, an nounced today be anticipated no diffi culty in getting these units home with in four months after peace ha beet! established formally by proclamation, prertdent WHson in his recent address to congress said the sessions of th conference probably would be conclud ed by spring, and based on this esti mate of the time, General March's statement was accepted to mean that these forces would return during the summer. , Two national guard divisions, ltos 82rid and 42nd, and two of the na tional -army, the 89th and 00th,, now. -5a."ltf"ibe front line of 3eor . General Dickman's army of occupation which irerrwithin 20 mllee -o he Rhine last ' night, according to Genors;! Fershirig'e repert. The 2tb and 33rd national guard and the 79th national army art in' tne second line, constituting , th reserve which le occupying Luxem burg . and various Tail centers ia France, including Montmedy, Longuy on, Btaln and St. Mihiel, The first, third, fourth and fifth regulars com prise the remainder of the advancing army while the second and seventt divisions are with tho reserve. The estimate as to the possibility that all except regular divisions will have been withdrawn from France bjjf . midsummer is based on Genera! March's reply to a question as to step necessary to obtain an extension ol the enlistment period for men In th army of occupation. "The law about the men who were raised in the national army is that they must be discharged four months! after the declaration of peace," h said.. "That,' I think, also was extend ed to include men who made voluntary enlistments In the regular army, -i won't have any difficulty in bringing back from Francs the so-called na tional army divisions in four month after the declaration of peace. It U entirely possible that we will have t ask congress for some modification ol the law to, provide a longer period for the units which will Temain In Eu rope." A total of 5,326 officers and 125,518 men. General March Said, have been specifically assigned for early return by General Pershing. Included in the additional units reported today are 1, 428 officers and 29,381 men, the larg est organisation mentioned being the field artillery brigades of the 80th (regular) and 92nd (national army- negro) divisions and the 845th ana 846th Infantry regiments from the 87th (national army) division. The remaind er of the list consists largely of aux iliary divisional troops. ; The 346th Infantry i numerically &2E!85 Ui" 7 J"? hom r"f'J ". " mn Discussing demobilisation of the forces at home, General March said college men other than those in offi cers' schools which were being aban doned would Teoeive no preference as to the time of their discharge. The order of demobilisation providing that oombat divisions be disbanded last, he said, has not been altered; "The system is working at a very much greater speed," General March said referring to demobilisation, "and I have Initiated a system by which 1 get a dally record as to officers and a weekly Tecord as to enlisted men. The actual number of officers discharged at the time of the last announcement was 113; . the number discharged last week, up to yesterday, was 7,6&8. The number of men discharged in the United States last week was over 200, 000." WARSHIPS ASSEMBLE TOR DEMONSTRATION Twenty-Two Vessels To Take Fart Is Sonthem ! Commercial Celebration Thi Week. Baltimore, Dec. .7. Anchored oil historic Fort McHenry tonight are 21 American naval vessels, the flotilla is command of Rear Admiral H. A. Wiley, The constitute the nay's part in the celebration in connection with the 10tk annual convention of the southern commercial congress which opens her Monday. There are .three battleships the, Massachusetts, Indiana and Iowa) even destroyers Dorsey, Robinson Radford, Mahan, Craven, Breese an? tPalk. and 12 submarine chasers. The 4,000 sailors aboard the vessel will take part in the military and ns J val parade next week. f
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