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: -1. , if .1 t t t UP OK CONGRESS Starts Third Week Hof New Ses- sion With Unusual Holi , day Congestion. SENATE BUSY ON FINANCE Mott M tke Time in tie Home Thii Week. Will Be Given to Appro prlation Bills -Committee - -, -' InTestijratlons. . "Washington. Dec. .15. Congress to morrow begins the third week of its new session with the usual pre-holiday congestion ot legislation. The senate will resume work on the most import ant sections of the war revenue bill, while appropriation bills will occupy most of the time of the house. At the earns time committees of both houses Will be unusually active with hearings and investigations. The moot question of government control or ownership of "utilities is pressing' -to the front in both branehes of congress, but few leaders expect definite legislation on this subject at this session. The senate interstate commerce committee will meet Thurs day to consider procedure with rail road legislation including Director General McAdoo's recommendation for extension of government control to January 1, 1924. Investigation of the railroad situation probably after the holidays and by the existing senate and house committees generally Is ex pected. Hearings on Secretary Daniel's bill tor permanent government ownership pf radio lines will be resumed next Tuesday by the house merchant ma rine committee, which will hear oppo sition arguments from the Marconi and other interests. The administration bill proposing, permanent government ownership of telegraph, telephone and cable lines probably will not be con sidered by the house committee until after the holidays. Hearings on the administration measure for federal regulation of the packers will begin Thursday with members of the federal trade .commis sion as the first witness. - Investigation of German propaganda by the senate judiciary sub-committee will be resumed Tuesday with Samuel Untermyer, of New York, testifying at his own request. Thursday the com mittee expects to hear Assistant State Attorney Becker, of New York,, who is counted upon by members of the com mittee to make important disclosures regarding the activity of German agents. Besides wprking on the revenue bill, the senate this week may dispose of the resolution proposing termination of the disloyalty proceedings against Sen ator LaFollette of Wisconsin. Senator Cummins of Iowa, republi can, plans to call up early in the week his resolution proposing a senate com mittee to go to Paris for the peace conference, while on Wednesday the foreign relations committee may take up the resolution of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, republican, proposing thatthe questions of a league of na tions, and freedom of the seas be post poned by the eace conference. SLAYER. PAID DAMAGE. Fanner Who Killed a Man Settled Court Aetion With, f 500 Cash Down (Special Star Correspondence.) Kinston, Dec. 15. Criminal and civil action against Claude Hunter, a far mer, charged with murder, ended yes terday when Hunter paid $500 to go to the administrator of the estate of the man he killed, a Jones county farmer named Brown. The killing occurred in Lenoir county late in 1917. The settlement, .was unusual. At the criminal trial Hunter declared Brown had trespassed upon his farm after the retiring.hotr and that he sbot (him when the intruder advanced upon him ill a threatening manner. Eleven of the jury are understood to have favored acquittal, but one held out and a mistrial was ordered. A suit for $8,000 was pending, with Brown's administrator as the plaintiff. Yesterday's compromise put a stop to everything, the state nol prossing the criminal charge and the suit being withdrawn. GOVERNORS OP MANY STATES MEET AT ANNAPOLIS TODAY Annapolis, Md., Dec 15. Members of President Wilson's cabinet and the executive heads of more than three fourths of the states of the union will gather at Annapolis tomorrow morn ing to participate in the tenth annual conference of governors which will continue for three days. Important questions looking to the framing of policies of reconstruction and read justment of conditions arising out of the. war, will occupy practically the entire time of the conference. - Gov. Harrington, who will act as of ficial host in behalf of Maryland, will open the conference tomorrow morn ing with an address of welcome and the response will be by Governor Man ning of South Carolina. Tomorrow night the executives will be the honor guests at a reception to be given at the executive mansion. Cabinet heads who are expected to participate in the con ference are Secretary s the Navy Dan , iels, Baker of the war department, Houston of agriculture. Lane of the inferior and "Wilson of labor. OCCUPATION TROOPS ATTAIN OBJECTIVES (Continued From Page One.) ' ' he authorized. Amusement places can not be run without authorization. . Residents must surrender all weap ons and must aid the military in the pursuit of lawbreakers. There can be" no telephone communication, save in extreme cases and then only with .permission. The employment of wire less and pigeons is ;forbidden. Only limited persons or business correspon dence with unoccupied German y and foreign countries' and correspondence with German prisoners is permitted. -Civilians -are forbidden to have cam eras. The military will have the right to search men suspected of having concealed weapons or of having brok en ordinancesr v , Field Marshal Haig has issued an -rder to the entire occupied territory - In which he declares that the inhabi tants will be protected as long as they are obedient "and peaceable: . The death m. penalty or some other puuishment as nay be decreed Is provided, if violence - Is '' done soldiers or the supplies or works necessary to the military opera tions are damaged- --, "'; WORKISPILING PEOPLE SAVED HUGE AMOUNT OF SUGAR Itl Five; Months 775,000 Tons Were Conserved. Restrictions Taken off Because Longer "Needed as a WntNeces . . sity Conservation of Food Is .TJrgred on All. no (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, Dec. 15. In view of the large number of inquiries as to the reasons for the removal of restrictions upon the use of sugar in" households, and especially from the service of sug ar in the public eating places, the food administration today issued the toU lowing statement: "Since its inception, the. food ad ministration's policy has been to ad just its conservation requests" with conservation necessities and the public has shown its appreciation of ythis frankness by immediate ' response. "It may astonish the public to know that during the months of July, August, September, October and No vember this year, the American people saved no less than 775,000 tons of sugar over their normal consumption. This conservation, of course, includes the amount of sugar saved by the restrictions placed on confectionery and soft drink products. "The food administration's object in asking for economy in the use of sugar was to inaure a supply that would be adequate to meet the needs of the allies who would have to de pend on the-same sources as the Un ited States so long as the war lasted. It was necessary to take pre cautions so that there would be a certainty of sufficient - sugar through the year. With the signing of the ar mistice the situation was Immediately changed, just as-4t was with all meas ures taken with the needs of a con tinuing war in view. As soon as the armistice made a change in our sugar program possible, the restrictions were lifted. "While it is true that certain states on the eastern seaboard are still lapk ing a plentiful supply of sugar,' it Is also a fact that with the Cuban crop almost upon us, we have a large sur plus of .western beet sugar and Louis iana cane sugar and it is quite per missible to return to the normal use of sugar- wherever it is available. It is a greater relief to the food adminis tration to feel that no extraordinary sacrifice in the use of sugar is re quired of our people until further notice. Until Mr. Hoover's return, the food administration will outline no dafinlte campaign of saving on any specified commodities. A great deal will depend upon the supplies which are found available in the various countries of Europe and in the arrangements which are made with the allied Pood council. The people of America are .urged to eliminate waste rigidly. This" ad vice applies to all foodstuffs, includ ing sugar, from which the - necessary and artificial restrictions- . have now been removed. '' ' -.. ' k FUNERAL OF MRS. GEORGE W. FIELDS HELD AT SANF0RD s (Special Star Correspondence.) Sanford, Dec. 15 The funeral of Mrs. George W. Fields, who died Thurs day morning at the family residence near the coirt house, was conducted by: her pastor, Rer. Walter M. Gilmore, of the Baptist church, Friday after noon, and the Interment was made at Buffalo cemetery. Mrs. Fields, who was 53 years old, had been in poor health foV the past yea. Besides her husband, three sons, Colon, Walter and Russell, the latter two being In the army and were not able to attend the funeral service. MR. WILSON ATTENDS TWO CHURCH SERVICES (Continued from Paere One.1 . American army officials who are at tached to the mission seem to have acquired the foreign style of dealing with newspaper correspondents, which In the United States Is usually describ ed as "red tape." Nevertheless, the correspondents ere spending their ef forts in organizing channels which will take typically American newspa per stories home to America in the American way. PLANS FOR CONFERENCES . GRADUALLY TAKING SHAPE Paris, Dec. 15. Plans for 'the re-assembling of the inter-ellied confer ence and the meetings of the peace conference are gradually being ma tured. It was the first intention to have the inter-allied conference meet tomorrow or Tuesday but owing to the inability of Premier Lloyd-George and Foreign Minister Balfouf to- be here because of the British elections and the approaching holidays, the formal session will not be resumed until Jan uary 1. Meanwhile President Wilson will have an opportunity to confer with the premiers and leading statesmen of the allies and visit the battlefields and perhaps Italy. King' Victor Eipmanuel, the crown prince and Premier Orlando, of Italy, arrived in Paris today. They wJll dine with the president some time this "week. - The merits of the Question and o.on- sideration to come before the confer ence mus iar nave developed only In their initial phases, discussions of them having been more or less Infor mal. For the American delegates the chief object to (be obtained during the next fortnight is a first-hand under standing- of the views of European statesmen and an opportunity to con vey to them the American -viewpoint. CLEMENCEAV, HOUSE AN HOOVER CALL AT MAN SON Paris, Dec. 15 President Clemen ceau arrived at the Murat residence at 6 .o'clock this evening and was received immediately by President Wilson. The French leader went by authombbile 1 to the ' president's house a half hour after Col. M. House- of the American mission had called upon him. After conferring with Premier Clemenceau. President Wilson had a long talk iwith Herbert C Hoover, the American food administrator, who gave him the latest information on food conditions in Germany. -'- Tomorrow, some time before the pub 116 reception at the city hallr the presi dent will receive Thomas Nelson Page, the American ambassador to Italy, who is expected to convey to him ome kind of an , informal - Invitation . from xne-vpope to -visit tne Vatican- -;, THE MORNING STA&, WILMINGTON, N.' C. MONDAYDECEIBR 16," 1918. ? V ' TROUBLES LASTED FOB "EIGHT Mrs. Cbrbitt Couldn't. Get TTJp , and Down Stairs Without Help Picture of Health Now She Sayg. : - ; . ' : "I not " only gained sixteen pounds on Tanlac, but I have - improve: :until I am in better health today than I have been in eight years," said Mrs. T. .C. Corbitt, 12 Ponders Avenue, Atlanta; Georgia. ' ' "For the past eight years I couldn't eat anything hardly without it soured on my stomach and formed gas" that puffed me up and made me miserable for hours. My knees Were so stiff I couldn't go up stairs by myself, and when I lay down I couldn't get up without help. I lost ; weight, and got so feeble that I couldn't do any of my house -work. I tried everything could get hold of, and had about given up hope. :- . ' -rf. ?; "Since I f have taken two bottles of Tanlac I have picked' up and Improved so1 that my friends say I am the pic ture, of health and I feel like a different; person. I can eat anything I want without having any trouble afterward, the backches have disappeared and I can get around as well as anybody and nothing hurts me at all.' v - ; Tanlao is sold, in Wilmington, by R. R. Bellamy and leading druggists everywhere. adv. THEATRICAL Al. and Gertrude Bernard present at the Royal today for the first , time in Wilmington, their "Girls and Boys From Dixie," a musical pomedy ex travaganza organization that is known throughout America as one of the very best popular priced attractions oh the road today. Carrying elaborate special scenery and a line of wardrobe that fills many spacious trunks, this organization has played in the largest cities to capaci ty crowds, and is making its first vis it to the smaller cities. They carry a pony ballet dancing chorus that will be seen to be away above theaverage caried- by a popular priced attraction. For the opening bill Monday and Tuesday - they will present a rousing musical comedy extravaganza with gorgeous scenic settings entitled "The Isle of Chin ChOo with vaudeville specialties' including "Roily" fancy roller skater and "Skeeter" Bernard in. blackface and-' comedy specialties. Grand. The feature attraction of the season so far is offered to Grand patrons today in the presentation Of one of the biggest dramatic novelties ever screened, "The Frozen Warning a magnificent six reel super-production starring the world's most famous ice skater" "Charlotte" who is known all over the civilized' world, as one of the, most beautiful as well as the most famous skater and swimmer in the world. Charlotte is known wherever ice skating is known, as the most famous woman sicater. in the world, and she is one of the Jiost beautiful women who was ever photographed by W motion picture camera. In order to . bring. her before thfe millions of 1bhotoplay,pa- trons, tnts mammoth production," one of the most gorgeously screened pictures ever filmed, has been made, and it tells a story, of, thrjlls, linking In German ' A f v . . .... i. . iningne,s inoj'xreai worm war ana wireless telegraphy to make it one of the most thrilling and timely pro- auctions of the year. v - Charlotte, does some of the most beautiful skating in this "picture ever seen, and which will be interesting in deed to those who Have never seen a real expert Ice skater. Besides this she executes some classic Greek danc es that will prove a revelation, and some bathing scenes that are ideally beautiful. .. The production is inmsix reels, and while it should be put on for a longer run, the Grand had only one day open to play it and the crowds will be sure to come so that early attendance will be desirable. Bijou. Clever riding and clever work with the lariat are shown in the second chapter of "A Fight for Millions," Vi tagraph's latest adventure serial which will be seen in the Bijou theatre today. The two chief villians fall out in their scheming for the heroine and her mil lions and one . of them hidden In a tree off the trail lassos his one-time pal as the latter gallops beneath on his way to round up a gang of henchmen. Joe Ryan is the one who throws the rope and the one he drags from his horse is Walter L. Rogers, whose fearless horsemanship and daring stunts played such a prominent part in "The Fight ing Trail," and "Vengeance and the Woman." William Duncan directed "A Fight for Millions" and is the fighting, star which Insures the same if not, an even greater measure of success than that enjoyed by the preceding Vita graph serials. Besides this stellar attraction there will be the latest two reel O. Henry feature, . and a roaring Snakevllle comedy scream, making a great five reel double feature bill.' Tomorrow the Bijou will present the exclusive government pictures of the surrender of the great German naval fleet, the most conspicuous and great est event In, the culmination of the war. ' V ERZBERGER AGAIN COMPLAINS OF SEVERE- ARMISTICE TERSIS London, Dec. 15. (British Wireless). According to dispatcher received to day from Amsterdam and other cities, Mathias Ersberger, the leader of the German armistice , , commission, has again complained of the severity of the armistice terms. He asks for the raising of the blockade, the . liberation of prisoners of war and the immedi ate opening of the peace conference. Marshal FoCh, it le said, has refused to recognize the soldiers and work men's councils. : - v Clothe For Te Belgians. : Washiiston, Deo. 15. Something like 25,000,000 articles .-of used clothing for needy Belgians " were - contributed through the American Red Cross in September in response "to an appeal from the commission for relief in Bel glum. Feeble-Minded "Fin" Victims. Kinston, Dec.' 15. A latter . from an official-, of the Pennsylvania Institu tion for the feebleminded to 'Dr.. C. B. McNairy, superintendent 6t vthe state school "here, teaya 490 influenza oases have occurred there and that 127 per sons have died.' There were 23 dead in the institution on a recent date,1 and the undertakers " were not able v to handle the bodies fast enough, YEARS BIG REDUCTIONS 1 v6ffiRATES They Will . Become Effective" On January 21. Netw Rates Designed to Equalise ' the - Toll and Long-Distance Charges v Statement by 'Postmaster V General Burleson ': Washington, :pec 15.- Sweeping re-, ductiofls in long-distance and 'toll tele phone rates by the Adoption of .ar basic charge' of 6 1-4 mills a mile airlin'e mileage, -and tialf the day raie . -for night service up. to .midnight and one fourth the sday rate after that -hour w,erer anpounced today by Postmaster General Burleson., They"- become ef fectiye'heart-January 21; ?7 C'J'd The new rates were recommended . in' the ; first report o f the cpjnhittfee .-sont rater -standardization 'and Sir, Burle-4 son's .statement, said their effect is. to equalize the toll and long-distance charges over the- country,' "removing disparities-and preferences and provid ing a scientific, .basis for, future, reduc tions contemplated as' uhlAcation4- of telephone , and telegraph wires proi ceeds." . - :- - "A night service rate," said ' the statement, , "which is one-half the day rate is e-tablished between ,8:30 and 1? p. m. Between midnight and 4:30 a. m. the night rate is one-fourth Jhe day rae These aregreater reduc tions in nighti rates than- have ever been made in any country, and doubt less will be extensively, used, especial ly for social and family purposes. A person might talk from San Francisco to New York for about $4 whereas the day rate is approximately $16, - "A station to station service is es tablished such as now exists In the balance of the world, that is, when a connection is established vwith a man's house or office, the opportunity to con verse is provided and the station to station rate, which is the basic rate, applies and is payable whether the particular person desired responds or not. This rate up to 24 miles is at the rate of 5 cents for six miles and for greater distances five . cents for each eight miles, or about six and one fourth mills a mile. The distance is computed by air line methods and not by pole line or public highways. The airline distances are commonly about 100 miles' when the other would run 150 miles. It is stated by the commit tee that more than 60 varieties of toll ates have existed in the United States up to the present time." FOUR MORE U. S. SAILORS DIE AS RESULT OP INJURIES Yokohama; Thursday, Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) Four more Am ericana, iteembers of the' crew of the United SJtes armored, cruiser Brook lyn have? died as a result of injuries sustained' In the explosion supposedly of coal dust, oh board the cruiser last Mop day. They are" Fireman James' A. Anderson, of Nabob, Wash. ; Leonard C. Carter, ,of Muscatine, la. ; John tS. Parker, of Fresno, Cal.,-'and Kent H. Steen, of WalnutVTells, N; ) New" York, ec. i-ftaiy, wltba population of only 6,000,1)00 and with 5,600,000 called to the colors, suffered approximately -1,500.000 casualties, in the war. Gen. Emillo Gugleinettl, mili tary attache of the Italian-war mission, announced in an address at a Red Cross rally here tonight. Of the 1,500000 casualties, Gen Gugliemettl said, ap proximately, 500,000 were killed or died of wounds and SOO.000 . were perman ently disabled. " PRESIDENT BREAKS OLD FRENCH CUSTOM (Continued from Page One.) ous co-operation of two great democ racies in the world in the pursuit of the same ideals. "The speech of President Poincare." the Journal comments, "was not only a magnificent piece of oratory but also set . forth the problems of the peace conference, asserting that peace de mands Justice and security. The reply of President Wilson was tactful. French public opinion will be par ticularly grateful to him for the tri bute which he paid to our long suf ferings., Justice, of what President Wilson has made himself the cham pion, will, know how to safeguard the settlement of all accounts." President Wilson, in full agreement with all the allies, declares the Matin, wants a peace of Justice and security. The welcome given him toy the people of Paris, it adds, voted confidence In him for the future, whileHhanking him for the past. ' . The Petit Journal quotes President Wilson as making the following re mark to General Pershing: expected a cordial welcome, but I never could have dreamed of the sincere welcome Paris gave me. I am greatly pleased." ITALIAN PRESS "WELCOMES PRESIDENT TO EUROPE Rome, Saturday, Dee.-- 15. In high headlines v the Italian press welcome President Wilson to Europe. The edi torials praise the president's course during the war, the Epoca declaring: "No man in Europe since Napoleon has been more popular than President Wilson and no one -has been more lov ed. He is loved, today by those who once hated him-and scoffed at .him. They see in him hopes for -a better world." i Italy is awaiting Impatiently official announcement of the president's Itin erary wjieh he comes to Rome. Work men are busy day and night erecting arches; flagpoles and stands in the va rious streets. ... SPANISH NEWSPAPERS JOIN - IN VEIOOMONG MR. WILSON Madrid, Dec. 1,5. (Havas). All the newspapers here, regardless of opin ions and sympathies, welcome the ar rival in Europe of President Wilson. ' "President1 Wilson is the most hu mane man of the century," says the Heraldo. "His presence in Europe means that the hour of . justice has struck." The Diarlo Universal declares -that President Wilson-is a 'citizen of the world and that to Spaniards he is a citizen of Spain. - , WILSON NEWS DISPLAYED V : UP : IN BIG BERLIN PAPERS - Berlin, Dec. 5.-Byi the Associated Press). Dispatches reporting the ar rival of President Wilson in Paris are displayed prominently "by ; the Berlin newspapers. .The' president's .utter ances are being-" ae&nnedv, carefully. Newspapers which formerly were fore most in attacking -the president's v poli cies now-plead that they were de- u.$;myalgomd ;: kills 2 mexicans Clash Occurs on November 29 At Monterey. Chief Gwamefm Mate Attacked fri Front , . of Saloon and Comrade Heed Ht . Call For Help Mexican De- mand Not Granted. New York, Dec. 15. In a clash on Nov.- 58 between -the naval guard of the, .U. S. S. Monterey and Mexican customs guards at Tampico, one Mexi can, said to have been a captain, was killed, a Mexican soldier mortally wounded and a chief gunner's, mate, named Berry, in charge of the Ameri can guard, less seriously hurW) ' " This was learned today with" the steamer's arrival from Nassau and Havana where she torched after leav ing t'ampico. . "; Members of the armed guard and officers of the ship refused to discuss the incident, but details were learned from Tasaengers on board at the time. According to them, the fight occurred shortly after 5 a. n. after members of the naval guard went to the rescue of Berry, ' who had been "attacked. The Americans at first responded to the call without arms, but upon the Mexi cans opening fire, they secured their weapons and responded in kind. N' The fight, passengers said,, was brief, the "Mexicans running away as soon as the' Americans opened fire, leaving their dead and wounded. Later, offi cials of the port took the matter into hand, the passengers asserted, and a demand was made upon the captain of the Monterey that the armed guard be delivered up to them pending an Investigation. This the captain de clined to do, his action being support ed, it was said, by officers of two American gunboats in the harbor. La ter tne matter was disposed ot oy a decision to leave the entire subject to diplomatic settlement. . It was said that the gunner's mate had gone ashore on an errand just be fore the Monterey sailed. Seveal blocks from the ship was tied up was a saloon and as Berry was returning to his ship and passing in front of this saloon he was called upon to "treat." When he refused several Mexicans started after him. The American ap-; preached his ship,, a shot was fired and a Mexican guard there seeing him coming, placed him under : detention. It was also asserted Ithat others start ed to beat him with the butts of their rifles. The sailor fought back -.the best he could and .as he ' drew near the ship, he called to his men for as sistance. . They needed no second Invitation, one of the passengers - said, and -all who were in sight or in hearing join ed in the fray. , Seeing reinforcements coming, some of the Mexicans opened fire. No one was hit on the ship. The naval guard th,en secured armsH and as the firing continued they re turned the shot, with-the result , that two Mexicans 'fell.''-: With the show of arms -..the &Ki9i&$$X&& JH.f gunner's AW'&mHmT4 ship with his men. ' -V .'Sound of the firing attracted a con siderable crowd, but tio further dem onstration was : made.: .- Threats were heard, , however and during the hours that the Monterey was detain ed pending the investigation of the inn cldent, every -precaution was taken to guard againstv a surprise attack. The two gunboats - were sufficiently close so that they could have render- ed assistance to the Monterey had it been required. In -addition to hand arnis the Monterey carries a gun mounted on- her deck placed .. there during the war as a protection against submarines. - - - --V. On arrival of the Monterey here to day, the gunner's mate and his men went to the navy yard to make an offi cial report of the matter. Officers of the ship were also questioned by na val authorities. NEGOTIATIONS TINDER WAY . FOR SETTLING THE. INCIDENT Washington, Dec. 15. The clash be tween the armed guard of the -Ward liner Monterey, and Mexican soldiers at Tampico- has been left to' diplo matic settlement and is now the ob-r Ject of negotiations between the Amer lean and Mexican governments. . This announcement was made today ; -by .the state department. . V The department's announcement said the Mexicans startett the disturbance by attacking and Injuring: -the com mander of the Monterey's armed guard who had gone ashore. A jjCood smile 111 it i makes its own way. Irving makes the smile; MSBM P05TOM instead of coffee puts many a. man on the way to smiling health arcl S UCCCSS. "THERE'S A REASONv 7 t ,'- HEAVY FOG HOVERS OYER 1. Y. HARBOR . ' : r ... ., ' . .!.-. - - ' r .. ' . f Leviathan With 8,000 Troops Unable to Dock. TKere Are " Some Shipping Accident and Movement ol'Harbor Craft and Ferries Hampered- Wreck On Elevated Hallway. New York, Dec. 15. Due to a. heavy fog which has hung over the port for the past 24 hours the American trans port Leviathan with more tMan - 8,000 American sailors and aoldiers. from France, was unable to dock today. The ship arrived off Sandy Hook yesterday but her size made it unsafe to attempt to proceed through -the channel. - If the fog lifts; the Leviathan .will dock early tomorrow morning. The French line steamship Chicago which went aground early today in the lowier ,harbor while outward bound, was freed at high tide and proceeded on her voyage to Bordeaux. The Norwegian steamship Niles, with a cargo, which sailed this morn ing, struck a submerged wreck in the lower harbor and was forced to. run on a beach to prevent-sinking. The fog all but stopped the move ment Of harbor craft and ferries. Several ships which made Quarantine during the night, among them the Ward line steamer Monterey with pas sengers from Mexico and Cuba, man aged to reach their docks under low Blinded by the heavy fog, the motor man of a Brooklyn elevated train drove his train into the rear of another train which had stopped. Onrf man was killed and six Injured in the col lision. SHIPPING AT NORFOLK , HAMPERED FOR THREE DAYS Norfolk, Va., Dec. 15.' Coastwise shipping has been seriously hampered for the last three days by continuous fogs, rain and mist banks, making nationalist for West Belfast, has been many, delays. All river and bay sched ules have bee interrupted. tJL number pf minor accidents have been report ed, but so far there has been no loss of life or serious property damage. ,Two ferryboats of the Newport News Vine Beach line were in a side-swiping . collisions this afternoon in Hamp ton Roads but no one was injured" and the boats onty Slightly damaged. Sev eral ships, losing .channels have been reported aground but wer6 successful ly floated. BOLSHEVIK REGIME IS PLANNED BY SPARTACUS Program Calls for Complete Control In Germany By Soldiers' and Work men's Councils. Amsterdam, Dec. 16. The Spartacus group, according to a, Berlin telegram to the Handlesblad, has drawn up the following progranuc-f immediate steps forfgurdinge revolution: r I)saajSenNrSfll police .officers, h on -proletariat eoldiers and ail mem bers of . the Ruling classes. Arming of all grownrup male prole tarians and the formation of a work er's militia. Confiscation by the soldiers and workmen's councils of arms .muni tions and armament works. The formation of a proletariat' red guard. . v t Abolition of the rank of. officers and non-commissioned officers. - " - Removal -of all military officers from the soldiers' and workmen's councils. Replacement of political. Organs and the authorities; pf the former regime by representatives of the soldiers' and workmen's councils. Abolition of all parliaments and municipal and other councils, ' The election of- a general 'council t Which, will, elect and control the ex ecutive council of the soldiers and workmen, , - "' Cancelation, oi all state and. other public debts. Including war loans, down to a certain fixed limit of sub scription. Expropriation of all landed estates, banks, coal mines and large indus trial works. Confiscation of all fortunes above a certain . amount. . J .AVIATION INSTRTJCTOBS TO WEAR SLEEVE DECORATION Washington,' Dec. 15-CEnstructors of fliers In the air servioe of the army haVe " been authorized by the war de- a: Ridht The next time you buy calomel ask for The purified calomel tab, lets that are entirely of all sickening aiMj vating effects. Medicbal virtues mily Goaraateed by your drnMirt. only in sealed packajes. prite 3 , mo ien oi-j. eleeve decoration rnndcti.. . m wines the samft sirf. a .. w wuotj m Th in Rie-nia. nn tVia .nr. 11 c j ., la. w..a. "ccoraiions a appreciation of their services. BICYCLES! Cosh or Weekly Payment "PAY AS YOU RIDE." New and Ued Machines. Wilmington Cycle Co, 315 Market St. p-0Be 5 "A FIGHT FOR MILLIONS" The Second Chapter of the "Bill" Duncan Serial Supreme Also the Latest O. Henry Two. Heeler and a New Snakevllle Comedy. -TOMORROW Q Surrender of German Fleet , Mot striking; Incident of the fall of Germany Into Scapa Flow, Scotland. Exclusive governmnt pictures, -first In America. AL and Gertrude Bernard Present the Girls and Boys From Dixie MUSICAL COMEDY COMPACT Featuring R O L L0 Fancy Trick Roller Skater A REVELATION Ravishing Beauty- The World's Most Expert Beautiful Ice Skater Iu ft Star Reel Production Hinsr Beauty- a i W doc. Claasic DauchJ. iktf lnjr ana ice Woman or Man Can. o b 1 n 1 ROYAL "CHARLOTTE" ofV "THE FROZEN t: IRflllf ... r.
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