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today and tomorrow; not much change
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V. NO. 55
STATE'S HEROES
TO DEBARK HERE
ON THEIR RETURN
v.
That They Will Come Up
.Delaware Is Virtually
Assured
fc BAKER APPROVES PLAN
rt.Senalor Penrose and Con
gressmen Give Support and
Propose Ovation to Boys
It Ih lrtua1lv assured Omt Pcnnsvl
vanla's Bolcllcrs will be brought un the
Delaware River direct to Philadelphia
when they comer home In triumph from
the battlefields of Europe. Alieedj
plans are under wa for a demonstra
tion of welcome
General Peton C March, chief of
staff of the United States nrm, an
nounced today that nil ports from
Boston, Mass , to Charleston, S C , are
being prepared for the reception of re
turning: troops
General March and .Secretary of War
Baker put their stamp of -approval on
the plan to have returning troops land
at ports nearest their home districts
Members of the Philadelphia delega
tlpn In Congress also expressed hem
selves as In favor of the plan
Maker lives Approval
. "It Is a -splendid Idea." said Secietary
Baker,, in Baltimore, ' both from the
Btandnolnt of sentiment and economv, If
such n, plan can be worked out It might
be well to h.ive the New Kngland bovsl
debark at Boston, the far southern boss
and the middle south groups debark at I
Newport News and Baltimore This not
only would permit a great vvi Iconic and
demonstration near home on the part ,
of the famllie-s, but would lesult In a,
saving In rnllroad transportation as well
Tnc Idea is a new one iu ine aim i
' shall certainly study It and see If the
War Department can work It out
Scnator Boles Penrose Is heartily In
favor of the suggestion
"I can see everv proprletv In the Idea."
said Senator Penrose "From a sentl-lwar
mental )lnt of view- it will, I am sure,
mnl l oiorv Pennsilennlnn th it
4i ..,.1.31...... .. r v. Lia.wii.i nv,e frtr
inrreruiuicnniKi '" "i""""" . "R"' "'
liberty should be disembarked In the
metropolis of their own State, which is
the birthplace of liberty
"From a practical point of view It
Would seem evident that It would nc
easier to disembark them at Phllidelphla
than at any other point w hlch would
require, a further unnecessary and bur
densonje railroad journey
"No State has a more distinguished
record than I'enns) Ivan! i In this war.
The casualties amonir the Pennsylvania
soldiers have been greater than those of
ail me Houmern Miaies ijui logeuier ami t
ep1,Nl;k.,rhcich,,.hefa?iSn1aucc!;;
behind Pennsv Ivanla In this respect i
".when the history of the war is'writ-
t.en It will be found that Pennsylvania
soldiers lead in the sacrifice and devo
tlon and thnt our State has contributed
more In the munitions and the materl lis
oi.war man nearly an urn res- oi ine
country put together Pennsylvania
truly continues, as it has always been,
the Keystone State, and leads In pi
triotlsm at all times
"By all means let the Pennsylvania
BOidlers come tip Delaware Bay and
through our magnificent deep-sea chan
nel to Philadelphia, and lecelve the
greatest ovation cvei extended to
turning army."
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Splendid Idea, s,B narrow
Congressman George P Darrow e- ' Incidentally that Troelstra and his ad
pressed himself enthusiastically in favoi ,heients were on the side of the boui
of the plan coMe, Must as .Scheldmann and i:bcit
""It Is a splendid Idea." he said Wei-'"' '" (il,rm'"'y '
should' give the boys a royal reception i
V when they come home. Vnd we can do
so much more satisfactorily If thev
land at their own home port than if
they d barked elsewhere and were.
transhipped by l all The plan Is most
appropriate and should meet with a
great popular u-sponse"
Congressman Wllllanl S Vaie "IK-
perlence has taught us that when the i
troops were sent abroad much del ly le-
suited In the movement of troop trains
between Philadelphia and New York,
because of the rail congestion By
bringing the troops direct to Phlladel-
phla by transport It would give tlu city
a oettcr cnance to greet ner souuer
sons and would eliminate the congestion
which otherwise would result tit the rail
road terminals If the men were brought
here by rail from some other port "
HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS
Government Urges Ptihlic Not to
' Throw Them on Market
By the Associated Press
Uaslilngtoii, Nov JG Detqilto tho
operation of the treasury sinking fund
for buying up a limited quantity of
Libert) bonds thrown on the1 market,
treasury officials iild today, nothing
can prevent the price from continuing J
Delow pir after the war rr many holl
ers sell their bonds Consequently t
campaign of education seeking to havo
owners hold bonds will be started af
ter the net war loan
tThe Trcnsury has practically given
up hope of developing a sjheme for ar
tificially stubllzlng the price
The eMent to which the sinking fund
has bcdji used to absorb bonds has not
' beep disclosed. First Llbeity bonds
bearing SVa per cept Interest ) ester
day sojd nt 9D,I0 per cent, Second Lib
trty fours at 96, and Fourth Liberty
nt, 4 U at 08.
WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK
Advance Forecat Given Out by Dureuu
at Washington
VV, nnliltiBtnn, Nov. 1C Weather predic
tions for the week beg'nnlns Montluy,
"wied by the Weathu Bureau today,
are:
North and .viimtie Atinutic .suites
Monday.' followed by fair until
enel of week: colder Tuesday:
normal tempeintuio theieafter. i
' ...it . mi a -.i rii.i
iculn
ahnut
nearly
iwutii eviiaiine: u in u i uuu nmiiif , Ilrtlilrlirin. I'll., Nov 16 Frank
flrnrrallv fnlr weather during the week Keehler, thirty-six ears old, was burn
vvlth. nearly, normal temperatures... , ,, ,, ',',. ' nd VinCint Simon and
ll Aiiamic ami i-asi uuu males- , itrllilrlirm. I'll., Nov 16 Frank
Ulv fnlr weather during the week Keehler, thirty-six ears old, was burn
learly. normal, temperatures... , ,, ,, AAih. and Vincent Simon and
I Uliia valley nnu s'iennestee i-nir A..x Kmulnek- nerhans fatallv burned
a,,,tr. i61,'1, ffii"t TTihV,. W," ItaSS furnace of tl c Betble
nfter middle of the week in Ohio Mil-, he, steei Company, when a ladle filled
Iteg'on of flrent Kukes' Fair Monday
seept probnhlv local shovvh along lower
lakes; generally fair end of the ween
UtTvE drops op-water
onth ictntls Mom but no joy we
pa In.
Vou)lji tonlnht and on Sunday tain.
Blamed old vrtthciwtan ahes, us a
patiti'
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rublljhcd Daily Uxcrpt hiindny Subscription Prlcei: a Year by Mall.
, f'oMrlitht, 101 S by the Publlr Ledger Company.
17. S. SHOULD FEED GERMANY,
OPINION OF LEADERS HERE
.While Declaring It Would lie Christian Charity in the Way of a
Humanitarian Act, Sonw Believe Whole Matter Is One
for Washington to Decide
Germain wants food: Are wo to sup
ply It?
The 'thought that as a ninttci nf
Christian charity this country t-hould
glo tho Germ in people whatever old
thev need was expressed strnnglv bv
Bishop Berr, of the Methodist Kpls
cop'il Church Alexander Simpson, Jr,
new Supreme t'ourt Justice, endorsed
this view. Governor-elect Sproul ad
vised letting W nshlngton decide, vet
pointed out th it this country's Impulses
have nlwavs been hunianltailan Here
nie the opinions nt length
lllslicip Herri 'I feel that (Sernmnv
should addriss her iippeul for-Jnod to
tin- Allies generally as well aH to the
I'nllcd States 1 do not like that up
pearance of an appeal to us and an
apparent Ignoring of the other powers
However. 1 fnvor most hem til) feeding
the people of Germnnvi If thev netd It
I think the peril of radicalism will be
enhanced In Gennanv If the people are
hungrv "
(lovrrnor-elert Sprnul 'I think we
mav well leave the whole question to
the authorities at Washington who are
acquainted with the vnrlous aspects of
the situation 1 do not feel that we o ve
FRENCH MISSION
HERE ON WAY TO
HONOR CARDINAL
Bishop of Arraa at Headof Dele
gation to Attend Golden
Jubilee
Mimbeis eif the Kreneh Mission sent
by their Government tf the I'nlted
States to attend the golden Jubilee of
Cardinal Gibbons villi arrive in Broad
Street Station at 4 o'clock this aftei
noon In the partv ale French ecclesiastics
of distinction including Mgr Jullen
Bishop of Vilas whose diocese sufferi d
severely it, the hands of the Gel man
1! II l I If IK lllin Wl III," U Villi. Ill I . "'-.,, ... '( ,
Jers , lgi Bauelrlllart, rector of the I correspondent of the Midi on the Bel
oIU institute of Paris and inembel gan front.
Invnd
Citln
of the French Academy, and Father (III
mnnt
The visitors will bo greeted bv a le-
ceptlon eommlttee Including Victor Fone-
neau vl( lonsul of France; Mrs Cor-
nellus .Stevenson, chairman of the Frenth
relief committee: Or Charles II
deM Salnur president of the Trench
lolnnv llel l , -tr
P ! I.lroud of the'
a se. and or. behalf of
Vllimie Fianc,
iwhM.l, ..i,i... -et I w.i.i.
and the Ue William J Lillou The
... iii,i.uiii I'uusinn i ,iininihiiJi ,ii"ii
menibi rs of the mission will be Arch
bishop Dougheitv's guests duilng their
tav In Phllidelphla
Aftei visits to churches and Institu
tions In this iltv tomorrow, the vlsltois
will be entertained at lumheon bv Mr
and .Mis lames r Sullivan of llndnor
t 4 niloik tqmoirow afternoon the
Flinch eeileslastlcs will be given an In
formal ree-ep'.lon at the Acorn Club bv
the Flench war relief committee, and
Mllanee rrnncalse and the French
coons
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DEMANDS QUEEN'S ABDICATION
Socialist in Dutch Parliament
TTrcps Gonornl Slrilco
urges vcm-rat curyce
Iiy the Associated Press
T, Hague, Nov. 13 (Delayed)
xiie second cnamoer oe ine Dutch
Pailiament engncert In a hitter debate
today Addresses were made denouncing
demands mule bv Pleter J Troelstra
that the Premier give rurther details as
to expected food supplies from the
I'nlfiil states
.. ...- .. ... .. . ,...,
cla.lVt. made a speech demanding the lm-
invwi vnK o ine reoiui onarv iso- .
"I'' TJX;kr?rWr lf?Z'Sn"" ?".' -n.l. was griduated fron, Co,-
'ithit demobilized troops should refuse
to-sui lender control of the armies until
they were assureci oi loou supp es lor
e,neHes anil families He remarked
CAPE MAY GOES "DRY" TODAY
R Liquor Sales ElTeetive at
' ! . ,, . ,,
Four o'Cloek This Afternoon
special Dhtalrh lo I leiifiio I'iiWIi Cerfutr
Cal Mni . ,i., .-0 16 Cape May
goes dri at 4 o clock thif afternoon
Thls'iltv, as well as Wlldwood is iu
the five-mile, dry zone established around
the naval base Seven siloons will close
here and almost a do7cn In Wlldwood
Anglesea is two miles outside the drv
zone and only seven miles fioni Cape
May .Many Ashing- and hunting parties
will start for Anglesea at 4 ociock today
All the saloons here did a big business
todav
DROUGHT THREATENS WHEAT
Onlv 01 Tiii-li eif l tin Hfrr Siiwe
uniy .ui iniii oi ndin ncrc since
Novcmlicr 1
vian (,,,, i, '.iri knoll nf in. i "uiueiwa uie persuaaen 10 return lo
reSHKiSm
dr spell tho tnlnf.ill being far below .,
the average foi this period ,.,-.-... . . ..
coSnT'ncrSC0 .&?2eR,rB.ir OFFERS LAND FOR SOLDIERS
foiccnster here, m i affect the wheit . '
supply 'southern States Would Have
Pioni Novimlier 1 until vesterdaj onlv iri.. Tl... II . J rn
.01 of nn inch or rain fell in this citv si Uiein lake Homestead Claims
streets 1'icm Julv 1 to October 30 n .. i-;,.i pr...
10 21, Inches of mill fell The noimull " ",0 ""Cialeel I rcsj
irielpiliuloit for that perioil is Jo 4.'
inchej
REVENUE BILL TO BE CUT
Loillllllttce Approves JMcAlloo 8
....i;r..i I.. mimo It
By the Associated Press
UnHliliiKtnn, Nov IB Seirefarj He
Adoo's rccoinmenilatlon for downward
revision of the revenue bill to about
JC.OOO.OOO.OOO wn formillj adopted to
elnv bv the Senato Fin nice Committee
Onlv two or three meinbiit,, Chaliman
Simmons stuted. favored a higher tax
eNy
.-.
BURNED TO DEATH IN METAL
Furnace vorkiniUl Turned to Cill-
i i m r n o i i
tier and Two Badly Scorched
j
,1th nio'ten meiai spuieu over them
SWEDEN'S REFORM PROGRAM
Government to Grant Equal Suf
frage and Enlarge Riksdag Power
Stoikholm, Nov. 16, The Swedish
Onvernment has dee'ded to carry out
without delay .T. program of reforms,
:;iiiik ino iiivitviMBu u wun pcra wm
viuhI terms nnd niactnir control of tho
"Telun policy as Jeil as declaraflpns
r ' iii"t? 'V-'sii .-c, 'i '"
Germany nnv kindness; and vet the
policy of the I'nlted States alwavs has
been not to let any one suffer '
Alexander Simpson, .lr. "We ought
to feed Germanv as well as everv other
lountr) that needs It nt this time I
feel that It would be bread cast upon
the waters that would come back to
repay us mnnv fold"
llnnnril llelnr. State Food Admin
Istiator "I shall have a public state
ment Monda)."
Mm. J. Willis Martin. 'of the Emer
gence Aid and State Council nf National
Defense "Wo are too far away to
know anything about the situation I
feel that we ought to leave cvervthlug
to General Koch and the Council of the
Allied nations "
ItUhop Thomas J. Clurhiml ' The feed
ing of Germany Is provided for by the
armistice Our country and our Alltrs
believe In broad humanitarian principles
These have hccnTexpresid In the iHuses
of the ntmlstlee which deal with the
question nf Germany's food supplv. I do
not believe there should be a discussion
of the matter here In the I'nlted States
Anv deb ite on It here mav simply serve
to ghe the Impression In Germany that
wc are not agreed on the matter."
BELGIAN TROOPS
ENTER BRUSSELS,
NATION'S CAPITAL
Withdrawing German Soldiers
Now Nine Milca Be
yond CityN
11) the Associated Vc
Tarls, Nov lfi
1'iirls. Nov 1G Belgian advaiue
guirds entered Brussels this morning
The German troops, in accord ince
with the armistice, began moving out of
the Belgian capital yesterdav, and now
are nln mil, c nwnv ,in.nr,llni- fi. Hin
Brussels hid been In Geiman hands
sine August J0f 1011 When It becamo
evident the l.lege forts could not hold
out the Belgian capital was evacuated,
King Albert, the Government, and most
I, he ielgl,, forc,s retired to Antwirp
which was defended stoutly by Belgian
unu uriiisn iroop neiore it leu. in
their occupation of Belgium the Ger
mans maintained their principal head
quarters at Brussels
It was reported early In the week that
King Albeit would re-entei Brussels to
day, but a dlspatrh from Paris Friday
said that his entry had been postponed
piobably until November 21 when tho
Belgian Parliament will reopen
JOYOUS OVER SONRELEASE
Mother of Lt. "Warren -Kent
Feared He Had Been Killed
The name of Lieutenant Warren Kent
among those of the Phlladelphlans re
leised from German prisons, announc
ed yesterday, relieved the growing anx
iety of his mother, Mrs Henry Kent,
of C'lftou Heights, who had not heard
from him for several months, and fear
ed he may have been killed
Lieutenant Kent was an aviator and
received his commission In that branch
after turning down an opportutly to
become nn ollicer In a non-combatant
irm of the set vice He was captured
in the late summer, after he wnn
I foiced to land behind the German lines
IUIVL'11
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"' ", ""L V'Ten V S". , .,..,.
i ne Cniversity In 1114 He enlisted
'" t,hei,'-,'rl,,,.',m.bVl',,e RerlVP ,.1
""",'" """ ;" ''" mnui
Immptllatel), serving several montns
bemnu the rrencli nrmles is an am
bulance man and later In the munitions
supplv service it was while engaged
in the latter work that he was given
i chance for a commission In the quar
termaster's corps Jle refused, and a
short time later attended an aviation
school In France Ho was an apt stu
dent and received his eommiFslon In
BhUr. t
i ""'
line.
SOFT COALOUTPUT REDUCED
Production Falls 0(1 Sliarply in
lionnellsvillc Hegion
Uiilontnwn, Va,, Nov 1 C'cul pro
duction in the Connellsvllle region has
shown a decrtnse of 138,784 tons since
Octobet l.i, nccotd'ng to figures Isbued
bv local representatives of the Fuel Ad-i
niin'Mintlon
Tor the week ending November 9 the'
output totaled OlO.iiM tons, of which
19" 8J7 tons was shlopcd as coal and
277 8-19 tons m.inufaclureil Into coke.
mere was a drop of 41,02! tons over1
lln Piectding week and disastrous re-,
HUlltl Jll( llnlklMtcd un,ss ti,e mlnerHi
' nianv of whom 'nre lonvuleiclng fiom
I ew urirniiH, .ov. lti .viore than 8,-
000 000 ncies of land In the six southern
States of Louisiana, Alkansas, Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee have
been tendered to the Government to pro
vide hoiftes for soldiers and sailors. It
wns announced here today by I, CI Sin-
nard, of the United States reclamation
"LV'w
The lands comprise State holdings
subject tl) homestead entry and privately
owned tracts The acreage is said to
Include a larrfe amount of cut-over tlm
bcrlands CROWN PRINCE INTERNED
p;ii TTlt t Fr:n,l'. r"n.lx. ..
ubi.T vv .. ..v.... a wont UI
I Limburg, Holland
, b, th,Uod,id Prm .
ottelon, Nov, 16 Former Crown
irlnie Fiederlck Wilhelm of Oermnnv
na been Interned nt the cast'e ovned
i by his friend. Count Glsbert Wolff Met-
i tornlVi nt Uunlmnn n town In lha
ternlch, at Swalmen, a town In
the
province of l.lmhurg, Holland, savs an
msterdam dispatch to the Exchange
elegrspli Comjiany.
'Jt Is repoited his wife Is vvlth him
RAID IN READING NETS 110
State Police and War Department
Operatives Bein Clean-up
Ileadlnc, l'a , Nov, 16 Stale police.
Under Captain Wilson C. Price, of Troop
C nt Pottsvllle, and thirty operatives
from the law- enforcement bureau of
the War Department, last night and
early today raided nearly two-score dls.
orneny nouses in. vnis ciiy.
fin honor,? anA ten arrestH wm
mi4de. All were committed to . thu
Jv "'"rt'y.Wlle
THEEVENING TELEGRAPH
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1918
QUISTCONCK SETS
RECORD IN SPEED;
READYTODELIVER
First Hog Island Ship
Makes 12.34 Knots, With
11.5 Required
TO CROSS OCEAN SOON
Vessel Will Be Turned Over
to U. S. Government in
Day or Two
A complete suecess, the- Qulstconck,
first ship launehed at Hog Island and
sponsored by Mrs Woodrow Wilson, Is
to he turned over to the United States
Shipping Board In a few davs
In the neir future, Hog Island's ' tlrst
bah) ' will be on Its way to l'urope
laden with supplies for the American
armv
On 'its trial trip the Qulsteonck be
haved even better than expci ted The
speed mark set for It was 115 knots
nn hour but the big vessel kicked up
Its heels and made 12 J4 knots an hour,
establishing a record for ships of Its
type and size.
Commanded by Captain L It Porter,
m irlne raper'ntendent at Hog Island,
the Qulstonck slipped from a Hog
Isl ind berth for a measured courso ki
the Delaware Bay The yacht Francis
II, carrying high officials of the Hmer
genev Fleet Corporation and the Ameri
can Internatlon it Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, accompanied the big cargo car
rier Personnel or Tarty
In the official partv were Matthew
C Brush, vice president of the Ameri
can lntertrttlon.il ; I' W Wood, another
vice president, James Andrews, general
manager of hull construction at Hog
Island ; H C Hlgglm authorized rep
resentative of tho I'mergency Fleet Cor
poration, and his assist mts, Mr Tull,
U S Hlley, Ldward Seaver, Jr, and N
W Brown
On Its trial trip the Qulsteonck, of
7500 tons deadweight capncltv, devel
oped record speed and nltity-three pro
peller revolutions per minute All the
machinery was In good working order
Captain Porter, the Quistconck's com
mander on Its trial trip said today the
vessel will be turned over to the Navy
Department "In a day or two "
' The trial trip was a complete suc
tess" he said "After the Qulsteonck
Is turned over to the navy by the United
states shipping board lt will be com
manded by a navy officer and manned
by a navy crew "
No ship In history ever had a more Im
pressive "send-oft" than the Qulsteonck
when It wns launched August 5 of this
year at Hog Island The keel was laid
February 12,
rreswent Wilson was till re to 'tesv
Mrs WJJson smash a bottle over the
Wilson smash a bottle over the
s now and one hundred thousand
3ns were picked in an almost wild
near the launching way.
ships
perso
mass
12 N Hurlev, chairman of the United
States Shipping Board, who snlls for
L'urope today, wns prisent at the cere
mony as was Charles M Schwab, di
rector general of the i:merg.ency Fleet
Corporation
Manv high officials of the nation,
Stute and cilv witnessed the launching
HOOVER DECRIES
GERMANY'S WAIL
Declares U. S. Need Not
Save One Mouthful of
Food for Teutons
NO WORRY ABOUT THEM
Americans Need Not Worry
Over German Food Appeal
New orl(, Nov 16 Before .sail
ing for nurope todav l'tod Control
ler Hoovei said Americans should
not deprive themselves of a mouth
ful of food to feed Geimnnj, de
spite the fact tint her people were
leported in groat need as levelled
liv Berlin's message to Secretary
of Stnte Lansing to send Hoovei
to lclleve the situation,
Hoovei 's mission abroad Is to dis
cuss fur tin i food measures that
must be taken .is a lesult of cessa
tion of hostilities
New Inrk, Nov. 1G
The American people will not have
to, deprive themselves of n mouthful of
food to feed Girinaiiv, Herbert Hoover,
Federal adinhili-trator, ilecliitedlieie to
daj befoie mlllns for I:uiope to hold a
series of conferences on world food t,up
plj with Allied ant! neutral food olllclals
"Wc are not vvorrylng about Ger
mnnv," slid Hoover ' Shn can take care
of herself What we are worrying about
Is the 'little Allies' who have been under
the German oke The are faced by
famine, We must give them help and
Jdse no time In doing so."
-Administrator Hoover declared that
German was not fai-ed by starvation
nnd that as soon as the 'water-tight'
blockade was relaxed should get ail the
food that Is needed
"Our only Intel et In Germany is to
get her on a stable basis In order that
she can pa tho money she owfs to
France and Belgium," said Hoover,
When asked if there wns anv pnsslhll
lt of the I-ever act, which prohlhlts the
use of foodstuffs for the manufacture of
beer nfter necembcr 1, being rescinded,
Hoover replied In th,e negative. He
stated., however, that there were sufll
clcnt slocks of been? on hand to supply
this country for four or live months.
DrnntH III. .Mlmilon
Hoover Issued the following state
ment explaining his mission abroad:
"I am going to Europe to discuss the
further food measures that must be or
ganized as a rcmli of the cessation of
l ' t'ertT"f,H"rnrx
, ORDERS ISSUED
TO DEMOBILIZE
TROOPS'IN U. S.
boldiers in America to Be
Mustered Out Gradually,
March Announces
. Z
TO CLEAR OUT CAMPS
Pershing Instructed lo. Begin
Return of Sick and
Wounded at Once
7v i7k
locinfcd" Prri
Washington, Nov 16
Ordrrs ne been Issued General
Minh annoniKPil today, for the gradu il
demoblllrttlon of all troops now In this
1 eountrv D mobilization will be In the
follow lug orili r
First Development bnttallons sev-ent'-onr
In number nnd eomprlslng
18 100 nun
Second Conscientious objecton not
under it rest
Third Spruce productlo division
Fourth I'rntril training schools for
olllcirs with some modifications
Fifth United stntes Guards, now
numbering fi nou men
Mxth Itnllnav units
Seventh Depot brlgndes
eighth Ite pi ice ment units
Ninth Comb it divisions
There are now In the United States
ltflO.onn men under aims. General
March sild Orelers which will result
In the Immediate di me blllzatlon of J00 -000
men are ilreidy Issueel. and these
men will he at tin lr homes In the next
two weeks
lei Uelril-ie 10.000 u lnv
When the rrduitlon plan Is under full
operation the hlef of staff epl ilneel
30 000 men each elnv will bo released
from the arm)
Itegirellng the return of ttoops In
Frame General March said, the order
In which the divisions will be wlth
drav ti Is being left to General Ptisilng
It Is the intention of the War Depart
ment, however, so fir as Is practle ible,
to teutrn each division to the locillty
from which the m i orltv of Its men e ime
and to parade the division In ndjieent
cities, so that the people may hive a
chance to give flting welcomes
As an example he slid, the New
Kngland soldiers might be lit ought to
Camp Devens and piratic In Boston and
other rltles
Ports of the Atlantic eoist from Puls
ion to Charleston S t' , General March
said, are being organized to handle re
turning troops nnd lt Is possible that
porta south of Charleston will be used
Orders have been cabled te. General
rershlng to begin the leturn nt once
of all casuals, sick and Wounded wim
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gin-Immedlati lv to t
convalescents A
these men should be-
rovs the tlantlc
To ( lenr LhiiiPh
I' imps at home will be cleated out to
prepare fen the return of the epedl
tlonirv force and the general Inellactitl
that the process woind lie expedited A
unit of regular ttoops will lie left lit
each camp to gu ird and' police it n
preparation for th,e arthal of the over
sells units
The question of llnnl disposition of
1.,. ni,Ant ..iiiliniiiimilu Iu linlllir ut till t Oil
I lie Ki" ciiiiiuii.il. mo ., .......h -..
i!..nl M..p, I, unhl .itiH mi ilm Islnll Ii.ih i
bun reached Vew construction
largelv has been stoppetl
Ire id j
Because of its unusu il composition,
Gnteial Marsh said, and its brllll nit
retort! at tho front tho Fort-becontl
(Itn'nliow) Pivisloii will be given spe
cial consldet itlon In the demobilization
pi ins The purpose of the dipirtineut
was not outlined spu lite anv, nut tn
Impression ..s gained that the division
will be paraded in Washington before
It Is mustered out
Steps alreadv have been taken towartl
the organ! itlon of the permanent nrniv
All men now In the arm h.lve been or
will be off retl an honorable cllsch lrge
from the emeigincv enlistment, and an
liTimedl it,e re-enllstment In t lie new
forces furlough of one month will be
given as an Incentive tn rt -enlistment
s,ulnrv itoiiiM rimmed
i It whs announced that Congress will
be asked to give each man "discharged
j from the armv regardless of whether he
ie-enlists i bonus of one month's silarv
( cintlneifel nn I'aRr Tun, f ohinin 1 our
LILLE INQUIRY ORDERED
i Tcrmnn OITicers Accused of Crime
During Occupation to Face Trial
I 1'nrli., N'nv 16 Kdouard Ignaee, l'n-
dei-Secictatv of State for Mllltarv Jus-
the his ottleied a Judicial innulrv at
I.llle against German otllcers accused of
crimes dining enemv occupation of tint
cits Tills action conforms to the de -cMnn
recentlv madeibj the French Cab
inet 'These oflleers vvll lie judged b a
eouitmartlal In their nbsenc"," savs the
Temps 'If the Allies are not able to
tecuie custndj of the incused "
This Is the first step In such prosecu
tions Ml Ignaee anticipated the need
tor such action anil in 131b pioposed the
nnrniiizatlnn of a hleh Inter. Vltlnrl ninni
to trv Germans who committed crimes in
lnv ided teultorles
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RISING AGAINST GERMANS
t,, n a i is .
Mulhausen Mayor Asks l-rcncli
Regiment to Restore Order ,
By the Associated Press
T.u Vt 11, A fi rmtn. iIhI ..,
nrrlved yesterdny at the Fiench lines
Hearing an ursem message irom ine vfter the Senate Mllltarv Alinirs I'om
Miivnr of Mulhnusen asking thnt a l- ... . investigation hod demonstrate tl
French regiment be tent there to main ""l , i ,,(ivn.rii rioilem nil.
tain order 'be Incapaeltv or General cioziers rtti-
The population, full of enthusiasm, has ministration of It, a new acting chief of
risen against the Germans, who are re- the bureau, General Wheeler, was np
tlrlng In the utmost disorder, according pointed This new head of the bureau
to the Kcho de Parls , ,aBtel, onl) n si,ort time He hud been
lefiillinnapn la tn Akni'A.lyiprfllna I
sixty -one miles southwest of Strassbuig i
i-t 1- ,
LUDWIG SAFE IN SWITZERLAND
Fleea From Bavaria to Protection
of Teuton Consulate
By the Associated Press
Turin, Nov, 16, King Ludwlg HI, of
Bavaria, arrived at Rorschah. a, tcvwn
on the Swiss bank of Lake Constance,
on Frldsj. He was tnken there from
Llndau, a townBcross the lake. In a
Bavarian boat, according to a Zurich
dlf.natch to the Petit Journal,
An automobile from the German con
sulate at Zurich met him and took him
w Mrrv -""ynijejn
Knterefi us necoliel l lapa lattpr nt the I'emtofflr. at rhilaelolphlli,
t'nele-r tho Art of March s ls;n,
PENNA- TROOPS DECORATED. OFFICER SAYS
The Twenty-eighth Division of the Aniciican army, formerly
Pennsylvania's National Guaid. has been dccointcd"b y Gcntral
Pcishlng. nccoidlng to Mnjoi William C. Williams, of the 109th
neglment, who. has just letuined fiom the ftont. Fouirngeies.
n legimentnl decoiniitan, have been avvaided, Majoi Williams
snys. to the 109th Regiment, foimcily the Tlrst Regiment, of
this citv. nnd the 112th Rgimem. nn up-State cunmnnd
JOHN W. PEPPER DEAD
John W. Pepnei, maiiagti of the Philadelphia Saving Fund
Society and diiectoi in scveial coipoiations, died today. Mi.
Peppci livid at Tail Acies. Jonkiutowu.
TO STOP SHIPMENT OF FOOD TO EUROPE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16 In discussing the demobiliza
tion plans with Senntois at then weekly eonfcience today.
W.ai Sepal tment officials said Secietaiy Bakci planned to stop
all movement of additional troops to Euiope. with the excep
tion of BUTfieal uiilt.
LL0TD GEORGE OPENS ELECTION CAMPAIGN
LONDON. Nov. 1G The gencial election cetnpaign opine
today with a coalition ma&s-meeting iu London. emiei Lloy.1
Geoige, Andiew Bonai Law, ihancelloi of th--!?jSTiequci ; nn
Geoige N Baines, member ot the wai cabinet, weie the speakers
DEATH TAKES CHARLES B HART
i
Chailes B. Halt, piomtnent in business and social elides of
this city, is dead at his home, 335 South Twcntj-liist sum.
He died lnat night.
WARDEPARTMENT
AGAIN UNDER FIRE
VERDICT OI-' THE VOTE
Iiy CLIN10N W. GILHERT
BtaJ mtifliiinilnn l ,i i V ihlk liilutr
Copvilolil tin h) I'tiMii lulort lo
Uasliiiigton, Nov 10
The Senate .Mlllt.uj Afrnlis Com
mltee Is likelv soon to lesume Its in
vestigation of tho "War Department
Before the election ev idence had ui
cumul ited before the committee which
went to show that the , ar Deput
ment had filled In the production of
ordnance It wis felt bv some mini
bers of the committee that this evi
dence justified a li sumption of In
vestlgation Hut tin political cam
,..!.. ,, 1M rm
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mil In all Its vvoik the
committee bus tileel lei l.etp cl ar o.
the ih.ujo of plilng polilics The
big iiitiuitles of Itsi wlntfi, which
fenced the leotgutiu ilion or the .n
Depaitmeiu and the granting of
powet to the wai industiies board,
wen made possible tluough the co
opci itlon of the- letdlir mt tnbt rs of
thi Ucmociatlc in ijotitv with the lie
)Ul)IUlin mlnollu , ,, elommitlee ,
Th. same co opt i.iti.m will lead lo a '
lesumptlon of the invi stig.itions hi -
fore thi Republicans become a m ijni I
t) ill the Senate un the 4th of Much
The teutons which will control in i
the ia-e of this Inve-tU itlon will be
the same as those which In ought
In ought about co operation in last
wfntnr'u Ine pt.HirnHniiw Int.i mltlmii
affiiis When those iiieiuiilts weie
rrndc Coim-icss felt tint lt was, being
exrluded from the conduct of affairs I
md a nonpai tisttn elfoi t was made to
testore as fill as possible tljp Influence
of Ceingress as a conidlnato blanch
of the Gov ei nment The effort failed,
largelv because Jlr Wilson met ciitl-
clsms b reorganizing the conduct of
the war nnd beciuse the nation felt
tint during a war nuthoiitv. must
I center In tlio hinds of the executive
I.asl Kiel tion and the Mandate
The fight of the next two eais will
'lie lnrceh one to rpsime the bilance
In the conduct of tile Gnv ei nment nnd
bring back the leglslitlve lu.inch to
Its foimei constitutional position
The pat is liuleis on both aides In
terpiet the vote of the last timbres
slonal election as a vote against a
one man Govetnmtnt
The inetlp, itlon of the War l)e
pat tment will afford the biggest op
poitunit) to show just how a one
man Gov ei nment ll is vvotkel It will
be the highest lnv ( stlgtitlun that will
be made, for the Wat Depai tment has
been about tlnee fourth or the nation
al Administration dining the wai Its
expentlltuies mounted into minj hll
lions a eu and a large pint of these
::Tn Tdol
business capacitv evidence was In the
um(Jj of the Military Affairs Commit
tee before election da
Onlimnrr lliiretiu'h W euknfHH
Tho hurenu of oitlnance nas neeii
three times reorganized in the Inst veat
trained
tuner I'rozier anu proven 10
have little more business capacitv than
Mr nredecessor A little later mine
General Williams ns head of the bureau
Tho evidence before the Military ff.ilrs
Committee, a month or so ago, showed
that the Bnme Indecision and habit of
changing specifications and plans which
had made General Crozer's admlnlstia
lion a failure and which produced the
delas and waste In the manufactuie of
airplanes had continued
The Senate Military Affairs Committee
had. taken the position that manufacture
was not; a proper War Department func
tion. It had xirged that a ministry of
munitions be created to undertake the
,,.,. - . T-e- ' i:-'cmarJ I-insIng Jestet day sent J3&
senate Military Comnnttce American Divisions boon to .message to the Benin Government ri'M&j
. n n l cj I Ci Tlr 1 Tl 1 ".uting that hereafter all commusl2
tO KeSUIllC Probe bus- ' blart March LhrOUglj .oitlons appe'talnlng to Germany MiSmfK
I II 171 ' r C 1 Ge-rmanj s nflairs should be addressed S
pended hj Election German boil t(J ,h( Aiiieu ciovnmmts 4f
rntlnt1 e fs-r " n
I
U.S. TO OCCUPY
RHINELAND ZONE
TAKE FULL EQUIPMENT
Freed V. S. Captives Pour
Across American Lines
With Hie American Armies In
France, Nov 16 Hundreds of
American prisoners released by the
Get mans, are pouring across our
lines '
Manv walked tvvent four hours
in fleering' weather with little food
The said the Germans evacuated
tntl left them to the'r own it
sources The nitlvuls include
tioops from Texas Ohio Illinois
Michigan Wlseonsln Lallfoi nia and
v asliliikton None of the- men h i 1
overcoits tntl thev wore .a moth-
collection of clothing nir who
wore Get m in unifoims had been
working it sawmills nntl on firms
" ' - JAMES
Special Cable to Ex emr.fi Wir Ledger
I opjtwht I I !.
tiv t ii lot. Ti in in
With lite nic-riMin
I rune e, Vol 16
Armv, lliir-le-llni,
Tho Ami rictus
ire busv preparing
foi
nn
adi nice tow ird iltrmmv
i-oon tn ht.art Amine m tll-
which Is
'visions will follow the w itlidriwing Gcr-
man armies to the I tench border and I
then procetellng on to German
son wit
occupv Hie asogned zone along the
Rhine
In orders which h iw been Issued our
zone Is assigned and milts aie selected
to form the Amerlcin mm of occupa
tion but it Is not jet perm'tted to give
iese details
When the Amerieins move forward
thev will be In full mllltnrv arrav with
equipment foi ill brioches incluilhTg '
, ,, , , , i
wai planes The d'v Islons selected hav. I
been chosen with due rtgatd for their ,
mllltarv achievements since reading
Tiaiice '
No one of importance h irards a guess
as to how long the Allied armies of eccu
p itlon will remain on German soil
While thlitj divs lias been set ten'.i
tlvelv as the time of durat on of the ir
mlstlce thnt mav be txtentled
It is not let t'lttkd whether the occu
pation will end with the signing of the
peace compact, for It will be remem
bered that evaeu itlon did not take pi ice
tnmedlatelv In I'r nice In 1S71, when
the German armv of occupation re
mained In Trance until France had paid
all of the Indemnity
French civ 111 ins and German desert
ers entering our line av that the Ger
mans
are wthdrawlng from the front '
. Amer'can First Army bejrnd j
"f the
Montmedv leaving weak rearguards be
hind Our observers report numbers of
explosions and fires, as if the Germ ins
Cuntlniieel on run Twii.
( nlmnii Seven
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"PENNSY" TRAIN WRECKFD
Westbound Limited Kan Into
W . i . ta i tvt rT
I'rciglll uenns ixenr oouvni
UV tltU uJailUll'W C5 lJa UU l.w nit? miiiuuhj w uioMittiH
jnl.nsloHii, Po.. Nov 16 Pemislva.ll;ridance of commissions or dele-i, v.
n,a Limited train No , westbound and -Jgej V rtUjhta.
running late, was wrecked near Bolivar tne meetnP;. . ', h
lust night when It plowed Into the debris, n .-.inn untrBt.rt tn ihnnn J
of on eastbound freight train which hart I
been scattered over tho tracks by the '
breaking of nn axle It Is reported here'
the engineer of the fast train went oui '
nn mhnnlvtiient and that rout- Curs ir
the rails.
V baggageman was killed and the
crevv of tho express engine Injured, The
express train, was pulled bach to con
necllori with thevConemaugh dlvllvi 1 1
TVtf I
NIGHT
EXTRA.
PRICE TWO CENTg
BERLIN DESIRES ,
TO SEND ENVOYS
HERE AT ONCE
Solf Seeks Permission to
Purchase Foodstuffs'in
This Country
EBERT HOLDS OUT HOPE
Six or Eipht Weeks, He Says,
Will Decide the Future of
Nen Germanv
Naval Delegates Discuss
German Fleet Surrender
Ih the Associated Press
IxiiKlon, Nov 1G Preliminary
discussions concerning the handing
over nf the Herman fleet were held
list night u ItoHvth. on the Firth
of Forth, Scotland, between Ad
miral Sir David Bcatty and dele.
gates from the flu man Soldiers and
Sailors' Council nnd the German
Vice Admlril .vleurer.
The preliminaries so far have
been carried out without a hitch
mil It Is not eprrted the Germans
will eiulhblo ovet details The dis
cussions piolnblv mav end at to-
lav s me eting of the delegation..
Pi the Associated Press
Hcrlin, Nov It, tn Wireless to Lon
don l.u". p m )
I 1'eireign Secret it v Solf has sent a
message lo Kecretu of State Lansini?
urgentlv reeiuestlng President Wilson
t Riu permission foi i German com
mission to Immedlatelj leave Germany
It... .1. IT--!.- , .
"i me i micti mates so as to per-
isomillv Uv before the American Gov
i iniiriii me contritions existing hqfa.?
u id to assure the taking of steps (b, , i3H1
, Mr, 1, .., C....1 ....re.. " ti.JSW'ti
J U.VIII.1V 1...IU 311111-1 (.'
Kerne, Switzerland, Nov. 1G, -It tho Mi
new Gei m in government can carry on y?M
t,., ,. ...a, . .a.. .. ..ii i v i. r - h.tlw
future of new Geimany la assureci, tle
. 1(1, n.l t.-.Im-l.l.li 1T.1...H, ,V la..n1(.d
in ii speech In Berlin on Thursday. ,'qA','
Chancellor Ebert said. ' "i-r,viaj
'If we can carry xn our vvoi-k (or,A,!
six or eight weeks new Germany'
future is assured and we also can bopq
to iinmiii cuuuiiiotis ui peace iem
i thelj favorable, but If out adversaries
can establish that anarchy reigns
j among us they will dictate conditions
that will annihilate Germany's -pollti
l cal IJfe'
' London, -0v 16 A dispatch to tho
i:change Telegraph from Copen
hagen tiuotes vi message fiom Berlin
baling that thiee civilian politicians
will ente, the Geiman cabinet Hen
I V il(Min and Dr Beinhaid Dern
l Iiuig foi met Sccietarv of State for
the Colonies to i epic-sent the pro
jgiosshc popul.u paity, and Mathlas
Hrzheigei who will lepresent r tho
C ntrists
l The summoning of .i constituent as,
semblv has now been prepared for,
the coi respondent sijs
Thursda in Bet lin wns quiet.
k.'s fir 1,73
' fn, met (iermin Cliincello) : has arrive"
A tlihpiteh fiom Basel Switzi-ilana,
rrlved
at I'.itlrn Baden with ills family. It
is slid that he will nuke a Ions stay
tine
) the Associated Press
(. nprnlnme-n, Nov 16 Not all danger
for demneniv Ins passed the Berlin
correspondent of the Hamhnrir From,
denblatt savs, hut he savs the Govern
ment C in rel on the snlrlWs uhn are.
tup real holders of power '
t a meeting of soldiers the wlth-
diawal of the order for the formation of
a civil! in lied guard mi demanded.
One Socialist speaker who said:
Kut, comrades jou are Socialists,"
wns answered with the shout, "we are
soldiers "
The same Socialist sneaker's declara-
I tinn thai It wn 1 riltt tn snrenrl Ih
revolution to Kngland and France was
lounl dlsipptoved A resolution was
"nsstd. tlm thl Bcr'1" !oWlf"rs W0U'1
i tn the inning of laborers with dls- i
,IUS, as i0'nK ,s the Government failed to
declare expressly for the summoning of
I .--i.. .-!.. TO., .i, mi; nuillllUI!lllf 111
I a constituent a-seinlilj as the sole basis
foi the adoption of a constitution.
REVOLT HASTENING
PEACE CONFERENCE
By the Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 16.
Developments In Europe, not only
In a mllltaiy way but In the field of
International politics md the tendency
of the revolutionary spl.it manifested
bv the demorallze-d civilian population,
of the Cential Empites'to spread to
neUhborlng States, have influenced
-he Allied nnd American Governments
to anange foi the meeting eff tho
peace congress at un eaily dale. -
Theie has been a dispdsition; to
delaj the peace Lonfeienco until theU
political situation in Burope had"
somewhat cl vstulllzed. hut it is uri.
derstood that other considerations
' fln.illv le.il In o decision bv thee.
associated Governments to proceed to
oHMomiiin tlie conierenco at thA
earnest date, that can be set, having l
decision is the necebslty of. ra-t agF tA
storing the channels of trade and In- 'j
dustry in the lato ejnemy States, so M V
to uffotd employment to labor and
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sncvism anil unuruuy nooiurr i ni .
Beneial desiio novV expressed by tW n
ot the Allied Governments to reilnp
the rlvillan populations ot the penMi, ,
rev s fiom the dntrr ' tamtniySt
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