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President's Ship Were
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for otic "xoom," two tallsplns, divers
fit VoVplnnes and other antics In tlift nlr
above President Wilson's head as. lie
stood on the Oeorrt Washington yes.
tenia?, Lieutenant Fretl Kelly, the crack
hurdler from tho Paclrta coast, has been
ordered to remain two vcolta on post
at the Hazelhurst camp.
Lieutenant F. L. l'rltchard, Kelly's
chum, reported thin last nlRlit ut the
dinner of the Tlfty-second Aerial Squad
ron In Hcaly's. Lieutenant l'rltchard,
tvh was In the airplane JB obserer,
afd ho had boon ordered to rcrort to
h.a . .limandlnB oltlcer In two w celts
Lieutenant Kelly piloted tho machlno
and, hla friend told a repo tcr "70011101I '
up from Mltchcl l'leld 250 feet or c.
"Zooming-," he explained. menu') to strain
he plno bejond: Iti tested endurance
"and get awuv with It. Lieutenant
Prltcliard would not Bay whether or not
they had permission to tale out tha
airplane, but did not conceal that they
had no orders for what follower
When J3Q0 feet aboo the ship LtfU-
ttnunt Kelly, according to hl menu,
did tt tallspln. Then ho came down nd
passefi so close to the ship that Presi
dent Wilson could return Lieutenant
Prltchard's salute
lion, but yesterday chanced his mind.
Tho mesanco continued:
"You must fully reallzo tny position.
I am threatened on nil Fides with crim
inal chares, which, If brought, I must
face. Therefore t must rmcro any
statement until charges aro actually
brought.
"Also I owo A corlaln lojatty to tho
present German (ioxcrnment and can
not malto a declaration which might
compromise others "
Tho correspondent requested tho gen
eral to ask tho former Lmpcror
whether ho would conllrm tho Crown
Prince's noertlon regarding the Kruger
telegram and tho general brought back
the answer:
"Tho Crown Prlnea li absolutely cor
rect In hit facts The telegrrm, already
written, was laid beforo pie for t-Ig-
natitre
"1 refused to sign 1t for three days, i
but flmlly did so under pressure of the
German diplomats and my political ad
visers, who advanced many reasons for
sending dispatch. Of course, haMng
Slgneu ll, l winu iun rc-.j;umiuilllj-,'
Tho "Kruger telegram ' lxferred to
by the former Emperor w.ts pent by
him to "Oom" Paul Ivrucer. President
of the Tranmftal llepublle, on January
3 lSS It was the outoom of German
flirtations' with the Tranivaal Itepub.
lie, during which the Intentions of Ger
many toward llrltleh tnfluenm n South
AlriL.i caused deep concern
Kaiser Dejected,
Sits Writing
Pershing Adopts
Moderate Policy
rentlnuetl from t'e One
splto mllltarj ordors, peis.or.u.1 feel
ing plajB the largest rolo in such a
sltuitlon Tho American men have
not lost ",000 000 comrades, their
homes lmo not been dcstroed, they
havo not been embittered hy more
than four jears of the struggle. Thoy
cutno to Kurope to defeat tho German
I annj Non that that Ih done thoy
Cwitlnned from rue One aJ ltnir up to tho President's worus
thoughtHow imperial. Keen and alhe ; $A Sae!"1 "
Tho situation In occupied territory
's Intensely interesting from a psycho
'oglcal standpoint. One llndn nono of
th persoml hatcred of America that
ono heard much about Ono hears on
nil sides expressions of glodnc-s that
Americans, lnsteid of Trench aro oo
eupjlng tho region here This is not
because tho Germans hatn the blench,
'"it fear that the Kronen nate them'
One hears ut all times the istoeU cS
messlons of hato for England.
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he lookedl
"l wonder what he looks liko now."
1 Rttlfl to eome one who has come muc'i
in contact with this astounding eillo.
"Looks lllto?" was the reply, "why,
ho looks dejected He woro an a r of
relief when he came, but that soon vent,
and even tho cheery cx-Kuiscrin can
sot rouse him from his moodiness. Sho
Is really something of a heroine aid,
though ill, tries to occupy his thoughts
and make him look on tho bright side ul
things, but In &ln.
'That man has terror in his heart
lore and more he keeps himself opart
from the household. Less and less docs
he feet Inclined to go about "
( "And what does ho tio all da ." I
inquired.
"Come," was tho reply. I was led
away around tho walls to where I couM
obtain another et of the house across
the still moat and tho grounds, where
the vegetation runs i lot somewhat and
the trees are parted to allow the sunsot
to throw its light on "Hct Huls"
Write Hoar After Hour
''You see fhn w'ndow on the second
floor? It Is there that he sits, writing
ns If he were In a hurry, hour arte
hour, sheet after sheet, often all ttv
forenoon or afternoon. It Is as if he
"were writing against time "
These words made the houso behind its
agod moat still more fascinating It is
.Indeed difficult to take one's res away
lrom that window where the fallen des
pot William of Hohensollern, the exile,
'ails writing what? An apologia pro
Mta sua.? An answer In anticipation
to tho grand Indictment which the na
tions will bring against him? Wha .
manuscript that will bel
t At the main entrance people come .,
So silently, as If oppressed w ith H '
tragedy of It all. Some one In a traw -stained
motorcar arrives with a port
manteau bespattered with German labels.
The ex-Kalserln and her ladles return
silently from a walk.
The guardian at tho gate knows little
and ,1s uncommunlcatrve. "N'o free en
trance" says the notice on tho ponderous
portal. The Isltor may see oer the
grounds, but Is kept at a distance from
the house and altogether away from
that side where Is the ex-Kaiser's suite
of twenty rooms, which, when his ar
rival was suddenly announced, was be
ing prepared for Belgian refugees.
A tall, aristocratic-looking man passes
through the gate.
"That Is the cook, brought here for
the ex.Kalser," says come one. and I
recognised tho moat famous chef of the
Netherlands.
And as darkners fell I went again to
ee that window. All the windows of the
cx-Kalser's sulto save that ono were
dark. Was he sitting there writing his
defonse for the biggest trial that history
I has ever Seen or will ever see writing
oo If he were writing against timet
There, I am told, he signed Ins ab
dication and fitting there In the midst
of that tremendous manuscript ha may
one day soon reecho an imperious com
, mnd such aa no man on earth has eer
received.
uirg, a little city In tho foothills at the
southern end of tho Hochwatd fringe of
ho Ardennes, As I looked at the looly
'lncards that covered the hillsides, I
recalled the barren and rangcd hill
tides of tho right bank of tho Meuso
lorth of Verdun. Tho sight of fcplck-sud-span
i-aarburg recalled the ruins
of Orandpre. For ccry lllni?e In such
"xcellent condition I thought of somu
tearful ruin In France. When I received
Treves In all Its magnificence, there ramo
back tho memory of Rhelms. Seeing the
sclf-sntlsfactlon of tho Germans one can
but think they hao not learned of theso
things
(lermnn Life Untouched by Wnr
The (lerman went unbidden and un
prookcd Into orlher Frace ad destroyed
helr beauty spots, while the beauties
of his own country remained untouched,
mi his life Is orderly and his stomach
was not empty and his wife and chll-l-en
had a roof over their heads.
American commanders are pleased
with the manner In which they hao
been able to take control of the civil
affairs In German towns and Hinges
Eer where we nrc lecelved with sullen
scqulescence, hut the authorities eer
whero promlso ewrv ithslHtnnre in matn
ta'hing order. Tho population lmo been
warned b authority to stnrt no trouble
Here Is part of the proclamation by Gen
eral von dcr Mnrwltr.
Tlio Entente Is determined not to
make peice with a BolsheUst joern
menL If quiet and order cannot be ob
tained in Germany It will enter the
fatherland with troops and will restoto
order bj force.
"ComradeB, through jeaia of persist
ence ou have h"Id tho enemy away fioin
our homes and nao raud from the
terrors of war jour wiven and chil
dren Tou know war and the marks It
leaves behind. Who desires that now at
Commcroo of tho United States yester
day afternoon-. '
Tho Industrial leaders cheered to the
echo when Mr. Schwab declared for prl
nte ownership of tho merchant marlno
and other utilities.
Mr. Schwab dovoled tho greater part
of his speech to tho labor situation
following tho war Ho adtncatril tho
organization of labor, but declared him
self opposed1 to "Intel fcrence from lend
ers from Kamchatka, who know noth
ing of tho conditions In thn shops con
cerned The director general pointed out tho
work of labor In the war, and added:
"I am ono of those who belleo that
labor has been fair."
Mr. Schwab salit tint ho believed
labor deserved a greater Bharo of prof
its from Induntry than It has had In
tho past. He gavo nil of his proposals
from his own exporlcnco as un admitted
capitalist
1 he great need of organized business
was cmphasUect, Mr. Schwab nald, when
the Government found it necessary to
call upon the lenders of organized big
business to come to Washington to
wiestle with tho problems of war.
Want Itallroads lteleased
Many Phlladclphlans participated In
Hon will occur tomorrow at tho final delphla Electric. Company, waa ono of
session j tho report of tho clearance tho group members who molded tho res-
commlttea to bo mado In tho morning olutlon.
and tho nctlon of tho congress to bo "1 would HKo to go a step further,"
taken In tho nfternoon "10 Raid, "and say I have a Job for
Tho lcsolution urging tho fnited ery wjldlcr In tho place of the men
States Congress to voto ntt rpproprli- "" I'mycn saio nnu stayed home."
lltihlln tillll4l.d t' e
1M1 wink is ,,'.;""" ". ciecino
Ion for bcBt sugar icnearcl
'ho utterance ot the related group on
food production and exchanges
Tho United Stnles today Is piodudnr
nn average of SOO.000 toni of beet
tugar uiinualh, compiled wllh an
nvcrngo American lonsumptlon of enno
and beet sugar of 4,250,000 tons It is
predicted that within the next jcar this
counliy will pioduco more than 0,000,
000 tons of HUgir beet need,
Howard J. Heinz, Federal food ad
ministrator for Pennsylvania, who ad
dressed the food group lat night, tm
ph islzed the need for better practical
education In Improved farm methods and
better and more practical local organi
sation of farm Interests.
Bcclurlng tho problem of world food
production to bo one of tho first magni
tude, lie cited ns tho duty of nil busi
ness men not only tho encouragement
of food conservation by rational living
and tho avoidance of n.ii.tc, but tho
producing
rflltwn n tint.
tlcularly, apparently aro drlftlnc toward
municipal ownership, declared P. H,
Gadsden, chairman of the war board of
the American Electric Hallway Asso
ciation, "The two fundamental problems to be
met," he said, In an uddress before tho
publla utilities group, "are the assur
ance of Hdeqtiato servlco to the publla
and tho protection of the Invested capi
tal." Publla utilities, ho continued, form the
ene Industry whoro the rates ore not
elastic enough, to mc6t rising costs. He.
advocated a campaign to educaCe ins
publlo away from what he tortned tho
fetish of a live-cent fare. ,,
Street railways, he paid, 'aro operating
without a M.lentlf1o basis of servlc-3
Utargctf, a condition, lie added, which U
a legacy of the old horse-car das.
Trier.
president of the Philadelphia Chamber
of Commerce, presided over a meeting
of representatives of afllllateu building
trades, which adopted strong rctolutlons
on the tnllroad situation Theso urgo
that tho railroads bo releascu from Gov -ernment
control us soon as possible, and
that whin t,o released they bo pel milted
to enter Into co-opt ratlve agreements
under Interstate Commerce ( ominlsslon
supervision, to make avallablo to the
public some of the onvenlcuces of Joint
operation bv tho Government s'ccr..l
I Il,i1arlAtnl.l..n ..I. ......
the last moment our most precious our T '3. ,. ,,., ,"c """'
' . .ii -.i.! j X..... .' , , ment, making it possible for the Ur tl-
muro and Ohio to uso tho Pennsylvania
, ,.f ,!. V.n.l
,,. .1..-.. n .. . - . 7 . CI1COI r'lKCUU'llL UL HIV ivuu
jiic ii irij-iive sectional sessions of re-1 ,., b.. ,Plu1inc It leadership and
..... ,..,-,. ,llft,,n i,uuoi iHhN, in
llnani lal nupport-
4olillrrs o lluve I'rcferciice
tine of the first groups to take rctlon
.11 tho question of soldier employment
wna tint on public utilities and electric
allroads
'J he group membcis lccoiumendcd that
all publlu utilities give n dollnllo lirom
i'n tint uildlcrs will bt restored to the'r
formei rniikj mem 'lhoj urgo that
all ottur itidustn. - mike slmlllat
pltdgi s
J I) Mel all, iii-OMib nt if the Phlla-
mo6t priceless fatherland should be de
Btroyed0 Mho should bring about or
der, tho enem or who who havo fought
for it? '
Central I crshlng h proclamation to the
Manhattan terminals woulo bo of great
public advantage
Another resolution tirirf,l .nnctmnt ,f
German populat'on tells them that the , B , '2J1 lo KUa cer" encouragement
Amerlcins have no desire to wago war IIP , ""tmont of capital In railroad .
against civilians and that if the civilians !!"' ?ci,.'cnt3 Aoth.r a"kctl ,,mt mi'
behave themselves there will he nn I "onnl- S,Btt' an'' municipal authorities I
onnresshe restrictions He warn, ibtm I ,f urKM 1o adopt ,I,U1'' for "tit public
' mini nt iHicnre
bowevei. that misbehavior will be dealt '"'i""c"L7';
.-111, (Irm... nnrl n.iv,l. I UncmplO niCM
aa a. precaution against '
Kinds Uiulc I Alajor
L-pedallj- Interesting was tie cntiv
of the Thlrtv -second Division into the
'ont just north of Treves Maev- men of
tills division fioni Michigan and WIs-
'-nsln gpeak German and fiom this
-eglon many emigrants have gone to
America. In the town of Dltbuig I
ound that five of eight families ques
oned had relatives In the United States
They boasted of tho fact that Detroit
has a Dltburg street and Captain
Charles Llederprujn, of the divisional
Intolllgerrco staff, reached Bitburg to
find his undo mayor of the town
with nrm.y and sevoreij t
The people of Treves have been great
ly relieved to learn that they would not
havo to iced tho American armj. Th"y
had been under that Impression n-i'd
when thej found that the Americans
would feed then-selves were grctt.j
pleased
Ono may comment 011 the apparently
succcs&ful operators of the Soldiers
Councils, which gcncrnlh Include wnrVi
! men The ridlcal elements are evident
ly being hold down and the Conservative
Snclnllsts manage nffnhs V statement
bj tho Soldiers Council sajf
"This Is not a bloody revolution, a!
wis that of Russia, but merely the' In
stituting of a newer and clear form of
government."
PLA' TO INCREASE
SUGAR MDUSTRY,
Rockefeller Proposes
New Industrial Creed
t'entinued from Pare One
PcrhaDB1 it wnfl hcnil3. tl.A Americana
had been there for thirty-six hours, but ,hcro b0 anv reas0 found for looking
when I visited Bithunr todav it seemed! to the future security of the world In
tnui tne population was
friendly of any I had seen.
PRIVATE CITIZEN,
DECLARES KAISER
fir
- Amerongen, HolUnd, Dec 5. (By A.
P.) "I am a private citizen and while
in Holland wll) not make any statement
whatever for publication."
This was the former German Em
peror's message to the Associated Press
correspondent when he called at Count
von Bentinclt's castle. The German gen
eral acting as orderly, forinoily governor
of Metr, brought the mesaago direct
'from WlllUm Hohenzoileni
The German general acting as or
derly, 'formerly Governor of Meiz
breught the message direct from William
Hehehzollern, who the evening beforo
jwaa Inclined to mako a publlo declara-
t !
asked tho Americans why they had come
Into the war, and In their conv ertatlone
I overheard Americans In every case tell
'hem to rid the world of Prussian mill
taris 11 Tills sounded not vo bad to
people who themselves r.ow have about
enough of it
lietter thin teported acro?b tho line The '
' pu atlon needs flour, but It tho rich
1 isde to divide witn the poor th're
'i 1 no "tarvatlon this winter
.. hlng tho atmosphere hereabouts,
e i reels that tho rich are going to
fharc whether they will or not. The
revolutionary authorities hivo an ex
traordinarily firm and withal dignified
grip on tho situation and thosu author
ities are not controlled by Berlin or by
the upper classes.
Indeed, the German revolution becirs
to havu been surprisingly well done.
American occupation is Intelligently, if
sullenly, accepted everywhere. As a
local dignity expressed it to me, ' Now
that you aro here, we aro going to make
the best of it."
When I remarked that it did not ap
pear that the population needed t& be so
sullen, he replied: "Well, you don't ex
pect us to shout about It, do you?"
All In all, the German people in our
stctor seem to be on their good bo
havlor. They aro now getting a square
deal from tho Americans, and the Ger
man generally knows how to grasp an
opportunity for self-welfare.
This Is a region of great natural beauty
Tho touch of fall time has been brought
out in lull glon Nature truly smilea
upon It and gives lo tho Germans here
abouts dwelling places as untouched by
the ravages of war as tho spirit of tho
Germans who walk tho streets of its
cities
I hav e just come from a trip to Saar-
... . I he waeinc of a Deroetual blood ecs vrnr.
tin- 1,,1'st , - - - .
Hundreds i'i"i".eu "r cue mj enmity, suspicions1
Rij a Staff Correspond!
Atlantlo Cltv, . ,1 . Dec i. '
Slake America's sugar bowl indipcn-ji
dent of foreign supply so that, never
again need tho America-! people be '
placed on sugar rations
That is ono of tho recomiiuiidatlonb to
bo made today to the I nitcd States
Chamber of Commerce 1 construction
congress. In session here, attended by
nearly 4000 leaders of American In
dustry. (
The cultivation of beet tugar in this'
country on a va&t i-cale is tho meuns to
bo urged Tho United States Congress
probably will bo asked to vote an ap
propriation for tho necessary lescarch
Another recommendation, more elosely
related to tho Immediate tuture is the
employment of joturnlng soldlors In
dustrial leaders am a unit In decl.11
ing that the service men nhou!d havo
preferential treatment during tho re.
adjustment yeara facing all tho world.
"'"w nuncireu resolutions piescnW
Tiid feara that but lately divided the
world.
"Nor can the fact bo Ignored that In
ft trade war, as In this clash ot milltaiy
fore the balance of slaughter must be I ed last night at thirty-. Iio M' ...
m"')k ,k'"0 casualties can-1 meetings will be passed on to ten major
not all be on the other side groups this afternoon and this cvcnhig
Germany's rosltlon I preliminary to their llnal presentment
It ia certain that If Gorrr.any Is to' to (no congress clearance committee
bo compelled, as she ought to be to re-1 PeeUlte Action Tomorrow
r.av the wanton destruction r.he Iixr .-. ... ...
v -- w.. ...--. , , vsLHinznTinn nr ,u....i-l . ..
. ...-...-.. wt wla titouBiit nna
: desires of tho great Industrial coivven-
Live Ballast
"The Kcirnnunclant drew . his
jcAokcr and 'leveling it at Fink's
head, commanded:
"'Overboard, quick! jou may
save the airship!'
"Without a second's hesita
tion, ocr he went. For a breath
I heard the rush of his body and
the flapping of his coat below
us.
"It gave mc a touch of nausea
that sound of his flapping coat.
"The Kommandant clapped me
on the shoulder and said ery
sternlj. :
" 'It will be jour turn next!' "
From a ivid storv of the air
called. "Live Ballast." bv Ining
Uatcljellcr in the December
wrought In Belgium, Northern Trance,
Toland and Serbia, ii'ro must havo ao
cesa to thu raw mateilals or manufac
ture, by conversion of which Into fin
ished products she may irn the money
necessary to psy her debts.
"As a matter of fact, given the frank
acceptance by Germany of the terms of
peace which will be dictated by the Al
lies, thero can bo no reason for separat-
uii; n;r i-eujiuimc wants irom inose 01
tho rest of Europe. These will be suf
ficiently imperative to uso up all tho
mirplus foodstuffs and raw materials
that can bo spared for many months to
come."
Ileferrlng to foreign trade generally,
Mr. I'-arrell said: "Thero can bo no
great revival of trade In tho countries
where wo hope for It most unless wo are
ready to provide capital for their devel
opment. Wo must enter Into the indus
trial life of those countries, engage In
enteiprlpts with them and create out of
their retources tho new wealth from
which will come our pay."
Schwab for I'rlvate Ownership
Prlvato ownership of public utilities,
merchtnt marine Included, and greater
democracy between capital and labor
wero advocated by Charlej SI. f-chwab,
director general of the Hmergency I'ltet
Corporation, In u speech at the recon
struction congress of the Chamber of
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of tho Federal Fuel Administration
for Philadelphia
An erroneous report
has been published
and has gained circulation among a large number of coal con-'
sumers, to the effect that the coal dealers, presumably with tho
authorization of the Fuel Administration, are delivering the last
one-third of tonnage to consumers who already have two-thirds.
This report has been accepted as fact by many consumers
who have very naturally considered it unfair to give more coal
to those who do not now need it, when there are many who do
need it.
In a great many cases, consumers with .only a small amount
of coal have been led to feel that dealers were discriminating
against them in favor of other consumers whose needs were
less immediate. And many consumers having two-thirds of.
their coal already were led by this report1 to apply to their deal
ers for the last one-third, and when the dealer denied his right to
give it to them, were led to doubt his word and his sqtfare
dealing.
These instances will illustrate how a false rumor can work
harm, once it gets abroad.
I wish to state as plainly as words can do it, that dealers1
have no been authorized to deliver and are vol delivering the
last one-thircl df tojinage to those who already have two-thirds
Last September I advised the public thatthe delivery of this last
one-third would certainly not be permitted until after January
first at the earliest. This date has not since been changed. j -
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