MAURETANIA IN NEW YORK PORT WITHSOLDIERS Demobilization to Take Place at Camp Mills in Near Future Mew York, Dec. 2. —The British steamship Mauretania, sister ship of the Lusitania, is in port to-day with the lirst large contingent of Ameri can troops from overseas. The 4.000. men, mostly non-combatant troops who were stationed in England, will be taken to Camp Mills on Dong Island during the day. Demobiliza tion will take place at this camp in the near future. Storms Delay Vessel Heavy storms delayed the trans port's voyage so that she was un able to dock at noon yesterday, as was expected, and it was not until seven o'clock last night that the liner entered the narrows, too late to pass quarantine. She anchored for the night in. Gravesend bay in sight of the lighted Statue of .Lib erty. The steamer's belated arrival caused a change in the plans for welcoming the soldiers and many thousands 4liO had crowded Bat-1 tory Park, all the afternoon and who had motored to Camp Mills were disappointed. The mayor's committee of welcome went down the bay on. a police department boat and officially extended a welcome lioine. Northern Pacific Bears Wounded Shortly before the Mauretania dropped anchor, the hospital ship Northern Pacific, passed up by the bay unheralded and docked at Ho boken. Nearly half of the heroes aboard were badly wounded, one section bei? given, over to men who have lost legs and another to those who have had arms amputated. Red Cross nurses supervised the work of removing the men to nearby army hospitals to-day. Douglas Fairbanks Divorced; His Wife Wins Son's Custody New York, Dec. 2. Sitting in chambers at New Koclielle, Supreme Court Justice J. Addison Young signed an interlocutory decree of divorce in favor of Mrs. Beth S. Fairbanks, wife of Douglas Fair banks, the motion picture actor. The decree gives Mrs. Fairbanks custody of their son. Douglas, Jr., eight years old. His wife gels a substantial allowance. The testimony against Fairbanks was given by William Clifton Craw ford. an actor, and John Emerson, a motion picture director. Crawford said lie met Fairbanks at the Lambs' j Club on January 2, 1916, and . the i defendant invited hint to attend a j party of "beautiful girls." Emer son told of an alleged confession of , tin escapade with a woman in New J York which, he said, Fairbanks j made to him while they were at Hollywood. Mrs. Fairbanks, in her petition. | stated that Fairbanks made more | than $lO,OOO a week in his various "movie" enterprises. Germans Suffering in Alsace-Lorraine Strasbourg, Nov. 27 (Delayed).—! Several hundred thousand Germans I in Alsace and Lorraine have begun ! 1o experience suffering, which pquals, if it does not exceed, that which the Germans have inflicted upon the natives during the past forty-eight years. A great many of ; the men who are holding public of- I tices find their occupations sudden- | ly withdrawn. Many others, who | were employes of the public ad ministration, are living in daily fear of discharge and the necessity of I leaving the country. 1 * , Here are "the I easily proved j facts S concerning I POST TQASTIES | Crisper "than other i I corn flakes; | I Superior -flavor; 1 I More "eatable" hence 1 I more satisfying 8 1 And theymake I 1 easy "the saving I o*f wheat. S L J MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 2, 1918. KAISER TRYING TO DODGE BLAME FOR I WORLD WAR'S START : Shifts Onus Onto Shoulders of Ex-Chancellor Von Belh mann-Hollweg and Von Jayow; Raps British and Russia Copenhagen, Dec. 2. Further i revelations showing that former C Emperor William of Germany is i seeking to escape responsibility for . bringing'on the war are contained I in an article by Dr. George Wege jlner, appearing in the Cologne Oa- I zette. recounting a conversation f which the writer had with the Em . peror just before he lied. In this i interview, the Emperor attempted to shift the blame for the world conflict to the shoulders of Dr.Theo bold Bcthmann-Hollweg. former ■ Imperial Chancellor, and Gottlieb ■ von Jugow, former Minister of For • eign Affairs. I "Against my will they sent me to ■ Norway," William is quoted as hav 'ling said, "f did not wish to under- I take the voyage, because of the i gravity of the situation after the • murder of Archduke Francis Ferdi nand was clear at first sight. But I the chancellor Raid to tne: " 'Your Majesty must take this • voyage iu order to maintain peace. ■ If your Majesty remains here it un ! doubted ly means war and the world i will lay to your charge responsi i bllity for this war.' i 'Well, I then undertook the voy ; ago. Dpring all this time I received : no reports from my government concerning current events. Strict ly speaking,. I only learned from Norwegian newspapers of what was occurring in the world, and in this way I learned of the Russian mo bilization measures. Blames British Fleet and Russia "But when I heard that the Brit ish fleet had put to sea, 1 returned of my own accord. They had near r— 1 ["Big Bertha" Shipped to Interior by I*uns With American Army of Oerupn j Ron, Dec. 2.—The inside facts regard- I ing "Big Bertha" and the other mon , ster German guns may be locked up with the numerous secrets of Ger many. Information that reaches the American Army officials is to the ef fect that the German guns of heavy j calibre at various points have been shipped to the interior on flat cars, j Shipments of parts of big gun em- i placements also are reported. Ger mans, interrogated as to the disposi- ' tion of "Big Bertha" and the other j large calibered cannon, claims to be ignorant of their present where-1 abouts. Son Born to Alma Gluck, Famous Concert Singer Now York, Dec. 2.—A son was } born early on Saturday to Alma I Gluck, soprano, wife of Efrem Zlm j balist, tlpe Russian violinist, at their | home. 81'5 West lOOtli street. Ma- I dame Gluck, at one time a mem - 1 : her of the Metropolitan Opera' I forces, is a favorite on the concert ] j stage, and Zimbulist, too, has a largo following. They were married in 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Zimbalist also have I ' a daughter, Marie Virginia, about i 3 years old. ' * Major W. S. Manning Killed in Action Columbia. S. C., Dec. 2. Major I W. S. Manning, eldest son of Gover- I nor Manning, of South Carolina, was I killed in action In France Novem ber 6. Major Manning was attached to the 316 th Infantry, 79th Division, 1 and recently was decorated for 1 bravery. i ily caught me. On my orders. Ger- I I man ships returned at once to the | I security of Norwegian harbors. ! Later it would not have been pos sible for them to do so." The Emperor then mentioned declarations of General W. A. Soulc homlinoff, Russian minister of war, during the investigations which oc curred afterward, which he later j altered to the statement that he had not ordered real mobilization, hut. only readiness for mobilization. The j ; Emperor, however, insisted on the j correctness of the first declaration. I according to which the Czur had been induced by the Kaiser to re call his order for mobilization. He declared that General Nicholas Januasehkevitch. chief of the Rus sian Imperial General Staff, de ceived the Czar and the order was carried out in spite of him. This mobilization, the Kaiser would have it, was the final reason for the war. The Russian war party at the court, the Kaiser continued, had already In the spring of 1914, com pelled the Czar to make prepara tions for war. From that lime Si berian regiments were gradually drawn westward. They were told that maneuvers were the reason for i these movements and thus they | marched on to the Riga river and | farther westward until they reach ed Vilna, where they were sudden ly handed out loaded cartridges and told that they were now going to fight in earnest. "In fact," said the Kaiser in end ing the Interview, "Russian troops were already over our frontier be fore war was declared." War Over,. Lincoln Highway to Be Resumed Detroit, Dec. 2. With the ink scarcely dry upon the armistice which closed the greatest of all I world wars, tangible evidence is al ready coming to light of one of the important forces of good resulting from our participation in the great struggle. Definite pluns are now | being made fro the building of i thruugh, connecting, permanent | highways destined to be of value to : the entire nation. The war brought home a national appreciation of our ' imperative need for permanent, | through, connecting highways. Transportation conditions existing |in 1917 and 1918 focus attention upon this need. | With an eye to the future the ' Lincoln Highway Association anlici j pated developments in this connec tion, and is prepared for a greater I measure of active, constructive cn i deavor in 1919 than ever before, j Despite its evident importance road building was being more and more restricted as time passed, but with the cessation of hostilities a more liberal policy on the part of the many agencies governing such con structive endeavors is confidently to ! be expected; more, it is anticipated I that every such agency will lend its full support to the immediate re sumption of such work. The war is over. The period of reconstruc tion has come. Highway improve ment, along the lines advocated by the Lincoln Highway Association, seems destined to receive the first attention. CORRL'PriON IX BERLIN Amsterdam, Dec. 2.—The German revolutionary government, according to estimates made by the Berlin cor respondent of the Cologne Volks j Zcitung, has spent 800,000,000 marks ! in the last three weeks. The news- ! paper declares that a storm of ve- I hemence has burst ugainst corrup-! tion in Berlin, which "it is hoped will ] sweep away the dishonest rabble." I i "CURSED LIEBKNECHT SLEPT IN KAISER'S BED" London, Dec. 2. When the correspondent at The Hague of the Dally Mall visited the Royal ! Palace at Berlin recently he \ found the aged servants there j bursting with indignation over j the fact that Dr. Liebknecht, the Radical Socialist leader, had slept j in the former emperor's bed. The ( correspondent quotes the ser- I vants as saying: "That cursed Liebknecht slept | ! for two nights in the Kaiser's I bed." i = AUTHORSHIP OF WAR SHOWN BY BAVARIA State Documents Expose Plan j ot Germany and Austria | to Make War Copenhagen, Denmark The. Munich Korespondenz Hoffmann publishes, an official report re-j Rai ding the origin of the war *bear- I ing out facts already known that Germany and Austria had fully de cided to begin the war in July, 1914, long before the ultimatum was handed to Serbia, and also showing that the date of the opening of the conflict had been, expressly delayed! until the French Premier's visit to St. Petersburg was ended, in order that it might be precipitated when quick action on the part of the En tente would n,ot be eusy. This report,coniirms in an unmis takable form all the previous evi dence that Germany worked with Austria-Hungary in imposing an. ul timatum upon Serbia such as was known would lead Jo war and that Germany was determined war should follow r . The Munich Korrespon.denz Hoff mann states that the Premier and Foreign Minister of Bavaria re quested permission from the federal government to publish documents concerning the origin of the war. The revelations are contained in a report of July 18, 1914, made by Count von Lerchen field, Bavarian Minister to Berlin. Recording his conversations in the Foreign Office with Dr. von Ziminermann, the Imperial Under- Secretary of State, with reference to the Balkans, and with the Austro- Hungariun Ambassador in Berlin re garding the Triple Allinnco, Count von Lerohenfeld says with reference' to the note to Serbia: "The delivery of the note will take place on July 25. Action, has been postponed until this juncture because of a desire to wait for M. Viviani's departure from St. Petersburg, in order to make it difficult for the Entente to arrive at an understand ing and to counteract. In Vienna, until then, a show of peaceful dis position is to be made and the Min ister of War and chief of the Gen eral Staff are to have a furlough fori some time." After informing his government of the probable contents of the note, von Lerchen feld continues: "It is obvious that Serbia cannot accept such conditions which are in consistent with her dignity as an. independent state. The consequence is therefore that there must be war. It is absolutely necessary here that Austria should take advantage of this favorable moment, even at the danger of further complications." In a telegraphic communication from the Bavarian legation on the morning of July 31, 1914, the c.on i viction was expressed that Sr. Ed ! ward Grey's honest efforts to pre serve peace would certainly not suc- I ceed in arresting the course of ! events. In a communication, from the Legation later on the same day, von Lerchenfcld said: "At present two ultimatums have been sen.t—one to St. Petersburg, expiring in 12 hours, and Tne other to Paris, expiring in 18 hours. To St. Petersburg the inquiry is.for the reason of the Russian mobiiization, and to Paris the inquiry is whether that country will remain neutral. Both will, of course, be answered by a refusal. Then mobilization, will take place at midnight on Saturday, August 1. The Prussian General Staff awaits war against France full of confidence and reckons to bo able to overthrow France in the course of four weeks. The morale of the French Army is not gooiJ. It hu3 only a few very largq howitzers and bad rifles." In a report dated August 4, 1914, von. Lerchenfeld said regarding Bel gium. "Germany cannot respect Belgian neutrality. The chief of the gen eral staff has declared that even British neutrality would be paid for too dearly if the price was the re spect of Belgium, declaring an at tack on France is only possible through Belgium." The belated publication of this document by the Bavarian govern ment is belieVed to be for the pur pose of gaining some moral credit and thus possibly escaping the share of the wheih all these plots must bring upon the German nutlon. General Stewart Leaves Legacy to Masonic Homes One-half ot the estate of Thomas J. Stewart, for many _ years adjutant general of Pennsylvania, will event ually go to the Grand Lodge of Ma sons for the erection of two or more Cottages at the Masonic Homes at Ellzabethtown, it developed at an adjudication of his $lOO,OOO estate in the Montgomery County t Orphans' Court. Trust funds to the amount of $45,- 000 were awarded as follows: Mar garet Emma Stewart, a sister, $20,- 000; Mary J. Vadican, a sister, $15,- 000: William H. Stewart and James H. Stewart, brothers, each $lO,OOO. The Masonic Home benefits at the death of the last of these four bro thers and sisters. The two sisters each receive $5,000 in cash. The residue is divided equally among the two sisters and their brother, Wil liam. Germans Surrender Seized Russ Warships London, Dec. 2. —The "Allied Na val Squadron which recently passed through the Dardanelles into the Black Sea, anchored off Sebasto pol, the Russian naval base In the Crimea, on November 26. The Russian ships, which were in the hands of the Germans, and also some German submarines were surrendered to the Allied naval rep resentatives. DUMBA URGES HELP i OF ALLIED POWERS IN AUSTRIA PERIL Former Ambassador to America Seeks to Prevent Czecho slovaks and Italians From Ascendancy in Bo i hernia, Maravia and Silesia • ' Zurich, Dec. 2.—Dr. Constantln Theodor Dumba, former Austro- ! Hungarian ambassador to tlieUnited States, has arrived here as the dele gate of the United Committee of the Austrian Peace Association. His j main purpose is to present to the i Entente powers the views of his constituents, who are seeking to pre vent the incorporation of the Ger man sections of Bohemia, Moravia j and Silesia in ilie Czecho-Slovak , state, and the Italization of. the mid | die Tyrol, which Austrian pacifists I believe would stultify the leugue of nations by creating a German irrl denta. After a lengthy historical argu-1 i ment that these German sections' i s - Reporter Sneers at j America and Starts Another Spy Hunt >ew York, Dec. 2. —Because of his expressed contempt for Americans and things American, Emll Ztm(ner mann, of 541 West 124 th Street, a re i porterr on The Wall Street Journal, was taken In custody by operatives of the Customs Intelligence Service and ordered detained In the Raymond Street jail by Ferry M. Armstrong, chief examiner of the Enemy Alien Bureau, as a dangerous enemy alien. While it is probable that Ziminer mann will be interned, the Federal authorities have not abandoned their Investigation of his activities. He came to the United States first in 1907, and was engaged in the cotton business in Texas. He made fre quent trips to Germany, and was in that country when the war started. According to Federal officials, he was sent to this country on a spec ial mission by the German Foreign Office, arriving a week after hostll ties began. Had l.nrge Hank Account • He declined to explain his actions during the first two years of the war except to say: "J just sat around and read the newspapers." Nor would ho make any statement on large ac counts he had with . the Deutsches Bank or Trans Atlantic Trust Com pany, both of which have been taken I over by the Allen Property Custod ian Palmer, and several of their for mer officials. interned. Federal agents learned that (lur ing 1915 and 1916 he maintained an expensive apartment in Seventy-sec-' ond Street and had desk room in an office in Nassau Street, where he re ceived mail from Europe under many names. Armed with the credentials ob tained as a newspaperman, Ziminer mann was abje to enter zones barred Ito enemy aliens. He failed to regis ter as an alien enemy after the United States entered the war, and has frequented the waterfront zones. Ilank Hooks Destroyed When the government agents visi ted his apartments the rooms were in disorder and he acknowledged to Mr. Armstrong that he had destroyed his bank books. During the interrogation Ziminer mann said that he had been in com munication. with Germany since the outbreak of the war and had sent messages across with the crews of neutral vessels. Ban on Brewing of Beer Not to Be Lifted Washington, Dec. 2.—Government officials in conference have decided that there shall be no lifting of llie ban on brewing beer and the breweries of the country are closed. An official statement was given out, reading: "It was stated following a confer ence that in view of the conditions after a careful survey of materials on hand, the situation would not warrant a lifting of the restrictions on the manufacture of beer as they now exist." i OVERALLS TO BE K. OF C. UNIFORM IIIV" rn H" A. "" i TIMM Workers connected with the seven organizations which pulled together In the United Campaign for $170,50 0,000 realize that one of their hard- Franco and Belgium K. of C. repreding in the reconstruction work in form shown here. It has just bcesentatlves will wear the overseas uni condltions resulting frojn the signin adopted because of the changed est jobs is ahead of them. While alng of the armistice. should remain German, Dr. Dumba 1 says; "In her deep sorrow Austria can only appeal to 'the high sense of | | equity of President Wilson. She j sincerely hopes that the Allies will ' i uphold the principle of equal jus- 1 tice for the small and great powers —tlie principle which led to their victorious war." Dr. Dumba advocates the United States and Great Britain sending one regiments each us a symbol of order, which is precariously main tained. He says pillaging and burn-| ing of wealthy homes is going on! lin tlie Hungarian plains, which j should be policed by strong allied \ forces. I (Philadelphia May Be Chosen as Port For Ships ' to Deliver Soldiers Washington. Dec. 2.—Belated ae | tivity in behalf of the port of Plill- I adclphia us a port of debarkation for American soldiers returning from 1 France, lias resulted in promises by 11 Major General George W. Goethals, ; director of storage purchase and traffic, in the War Department, and Secretary of the Navy Daniels to reeonsidor the selection of the ports with a view of having Philadelphia designated. Philadelphia stands a good chance of being added to the group of four named. The advantages of the port, were not put forward when con sideration was given to the subject, must now be presented in strong fashion. Boston, New York, Newport News and Charleston were selected by General Goethals and approved by Secretary Daniels because the mili tary authorities considered them most available from a purely mill ! tary standpoint. Serbs From America Broke Bulgaria's Back Washington, Dec. 2. Residents of Amerlan cities lighting with the Serbian army played a most iinport j ant part in the great victory over I the Bulgarians, the collapse of Aus ' tria, and the ending of the Hun dream of a Mittel-Europa. This in ' formation has been brought to the | United States by an American Red I Cross worker just returned from Serbia. Men from t lie steel and iron plants in Gary, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Denver, San Francisco and other cities where there arc hearths, blast furnaces and rolling mills, were, shock troops in the very center of the Serbian attack, this Red Cross worker who accompanied the Ser bian army reports. Vanguard of American Peace Delegates Sails New York, Dec. 2. —The vanguard ■ of the American party which will he ■ in Paris during the sessions of the ■ peace conference sailed from New : York yesterday on the new American steamship Orizaba. The members of the party included more than a hundred newspaper cor respondents and those who will act I in a secretarial and clerical capacity | j to members of the peace mission. ' The Orizaba, being a slower boat than the George Washington, needs two days extra steaming to arrive . at Brest at the same time as the Presidential party. XMAK CANDY CNRESTRICTED Washington, Dec. 2.—Restrictions on production of Christmas candy have been removed. Last year, when | the nation faced a serious sugar shortage, the manufacturers were allowed to use only 50 per cent, of their normal requirements. Now the need for sugar saving has passed. jLEMBERG RENT BYj POLISH UPRISING| AGAINST HEBREWS; IMurder, Arson and Wholesale, Looting Reported in the | Gulician Disorders By Associated Press Vienna, Dec. 2.—Hundreds are j I homeless at Lemberg as the result of , | pogroms against the Jews in thatj | city. It is reported that many people j ,have been killed and wounded, three) churches and eighty houses burned I and wholesale looting has taken | place. The trouble is said to be ex-1 tending west to Jnroslav and south J to Drohobyez, as well as to many | towns in western and eastern Ga ) licia. I Jewish reports say the disorders ! were not attributable to Bolshevism, j but were the outcome of an effort to | prevent the Jew s from carrying out ] the principle of self-determination, according to President Wilson's pro | gram. Disinterested observers de clare the fighting is the outgrowth of the fact that the Ukrainians in Po land wish to be free and under Ukrainian rule. In Lemberg there is a preponder ance of Polish inhabitants, while around the city the Ukrainians are in the majority. The people of I.em berg, with the exception of the Jews, want to unite with the Poles. The Poles, therefore, are pursuing a pol icy of violence against the Jews. Army Training Goes on at Penna. State College State College, Pa., Dec. 2.—Al though the students' army training corps will be demobilized at the Pennsylvania State College Decem ber 21, in, accordance with, the War , Department's orders, military train ing will be continued at the insti ! tution through the reinstatement of the reserve officers' training corps, beginning January 1. Despite loss of one engineering building by the recent fire, college work for all engineering students will be resumed Wednesday, when they return from eight-day fur lough. Four other buildings of the engineering school are undamaged. Class rooms and laboratories have I been provided for all engineering classes. 50 Persons Carried by U. S. Seaplane ! Washington, Dec, 2.—The Navy's , newest type of seaplane, the giant i;NC-l, the largest seaplane in the j world, broke all records for the dumber of passengers carried in any ! airplane when it made a flight with fifty men aboard on Wednesday at the naval air station, Rockaway, Long Island. No special modifications of the • plane were made for the flight, j which was made to demonstrate the ' machine's enormous lifting power. The NC-1 is the first American tri motored seaplane and is propelled by three Liberty motors that de velop a maximum of 1,200 horse power, giving it a cruising speed of > eighty miles an hour. J Honor Soldier Dead With Trees in Park ' New York, Dec. 2.—Every soldier . and sailor from the Borough of 1 Manhattan who gave his life for ; his country in the present war is to • have a permanent living memorial ' in Central Park. His name will be • inscribed upon a bronze tablet, and ; the tablets will become integral ' parts of trees to be planted in hon ' orabie memory of the grand sacri ! fice. In order that future genera tions may not forget their obliga tions to tlie men who gave all that they might be free, the memorial i trees will be planted so as to line • a long, formal avenue. Hence, should any tree fail to flourish • equally with its neighbors or die or be destroyed, the symmetry of the • avenue will be broken and the vista , marred, so that it must be replaced. Bucharest Is Burning and Rumanian Peasants Revolt Copenhagen, Dec. 2.—Bucharest is burning, according to reports from Berlin received here. Peasant revolts are said to have broken out in all parts of Rumania. Influenza and kindred diseases start with acold. Don't trifle with it. At the first shiver or sneeze, take CASCARAfe* QUININE Standard eold remedy for 20 years —in tablet form—aafe. sure, no opiatea—breaks up a cold in 14 hourr —relieves grip in 3 day a. Money back if P fails. The genuine bos has a Red top • ■pi M, HiU'a picture. At All Drug Stores. j DILL'S Cough Syrup Combining the best ingredients, its soothing remedial properties will act quickly in cases of Coughs, Colds Grippe, Catarrh Have it on the medicine shelf, resdy for the ailments of the respiratory irgant thit come on to suddenly at thit season. Very pleasant for children to take because of its inviting aroma and taste, 'fake according to directions that come with each bottle You'll find it at your druggist's or dealer in medicine. Made by The Dill Co., Norristown, Ps. Also manufactures of those reliable Dill's Liver Pills Dill's Balm of Life Dill's Worm Syrup DiU's Kidney Pills Ask your Druggist or Dealer In Medicine. Thm kind mnthar (.■ kmpt Wui. surmise I (Efjriatmafi Npuih i Dad's looking for ward to December 25th to receive his gifts you selected for him at the Wm. I Strouse store. ! ©ecembiedl"] /?. fl I —And please remember I tliat dad is not the only member of the family whowan L s a W m. ! Strouse Store gift. i A Harrisburg made gilt for Harrisburg men— Monito Hose—pure iliread silk —in black, Navy, green, gray, champagne, white and Palm Peach. i Per pair, : 75c I Take a good look at these good-looking Christ mas Ties. They certainly will put the pep in the appearance of many fel lows this Yuletidc, $l.OO I H Here's a warm one or, father, a warm "two." Buck Gloves, with wool -fl lining. They serve fine. A pair, $2.50 I 0 Wig. Strouse Store I 310 Market St. I 5
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