rH FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. PRESIDENT'S RED CROSS APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE Send Forth to the Whole Greeting lor mas Which it Stands in Washington. Dec. 8. President Wll on, in a proclamation mode public to day, call on, every American to Join the American Red Cross during Christ mas Roll Call Week, December 1C to II, "and thus send forth to the wbole auman family the Christmas greeting tor which It awaits and for which It alands In greatest need." The proo lamation, prepared be.'ore the l'resi cent departed lor Europe, follows: To the AmerUan People: One year bko 22.(HiO,X'0, Ameri cans, by enrolling as members of the Red Cross at Christmas tinia, sent to the men who were righting our battles overseas a stimulating message oX cheer and good will. They made It clear that our people were of their own free choice unit ed with their Government in the determination not only to wage war with the instruments of de struction but also by every means la their power to repay the rav ages of the lnvnder and sustain And renew the spirit of the army and of the homes which they rep resented. The friends of the American Red Cross in Italy, Bel glum and France have told, and will tell again, the story of how the Red Cross workers restored morale In the hospitals. In the camps and at the cantonments, and we ought to be very proud that we have been permitted to be of sen-ice to those whose suf ferings and whone glory are the heritage of humanity. Now, by God's grace, the Red Cross Christmaa message of 1918 la to be a message of peace as LIFE SENTENCE FOR THEFT. Third Conviction For Prisoner Results In Heavy Penalty In W. Va. Huntington. W. Va. When he was entenced to life Imprisonment for the theft of one automobile tire and one inner tube Robert Bayles fainted In Judge T. N. Taylor's court. This sen tence was the only recourse of the trial Judge, as It was the third con viction for the prisoner, and the law ct West Virginia provide a lite sen tence for the third offense. Bayles' previous sentences were for three and ten years, respectively. He was pa roled both times and was on parole when last arretted. He is about 40 years old. WILSON LAUDS SCHWAB. President Is Reluctant To Part With Emergency Fleet Director. Washington. The resignation of Charles M. Schwab as director general Of the Emergency Fleet Corporation was accepted by President Wilson in a wireless message from the transport George Washington to the White House. The President said: I accept your, resignation only be cause you wish it and because 1 feel 1 must do so in fairness to you. You have been exceedingly generous in giving your services and they have been Invaluable." CHILE CONSIDERS U. S. OFFER. Likely To Accept Mediation In Dis pute With Peru. Santiago, Chile. The Council of Ministers has under consideration the offer ef the United States of media tion In the question of the provinces of Tacna and Arica, In dispute with Peru. The ministers will confer Sunday on this subject with the Committee or Foreign Affairs of the Senate and Chamber of Deputlea. Opinions in the Congress appears to be divided as to the procedure to be employed, but all agreed that a definite solution should be speedily reached. NEW FIELD FOR WOMEN. Eight Hundred Are Building Flying Boats At League Island. Washington. More than 800 women are building flying boats at the League Island Navy Yard, where they are working side by side with men in ev ry department. These women have gone through the training school, where they learned to handle drill presses, splice wires, solder pontoons and construct hulls and wing floats. The women work 49 hours a week, the came as the men. SCORES RED FLAG. Crimson Banner Protest Against AM Law And Order. New York. "When the red flag Is carried upon our streets it is a pro test against law and therefore a men ace to our free institutions," declared President John Grier Hlbben of Prince ton University In an address before the Association of Life Insurance Pres idents. Dr. Hibben was emphasizing the obligations of liberty which, he aid, the sons of America had estab lished anew. ALLIED RULERS COMING. Pelncare, Kings George, Albert And Emmanuel Are Expected. New York. The United States will nave as Its guests In the near future President Polncare of France, King George of England, King Albert of Bel glum, King Victor Emmanuel of Italy J' ld the head of any other nations x . 'sldent Wilson may visit during his i o Europe, Stephaive Lauzanne, -f the Matin, declared Just be- J1 Ued for France. fJ k , . . Human Family the Chfist Which it Waits and for Greatest Need." well as a message of good wilL But peace does not mean that we can fold our hands. It means fur ther sacrifice. We must prove conclusively to an attentive world that America is permanently aioused to the needs of the new era, our old Indifference gone for ever. The exact nature of the future service of the Red Cross will de pend upon the program of the as sociated government), but there la immediate need today for every heartening word und for every helplul (service. We iiiubI not for get that our soldiers and our sail ors are still under orders and still have duties to perform of the high est consequence and that the Red Cross Christmas means a great deal to them. The people ol the saddened lands, moreover re turning home today where there are no homes, must have the assurance that the hearts of our people are with them In the dark and doubtful days ahead. Let us. so far as we can, help them back to faith In mercy and In future happiness. As president of the Red Crow, conscious in this great hour of the value of such a message from the American people, I bhould be glad If every American would join the Red Cross for 1919, and thus send forth to the whole human family the Christmas greeting for which It waits and for which It stands in greatest need. Wooiikow Wilson. THE COUNTRY AT LARGE. A message from King George, ex pressing the hope that Britons and Americans may be as united in peace as Ihey were in war was read at New York's celebration of Britain's Day. J. Paul Stevens, general manaeer of j the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, is critically 111 at Covington, Ky., of pneu monia, following an attack of Influ enza. Rev. Dr. Maltland Alexander, of the First Presbyterian Church of Pitts burgh, has been made religious di rector of the American Army of Oc cupation. Columbia University chemists have perfected a process for keeping fish and meats Indefinitely and then re storing them to their original fresh ness. Clarence H. Mackay declared the proposal "to pool the telegraph, tele phone and cable facilities of the coun try is a genuine menace. The National War Labor Board has refused to withdraw Its examiner from i the shops of the Bethleham Steel Com pany. TO EXTEND LONG DISTANCE. Connections Offered To Local Lines By Burleson. Washington. Extension of ong- distance telephone service to all local lines where practicable Is planned by Postmaster General Burleson. Com panies without long-distance connec tions were invited to make.applications in writing. - ALMOST TO THE RHINE. Several Of American Units Are Within 25 Miles Of The River. Americans in Rhenish Prussia. Four front-line divisions of the Amer ican Army of Occupation are racing toward the Rhine. Several of the American advanced guard units were reported to be within 25 miles of the river. PETROGRAD DESERTED. Half The Population Driven Out By Starvation And Terrorism. Washington. Petrograd Is like a deserted city, with probably one-half of its population gone through starva tion and terrorism, according to Swed ish press reports forwarded to the State Department. No details were made public. HUNS LEFT INFERNAL MACHINES. Attempt Marie To Blow Up Brussels Palace Of Justice. Paris. The Germans had laid plans to blow up the Palace of Justice in Brussels, according to a dispatch to the Soir from Brussels. In the cellar of ti.e palace four Infernal machines, placed there by the Germans, have been found close to some gunpowder and ammunition. BANS ALL SUGAR BOWLS. Manager Of Child' Restaurants 8ays They Are Not Sanitary. Philadelphia. Chllds' restaurants are among the few eating places In this city where the sugar bowl has not made Its reappearance. J. A. Holmes, manager of Chllds' restaurant at 1208 Chestnut street, explained it had been decided not to return to the free bowl practice for sanitary reasons. 4,500 TONS CANDY FOR ARMY. 595,000 Gallons Pickles Also Ordered For Expeditionary Force. Washington. Nine million pounds of candy l'or the army has Just been ordered by the War Department, and it was announced that a considerable part of It would be rushed overseas in time to lnsuie a plentiful supply for Christmas. Other special purchases for the expeditionary force include 56-7000 gallons of pickles. 10 Peace Congress Opens First Week in January. TO MAKE GERMANY PAY Lloyd George, Balfour, Law rnd Barnes To Represent Great Britain In Negotiations Another Dele gate Yet To Be Selected. London. Great Britain will damand of Germany 8,000,000,000 pounds ster ling for Great Britain and her domin ions as reparation for the war, accord ing to the Dally Mail. This, the Daily Mall adds, Is what the war cost Great Britain and her dominions, and British taxpayers will be relieved of 400,000,000 pounds per annum by the German payment. The British claim, says the Daily Mail, has been prepared by a commit tee undr Mr. Hughes, the Australian Premier, and Baron Cunliffe, former governor of the Bank of England, who Is one of the principal members of the committee. The Dally Mail says the French claim for reparation will be Infinitely larger than that of Great Britain. Congress Opens New Year Week. Paris. President WilBon will be In formed by wireless of the plans for the assembling of the inter-Allied con ference and the meeting of the peace congress. He will also be advised con cerning the recent gathering of the Supreme War Council at London. In Ihe meantime, reports that the Pres ident has approved of anything done at the supreme council are premature. The Dlans concerning the peace meetings are the results of Colonel Edward M. House's long talk wltn Premier Clemenceau, following a con ference with .Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign, minister, and the Earl of Derby, the British ambassador to France. The Inter-Allied conference will re assemble on December 16 or 17. The meetings will be at the foreign offices In the Ouai d'Orsay and not at Ver sailles. David Lloyd George, the Brit ish premier, and A. J. Balfour, the foreicn minhter. expect to come here at that time to meet President Wilson and attend the conference, but the elections in Great Britain may not permit them to remain more than two or three days. To Waste No Time. The opening of the peace congress Is set for the first week In January. It was the desire of the Americans to begin at the earliest possible mo ment Other delegations felt that a later date would be necessary, owing to the Christmas holidays and the offi cial functions connected with the pres ence of President Wilson and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, but the first week In January finally was chosen. The first meetings will be for the actual framing of the preliminaries of peace with the representatives of the enemy powers, who win De pres ent. The names of the French delegates to the Deace congress have not as yet been announced, but it is understood they will be three members of the government and possibly a fourth member. The British delegates will be Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Min ister Balfour, Chancellor of the Ex chequer Andrew Bonar Law, George Nicoll Barnes, labor members of the war cabinet, and a fifth delegate not yet selected. It is anticipated that the peace de liberations will last about four months, and, unless unforseen obstacles arise, that final action will be reached to ward the early part of May. WAR CLOUD PASSING BY. Chile And Peru Approaching A Peace ful Settlement Buenos Aires. The controversy be tween Chile and Peru is approaching a peaceful solution, La Naclon say It is Informed by a confidential but reliable source as a result of the ef forts of the State Department and the Uruguyan Foreign Office. The two foreign offices are said to have been In constant communication since Tues day. The newspaper's Informant says that the two governments propose a partial plebiscite, and that the Chilean and Peruvian foreign offices are friendly disposed toward the proposal which contemplates restoration of 8 Pacific port to Bolivia. 1,056,550 ARMENIANS SLAIN. Turkish Statistics Show 1,396,350 De ported. Salonikl. M. Khanzadian, an Ar menian leader and former officer of high rank In the Turkish Navy, on his arrival here declared that German and Turkish statistics which he saw In Constantinople In 1916 showed that 1,396,350 Armonlans had been deport ed and that or thatnumfberl,056,550 had been massacred. Thanking the Greek Government for its sympathy with the cause of the Armenians, he said the Greeks and Armenians should combine their efforts against Turkish oppres sion. FLYERS TO CROSS COUNTRY. Five Army Aviators On Way To At lantic Seaboard. Washington. 'Authority was grant ed by the War Department to Major Albert D. Smith, commanding a squad ron of five army airplanes, which left San Diego, Cal., Wednesday for El Paso, Texas, to continue the trip . to the Atanttc seaboard If possible. If the trans-continental flight is made it , will be the first by a military aircraft (orinatlon. BIN DEMAND 40.000.000.000 OF WAR IS 10LDBYMI Detailed Report of How U. S.Men Won Battles. CRISIS CAME ON MARCH 21 Says American Operations Previous to That Date Were Only a Part of Their Training Pays -Supreme Tribute to Army. Washington, Dec. 5. Gen. John J. Persldng's account of his stewardship as commander of the American expe ditionary forces was given to the pub lic Wednesday by Secretary Buker. It Is In the form of a preliminary re port to the secretary, covering opera tions up to November 20, after the German collapse. It closes with these words from the lender of the great army In France, expressing his feeling for those who served under him : "I pay the supreme tribute to our ollieers und soldiers of tire line. When I think of their heroism, their patience under hardships, their unflinching spir it of offensive action, I am filled with emotion which I ntn unable to express. Their deeds are Immortal and they have earned the eternal gratitude of our country." The report begins with General Pershing's departure for Frnnce to pave the way for the army that was to smash German resistance on the Meuse and give vital aid to the allies In forcing Germany to Its knees 19 months luter. ; Crisis on March 21. General Pershing views the encoun ters before Mnrch 21 of this year, In which American troops participated as a part of their training, and dismisses them briefly. On that date, however, the great German offensive was launched and a crucial situation quick ly developed In the allied lines which called for prompt use of the four American divisions that were at the time "equal to any demands of battle action." "The crisis which this offensive de reloped was such," General Pershing says, "that on March 28 I plnced at the disposal of Marshal Foch, who had oeen agreed upon as commander In thief of the allied armies, all of our forces. At his request the First divi sion was transferred from the Tout sector to a position in reserve at Chau aiont en Vexln. "As Germnn superiority in numbers required prompt action, an agreement ans reached at the Abbeville confer ence of the allied premiers and com manders and myself on May 2 by which British shipping was to trans port 'ten American divisions to the British army area, where they were to be trained nnd equipped, and addltlon il British shipping was to be provided for as many divisions ns possible for ase elsewhere. Men Eager for Test. "On April 20 the First division had !;one Into the line In the Montdldier salient, on the Plcnrdy battle front. Tactics had been suddenly revolution ized to those of open warfare, and our men, confident of the results of their training, were eager for the test. On the morning of May 28 this division ittncked the commanding German po sition In Its front, tnklng with splendid Jash the town of Cantigny nnd all Kther objectives, which were orgnnlzed jnd held steadfastly against vicious rounter-attacks and galling artillery fire. "Although local, this brilliant nctlon had an electrical effect, ns It demon strated our fighting qualities under extreme battle conditions nnd also that the enemy's troops were not altogether Invincible." Hold Foe at Chateau Thierry. There followed Immediately the Ger man thrust across the Alsne river to ward Paris. He continues: "The Third division, which had Just come from Its preliminary training In the trenches, was hurried to the Mnrne. Its motorized machine-gun battalion preceded the other units and successfully held the bridgehead at the Mnrne, opposite Chateau Thierry. "The Second division, In reserve nenr Montdldier, was sent by motor trucks nnd other available transport to check the progress of the enemy toward Paris. The division attacked and retook the town and railroad sta tion at Bouresches and sturdily held Its ground against the enemy's best guard divisions. "In the battle of Belleau wood, which followed, our men proved their su periority and gained a strong tactical position, with far greater loss to the enemy than to ourselves. On July 1, before the Second was relieved, It cap tured the village of Vaux with splen did precision. Stand Between Paris and Foe. "Meanwhile our Second corps, under Maj. Gen. George W. Rend, had been organized for the command of our divisions with the British, which were held back in training areas or as signed to second-line defenses. Five of the ten divisions were withdrawn from the British area In June, three to re lieve divisions In Lorraine and the Vosges and two were sent to the Paris area to Join the group of American divisions which stood between the city and any further advance of the enemy in that direction." By that time the great tide of Amer ican troop movements to France was in full swing and the older divisions could be used freely. The Forty-sec- SECRETARY OF WAR'S REPORT 8ays Question of Permanent Reorgan ization of Army Has Been Deferred. Washington, Dec. 5. The question of permanent organization of the army has been deferred for consideration after the close of the peace confer ence. Secretary Baker, In his annual report says this course Is determined upon since "the military needs of the Cuitsd State cannot b prudently as- STORY ond, In line east of Reims, faced the German assault of July 15 and "held their ground unflinchingly;" on the right flank four companies of the Twenty-eighth division faced "ad vancing waves' of Germnn Infantry," and the Third division held the Maine line, opposite Chateau Thierry, against powerful artillery nnd Infantry attack. , Single Regiment Checks Enemy. "A single regiment of the Third wrote one of the most brilliant pages In our military annals on this occa sion," Genernl Pershing says. "It pre vented the crossing at certain points on Its front while, on either flank, the Germans who had gained a foot ing pressed forward. Our men, firing In three directions, met tho Germnn attacks with counter-attacks at criti cal points and succeeded In throwing two German divisions Into complete confusion, capturing 000 prisoners." Thus was tho stage set for the counter-offensive which, beginning with the smashing of the enemy's Mnrne salient, brought overwhelming victory to the allies nnd the United States In the eventful months that have followed. The Intimation Is strong that Genernl Perslilng's advice helped Marshal Foch to reach his de cision to strike. Counter-Offensive Opens. General Pershing continues: "The great force of the German Chateau Thierry offensive established the deep Mnrne salient, hut the enemy wns taking chances, and the vulnera bility of this pocket to attack might be turned to his disadvantage. "Seizing this opportunity to support my conviction, every division with any sort of training wns made available for use In a counter-offensive. The place of honor In the thrust toward Solssons on July 18 wns given to our First and Second divisions In com pany with chosen French divisions. "Without the usual brief warning of a preliminary bombardment, the massed French nnd American artillery, firing by the mnp, laid down Its rolling barrage at dawn while the Infantry be gan Its charge. The tactical handling of our troops under these trying condi tions wns excellent throughout the ac tion. "The enemy brought up large num bers of reserves and mnde a stubborn defense both with machine guns and artillery, hut through five days' fight ing the First division continued to ad vance until It had gained the heights above Solssons nnd captured tho vil lage of Berzy-le-Sec. "The Second division took Beau Re palre farm nnd Vlerzy in n very rapid vance and reached a position In front of Tlgny at the end of Its second day. These two divisions captured 7,. 000 prisoners nnd over 100 pieces of artillery." First American Army Formed. The report describes In some detail the work of completing the reduction of the salient, mentioning the opera tions of the . Twenty-sixth, Third, Fourth, Forty-second, Thirty-second, and Twenty-eighth divisions. With the situation on the Marne front thus relieved, Genernl Pershing writes, he could turn to the organization 'of the First American army nnd the reduction of the St. Mlhlel salient, long planned as the Initial purely American enter prise. A troop concentration, aided by gen erous contributions of artillery and air units by the French, began, Involving tho movement, mostly at night, of 600,000 men. A sector renchlng from Port sur Sellle, east of tho Moselle, eastward through St. Mlhlel to Verdun nnd later enlarged to carry It to the edge of tho forest of Argonne wns taken over, the Second Colonial French, holding the tip of the salient opposite St. Mlhlel. nnd the French Seventeenth corps, on the heights above Verdun, being trans ferred to General Pershing's command Tho combined French, British, and American air forces mobilized for the buttle, the report says, was the largest nvlntion nssembly ever engaged on the western front up to that time In a sin gle operation. Battle of St. Mihlel. Of the reduction of the St. Mlhlel salient General Pershing says: "After four hours' nrtlllery prepa ration the seven American divisions In the front line advanced at 5 a. m. on September 12, assisted by n limit ed number of tanks mnnned partly by Americans nnd partly by the French. "These divisions, nccompanled by groups of wire-cutters nnd others armed with bnngnlore torpedoes, went through the successive bnnds of bnrbed wire that protected the ene my's front line nnd support trenches In Irresistible waves on schedule time, breaking down all defense of an en emy demoralized by the grent volume of our artillery fire nnd our sudden npproach out of the fog. "Our First corps advanced to Thlnu court, while our Fourth corps curved back to the southwest through Non sard. The Second Colonial French corps mnde the slight advance re quired of It on very difficult ground, and the Fifth corps took Its three ridges nnd repulsed n counter-attack. "A rapid mnrch brought reserve reg iments of a division of the Fifth corps Into Vigneulles In the enrly morning, where It linked up with patrols of our Fourth corps, closing the salient and forming a new line west of Thlaucourt to Vigneulles and beyond Fresnes-en-Woevre. 16,000 Prisoners Taken. "At a cost of only 7,000 casualties, mostly light, we had taken 16,000 pris oners nnd 443 guns, a great quantity of material, released the Inhabitants of many vlllnges from enemy domina tion and established our lines In a po sition to threaten Metz. "This signal success of the Ameri can First army In Its first offensive was of prime Importance. The allies sessed until that conference shall have determined . the future International relations of the world." For temporary purposes, however, Mr. Baker announces that he will lay before congress a plan of reorganiza tion for the regular army, "which shall continue as the nucleus of any future military establishment." The secretary also Indicates his In tention to press for perpetuation by law of the atrong general staff organi zation built up during the great world'! wax, found they had a formidable army to aid them, nnd the enemy learned final ly that he had one to reckon with." The report shows for the firs! time officially that with this brilliantly exe cuted coup, General Pershing's men had cleared the way for the great ef fort of the allies nnd American forces to win a conclusive victory. The American army moved at once toward Its crowning achievement, the battle of the Meuse. " The general tells a dramatic story of this mighty battle In three distinct phases, beginning on the night of September 27, when Amerlcnns quick ly took the places of the French on the thinly held line of this long, quiet sector. The attack opened on Septem ber 20, and the Americans dtove through entanglements, acroas No Man's Land, to take all the emiuy'i first-line positions. Battle of the Meuie. Closing the chapter, General Per shing says: "On November 6 a division of the First corps reiftiied a point on the Meuse opposite Sedan, 2.1 miles from our lines f departure. The strategi cal goul which was our highest hope was gnined. We hud cut the enemy's main line of communications, and nothing could save his army from complete disaster. . "In all forty enemy divisions had been used against us In the Meuse Argonne battle. Between September 20 and November 0 we took 20,0.'9 prisoners nnd 408 guns on this front. "Our divisions enguged were the First. Second, Third, Fourth. Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty ninth, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-seventh, Seventy eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, Eighty-second, Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth and Ninety-first. "Many of our divisions remained In line for a length of time that re quired nerves of 3teel, while others were sent In again after only a few days of rest. The First, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Forty-second, Seventy-seventh, Eightieth, Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth were In the line twice. Although . some of the divisions were fighting their first battle, they soon became equnl to the best. Other Corps Active. The commander In chief does not lose sight of the divisions operating with French or British armies during this time. He tells of the work of the Second corps, comprising the Twenty-seventh nnd Thirtieth divisions, In the British assault on the Hlndenburg line where the St. Quentln canal passes through a tunnel ; of how the Second nnd Thirty-sixth divisions got their chance In October by being nsslgned to aid the French In the drive from Reims, nnd of the splendid fighting of the Thirty seventh and Ninety-first divisions, sent to-Join the French army In Belgium. Of the total strength of the expedi tionary force, General Pershing re ports : "There are In Europe altogether, In cluding n regiment nnd some sanitary units with the Italian army and the orgnnlzntlons at Murmansk, also In cluding these en route from the States, approximately 2,053,347 men, less our losses." "Of this total there are In France 1,338,109 combatant troops." Problem of Equipment Of their equipment he says: "Our entry Into the war found us with few of the auxiliaries necessary for Its conduct In the modern sense. Among our most importunt deficiencies In material were artillery, aviation nnd tanks. "In order to meet our requirements ns rapidly as possible, we accepted the offer of the French government to pro vide us with the necessary artillery equipment of 75s, one 5i-mllllmeter howitzer nnd one 55 G. P. F. gun from their own factories for 30 divisions. "The wisdom of this course Is fully demonstrated by the fact that, al though we soon began the manufac ture of these classes of guns at home, there were no guns of the cnllher( mentioned manufactured In America on our front at the date the armistice was signed. The only guns of these types produced at home thus fur re ceived In France are 109 75-milllmeter guns. First U. S. Planet in May. "In aviation we were In the same situation, and here again the French government came to our aid until our own aviation program should be under way. We obtained from the French the necessary planes for training our personnel, nnd they hnve provided us with a total of 2,070 pursuit, observa tion, and bombing planes. "The first ulrplnnes received from home arrived In May, and together we have received 1,379. The first American squadron completely equipped by American production, In cluding nirplanes, crossed the German lines on August 7, 1918. "As to tanks, we were compelled to rely upon the French. Here, however, we were less fortunate, for the reason that the French produc tion could barely meet the require ments of their own armies. "It should be fully realized that the French government has always taken a most lihefal attitude and has been most anxious to give us every possi ble assistance In meeting our deficien cies In these as well as In other respects. Our dependencies upon France for artillery, aviation and tanks was, of course, due to the fact that our Industries had not been ex clusively devoted to military produc tion. - "All credit Is due onr own manu facturers for their efforts to meet our own requirements, as nt the time the armistice was signed we were able to look forward to the early supply of practically all our necessities from our own factories." . BARUCH TO QUIT WAR BOARD President Accepts Resignation Effec tive January 1 Organization to Be Abolished. Washington, Dec. 6. President Wil son hns accepted the resignation ol Bernard M. Barucb as chairman of the war Industries board,' effective January 1, and hns agreed that tlw war Industries board cease to exist as a government agency oa Uutt date, . SOCIAL RANK IN GERMANY Richard Lleber Describes Condition! of Life That Existed Under Auto cratlo and Military Rule. "The grent jr.njorlty of Immigrants belong to tho poorer classes," said i Richard Lleher In a speech In Indian- . a polls, according to the Germnn De mocracy Bulletin. "Hut no mutter how poor or well-to-do, they belong In a circumscribed class out of which they cannot move except In extraordi nary circumstances. Whu has Ameri. ca done for them? If It had not dona another thing than to remove this dumnable harrier it would be entitled to our undying thanks and devotion, Here we 'meet on a common plane; in Germany we were assigned to a defi nite spot In their medieval layer caku and there wc stuy, our children und grandchildren. "You remember, of course, that In Germany the youngest lieutenant Is eligible to court attendance, whercus In civil service the rank has to bu very high to bo 'most graciously com manded.' That circumstance gave rise to the striking expression attributed to a shavetail of n Potsdam guard of ficer: 'In civilian life, human beings only begin with the rank of private counselor.' "How many of us under tho classl. flcatlon would hnve a light to consid er ourselves human beings at all? "It may be said that this Is merely a joke, but I know whereof I apeak, for my father was on olllcer of tho government and the army and although he had practically only three men be tween himself und the emperor, I do remember how that high-minded and liberal man ached under the restric tions of class und rank. I for one got enough of it In time, and although 1 huve many pleasant und even tender memories of the old country, they are strictly disconnected from any toler ance of the absolute and medieval claptrap of royalty nnd Its adulators. "To those few, however, who even now fall In unqualified loyalty to our country, and who still live in their thought In Uermnuy, to those few 1 say: ""You ore not wanted over there and you are not needed here. You wnnt to be a citizen of two countries, and you are u citizen nowhere. Ger many sneers at you for your academic sympathies and the United Stntes holds you In contempt for your pitiful attempt to be true to two political wives.' "Walter Damrnsch and I, about ten years ago, had discussed America and Germany; when speaking of the many beautiful things abroad, he suddenly sighed and exclaimed: " 'But with nil, should I want to be the same Walter Damrosch in Germany that I am In America, I would at least have to be Landgrave of Thurlnglu or archduke of Luxemburg.' " Lincoln Accorded High Rank. Although preceded und followed In the presidential office by men who had received long and thorough college and university training, which he lucked, there Is, nevertheless, not one of them the equal of Abraham Lin coln, In clarity, brevity and felicity of expression. "His simple, luminous sentences," says one of our iiutlonnJ writers, "are models that cannot be Improved upon." Tot-ay Lincoln's po sition as u master of the English tongue In Its strength nnd simplicity Is unquestioned. Tho French Acad emy, Emerson, Lowell, Everett, Beech er, Ingersoll are united on that point. "No man of hW century," suys the au thor of his Letters and Addresses, "could stute n proposition with more exactness and compactness. Ills clnr lty of expression, the consistent build ing up of his arguments, his brilliant ly apt comparisons, his Illuminating wit, his merciless pursuit of llloglc In his opponents were phenomenal." The Gettysburg address was ranked by Emerson ns the peer of any of the utterances of man. Censor's Postscript. William B. Towsley of Chicago re ceived a letter from his son In France and upon this letter hangs a story. My ron H. Towsley, twenty-three years old, went over with the One Hundred nnd Forty-ninth Uiflted States field nrtlllery and Is now a corporal. In his letter ho described the sen sation of getting n baptism of shell fire. He admitted he wns scared, that knees, stomach nnd nerves went on a strike. To considerable length he de scribed the symptoms of fear he frank ly admitted he felt. But down nt the bottom of the letter the censor, n lieu tenant, wrote: "Your son writes that he was fright ened.' Nevertheless, ho volunteered to go out Into 'No Man's Lund' under shell fire, and bring, back a wounded captain." Mean Feeling. A colored unit was moving up to tnko Its place in the line of battle. It wns early morning, and daylight had net yet began to break. "Hey, sergeant," came a voice from over In the brush to the left, "when we nil goin' to find them Bodies?" "Never you mind, child; you all gonna find plenty of them things 'fore long." "Well, I sho hope so, sergeant," came the voice. "If I don't get rid of dls mean feelln' 'fore long I'se gwlne to carve up on the mess sergeant, cho-" The Stars and Stripes. Heroism. Heroism Is always the same, how ever the fashion of a hero's clothes may alter. Every hero In history Is as near to a man as his neighbor, nnd if we should tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors, It would sound like poetry. George W. Curtis. Times of Life's Deep Emotions. At certnln periods of life we live years of emotion In a few weeks and look back on those times as on grent gaps between the old life and the new, Thnckeny. Quite So. "Washington at Valley Forge pre sents a heroic figure." "You net. Quite different from a kaiser In a cellar." Louisville Coup ler-JournaJ. , .
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