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MUuifci jit mi 3owii«rt VOLUME XX. ADVOCATE GENERAL SOUNDS DEATH KNELL DE WIOML GUAOD Opinion, Approved by Secre tary Baker, Is That Mem bers Revert to Status of Civilians on Demobilization An opinion of the judge advocate , general’s office, approved by the sec retary of war, holds that officers and enlisted men of the national guard will revert to civilian status when discharged from the federal service. The effect of the ruling practically is to wipe out of existence the na tional guard as it was organize! prior to the war. The opinion, rendered by Briga dier General Samuel T. Ansell, who has been acting judge advocate gen eral since Major General Crowder was appointed provost marshal gen eral to handle the draft, was made public today by the war department. General March, chief of staff, on December 20 asked for an opinion as to the status of members of the na tional guard subsequent to their discharge from the federal service. His memorandum called attention to a digest of an opinion of the judge advocate general dated January. 1916. in which it was said that when the guardsmen were “mustered out” of the federal service they would revert to their militia status and also to their status in the na tional guard. General Ansell’s Opinion General Ansell, in his decision, points out that this opinion was based upon muster out and not upon discharge, and added: “As a matter of tact, the opinion in the digest in which this sentence occurs holds, without qualification, that the dratt of a member of the na tional guard into the federal service > absolutely discharges him from the ’ militia, which includes the national guard. Furthermore, this office has held that a commission in the tem porary forces is incompatible with a - < ommission In the national guard and operates to cancel the commis sion in the national guard. a OF IB TELLS QUEER STORY OF MG YOUTH Runnng away from her home in Pine City, a suburb of Elmira. (N. j - Y.). more than a year ago, Mildred Gunderman. sixteen years old, has confessed that she murdered Leo Martin, her sweetheart, in Youngs losvn, 0., early in September, this • - Thus rar she has not divulged the motive for the crime. The confession, according to an an nouncement made by the police here today, was the result of her arrest on an old warrant, issued last year when she ran away from home. Hun Military Officials Back People’s Council All military officials in Berlin have agreed to indorse the people's coun cil, it was announced today. Wounded Soldiers of’ “Old Hickory” Arrive Approximately 500 wounded sol diers of the* Twenty-seventh division (New York national guard! and the Thirtieth division (Tennessee. North Carolina and South Carolina troops > arrived in New York on the British transport Cedric, from Liverpool. Baker Recommends Generals Have Titles for Life Secretary of War Baker has rec ommended to congress that Generals Pershing. March and Bliss and Lieu tenant Generals Liggett and Bullard retain their present rank through life in honor of meritorious service. Birdman Gives a Thrilling Exhibition Lieutenant B. W. Spencer. U. flying a big army plane which is one Fliorence and spent the night be-, fore proceeding on his way to Nash ville. Lieutenant Spencer gave an exhibi- Hamilton National Buys • Bank of Commerce The Hamilton National bank at Chattanooga announces the purchase of the State Bank of Commerce with capital stock of 6150,000 and deposits of $500,000, paying 90 cents on the dollar for the stock. This gives the Hamilton deposits of $14,000,000. Flooded Streams Cause Damage in East Tennessee Flooded streams in east Tennessee according to reports received here Practically all rivers and small FRANCE TO INDEMNITY TROOPS France will pay each discharged sol dier SSO, with additional payments for dependents, according to recom mendations made by the French cabi net. AID SOLDIERS OB FARMS Every farm bureau county in Kan sas is appointing a committee to as sist soldiers and sailors who desire to be placed on farms. This agricul tural reconstruction work will also be carried on in all counties noi liaving farm bureaus. Cream of World News For Our Busy Readers Five important officials of Brook lyn. N. Y.. Rapid Transit companv held liable for manslaughter in case of deaths of $0 persons killed in ac cident. Latest report on government inves tigation of Hog Island ship build ing management reveals no graft charges. Five persons killed when motor ar plunges 4v feet from highway bridge at Atlantic City. N. J. Z*57A and Girls' “pig club” at Ham ilton. Mo., received $13,000 for hogs delivered to packers. American army officials report perfection of artillery gun that fires shells a distance of 40 miles. Robert S. Lovett resumes active management of Union Pacific rail road January 1. it is anounced. No succesor to William G. McAdoo. V director general of the 191 rail, 'oads under federal mtv. agement has I been announced. Mr. McAdoo's res a ignation is to take'effect January 1. $224 a Day Record Os This Ship Worker Ralph Adams Cram, member ot the Boston Planning Board, told the members of the Boston Hous ing Association that he had lound at the Fore River yard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora tion a die cutter who received $224 for one day’s pay. For a period of four months this man averaged $220 every working day. Mr. Cram said. FARMERSPLANTED 43.800.080 JfflES TD WINTER WHEAT Department of Agriculture Reports Condition of Crop 98.5 Compared With 79.3 One Year Ago The area planted to winter wheat In the United States last fall was 49,027.000 acres, according to the department of agriculture's report. This is 6,726.000 acres more than the revised estimate of area sown for the 1917 crop, and 11.323,000 acres more than was harvested last summer. The condition of the crop is 98.5, compared with 79.3 a year ago, and 10 points higher than the ten year December average. The forecast for next year's crop is 765X100.000 bushels, allowing for normal impairment and loss of area between now and harvest. This is 210.000,000 more than the 1917 crop and 80,000,000 more than the largest previous harvest. Maintenance of present conditions with no lo*:s of area would give a crop of 1,000.000.000 bushels. The area sown to rye is 6,820,000 acres, 1.7 ner cent more than the re vised estimate of last year and two and a half million acres more than two years ago. Another Addition to S.-W. Journal Staff IT < .. ... ■ .. ■■■* -p . ”xk JESSE W. ARMISTEAD Who will conduct popular ed ucation at home feature in this newspaper every week. Receivers of Waycross Bank Pay Dividends The following notice has been is sued by the receivers for the Citi zens’ bank, of Americus, Ga., which closed its doors here last summer. "The receivers of the Citizens' bank are issuing checks lor a 25 per cent dividend. Checks will be mailed on Friday. December 20, to all whose deposits amount to $1 or more, whose addresses are known. Those not receiving checks by Monday morning will please call upon the receivers." This is the first dividend to be paid by the receivers of this bank, but it comes at a time when almost every one can use a little change to a jjood advantage. Seven More Arrests In Lynching Case At the office of the circuit cleric in Tuscumbia were given out the names of seven additional men who nave been arrested, charged with murder in the first degree in connection with the lynching of W:ll Byrd and George Whitesides on November 10 and November 12. Fourteen men are now under arrest and ten warrants tor the same offenses are still in the hands Cf the sheriff. It is predicted locally that sensational events are Killed by Explosion Os Gasoline Tank J. J. Shelnutt, thirty years old, was at a garage at Gritti’.n. Ga., when a gasoline tank exploded in the room where he was at work The cause of the explosion is un known. When other workmen in the building were attracted by the noise, the whole side of fne rocm was a mass of flames and when the man was rescued, practically all of h:s clothing had been burned from his body. Military. Policemen Help Make Macon “Dry” Military policemen are co-operat ing with federal agents to make sure iso whisky is sold soldiers at Camp " heeler, near Macon. Christmas, or any other time, for that ma'tter. Their activities hare exiended be yond arrest of proprietors and Million Tons of German Shipping to Supply Food Bolshevik naval forces are report ed to be laying mines in the Gulf of Finland and to be concent - ating t-oops along the frontier. The be l‘ef is expressed that they are pre paring to attack Finland. Hens Laid Two Billion Dozen Legs The annual report of Secretary of Agriculture Houston shows that American hens laid a total of 1,921,- 600.000 dozens of eggs during the yea- Every day In the year the •ens produced between five and six eggs for each man, woman and child tn the country. When the Americans Entered Brussels < The King and Queen Saluted Old Glory! 'i " - - kI i L I ij. m a gs dH i JULsI ■I $ 9%$ I •Ww’ " -y : z-M ” 1 * z '- .> 11 s *2, • 1 ■ 1 Jf’f-' <, * LL 1 ""****""" ■ ■ 1 The picture shows American color-bearers at the left carrying the Stars and Stripes as American infantrymen parade past the king and queen of the Belgians, shown in the center, King Albert on Ids w ar horse saluting the American Hag as it enters Brussels, his deemed capital city. , ' ' ; - Flooded Streams Cause Much Damage In East Tennessee Flooded streams in east Tennessee and western North Carolina have caused, considerable property damage, according to reports received* here this week. Practically all rivers and small streams throughout the Ten nessee watershed are rising and overflowing the lowlands at many points as a result of heavy rains dur ing the past woek. Asheville the Fteuch Broad river was five feet above flood •stag" this morning and slowly rising. Low lands for many miles are reported flooded. The river here has passed the flood stage, rising seven feet in twenty-four hours. Negro Soldiers Are e Arrested for Rioting (BY LAST MINUTE TELEGEAPIi) NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—Seventy five negro soldiers, members of the quartermaster corps and the Fif teenth infantry, are under heavy military guard at the army building in Brooklyn today after having looted several saloons and starting a near riot late iast night. The saloon proprietors refused to serve the men in uniform, where upon they helped themselves. Po lice were called, but being unable to cope with the situation, they notified the quartermaster depart ment which sent military police to quell the negroes. Americus Boy Spent 180 Days in Trenches One hundred and eighty days spent in the front line trenches out rs 274 days in France is the record attained by Claude Callaway, of Americus. Ga., a figntinp Americus boy, who went through the great war as a member of the famous Rainbow di vision and escaped being wounded. His record, it is believed, is un matched by that of any other sol dier in France. In d leter to his Ship Sinking Story Declare “Pure Bunk” The report that the American com missioners had decided to advocate sinking of the surrendered German fleet is “pure bunk," a high authori ty announced. More Than 300.000 Soldiers Discharged More than 300.000 soldiers have Leen discharged in this country to (u'.’e, and the rate is now about 150,000 a week, it was officially stated by the war department. AUSTRIAN EX-FREMIEK DIES Prince Conrad von Hohenlohe fechillingsfuerst. formerly premier of Austria and at one time military governor of Triest, died suddenly recently while attending a hunt in Hiermarken. HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE PUZZLE WITH $1 CASH REWARDS > • S'- x 1 ' z-x B° ss I 77 .-I / UooK - \ \ iWZZ-- 'tß'/ltfi 99 'T? ■hZri I T s Did you solve the first Picture Puzzle printed in this space last week? Hundreds of Semi-Weekly readers sent in their solutions, accom panied by the required letters in which they wrote of the feature they found to be most enjoyable in the paper, but the proportion of correct solutions was only one out of ten. The winning letters will be printed in this space in the issue of The Semi-Weekly Journal dated January 3. Watch out for it —maybe you are one of the winners. But— Get busy in this new Picture Puzzle. In the six pictures are hidden the names of SIX AMERICAN CITIES. No. 1, for instance, is ST. PAUL. Can you tell what the other five are? They are hard nuts to crack, and you’ll have to study hard to get the correct solutions. For the five correct solutions, ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF NOT MORE THAN 200 WORDS, in which you name the one best ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1918. Gas Attack On Bean and Pea Weevils Will Banish These Pests Without Trouble Bean and pea weevils—whffih Un- , nually destroy millions of wollars . worth of valuable food and fieri in I the form of beans, peas, and cow peas in storage—have not yet dis covered the advantages of gas masks. J Those who expect trouble f from I weevils can successfully kill | says the United States department | of agriculture, by a gaa attack Im- 1 mediately after the crops are har-; vested. Carbon disulphid should be used. Place the seed in an air-tldnt can- I More Freezing Is Forecast by Weather Man Thursday Night Put alcohol in the radiator —if you have the heart to use it that way— and shut oft the water pipes Thurs day night, because the temperature Is going down again to freezing. - It dropped to 26 along in the wee ama’ hours Thursday morning, ac cording to the weather ofrecastar, and he expects as much again some where between dark Thursday and dawn Friday. \ Every one thought the wind Christmas day was not only blowing off the North pole, but was some thing of a gale. However, the fore caster says the w '"•d never did bet ter than twenty mi. o an hour. He doesn't see any signs of snow or rain, but thinks that Old Mr. Win ter will keep on in his present cheery humor, tweaking cheeks and noses and generally making the world step to a livelier tune. General Semenoff Is Wounded by Bomb HARBIN, Monday. Dec. 23.—(8y the Associated Press.)—General Sem cnoff was wounded in the legs ard ten other persons were injured when a man wearing a uniform threw a bomb in a theater tn Chita recently, according to advices from that ei-y. Wife and Daughter of W. J. Harris Are 11l (BY LAST MINUTE TELEGRAPH) WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 26. Mrs. William J. Harris and little Julia, wife and daughter respectful ly of Senator-Elect Harris, are ill here with influenza and because of this, Mr. Harris has called off his proposed visit to Georgia for the hol idays. Botli of the patients are now regarded as out of danger and on the way to recovery. URUGUAY CALLS ARMY MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. 36. The government has ordered the mo bilization of units of the Uruguayan army in face of threatened labor troubles throughout the republic. Foreign agitators, principally Rus sians, have been busy for several days endeavoring to foment a gen eral strike. tainer, such as a tin can, barrel, or bin, and over the top pour a smaj) amount of the chemical (2 to 4 pounds to every 500 cubic feet of space to be fumigated), cover the seed with burlap or old blankets and fumigate from twenty-four to forty eight hous. The seed should then remain In air-tight containers, and should be inspected frequently to see that the Weevils do not reappear. In case I they do, repeat the gas treatment. Cow Does Her “Bit;” Yields Four Calves I A cow belonging to Mr. Woods, a few miles south of Adel, Ga., on the Lasseter place, gave birth to four calves last week. All four of the calves are alive and all in normal condition. It is believed that all will live. The edw is a Cook county raised animal. It. is believed that this is the first instance of the kind in the state. Reported Dead, Soldier Shows Up Christmas (BY LAST MINUTE TELEGRAPH) j MAYSVILLE, Ky„ Dec. 26.—Gro ver Frederick walked in on his par ents near here just in time for Christmas dinner. They’d mourned him for dead two months, the war department having notified them he had been killed in action in France. Zeppelins to Become Merchantmen cf Air PARIS, Dec. 26.—(Havas)—Dis armed German Zeppelins will be con verted into aerial merchantmen to ply between New York and Hamburg, according to the Echo de Paris, which says that it has received its infor mation from “reliable sources.” Jean Turner Is Killed In Store at Cleveland (BY LAST MINUTE TELEGRAPH) CLEVELAND, Ga., Dec. 26. Christmas eve night at about 7 o’clock Jean Turner was shot and killed in the stbre of J. L. Pepper here. There were no eye-witnesses to the shoot ing, but it is alleged that John Veal did the shooting, one shot taking ef fect in the breast and four in the back. J. L. Pepper, John Veal, Pep per’s brother-in-law; Jean Turner and Earl Adams were tn the store at the time of the shooting, but all were engaged in what is thought to have been a drunken row. Turner lies dead at the hotel here, and the three others are in jail. SAVING ON COFFEE WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The army will sip its coffee with' consid erable satisfaction now. For an nouncement was made today that a eool million dollars was saved by buying 15.0)0,000 pounds of coffee just before the last advance in price. feature in The Semi-Weekly Journal, the Puzzle Editor will pay a cash reward of ONE DOLLAR. Be sure to write on one side of the paper and sign your name and address. Here is a list of 75 American cities, arranged in alphabetical or der, that may help you determine the names of the six hidden in the pictures. Astoria Escanaba Lowell Richmond Albuquerque Excelsior Leominster Atlanta Frederiekton Lrnn mu->gn Annapolis Fall Hirer Lawrence ' Kiverpolnt Augusta Fairhaven Minneapolis st. LftCfa Anniston Gloucester Madrid St. I’atU Boston Jiulfport Mason City. San Piego Brunswick Guilford Madison Springfield Baltimore Hanover Norwich Tacoma Bridgeport Harwfcliport Newton Three Rivers Berwick Hudson Norton Toledo Chicago Irvington Ollalla Uniontown Cincinnati Independent Oregon Cite ) incennes Chico Jacksonville Ocean City’ Washington Payton Jonesboro Providence Waco Denver Jackson • Pawtucket « Wabash Duluth .( Key West ITovincetown .Xenia Dallas K * Kendall Quincy Youngstown Evergreen Kankakee , Quakertown Zsuxtville Atlanta Girl, 18, Is Settlement Good Fairy 1 ■’vl. ' w I '* I Z ? "~ lWrrillllll .1,11011. ** MISS AMELIA MELLICHAMP Not yet 18 years, old, Miss Amelie Mellichamp, an Atlanta girl, has for the past year devoted herself to the welfare of young mothers and their little children who live in the set tlement of mill workers at the Expo sition cotton mills iu the capital city. On Christmas day’ Miss MelH champ gave a tree party for nearly 100 young people, attending to every detail, gathered gifts, obtained con tributions from her friends, and was hostess at the fete, the like of which had never been seen in the drab life of the mill workers. Last summer this unselfish young girl devoted the vacation months to conducting a class in domestic science in the community, teaching young matrons whose limited in comes forebade table luxuries, how to obtain the greatest variety of nu tritive and tasty dishes with a min imum of cost. On Sundays she conducts religious services in a tiny chapel and acts as minister, choir leader and —yes, even janitor. Highwaymen Get $12,000 Payroll Frank Brown, paymaster of the Everett, Mass., branch of the Gen eral Electric company, was held up and robbed of $12,000 by six high wayman. He was shot twice in the chest when he attempted to fight the men off. His condition is critical. LAST MINUTE CABLE AND TELEGRAPH NeJ SAILORSSURBENDER: 100 DIE IN STREET FIGHTIM BERLIN Ex-Kaiser’s Quarters Occu pied and Looted—Move ment Directed Against the Ebert-Haase Faction LONDON, Dec. 26.—The mutinous sailors who had been holding out in the Red palace at Berlin have hoist ed the white flag and have been allow ed to leave under guard, according to advices from Berlin sent by the Ex change Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam. Government troops, the message adds, now occupy the pal ace and the roval stables. Hundred Are Killed The Alexander and Franzer regi ments had openly joined the revolt ing sailors in Berlin and it was pre dicted in advices sent from Berlin late Christmas night that nearly the entire Berlin garrison would suport them, leaving the government with out troopc. . These advices were transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph correspond ent at Copenhagen. They add that large numbers of sailors are reported to be coming from Kiel to join their comrades in Berlin. Nearly 100 persons were killed in the street fighting which began in Berlin on Tuesday morning, accord ing to the latest reports from the German capital, transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph corrrespondent at Copenhagen. The republican guards tried several times to take the royal stables and the headquar ters of the revolting sailors, but were repulsed. , Many soldiers belonging to the Berlin guards and a few of the re publican guards joined in with the sailors, Vorwaertz reports. When these reports were sent a large number of armed civilians were continuing to join the sailors, not only at the royal stables, but in the Koenigstrasse. This street with all its houses, was reported in the hands of the sailors, who were supported by the Spartacus. They demanded that Premier Ebert and Secretary Hasse resign and" be replaced by George Ledebour and Dr. Karl Lieb knecht. 422 Dead, 3,730 Hurt And 141 Missing in Total List of 4,293 WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Today’s casualty lists show: , Killed in action —•• Died of wounds Died of accident and other causes 1 ’ Died of aeroplane accident.... 3 Died of disease Wounded severely »<’•' Wounded (degree underter- mined) Wounded slightly 1 ’77-f Missing in action • Total 4,293 Roosevelt’s Troop Protest Is Recorded WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. —Colonel Roosevelt’s editorial protesting use of American troops—other than the regular army*—in France for police iluty, was placed-on record today by Senator Townsend, Michigan. “I submit this article because it reflects my > own sentiments and I be.lieve * those of the American peo ple." said Townsend. “I have no objection to the article going in the record,” said Senator Thomas, Colorado, “but I am not pre pared to say it agrees with the sen timents of the American people. Roosevelt was in a hurry to get the boys over to France and now he is in a hurry to get them home before the peace treaty is signed." Denies Smith Got Surplus of Contracts WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. —Senator Fletcher, of Florida, in refuting the claim that the south had got more than its proper share of housing contracts from the shipping board, today declared in the senate that in Pennsylvania alone more than twice as much money was spent for hous ing projects than in the entire south. Senator Fletcher said that anprxi mately $10,000,000 was spertt in the south for work of this character, while $23,029,800 was spent in Penn sylvania and $13,000,000 in New Jer sey. Falls Into Open Fire And Is Burned to Death ANNISTON. Ala.. Dec. 26.—Mrs. O. E Usrey. wife of a prominent mer chant at Wellington, Ala., was burn ed Io death Christmas day in her home. ' Subject to fainting spells, Mrs. Usrey was alone in her room for a short time in the afternoon. her husband returned late in the an ernoon he found his wife fatally burned and the floor of the room nblaze. It is sunnosed she fell m.o the open fire. Her death followed soon after she was found. MF DAL PGP. FAYOLLE PARIS. Dec. 26.—(Havas.) —Gen- eral Fayolle. of the French army, recently received the American dis tinguished service medal. It was given him by Colonel Bentley Mott, who went to Kaiserlauten as General Pershing's representative. a.800.000 ITALIANS LOST NEW YORK, Dec. 26. —Colonel Ugo Pizzarilo. of the Italian army, today declared Italy’s losses in the war would total 2.500.000, of which, he said. *>oo.ooo were killed in action ahd 300,000 died of disease. FAVOR GREEK CI.ft.IMS ATHENS. Dec. 26.—More than 150,000 Armenians and 100,000 .Tews have expressed themselves in favor of Greek claims of the possession of Constantinople and Smyrna, it was declared here. Young Turks are continuing to at tack the Greeks. The latter are be ing killed and wounded nightly. MH. ADOLPH MATHIS DEAD CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Dec. 26. M”. Adolph Mathis, aced 53. treas urer and manager of the Miller Brothers department store, and well known in eastern trade centers, died here yesterday following an attack of influenza. He was ft native of east Prussia, but came to America when a lad. He had been active in war work. GRAYSON DISTRIBHTES GIFTS PARTS, Dec. 26.—Rear Admiral Grayson. President Wilson’s physi cian. spent Christmas morning dis tributing. at the request of Mrs. Wilson. the candies, cakes and sweet meats she had personally pur ehased for the Paris asylums and hosnita’s. The president’s partv spent the day at the Murat palace. AIN MAIL SUSPENDED A ten-day suspension of the New York-Khi'-ago aerial mail service was nrderßl last week bv the nosioffl'*- e'epartment, following the failure on. NUMBER PRESIDENT SHOI EMOTION JI REWI OF RMERjCANTROt In Address to Soldiers Front Intimates Quick Satisfactory Peace —h trals Barred From Cong LONDON. Dec. 26—President Mrs. Wilson were in Buckinj palace this afternoon after a joi from Calais to London during 1 they were accorded all the h; ever given royalty. Never h royal progress, except those ofj national ceremonials excited sue terest here as the first state of an American president. The drive 'of the short proce from the station to the palace made through streets lined wifi guards regiments in khaki. flags hung overhead and covere buildings, while windows, balo sidewalks and open spaces were ; with people, many of whom wot American colors. It was a brilliant spectacle, came the sovereign’s escort of t from the household cavalry,, helmets and steel cuirasses. - ’ came the carriages with King 'G and President Wilson, and 4 Marj*. Mrs. Wilson and Prl Mary. These were followed by J others, which passed almost J ticed, as all eyes were on Mrl Mrs. Wilson and the royal faml Although the trip was a short it lay through a most intere section of London. From Ch; Cross the route ran along the 1 side of Trafalgar square, witt Nelson monument towering on left and the national gallery o; right It continued along Pall turning northward at §t. James and up St. James street to Piet ly—the chief landmarks along stage being the solid, weather* buildings of the old London > now decked with bunting they for special occasions. The pi sion drove westward along the : side of Piccadilly, passing & of clubs and big hotels and pa residences, notably the home o Duke of Devonshire, with the Cross flag over it. and the resi< of the Duke of Wellington, al entrance of Hyde Park, when procession turned. DJNIELSWSi VICTORY FLEET I BIG SHTOI Armada of Dreadnaughts. Aircraft Seen but Dimlj Vast Throng of Spectat Parade on Fifth Avenui NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Snow throughout the procession of t by Secretary Daniels, ceased si ly before noon and before time < to start the parade of sailors < Fifth avenue and Broadway r sun was shining. Ten thousand Jackies left the I when they came to anchorart the Hudson and were taken all tugs to the shore, where they fol in a column and marched down ] through Broadway and Fifth i nue. As the men passed the I apartment houses along Rive Drive and upper Broadway, resH leaning from their windows, si ered them with cigarettes. Ch mas candies and other delicacies. Some o fthe sailors wore h overcoats. Some carried rifles some were unarmed, depending i the discretion of the ship f , mander. The reviewing stand was bull Fifth avenue and Forty-se street, where Secretary Da watched the passing columns. DANIELS REVIEWS GREAT U. S. VICTORY FLJ NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Led by superdreadnaught Arizona, ten i battleships in command of Adn Mayo—the vanguard of Amer victory fleet in European wa steamed majestically up New ’ harbor today in review before S< tarv Daniels and were greeted a tumultuous reception by ha craft and hundreds of thousand persons who lined the shores, fleet reached Ambrose channel yesterday. The ships weighed anchor at, o’clock today and escorted by a ; of twenty-one airplanes, proce up the harbor to the Statue of erty. where Secretary Daniels ai party of distinguished guests on presidential yacht Mayflower ret ed the procession. The shriek thousands of welcoming sirens whistles were drowned by the t derous salute of nineteen guns 1 each battleship as it caifie abl of the Mayflower. Mild Weather Due to Peace Is the Bel NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—1 s the weather due to peace in Europe? The mildness of the fall and « winter of 1918 in America and| rope is remarkable. , ‘J Good weather up to the NovM 11 armistice contributed large! ally victory. 1 Previous war years were nd for bad weather in all seasons. S mers were hot, rainy. Falls, n cold, muddy. Springs, late, ch wet. Armies splashed in seas of i Fall always meant practical a tion of military operations. Not i the autumn of 1918 did this si tion change. During the war the common th was that artillery caused . weather. scoffed. , Now tb/theory that good wea is due co the end of fightinj jvidespread. Goosebone prophets expect a open winter, easy on the coal and snow shovel. “The weather Is on the side ol allies,” said Foster War in . 1918, in New York Independent, dieting German defeat. Some think weather Is on the of the lean purse now. i The scientists aren't saying a i yet. 3 LIQUOR ORDER ISSUED’ PARIS, Wednesday, Dec. J (Havas.)—General Pershing haj sued an order to all American J manders to co-operate fully wia French government in mert against excessive use of al<rt liquors. The French army rufl garding the drinking of liquors and the opening shop.- to soldiers, he observed strictly by the foifees.