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TWO YEARS TO GET I). S. UPON NORMAL BASIS SAYSJANIELS Will be Fortunate to Get Demobilization Done so Soon, Navy Secretary Tells Gov

ernors. ASK FARM COOPERATION (By Associated Press) ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 18. At .least a year, possibly two years will be required before the nation can return to normal peace conditions and "we will be fortunate If conditions make demobilization possible at so early a date," paid Secretary Daniels today, addressing the conference of state governors. The navy, said the secretary, must be increased and strengthened to enable the United States to contribute as many units as any other nation to an International police force, but he added: "I look to see the peace conference put an end to competitive big naval building." Abolish Food Gambling. Speaking before the conference, Oov-elect Samuel It. McKelvie, of Nebraska, urged farmers to form co-operative organizations for purchasing and marketing and for the solicita-j tlon or loans at low interest rates. Co-operation among farmers, he said is the safest solution of most of the rural economic .Ills. "If given the proper encouragement with all the barriers against it removed," be said, "co-operation will overcome the competition of other agencies of distribution. The movement must be carried to the terminal markets," Mr. McKelvie advocated a graduated tax on land and strict land lease laws providing for proper cultivation and rotation of crops and shelter for live stock and grain as the best means of dealing with the absentee landlord situation. Governor W. L. Harding, of Iowa, also urped co-operation for marketing. The "food produce gambler' must be aboli.-hed. he raid, and an efficient yrtm of gathering Information on the production of foodstuffs developed to guide farmers in determining when to buy and when to sell. Defen Council Needed. Secretary Lane also addressing the conference urged governors to do everything In their power to keep state branches of the council of national defense from disintegrating. He emphasized Secretary Baker's recent declaration that these local councils fchould remain In existence to co-operate with federal agencies although not acting as federal institutions. Tbe cabinet membi-rs' addresses followed a discussion by the governors of future policies for the state national guard organizations. Quite a difference of opinion developed. Some governors advocating return to the old national guard, system, some advocating universal military training by the federal government and ethers urging that the time is not ripe for determining future internal military policies. ALLIED GENERALS PRAISE RED GROSS WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. General John Biddle, commander of the American forces in Great Britain and General Zuppelli. Italian minister of war, in statements made public today at the headquarters of the American Red Cross, praise the work of the Red Cross, and urge the American people to support the organization in its Christmas membership campaign. "1 really do not know." says the statement of General Biddle, "what the American army would have done in England without the American Red Cross. Everywhere the Red Cross is giving the best that can be given or asked for. Our men are being cared for as well as they can be and are helped by the Red Cross in every way. At all our camps throughout the British Isles it has given us many things which we either could not get from the government or could not get without much delay." The Italian minister of war paid the following tribute to the American relief organization: ' By Us innumerable and marvelous activities the American Red Cross has won the good will of the army and of the civilian population of Italy, and I. as a witness of all the work that has been carried out. seize this opportuni ty to express publicly to its represen- j tativos my approval ana sincere gratitude. TURN CLOCKS BACK AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. Doc. IS By decree of the American military authorities the clocks in the occupied area In Germany weve set back an hour to correspond with French time used by the American Expeditionary Forces. AH You Need Is a Heart .ind A Dollar

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0p Mme. Raymond Poincare. Mme. Toincare, who as wife of President Poincare of the French republic is the first lady of France has nothing but praise for the American women and the important part they have played In the war. Efficient and practical are the terms she applies to them in expressing her high esteem for them. Because of her position and her charming personality Mme. Poincare is the center of interest for the women members of the American peace party. NECESSITY FOR WHEAT SAVING IS EMPHASIZED Only 1 0-Day Supply in U. S. When 1918 Crop Was Harvested. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 The necessity of continued conservation of wheat was emphasized today in a statement by the federal food board which declared that despite restrictions imposed last spring there was less than 10 days' supply of the product in America when the 1918 crop was harvested. Cessation of submarine activities and the signing of the armistice, the board stated, released large quantities of wheat in distant countries and this condition with assurance of a good crop in 1919 relieved somewhat the necessity of building up a large American reserve, yet continued elimination of waste was urged to assist the food administiation in keeping its pledge to ship large quantities of bread stuffs to hungry Europe. The board asserted that the American public by restricting its use of wheat early in 1918 to the barest necessity, enabled the government, with a surplus of only 20 million bushels, to distribute 141 million bushels among the allied nations. ASKS 11. S, TO STATE RUSSIAN POLICY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 Special subjects before the senate foreign relations committee at its weekly meeting today were resolutions by Senators Johnson of California and Knox of Pennsylvania, respectively, demanding an official statement of the American policy in Russia and for postponement of the defining of a league of nations and freedom of the seas until after the peace treaty. Senator Knox, it was understood, told the committee in executive session that the question of a league of nations and freedom of the seas should not be included in the formal peace treaty, but should be deferred for separate consideration. Regardless of the committee's action on his resolution, Senator Knox is planning soon, to address the senate in support of his plan of deferring disposal at the peace conference of what now are regarded as two of the most controversed questions. The resolution of Senator Johnson was introduced last week when he discussed Russian affairs at length and declared that there is general ignorance regarding this nation's plans and purposes in Russia, where, he asserted, Americans are fighting Russians without formal declaration of war. Influenza Made 45,000 Orphans in Pennsylvania (By Associated Press) I HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. IS. The 1 state health department announced today that in the neighborhood of 45,000 I orphans were created during the re'cent Influenza epidemic, and that the I death toll still being taken in certain sections of the state is daily adding to the list. Reports of new outbreaks of the disease were received yesterday by the department from several coun tls.

Half of Newfoundland Regiment Is Listed in Casualties; 1,180 Killed (Bv Associated Press) ST. JOHNS. N. F.. Dec. 18. Out of 6,372 men accepted for service In tbe royal Newfoundland regiment, there was a total of 3,757 casualties, including 1,180 killed, up to the signing of the armistice, according to figures compiled by the militia department and made public today. Two hundred and ten men were awarded military decorations for bravery. The regiment, first units, of which left here in October, 1914. saw fighting In the Gallipoll campaign and in Egypt, and was transferred to France in 1916. Since then the Newfoundlanders have taken part in some of the bitterest campaigning of the war, winning honors at the Somme, Ypres, in the Arras sector and In the last months cf the struggle In Flanders.

JAPANESE TERMS AT PEACE MEET ARE DISCUSSED Allies Shall Make no Demands oi Siberia Open Door in China. (By Associated Press) TOKIO, Dec. 18. Official Japan is silent as to what Japan will ask at the peace conference, but Marquis Shigenobu Okuma, the venerable exprime minister, has come out ia a statement as to what he thinks Japan's peace terms should be. The marquis says that Japan should approve all decisions to be reached by Great Britain, France and the United States, so far as the territorial alterations on the western front, central Europe, the Balkans and in African colonies are concerned, because Japan has no direct interest in the affairs of these countries. As for the problems as to the future of Germany and Russia, Japan's attitude should be decided in accordance with the conclusions reached by the allied conference, but she should declare that the fundamental principle of settlement should be the universal desire to obtain a permanent peace in the world. The other points which the marquis makes are as follows: Would Take Over Islands. The future of the Samoa Islands, which has caused various diplomatic controversies between Great Britain the United States and Germany should be decided in accordance of the former two powers for the purpose of destroying German bases in the Pacific. The. German New Guinea,- which is now occupied by the British, should pot be returned to Oermany. The principle should also be applicable to the Bismarck Islands. Japan should hold islands like Marshals, Caroline and others, which are now occupied by the Japanese navy, as it is dangerous to return them to Germany and as there is no reason to let the other powers occupy them. The cable line betwen Tsingtao and the Southern Islands, which is now occupied by the Japanese navy, should be held by Japan. The cable line is a property owned by a private concern, so that Germany should buy it up before conceding it Japan. The problems relating to the maintenance of order In Siberia should be settled by the allied conference, but all the allied powers should refrain from any action or demand for acquiring concessions in Siberia. The relations between China and other powers should be based upon the principle of open door and equal opportunity. Mother's Present (By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. IS The American Red Cross has found an American soldier who does not want n Christmas box. He is private R. R. Safarick, of Long Island city, New York, wounded in action and now under treatment at the base hospital in j to- Red Cross headquarters from the Paries bureau branch, private Safarick says: ' Hearing that all wounded soldiers are going to receive Christmas packages from the American Red j Cross this year, . I ask of, you a great i favor. Instead of sending me my . package, forward it to the only one 1 1 left behind, mother, and kindly menI tion my name. I never missed giving j her a present for years back, but things look pretty unbright outside." First Flight in Air Mail Service Starts (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 18 The first flight in what is expected to be regular daily mail service between New York and Chicago began today at 7:20 a. m. when Leon D. Smith took to the air at Belmont park, Long Island. His I biplane carries 400 pounds of mail. . At Bellefonte, Pa., he will descend and put his mail In the care of another lair pilot, who will transport it to Cleveland, where a third aviator will carry Jt on to Chicago. Three machines will be used during the entire flight and the last one is expected to reach Chicago between 4:30 and 5:00 o'clock p. m. Miss Emily Fletcher Will Go Overseas Miss Emily Fletcher, formerly of Richmond, and recently of Chicago, has accepted a position with the Community Motion Picture bureau of the Y. M. C. A., and expects to sail for cantonment work in France within a short time. Miss Fletcher will go to New York immediately to await transportation orders.

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Second, 32nd and First Divisions Hold Rhine BankFirst Negro Troops Return to U. S. 1,500 MEN AP COMING (By Associated Press) AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. Dec. 18. From left to right the first line American divisions in the Coblenz bridge head area are the second, thirty-second and first divisions. The second division occupies tho right bank of the Rhine to Honningen with its headquarters at Agdesdorf. The- thirty-second division line runs from Brietschied east to Herschdach, where the line extends southeast through Alsbach to Sayn, which is the headquarters of the division. The first division is located between the thirtysecond and French headquarters at Montadaur. ; The dividing line of the French and American portion of the bridge is the Lahn river from the Rhine to the region of Ems, whence the line zigzags northeast to the region of Malmeseicht directly east of Montabaur. i DESIGNATED TO RETURN. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18, Additional units overseas including about 1,500 officers and men, assigned by General Pershing for early convoy home, were announced by the war department today as follows: 35th, 149th, loSth, 173d, and 801st aero squadrons; Companies A and B, 26th engineers; 102d and 111th Trench Mortar batteries; headquarters 39th brigade coast artillery. The first detachment of negro soldiers to come from the war zone set foot on home soil again today when the steamship Celtic reached her pier. The big liner arrived at New York late yesterday. She reached quarantine at dusk, but army authorities decided not to dock her at night. The Celtic left Liverpool December 8, bearing the headquarters medical detachment and the third battalion of the 814th negro infantry, comprising thirty-six officers and, 1,119 men. In addition there were several units of casuals, 69 becbridden from -disease, and several cicilians. In the total were 155 officers and 2,122 eliste dmen. GERMAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CERTAIN (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Dec. 18. Berlin papers, almost without exception declare that the first day's session of the congress of representatives of the soldiers' and workmen's council, made a national assembly certain. It Is generally considered likely that the date will be advanced from that already discussed. Dry Leaders Hope for Ratification of Prohi Measure in 45 States (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. Ratification of the Prohibition amendment to the federal constitution by the necessary three-fourths of the states by next February 1. is predicted in a survey of the prohibition situation made public today by the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fif teen states have approved the amendment and the board declared that thirtv other states, the legislatures of which will meet next month, will vote favorably on the proposal of nation vv'de prohibition. The states which the board declared will ratify the amendment at the coming legislative sessions are, Al.ibnma, Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Ma'ne. Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri. Nebraska, Nevpdn. New Hampshire, xw Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio. Oklahoma, pregon. Rhode Island. Tennessee. Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin. West Virginia! and Wyoming. Pennsylvania is classed as "hopeful," New York as "an even proposition," and New Jersey as ""probably opposed." POLICE VOTE STRIKE TORONTO, Dec. 18 The police here almost unanimously voted to strike unless members of the force dismissed by the commissioners were reinstated. The Weather For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Partly overcast tonight. Thursday unsettled, probably rain. No change in temperature. Today's Temperature Noon 41 Yesterday Maximum 43 Minimum 30

For Wayne county by W. E. Moore j Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, i Unsettled Thursday probably followed , by rain. I General Conditions A storm of, moderate energy Is over Texas and ; very slowly moving eastward causing j rain in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missou- j rl, and snow in California and northern Texas. Elsewhere weather is generally fair. No cold weather is in Sight. ' '. : 'v.,'"

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Above, Premier Clemenceau, at left, and Marshal Foch. Below, Foreign Minister Pichon, at left, and Leon Bourgeois. According to the Echo de Paris, newspaper at the French capital, the four men expected to represent France at the peace conference are Premier Clemenceau, Marshal Foch, Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon and Leon Bourgeois, former premier. The article adds that Capt. Andre Tardieu will not be a member of the delegation. He is head of the general commission for Franco-American matters.

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DAMAGE AT WATT PLANT

Fire which started In the engine room of the F. N. Watt casket factory threatened the entire plant today. The blaze broke out about noon and at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon the fire company wras still fighting the blaze but was thought to have it under control. Fire Chief Ed Miller was overcome while directing his men in fighting the fire. He was revived, but is considered in a serious condition and was removed to his home. The loss at the plant was estimated to be between $40,000 and ?50,000 covered by insurance. The entire back part of the factory was burned, and all the machinery in that part was destroyed. The caskets were stored in the front part of the building. The building is valued at $100,000 including machinery. It is a two story brick building, with the engine room on the first floor, and the machinery on the second floor directly above. The floor above the engine room caught fire and the machinery in the work room fell through to the- ground floor. All the machinery in the back part of the building was completely ruined as nearly as can be learned. When the blaze started most of the workmen had left the building. Three of the workmen who were in the machine room were able to leave the building before the flames spread over that floor. Silas Williamson, an aged workman, was blinded by the smoke and was caught. He was lowered from a window by the firemen. Fire doors preventfd the flames from spreading into the storage and covering department in the front of the building. The doors were not closed quickly enough to keep the blaze from spreading into the paint room, and everything in that room was burned. The alarm was sent in by the engineer, who discovered the blaze. Frank Watt, owner of the plant, was downtown at lunch when the blaze broke out, but hurried to the factory when he was notified of the fire, and helped fight the flames. He barely escaped suffocation several times when he went inside the building. Fire Chief Miller was alone in the paint room when he was overcome by the smoke. He' was discovered by Sydney Watt and Clem Meyers and was dragged outside. Thomas Swaner. telephone lineman, had his wrist badly cut when he was attempting to help fight the fire. Boston Arena Burned With $400,000 Loss ' (By Associated Preiis) BOSTON. Dec. 18 The Boston Arena, a brick structure built In 1909 j with a seating capacity of nearly 12,000 persons, was destroyed by fire today. The loss is estimated at $400,000 j The fire Is believed to have started from a lighted cigar or cigarette thrown on the floor during a boxing exhibition there last night. The building was situated on St. Botolph street, was owned by fhe Boston Arena company. It contained an artificial ice plant and was formerly a skating rink. The Boston Curling club had rooms in the building.

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Several women employes were In the factory when the blaze broke out. None was injured. The firemen made a record drive to the plant when the alarm was sent in. They made a vigorous fight and were able to get the fire under control after a three hour struggle. Workmen at the plant helped the firemen fight the blaze. The plant has an output of about 100 caskets a day. A quantity was stored in the front part of the room, but was removed from the building before the fire spread.- The storage room was not damaged. Hundreds of people gathered at the scene of the fire and firemen had difficulty in keeping them away from danger. The location of the building pre vented the fire from spreading to outside buildings. There was little wind, and this fact made the fire easier to fight. The fire is the biggest to break out in Richmond since the Colonial block fire a number of years ago. SAY GERMANS WANT ALLIES IN BERLIN l (By Associated Press) j PARIS, Dec. 18 Unofficial reports still persist, says the Matin, that the j Ebert-Haase government has entreated the allies to occupy Berlin. Deny Possibility of Pope Benedict Leaving Vatican (By A"focIaferl Press) LOME. Dec. 18. ReDorts that there lias been a settlement of the controversy betw-een the . Vatican and the Quirinal and thnt there is a possibility that Pope Benedict may leave the Vatican, are emphatically denied by the Observatore Romano, the official organ of tho Vatican. i Dispatches from London on November 27 stated that it was rumored that Pope Benedict would give up his residence in Rome after the Versailles peace conference had finished its work. i Since 1871. when Pope Pius IX refused 'to recognize the annexation of Rome by the new kingdom of Italy under Victor Emmanuel, the pontiffs of the i Catholic church have never left the , Vatican. Germans Planned Big Air Raid on Paris PARIS. Dec. 18 Information of a plan which it says the Germans had for a terrific air attack on Paris is printed by he Figaro. Their purpose, says the newspaper, was the use of thirty-five airplanes which were to drop 5,000 incendiary bombs containing chemicals which would cause fires, of such a nature that pouring water on them would but serve to feed the flames. A second squadron cf 35 machines was to follow with ordinary bombs to be dropped upon the fire fighters and the crowds revealed by the light of the burning buildings.

PEACE MEET IS EXPECTED TO START ON JANUARY 10

Wilson to Hold Important Preliminary Conference With Lloyd George-Treaty May be Signed in June. FOCH AND WILSON MEET (By Associated Presw) PARIS, Dec. 18. This morning's Paris newspapers variously placed the probable date of the opening of the peace conference at from January 10 to January 15. The meetings preliminary to the conference will take place at the ministry of foreign affairs with Premier Clemenceau presiding. Prior to this extremely Important conferences will be held. Including one which President Wilson will have with David Lloyd George, the British premier. Most satisfactory reports are in clrclatlon regarding the interviews Premier Clemenceau and Marshal Foch have had with the American president. President Wilson and Marshal Foch talked for half an hour last night The subjects under discussion were mainly in reference to the armistice between the allies and Germany. Mr. Wilson was most favorably impressed as the result of this first extended conversation he has had with the marshal, according to Marcel Hutin of the Echo de Paris. Plan Return of Armies. M. Hutin states that It is most probable that the treaty of peace will be signed at Versailles some time about the beginning of June and that Marshal Foch will lead the allied armies under the Arch of Triumph in Paria within 15 days after peace is declared. Among those who signed the visitors' book yesterday at the Murat residence, the temporary home of President Wilson, were Viscount Northcliffe and Paul Painleve and Jules Mellne, former French premiers. Up to this moment President Wilson has not expressed himself in favor of any of the various propositions that have been advanced as regards the creation of a league of nations, says a statement Issued today by the American peace commission. OBSERVE SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WINCHESTER, Ind., Dec. 18. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pickett observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary today by keeping open house at their beautiful suburban home one-half mile east of here. No presents were received by the couple, as they requested that none be given. Scores of people called during the day and offered their good wishes. The couple celebrated their Golden wedding ten years ago when they renewed the vows of sixty years ago. the Rev. W. J. Sayers, then pastor of the Friends church of Winchester performing the ceremony. The couple who "stood up" with them on this occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Furnas, father and mother of Senator Miles J. Furnas of Randolph county. Mrs. Furnas is a sister of Mrs. Pickett and she and her husband "stood up" with the Pickett couple when they were married In 185S. Mr. and Mrs. Furnas both died within the last two years. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett have lived in this vicinity all their lives and have seen the progress of three-fourths of a century. For forty-five years they lived on the farm where Mrs. Pickett was born and reared. She was the daughter of Stephen and Charity Coffin, relatives of Levi Coffin of "Underground railroad" fame. She is also an aunt of George V. Coffin, chief of police of Indainapolls. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett have one daughter living, Mrs. Frank Albright of Indianapolis. Another daughter died when twenty-eight years of age leaving a son, Harold IT. Hinshaw, who lives in Indianapolis. The couple are members of the Winchester Friends church, of which they are faithful attenders. Mr. Pickett i eighty-three years of age and Mrs. I Pickett seventy-six. WOULD BIND SLAV STATES TO ALLIES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. The Polish government has nrorosrt that a treaty be signed by Poland, Bohemia. ! and Jugo-Slavla, says the National i Zeitung of Basle, according to a dis- ! ratch received today. Grabskl. a na tional democrat of Poland, is the leader in the planned convention which would Include military, railway and commercial agreements, closely uniting this group cf new states to the nations of the entente powers. Poland would include all Prussian territory inhabited by Poles, who would number in the new country about 35.000,000 people. Hungary, according to the National Zeitung, which is considered pro-Austrian, desires to be included in the alliance and it Is reported that the same tendency i3 being found in Vienna. COPPER PRODUCERS MEET. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Leading copper producers of the United States met here and organized the Copper Export Association with a view to eliminating competition and in other, ways stabilizing the copper metal industry.