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WILSON BACK If FRANCE READY FOR CONFERENCE Hearts of Americans Were With Allies From Start, President Says in Address at Turin. PLEDGE OF FRIENDSHIP (By Associated Press) PARIS. Jan. 7. President Wilson, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson arrived here at 10:10 o'clock this morning from their visit to Italy. TURIN. Monday, Jan. 6. In accepting the freedom of the city of Turin at a meeting in the municipal building today President Wilson said : "The boys of the United States were reluctant to take part in the war, not because they doubted the justice of the cause, but because It was the tradition of the American republic to play no part in the politics of other government, but as the struggle grew from stage to stage they were more and more moved by the cofivictlon that it was not a European struggle that it was a struggle for the freedom of the world and the liberation of hu manity and with that conviction It was impossible that they should withhold their hands. Many Intimate Ties. "Their hearts have been with you from the start and then when the time of their conviction came they threw every resource of men and money and enthusiasm into the struggle. It has been a happy circumstance that America should be thus associated with Italy. Our ties had been many and intimate before the war and now they constitute a pledge of friendship and of a permanent association of purposes which must delight both '.peoples. "May I not therefore again thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me and take the privilege of greeting you affectionately as my fellow citizens." ' PARIS, Monday. Jan. 6. In discussing the iTlsit of President ; Wilson to the pope L'Homme Libre, the organ of Premier Clemenceau, declares it would be rash to give to the visit any other interpretation than that of a manifestation of courtesy. ' In any case, it adds, It may be concluded from the brevity of the conversation that the talk did not have the "extraordinary importance" which certain circles had been inclined to attribute to it. , President Wilson has confided to one of his friends his impression of the reception given to him in France and. according to the Eclair, declared that he was moved most by the outbursts of popular sympathy. Six Cantfi:L:1.s Among 22 Awarded Victoria Cross for Bravery (By Associated Press) LONDON, Monday. Jan. 6. (Via Montreal) Th official Gazette announces the award of twenty-two Vic toria crosses, of which three of the recipients, including one Canadian, are dead. Six Canadians and Newfoundlanders have been awarded the honor. OPEN SESSIONS OF CONFERENCE URGED (Br Associated Fresai MILAN, Sunday, Jan. 5 The editor of the Corriere Delia Sera made the following statement today concerning whether the peace conference should be secret or public: "We hate to think that the doors of the conference will remain closed at Paris or Versailles as they remained closed at Vienna a century ago, and that the only information we shall have about the discussions there will be insipid, and perhaps hypocritical, communiques which leave behind them the excited whisper of rumors affording ample scope for suspicion, distrust, alarm, resentment, rancor and bitterness. The end of the war increased certain responsibilities. Those on whom the burden of these responsibilities fall must face them resolutely. "We are about to come to a decision about treaties which will have an Immense Influence on our lives and In a still greater degree on the lives of our pons and grandsons. Our leaders ought to be afraid to take upon themselves such tremendous responsibilities without knowing exactly the will of the people, which knowledge can be obtained only by open discussion. There is no man living who has the authority and who feels so sure of himself that he can look upon himself as a plenipotentiary in such a complete upheaval of everything as the world is going through now." TO SHOW RESPECT. Mayor W. W. Zimmerman requested today that all flags be PJoCeu al it ail- uiasv auu an v & close from 12:45 o'clock to 1:00 iv o'clock Wednesday aiternoon m refspect to Colonel Theodore Roose velt, former presiueni or me unuea States, whose funeral will be held at that hour.

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With 1,537 on Board (By Associated Press! icf.w yobk. Jan. 7. The United States transport Louisville arrived in port today from France carrying 964 troops and 673 civilians. Of the troops 878 are negroes comprising casual companies numbers 1008. 1009, 1068. 1069. 1070, 1071. and a headquarters consisting of four officers. These troops will be sent to Camp Mills. Thirteen casual officers and 73 sick and wounded also were aboard. STATE ASSEMBLY SESSION MAY BE SIXTY-ONE DAYS Reconstruction Measure to be Given Attention Prompt Organization Expected. (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7 That the Indiana general assembly, which will be convened at the state house next Thursday, will remain in session for sixty-one days instead of five weeks, as predicted earlier, Is the opinion expressed here by leaders of the Republican party, which will be in control of both houses. Several weeks ago a Bbort session was regarded as probable and every effort was given in preparing for the session to carry out this plan. The ending of the world war Is be lieved by leaders to be the cause for this change in sentiment. And they anticipate there will be much consld eratlon given to so-called reconstruc tion measures. Among the proposed legislation are questions dealing with the relationship of men and women to Industry, enabling municipalities and counties to take care of their own affairs in a larger measure than heretofore. So far no one seems to know who will father such proposed legis lation. -Impossible to Dodge Issue. Yet leaders declared that it would be Impossible in their opinion for the legislature to dodge issues, even if it was a mind to, which now are live ones but which did not receive much consideration before the armistice was signed by Germany. Both the senate and the house are expected to get down to business more speedily than has marked several preceding sessions of the general assenv bly. The Republicans, having a ma jority of sixty-four in the bouse and eighteen In the senate, are expected to -organize quickly along -lines-that will be determined at the house and senate party caucuses Wednesday evening. Jesse E. Eschbach, of WarEaw, whose election as speaker Is con ceded by leaders, is expected to announce the house committees on the date of opening instead of several days later as has been the general rule at previous sessions. He is said to be working on the committee assignments now. The Republicans also have the party measures printed in the form in which they will be introduced. These pro posed enactments are agreed to by Republican leaders at conferences and they anticipate the passage of the bills early in the session. W. G. M'ADOO CLOSES SERVICE AS RAILROAD DIRECTOR GENERAL (By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. This was Wm. G. McAdoo's last day In Washington as director-general of railroads. He planned to leave tonight for Santa Barbara, Cal., for a vacation of several months. Owing to President Wilson's delay in naming a new director, Mr. McAdoo will continue to supervise the railroads. Railroad wires will provide direct telegraphic communication with railroad administration headquarters in Washington and the offices of the ' . - I i l. 1 i seven regional aireciors. uy a uamgram" system, documents requiring the general's signature will be transmitted daily betwen Santa Barbara and Washington. Oscar A. Price, assistant to the director general, will accompany Mr. McAdoo to the Pacific coast Mrs. McAdoo and the little daughter, Ellen Wilson McAdoo. will acompany Mr. McAdoo. The McAdoo home in Washington has been leased. The impression is growing in Washington that the President may not appoint a new director general until he returns to the United States next month, watching meanwhile the reception by congress of the proposal to extend government control for five years. Internal Revenue Tax For Five Months in 1918 Was $621,697,000 (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Internal revenue tax collections for 5 months between July 1 and Dec. 1, 1918, amounted to $621,697,000, the treasury reported today. Of this amount $172,004,000 came from belated payments of Income and excess profits taxes. $197,734,000 from other levies under the war revenue act, $116,892,000 from whisky and other spirits, $75,988,000 from tobacco and $46,179,000 from beer and other fermented liquors. For November, collections were $126,069,000, of which $.33,811,000 came from spirits, $26,554,000 from excess profits and income taxes, $40,121,000 from other war revenue levies, $13,543,000 from tobacco, $7,014,000 from fermented liquors and .$4,653,000 from corporation stock taxes.

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CIVIL WAR IS ON IN BERLIN; ANARCHY IN FULL CONTROL Banks and Public Buildings in Hands of Spartacus Group - Liebknecht Leads Troops in Final Fight. RUSSIANS AID REVOLT (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN. Jan. 7. Berlin is in a state of complete anarchy and civil war has begun there, according to the Munich correspondent of the Polltiken. His Information, he says, is based on telephonic messages from the German capital. All the banks are barricaded and a great number of the public buildings are in the hands of the Spartacan or extreme radical group. Thousands of armed workmen of the Spartacus faction, the correspondent reports, are crowding the streets and at several points firing has begun. The sound of machine gun fire could be beard from all parts of Berlin. Hundreds Flee City. The message reported the intention of the government to make an effort to storm the building of the police guards ater in the day and take possession of all the machine guns and cannon there. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the Spartacan leader, has been seen here and there about the city organizing his troops for the final fight which, the corres pondent says, is expected to begin very soon. Hundreds of persons are reported fleeing from the city. Reports from Berlin, on Monday re layed through Amsterdam indicated a disturbed condition of affairs in Berlin on Sunday due to another attempt of the Spartacus group to obtain con trol of .the city and thereby of the central government. The ultra-radical forces opposed to the Ebert govern me'nt sallied forth from .their stronghold near the district which contained the principal newspaper offices and seized several of the newspaper plants, including those of the Tageblatt, Vosslsche Zeitung, Lokal Anzeiger, Vorwaertz and Morgen , Post, together with the office of the Wolff Bureau, the semi-official news agency, vApparently'thTeOTCrnfflentTstni Yeialned control of the German wireless service, for Contemporaneously with these reports of: revolutionary activities on the part of the Spartacus faction came an official wireless message declaring that Germany was about to take diplomatic and military measures against the Russian Bolshevik government for her own protection. Bolshevik in Berlin. Adolph Joffe and M. Radek, leaders of the Bolshevik mission to Germany, are in Berlin assisting Dr. Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg in fomenting a Bolshevik reovlution. According to advices received here they are believed to be at the police headquarters, which is the stronghold of the Spartacans. The Independent socialists whose leaders were recently dismissed from the government are reported to have gone over entirely to the Spartacans. These two groups have issued a joint proclamation declaring that the final fight to preserve the revolution must now be fought. LONDON NEWSPAPERS PRAISE ROOSEVELT (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 7 In discussing the death of Theodore Roosevelt, the Times says this morning: "In politics, as in all else, he was a vigorous fighting man and dealt hard blows. His opponents smarted under them, but the most determined enemies in that field were just as proud of him as a great citizen as were the the rest of the American people. "He cannot be ranked with the lofty creative geniuses of politics, but his name will go down among those of American presidents with something of a character that attaches to the name of Lincoln; as one" who was a great abiding force in morals as well as politics and who served his country with unwearied earnestness and zeal." The Post says: "It is not every voice that carries across the Atlantic, but Roosevelt's undoubtedly did. It was listened to here almost as attentively as in America, and its familiar, downright accents will be missed. The world can ill spare Its big men now, and even the strongest opponents of. Roosevelt's policies admit that Roosevelt was a big man." "Few men, however, eminent, are known outside their own country but Roosevelt was one," said the Express. "His ideals may be described as the cause of righteousness and progress, backed by the big stick." The Chronicle says: "History places some big things in his record, but bigger than any, perhaps, was the challenging impact of his personality on the world in which he lived." Ludendorff Is Living on Farm in Sweden (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN. Jan. 7. The .recent newspaper reports of the arrival in Sweden of General Ludendorff, the former virtual head of the German military system, are confirmed by T, A. V. Schotte, the Swedish home minister. It is stated that General Ludendorff is living on a farm at Hassleholm in southern Sweden with a man named Edgar Olsson. ..

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Wounded Soldiers Are Rescued When Liner Runs Ashore

or - - r.-'-:W,J-K: :.: RAIL CONTROL BY U.S. IS OPPOSED BY COMMISSION Should Have Period for Readjustment Before Return to Private Ownership. (By Associated Press! ; ; WASHINGTON. Jan. T.-rOpposition to government "ownership or operation of railroads at" this tlme Waf expfessed today by the interstate commerce commission In a statement presented to the senate interstate commerce committee on its hearing of railway legislation by Commissioner Edgar E. Clark. "Considering and weighing as best we can all of the arguments for and against the different plans," said the statement, "we are led to the conviction that with the adoption of appropriate provision and safeguards for regulation under private ownership it would not be wise or best at this time to assume government ownership or operation of the railways of the country." The commission declared, however, "that a reasonable period of readjustment or preparation should be allowed before relinquishment of federal control. It seems obvious," said the statement, "that no plan of private ownership should be considered unless It is under a broadened, extended and amplified government regulation." Present Rail Program. Commissioner Woolley dissented from the recommendation against continuation of government . control and advocated adoption of Director-General McAdoo's suggestion for extension of federal management. The commission presented a detailed program of proposed legislation in case railroads are returned to private management providing for strict regulation by the government of rates, services, financing, security issues and pooling facilities and clarification of doubtful relationship between federal and state authority. The proposal of the railroad executives to be presented to the committee probably tomorrow, is similar in general scope to the interstate commerce commission recommendations, it was stated today. Executives, however, are said to advocate even more regulatory power for the government than the commission suggests. Boy Sustains Two Broken Legs in Fall from A nto Herbert Kauper, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kauper, 1015 South Eighth street, sustained two broken legs and a number of bruises yesterday afternoon when he alighted from an automobile truck near Hibbert school. According to the' story of several .boys who were with him, they had taken a short ride on the truck and when alighting young Kauper was slow in getting off. and in some way was caught under the truck. It is not known exactly how the accident happened. The boy was taken to Reid Memorial hospital. The attending physician reported him to be comfortable today. Farm Reconstruction I Discussed at Meeting 'WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Meeting to formulate an agricultural reconstruction program, representatives of nearly a dozen organizations of farmers opening a two day conference here today heard addresses by Chairman Colver of the Federal Trade commission, Dr. W. J. Splllman, formerly of the department of agriculture, and Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Clarence Ousley. Mr. Colver discussed legislature to deal withe the meat packing' industry. ! - ;."

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Quiet Long Island Death of Theodore (By Associated Pss OYSTER BAY, Jan. 3f Oyster Bay today mourned Theodore Roosevelt, the neighbor. Reminiscences of Roosevelt,,the boy, Roosevelt, the youth; Roosevelt, the man ; Roosevelt, the husband and father in a family intimately associated with two generations of the life of this quiet Long Island village, were being told with unconscious simplicity by theveteran,citizens. of tha town to the strangers who have been coming to ; Oyster Bay Bince yesterday-ia-tbe hpjte of obtaining cards of admittance to the funeral services tomorrow at Christ Church. - When the delegation of United States senators and representatives arrives here tomorrow and men of national and international fame have assembled to pay their final tribute to the great American whose body will lie in the Episcopal edifice a few miles from the Roosevelt home on Sagamore hill, these distinguished visitors will find Oyster Bay people regretting not the passing of a world known figure, but of merely a neighbor known to all here and beloved by all here for his pure democracy as a fellow voter and a fellow worshiper. Perhaps no more sincere tribute to Theodore Roosevelt is being paid anywhere in the nation today than this one accorded him by Oyster Bay neighbors who, recalling incidents of that phase of the colonel's life which could not be described as strenuous, are relating in unadorned language, their own story of the former president as they knew and loved him. The honors which the rulers of nations are today bestowing upon Col. Roosevelt in the form of cable mes- ; sages' meant little to the Oyster Bay residents in comparison with their own messages of sympathy 6ent to Mrs.. Roosevelt, 6itting bravely in her hilltop home surrounded by those of the Roosevelt children who have been able to come to her side at this time. To these residents the colonel was never a foremost figure in American history and . international events even when he was president and his sons were growing boys. Roosevelt was looked upon here rather as a townsman than as a noted statesman. Such Is the impression which one finds exists in the course of conversations with the men and women of Oyster Bay, who throughout their lives have known the colonel as one of themselves. . . ' , Tales without number were recounted In solemn recollection today ..of the town life of the former president. There was the old German-American tradesman whose store stood as it stands today, in the heart of the village, when "Teddy" as a boy was accustomed to pass the little structure each day. This elderly citizen of enemy birth but possessing an Americanism as staunch, perhaps, as that of the colonel himself, entered the Oyster Bay inn yesterday when he learned The Weather rui' inu.dna oy - onueo states Weather Bureau Rain or snow tonight and colder. Today's Temperature. Noon 39 Yesterday. Maximum .'...S3 Minimum ....... 22 f m II " For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Occasional snow and colder tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and colder followed by fair, south winds shifting to west tonight. . - General Conditions- The general break in cold weather is taking place over - the central states, due to low barometric pressure Over the- lakes. Temperatures are falling in the west but not abnormally . low any place. Cold weather continues over the south, freezing weather as far south as Tampa, Fla. -

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Boatload of wounded U. S. soldiers be- . ing brought ashore from stranded liner Northern Pacific and view of liner after It went ashore. The first mishap in the return of America's soldiers from overseas occurred when the liner Northern Pacific, homeward bound, ran ashore on an outer bar off Fire Islad during a rainy mist. Of the 2,925 persons on , board 2,241 were returning soldiers, most of them wounded. They were taken off as rapidly as possible by life guards and navy boat crews. The liner left Brest Christmas day.

Village Mourns Roosevelt, Neighbor of the death of the colonel, to demand confirmation of news which had shocked the world. Informed that what he had heard was true, he col lapsed in a chair and gave way to un restrained emotion. "If he's gone if he's really gone I'm through," the old friend of Theo dore Roosevelt said. "There is nothing more for me to live for, if Teddy is never coming here again, Teddy why Teddy used to sic his dog on me when he was a boy!" ' . : ' "The" flood , ot; remrafscences-whicli ,has swept Oyst&r Bay brought to public notice a circumstance which the townspeople have long been familiar with, but regarding which theoutside world perhaps has never known. It is a circumstance which may be said to be eloquently characteristic of the gentle home life of the Roosevelt family. It was said that it was not until about four months ago that the Sagamore hill house was installed with electric lights. Noted visitors from many lands, private men of renown alike with international missions sent by foreign governments, have come to the Sagamore hill house to find the colonel writing, dictating or reading by the light of oil lamps. Throughout his great home, oil burning lights only were to be found until a few months ago. On the desk at which the colonel sat in his presidential chair during White House days there stood an oil lamp. It was neighborly reminiscence today which revealed why at last precedent was shattered at the Roosevelt homestead ani oil surrendered Its place to the more modern electricity. "You know," the colonel was quoted by a neighbor as saying, half apologetically, " we just had to put in electric lights. The servants demanded it!" Soap Used as Medium of Exchange by V. S, Soldiers in Germany (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, Jan. 7. Soap was in such demand among the Germans that American infantrymen in their march from Luxemburg to the Rhine used small cakes of it as Indian money in trading with the civilians of the various German viiliages. In one instance an infantryman procured a chicken for six pieces of ordinary soap about the size of individual cakes supplied guests by hotels in the United States. Egg3 are very scarce in Germany at this season, but if there were any eggs in most of the villages through which the Americans passed the soldiers could get them by offering a cake of soap for an egg. Cubans Pay Honor to Theodore Roosevelt (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Jan. 6. Cuba's flag will fly at half-staff over all the forts, naval vessels, public buildings and military posts on the island until after the funeral of Theodore RooseTelt in accordance with a decree issued by President Menecal tonight. The decree Ih part follows: "Ex-President of the United States Roosevelt Is dead. His irreparable loss is not a motive of deep mourning for his own country alone, but also, in the highest degree, for Cuba, for whose liberty he fought so bravely on the fields of battle, and whose national independence he; as-president, proclaimed and instituted. His name will remain, by virtue' of these unforgeeable deeds, which are engraved in the hearts of our people, perpetually united to the history of the foundation and consolidation of our national existence." , V . ' . - .. ; - ; '-'

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CONDOLENCES BY HUNDREDS POUR INTO OYSTER BAY Distinguished P e o p 1 e a n d Neighbors Mourn Loss of Former President Unostentatious Funeral Service rianned. i WILSON SENT MESSAGE (By Associated Press) OYSTER BAY, N. Y Jan. 7. Mrs. Roosevelt received during the night a cablegram of sympathy from President Wilson, dated Modane, which is on the Franco-Italian frontier, reading: as follows: - "Pray accept my heartfelt sympathy on the death of your distinguished husband, the news of which has shocked me very much." This was one of more than 500 telegrams and cable messages which poured into Oyster Bay for Mrs. Roosevelt during the night. They came from private citizens. Rough Riders, ambassadors, ministers, congressmen men of all ranks and distinction, and women, too. Message from Alexandria. Alexandria, queen mother of England, . cabled the following: "I am indeed grieved to hear of the death of . your great and distinguished husband for whom I had the greatest regard. Please accept my deepest sympathy on the irreparable loss you have suffered." From former President Taft comes the following dated Harrisburg. Pa.: "I am shocked to hear the bad news. My heart goes'out to you and yours in great sorrow. The country can ill afford in this critical period of history to lose one who has done so much for it and humanity. We have lost a great patriotic American, a great world figura, the most commanding1 personality in our public life since Lincoln. I mourn-his going as a personal loss. Mrs. Taft and I tender you our sincere and deepest sympatbr" ; ' " -j . ', -:- . ; . ' .' oyster -say .Mounts. " With the flags of Oyster Bay drooped t half mas t, and its . citizens tn qeep. mourning over the death yestersa v rjst.....! rr - . T w J arrangements for the, unostentatious funeral services here tomorrow were being perfected today by members of the family. High in the air over Sagamore Hill, army airplanes from Hazelhurst field maintained a ceaseless vigil, occasionally swooping toward the earth to dron a wreath rf l among the elms near the mansion. in accoraance with ,the wishes of the former president, as expressed to Mrs. RooseVelt. the nh pnutoa will Via of almost Spartan simplicity. First mere win be a prayer tomorrow at the house, attended only by relatives. At 12:45 o'clock, the Protestant Episcopal service for the dead will be read in Christ church by the rector, the Rer. George E. Talmage. There will be no music, no eulogy, no honorary pallbearers. Mrs. Roosevelt has requested that no flowers be sent. Present and former employes of the Roosevelt estate probably will carry the coffin. Burial will be In Young's Memorial cemetery the God's acre of the old Young's farm. Colonel Roosevelt will lie among the fir trees on the crest of a knoll overlooking Oyster Bay cove a beautiful spot, selected soon after he left the white house. The cemetery was established as a familv burial place by an old Long Island family nearly two centuries ago. The colonel will be the first of the Roosevelts to be buried in the family plot. Children Arrive Home. The quaint church where the eeirices will be held has seating accommodations for only 350 persons. Admission will be by ticket. The church recently celebrated its 200th anniversary. A bronze tablet bearing the names of the vestrymen, includes that of "Theodore Roosevelt, president of th United States." Two pages of foolscap, hung in cases on he walls, carry the names of young men of the church who entered the service for the war. . The names of Colonel Roosevelt's sons head the list. While the ex-president regularly attended services at Christ Church when in Oyster Bay, he was at the time of his death a member of the Collegiate Reformed Church of St. Nicholas. Fifth Avenue and Forty Eighth street. New York city. At this church he was baptized and later, as a young man, united Jn the confession of faith at its altar, as his parents had done before him. Mrs. Roosevelt Is an episcopalian and as there is no Dutch Reformed church in this town, the colonel attended divine worship at Old Christ church. Captain and Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt, Congressman and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. arrived at Sagamore Hill last night The colonel's other sons. Hermit and Theodore Jr., are still In Europe. Mrs. Richard Derby, who was Ethel Roosevelt, now the wife of Major Richard Derby of the medical corps. United States army, is expected to arrive in Oyster Bay today with her two children, from Aiken. S. C, where she has been sojourning. The major is In France. RIGA CAPTURED BY BOLSHEVIKI LONDON, Jan. 7. The port of Riga -was capiurca at noon on January, 4 Russian wireless dispatch received here today. - - r