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The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
WILSON TO GO
BEFORESOLONS
WITH MESSAGE
President to Address Joint
Session at Congress
Opening.
SENATORS OFFENDED
Resent Their Ignoring by
Chief Executive in Nam
ing Delegates.

President Wilson will go before
the two houses of Congress at
O'Clock tomorrow to deliver his an
nual message and to give whatever
information he may desire on his de-
cision to head the American peace
delegation to Europe.
Arrangements for the joint ses-
sion were made yesterday upon re-
ceipt Of word from the White House
that the President desired to appear
in person before the Congress.
Neither Senator Martin, the Demo-
cratic leader. nor Speaker Clark, to
whom this request was communi-
Gated, was advised as to what the
President might say on the subject
of his trip.
Senator Hitchcock, chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee, is
likewise in complete ignorance as to
whether the President will discuss
his reasons for going abroad. 1t is
possible, but not believed probable
that the President might ignore Con-
gress completely so far as any ex-
planatiOn of his purpose is con-
cerned. as he did in making up the
personnel Of the peace delegation.
some Are Hostile to Plan.
For many reasons the address of the
President and his appearance before
the houses of Congress are looked
forward TO as likely to be the most
notable in his career. In the first
place it will be the first time that any
President of the United States has
addressed Congress on the eve of a
trip to a foreign country; in the sec
Ond place strong evidences prevailed
yesterday that his decision to go
abroad has provoked a sentiment
which if not openly hostile is at least
out OF sympathy with his declared
purpose.
Senator Cummins expressed his dis
approval of the Presidents action by
announcing that tomorrow he will Of
fer a resolution for a comittee of stur
Democratic and four Republican Sell
ators to go abroad and keep the rest
of the Senate informed as to what
transpires at the peace table.
Senator Hiram w. Johnson. in a
statement issued to the press. ex-
pressed himself more foreibly. as fol-
lows:
Mahomet is His Prophet In selecting
himself as the head of the five Amer
lean deleagtes to the peace confer
ence. President Wilson has named
himself five times. We can not but
admire the courage of the President
in saying to los, 200. 600 of our people.
4 am the only American fit to sit
at the peace table,"
Calls Action Typical.
Senator Watson said:
The Presidents action in entirely
overlooking the Senate in naming his
peace delegates was to be expected.
Republicans believed, however, that
ne would follow the precedent to the
extent of naming a regular Republi-
can as one of the commissioners. In
naming Mr.. White he has followed
the same policy he always has fol-
lowed when the appointment of mi
nOrity party members to office was
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
AND $4,000
.G0NEBANK
District National Seeking
Leroy 7. Buckingham,
l7-year-old Messenger.

Detectives and police of Wash
ington and nearby cities are con-
Quoting vigorous search for IL
year-old Leroy T. Buckingham, a
runner for the District National
Bank, Fourteenth and C streets
northwest, who disappeared Friday
noon with more than $4,000 Of the
banks money in a satchel.
The police are inclined to believe
that buckingham has been the vic
tim OF foul play. His record up 20
this time is spotless. Buckingham,
who lives near Kensington. Nd,
went away with his satchel to COL
lect money from various banks.
which did business with his en-
ployers.
He failed to return. Telephone
calls made from the District Ma
tional Bank to other banks disclos-
ed the fact that young buckingham
had been there, collected the money.
and departed.
The bank officials then held a
consultation. In the meantime
every effort was being made to
locate the boy and the money. No
trace of either being found. the
bank officials decided to inform the
police. Four detectives were as
signed to the case, but up to a late
hour last night, no trace OF either
Buckingham or the money had been
found.
OF the missing money, only $4,000
was in cash. the rest OF IL being
paper, which the bank officials be-
lieve would be dangerous for a thief
to negotiate.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
BEER VATS' SWAN SONG
is SUNG AT MIDNIGHT
War Boards Insist on Ban and All
Brewing Stops.

Brewing Of beer stopped at midnight
last night At a conference of the
representatives OF the Food and Fuel
Administrations. the War Industries
Board and the War Trade Board yes
terday refused unanimously to recon-
menI TO the President that the ban
be lifted.
The order stopping brewing was or
iginalIy made to save fuel, grain and
transportation facilities The fuel and
transportation situation has been
cleared up but there is still a short
age of coarse grains. and with the
daily needs as acute as they are, the
conference decided it would be un-
wise to lift the restrictions.
"A further element in the decision
was the fact that the ban could not
be lifted in equal fairness to all brew
ers. Those who had lived up to its
advance order are now out of matted
barley, while some of the larger
breweries, particularly some who have
been under scrutiny by the alien prop
.AFsy custodian. have large supplies of
matted barley on hand, boarded de-
spite the advance notice that all must
be consumed by today. Extension of
the open season for brewing would
benefit them to the exclusion of the
brewers who played fair with the gov
srnment
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Discharge of Soldiers
On Own Request Ordered

All army commanders in the United
States have been instructed by the
War Department to discharge enlist
ed men upon their own application
when there is sickness or other dis
tress in the family or when the men
are needed in an essential occupation.
No men who enlisted prior to April,
1911, are eligible under the order.
The War Department also announc-
ed that upon application enlisted men
who have completed training for
commissions shall be given commits
stons In the Officers Reserve Corps.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
MRS.FAIRBANKS
WINS DIVORCE
Names Unknown Woman -
as Correspondent; Movie
Star Is Silent.

New Rochelle. n. Y, Nov 30-Mrs.
Betty Fairbanks was awarded an in
terlocutory decree of divorce from
Douglas Fairbanks. moving picture
star, today. To the surprise and dis
appointment of many who had fol-
lowed the marital difficulties of the
couple the correspondent named by
Mrs. Fairbanks was designated merely
as IAN unknown woman
The indiscretions complained of were
said TO have occurred IN a house in
Thirty-third street. New York. where,
according to one of the witnesses, said
there was to be a party of beautiful
girls.
Mrs. Fairbanks in her first an
nouncement of her separation from
her husband named a well known mo-
asked today whether she had named
the young woman she said:
II did not. do not know the name
of the woman who is mentioned in the
suit. The papers speak for themselves.
l do not desire any more publicity
than necessary"
No alimony is mentioned in the de-
cree. but It is understood that Fair
a generous allowance. In her petition
she said his income from his contracts
was more than $1,000 a week.
Defense Not Entered.
Fairbanks did rot enter any de-
fense. Before the trial he had made
a general denial OF the charges. The
two principal witnesses were an actor
and a motion picture director
When the story of the separation
of the actor and his wife first be-
came public Fairbanks denounced II
as German propaganda designed to
offset the effects of his campaign for
the liberty loan in company with the
young woman who was mentioned by
Mrs. Fairbanks in her announcement
of the separation. Mrs. Fairbanks,
however, met this denial with another
statement in which she declared her
husband had admitted his love for
another and that she had decided not
to stand in the way.
IF they love each other" she said,
II cannot understand why they do
not openly acknowledge it. l am
doing the only thing that seems right
for me to do"
Mrs. Fairbanks is daughter of
Daniel ]. Sully, the cotton broker.
The couple were married at Watch
Hill, r. l.. July IL, 1907 They have
one child, Douglas .jr, who Is given
to the custody of his mother under
the interlocutory decree.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
GERMAN SPIRIT
KEPT ALLAN
BY LIQUOR men
Brisbane's Friends and
Backers'' Continually
Lauded Hun Cause.
URGED TO KEEP SOLID
Circulars Printed in Ger
man Advise Sticking to
Fatherland Customs.

Identification of the brewers cause
with that of the Kaiser was con-
tinually emphasized by agents of the
brewers association to bring the
German-American element into the
fight against prohibition.
Translation of appeals sent out by
agents of the United States Brew
ers Association during the prohibit
tion fight in the fall of 1914. sub
mittsd by Mai. Z. Lowry Humes.
counsel for the Senate judiciary
subcommittee Investigating the fl
nancing of the Washington Times
and the propaganda work of the
brewers in general, contain repeated
reference to the "Fatherland'' and the
struggle the German people were
making against "falsehood. decep-
tion. slavery, and despotism."
The fight against prohibition in
this country is fought. one circular
declares, against the same puritani-
cal spirit that has forced the weapon
into the hands of our people in the
old Fatherland.' All such circulars
were published in German.
Rally Call TO Germans.
IN ueNt lFltt LII. httltIs dEOnl
of the United States Brewers Asso-
citation, and vice president Of the
German-American Alliance. issued
an appeal from the indianapolis Of
fee of the alliance calling the at
tention of the German-Americans to
''the great battle in your state"
Although this battle is not to be
fought With the sword" the appeal
declares. at nevertheless implies the
plans of right. justice and the true
freedom over falsehood. deception,
| slavery and depotism. the same puri-
tanical spirit that has forced the
weapon into the hands of our people
in the old Fatherland. It must be
defeated also in the election in your
State"
Later in the fall, in October. 1914
an appeal was made by DR.. Keller
| entitled, "A Solemn Word to the
German Voters of Ohio" 1t called
attention to the Vaccinations Of the
prohibitionists."
L Learn from the heroic example
Of Moss IN The, old ,FatherIand." the
Germans are warned. "and fight as
united body, with one heart and
one soul"
"Remember Deatschtum- is Slogan
"a solemn Word in Solemn Times
| congratulates German-Americans or
4 the recent victory achieved by the
| liberal element in Ohio, but warns
them that 'the hypocrites and spirits
of darkness will not cease their eff.
| forts" They are called upon tC
| unite; TO remember their "Deutsch.
tum." their native language, and the
| example of their racial kin in Ger.
many now facing a world of enc,
mics" They are called upon to unite
for the preservation of their custom:
and freedom. ito be one in German
hearts and spirits
The superiority of German "kultur'
is continually emphasized in the ap
peals and the Importance of main.
tanning the customs and language oi
the 'Fatherland" pointed out as the
first duty of loyal ex-subiects of the
| Kaiser.
"a last word to the German voters
| of Ohio in this severe and critica
time is the title Of appeal for the
German population to enter the fight
"If you wish to break a path fol
German customs" they are urged
then you must first speak German
! CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
WAR VICTORY MEDAL,
CONGRESS- FIRST AIM
Every Member of U. S. Forces to
Get Bronze Symbol.

Senator Pittman's resolution author
izing the President to cause to be
struck bronze medals commemorating
the winning of the world war and the
yalor of our military forces, will be
the first bill to come before the House
of Representatives when it convenes
tomorrow.
The medals will be presented to the
officers and men of the U. s. land.
sea and air forces as a memento of
their glorious achievements. and as
an expression of gratitude on behalf
of the government and people of the
United States.
President Wilson has approved the
bill. The President is authorized to
appoint a commission to select a form
of design for the medal.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Lady Premier
For Tight Lsle,'
Is Prediction

London, Nov. 3o-'It is quite pos
sible we may have a lady prime min
lister before the century ends" said
Admiral Lord Jeilicoe, who command
ed the Grand Fleet, early in the war.
when addressing the Nelson Memorial
Day luncheon.
Dazed for moment, his fashionable
audience quickly rocked with laughter.
But the admiral drove home HIS point
that the British Navy League educa-
tional work should be extended to
schools for girls in addition to the
boys schools.
Lord Jellicoe declared the navy had
preserved not only the British en-
pire, but the whole cause of civiliZa-
ton. He added:
When the war is over there will
be further limeIight on the deeds of
the British mercantile marine. With
out the mercantile marine the British
navy could not havs achieved the
great work it has dohe."
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Il Told Truth,
Hid Nothing"
McAdoo Insists

There was made public at the
office of Director General McAdoo
yesterday, the following extract
from an address delivered by him
at Chattanooga, Tenn, November
2S, 1918:
81 have felt, my friends, that
it was necessary for me to retire
from public life for the reasons
i gave in my letter of resignation
to the President, and because you
are my friends 1 will say what 1
have not said anywhere before
it was not a pleasant thing for
me to speak frankly to the Amer
lean people about my personal
affairs. 1 did not like to do this.
and yet l felt that as the Ameri-
can people had shown their con-
fidence in me by entrusting me
with high office, l owed it to
them to be frank.
The reasons 1 stated in my
letter to the President are the
exact reasons for my resignation.
There are no other reasons. l
have been in office as Secretary
of the Treasury for almost six
years, and l can say truthfully
that 1 have never yet lied to the
American public, nor have 1 ever
misrepresented anything to the
American people. I would not,
for all the fortune of the ages.
misrepresent anything to the
American people.
IF there is one thing that
man entrusted with great respon-
sibility owes to his country, 1t is
to be square with the people and
to tell the truth all the time.
When our politicians learn that
it pays to always be on the level
with the people, we shall elevate
America by elevating politics in
America"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
PLANS
SINGLE PEACE.
PLEA ALLIES
Premier Announces He
Will Ask for Separate
Settlement.
PRUSSIAN ROW GROWS
New Republic Rallies Sister
States to Crush Auto
cratic Power.

Zurich. via Paris, Nov. 3O-Kurt
Eisner, the Bavarian premier, has an
nounced that he will open negotiations
LOT separate peace.
rms Is a new and important step
IN BaVaria's program to rally around
her all the newly-formed German re-
puDlics, including German-Au ustria, and
replace Prussia as the dominant power
within the shattered empire, making
Munich the capital instead of Berlin.
Esner today appears the strongest
individual leader anywhere in Ger
many and his government the most
stable. The former newspaper re-
porter, who rose to the premiership
OF the former kingdom overnight.
plans to take the fullest advantage
OF the virtual isolation of Prussia
which he brought about.
Crucial Moment mt Hand.
The latest explanation given in
Munich for the rupture Of diplomatic
relations between Bavaria and Berlin
rs that Hindenburg refused to accede
TO Bavaria's demand TO resign, and
that the Berlin government refused
TO GUST DIR. Matthias Erzberger and
Dr. w. s. Solf, the two ''imperiaIists
clad in the mantle of democracy"
The ex-Kliser's formal and signed
abdication decree which was published
today failed to calm the troubled
waters as it was expected to do.
William HOhenzollern in the decree
signs away forever" his rights 10
the crown Of Prussia and the rights
to the German imperial crown.
Ihere has been nationwide
ana, IN fact, a worldwide clamor
Tor this proof in black and white"
that the former monarch was done
with the crown and with all inten-
lions to reseize it. But now that Il
mas been given and published at
last. 1t seems TO have given little il
any strength TO the Ebert govern
ment. The crucial struggle now on
is that between Bavaria and .Prus-
sia, and it is in no way affected by
the abdication decree.
News Tainted, Warming.
The all overshadowing fact is
that from the outset of the rsyolu-
tion Bavaria and the ether South
German states determined that
Prussia shall never again rise to a
dominating position in the Affairs
of Germany. Some of the North
GeIma states are thoroughly in
sympathy with this aim and in the
almost general support outside of
Prussia itself lies the tremendous
strength of Eisners position.
The German wireless stations
are disseminating tainted news, "
says the Berliner Tageblatt in an
article warning the press of the
world not to place~any reliance in
the outENings of the German wire
less stations. which it says are con-
trollcd by the Radical group.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
BURLESON SHUNTS NEWS.
Peace Reports May Be Delayed in
Transmission.

Although previously announced
the Committee on Public In
formation/ that there would be no
press censorship 'over the cables dur
ing the peace conference. Postmaster
General Burleson yesterday made for
NAL announcement that no discrinnin-
alton as to the use of the cables would
be permitted.
Press matter at press rates" he
said, will. where possible to do so,
not be shunted aside but handled
promptly as not to impair its value
as news"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Subscribe $794,l72,500
Treasury Certificates

Subscriptions to the Treasury certif-
icates of Indebtedness, which closed
November 27. totalled s794. IL, 800, Sec
retary McAdoo announced yesterday.
The subscriptions by Federal Re
serve districts were as follows: Bos-
ton, sSS. .72s,000; New York, $3.50, ,s47, 500;
Philadelphia, s29, ,2S3, ,500;- Cleveland,
SIP, 500, 900; Richmond. s12,45S,Ooo; At
lanta, S1l,4S7 900; Chicago, sloS, ,SeS, 600;
st. Louis, s17,1O9, 500; Minneapolis, s1O,-
2aO,5OO; Kansas City, s7.443,5OO; Dallas,
81, ,1OS, 900, and San Francisco, s3s, 1884,
0O0
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
CHANGES RATES
ON TELEPHONES
Burleson Fixes Schedule on
Installing New
Connections.

\ new schedule of telephone in
stallation, connection and changed
rates, effective today. considerable
modifying existing charges, was an
nounced for all companies under
Federal control by Postmaster Cen
eral Burleson yesterday.
The necessity for conserving labor
and material has been relieved to
some extent by the cessation of hos
tilities, says Mr.. Burleson, thus en-
abling him to modify the previously
ordered rates.
That a return to the old practice
of absorbing the cost of new in
stallations and changes is not con-
tempfated is shown by Mr.. BurIe-
sons statement that experience has
shown that these costs should be
borne chiefly by the subscribers for
whose direct benefit they are made.
uniform schedule Of charges is
therefore adopted, he announced.
New Rate Charged.
A charge of $3.50 is to be made for
installation of Individual or party
line service. and the same amount
for each extension station connected
with any class of telephone service.
The same charge is to be made for
each trunk line connection of a
private branch exchange and $3.50
additional for each telephone con-
nected with the private branch ex-
change.
Another charge of $3.50 is to be
made to cover the directory, ac-
count, circuit and switchboard ex-
penses where equipment is already
in place on subscribers premises.
These charges are to be in addi-
tion to installation charges involv-
ing unusual cost, but do not apply
to service known as Service sta
tions" or Switching service" nor
to public telephones" or public
pay stations" established by the
wire service, but do apply to semi
public, guaranteed or rental pay
stations.
Tax New Subscribers.
, The subscribers must pay these
charges when they make application
for service.
Three dollars is to be charged
for moving a telephone set from
one place to another on a sub
seriber's premises and charge
based on cost of labor for moving
other equipment or wiring. The
same charge is TO be made for a
change in the type. of telephone set.
These charges are not to be made
if the changes are required for
proper maintenance OF service. or
because of a change. in class or
grade of service. and must not ex-
ceed in any case the service -on-
nection charge.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
ORDERSPROBE
OF CASUALTIES
Senators Demand Cause for
Delay of Losses In
France.

Investigation of the manner in which
the casualty lists from abroad have
been handled is to be made by the
Senate Military Affairs Committee. be-
ginning next Monday. Senator Cham
berlain, of Oregon. chairman of the
committee, is on his way to Wash
ington, and is expected to arrive here
today. He telegraphed ahead calling
the committee together for the inves-
tigation.
The particular subject under in
quiry before the committee will be
that of the long delay in acquainting
relatives of the death or wounding of
the men abroad. Senators complain
that their mails are swamped with
letters of protest and appeal from
parents and other relatives in all
parts of the country on this score.
Two Months Delay.
In many cases. it Is said, a delay
of two months has interviewed be-
tween the date of the casualty and the
time when the relatives in this coun-
try are informed. Parents complain
bitterly in their letters to the Sena-
tors over this state of affairs.
The committee will endeavor to
learn whether the, mails or the cables
are at fault or whether the delay is
occasioned by the system in the War
Department itself. Secretary Baker
and other officials of the department
probably will be called before the
committee to explain the reasons for
the delay.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
GIRL TAKES OWN LIFE
FEARING BREAKDOWN
Il Would Rather DE-" Writes Dor
othy Guinon Before Taking Gas. .

Il would rather die than suffer an
other breakdown" wrote pretty Dor
othy Guinon, 25-year-od yeowoman
in the Navy Department, to her
mother Friday afternoon. Then she
went into the bathroom of her home.
III T street northwest, locked the
door and turned on the gas.
1t was several hours before her
mother found the note. The bath
room door was smashed in, but the
girl was dead.
Seven years ago Miss Guinon. then
a student at Central High School,
suffered a complete breakdown, fol-
lowing an attack of spinal menin-
getis. Recently her nerves began
troubling her again and she believed
her symptoms presaged another col
lapse. She had been Respondent, her
mother said. for weeks
Coroner hewitt gave a verdict of
suicide,
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Commutes Choir Boys
Fate to Life Sentence

Albany. n. Y. Nov. SO.-The death
sentence OF Paul Chapman. Brooklyn
choir bov, who was convicted OF com
plicity in the murder Of Harry Re
gensberg. a cigar store proprietor, was
today commuted TO life Imprisonment
by Gov. Whitman.
The Governor expressed his belief
i'm the guilt and sanity OF the de-
fendant and said he acted only be-
cause OF his youth. Chapman Was be
tween Is and Il years Of age when
the crime was committed.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
GERMANY ASKS INQUIRY.
Proposes Commission to Fix Blame
for Wars Start.

Amsterdam. Nov. SO-Germsny. IN
note to the allies, proposes the
creation of a neutral commission 10
investigate who is guilty OF pre-
cipitating the war.
The note, which is transmitted
through Switzerland. proposes that
all beliiRerents be asked 10 place
their secret documents bearing on
the subject at the disposal OF the
commission.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
RUPPRECHT IN HOLLAND.
Former Crown Prince Reported at
Amsterdam.

The Hague, Nov. S0.-Former Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is now
in Holland, having escaped across the
frontier in mufti with one companion.
He is reported to be reciding tenn
porarily, incognito, in Amsterdam.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Hungary to Intern Hun Troops.

Copenhagen. Nov. 3O.-The Hunga-
risn government, after consultation
with Berlin, has decided to intern
10000 German troops of Mackensen's
command. according to dispatches
from Budapest.