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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
1878 YANKS ARRIVE
Liners Empress Of Britain, Kroon-
land and Canopic Reach U. S.
Sick and Wounded Among Soldiers
Landed at New York and
u Boston.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Empress
of Britain, carrying 76 officers and
1850 men, including sick, wounded,
casuals, aero squadrons and construc-
ton companies, arrived at her dock
aere from Liverpool
On board the Empress of Britain
were the One Hundred and Fortieth,
Two Hundred and Fifty-sixth, Three
Hundred and Seventh, Three Hundred
and Sixty-first and Three Hundred and
Thirty fourth aero squadrons, the
ZENITH, Nhirteegigaa. irGauiitli alla
Seventeenth construction companies !;
the One hundred and First casual com
pany; casual sick and wounded. IL
officers and 241 men, bedridden, 154 !;
medical detachments, 6 officers, 1913
men, casual officers, 13.
The troopship Kroonland, from
Brest, France, with 83 officers and 1,180
men (including 704 wounded) on board,
arrived here.
The British steamer Canopic, bring
ing home approximately 1000, arrived
here.
Upon debarkation the troops will go
to Camp Devens for rehabilitation.
Hoboken, N. J., Dec. 11.-"Home
Sweet Home," rendered by the Camp
Merritt band, greeted the ears of All
seriously wounded men from every
state in the Union as they arrived
here on the hospital ship Comfort.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
U. S. MEN At RHINE
Yanks Reach River From Roland
90
seek to Br0hI.
French and American Troops Enter
Aix-Ia-ChapelIe and Relieve Bel
CLAN Soldiers.

Washington, Dec. 11.-The American
army of occupation marching Into Ger
many has reached the Rhine. Gen.
eraI Pershing reported:
"The American Third army, contln-
uing its advance into Germany, reach
ed the Rhine from RoIandseck to
BrohI, and at nightfaII was on the gen.
eraI line of Rolandseck, BrohI, Was
senach, MunstermaifeId, Rhelnbollen."
corogne nee Trencrand Arncrs
ican troops officially entered Aix-la-
ChapelIe and took over the occupation
Of that German city from the Belgians.
Allied flags were flown in the Fred
erick William place, where the al
lied generals assembled to take the sa-
lutte Of the troops.
Order has been re-established in Co
Iogne as the result Of the arrival OF
an advance guard of British troops.
There have been several days Of the
keenest anxiety In the city caused by
extensive riots and pillaging on the
part of mobs of the lower classes, with
attendant blOodshed when the turbu-
lent element clashed with hastily or
ganized guards Of responsible citizens
Nrmed with rifles and machine guns.
The disorders began Wednesday
night after the withdrawal of tie Ger
man troops from the city. Yey con-
tinued the next night in various quar-
ters on a larger scale.
The regular police were unable to
handle the situation and 5000 Of the
citizens were called and armed by the
burgOmaster to maintain order. A
fight between the rioters and this civic
guard resulted in several of the riot
ers being killed. The burgomaster,
finding that the conditions continued
to be grave, then applied to the armis-
tice commission to hasten the allied
occupation.
The troubles ceased with the appear
ances OF the troops Monday. A Gordon
of British forces was thrown out from
the city along the Rhine.
Affairs in Cologne now are moving
smoothly to all outward appearance.
Cologne is accepting the occupation
as real hardship although the Brit
ish are being treated courteously. The
burgomaster was particularly ag-
grieved at the proposed new rules COM
nelling residents to keep in their
houses between eight o'clock in the
evening and six in the morning, and re-
curing the men to lift their hats to
British officers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
WILSON SPURNS
FOE INVITATION
TO VISIT BERLIN
Declares No True American
Could Think Of Going to Land
of Criminals.
SEES MIMIC SEA BATTLE
U. S. Destroyer Stages Thrilling Dem
onstration of the Work of RepuIs-
ing a U-Boat Attack-Depth
Bombs Rock Liner.

Paris, Dec. 11.-According to a
wireless dispatch from the U. s. s.
George Washington, says Marcel HUI
tin, in the Echo de Paris, PrfoNdert
Wilson has been Informed thu.
mier Ebert and Foreign Secretary
Haase of the Berlin government and
Premier Eisner of Bavaria were about
to make an effort to get him to visit
Germany. The president is quoted as
having made this reply:
"Only by long years of repentance
can Germany atone for her crimes
and show sincerity. No true Ameri-
can could think Of visiting Germany
unless forced to do so by strictly Off
cial obligations.
"That is to say, decline in advance
to consider any suggestion of the
kind"
Wilson Sees Mimic Sea Fight.
On Board U. S. s. George Washing
ton, Dec. 10.-President Wilson stood
on the bridge of the George Washing
ton in the afternoon and saw an
American destroyer stage thrilling
demonstration of the work Of repulsing
a submarine attack.
A touch of realism was given by the
drill of the men on board the liner
and the conveying ships. The great
liner was gliding through the tropical
waters like chip on duck pond,
when bugles and alarm bells called the
men to battle stations. President Will
son was taken to the bridge by Cap
tain McCauley, so that he might get
better view Of the demonstration.
A destroyer, which had been tagging
far astern, suddenly leaped forward,
her tunnels vomiting smoke and
white spray dashing from her bow
as she tore through the water
at 30 knots an hour. AS the destroyed
came abeam of the liner, depth bombs
were dropped and great geysers were
thrown high into the air as the war
ship zigzagged its way through the wa
ters, beneath which was supposed to
lurk the enemy submarine.
Explosions Felt on Board.
Each explosion was distinctly felt
on board the George Washington.
The conclusions sounded like heavy
blows being struck against the side
of the vessel.
President Wilson was most interest
ed in the demonstration, and asked
questions about it, going into the most
minute detail.
The George Washington will pass
into the Azores today and will turn
northward on the last leg of the voy-
are. There will be no stop at the
Azores.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
REVENUE BILL DEBATE OPENS
Senate Leaders Unable to Predict
When $4,000, 100000 Measure
Will Be Voted On.

Washington Dec. 1.-THE war reve-
nue. bill, revised to yield approximately
S6,000,000,000 for the peace expenses
Of the government next year, and car
rying imposts which will insure taxes
amounting to $4,00O,00o,000 in 1920,
was before the senate for debate. Sen
ate leaders would not predict when
final vote on the bill might be expect
ed. The most radical changes made by
the senate committee in the house
draft as outlined in report presented
to the senate by Chairman Simmons
include: Substitution of single war
excess profits tax for the alternative
plan, elimination of the per cent cor
poration tax on undistributed corpo-
rate earnings, and elimination Of the
tax on state and municipal bonds.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
NEW MONSTER TRACTOR GUN
Eight-Inch Gun Mounted on Caterpil.
= lar Track Meets Test by War
Department.

Washington. - An eight-inch gun
self-propelling on its caterpillar track
and prototype of a fleet of similar
monsters that was being constructed
for the American army when hostili.
ties ceased, was demonstrated here
before Assistant Secretary of War
Crowell, Major General Snow, Chief OF
Artillery, and large group of Amer
lean officers and engineers. Gun and
machine alike had successfully passed
the firing tests at the ordnance prov
ing grounds before the test, which
was under direction of Pliny E. Holt
and Colonel ]. B. billiard, the de-
signers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
FocH GIVES FOE MORE TIME
Germany Has Until February to
Turn Over All Locomotives
to the Allies.

Amsterdam, Dec. 1.-THE Lokal An
zeiger of Berlin says 1t learns from
competent sources that Marshal Foch
has agreed to postpone the date for
the surrender of all German locomo-
tives until February l.
oaHors Leave training camp.
Cleveland, Dec. 11.-Sixty-fve sail
ors, the last of more than io0 who
have been quartered here on the Unit
ed States training ship Missouri, left
for the training base Of the American
merchant marine at Boston. Their
transfer followed an order received by
Capt. Irving L. Evans to discontinue
. the local base and return the ship to
its owners.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
LOGAN WALLER PAGE DIES
Director of United States Bureau of
Roads SuocQnbs to Heart
Disease In Chicago.

Chicago, Dec 11.--Logan Waller
Page of Washington, d. O., director of
the United States bureau of roads, a
cousin of Ambassador Walter Hines
Page, is dead here. 1t is believed that
his death was due to heart disease,
perhaps complicated by kidney affec-
stion. Mr.. Page had arrived here from
Denveraan Omaha to attend q meet
ing of his district engineers and others
prominent in national road building.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
New RoyaIist Party.

Paris, Dec. 10.-Prince Henry of
Prussia, brother of the former German
emperor, has proclaimed the establish
ment of a royalist party in Germany,
according to reports from Holland.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
HOG EMBARGO is ORDERED
Railway Administration Orders Re-
strictIons at Chicago Until
Thursday.

/ Washington, Dec. 11.--An embargo
gon hog shipments to the union stock
yards, Chicago, until Thursday was
authorized by the railroad administra-
ton.
y Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE embargo on
the shipment of hogs to the Union
stock yards was ordered because inn
mense shipments from the country
swamped the utmost facilities of the
packing houses TO handle them. 1t
was estimated that there were $4,000
hogs at the yards az the present time
which the packers have been unable
to kin.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
Member of Former Emperor's
Retinue, Who Prevented
Act, Wounded.
CONsULTS With LAW EXPERT
Herr HohenzoIlern Discusses Personal
Position With Two German Ex-
perts--Busy Writing His
Autobiography.

London, Dec. 11.-Winiam Hohen-
zollern former German emperor has
attempted suicide, following mental de-
preston, according to the Leipsic Tage-
blatt, which Is quoted in a Copenha-
gen dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company. A member of the
former emperor's retinue who prevent
ed Herr Hohenzollern from carrying
out his intention was wounded it is
said.
ConsuIts Law Experts.
William HohenzolHern, former Ger
man emperor, has had several inter
views at Amerongen with two Ger
man experts on international law, with
whom he discussed his personal po-
sition, according to an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Express. These experts
arrived at and left Amerongen in a
rather mysterious manner.
1t is understood, according to the
dispatch, that Count Hohenzollern is
writing his autobiography and his
tory of his reign. He will explain his
attitude before and during the war,
it is said. The book, which will be
long, is intended for publications. or If
its author is tried before an interna-
tional tribunal, may be read as part of
his defense.
Terrorists Kill Many In Cologne.
Cologne, Dec. 11.-German troops
holding Cologne were disarmed BIZ ma
rine revolutionists on November z, and
the officers were stripped Of their ep-
aulets without much resistance. That
night was one of terror. The liber-
ated criminals made the most Of their
freedom and a considerable number
of people were killed. How many
died will never be known, because
the bodies were thrown into the Rhine.
Socialists In Separate Meetings.
Copenhagen, Dec. 1.-THE German
majority socialists held 13 meetings in
Berlin on Sunday. They were ad-
dressed by the principal leaders. The
independent socialists held three open
air meetings, and Doctor Liebknecht,
the radical leader, spoke at a Spar
tacus meeting Of 5000 persons at Trep-
tow park. There were no disturb
ances. The weather was foggy and
rainy.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
3 BRITISH PEACE DELEGATES
Premier Lloyd George, BaIfour and
Bonar Law VIII Represent
England In France.

London, Dec. 11.-Premier Lloyd
George, Foreign Secretary Balfour and
Chancellor Bonar Law have been de-
cided upon as the British delegates to
the peace conference, the Express says
it understands. Appointment of labor
representative will depend upon the
outcome of the general elections.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
Liebknectt Forces Declare They
Will Overthrow Government
in TWO Weeks.
22O ARE KILLED IN BERLIN
Former Prussian Minister OF Finance
and Prince Among Plotters Ar
rested by Ebert's Troops-Mar-
tiaI Law in Capital.

Paris, Dec. live REFUSE pea'0
with the entente and intend to over
throw the present government WITHIN
a fortnight" Karl Leibknecht, leader
of the German bolsheviki, declared IN
a proclamation issued in Berlin, ac-
cording to Zurich dispatch to rlnfor
nation.
Martial law has been proclaimed In
Berlin, the dispatch said. Two nun
dred and twenty persons have been
killed and thousand wounded In the
recent skirmishes in the German cap
ital between bolshevik forces and gov
ernment troops.
Armed Auto Leads Radicals.
Berlin, Dec. 11.-Demonstrations by
the spartacus group continue. Kari
Liebknecht, in an automobile armed
with machine guns, leads professions
of radicals through the streets.
The Spartacides make numerous
speeches in the public squares, de-
manding arrests Of the Hohenzollerns,
Won Hindenburg and Won Bethmann-
Hollweg.
Fifty thousand former Krupp en-
ployees are reported to be out of work.
Ebert Takes Alleged Piotters.
A dramatic sequel to Fridays at
tempted arrest of the executive COM
mittee of the soldiers and workmen's
council occurred when the Hotel Bris-
tol, one Of the most fashionable places
on Inter den Linden, was raided by
sUrder 0f the Ebert lHasse caDiher.
ALI exits Of the hotel were guarded
by troops and the place was searched
ON the strength Of rumors that plotters
were concealed there. In one Of the
large apartments the raiders found 22
men suspected with completely In Fri
days raid.
Among them were Baron Rhein-
haben, former Prussian minister of
finance, and the younger Prince Hohen-
lohe. A number Of students were
found In the room. The entire party
is under detention. Three hundred
guns found in an adjoining chamber
were seized.
Count Matuschka, one of those al
legged to have been involved in Fri
days disorders, has not yet been ar
rested.
Rumors are current In Berlin that
the Spartacus group Of socialists would
name Doctor Liebknecht as president
Of the republic.
Counter-RevoIt in Potsdam.
A counter-revolutionar movement is
In full swing in Potsdam, according to
a Berlin dispatch to the National
Tidende at Copenhagen.
The soldiers and workers council
at Hamburg has announced the dis
covery Of plot for counter-revo-
lutionary coup there on Monday night.
1t was planned to arrest the members
of the soldiers and workers council,
repress the workers by armed force
and re-etablish the former authorities.
Several conspirators, including prom
inent newspaper men and Herr Blum,
former member of the reichstag, have
been arrested.
New RoyaIist Party.
Paris, Dec. 10.--Prince Henry of
Prussia, brother of the former German
emperor, has proclaimed the establish
ment of royalist party in Germany,
according to reports from Holland
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
TO FIGHT EPIDEMIC PERIL
Members of Health Convention at Chi
cago Hear Surgeon General Blue
Outline Program.

Chicago, Dec. 11.-An organized
fight by public health officers Of the
nation, the states and municipalities
to prevent the spread Of epidemics by
returned soldiers was outlined by Sur
geon General Rupert Blue Of the
United States public health service in
an address before the American Pub
lie health association, in the hotel Nor
rison. General Blues organization,
composed Of uniformed surgeons,
ranking with army officers, is un-
der the treasury department, and
has jurisdiction over national and in
terstate quarantine. It forms, he
pointed out, the natural co-ordinating
authority to unite the work Of state
and municipal departments. He urged
that greater interest and wider par
ticipation by the public In health work
should be aroused.
The work Of the medical depart
ments of the British, French and
American armies had shown, said Doc
tor Blue, what could be accomplished
by well-planned, thorough-going health
measures.
FOCH GIVES FOE MORE TIME
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
GET SHIPS FOR U. S. TROOPS
Chairman Hurley Says That Nego-
tiations Are Progressing
Satisfactorily.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Negotiations
for tonnage to bring home the Amer
lean troops from France are progress
sing satisfactorily, Chairman Hurley
of the shipping board said in cable
gram received by the board.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
U. S. Mine Layers to leave.

London, Dec. II, Nine United States
mine layers which planted rs per cent
of the North sea mine barrage, will
leave Portland homeward bound prob
ably on December Is, with the expec-
tation of arriving in the United States
December %.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
Rritish Refuse Public RuiIdinas.

, bFTITST nSTUSC UoITV 1uIIUIITYos
Amsterdam, Dec. 11.-British troops,
according to telegram from Cologne,
have declined to make use of the pub
lie buildings there placed at their dis
posal. They have occupied private
quarters.
Evening star., 1918-07-03

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE USIM-
PROVED REAL ESTATE IN THE BEAU
TIFUL SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS MAS

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE USIM-
PROVED REAL ESTATE IN THE BEAU
TIFUL SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS MAS
SACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS.
By virtue of a certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Liber 1881, folio 25 ct seq, OF the
land records of the District of Columbia. and
Mt .the request Of the party secured thereby.
the undersigned trustee will sell. at public
DAY. THE FIFTEENTH Q6thl DAY OF
JULY. AID. 1918. AT FoUR-TH1RTf
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land
and premises, situate in the county of Wash
ington, District Of Columbia, and designated
as and being lot numbered nineteen 19) in
square numbered nineteen hundred and thirty
nine G939) in the subdivision made by
American Security and Trust Company and
Amos II. Plumb, trustees. known as "Massa-
chusetts Avenue Heights" as per plat OF said
subdivision recorded in book A. page g, OF the
records of the Office Of the surveyor OF the
District of Columbia. containing e.125 square
feet of unimproved land. more or less.
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash, balance in two equal
installments payable in one and two years,
able semi-annually. from day of sale. secured
by deed Of trust upon the property sold, or
all cash, at the option Of the purchaser. A
deposit of $3.50 will be required at time of
sale. All conveyancing, recording, revenue
stamps. ETC.. at cost of purchaser. Terms of
sale to be complied with within fifteen days
from the day of sale, otherwise the trustee
reserves the right to resell the property at tho
risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. after
five days advertisement of such resale in
some newspaper published in Washington, D. G.
NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST CON-
PANY, Trustee.
By F. W. STONE Second Vice President.
Attest:
(seal.) cHAs. G. LAMBoRN.
Assistant Secretary.
fr9 CIR fyA
Evening star., 1918-07-03
"America First. !"

B. A. Rolfe's mammoth musical
military spectacle, America First"
which has been one of the notable
wartime attractions Of big vauds-
VILE. will be presented at the Cosmos
Theater next week by Ben Waycross
and a big company. with two enter
tanning interludes furnished by a host
of pretty girls, uniformed as military
cadets, soldiers and Jack tars. In .
lively program of singing. dancing.
instrumental numbers and military
drills. The big spectacle has three
thrilling scenes. showing guard mount
at West Point. the turret deck of the
big battleship Pennsylvania and the
western front somewhere in France"
1t will be supplemented with a stand
ard program of Cosmos features. in
GLIDING, in the films. Theda Bara's
notable picture, '"The Soul of Buddha":
a late Sunshine comedy and the
Hearst-Pathe news with further war
pictures.
Sunday at pm. the bill will OFFER
Eva La Rue and her large company
of girls in Here Comes Eva" The
Circus Girl and the famous Wilson
Aubrey Acrobatic Comiques, with
other standard attractions.
Evening star., 1918-07-03

CHANcERY SALE oF rwo-sToRY BRICK
NORTHWEST.
By virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia, passed in Equity
Cause No. 3575s, the undersigned trustees will
offer for sale by public auction, in front Of
the premises. on TUESDAY. THE NINTH
DAY OF JULY, AID. 1918, AT FIVE O'CLOCK
Pm. the following described land and prem.
trict of Columbia. to-wit: Part Of lot H.. in
z. Dyer's subdivision OF square 36S, beginning
for the same at the southwest corner Of said
lot II. and running thence east on the south
line Of said lot 81 feet sn in: thence north
1871 IT.; thence west 81 IT, 8h in, to End
street west, snd thence south 12h It. on
the line Of said street to the point Of begin
ming, commonly known as No. 783 End street
northwest. nor and A being the properly devised by
west half Of lot IL, in square b63 improved
by q Groom and bath brick dwelling.
Terms Of sale: One-third Of the purchase
money TO be paid in cash. the balance In two
equal installments. payable in one and two
years. with interest at 9 per cent per annum.
payable semi.anIually. from day Of sale. se-
cured by deed Of trust upon the properly sold.
deposit Of 500 required Of the purchaser at
the time Of sale. All conveyancing record
ing. revenue stamps and notarial fees at the
cost Of the purchaser. Terms Of sale to ba
complied with within fifteen days from day Of
sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the right
to resell the property at the risk and cost Of
the defnulting purchaser. after hve days adj
published in the city Of Washington, D. c.
ROSSA F. DOWNING.
EDWARD P. SCHWARTZ.
5e21-d&ds, ,eISu&jy4 Trustees.
Evening star., 1918-07-03
FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wEscHLER, AucTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPRov-
ED REAL ESTATE. BEING TWO FRAME
DWELLINGS, KNOWN AS PREMISES 10
AND II FoXALL ROAD NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. $500. folio 181 ct seq. of
the land records of the District of Columbia,
end at the request of the party secured there
by, the undersigned trustees will offer for
on MONDAY. THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY,
ID. 1918 AT FOUR-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM,
The following described land and premises, sit
hate in the city Of Washington. District Of CO.
division of part of Harlem made by E. w
Jones, trustee, in equity cause No. 1867. as
per plat recorded in the office Of the surveyor
3or the District of Columbia. in Liber Gov
ernor Shepherd. at folio 127, beginning at the
southeast corner of said lot on Foxall road
thence northwesterly with said road co feet
thence southwesterly to point in the westerly
line Of said lot distant 60 feet from the south
line Of said lot southeasterly go feet TO the
southwest corner of said lot thence with the
south hne of said lot to the beginning.
Terms of sale: ORe-third of the purchase
equal installments. payable in one and two
years. with interest at per cent per annum
payable semi annually. from day of sale, se-
cured by deed of trust upon the property sold
deposit of 500 required of the purchaser at
the time Of sale. All conveyancing, recording
and notarial fees at the cost Of the purchaser.
Terms of sale to be complied with within
trustees reserve the right to resell the prop
erty at the risk and cost Of the defaulting pur-
chaser, after Eve days advertisement of such
resale in some newspaper published in the city
of Washington. D. g.
1903 n ST. nw
wM. G. sCHAFHIRT,
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