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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-26
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WAsHfSGTOS. April -s-Why
don't the boys az The front set thTit
letters Thousands ~ Hoidi"ra
wives and mothers have received let
tsra from France. complaining that
nothing has brcn heard from home.
when l.tt.r after letter has been
written.
Her. il the unvsrnished reason. M
given BY Congressman Isaac SiegrL
% New York. Who has made a search
ING investigation in " Washington and
at th. ports 81 embarkatiun. and has
received direct csc witnenH evidence
from France In the last tow days.
Sisg.i has b~en on the trail n the
postofficr department FOR months.
and be ia going to keep after Il until
something 10 done.
lie says.
The entire trouble with tho hand
ling 81 tho mail in France IL lack
Of coordination between the poatof
flee department. war department and
the transportation department
Held Two Months
John CLARK. chief postal agent in
France. has repeatedly asked for
more help The mail. whom received.
goes 10 general headquarters, and al
tho tho four army field clerks have
worked day and Night. besides rc-
oeiving help on sundays. the mail
cannot 10 easily distributed. Very
often mail which goes to a division
and which must pass UP TO the front
is held In the rear for two months.
At a single port there are $4,000
hags OF mail. which have been dis.
tributed. not according 20 the time at
which they we're received. but hap
hazardly.
Chaplain Helps
There IL what ls known I'm the sta
tistich division aa dead letter of.
flee Formerly four mon tried to
do tho entire work. which is now L..
Ing done b. 20 men This new sys.
tenn was inauRurated by Chaplain
Elkin c. Noorzanger.
Minutes Like Years
One Of the additional troubles f.
that tho statistical division has been
unable Ia keep up TO date with the
card indHNing Of the names Of the
men ~ our troops arrive.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-26

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back ached all
the time ! was
tired and had
no ambition for
anything ] had
taken a num-
Der OF medi-
cincs which ala
me no good ono
day rea q
about Lydia T..
Pinkhafn's Veg
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mound and rat
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RETURN OF TROOPS WILL
REQUIRE 8 TO 10 MONTHS
Estimate Is Based Upon Swiftest Possible Movement
With Use of Ships Not Yet Completed and
German Vessels Now Idle.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-Boston. New
York. Newport News. Va, and Charles
ton, S. c., are the ports the War De-
partment plans to use for the return
Of the army from overseas. Even with
this wide distribution of the strain on
port facilities ~and transportation,
however, and with German ships now
idle in German harbors employed on
the task careful estimates show that
the last of the army could not possibly
reach the United States in less time
than eight months. Conservative cal
culations upon which preparations by
the Department probably will be based
fix ten months as the minimum.
These estimates have been made
wholly on the basis of the physical
difficulties to be overcome and do not
take into consideration the question
OF the retention in Europe for some
time of an American force which may
be agreed upon at the peace confer
ence. II the return movement, al
ready in progress, is continued at full
speed the last division in all probabil-
ity could not reach the United States
before October, 1919.
Decision TO route the troops to their
homes through the four ports men,
toned is understood to have been
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based on two main considerations.
First. they have been equipped to
handle the transports and the men,
and, second. they are the natural gate
ways to the country, each fed by an
independent. rail system ramifying
back through geographically independ-
ent sections of the United States. BY
loading the ships so far as possible
with men from the same general Sec
ton il will be possible, army officers
say. to avoid cross carrying and dis
ruption Of normal traffic in getting the
soldiers from the ships to their homes.
In estimating transport tonnage
available for the movement officials
have not only looked ahead to the new
ships which will be delivered during
the rehabilitation period by the Ship
ping Board but also upon idle German
ships, including two new and very
large liners reported to have been
completed except for some details OF
equipment Among the known Ger
man steamships is the Imperator. al
most as large as the Naterland. now
the Leviathan. The two new German
liners are of approximately the same
size as these craft. Each of these
could carry nearly 10000 men a trip
The German vessels eastbound after
unloading American troops would
carry food supplies to be allotted TO
Cssanany.
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Strong Criticism Likely to Be Ex-
pressed at Failure to Recognize
the Senate by Representa-
ton at Versailles
WHITE THE ONLY REPUBLICAN,;
LONG OUT OF TOUCH WITH PARTY
Question of Punitive Justice One Which Presi-
dent Must Decide Without Having Had
Opportunity to Obtain Peoples View
Special Despatch TO The srS.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-The long awaited announce
ment concerning the makeup of the American delegation to
the conference made at the White House shortly
after o'clock tonight. The delegates
President Wilson, Secretary of State Lansing, Henry
White Col. E. M. House, Gen. Tasker H. Bliss
The statement made public follows:
1t announced at the Executive Offices tonight that
the representatives of the United States at the
ferences would be the President himself the Secretary Of
State, the Hon. Henry White recently Ambassador to
France; Col E. NJ House and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss
1t explained that it had not been possible to
the appointments before because the number of
representatives each of the chief belgerents send
had until day or two ago been under discussion.
The of all the delegates had been forecast with
exception of Gen. Bliss The that the President himself
would be delegate somewhat surprise the under
standing had been that the President simply would the
preliminary conference with the Entente leaders and
participate in the formal sessions which do not begin until
January is believed here that the President not re-
main to attend these sessions but is said that he had
the capacity of delegate order undertake his at
the preliminary meeting
Secretary of War Baker will become of the American
delegates at later date 1t learned tonight that Mr.
Baker will reach France before the President departs on his
homeward trip and take his place among the American
delegates.
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MAKES APPEAL
FOR LABOR AID
Assistant Director Smythe Of
L. S. Employment Service
Urges Cooperation.
EACH COMMUNITY ASKED
Jobs for Discharged Soldiers
and MunitiOn Men De-
clared Imperative.
EACH COMMUNITY ASKED
Special Despatch to Tar srx.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Work for
homes and new jobs for workers who
are being dismissed from munitions
plants were urgently asked for at the
hands of the people Of the country To-
day by Assistant Director Nathan A.
Smythe of the Federal Employment
Service. He pointed out that the task
of finding employment for the SOL
diers and war workers was one Of ma
tionwide Importance and intimately
connected with the economic condition
of the country during the reconstruc-
ton and readjustment period.
In a telegram TO the State repre-
sentativcs OF the Employment Service
Mr. Smythe asked that the business
organizations. clubs. local draft boards
labor unions, councils Of defence and
county farm agents be enlisted in the
movement to nnd work for each SOL
der as he is dismissed from the army
and every worker WHOSE livelihood is
being affected by the rccOnversion of
industries.
THE need for cooperation with this
movement is only too apparent" said
Mr. Smythe. During the period OF
transition from war to a peace basis
literally hundreds of thousands OF
munitions and war workers will be
temporarily out OF employment. Thou-
sands of men who have been called
from one State 70 another will return
to their homes to find new employ
ment.
AT the same time the army is being
rapidly demobilized. When it j. re-
membered that we have more than a
million men in arms in the United
States and more than 100000 in
France, most of whom are soon
coming home and many of whom have
no work when they get here, the need
for immediate action is obvious"
Mr. Smyth declared that while the
Federal Employment Service is in "A
position to handle many of the
aspects of the problem. its magnitude
is such that the assistance OF every
individual in the country Is necessary
If 1t Is TO be adequately handled with
out idleness to the soldiers and work
ers and loss of productive ability TO
the country.
In order to demObilize the munitions
plants and our armed forces in such a
fashion as to avoid suffering and a
falling wage scale in the face OF the
continued high cost OF living" Mr..
Smyth continued. I'VE must have the
best thought and the best effort of
every community in the United States.
II is a national problem and more es-
pecialy a community problem"
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First Soldier Mail
Since Day of Truce

"WAR is over and suppose
you've heard the news;
Hun cracked a month ago, but
they patched him up; now he's
done for and no more fight in
him. Suppose we'll be starting
back to Gods country before
long, but willing to bet we could
use more SUN smokes before we
sail. Try u.s." This card from
Sterling c. Matthias was written
the day after truce terms were
signed.
Cards arrived yesterday dated
up to the 14th of the month, and
while there is life there's hope,
but most of the writer's expect to
spend Christmas in France, and
smoke there the funds smokes.
Plenty of soldiers over there
during the holidays, but not too
much tobacco. Donors past and
future should read what the men
say on page 5.
WARNING! THE SUN To-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
tion or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
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U-BOAT DESTROYED
IN THE RIVER TAY
Details of British Exploit at
Dundee Revealed.

DUNDEE. Scotland. Nov. 29.- Details
of how an attempt by German sub
marine to blow up the bri&:c over the
Tay at Dundee was frustrated during
the war are published by the Dundee
Advertiser A British airman observed
n large submarine lying on the sandy
bottom of the river near Dundee.
Numerous mine sweepers and de-
stroyers were soon In the vicinity
The wire ropes of the sweepers struck
their mark and a depth charge was
lowered. A patrol boat then dropped
heavy charge which exploded. oil
and wreckage came TO the surface and
divers afterward found thirteen dead
German sailors.
Two guns and large part of the
wreckage salved are on exhibition in
Dundee.
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FIRST CAPTIVES
REACH ENGLAND
Eight Members of 102d In
fantry Sent to Rest Camp
at Winchester.
ALL REDUCED IN WEIGHT
Were Insulted by German
Civilians and Robbed of
Red Cross Parcels.
ALL REDUCED IN WEIGHT

LONDON, Nov. 29.-Eight American
former prisoners of war, the first men
of this class to reach London, arrived
here to-day. They are Corporal
Thomas Barry, Frank Butler and
Corporal John Bathgate, all of New
Haven; William Lilly, Southington,
Conn: Corporal I.ech. Jeffrey. Ky. {;
William OSullivan, Forestville. Conn;
James Epitochelle. North Providence,
Il. l., and Corporal lie Roy Corgleton,
Philadelphia.
All the men are members of the
102d Infantry. They were captured
in April at Seicheprey. Congleton was
injured in the shoulder, Barry in the
knee and Lilly in the eye.
All three men were placed in vari-
Gus hospitals but later rejoined the
other prisoners, who We're taken first
to Contains for n week, then tn
Darmstadt for five weeks, to LimburS
for three months and then to the
Opladen work camp. They were at
taChed to the F'riedrichsfelde camp un-
til their release November Is.
All the men said they had been
forced tn work lard and had insuf
ticient food. They would have starved
had ii not been for the American Red
Cross packages which were received
at long intervals. English prisoners
tried to aid them but the Germans
prevented this.
The men said they were supposed to
get an American Red Cross package
weekly, but they were lucky if the
Germans permitted this monthly.
Even the packages received We're
looted, according TO the prisoners,
especially Of soap.
Their treatment was varied in the
different camps. In Darmstadt they
endured civilian insults. While work
ing on the roads they often were spat
upon. After the armistiCe was signed
guards and civilians got down on
their knees To us" They said Linn
burg was called the mystery camp"
owing TO numerous disappearance of
prisoners. the fate of whom never was
revealed
The American prisoners experienced
considerable illness. Several of them
suffered from influenza. The men
were pefmitted to write two letters or
four postal cards monthly. but were
allowed to receive only two.
Four days after the armistice the
men We're taken to F'riedriChsfelde and
then to Holland, whence they sailed
from Rotterdam on the 18TH. They
arrived at Ripon. England. November
~. Except for an average loss in
weight Of ten pounds each all the men
were in good health and suirits They
viii be sent 10 camp at Winchester.
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GERMANS BANK ON WILSON.
His Picture Prominently Displayed
In Parts of Empire.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY oF OCCC-
PATTON. Nov. 29.-Pictures of President
Wilson are being displayed in various
parts OF Germany, bearing on them
the words, You gave us an armist!ce,
nov give US a just peace" according
TO an American who has been as far
az Frankfort
Everywhere the American says he
was received with courtesy. the
civilians Crowding about his automo-
bile, many Of whom spoke English.
asking II it We're true that President
Wilson planned to visit Germany in
the interest of the common people.
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PRESIDENT NAMES DELEGATES TO PEACE CONFERENCE;
PLACES HIMSELF AT THE HEAD OF AMERICAN MISSION
LANSING HOUSE, WHITE AND GEN. BLISS ARE APPONIEL
French Will Provide
Golf Links for Wilson
Special Gable Dsspatch TO Tue srS.

Special Gable Despdtch 10 THE srS.
Copyright. 1918; all rights rcserred
PARIS, Nov. 29.-President
Wilson'S known fondness for
golf raises a problem for his
French hosts that will be difficult
to-solve. Preparations are being
made to procure links for his use
within easy reach of the capital,
for it is realized here that the
President considers his favorite
sport indispensable for his in
tellectual activity, but golf is
rarely heard of among the
French and the problem of pro-
viding suitable partners from
among French statemen appears
at the moment to be insurmount-
able.
So far the only man in sight is
Foreign Secretary Balfour, who
will come over with Premier
Lloyd George, but it is hoped
there will be other golfers in the
British delegation, which will
comprise about 800 men.
The sun., 1918-11-30
CANADIANS PLAN
VOICEON PEACE
Premier Borden and Associates
Meet Daily in London to
Discuss Views.

Speciol CdbiS DeSpdtch n THE SuN from n:
London Times Scrrice.
Copvri0ht. 1915; al rights reser,sd.
LONDON. Noy. 29.---Arrangements for
the peace conference are under con-
sideration and much of the prepara-
tory work is completed. Premier
Borden has attended a meeting of the
Cabinet and discussions take place
daily among the Canadian Ministers
on subjects in which Canada is espe-
cially Interested.
The House of Commons dining
room staff has been placed at the dis
posal of the Ministry of Food for the
purpose of catering to the British
section at the peace conference, which
will be housed at the Hotel Majestic
in Paris, which accommodates 400
persons.
The sun., 1918-11-30
JEWS MASSACRED
BY LEMBERG MOBS
Several Thousand Persons Are
Reported Killed.

STOCKHOLM, Nov, 29.--At the office
OF the Jewish News Agency it was an
nounced to-day that in the pogroms
which took place last Friday and Sun
day in Lemberg, Galicia, the Jewish
suburbs and other parts of the city
were destroyed. Bombs were thrown
on 500 Jewish houses and several thou
sand persons were killed, 1t was as
serted.
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GERMANY LOST 200 U-BoATs.
Nearly GO Per Cent. of Entire
Complement Destroyed.

LONDON, Nov. 29.--It is announced
that approximately 200 German sub
marines were destroyed during the
course of the war.
The total number of all types built
by the Germans is estimated to have
been 36O,
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LONDON, Nov. 29.-Eleven hundred
Jews were killed during the recent
massacre In Lembefg, according to
dispatches in the Berlin newspapers
transmitted by the Copenhagen corre-
spondent OF the Central News. Hun
dreds of Jews are said to have barri-
caded themselves in a synagogue
which was set afire. Those who at
tempted to escape from this refuge
were fired upon.
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LoNDoN, Nov. 29.--Princc Antoine
CASTOR Philippe Of bourbon Orleans.
great grandson of King Louis Philippe
Of France, has died in military hos
pital from injuries suffered in the
fall of an airplane.
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straishrs Condition Unimproved.

PARIS, Nov. 29.-The condition OF
Major Willard d. Straight of the
American Expedtionary Forces was
reported to-day as still dangerous
Ma tor Straight is Ill with Pneumonia.
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Allied ships Reach odessn.

KrEv. via Amsterdam. Nov. 29.-The
British cruiser Agamemnon. accom-
panled by French and British torpedo
boats. arrived at Odessa ON Novcm-
Der 26.
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BRITISH RETAIN
ARMED FORCES
Military Situation Does Not
Admit of DcmObilizatiOn,
Leaders Say.
HELP FOR INDUSTRIES
Workers to Return to Civil
Life First When General
Release Comes.
HELP FOR INDUSTRIES

LONDON, Nov. 29.-Reminders to the
public that a general demobilizatio
has not yet begun and that the naval
and military situation does not admit
OF any general release of men from
the forces have been issued by the
British Admiralty. the War Office and
the Air Ministry.
When the general demobilization
does begin, 1t is announced, priority
will he given to officers and men who
have definite employment awaiting
them. Strictly limited numbers OF
men, however. will be released be-
fcrc the general rehabilitation for
pivotal" industries and professions
which include machine makers, agri-
culturists, bootmakers, brickmakers,
CO ment makers. builders. miners,
wharfmen, food makers, paper makers,
railway men. shipbuilders, ship
brokers. overseas commercial agents,
accountants and architects.
PARIS, Nov. 29.-The Minister of
Marine has ordered the discharge on
Dece mber 10, unless they prefer other
wise, of all sailors 40 years of age ~
more or those who are fathers Of at
least four children. IT is estimated
that about 1000 seamen will be re-
leased for service in the merchant
marine.
\ Government commission will he
created shortly to deal especially with
questions of rehabilitation, the Mdtih
announces. The offices of under secre-
tary for aviation and under secretary
for commerce, the Journal says, will
be abolished.
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France Bans German Money.

PARIS. Nov. 29.-The Government
has issued a decree prohibiting the
Importation OF German bank notes,
coins or any other monetary medium,
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AMSTERDAM. Nov. Representa-
tivcs of Great Britain. France and the
United States will arrive in Berlin
soon to discuss the question of the
armistice, the Berlin correspondent of
the Cologne Gazette says he under
stands.
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Ex-kniscr Held Guilty.

The Premier. dealing with the Ques-
ton OF the responsibility for the in
vasion of Belgium. said the British
Government had consulted some of the
greatest jurists of the kingdom and
that they unanimously and definitely
had arrived at the conclusion that in
their Judgment the former German
Emperor was guilty Of an indictable
offence. for which he ought to be held
responsible.
Mr.. Lloyd George declared that there
were two offences against the law OF
nations that had been committed.
"Ono," he said lis the crime against
huma nifty in the deliberate plotting of
the great war. The other is the out
rage upon international law. 1t is IA
Continued on Second Page.
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AT my direction claims of employees
mentioned in supplements and to
General Order - were given further
consideration by your board, and after
an exhaustive investigation decisions
embodied in supplements and s were
re ndered.
1T is true that wages in excess of
those provided for in supplements I
and s are paid in some localities and
by some industries, but these are of a
transient character such as shipyards,
munitions plants, &c. and their work
will cease or be greatly reduced upon
the return OF peace 1t is. however,
undeniably true that the wages estab-
lished in supplements I and 8 compare
as a class favorably and perhaps much
more favorably with those paid else
where.
when we consider these railroad
wage questions it must be remem-
bered that the railroad business is not
temporary, such as referred to above,
but OF n permanent character and
Offering to employees steady work.
Railroad employees not only have
steady work and generally speaking
more favorable living conditions as
against temporary and uncertain EN-
ployment and frequently less salts
factory living conditions in war in
,lustries, but they also have a reason
able amount OF free transportation for
themselves and their families as well
as other privileges and advantages
which are everywhere recognized as
of substantial benefit to them
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Some surprise is also caused by the
statement referring to the peace con-
ferences' instead Of the peace con-
ference This is interpreted to mean
that the preliminary meeting and per-
haps other meetings Will in a sense be
separate and distinct conferences, but
with the idea of rounding out the final
peace programme by their delibera-
tons.
White the Only Republican.
The Administration is represented
by four Of the five delegates named
with Mr.. White selected to represent
the Republicans. Because of the fact
that Mr.. White for some years has
not been in public life or identified
with political activities he is the least
known Of the American delegates. But
his diplomatic career up until ten
years ago had brought him success.
He was Ambassador to Italy from
1900 To 1907, and Ambassador To
France in the following two years. He
was the senior delegate from the
United States ar the Algeciras confer.
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GERMANY MUST
PAY COST;SAYS
LLOYD GEORGE
People Merit Punishment
for War Damage, British
Premier Asserts.
EX-KAISER TO BE TRIED
U-BOat Pirates Will Be Ar
raigned-Stern Justice in
Final Reckoning.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 29.-The
formal document Of Emperor VIII
lam's abdicatlon already has ar
rived in Berlin. according to a Berlin
despatch TO the "Abendbladt."