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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-10
They Watch the Weather and
Draw the Blinds But Refuse
to Be Panic-Stricken.
MANY DON'T SEEK SHELTER
Buses and Subway Trains Operate as
Usual and Club Men Sit Calmly
Under Glass Roofs-Only the
Foreign Element Frightened.
By FLOYD MAcGRiFF.

London.-The thick London fog,
often referred to In America, Is one of
the British capitals chief projections
from air raids by the Huns. If it is
a foggy or misty night the searchlights
of Zeppelins cannot reach their long
fingers Of light To the earth and pick
out the English coast or find their way
to London. Airplanes. likewise are
'baflled. So thick fog gives Il sense
of security and one buys ticket to a
theater with far more cheerfulness
than on moonlight night when the
air Is clear.
The weather has attained n new
sphere as topic of conversation. One
Londoner may greet another with
"Well IL looks like good night for n
raid" If the evening Is fair. More
than hundred bombings have taught
the Londoner to expect raid on such
nights. He considers 1t lucky If none
occurs.
blinds must be drawn at 9:30 r..
m. today" runs n line In the daily
papers. As summer approaches the
hour Is made later, to correspond with
dusk. And the blinds are drawn. Ho-
tel maids are instructed to attend to
this promptly. Hotels also have pla-
cards warning guests that police VIII
hold them responsible II light shows
from their window. -
Buses Operate as Usual.
All London does not take to cover
when nm air raid Is on. During re
cent raid when bombs were being
dropped and hits Of shrapnel fell full
sumely. the auto buses, with their
woman conductors. operated as usual.
And there were passengers. British
ers do not regard the air rnids with
fear. People In the street get under
cover, If II is handy, so as not to he
hit by falling shrapnel. But they do
not dash mndly to shelter or push or
Jam their way into safety In the
underground railway stations. The
subway trims are operated as usual.
Only the foreign element, largely en-
ployed in munition factories, has be-
come frightened. Many of these have
moved into safety zones.
As an instance Of afraid boredom
British officer on leave, was on his
way to his hotel room when the
warning TO take cover was sounded.
"what are you going to do?" he was
asked. dol" he echoed. Hell. I'm
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
WILSON NAMES
CARTER GLASS
AS SECRETARY
OF TREASURY
Chairman of Banking and
Currency Committee Of
House Nominated to Sue
coed McAdoo-Is Newspa-
per Man.
COMES FROM VIRGINIA
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Represen-
tatiye Carter Glass of Virginia was
nominated today by President Wilson
10 be secretary of the treasury.
Mr.. Glass will go into office on
December Is under an agreement with
Secretary McAdoo whose resignation
was accepted by the president to take
effect upon the appointment and quail
fication of his successor.
Glass has been chairman of the
banking and currency committee OF
the house. When the resignation of
McAdoo was announced, Class was
generally favored as his successor for
me treasury post.
The new secretary Of the treasury
comes from Lynchburg, Va, and Is a
newspaper man. He owns the Daily
News, the morning paper and The
Daily Advance, an afternoon paper at
i.ynchburg.
He was member CT the Virginia
state senate from 1899 to 1908, and
CT the Virginia constitutional assem-.
bly, in 1901 and 1902. He was elected
20 the Fifty-seventh and all succeed
ing congresses, including the Sixty
firth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
DELEGATES GO TO
SPEND war FUND
lBx Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-George w
Perkins and Mortimer L. Schiff, repre-
senting the Y. NJ. C. A. and the Jew
ish Welfare Board, engaged passage
On the steamer Mauretania today for
Europe. where they will supervise the
expenditure of the $203, 100000, United
War Work fund. They will co-ordi
nate the work of the various organiza-
tions engaged in war activities abroad
ana eliminate duplication as far as
possible Mr., Perkins and Mr. Schiff
were delegated for this work at the
request of the committee of eleven OF
the seven accredited organizations
tt ey probably will remain abroad for
two months.
Since the vast fund was collected
the signing of the armistice and the
coming of peace have partially
changed the purpose for which the
money is to be spent and these
changes will be studied closely by the
delegates. Other special problems
arising from the demobilization and
Industrial readjustment will be stud
led and recommendations made to the
committee of eleven.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
JESSE STEVENS DIES
At CENTERvILLE

CENTERVILLE, Ind, Dec 5.--Jesse
G.. Stevens, II years old, former Re-
publican representative from Wayne
county. died here yesterday after a
Years illness with heart trouble. Mr..
Stevens came here 70 years ago from
Michigan and has spent his entire life
here He was farmer until few
years ago, when he retired and moved
here. Last year he and his wife cele-
b-ated their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary.
Mr. Stevens was president of the
horticulture society here for twenty
years and served as Republican repre-
sentative from this county to the state
legislature Besides his widow and
one sister, Mrs. Ollie King, he is sur
Nved by the following children. Mrs.
Milo Harris, Mrs. Will Harris. Mrs.
i!arvey Townsend, Mrs. John Eliason,
Mrs. Oscar Pike, Mrs. Petry Bennett.
lanes Stevens and Earl Stevens, all
Of this community and Walter Stevens
of Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held Satur-
family home here,
lie CdIir iIOui oiu plOHSSi w dy Hc
county stock, his father being one of
he prominent men of Center town
ship. Mr. Stevens received his eruca-
ton in the district schools Of Center
township and attended Earlham col
lege for two terms. He began farming
IN Perry township when he was 19
years old. Later he moved to farm
in Center township. He took charge
OF construction work for the Bell tele-
plone in 1884, serving for twelve
.ears. Subsequently he built logging
roads in Alabama.
Upon his return to Wayne county
he engaged in farming. He cast his
first vote for Abraham Lincoln and
attended his funeral and that of Presi-
dent Garfield. He was a member of
he knights of Pythias order At the
election in 1898, he was elected to
epresent Wayne county in the state
legislature. He was a leader in the
movement that elected Albert J. Bev-
ridge to the United States senate
10 a.-o introduced the bill providing
'or the completion of the Soldiers and
sailors Monument in indianapolis.
lie was member of both the Wayne
,ounty and State Horticultural socie-
les. and also served as member of the
tate Board Of Agriculture. He was
iGoly known for his interest in hor-
'crItural affairs. Mr. Stevens had an
XIensive acquaintance all over
Nayne county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
TRADE BOYCOTT
IS OPPOSED BY
BUSINESS Man
Says Germany Must Have Ac-
cess to Raw Material in Or
der to Pay Debts and Make
Reparatlon.
(By Associated Press)

ATLANTIC CITY, Dec 5.-Possibil-
ity of perpetuating in the domain of
commerce the hatred and bitterness
engendered by the war will be greatly
lessened if the United States refused
to be drawn into any agreement or
understanding that would make her a
party to boycott of the commerce of
any of the nations that have been
arrayed against each other. was dec
laration contained in an address pre-
pared by James A. Farrell OF New
York, and read in his absence to the
reconstruction congress here today.
Mr. Farrells paper was devoted to
a review of the foreign trade situation.
"In this matter of economic warfare
after the war;" Mr.. Farrell said, there
should be no ground for misunder-
standing our position An unrepent-
ent Germany. still welded to her idols
of militarism and the relentless ap-
plication of superior force, can estab-
of the economic blockade which has
ending the war
LII pun SuduC0 vi Tie pOllCy Vi GULF
bining national and commercial inter
est, the German nation thought itself
entitled to plunder its neighbors for
her own economic or commercial
needs. But when we have exposed
Germany's ambition and denounced
German methods, it would be curl
Gus way of preventing their revival by
committing ourselves to the accept
ance of German principles.
Great Trade Revival.
"Only on the theory that the menace
of Prussian militarism must survive
can there be any reason found for
looking to the future security of the
world in the waging of a perpetual
bloodless war, inspired by the same
entity, suspicion, and fears but lately
divided the world.
"Nor can the fact be ignored that
in trade war as in this clash of mill
tary, the balance of slaughter must
be reckoned with since the casualty
cannot all be on the other side.
ut is certain that if Germany is to
be compelled. as she ought to be, to
repay the wanton destruction she has
wrought in Belgium, northern France,
Poland and Serbia. she must have ac-
cess to the raw materials of manufac-
ture by conversion of which into fin
ished products she may earn the
money necessary to pay her debts
"As matter of fact given the frank
acceptance by Germany of the terms
of peace which will be dictated by
the allies, there will be no reason for
separating her economic wants from
those Of the rest of Europe These
will be sufficiently imperative to use
up all the surplus foodstuffs and raw
materials that can be spared for many
months to come"
Referring to foreign trade generally
Mr.. Farrell said: There can be no
great revival of trade in the countries
where we hope for it most. unless we
are ready to provide capital for their
development. We must enter into the
industrial life of those countries, en-
gage in enterprises with them and
create out of their resources the new
wealth from which will come our pay"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
JEWS ARE LEAVING
FOR PALESTINE
lRy Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Forty trades
and professions are represented in the
first $50 applications received by the
Zionest organization of America from
persons who are prepared to leave for
Palestine at once for service in the es-
tablishment there of the Jewish home.
land. A special department has been
established by the organization to col
lect the information contained in these
applications. Several subcommittee
have been attached to this department
including one on investment and an
other in charge of the Zionist society
of engineers to study that physical
aspect of the Jewish resettlement OF
Palestine.
The most pressing demand. accord.
ing to the organization, is for Hebrew
teachers since the school system of
Palestine is to be reorganized. The
Zionist organization of America is es-
pecially desirous that those who con-
template going to Palestine within
the next year should enroll with the
organization for cooperation work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
Edward Porter Dies at
Home in Hagerstown

HAGERSTOWN, Dec. 5.-Edward
Porter, about so years old died sud
denly at his home here this morning
from hemorrhage. He had been in
i'll health for several months. but was
better this morning and walked down
town.
About II O'Clock his wife found him
in the basement where he e~had gone
to fire the furnace. He was suffer
ing from a hemorrhage when his wife
reached him, and died few minutes
later
He was a we'll known resident of
Hagerstown having been merchant
in this town for over 35 years. He
had recently retired from the grocery
firm of Porter and Son.
The deceased is survived by wild
ow, one son. Charles Porter, his moth
er, Mrs. Kate Porter. and one broth
er, Will Porter, all of Hagerstown. He
was brother of the late X. B. Port
er who was the Hagerstown postmas-
ter for a number Of years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
THREE AMERICANS TO
RECEIVE HIGHEST
WAR DECORATION
sBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. - Three
American soldiers colonel. cap
tain and private--have been dcsig
mated by President Wilson to receive
the highest military decoration given
By the United States for valor in &C.
tion, the congressional medal of hon
or They have won the first of the
medals awarded during the war with
Germany and their names are:
Colonel Charles w. Whittlesey, 38th
infantry, Captain George G. McMur'
try and Private Thomas e. Neibaur.
Colonel Whittlesey, then major, and
Captain McMurtry were at the famous
lost battalion" of the 308th which lost
half it's men holding out against the
men when surrounded in the Argonne
forest until relieved five days later.
Private Neibaur distinguished him
self when fighting with the Rainbow
division.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
FOURTH Liner
BRINGS 1922
YANkS HOME.
FROM FRANCE
British Transport Orca Ar
rives at New York From
Liverpool Harbor With
American Troops on Board.
| NAVY REHABILITATION
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The British
transport Orca with 1922 American
troops aboard arrived here today from
Liverpool. She is the fourth trans
port to bring returning soldiers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Discharge
Ct 20 per cent. of the navy's war time
personnel, about 100000 men, has been
authorized. Secretary Daniels said to-
day the men would be released as
quickly as possible with due regard
to the convenience of the service.
Boats to be Returned.
Private yachts, motor boats and
other crafts taken over by the navy
for the war, already are being turned
back, to their owners. Mr. Daniels
said by February. 700 crafts will have
been stricken from the navy list.
The release of enlisted men is au-
thorized not because the navy is over
manned, but to permit the return to
civil pursuits of youths who joined
for the war and who do not intend to
follow the sea.
Members of naval units in schools
and colleges will complete their train
ing and then stand discharged. In
the cases of special student bodies,
such as the paymaster's school at
Princeton and the ensign's school at
Annapolis, students in the present
classes upon graduation will be COM
Ilissioned il, the reserve.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
USE OF TANKS
SUGGESTED BY
FARM TRACTOR
British Official Who Saw
American Tractor Working
in Germany Got Idea of
Tanks In Warfare.
lBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The use
of tanks warfare resulted from ideas
gained by British official while
watching the demonstration OF an
American farm tractor in German
city in 1913 This official account of
the origin of the tanks is given by
Col. l. c. Welborn, director OF the
tank corps of the United States army
in his annual report made public to-
day. The report contains no fnforma-
ton as to the American tank pro-
gram as it was prepared before the
cessation of hostilities.
"The fighting machine, originally
called by the British the tank had its
inception in the caterpillar farm trac-
tor" Col. Welborn says. For several
years prior to the world war the au-
thorities of the British army had been
endeavoring to create some machine
highly destructive in it's fighting ca
pacity and at the same time afford
ing maximum protection to human
life The Holt Manufacturing COM
pany, makers of the Holt farm trac-
tor, were giving a tractor demonstra-
tion in one of the large German cities
about 1913. A representative OF the
British government who happened to
see the exhibit conceived the idea
that the caterpillar tractor principle
might be employed in propelling a
huge steel fighting machine which
would enable a moving fort to ne
gotiate the steepest hills and to move
over difficult grounds impossible of
passage by any other vehicle. This
officer Immediately brought the trac-
tor to the attention of General E. D.
Swinton of the British army who also
realized the effective use to which
the caterpillar tractor could be put.
Extensive experiments were begun
under General Swinton, and in Sep
tember, 1915 the first tanks ever en-
ployed in warfare were launched on
the British front in France. Current
history gives accurate and interesting
accounts OF their service and the es-
tablishment in the army of the United
States of an Independent corps for the
organization. equipment, and training
and employment of tank units is suffi-
cient evidence of the effective use of
this weapon in modern warfare.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
PARIS IS FILLED
|. TO OVERLOOKING
FOR PEACE MEET
Quarters Fitted up for Secre-
tary Lansing and Other
Americans at Crillon Hotel.
(By Associated Press,

PARIS, Dec. 5.--Paris is filled to
uverflowing. Prices of all hotel rooms,
following the requisitioning of twenty
five hotels for peace conference pur-
poses. have doubled and tripled and
arc still going up. Food in restaurants
and prices generally are similarly
mounting.
breakfast of coffee, bread and
butter continues to cost between 81
and $3.50 at hotels. 1t is virtually i'm
possible to lunch or dine for less than
three or four dollars for simple
,leal. People arriving in the city fire.
quently go to fifteen or twenty hotels
before they secure rooms, for which
tie owners demand large sums and
refuse to lower their rates, saying they
can get the price.
The city is becoming more crowded
daily, with the bulk of the conference
officials and others interested in get
tins, rooms, such as several hundred of
the worlds newspaper correspondents
no. yet here. Where persons of the
latter class are agoing to find accom-
modations nobody in Paris knows. In
addition to all the other arrivals, Off
GERS and men of all the armies are
coming to Paris on leave in consider
able numbers. Sometimes as many as
90 officers stand for an hour in front
of hotel Offices waiting for somebody
to leave, when they all demand ac-
cunmodations.
Ready for De1aetes.
Quarters for Secretary of State
Lansing and the other American dele
gates to the peace conference have
been assigned at the Crillon hotel ON
ne Place de la Concorde. This large
hotel has been divided up into suites
1f rooms for the delegates. Each
suite will comprise living quarters
and business office for each dele
sale and his immediate secretaries.
Ine apartments overlook the Espla-
made of Plsce de la Concorde, which
is now filled with war trophies. and
where stand the great statues of Stras-
bonrg, Lille and Metz, each covered
will floral offerings and flags
Each suite is handsomely furnished
and has paintings and tapestries.
There are commodious baths and
sleeping chambers. The delegates will
probably dine together in what was
iOTHoTly tue HOtel restaurant. All dC-
cessories. including the bar, have
been removed.
Most of the conferences between the
American delegates will be held in
the large saloon at the Hotel Crillon.
The business offices Of the delegation,
where several hundred experts in in
ternational law, geographical bounda-
ries, intelligence. etc, will work, will
be in large building Immediately ad-
joining. Joseph c, Grew, secretary of
the peace delegation, has established
quarters there
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
BRITISH WILL
NOT DEMAND
RETURN OF
HELG0LAND
English to Permit no Fetter-
ing of Naval Power at
Peace Conference Churchill
Says in Address.
NAVY TO Be SUPREME
(Ry Associated Press,

LONDON, Dec. 5.-The British naval
authorities have decided it will be un'
necessary to demand the return OF
Helgoland to Great Britain form Ger
many, Winston Spencer Churchill
the minister of munitions announced
in speech at Dundee last night. Mr.
Churchill also said the government
had decided upon the naturalization
of the railways.
I'VE enter the peace conference,
said Mr.. Churchill. during the course
of his address, with the absolute de-
termination that no limitation shall be
imposed on our right to maintain our
naval defense. We do not intend, no
matter what arguments and appeals
are addressed to us, to lend ourselves
in any way to any lettering restric-
tions which will prevent the British
navy maintaining its we'll tried and
well deserved supremacy.
Now German Stronghold.
The island of Helgoland, formerly
Danish was ceded to Great Britain In
1914. In 1890 Great Britain ceded it
to Germany, who began developing il
into an extremely important naval
base. 1t lies in the North sea off
the mouth of the Kiel canal. which il
dominates. The island was a German
stronghold throughout the great war.
It's occupation by the allies was un.
der consideration shortly after the
signing of the armistice, when the
German naval revolution made it ap.
pear doubtful if Germany would COM
ply with the naval terms of the arm
istice. These however, seem since to
frI1f lo1 ~, ,os, 1%rv
MACHINE GUNS USED.
COPENHAGEN, Dec 5.-Machine
guns were used in supressing food
i''ots in Cologne on Tuesday, accord.
ing to reports received here. Several
st YES in different parts of the city
were plundered
There were number of casulties in
the ranks o. the ,demonstrants.
A delegation from the Berlin sol
'diers and workers council has arrived
at The Hague, Berlin dispatch re-
orts. The message Indicates that its
presence at The Netherlands capital
has to do with negotiations concern
irg former Emperor William in pro
Gress at the German legation at The
! Hague, the nature of which is not
stated
Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian premier,
is reported to have privately declared
himself ready to resign when the ma
ticnal assembly had regulated the
country's affairs according to Mu.
njch dispatch.
Addressing the soldiers and work
mems council, Premier declared the
Bavarian government was opposed to
any idea of separation from Germany
as whole, the security of which he
rtsarded as obtainable only by the
creation Of federal state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
Montenegrins Have
Universal Suffrage

EERNE. Switzerland, Dec. "a dis
patch from Agram says that the nat
ional assembly of the people of Monte
negro which deposed King Nicholas
and voted in favor of uniting VITA
Serbia, was elected by universal suff-
rage. Each constituency which for
merly sent one deputy to the skup-
ehtina is now sending three repre-
sentatives to the assembly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
Chile Consul Leaves Peru
With Government Archives
CBy Associated Press,

LIMA, Peru, Wednesday, Dec A.
The Chilean consul general left today
Cor Santiago, stating that his govern
ment had advised him to take the
archives with him. The boycott
against Chilean vessels continues
forcing those which have brought car
goes to Peruvian ports to return home
in ballast.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
Fourteen English Women
Nominated for Parliament
fBy Associated Press,

LONDON. Dec. 5.-Among the can
didates for parliament nominated yes
terday were fourteen women. They
include Miss Christabel Pankhurst.
daughter of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst.
the suffrage leader; Mrs. Frederick
Pethick Lawrence, joint editor OF
Votes for Women: Miss Mary Near
thur. secretary of the British women 9
trades union, and Countess Georgiana
Markievicz, of Dublin, the Sinn Fein
leader.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-05
Louett Resigns From --
Railroad Administration
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Robert S.
Lovett has resigned as director of
the railroad administration division
of capital expenditures and will return
January to his former duty as chair
man of the executive committee of the
Union Pacific.