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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
CAM PANIA, ONCE SEA
QUEEN. SINKS IN GiLE
Former Liner Held Record Tor
Speed and Luxury Was
Dong War Duty
~ Associated press d Every Evening

Bv Associated Press - Every f.Eenllg
London. Noy - The steamer Cam
pania. once queen Of the seas, mas sunk
in he Firth ot Forth. Scotland. during
gaze All on board the vessel Nere saved.
The Campanl4 broke from hcr moersRgs
during he gale lnd came n}o collision
ulth battleship She sank before She
could hy o.aehed lie hate II he sinking
ai ne vessel has not be.7 made plh,la
fhl t.anlpJrla. h44 been d>ea IS
ssupIare-,arrE ~ -nlp sar >anc i,isc ~
tue British u.t.7
I'm bU 'a-t decade 81 oe uuueJecE.h
eeu.4rs he mar. gaee snlpania a..-
th1 na-t f-Hat- r,t9t'lau-i, fije- a-aat-
la }>gr,- ~ae sso thr egge sna Easiest
6Ia te ria Tins t.'- uH- n,.jer,
.h. architect a II, pnarI Gel ,ege
eyru dreamed III hos laaer gigantic
30mo-ton floating lalarts fg Nlauret-
anna and -, LGSitarja b,llt i Glasgow
IN lS92 ne ianpaHa Wa vessel ~
.2950 gross toII- calX aqGacQ o} asr
sister saln Inc lal,aua aUi an.N ,7-
s3>SeG ~ &c ~lN tcar~ later bH fHc
Nsfser Wilhelm Les t1Iosse IT thc North
I Gy5Hat. Llutd i5na Uith 1895 un,
Thu, her bzress. ia her early 4at>
Ua- ona element of tame, her pa.etlaI
appointments, was another. >,iH another
ssaS Hrr great speed q 'ilc Very Year
She Was byilt the Blu, rtbhun oi tho At
.aule had tacn sn.tcbad trom thc leu
/ tonla bv thc American ancr Cty of
! PariS. v,b,ch h@ utadr the VOYAGE from
i NeW Nork II Queenstown d Z aa1 IS
hours anJ - nnufc9 >y:tr sitter she
was launched tht Caman.a ul4dc the
/ ,o,a4, IL 5 days l2 hours and ! minutes
and held tte record sor +. ye.r t.nf.l teatca
+ rs h.t i~tct -tll tht Ia.tlna vlth +
,.a,- hnlr~ and 15 mHutt~
ltt Hfs. re.enl-hrakmg tup 4. ag
/ roluata hovcNrr, g>rabiish.d Il .hc su
pr,macy Of the Gunari lime which was
maintained after thr lf1rulu by the Ju-
-tt4nia and then "a tho NauretaIaa the
/ latter Il winch aadca f.p m 1910 ,f
DAYS l0 hours and Al minutes which
~tati renlucS unsurpassed
Ia the naval battle o luftaaI AaN
I 81 luuc 1916 shc performed more
han hcv regulation lutx When thc
BRITISH cruiser NaI,Ior Was hari pressed
hv the German hip, and unable to move,
/ the Cappand prohtd herself between
he epriuy and TIE cruiser passed 4 ng
Ia tho latte. and ttar tawci hcr ler -au
hoQIs EntG -he sink ~hc sawed ey,r<
LIVING man aboard he Maruor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
CHILD BADLY HURT
Alice McGrillis, Knocked Down
by Auto. Sustains Frac-
tured Skull.

While walking from school TO her home,
near Grecnvillc, yesterday afternoon
about t o'clock, Alice McGrilliS, i3 years
old was knocked down by motor car
on The kcnnett turnpike and seriously
hurt She sustained II fractured skull,
her right leg was broken and she was
otherwise injured She is at the Della
ware Hospital. where her condition tins
afternoon was reported us being serious.
She is daughter of John McGrlllls, u
tlu Pont guard, living ut Greenvile.
Yesterday afternoon there was an
automobile funeral at Lower Brandywlnc
Church and when the child wis walking
along the pike from school . number oi
the funeral cars we're coming down the
pike In attempting 10 get out OF the
way of one coming down the pike she
stepped in front of one proceeding back
of her in the opposite direction, and II
was that ono that Knocked her down and
ran over her The latter car Is SAID 10
have been driven 10y a man named Nlvln,
living in Chester county. Pa
Virginia Donnellv, SIX years old, OF
'05 North Harrison street. was knocked
down by an automobile last evening.
and taken Ia the Physicians and Surgeons
Hospital, where her face was found to be
cut and leg injured, though not seriously.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
ALL KA|SER'S KIN
TO QUIT GERMANY,
WILL LEAVE SOON
Destination IS Unknown; All Mem.
bers of Hohen zollern Dynasty
to Go, is Report.
SOME APE IN HIDING

By Associated Press 70 Every Evsalnz
London, Noy ~. The Daily Mail
attributes TO "a high official Of the
British government" the statement
that William HOhenzollern is still
German Emperor and King OF Prussia
as far as the British government is
informed"
Amsterdam Nov p All the members
81 the ilDhcnzolcrr dynasty 7il leavc
Germany iH the near future. according ~
? Frankfort dispatch 20 the ROTTERDAM
oouranf Their destination, n adds, II
not Yn' kuoH7
- iar as + snoHr The only rernbcrs
of fhc HohenzcllrrT dynasty who ALREADY
bHvc left GERMANY lrc William Hnhcr
noIiern be former Emperor and biz
eldest -on Frodrrl William ethc forync 2
trpwn Prince POSI- arc n Holland
There have feen conflicting -cyort -a-
garding the former German bUprr uho
has been In poor arf.,l ior sometime
bnf The probah'i-ia poat - hor 7or
having left German errto-~ ~ er-
Emperor las dpo utErr grs IIis ore
daughter. Aictora Louise raarr IN ir-
Duke If Brunswick lu 1913 -rreu.
dispatch reported the abdicatlon 81 thr
Duke
The former Emperor onlv svcthe-.
Prime Henri III Prussia aed frcm kie'
/ hurrediv i shc ran af thu na-oi .a.rtirlt
! uuf is lot known M fatn euit German
snii There arc sn--cral to4lo th '9ren
among the sornor rIlrr grandchildren
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
.IFISH QUESTION PLAQUES
GREAT BRITAIN AGAIN
No Severance From Empire; No
Home Rule Parliament Forced
on Ulster, Pr enier Says.
sr5 XFairlz

- A~sociat % Pres - Every Evening
London Ihur~f.uy. Nov p DAVID
F.lovd-Gcorgc and Andrea Bonar Law
have issued a loaQ election address IL
the e-ounirv For IT,, most parf II follows
the int-, Il slerches m;iii recently by the
two political leaders III outlining plans Ter
preference 10 the Colonies Il SAYS, how
ever. that until the country has returned
10 normal II dustnal condition II would be
premature 70 prescribe a fiscal policy IN
tended for permancnce
we must endeavor, the address saNs.
TO reduce the war debt IN such manner
as 10 inilict the least injury To industry
and credit The military institutions of
the country necessarily lutlst be dependent
upon he rez-ds Of the empire, rs pfos-
pcctIvc requirements and the necessity
Of the league for the preservation OF pencs
1T will be he duty Of the new goveIf-
mcnt to fcnovc all existing inequalities
as between men and women and create a
second chamber based upon direct con
tact with the people.
There can be no political peace IN the
Kingdom or empire while the IRISH quest
tion remains unsettled there 1d practical
paths toward 4 settlement ni,t he e<=
piuIcd There ~ two paths however
which arr closed namely one leading e
tie cninplctc severance of ireiand FROM
The Empire and tn" other t. iortibi,
aubiectlon Of the -iN | lister counties to d
home rule parliament agsinsr their will
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
TROLLEY WAGES RAISED
BY WAR LABOR BOARD
New Rulings Grant Increases III
Various Sections of Country;
Fares Boosted
! Associated Pro-. to Eyrry Evening

By Associated Press to Eyrry Evening
Washington. Nov - Wage increases
were announced today hy fhe Var Labor
BOARD for All emplose IS II the ~yr3euse
New ork Northern Electro Railway.
and for Interuroan trainiuen AZ Portland
Oregon
Street car men at syracuse we're glYen
a scale ranging from forty T. forty
flvc cents an hour and all other employees
in shops or elsewhere were brought under
a minimum ri 81 cents an hour, with the
provision that an examiner II the labor
board shall pc kept 1T syracuse 10 emf oree
the decision which takes effect ~ of Au-
gust .. 1918 Back payments of wage
increases awarded by it must be made
before February.
lnterurban trainmen employed by The
Portland Railway Light and Power Com
pany were gwen Il scale ranging from 10
cents an hour for passenger brakemen 70
90 cents an hour for night yard switch
crews. with 81 cents an hour Tor passenger
trainmen and 30 cents for freight tralninen.
Extra work and overtime IS ~ be paid Tor
At time and half after ten hours
Enforcement provisions arc The same
IN tho Syracuse award except that the
advance dates back to.Iulv :. The award
sase the increase will add substantially
l. me operating cost of the company
anil the board rccunmends Il recon
-ideration by proper authorities looking
IT, an increase IN passenger fares.
The board :iso fixed new scale ot
lichcf wage FOR employe4 Of The Butte,
Mon electric railway company ranging
from slNty-one t. siAty-hye cents an
hour. The award takes effect a of An-
gust + last aud the company must pay
the rel rnact we increases before February
+ The board recommends IN advance
Ia passenger fares to pay the increased
operating cost
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
STATE REGIMENT
APPARENTLY IN
EXCELLENT SHAPE
Adutant General Harris Says his
Department Has No lnior-
nation to the Contrary
NO ALARMING REPORTS >

According to n letter received today
bv Afavor Lawson from Senator Sauls-
burg. enclosing a report from AdIutant-
General Harris. at Washington, there
seems to be no foundation for report,
current here early in the week, that the
5grh Pioneer Delaware Regiment, had
suffered heavy losses Just before hostiii-
ties ceased in France
As soon AS he heard the rumorS the
mavor wrote Senator Salisbury and asked
him To make an investigation, whlch the
latter did, taking the matter up with the
War Department Yesterday the mayor
received a telegram from Senator Sauis-
bury. which stated that no information
had been received through otfclal or amy
other channels III Washington that would
support the r,mors To-day the mayor
received q letter from Senator SALISBURY
enclosing Adult ant-G Gencral Harms re-
port ON the subject. after the latter had
made an investigation. The mayor ~
once made the letters public Ihcy arc
IS follows:
Washington. November u. 1915.
Hon. John " Lawson, Mayor.
Wilmington, Del
Dear Sir:
send YOU herewith = letter. following
up the verbal statement of the adIufant-
general 10 me yesterday, in regard to ne
59th Pioneer Infantry showing that the
rurnors reported to me ia Your letter are
probably alar1nist statements by persons
having no knowledge whatever oi the
situation.
our, very truly,
Willard salisbury
Washington Nov. II, 1918
Hon. Willard sautsbury.
United States Senate
Nv Dear Senator.
With reference - YOUR recent inquiry
concerning the seth Pioneer Infantry: |
am glad TO say that the records q thls
Office do not indicate that that regiment
has suffered unusually severe losses m
action.
Casualties are reported from abroad -
verified. without awaiting for complete
report on organizations or Of particular
dates. and families arc notified as these
reports arc received.
Respectfully
r. C Harris.
AdIutant-tieueral.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
SEC. OF WAR BAKER
EXPLAINS Ak'.ER|CA'S-
IMMEDIATE TASK
Problems and Our Plans for Meet
ing Them Outlined at Consum-
ers' League Dinner.
AT THE HOTEL DU POINT

Those who have made the sacrifice
are entitled to have civilization. made
worth the sacrifice Americas $ task is
an unwillingncss to be content till the
common life of America Is cnnnbled IN
the measure Of that sacrifice
1t wont be long till the boys come home
with great expectations oi the country
they have saved; We must not dlsappoint
them They must come 10 an America.
politically and economically free.
That the great war Was won Is due to
definite reasons the vinlity and sound
ness Of the people who won II their CON
ccntration Of purpose and achievement.
Il would be n tragedy To lose those quai
ltics They ought 10 be developed and
extended
The things the Consumers League has
stood for, pcar no inconsIderahle par N
making for the virility oi the Nmcncan
people Ii the standard Of living Tor
toilcrs had not been high, there would
not have been strong minds and strong
bodies Ia put into mobilization
/; is our duty 30 see that # ever they
come face Ia face with such = crisis those
who come after us have this same strength
If mind and body and resource
The greatness of this enterprise hes
IN the future The things We DO to-
morrow Will glorify and Justify Whit W
DO tomorrow
The above are striking points ~ Sec
rctary Of War Baker speech last night
IL the Hotel du Pont
LARGE AUDIENCE GREE1s SECRETARY
BAkfR
4 blr audience every one who could
get there was present listened for over
m hour 10 ono of the world outstanding
figures. 4 great personality IN a great
war. Hon Newton u Baker. Secretary
of War Tor the United States while he
talked about tho kind ol future the tran
sition whIch America i now cNperenc-
inc. viii bring about Il was az the close
of the dinner gwen last evening at the
Hotel du punt bv the National COnqIm-
crs IcaCic. III which Mr. Baker was
c.ected president for the fourth tinc.
here, Yesterday. that he made tho ad-
dress Dinner concluded, the doors were
orcncd and immediately people crowded
into the room and stood completely
absorbed IN L VISION of tho future, gwen
ont ~ the man whose genius Was a
factor in the war Men and women stood
In evcrv available space among the
dinner tables. and counted it. a. I Cole
man du Pont said, when lie introduced
Secretary Baker, - pleasure, rs well - a
Driyilcgp "a hear ono Of the busiest men
IN The world The answer came two or
three weeks age and il shows how we'll
his work was done.
Continued on page -
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
SOCIALIST URGES SPEED
IN RFNAKTNG GERMANY

Rv associated f'-see ta f.,orv Fvenir-
tnsterdam it4--aa. Nor w
t. mistaken --~Hnrfaar f1af 4e 1r1ncl-
pal task Df he nariart-l s-1mblv j!l b-
p'It -5 Sort sf aHlciai -"ai non hr ar9
State AZ nftai~- Iro ..sk =: thc ~scrnh
E1'ii ~ nothing toss than fa conSt rlIct 4nd
furnish safeguards aor the drScf tp re
5mit within the newly created framework
critic Phiipp ~cheidemann iu the Or
warr' ~ Berlin
II i hoped that The next l-w weeks
wilt bring preliminary Deacc hr ror-
tintto- The entente vlll rGnr.Gde
final peace ani, rIta a consolidated
Germany q ac foremost TASK 4f .an
assembly therefore, alli be 70 safeguard
ani give expression to the peopie's vIil
ii order p deprive me entente 81 all
pretext Tor delaying 4 mai peace.
since the dissolution af he RelcA-
stag and the disappearance of the Bundes-
rath there Is no auth0ritv I'D v0te new
credits, whereas tne empire urgently
needs financial security ~ avert iImeas-
urahie damage. There can be no political
or economic prosperity without 4 n2-
tional ssenblr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
PARIS PR|MPS,, PEACE
RULERS COMING SOON
President Wilson Expected Decem-
Der II; 10 Have Great Wei
coming Demonstration.
~ Aseociated Press 70 Evcrg Evcain~


Paris Nov - President Nilson is
expected 10 arrive ID Paris sbCuf De
ccrnber z. according ~ Information here
TODAY Plans we're being made for thr
entertainment of The American President
as we'll rs hc allfed rIcr- vino wil vislt
Pqrs betwppn November and Docclnbpr
Tho visits wiil bcgln ~ hc end n ths
month nlth The arrival IF hing G"orgh
and Queen Narr NJ Great Britain king
Alberf and Queen Elizabeth 81 Belgium
wall come ~ December ) - bc followed
t5r President Wilson
Popular demonstrations wIll mark 1o
vielt af the President and the rulers of
Great Britain 4nd BclNum Who also Will
he entertained at \ srricz ~ fetes and
Official functi ions which wiI take the form
ii niitar, and civle celebrations 81 thc
allied succcs-e- II }hc yar
II Is understood that President Wilson
viii occupy 3 private MANSION N the
residential section Of tho capital. ""
niane for ms entertainment had bcen
announced except that he val be gwen Fl
reception on ms arrival by the municipal
council 4 commemorative medal will
10 presented 70 the President at the re-
ccption
The arrival of the President is expected
10 Be coincIdent with the resumption IF
the activities Oi the lnter-ailIed conference.
The Peace Conference then viii begin
70 take definite form.
Ning George and Queen Mary ~
England arc expected to arrive Ia Paris
Nor - The executive committee -
-ae municipal council ha- decided t3
9rgalIze important entrance festivities ID
connection R1tH -he vi-r Z. aeyr .e~-
tIe~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
7. T. SPEER DEAD.
Wilmington Soldier Succumbed TO
Wounds Sustained in Battle
in France.

Jacob erd.uand ~pccr son 4 the tate
George ~ucer. Wilmington busI-
ness man was Ii lcd IN actltr III France
on October - according 10 fnotI0e sent
to the fan4lv III llQ5 Dcl-4b are avenue
through 4 War Department telegram
received las; night While the message
brought no intmation Of where he had
fallen Il ls presumed hc wfi~Tn the fight
IuC when the ~ AiihIc salient was
eliminated The Young soldier was a
student at Cornell when his father died,
and he left college 10 conduct the latter $
roofing business until hc was called into
service
Mr.. Speer was graduate Of the Vii
rnington High School beng ho OF man
in his class oi 1909 He entered Cornell
the same year, ia mechanical engine IN.
Ia lis junior year he WIS called home
~ hi> father death aud lett colle2e 10
conduct the latter roofing business,
continuing II under tile nau.c ot MS father
Gcorgc / >poCr, }Hid he na7 called into
service IIc Wa- q simmer and an active
member ot the o,mg Men Republican
Chb
lIe j. the uiddc pu, ~ hrcc brothers,
Ill fighting Tor thclr cnuntrt across the
-ra- III three for The past tAo months
have been actively ougaged 1T the front
The other two BOYS are apt:4in George
~peor Of the 10th iicld Artillery and
Private Thomas G ~i5ter of the 26th
ing neerS.
herd, as he vas known by bis many
friends, was ~ 1t 70 Camp DIS on May
% four weeks later, upon hi- request, b.
y.a- sent overseas With the 90tb Casualty
Division ard thence Transferred To the
3lprh Field Hospital, }6Ot 4 SANITARY Train
His last letter, written IN September IL,
Just one month before his death, stated
that he had again been transferred and
was fighting on he front with the 35Sth
Infantry, q machine gunner Ills
regiment was composed oi men largely
from oklahoma and TeAa- Ills rapid
enhancement INTO active ~eryIc, was un-
doubtcdly due - bis three lcar, military
training coupttd Nth hi~ studies uhiIc
at Cornell hi- strong mentality, and cs-
ppci>lIy hi@ tue physique, which fitted
him for HE rIgnr- 81 var Althuuph ONLY
N wear, Old. having been bonn ia August
~. 1891, hc was popular with the oldest
business men with whom he came in
coutaci, and VIA 4 great favorite among
ail his associates
Another Delaware 10y hos made
the supreme sacrifice in France. ac-
cgriing to cab dispatches reporting
10 Mrs Leonard lhoTp Of Penny Hill
!.c death from shrapnel wounds d
her son Lewis Kramer ihorp. on DC
tOber % Thorn trained at Fort du P0nt
before going overseas Ilc Was a grand
! son of William Ii Kramer VINO has d
/ printing office at $40 Shlplev street
I Mrs Samuel Ford of Willow Grove
| has been notified by the War Depart
/ meut that her son, Private George b
Ford, il reported a. missing in action
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
$1,000 IN BONDS BURN.
Wife Of Owner Of ID stroyed Cabin
Tells Of Loss Of Wealth.

one thousand il cash three 500 ana
two $50 Liberty bonds werc burned ii
hrc which destroyed The cabin ii Ben
jalniu ID i4u. ii TIL, cabin settlement
The eastern end ol tie Eleventh street
bridge over THE Brandywine about ii 05
. clock Chi- morning
The independence Fire 90 responded to
still alarm. but the cabin was totally
destroyed before i could subduc the
flames. Dumu> wife waws alone ii tie
house 1T TIE timc aud wss - shocked
that little could b. learned of the affair
She declared that the largo sum named
had been burned Tho los il about $500
aside from the money
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
BREWERS PLAY STRONG
HANDS IN PILITiCS
Probers Reveal They Watch end
Flgh. Prohibition Candidates
With Ballots.
= As~e,la.ga - . l1e.s f0.0lot

bN Asset "a 80 I 4s2s ~ - II ft'a'h
Washington. NoE tlrstuQrd @sr-
p4lgns directed IL tlr : Brewers
Aasoofst ION against proln .tlal laWs and
drf sent.ineui eere described t. the
Senata eom.uttee Investigating .rcWery
propaganda lodt9 h1 iohn Ncbsrmatt
III Kew Aork n.usger q tie organiz,r4
committee
Under questioning hc ufssua. .I,. u.
organizations formed u various States,
sometimes with their a4te- gltr- no
Indication q the publr ii ster purno-
Ht told oi speaker sent nto eectlou~ ,t.-
gagged IN vet and .lrN tights anu oi other
aet iyItles
NeDermott sad he prepared j seael-
I'll, showing the situation III mant states
tut denied that his committee ACTUALLY
participated II political contests eAcent
III Tennessee amt Texas. where il sup
ported anti-prohihltion candidates for
governor
III other states local orglnization were
left to conduct the contest in favor Of
inelit iiHal candidates favorable Il the
brewery interests
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
ENTENTE TROOPS MARC HING
TO SEAL klEN Vie rORl

Es As-c,.ated pr.-, b Ese- Eseu.aS
Basel. No> p tutusc reas, .-
rnarch.ug en INtt aeor,iug se,
ia newspapers b >Nft1er'and tea
Sko-opadski, kf.ttaan ,lcta ..t. ~a-
surrendered gud General Demkinf leader
9t anti- Boisheysr arcc> has bccn 1at a,s
Ills successor vta the npu>en- Ae
e0tgute aHtt.a~ -a:a
Iae aeu .a.4..- .sa.aa-
.a. .l154eut lu Hy asat 4 N, 1.
.ut5 -Bni>hes .tu..- Na u.rfc.
through ogeun1n Ne0u-Ga. 4 Na-
added that tnr k-4-lan ua.i,.a
-emhll nad vl pd tnat s pro ~lone
government a3l been established n.
General Dye,.s General >korcnai9.t
a4 been diyta aor .e NrnDv. ''f7 re
help vi ,he Au,t-ans aua l'crmals SINCE
la>t Alcy
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
RAILROAD JOBS BACK.
Former Employees Honorably Dis
charged by u. S. Will be
Restored to Old Posts.
By Associated pcoss 70 Every Egenjn.

i3V Associated Pfess 70 Every Eteutus
New York Nov. - 4 innjority Of the
nations railroads plan 10 restore ~
employees who entered military and naval
servicc the seniority rights which thcy
sacrificed when they left the roads
employment, according 70 IN order bY
the United States railroad administration
made public here today
In 80 far rs practicable. preference m
accomplishment and reinstatement would
bc given 10 soldier and 4ailors a. qutckY
rs they ore mustered ont Of Federal
Service. he order ,ald
Issued over the Signature If ". &.
McAioo Director General ii Railroads
the order says the following general prlncl-
pies will gorcrn
- IN tho case of an cmployc having
established seniority rights, - tar -
practicable and whore the empl1yo Is
phvsically qualified. hc will Dc reet"rcd5
to Surh seniority rights
"R In he case of empiovcs Who do
not have seniority rights under existing
practices. a consistent effort VIII he made
to provlde employment for them nhcr
mustered out of military service