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! comradeship and cooperation be-
tween the British and American
navies."
Discusses Role of Fleet.
The correspondent then adds:
President Wilson, in discussing
the role of the British heet in the
maintenance of what, at any rate
during the war, had been the free
OF the world. spoke with a sincerity
which no amount Of writing can con-
vey. His accents convinced me that
he is believer in the decency and
honesty of the Anglo-Saxon race. He
said:
at is essential for the future
peace of the world that there should
be the frankest cooperation and
| most generous understanding be-
tween the two Engl1sh-speaking de-
mocracies. We comprehend and ap-
preciate, I believe, the grave prob
lens which the war has brought to
the British people. and fully under
stand the special international Ques-
tions which arise from the fact of
your peculiar position as an island
empire"
The correspondent declared that he
left the President with the assur-
ance ringing in my ears that he de-
sired to cooperate with the British.
| and with all the allies. in securing,
with their counsel, new state OF al
fairs throughout the world"
Stories EnEven Interview.
THE President had fixed an hour to
| receive me, and rather than depart
from his rule Of punctuality he cur
tailed his inspection of American
headquarters at the Hotel Crillon.
| followed the President to the charm
| ing residence placed at his disposal
by Prince Murat. President Wilson
welcomed me and conducted me to the
| room where he does the most of his
| work.
"Our talk led us over many topics,
J some grave and some gay. He is by
far the best teller of anecdotes have
ever heard He told story about the
way lin which the Americans solved
the problem Of governing their Irish
population by letting the Irish police
them.
! "When the conversation touched
upon the great questions of the peace
conference the Presidents smile re-
NAMED in allegiance. 1t is not as a
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MEETS NEXT IN NEW ORLEANS
Southern Surgical Association
Elects Officers and Adjourns.

BALTIMORE. Nd, December 81
New Orleans was selected as the place
for its next meeting by the Southern
Surgical Association. which has con-
cluded its thirty-fi session here.
Officers were elected as follows:
President. Dr. j. Z. Thompson, Gal
weston. Tex: vice presidents. DR.. G. II.
Robins, Richmond. Va. and DIR. G.. A
Hondon, Louisville. KY: secretary. DR.:
Hubert A. Register, Raleigh, n. e., and
treasurer DIR. Guy L. Hummer of Bal
timore Drs. Register and Hummer
were reelected.
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ASK FOR THEIR DISCHARGE
AND RETURN TO HOMES
MANNERS of Reclamation Detach-
ment at Camp Meade Ask for Re
lease From Duties.

Anpeal is made by members Of the
reclamation detachment at Camp
Meade that they be discharged and
he permitted to return to their usual
occupations.
In this detachment are men with
heart trouble, lung trouble. rheuma-
tism. bad eyes, fiat feet and other de-
fects.
during the winter to work at vari-
ous posts, alongside of civilians who
are being paid much more for the
Same class of work. Many of them
have dependents, it is stated.
The men believe they could be better
able to care for themselves and their
families, and would be Of greater service
"a &hex1eee discharges.
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Matted Milk was Originated by
HORIICK Avoid limitations and substitutes
Advertisement.
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fed to learn that there are in the
italian army SO many men who have
spent at least part of their lives in
the United States.
To Visit Brussels.
"I shall look forward also with
peculiar interest and satisfaction to
visiting Brussels, now. happily. de-
livered from the hand of her enemies
and restored to her own people and
king. In the United States We have
felt. and tried to express. very poig-
nant sympathy with the people of
Belgium for the steadfast faith they
have maintained throughout their
terrible trial, as we'll as for the peo-
pies of northern France and northern
Italy. upon whom the burden of war
has fallen so tragically.
President Powerful Factor"
LONDON, December 21-The inter-
view secured by the Times with Pres
ident Wilson at Paris yesterday was
distributed to the whole London press
by that newspaper. In the Times it
self the interview is given an extraor-
binary display. Commenting upon 1t,
the Times says:
"All freedom loving nations look to
President Wilson as the most power
full factor in making righteous and
durable peace"
The newspaper expresses conviction
that such peace is not to be secured
without the realization of Mr.. Will
sons ideal of a league of nations. The
most abiding impression of his visit
to England will be that the Eng
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lish are determined that safeguards
against future wars must be created"
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Executed, Protesting Innocence.

RALEIGH. n. c.. December 21.-
Protesting his innocence to the last.
Napoleon Spencer. seventeen-year-old
negro, of Salem, was put to
Death by electrocution at the state
penitentiary here yesterday for the
killing Of Mrs. Harvey Hester, a white
woman. last March. Spencer was con-
victed In Surry county. aud the North
Carolina supreme court 1fifmed the
,ix,aGuaenf of tha lower court
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Fine For Rheumatism
Musaesole Eoosens Up Those, Sdf
Lmes-Dives Out Pain.

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dpuO sensA He-is 6s1n, Weste otue-
nsuG U0o NTH tho a q nu8l
esakr than q. usstard pes1EF-1ad does
not b0ueW. Brings 6aoe md comfort
while II 10 being rvhhod 81
NuOeerose b rocoaWneFaed o0 nSaay
doctors and nurses. hAfHlouo orb aeo
vsed snRusity for bronchitis, esuk a4t0
mock, 1s<NUa, neur1tota, pssuSsSy, fhA,
rnattoNs, tumbaoo, pains and 1eAes d
tho haek Or JOINTS, spraina. sose nssfseass,
bruises, eAiIblasns, frosted tes4 eo1ds of
the eDest ~ Often prevene8 pss1soaiah
1oVaUu11ou6ans;tos pit1bomS2 R
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Lieut. Herbert L. Shinn, a Wash
| ington boy, and graduate of the East
ern High School, now an assistant
surgeon in the United States Navy,
and assigned to duty with the ma
rines in Santo Domingo, recently was
commended by the commanding Off
Ger there for conspicuous bravery
during one of the numerous engage
ments on the island between United
States forces and the native insur-
rectos. He was recommended by the
colonel of the marines for medal
of honor.
The official notation made by the
colonel of the regiment with which
Lieut.. Shinn is serving indicates that
the young officer, at a critical period,
took command of a small force In
desperate situation and saved the ma
rines from massacre.
Develops Fine Spirit.
Referring to the splendid work in
the field of a company to which As
sistant Surgeon Shinn was at the time
attached, and giving him credit in
large measure for the fine spirit of
the personnel. saying that during the
absence of the captain, who was ill,
| much of the work of looking after
the men had devolved upon the as
sistant surgeon, the colonel said:
Il take this occasion to renew my
recommendation. made in reference,
that medal of honor be bestowed
upon this fine man and soldier-docto
Assistant Surgeon Shinn, for his Off
cer-like qualities, which. in spite of
take military command of the de-
tachment which had lost it's leader
August Is, 1918. and to lead the men
to one Of the best. if not the best.
achievements of the present cam
paign."
The news of the achievement" was
recently received here. and is to the
effect that Assistant Surgeon Shlnn
took military command "a duty
which naturally does not devolve
upon a member of the Medical Corps
when small detachment was am
pushed by force of over 100 insur-
rectionists. The officer commanding
the detachment had become separated
from his men and the situation was
critical.
Quick Action Saves Marines.
1t looked as if the Americans would
be annihilated. but by quick maneu-
vering the marines got into action
and turned apparent disaster into
overwhelming victory. Two OF the
marines were wounded-the extent of
the American casualties-but the in
surrectos suffered heavily, twenty be-
ing killed and about forty wounded.
The remainder of the force fled to
the adjacent forest.
During the fight a big native
rushed" Shinn. aiming blow at his
head with a bolo. The officer ducked
and the bolo split his hat in twain,
but at the moment of ducking the Of
ficer fred, killing his assailant.
One Of the duties of the marines in
Santo Domingo is to protect the sugar
growers from the marauding bands of
insurrectionists, sugar, as is well
known, having been of special impor-
lance to the United States since the
world war opened.
The strife overseas naturally has
absorbed public attention. and but
little has been printed of the United
States operations in the Dominican
Republic. but it is said the campaign
there the past eight months has been
continuous as well as arduous.
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master that he has come to Europe.
The first topic he touched upon was
the contrast between the congress OF
Vienna. which has caused So much
evil in the world. and the congress
of Versailles. which the world hopes
will right old wrongs.
Tells Why He Came.
Il told the President that some peo-
pie were asking why the President
of the United States should come to
Europe at this time. Mr.. Wilson re-
piled. To me the answer seems very
obvious.
The issues which must be deter
mined at the coming conference are
that the United States cannot refuse
to share with the allies their great
responsibility to civilization he con-
tinued. 1t is only by the most frank
personal counsel with the statesmen
of allied countries that I can in some
these problems
when I asked the President what.
in his mind, was the great purpose of
the conference and the great goal to-
ward which the delegates should
strive, he replied:
"I think the plain man on the
street could answer that question as
well as I. The plain people of the
nation are now looking with anxious
expectation toward Versailles. and
am sure they are asking themselves
this one question, will there be found
enough wisdom among the statesmen
there assembled to create safeguards
against future war;" Difficulties and
RESPONSIBILITIES, some of them very
urgent and pressing, which were pre-
sented by the successful termination
Of the great war. must, OF course, be
~ fhA
world as comrades of the less pow
erful.'
Plans for the Future.
THAT Mr.. Wilson is approaching
these great responsibilities in the
right spirit is shown clearly by his
reply to questions as to his plans for
the immediate future
1T will be my privilege, said he,
T hope in the near future. not only
to confer with xvied statesmen in
France, but also to visit allied coln-
tries and there learn as much as
I can by personal contact OF the
general sentiments relative to the
chief problems involved; Ny first
wish, Of course. is to visit the Amer
lean Army. The soldiers were the
special object Of my thoughts dur
ing the progress of hostilities, for it
was they that we were obliged to
sible way OF course, my heart has
become greatly involved in their for
tunes. I want to see as many of
them as I can consistently with my
present duties. If I do not have
the opportunity to visit the allied
armies, hope, at least, to see some
thing of our comrades in arms in
their own countries. I am anxious
to visit Italy. a country from which
so many Of my fellow citizens have
come, and I am interested and graft
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HIuIDIIuHDll
---Back Again.

nb1e the dialect
has been released from the Army
Sunday Herald
read every day. for hearty laugh turks within
Perkins lines.
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fed to learn that there are In the
italian army so many men who have
spent at least part of their lives in
the United States
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
PIPER HAD FOR SOME TIME
 CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE

Muskegon, Mich Dec. 22-'That Milo H. Piper. who last night ended his life in Q cell at the county jail here where he was held on a charge of killing Miss Freda Weichman, had for some time contemplated suicide, was the belief expressed by the au- thorities today.
 This assumption is based by the po- Ice on the finding of a brief and somewhat cryptic note which Coro- ner James F. Balbirnie announce was found pirSad Q the dead mans underwear. The note, which, accord irrS to the coroner seemingly was written while Piner was in Hamilton, Ont reads as follows:
 Dear Mother Father and Brother Thanks for all you have done for me. Take good care of Hil!1 and Choppy
 (Piper's wife and tl"ee year old son). As you or I must gro. let it be me. Goodbye all. l S-1 not guilty-Milo.
 No theory has been announced as to V hat Piper meant by the words You or l must go" At the bottom of the IEcte written on a piece OF paper such las is used in tobacco cans. were the words This dope comes from Ham iltcn.' It is this notation that leads the authorities to believe Piper wrote the words before being brought here from Hamilton. They also point out | that no lead pencil or means of pin ring the note to his underwear had been left in the prisoners cell. At the coroner's inquest. which vii i Ea held. tomorrow Coroner Balbirnie said today an effort would be made tc determine why Piper was left un-
 watched for two hours before Piper'S ! body was found
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
CONDITIONS IN BAVARIA
 ARE REPORTED CHAOTIC

Munich, Friday, Dec. 20 (By the A. PO.-So chaotic have conditions be- come during the past week or two that three of the various leading par ties have combined, for the first time in years, to issue what amounts to an ultimatum to the Bavarian govern ment. The Bavarian peoples party the German peoples party and the Munich branch of the liberal party have signed the appeal The socialist party did nat sien the ultimatum which reads:
 Recent occurrences, especially those of the last few days, leave no doubt that we are facing danger from an archy. The press is threatened, free dom of assembly exists TO longer, and the ballot is at stake. Will the nationa assembly, if it is ever chosen, be able to count on meeting? Has the gov ernment no Will to rule or no poYe~1
 Does the government want order or does it want anarchy? We direc these questions openly to the pro | vfsional government, especially to tn, 1 present minister. President Eisner 1 We expect and demand a definite ant
 unequivocal answer; not only in word.
 but in action. with comprehensive ant
 aggressive acts that will brook nt delay.
 Should this answer not be given we will know and all Bavaria vii know that neither from the presen 1 government nor from the assembly t
 be elected under it's responsibility i
 there anything else to be expected thai
 steady degeneration into the Bolshevis 1 abyss"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
AMERICAN AIRMEN DOWNED
 TOTAL OF s54 GERMAN PLANES

Washington. Dec 22. - American airmen in France brought down a to- tai of S54 German airplanes and S2 German balloons against an merican loss of 271 planes and 45 balloons, ac- | cording to a report cabled by Major General Harbord on December 15 and made public today by the war depart ment Destruction of the 354 of the enemy planes and 57 of the balloons l had been officially confirmed.
 l The total casualties of the Ameri-
 can air service in action were 442, in- ] cluding 109 killed, 103 wounded, 200
 missing, 27 prisoners and three in 1 termed.
 When the armistice ended the fight
 ing the report said. there were 39
 American air squadrons at the front They included twenty pursuit, six day
 and one night bombardment squad
 rons and five army. twelve corps and i one night observation squadrona The total personnel was 2,161 officers and P, 351 men at the front, with an ad- ditional 3643 officers and 2S,353 men in the service of supply. Eight Amer ican flying officers were detailed with the British army and 49 officers and 525 men with the French forces.
 The total strenoti1 Of the An1n~ican
 air service in France was 62oso, et whom 6,S61 were oncers. IhIs Was exclusive of the air service, mechanics regiment with the French army, mum bering 109 officers and AHA men.
 In addition to these trained men, the
 air service had eight separate schools
 in France. where 1923 pilots and 2,01z
 observers were under instruction anc lgraduations up to November II in- cldded 6.069 pilots and 2,045 observers
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
WOOD FOOD DIRECTOR FOR
 SERBIA AND JUGosLAVIA

Paris. Dec 22.-HerDert C. Hoover, yhe food administrator, announced to- . day that in accordance with the res clution of the associated governments to take energetic steps in relief work, he had appointed Colonel Wood, of the United States army, to be director of relief for Serbia and Jugoslavia on behalf Of the United States food ad- ministration.
 Colonel Wood and staff will leave at once for BclcSade and other points in the territory under his jurisdiction. The allies countries will send repre- sentatives 10 participate in the work,
 Foodstuffs dispatched from the Unit cd States in cooperation between the Ver der. rtment and the food admin istration now are arriving in the Adri atic
 relopsl Mcintosh of the United states army. will leave imm cdiatel1 :or Triest U take charge of the sup iiE lases He will cooperate with
 Uloucl Wood and the allied repre- s"ntatives in charge of thp Gistribu- ,lions in Serbia. Herzegovina and Montenegro.
 Investigations made by tho United States nav officials are reported to si;ow 'ihat the situation of the pnpu- istions of the towns in these regions i- extremely critical
 The food administration also is dis patchn~ a mission to Poland, com posed O. Colonel Grove. of the Ameri- can army: Dr. Vernon c. Kellogg, for mer director of tho commission for relief of Belgium. and Hugh Gibson former first secretary Of tE. Ameri- can embassy in London. Missions 10 ti-is region also arc being dispatched by the British and French govern rIents. Additional missions arc being organized for Rumania.
 Relief measures in Belciun and ir northern France arc being rapid1V ex- landed to offer shelter and c'othing. Tho work IS being done through the mission for relief Tn Belgium under the direction Of W. B. Poland and with inc cooperation of the Amerian ar my and navy G1d the British anl French armies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
 WAS PLAYED AT COBLENZ

Coblenz, Friday, Dec. 20 (By Courier to Nancy-By the A. P.).-For the first time since the occupation of their city, the people of CobIenz heard The Star Spangled Banner" today. It was play ed by a French band during a review of French troops by General Dickman, commander of the American army ci occupation.
 When it was announced that a bat talion of Algerians and a detachment of Zouaves were scheduled to reach Coblenz today, tlRe French commander suggested a review by General Dick
 man. The ceremony, already far moro imposing than anything the Americans had offered was made more impressive for the inhabitants of Coblenz by the presence of General Mangin, who was accompanied by three other French ] generals. The parade was witnessed by small crowds of Germans on the sidewalks. They carefully suppressed any emotions they might have fer. The French did not stop, but conti.J- ued northward to a sector they will occupy further down the Rhine.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS NEW
 CONSTITUTION OF GERMANY

Amsterdam. Dec. 22-The Dussel- dorf NachrielSen says that the con- ference held at Berlin to discuss the new constitution of Germany agreed upon the following fundamentals:
 An elected president. to be head of the government with powers midway between those of the president of the United States and the king of Eng land: parliamentary principles to gov ern tie president in forming a cabi- net, which wiV be assisted by dele gates of the fcJeral republics to the c-called Statenhaus. which cores ponds to the American senate; the Statenhaus. however, must not inter- fore with the independence of the in dividual federal republics. which will number fourteen or fifteen.
 The participants in the conference included Hugo Preuss, state secretary of the interior: Professor Peters, Pro- lessor Max Weber of the University If Heidelburg, and the Austrian min ister Hartman, all well known author ities on constitutional law
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
SEVEN REPUBLICS HAVE BEEN
 SUGGESTED FOR GERMANY

Dresden. Saxony, Dec. 22 (By the A. P.) ).-4=}Nss4lhenish official advances the suggestion for 8 future Germany com posed of seven republics constructed along the lines of the United States, as follows:
 First; Upper Saxony, composed of the former kingdom of SaXony, with Thuringia, EffUrt Magdeburg, Anhalt and German Bohemia. Capital, Dres- den
 Second: Lower saxony, with Han over, Lippe, Brunswick Oldenburg, Bremen. Hamburg. Lubeck and Schles-
 wig Holstein. Capital, Hanover Third; Rhineland, with Baden, AL sace, Pfalz, Rhenish Hesse. the Rhine province, Hesse Nassau and West phal'a. Capital, Coblenz
 Fourth: Swabia, with Wurttemberg and Hohenzolltrn. Capital Stuttgart Fifth: Bavaria. Sixth; German Austria with 'Veier- mark, Kaenntus and the Tyrol Seventh: Brandenburg and Prussia with Mecklenberg Pomeramia, Posen and Silesia Capital, Berlin.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
LIBERTY CABBAGE FOR
 CIVILIANS IN GERMANY

Berlin, Saturday, Dec. 21.--(By The A. P)-The central bureau for the control of vegetables and fruit has re- leased 300,0O1 metric tons of Lib erty cabbage for civilian consump- ton. The stock of pickled cabbage had been reserved for the army and the navy, bur as he result of 'lemobiliza- tion official equisitioniIg is being rap- idly reduced and the pubic soon will be able to draw full peace time ra- tions of the rational dish.
 Prussia has received more than half the present allotment while Bavaria and SaXony each has been given one fifth. The distribution has been scrupulously apportioned over the en- tire country and while the figures ap- pear to be fabulous the amount dis tributed will afford a passing relief in the stringent food situatTon. New ertheless the fact that sauerkraut again will be listed in the menus will be hailed IS one. of the substantial achievements of the revolution
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-23
ALLIES GIVING RUSSIA
 SERIOUS CONSIDERATION

London, Saturday, Dec 21. = The whole question of Russia is under se- rious consideration by the allies, Reu- ter's agency learns from an authorita- tive British source. No plan, however, has been formulated, and nothing can be- settled definitely until there has been an opportunity to discuss the matter with President Wilson.
 There have been numerous alarmist reports recently relative to the size Of the Bolshevist army, but figures quoted so far are considered congregations. The actual fighting strength probably is not much over 200,000 or 300, 900. Discipline has been introduced, but only by means that are far more tyrannical than anything known under the old regime.
 In considering the present political position, it must be remembered that for some months it has been quite impossible for the opponents of the Soviet government to express their opinions in public. All leaders of thought who care for the future of their country have been forced to flee either to Siberia or to the south. In the latter region there are several anti Bolshevist governments in existence.