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New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Architect Tells How
Major King Was Slain

ELKTON, Md. Dec. Thames R.
Turner, of New York, chief government
architect at the Aberdeen proving
ground, was the principal witness for
the prosecution to-day in the trial of
Charles Halwardt Johnson for the mur-
ger OF Major John r. King, of Brook
lyn, N. T., also an architect ct the
proving ground. Turner and Major
hing were friends and both boarded at
the johnson home. Turner testified that
or the evening of the shooting he and
Major King had been writing letters
to their wives. subsequently," said
the witness, johnson came to my door
and exclaimed excitedly, why don't
you fellows keep the doors closed?'
81 next heard johnson exclaim,
you'll have to get out of this house
Then the sound of their voices grew
fainter, and then I heard johnson
shout, You y Then came the
sound of door slamming, followed bv
the report of shot, and Major Kings
voice, Turner, Johnson has shot me.
call the post hospital and get a
DOCTOR"
Mrs. Carrie Harkins, a neighbor of
;Johnson's, testified she went to the
home after hearing the shot fired and
saw Major King go out of the house.
She found johnson sitting on the porch.
he told her he ordered Majcr King to
leave the house, he refused to 60. and
he shot him.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
S,2o5 Wounded Soldiers, Many From
1'e'0 York, Return With Thrilling Tales

street; John j. O'Donnell, Company X,
1ioth infantry, 173 Fifteenth Street,
brooklyn; Thomas J. Feller, 165th In
fIantry, .h23 West Forty-ninth Street;
george Laganos, Company H, SO6th In,
IMantry, 80 Madison Street; William j.
FARRELL, Company A, 306th Infantry. 40
Sentrc Street, Newark, N. j.; Edward
lyons, Company L. Tooth Infantry, 1896
west l45th Street; Michae, Kavanagh.
battery B, 304th Field Artillery. $50
west Forty-titth Street; Anthony Va
relia, Company K, 3OSth Infantry. 3711
thirteenth Avenue, Brooklyn; Theodore
NJ: rransen, Company C, 314th Infantry
~ Suydam Street
Dr. Alfred NJ. Bergstein, lieutenant
N n the Medical Corps, 18th Regulars, of
r.oV'sviile, Penn. passenger on the
Maui was decorated for bravery. He
fought IN the Chateau Thierry and St.
Mlhlel sectors and was wounded seven
teen times by shrapnel. Major Oliver
l.. White, of the 319th Infantry. who
was wounded at Verdun, returned. de-
claring the Germans were beaten from
the beginning of the battle of Chateau
Thierry
Lieutenant j. r. Harden, of the 5tl
Marines, whose home is at 10 Mount
Prospect Avenue, Newark, N. j.. was ir
every battle from the Marine to Verdun
with the exception of Scissors. He
was nine times over the top and twice
wounded. Corporal E. f. Brook. OF
lrevent, Tenn, of the 9Th. Marines
came back wounded, but wore the Dis
tingulshed Service Cross. He fought
his way through the falling shells tc
rescue fellow officer and was manned
III the task
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
L. S. Officers, Captiues on
U-B0at, Faced Allied Shells
Leutenants Fulcher and Muller Bring Back Thrill
ing Story of Is Days Spent on Enemy Subma-
nne-Floating Prison Now i'm British Hsrbor

among the passengers on the Gu
"ard liner Caronia arriving from Liver
pooi yesterday were three United
states naval officers who had been
through adventures seldom experienced
outside of story books.
Two were for forty-fv days pris.
oners on German submarine, and told
OF being shelled by one British ship
oepth bombed by another, of witness
ing neutral Norwegian ship being
robbed and sunk and finally of running
the gantlet through the North Sea
mine fields at full speed at the com.
mand of drunken German officers.
Another officer, Captain Orrin G
Murfin, related how American seamen
had risked their lives in laying 10000
North Sea mines to bottle up the Ger.
man naval forces.
Inc U-boat prisoners were Lieu.
tenants Junius Fl. Fulcher, Of Norfolk
Va, and Frank l.. Muller. of Oakland
Cal. who were taken aboard the U K
l52 after the sinking of the transport
Ticonderoga.
On September 80. owing to the thick
weather the night before. the Ticonde.
roga found herself lost from the con.
voy of eighteen ships" related Lion.
tenant Fulcher. "About 6:30 a. m thf
Ioz sneaked up and opened fire
wien s'N-lhch hrupps. Both our CUR
erews opd s,,v were m FILLED, the ship set afire
ahd a. our captain wounded.
The submarine submerged when the
cruiser Galveston hurried up. But
later, when we had lost sight of the
Gal 1eston, the U-boat opened I'M aca;n
AT the first attack our boats Gere
lowered and most of the men. includ;ne 9
Captain Madison, escaped. Twentvts
hve of us had remained on board ic
extlnguish the fire. We were trv;no ~ S
repair our steering gear when The n.
'ooaI renewed the attack.
Just before the Ticonderooa +ool
her last plunge, Lieutenant Muller tool
one boat and nine men, and I. with six.
teen men, got on raft.
=, "Lleutenant Muller's boat sank
Some of the men were drowned Others
chung to the submerged boat. In five
minutes the submarine was alonpsidf
our raft. The Germans first begar
picking up onions and potatoes thai
up Mr. Muller. AS ranking officer on
the raft l was ordered aboard the
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18

U-boat at the muzzle of the German
captains revolver.
One American seaman called out
am German, but | have lived in
the United States seventeen wears;
take me on board
The U-boat commander replied +:
Stay on the raft. You're hell of a
me specimen of a German. God will!
save you
"A badly wounded American sailor
asked to be taken aboard the U-boat
d0r 10 treatment. The captain answered:
TO hell with you!'
so far as | know there were onlv
nineteen survivors of the 235 on the
Ticonderoga--seventeen whom de-
stroyer picked up and Lieutenant Null
Ter and myself"
Lieutenant Fulcher said the U-boat's
doctor dressed the six wounds on his
legs once and then forgot" him. The
only baths the American officers en-
Joyed during their forty-hve cap
tivlty was during a rainstorm, when
they were permitted on the subma-
rine's deck.
"On October 13 the Norwegian sail
ing ship Stelfnder was sighted" con-
tlnued Lieutenant Fulcher. "The Ger
man compelled her to Law to under
threat of shell fire. The ship was rif1ed
or oil and provisions, her crew put in
the boats and then the ship was sunk
Later the submarine fired torpedo
at good sized British steamship, but
missed. Then the U-boat went to the
surface and fired sixty shots at her
The steamships S 0 S calls brought
British cruiser, and the submarine
submerged. We felt the explosions OF
depth bombs dropped by the cruiser
but the U-boat was not damaged.
Two days later the Fritzes fired q
torpedo ut another British steamer. but
missed. Then the Boches went to the
surface and exchanged she'll fire with
the steamer. The U-boat finally gave
1t up and submerged"
The officer told of a reckless rushine
OF the North Sea mine fields at the
command of the submarine officers, who
were under the influence of champagne
klel was reached November Is, and the
American officers were permitted to &C
ashore under guard of sailor. The
adventure of the American officers was
brought to a close November "a. wher
the submarine on which they were cap.
tlves was surrendered at Harwich
Captain Murfin, who was in charge OF
the laying Of mines across the North
Sea from the Orkney Islands to the
Norwegian coast, paid glowing tribute
to the pluck of the American seamer
assigned to that task
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
War Hero Hits
Snag in Laws
OF Citizenship
Must Begin All Over Again
With Naturalization AT.
ter Fighting in France
Resided Here Many Years
His Case Is First of Many;
City Clerk Urges Amend
ment by U. S. Congress

Peter. Joseph Abbate, who fought
uith the 16sth Regiment of the French
army. suffered for his heroism in bat
t,e and love for the country of his
birth Yesterday when he was denied
American citizenship by Justice Faber
in the Supreme Court at Long Island
City. Abbate was the victim of the
;nexorable provision of the naturaliza-
lion laws that person applying for
citizenship in this country must live
here continuously for five years.
The experience of the French soldier,
who lives at 529 First Avenue. Astoria,
is the first of the kind that has come
before the local courts. but will no
doubt be followed by hundreds. if not
thousands, Of others, for during the
war Frenchmen. Italians and British
who had lived here several years and
lad applied for citizenship answered
the call TO arms. only to lose their
standing as prospective citizens of the
United States These patriots, like Alb
bate. must wait five years more from
ihe time Of their return before they
can qualify.
This situation is likely to be changed
Il the suggestion is accepted which
County Clerk William F. Schneider, of
Manhattan, made last night when he
heard about the Abbate case The
County Clerk. who also is the head of
a naturalization bureau, said that he
favored the prompt enactment of an
amendment to the naturalization laws.
exempting men who went to Europe to
light against the Central Powers from
he present provision cancelling their
PREVIOUS time of residence here.
Il think it would be great wrong
10 penalize such men," said County
Clerk Schneider "Of course, as the
law stands to- day, it cannot be helped,
but there should be no trouble in put
ting through Congress an act which
will give these men on their return
from the war the standing as United
States residents that they had before
they went to war"
Abbate is a native of Paris. He came
to this country in 1907, and in 1911 he
applied for his first papers.
'l left this country August, 1914"
he told Justice Faber yesterday, land
went direct to Paris, where I joined
the colors. ! was wounded and spent
time in q hospital, and did not return
until after my discharge, in February,
1916"
Upon objection to the admission of
Abbate, made by the Assistant United
States Attorney. who was conducting
the examination of applicants, Justice
Fsber was compelled to deny Abbate
his final papers.
The cases of two Germans and two
Austrians were adjourned to Febru-
arv
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Private Goes to Parley
Discharged From Army 10 Seek
Freedom of Enirus

AVER, Mass, Dec. 17.-First Glass
Private NJ. j. Cassavetes. secretary and
treasurer of the Pan-Epirus Society,
was discharged at Camp Devens TO-DAY
on special order from Washington. is
sued in Exceptional circumstances to
permit him to attend the peace confer
ence at Versailles.
He will sail soon for Europe to rep
resent his society, which numbers
10000, in an effort to obtain indepen-
dence for Epirus. He has been on dutv
at the camp surgeons office.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Pershing Designates
$500 More Officers
And Men to Return

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-General
Pershing notified the War Department
today that he had designated for early
convoy home number of additional
units, including the 9th Engineers and
the 346th Field Artillery; in all about
$500 officers and men.
Other units named are 153d, 482d,
491st, 9th and 1,102d aero squadrons,
I'd trench mortar battalion, 18th COM
pany Of the 4th motor mechanics reg
ment, and British replacement draft
number one, air service.
The assignment by General Pershing
Of the 92d division (National Army,
negroes, for early convoy home, has
been cancelled. In making this an
nouncement to-day the War Depart
ment gave 70 explanation, but the as
sumption here is that the division
has been selected as reserve unit
held to reinforce the American army Of
occupation in Germany.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
U. S. Ship Is Stranded
Lake Bloomington Reported in
Distress Near Bordeaux

'oNDoN, Dec. 17.-The British
aner Llnmore, from Portland, De-
.ADer l, for Falmouth, with cargo
- =. ~aeat, and the British steamer Aras.
rom Philadelphia, Nov. 27, for Loueh
Swllly, have arrived at oueenstown
b.sh s Oo'h report they were damaged by
'eavy weather.
III. .o'o'ng to advices from Bordeaux
ton american steamer Lake Blooming
ns.. stranded at Pointe de la Coubre.
fros mere and semaphore message
ses. '"e snip said, owing to the heavy
in t., two she was in danger of breaking
Sydnev Lake * Bloomington sailed from
rivir.as d was reported December @ , sshses ss YES
living at Penarth. 'si g as ar
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Ship Brings Naval Fighters
Storm.Tossed Dutch Steamer
Here With Aviators and Sailors

The Dutch steamship Prinses Juliana,
IN 9 command of Captain L. D. Douglas,
day from Liverpool with eight naval
avlators, thirty-three American sailors
and 10l civilian passengers.
Throughout the trip the vessel bucked
her way through stiff westerly gales
and heavy head seas, which ripped off
part OF her starboard rail and carried
away temporary troop washhouse built
on the main deck forward of the bridge.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Radicals Demand Release
Of Ali Anti-War Prisoners

Resolutions demanding the imme-
date release by means of a general
amnesty of all persons imprisoned dur
ing the war for seditious acts and VI =
terances were unanimously adopted a
a conference of the Workers Liberty
Defence Union, held last night at For
ward Hall. About 130 labor unions.
Socialist locals and I. w. w. societic ;
were represented at the meeting.
Scott Nearing, Socialist lecturer,
made a brief address in which he re
viewed the attitude of the Socialist
party and union labor in general to-
ward the abolition of freedom of
speech and assemblage." Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn, 1. ". w. agitator, cited
many cases of what she called the
"horrible oppression meted out to
various Socialist obiectors.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18


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New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Bonfres TO Honor Wilson

GENEVA, Dec. 16.-The frontier Of
French Savoy bordering on Switzerland
was illuminated with great bonfire )
last night in honor of the arrival in
France of President Wilson. At re-
sorts like Evian-les- -Bains there was
dancing on a large scale for the first
time since the beginning of the war
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18

ricled up by Staten Island ferryboat
and a few ships a, anchor nearby. The
policemen informed the men IN the
Celtic that a real rousing reception
would be forthcoming when the ship
reaches the battery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
SOLDIERS AS FARMERS
OPERATED LARGE TRACT OF
LAND; PROFITS, $4,000
Most Excellent Showing Was
Made BY Men Stationed At
Camp Grant
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Camp Grant, ILL.,, December IA
Soldier farmers of the salvage and
reclamation units at Camp Grant,
who caused widespread comment by
operating a farm of 900 acres and
showing a net profit of $4,000 at the
end of the year, may continue the
work on still broader scale next
year.
While other troops are being must
cred out of service here. there has
beeen no mention Of discharging the
salvage division, and already plans
are being made for 1900 tract next
year. Eight hundred acres of this
has been plowed.
The $4,000 profit remained after
deductions had been made for ma
chinery depreciation and wages of
50 day for each soldier working.
Nearby farmers had their crops in
| the field when Grant men began to
| sharpen plows. The soldier farmers
were in the field May "a. Twelve
/ days after machinery had been pur-
chased 275 acres of corn, $50 acres
| of hay, forty acres of sweet corn,
and thirty-fve acres of potatoes were
| in the ground.
| Hay was harvested at $32 per ton,
ST. 900 worth being turned over to
the camp remount station; 4,785
bushels Of corn brought $4,000, and
potatoes at ninety cents a bushel
j brought $1,000. The unusual low
prices of nine cents was made on
sweet corn as all of it went to camp
mess tables. 1t brought 1855.
Late Fall Crops.
| Until the report of late fall crops
was made, government reports show
ed that environments all over the
country were harvesting total of
$500 acres, little less than half Of
which was credited to the Illinois
! camp. TO cover this enormous tract
only thirty men were used on the
average, some of them working on
night shifts in busy season. A total
, of $4,000 was spent for machinery
tractors, and seed The pay to men
in the six months amounted to So
$780,
Sweet corn was marketed with the
camp mess supply detachment, field
corn was marketed in Chicago. DO
tatoes were fed in camp, and oats
and wheat were marketed here. Next
year, 400 of the proposed 1900 acres
may be shifted from truck to forage
on account of labor.
! Most of the soldiers picked, all of
whom were picked from limited sery-
ice units, were farmers, but there
were some men wholly inexperienced.
While nearby farmers worked eigh
teen hours a day, Grant farmers
labored but eight hours. The work
under these conditions was unusually
| fast
Hugh Findley, Columbia Univer.
sity professor, came to Grant as gov
eminent inspector in September and
praised highly the work of Captain
Beall and Lieutenant H. G. Gese-
bracht. Ar effort is being made to
bring Lieutenant r. E. Franklin, now
at Camp Funston reclamation camp.
back to Grant as he was responsible
for the early work here. Lieutenant
Tlllman is at present aiding Captain
Beall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
George P. GeisIer, Teacher OF
French In Schools At
Rochester

Rochester, Deco mber 13.-The Post
and Record says that George P.
Geisler, teacher of French and Span
ish in the Rochester high school,
this noon resigned his position upon
request of the board of education.
The board had information from mil
itary intelligence bureau. and from
the surgeon generals office that
Geisler was inclined to be un- Ameri.
can. Geisler came from Germany and
took out naturalization papers sew
enteen years ago. He was a social
list, it is said. 1t is reported that
despite the fact that he became a
citizen, he still retained too much
love for the old country and that it
was his belief he had right to free
ly criticise the. government in war
time.
Investigation showed that Geisler
was graduated from the University of
Texas after coming to this country.
He spent his summers in Mexico, it
is reported. Why, no one knew.
Later he became a United States
instructor in the Philippines and then
interpreter in the land court in Man
lila. AfScr that he worked in the
Surgeon generals office and then
came to Rochester. What he will do
now and when he will leave here
are facts known to himself alone.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
Lieutenant Philip Comstock With
French On TriumphaI Entire
Into Metz

Lieutenant Philip Comstock, son of
Judge w. j. Comstock of this CITY
was one of the Americans to witness
the triumphal entrance of the French
into Metz at which time the "lost
provinces" were formally taken over
by the French. In the letter Lieuten.
ant Comstock stated that he was in
the front lines at the finish of the
hight. His troops were brigaded with
the French and the fighting was ter
rifle up until the very stroke of eleven
o'clock, when the armistice went into
effect.
Lieutenant Comstock is now with
the army of occupation and is at the
German frontier with the 337th ma
chine gun detachment. He does not
expect to be able to return home for
at least a year yet. Next June.
Lieutenant Comstock will have been
IN the federal service practically con-
tlnuously for three years, counting
the time spent on the board with the
Minnesota national guard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
Danv1Ue

Mrs. George Klaus and son Harold
left Saturday for Mankato, the former
to visit relatives in the city, and the
latter to attend the Commercial col
lege.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Lester Fowler OF
Mapleton were guests of Mr. and Mrs
Omer Bolinger Sunday.
Fred LentZ and son Clarence are ill
with influenza.
James Lyons and cousin, Miss Flor
ence Lyons of Madison Lake spent
Sunday at the Mike McCardle home
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Bolinger, son
Earl and daughter Maybelle spent
Sunday at the John Antoine home in
Medo.
Miss Elsie Bettner of Waldorf
visited over Sunday at the Robert
Baska home.
Mrs. John Albright, who has beer
i'll with the flu, is recovering rapidly
A very pleasant evening was spent al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Olsor
last Thursday evening when about
thirty of their friends and neighbors
gathered, it being surprise party
Games were played after which re-
freshments were served. Mr.. and
Mrs. Olson are now nicely settled il
their new home which they recently
purchased of Charley Albright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ogle are re.
joicing over the arrival of a little sor
at their home December 6.
Members of the Rob Degner family
are down with influenza.
Herbert Beska is attending schoo
in Waldorf.
| Miss Ethel Lentz left Saturday fol
visit with relatives in Mankato ant
expects to visit brother near Tyler
Mimi, before returning home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
He Was the Son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M. Jones, Lake Crystal.

Mankato friends today received
news of the death of Roy Jones, young
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Jones
of Lake Crystal, which occurred at
the home there this morning, death
resulting from influenza This makes
three deaths in the family during the
past week, the two young daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones having died
from the disease the first of the week.
The son had been very seriously ILL,
but was thought to be about out of
danger. His case changed for the
worse. however, and he died this
morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20

are scheduled to come twice a week.
That will keep me busy for during the
day l do not have a minute off duty.
This is the first time have had a
couple of hours free for long time.
Letters coming into France are not
censored, but one that went to me in
Switzerland had been opened"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
j. Schauss of North Mankato Was
Struck in The Face

While at work for the ]. B. Nielsen
Construction company, which is MAX
ing extensive improvements at the
Hubbard mill, ]. ]. Schauss of North
Mankato received painful injuries
when a piece of two by four lumber
fell from above, striking him in the
face as he was working on the ground
below. He received crushing in
jury to the bridge of his nose, tear
ing the nasal cartilage from the bone.
His left arm below the elbow was
also injured. He is getting along as
well as can be expected,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20

Ray R. Hoffmeister, Brewster; Wound.
ed slightly, previously reported mis-
sing in action, Private R. V. Ander-
son, Saltillo; Wounded, degree un-
determined, previously reported killed
in action, Private B. M. Bergerson,
Big Lake
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
Hurry Peace Terms, Say Huns
united Press D1Spatch.J
70 l. : - n@h 4

Washington, December 14.-Ger-
many, through the good offices of the
Swiss foreign office, has asked that
peace terms be signed as quickly as
possible to avert a certain famine in
that country. The Swiss government
has requested a quick reply to the
note, saying conditions in Germany
are fast approaching a climax
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
pr. S. Il. Ward Is Dead

DR.. S. H. Ward, veterinary, secre-
tary and executive officer of Mime
sofa /tate live stock sanitary board
for the past fourteen years, died last
night in st. Paul of pneumonia, fol-
lowing an attack of influenza.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
Mission to Poland.

- Associated Press Dispa tch.1
fWashington, December IA -Ameri-
ca and the allied governments have
agreed to send civilian mission to
Poland to investigate the reports OF
atrocities committed there.