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NEWPORT NEWS CHARLESTON
 AND BOSTON
Designated AS Ports For Landing United States Troops From Overseas.
IGATEWAYS OF NATION CHOSEN
With This Wide Distribution, and the Great Facilities, Will Require Eight Months tO Land Troops.

Washington, Nov. 29.-Boston, New York, Newport News, Va, and Charles ton, & G.. are the ports the war de- partment now plans to use for the re- turn of the army from overseas. Even with this wide distribution of the strain on port facilities and transpor- tation, however, and with German ships, now idle in German harbors en- ployed in the task, careful estimates show that the last of the army could not possibly reach the United States tive calculations upon which prepa- rations by the department probably will be base, fix ten months as the minimum.
 These estimates have been made wholly on the basis of the physical difficulties to be overcome and do not take into consideration the question of the retention in Europe for sometime of an American force which may be agreed upon at the peace conference. If the return movement, already in progress, is continued at full speed. the last division in all probability could not reach the United States be- lore OCCODef, l9l3.
 Decision to route the troops to their homes through the four ports men toned is understood to have been based on two main considerations. ! First. they have been equipped to ham dle the transports and the men, and second, they are the natural gate. ways to the country, each fed by an independent rail system ramifying back through Geographically import- ant sections of the United States. By loading the ships as far as possible with men from the same general sec tion, it will he possible. army officers say to avoid crOss-carrying and dis ruption of normal traffic in getting the soldiers from the ships to their homes. F In estimating for transport tonnage available for the movement officials have not only looked ahead to the new ships which will be delivered during the demobilization period by the ship ping board, but also upon idle German ships, including two new and very large liners reported to have been completed except for some details of equipment Among the known German steamers is the Impepator. almost as l'as large as the vaterland now the I4eviathian.
 The two new German liners are of approximately the same size these craft Each of the four could carry nearly 10000 a trip. ~ & German vessels, eastbound after un- loading American troops, would car rv food supplies to- be allotted Ger l many.
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FIVE WITH THE PRESIDENT WILL COMPOSE AMERICAS ENVOYS-BLISS ADDED
 TO LIST.
MUCH DISCUSSION IN WASHINGTON WHY TWO NAMES
 MENTIONED ROOT AND BRAND|ES, NOT INCLUDED
Short Sketch of Delegates Who Will Sit at Peace Table 7 As Accredited Representatives From One Country
 That Waged War For Humanity

suggested tonight that the name of General Bliss probably was added at the last moment upon receipt of in formation that the allied powers would include a military man among their representation.
 The premiers of Great Britain, France and Italy are expected to at tend the peace conference as repres- entatives of their government but, like the president, may not remain throughout the conference. The gener- al understanding here is that present plans are to have the conference first agree to the broad principles of the treaty and leave the working out of details to further sittings.
 This would enable the president and the entente premiers to return speedily to the capitals of their re- ] spective countries as to give their personal attention to affairs of state. Lansing Heads Delegation. Secretary Lansing, who heads the delegation proper, became Secretary of State in June, 1915, when William l Jennings Bryan resigned rather than sign note to Germany in the Lusi- tania case which he thought might lead to war. During the three and a half years that have followed, Mir. Lansing has conducted many difficult negotiations for the country as a neu- l tral and as belligerent and his name appears on all the historic documents telling the story of Americas entry in- ] to the war as we'll as those answering Germany's peace plans. the downfall of the central alliance. At the time of his appointment he was counsellor of the state department, after a career as an international lawyer which had established his reputation as one of 1.-the foremost American authorities on ! this subject.
 MT. White, the Republican of the delegation, is a diplomat of long ex- perience, who began as Secretary of 1 the American Legation in Vienna Tn
 1884. He served as Secretary of Enl bassy at various capitals, represented
 the United States at several great in ternational gatherings and in 1905 was appointed Ambassador to Italy by
 President Theodore Roosevelt. Two years later he was made ambassador to France, where he remained until
 1909. His last public service was ir 1910, when President Taft sent him te
 Chile as Special Ambassador of the United States for the celebration Q,
 the Centary of Chilean Independence ! Continued on page five)
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ASsoC HATED PRESS
 REPRESENTATIVES. !,
 WHO GO TO PARIS

New York. Nov. 29. 1.-The staff of The Associated Press atfthe peace yeqla- ference will be up as follows;
 Melville F. Stone, general manager; Elmer Roberts, chief fthe Paris Bureau; Robert M. Collins, chief 1f the London bursau; Charles T. Thompson, Charlss B. ki0eber, Sal- vatore Costesi, chief ot the Roma bureau; l.. c. Frobert, chief Of the Washington bureau; s. B. COnger, former chief of the Berlin bureau; Edwin M. Hodo Robert Berry. !. y B. Grundy, J. A. Bouman, Burge McFAll, James P Howe, Phillip M. Powers, Stuart Maroney, S. F. Wader. and T. 1T. Topping.
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GENERALIZATION Of BRITISH ARMY
 NOT YET BEGUN

London, Nov. 29., via Montreal.- Reminders to the public that gene ral demobilization has not yet be- gun and that the naval and military situation does not admit of any gene ral release of men from the forces, have been issued by the British Ad- miralty, the war office and the air ministry.
 When the general demobilization does begin, it is announced, priority will be given to officers and men who have definite employment await ing them. Strictly limited numbers of men, however, will be released be- fore the general demobilization for pivotal" industries and professions which include machine makers, agri- culturalists, bootmakers, brickma- kers, cement workers, builders, mi ners, wharfmen, foot makers, paper makers, railway men. ship builders, ship brokers, overseas commercial agents, accountants and architects.
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CANCELLATION or CONTRACTS
 ON FAIR BASIS
Warwick Throws Bomb By Ruling Certain Contracts
 Not Legal.
GREGORY TO GIVE AN OPINION
A Large Proportion of War Orders
 Were Given Informally by Tele.
 phone and Telegraph. 45

Washington, Nov. 29.-The govern ments maturing program for cancella- ing big war orders with the minimum of disturbance to business conditions was thrown into confusion today by a decision of Comptrolle1 Warwick of the treasury, that thousands of ord- CTS placed by telegram. telephone or mail are not legally binding, and that consequently they may not be recognized through the negotiation of terminating contracts without special Legislation by congress. Officials. esti- mated that hundreds millions of dollars in contracts are involved.
 At the same time Secretary Baker announced that the war department will direct it's own cancelling of con- tracts "in a spirit of fairness and hopefulness to all concerned
 Attorney General rGegory will be asked to pass on this apparent con flict between the law, as strictly inter- preted by Comptroller Warwick whose | authority grows out of his supervis- ion of payments from the treasury and the desire of the war department to terminate contracts--bOth those backed up by formally signed docu- ments and those undertaken on infor- nal agreements-b making some sort of lump sum payment to the con- tractor. If legislation is found to be neces- sary it is said that an attempt will be made to rush it through congress im-
 mediately to avoid holding up the governments great industrial demOl5- ilization and readjustment plans.
 Secretary Baker has proposed a form of terminating contract-a sup plemental agreement-by which the government would be released by the contractor from the original contract, axd in return would pay the contract or for expenses incurred" in carry- ing out the agreement, and additional allowance for profit limited to ten per- cent of the cost of the unfinished ar 1 ticles on hand.
 l The war department had further i proposed to pay the manufacturer im-
 mediately 75 percent sof the minimum
 due on this basis as detel1iined by "a contracting officer of. the government
 and the balance after time, had been allowed for careful determinStion 0i
 the final amount This method, ecre- 1 stary Baker said would give ~pia1 a1ts 1, which have devoted themselves heart ! lily to government wvrk, some capita |to finance their rsconysrtio1 se esaes l (Continued on page five) s;s
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FORMER EMPEROR
 MAY BE INDICTED

Newcastle, England, Nov. g. In . speech delivered here this evening, Premier Lloyd George dealing with. the. question of the responsibility for the invasion of Belgium, said the British government had consulte6 some of the greatest jurists of tlSs Kingdom and That they unauimoua5 and definitely had arrived a ttRa con-, clusion, that in their judgm m former German emperor wSs G0ilfl of an indictable offense for which
 .pught to be held responsfble, #
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BRITISH INDIAN
 LOSSES 101, ,439

London, Nov. 29., via Montreal.- Casualties in the British Indian. arr my during the war, acordin gto fig ures given out here today, totalled 1O1, ,439 of which number 33,051 were killed. died of wounds, or are miss ing. The wounded totalled 59,296 and 9O92 were taken prisoner. The majority of the casualties were suf- fered in Mesopotamia. The strength of the Indian army at the outbreak of the war was 239,561.
 During the war 1,161,7S9 were re- cruited, of which 757,767 were com batants. The number of men sent overseas was 953,374
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WILL RETURN TO
 DER FADERL AND
BULLETIN.

Amsterdam, Nov 29.-The Telegraaf says it understands that the members of the former German emperor's suite, who have been staying at Maarn, Holland, will return to Ger many today.
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KING TO GO TO PARIS.
 Paris, Nov. 29 (aIavas.)-Kins vie- tor Emmanuel of Italy, will visit Paris in December, according to an Ianndtfncement made here today.
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Washington, Nov. 29.--President Wilson personally will head the American delegation to the peace conference. This was announced of ficially tonight at the White House.
 The other members of the delega- tion will be:
 Robert Lansing, Secretary of State.
 Colonel E. M. House.
 Henry White, former Ambassador to France and Italy.
 General Tasker H. Bliss, former chief of staff of the army and now American military representative on the supreme war council at Versailles.
 Tt was explained that it had not been possible to announce these app pointments before because the num- Der of representatives each of the chief belligerents was to send had until day or two ago been under discussion"
 White house officials would add nothing to the formal statement, and no one protesting to be in the confi- dence of the president, would talk. There was only one surprise i'll the statement-the appearance of the name of General Bliss as one of the representatives It had been taken for granted that the general military rep resentative of the United States on the supreme war council, would take part in the discussion at Versailles, but the general idea had been he would be attached to the delegation in a military capacity jL.r as Admiral Benson probably will be present as spokesman for the navy in the great naval problems to be solved. Only yesterday, callers at the White House gained the distinct impression that there would be bat three accred- tied delegates of full rank. It was
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.THE WEATHER

ARKANSAE--Saturdsy faiY contin. ''ued cool; Sunday fair. slightly warm CT.
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Roll of Honor of Arkansas
Killed ill Action.

Killed ill Action. Clarence Burton, Jonesboro. William R. Hess, Van Buren. Gran R. Baucum, Magnolia. Err&st J. Caldwell, Black Oak. Floyd C. Cabe, lone.
 Died of Disease. Rey. E. Blevins, Hanover. Herman w. Clark, 1212 West 9th oine Bluff. Joseph E. Cross, Mountain View. Ross w. Grant, Rison. William Y Hogue, Mabelyale. Leon Stout, Siloam Springs.
 Died of Wounds. Meaklev H. Green, Garfield.
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SON OF GOV. MANNING DEAD.

spartanburg, s. c. Nov. 29.-Major w. S. Manning, the eldest son or Governor Manning was killed in act ion in France, November 9th, accord ing to a message received tonight by w. s. Manning, brother of the South Carolina executive.
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vigorously opposed by publishers, who have disapproved any zone system of postal rates as unjust and discrimina tory.
 Long debate on the subject in the senate now is anticipated.
 Another amendment adopted today and expected to cause much debate imposes a tax of ten percent aon pro- ducts of child labor which are trans ported in interstate commerce. The amendmentgis designed to accomplish the purposes of the law,rrecently de- clared unconstitutional by the su- preme court, under which products of child labor were barred from inter state commsSce.
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ENGLISH TRe OH
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Evening star., 1918-01-14
foreign LEGION TAKES
GERMAN STRONGHOLD
Machine Gun Nests and Battery
Emplacements Fall Before
French Attack.
BY PAUL AYREs ROCKWELL.

BY PAUL AYREs ROCKWELL.
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1913
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, jan
uary 13.-The Foreign Legion and the
Algerian troops belonging to the Mo-
roccan division again distinguished
themselves Tuesday. when they sue
cessfuily raided the German positions
near Fliry, Lorraine. The French COM
mand decided weeks ago that the en-
emy works in Mortmare wood must be
destroyed. Aviators photographed the
region around the projected attack.
and when volunteers were called viz
tually every legionnaire offered him
self.
The officers and men chosen were
given maps showing exactly what
point in the German line they must
carry, and the attack was carefully re-
Tuesday an intense bombardment of
the German lines began. and the ma
chine gun nests and battery emplace-
ments previously spotted by the avi-
afternoon at 3:15 o'clock the picked
legionnaires and Algerian sharpshoot-
ers left their shelters, crossed no mans
land and sprang into the German
little resistance. They were surprised,
as they had not expected an attack
because of the bitter cold and deep
snow.
In certain places the attackers pene-
trated 500 meters (about half q mile)
into the German lines. completely
clearing out the first and second line
trenches. burning the shelters and cap
turing scores of machine guns and
bomb throwers. All the defenders were
killed or made prisoners. At 4:50
o'clock, having finished their visit, the
legionnaires and sharpshooters re-
turned to the French line without being
bothered. They lost only six killed
and a few slightly wounded. They
brought back ninety-nine prisoners. in
Guiding eighteen uQderofficers and one
officer. All the Prisoners are West
phalians belonging to the 14th Infantry
Division.
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Two Kinds of Yaquis.
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the fol-
lowing:
ley, n. T.
Frank R. Lindsay and Fannie " Wilson, both
Of sfeelton. Pa.
William L. Callaghan of Baltimore. Nd, and
Emily NJ. Rrookey of Frederick, Md.
Preston r. Harding, U. S. A., and Nancy NJ.
Locke Of this city.
Henry Young and Florence Branch.
William E. Waldman and Marie J. Schilling,
both of Baltimore. Md.
Alvin Susbaum and Annette =. Gross, both Of
Baltimore. Nd.
Rogers Thompson and Mary A. Smith.
Luther W. White, jr., Of Norfolk, Va, and
Edith Prettyman Of this city.
John B. Thomas, jr., and Lydia Boucher, both
Richard L. Cronln and Helen q. Crane. both
Of Lynn, Mass.
e. Mccullough of wiliamsport. Pa.
Louis o. Cox of Ozon Hill. Nd. and Elsie A.
Denver of this city
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son, Col. Pierce. DIR. and Mrs. Lennox
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brooks Smith.

son, Col. Pierce. DIR. and Mrs. Lennox
ana Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brooks Smith.
Mrs. Wesley Merritt has arrived at
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. to
spend the rest of January.
Miss Marion Hilliard of Dickinson,
N. D., who is the house guest of Miss
Helen Blodgett, will be the honor guest
at dinner dance which Mrs T. Septi-
mus Austin will give this evening in
her apartment at the Dresden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson Downey have
arrived from their home in PennsyI-
Vania and Will spend the rest of the
winter. as has been their custom for a
number Of years. at the Willard.
cott or Germantown, Pa, have taken an
apartment here for the winter. where
Lieut.. Lippincott is in the Signal Corps.
Mrs. William Kinnicutt Draper, who
has been spending few days in wash
ington. will return today to her home
at New York.
Mrs. Charles R. Davis returned to
washington Friday and Joined Repre-
after six months spent in China, Mrs.
Davis was the guest Of Maj and Mrs.
r. H. Davis. the former with the marine
guard to the American legation at
Pekins.
Mrs. John Paul Jones, wife of I.ieut
Jones, L. 5. r.. who is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson, in
Evanston, ILL.,. will return to Washing
ton Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George f. zeh announce
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Helen J. Zeh. to Mr.. William j. Lewis.
which took place Saturday afternoon at
immediate members of the family were
present. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis left i'm
mediately after the ceremony for a brief
wedding trip.
Mrs. Helen Nicholson Cooke enter.
tanned informally at supper last even
ing in compliment to her brother and
sister-in-law, Gen. and Mrs. William 7
Nicholson. "
Maj. George Oakley Totten. Engineer
Corps, U. s. r.. left Washington last
week for Petersburg, Va, where he is
stationed at Camp Lee.
Mrs. Moran entertained at a box marty
Saturday evening at Keith's. Her guests
Gibbon, F. Collins, Lieut.. Wendy and
Lieut.. Buckley.
The marriage is announced Of Mia
Bessie Grady and Mr.. William H. Lewis.
which took place on Wednesday. Janu
ary 8, the Rev. Samuel T. Nicholas of.
ficiating.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to the
health department in the last twenty -four hours
Ttebeeca T. viers. 90 years, 1414 Massachu.
setts avenue northwest.
Cyrus Campbell. II years. St. Elizabeth Hos.
pital.
Catherine Nealon, 73 years, 2l4o PennsyIvania
avenue northwest.
Infant of Myer and Annie Shukfn, 1 month.
300 Barry place northwest
Eta s. Johnson. 10 years, 1907 2ed street
northwest.
Martha Brown. 35 years. 1241 eh street
northwest.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
sl5o,ooo Fire at Grand RAPIDS,

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, January H.
Fire Of undetermined origin last night
destroyed the Hawkins block, a ave.
story structure in the business section,
and damaged two adjoining buildinss.
The loss 10 estimated at Sl50.000. b.
Tor q time threatened Is ret beyon6
control Of the IRE department~
Evening star., 1918-01-14

Jerome Elmer Murphy, at their resi-
dence, 24cS 18th street.
Mr.. Ega1. who was quite Ill before
coming to America, Is still under the
doctors care.
Col Henry watterson of Louisville.
KY. who is at the Halcyon Hotel, Mi
ami, Fla, with Mrs. Watterson. was
the chief guest at a luncheon which
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson gave Satur-
day aboard his houseboat, the Ever
glades.
Nine. .Reille. wife of Col. Reille of
the French high commission. was honor
guest at a small luncheon given on
Saturday by Mrs. Josiah Kingsley Obi.
Those asked to meet Nine. Reille were
Mrs. George Barnett. Mr.. Bainbridge
Colby, Mrs. George Duncan and Mrs.
Charles Whitman Wetmore.
Mrs Walter s. Penfield is giving a
small informal tea this afternoon at
her residence. in California street. in
compliment to DIR. Rosalie Slaughter
Morton. chairman of the executive
board of the American Women's Hos
pitals, who is here for short stay.>
The guests will include the MEM
bers of the honorary advisory board of
the organization at Washington and a
noon DR.. Morton will give short talk
on the work being done by the Ameri-
can Women's Hospitals abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. woodward en-
tertained at dinner last evening at
their home in Lamont street in honor
of the Speaker and Mrs. Clark. The
guests to meet them were Miss Ber-
nett of Kansas City, Miss Trowbridge
of Indianapolis, Col. and Mrs. Thomp-
Evening star., 1918-01-14

The American minister TO Denmark
And Mrs. GgAn have arrived 1t wash.
ington and Are the guests OF their son.
|4n-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs,
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Hotel Near Wheeling Burns.

WHEELING, w. Va. January 1.-THE
Stratford Springs Hotel, fashionable
resort hostelry on the national pike.
east of Wheeling, was destroyed by fire
last night with a loss estimated at
$15o,000. 1t is believed all of the 100
guests escaped uninjured.
Evening star., 1918-01-14

The Chinese Minister. Mr.. Wellington
Koo, who went to Boston to attend
several banquets and luncheons, re-
turned to Washington last evening.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to the
health department in the last twenty-four hours:
Joseph and Alice V. Rosasco, boy.
William H. and Mary l.. Nalley, girl.
Fred ". and Elizabeth J. Mehl, girl.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Former Governor and Mrs. Osborne
Dinner Guests Of Senator
and Mrs. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. woodward Entertain
Speaker and Mrs. Clark-Diplo-
mats Return to Washington.

Senator and Mrs. Andrieus A. Jones
entertained an informal dinner party
last evening in honor of the former
Governor OF Wyoming and Mrs. John E.
Osborne. who will leave Washington
this afternoon for their home, at Raw
Inns, Wyo.
The French ambassador. Mr. Jusse-
rand, and the Belgian minister. Mr.. E.
de Cartier de Marchienne, have re-
turned to Washington from New York,
where they attended the banquet of the
New York State Bar Association Sat-
urday evening.
Or. William Gerry Morgan has returned
from two-week trip to Cuba and
southern Florida.
Col. and Mrs. Robert S. A. Dough-
erty were hosts at an informal dinner
at the Service Club last evening.
Mrs. Gaff has loaned her residence for
concert to be given for the benefit OF
the British-American war relief fund
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