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The sun., 1918-12-27
HUGE CROWDS WATCH SEA HEROES MARCH

TO the planking, shook himself a couple
or times, wriggled his tail to register
as much American dog Joy as a mas
cot glad to be back in Manhattan
could. and thereupon set up a barking
louder than any Broadway taxi starter.
That was the first signal OF the land
ing OF the Victory fleet, and what a
shouting and roar of welcome went up.
1t ratified up to Broadway, where was
another huge mass OF people.
The battalions from the Pennsyl-
,Vania, Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma and
Arizona formed at Ninety-sixth street,
while those from the Florida, Wyo-
ming, Arkansas, Texas and New York
formed at Seventy-ninth street.
1t was 1880. Necks craned from the
sidewalks and windows along Broad
way. Takers were harvesting fortunes,
kids were shouting and little silk flags
and souvenir navy blue banners bobbed
like choppy sea over the heads of the
crowd that four thousand OF Enright' s
finest were holding on the curbs. With
crash Of Cymbals. a rumble of drums,
blare of trombones and grunting of
DOM pah-pahs, the parade got under
way and the band music reechoed
down Broadway. So the crowd stood
on tiptoe and leaned further out TO
the street.
"Yeh, here he comes, here he
comes!" was the shout as a glistening
automobile purred through the cleared
street at the head of the parade
Hey. who's coming?"
"Why, Daniels. the boss of the navy.
here he is, here he is! Hurray. Murray
for Daniels" and the figure of tall
stout man in frock coat lifting his
shining top piece to the cheering
crowds could lie seen in the automo-
bile that was approaching. And as II
came close up and passed applauding
natives of Manhattan saw the hair
was pinkish, and
why. for the love of Pete, that's
not Daniels, at all-it's Hylan.''
And so it was.
Not far behind, however. was the
real Josephus. and just as smiling and
happy as a two-year-old, for behind
him were 10000 products OF grape
Juice and Carolina advice, and a
mighty good looking 10000 samples
they WERE.
The sun., 1918-12-27
MESSAGE CHEERS SING SING.
Word From Former Osborne Aid
Brings Hope of Kinder Regime.

ConviCts who were gathered at a meet
Ing at Sing Sing yesterday cheered a
telegram sent tn the Mutual Welfare
League by Spencer Miller, Jr., formerly
deputy warden and right hand man Ia
Thomas Mott Osborne, in which he said
that the prisoners should he patient and
everything would come their way soon
TIE message did not mention osborne
by name and its exact text was not
made public. but two constructions were
placed upon it by the inmates. one was
that osborne, who lid been barred from
the prisons for two years, was coming
back as warden. and the other WAS that
he would take up advisory prison work
under the new administration.
II was quite evident that the prisoners
understood tho telegram to mean that
there would come n elevation Of the
severe discipline that had obtained a
the prison
The sun., 1918-12-27
VINCENT ASTOR MAY
BE PEACE GUARD
Yeoman Writes of Appoint
ment to Versailles.
special Despdfch TO Tur Sun

BALTIM0Rr, Dec. 2G.-John 7. Min
ton, deputy clerk Of tho Court of Com
mon Pleas, received to-day a letter
dated November from his son, Yeo-
man Lawrence j. Mint0n, L. S. n
who has been stationed for some time
at Rochefort, France. In the note
he said he had the good luck to be
assigned as one OF twelve yeomen
who will form part of tho military
guard on duty at the Palace of Yer
sailles during the world peace confer
encc.
The yeoman guard as a whole, which
will aid in the military policing of
the Versailles conference, will be I'M
der the command of Vincent Aston of
New York, so Minton wrote.
The sun., 1918-12-27
PROTECTIVE LEAGUE TO QUIT.
Dissolution of 100000 Member.
ship Ordered February I.

WAsHINGToN, Dec 26--Dissolution
Of the American Protective League. with
its membership Of $4,000 and branch
organizations in nearly every citysand
town in the country, effective February
J. was announced to-day by the league :
directors. Decision to break up the or.
ganization, according to statement is
sued by the directors, was reached aft,r
officials.
Attorney General Gregory IN a letter
written soon after the armlstce was
signed asked that tho organization.
which was formed shortly after relations
were severed with Germany and which
the Acknowledgement said has per-
formed a great task" continue its activi-
ties during the period of readjustment.
The sun., 1918-12-27
'LLOYD,S CONFIRMS
BRYNI4ILDA,S SAFETY
Wife of Bark's Captain OUer-
joyed at NetDs From Africa.

LONDON, Dec. 2G.-The safe arrival
at Algoa Bay, an African port, of the
American sailing ship Brynhilda, pre-
vlously reported as lost, was confirmed
by Lloyds here to-day. The report of
her loss was occasioned by the fact that
a small boat from her had been picked
up at sea,
MAIDEN, Mass. Dec. 26.-"That GER
tainly IL good Christmas news" said
Mrs j. f. kenneally, wife of the Captain
OF the American sailing ship Brynhilda,
when she was assured to-day that the
vessel long since given up as lost had
arrived safely at Algoa Bay, Africa.
She said she was still awaiting a direct
message from her husband
The Brynhilda sailed from New York
September 81. with a cargo for African
ports. Two days later a llfeboat to
was picked up some distance off the
American coast, the boat being Identified
as belonging to the ship.
Later, naval craft searching for the
ship and survivors found lumbe- and
other wreckage also identified as part
OF the ships cargo. As the ship carried
wireless and no report was heard from
her, she was given up for lost and II
was generally believed she had struck a
mine. This opinion was accepted by the
underwriters TO the extent that so per
cent. OF the ships insurance was paid.
The vessel carried crew of twenty
one men.
The sun., 1918-12-27
B. R. T. CRASH CAUSES PANIC.
Passengers Thrown as Trucks of
Last Car Leave Rails,

three car Culver line train OF the b. r
T became panicst1cken late yesterday
afternoon when the rear trucks Of the
last car jumped the rails at Grayesenl
and sixteenth avenues. BrouklNny 4
Jolt threw passengers in all Of the car.
from their feet as well as from seats
Most OF the excitement apparently was
due to fear among the passengers that
another Brighton line tragedy was
the making. All three OF the cars were
old and OF wooden construction. The
congestion on the line has been so bad
that the aisles OF all three cars were
jammed with persons hanging to straps
No one was hurt, but the line was tied
up for more than two hours.
The sun., 1918-12-27
ARMY POLICE IN BLACK BELT
Precautions Taken to Prevent He
currence OF Disorders.

Military police were detailed last night
to patrol the district around Myrtle and
Hudson avenues, known as Brooklyn's
"blaCk belt" where on Christmas night
several negro soldiers We're arrested by
the police and military authorities as the
result of a disturbance. The assignment
of the soldier police WAS Il precautionary
measure against further disorders and
1t is probable they will remain in the
district for the rest of the Christmas
holidays.
Two OF the soldiers arrested by the
police Christmas night were arraigned
yesterday in the Adams street court.
Magistrate Nash sentenced Sergeant Ira
Jackson to one day in Jail and Private
James Taylor to three daye
The sun., 1918-12-27
WHITE CHRISTMAS
FOR ARMY ON RHINE
Snow Fell Over Entire Area
Occupied by the Amer
lean Troops.
By the Associated Press.

Com4ENz, Dec. Is delayed Snow
greeted the American troops In The oc-
cuped areas on Christmas morning:
1t began falling after midnight and
continued to come down until the en-
tire district around Treves was COW
cred to the depth Of several inches.
and in the afternoon the fall was still
in progress
In the highlands east of the Rhine
the snow was heavier in places than
elsewhere. Along the outlying sec
tions OF the bridgehead for instance, it
reached the depth OF half a foot.
The principal religious services of
the American troops were held in Co
blenz, hut in virtually every village
they occupied and in every camp in
the region the day was begun with the
holding of services by the army chap
lains. The men attended these SER
vices in great numbers.
The sun., 1918-12-27
Comfort In Huge Airship.

According to extracts from the re-
port just completed by the civil aerial
transport committee of the Air Board,
the commercial airship offers Il great
auy antage over the airplane, partiCu-
larly concerning passengers, where
comfort and case of naviga ton. safety
and high ratio of diSposabe lift are
vital considerations
"Airships now exist. the report says,
with range Of more than 4.0UO miles.
and they can travel at "A speed II sew
enty-eight miles an hour. BY running
their engines slower Il maximum range
of 5000 miles can be obtained. On first
speed Cape Town. South Africa, is to-
day aerially only a little more than
three days from southampton. This
ship could fly across the Atlantic and
return without stopping.
THE committee points out that the
a'rship will soon develop n speed OF
100 miles an hour, that it will he fitted
with ample saloons. staterooms an
elevator to a roof garden, and will he
able to remain in the air for more
than a week.
Major Thomas F. Baldwin, a dirig-
ible expert of the United States Army,
whu has studied the lighter than air
craft for many years, said that the
Zcppelins Germany had developed
could easily travel back and forth
between New York and Hamburg.
The sun., 1918-12-27
filters START FOR CAPITAL,
Four Who Crossed Continent Are
Mapping AIR Lanes.

ARCADIA Fla, Dec, %. - Four De
Haviland army. airp'pnos which made
the cross continent flight from san
Diego, Cal, arriving Tuesday, started
to-day for Washington.
The first lap of the trip Is from
Dorr Field to Jacksonville, about 200
miles. The airmen are mapping aerial
mail routes.
The sun., 1918-12-27
GERMANS HOPE FOR COLONIES
SOIf StiII Retains Post. Though
Ont of Foreign fOiHce.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-That the Ger
mans hope to regain their colonies Is in
dicatcd in IA despatch from Berne, re-
Ceived to-day through official channels,
announcing that DIR. Soils recent resig-
nation referred only to the Foreign Of
flee and that he still retains the post of
Secretary of the Colonies,
This despatch quotes the Berlin TdOe-
J1gtt as authority for the statement.
The sun., 1918-12-27

pitals; Bryan l.. Kennedy, Charles
Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn Ma
tional League Baseball Club; Jacob
A. Cantor, president of the Tax Board;
John Gilchrlst, License Commissioner
DR.. Jonathan c. Day, Commissioner
Of Markets; David Hirschfleld. Com
missioner of Accounts, and Police In
spectors Cray and Henry.
The sun., 1918-12-27
GEORGIAN OPPOSES LEAGUE
"Imprn cticnbIe and Impossible
scheme" smith Tells Senate.

WAsHINGroN. Dec 26.- Opposition to
Il league Of nations was expressed in the
Senate to-day by Senator Smith (Ga).
referring to recent Paris despatch
outlining President Wilson's attitude,
Senator Smith said he could not for one
moment believe that the President hp
advocated such an impracticable and
Impossible scheme"
The sun., 1918-12-27

In numerous instances within the
occupied areas where the Americans
held religious services Germans took
part. Six masses were celebrated In
the largest Catholic church in COhlenz,
more than two thousand Americans
receiving holy communion. The last,
beginning at 10 o'clock, was solemn
high mass, Chaplain Patrick DUNCAN
officiating. The choir consisted of fifty
voices from n war orphans home I'M
der the direction OF sisters OF charity.
The other masses were celebrated by
German priests.
The principal protestant services OF
the Americans in Coblenz were held
in the chapel Of the Royal Palace,
several Germans attending. The SER
vices were conducted ny Chaplain Ed
mund Easterbrook. \ German mu-
slcian played the organ. and a solo
was sung by a young woman native
Of Coblenz. After the American SER
vices. German Protestants held ser
vices in the chapel. in which n num-
Der Of Americans participated.
During the morning American
bands paraded the streets OF Coblenz
playing Onward Christian Soldiers"
Rock OF Ages and other sacred airs,
and giving concerts in front Of the
churches where Americans wur-
shipped.
From the summit of Ehrenbreit-
stem. the Gibraltar of the Rhine,
now occupied by American soldiers,
a great illuminated Christmas tree
blazed forth into the Christmas night.
The tree was visible for miles in all
directions.
The sun., 1918-12-27

WAsHTNGToN Dec. 26.-'phe Belgian
Cabinet Council. at n sitting Tuesday
under the presidency Of the King.
adopted a plan of electoral reform in
tended t. establish universal suffrage
for the next elections said an official
despatch received to-day from brussels.
The sun., 1918-12-27
7,4es WOUNDED BACK IN WEEK

New York Receives 5,s2s-New-
port News 1,64O.
WASHINGTON, Dec. rs. - During the
week ended December 20 7,46s wounded
and sick soldiers were landed In the
United States from the American Ex-
peditionary Forces.
Tho Surgeon-General's report to-day
shows b,s2S were received at New York
and 1,640 at Newport News.
The sun., 1918-12-27
MANY CITY CRAFT
GREET WAR FLEET
Steamer Taurus and Ferryboat
Queens Take Hundreds to
Reviewing Line.
HIGHLANDER is MISSING
Fails to Show Up to Take Of
fetal Guests-COrrectiOn
Carries Crowd.

Besides Mayor Hylan and the exec
utives of his Committee on Welcome.
who started from the Battery on the
police boat Patrol half dozen or
more cry craft participated in the
welcome to the fleet
Cards OF invitation to the various
craft had been issued by Grover A.
Whalen, the Mayors secretary, bid
ding those who would go down the bay
to be at the Battery at $3.50. Long
before that hour, however and despite
the threatening blizzard, every ticket
holder and several thousand who had
not tickets lined the Battery wall
hoping for chance to board one or
another of the official welcoming craft
Dock Commi ssioner Hubert headed
party on the Dock Department.
steamboat Manhattan, and James A
Hamilton, Commissioner Of Correc-
tion. entertained a party on the de-
partment boat Correction.
Several hundred invitations for the
steamboat Highlander had been is
sued. and the persons, including a
great many women, who expected to
board her. were on hand at the APP
pointed time. But for some reason
or other that no one seemed TO know
exactly the Highlander did not APP
pear.
After a delay Of half an hour or SC
the ferry boat Queens and the steam
boat Taurus were pressed into ser
vice, and those holding tickets for the
Highlander were directed TO board
those boats. While this created
a certain amount of confusion, it was
in reality no disappointment, because
the two vessels we're able to accom-
modate more than the Highlander
could and many persons without tick
cts who had not hoped to do more
than see the fleet pass the Battery
were able TO go down the bay and
witness the REVIEW before the May.
flower from a better vantage point.
1t was soon after Q o'clock that the
welcoming fleet of the Mayors com.
mittee, including the Queens and Tau
rus, left the Battery to take their po-
sitions on the port side OF the May
flower. The harbor was literally alive
with all manner OF small naval craft
special patrols, submarine chasers anc
launches. Naval officers in charge OF
the arrangements shouted orders
through megaphones from the decks
of the smaller craft. frequently hav-
ing to come so close to the excursion
boats that collisions were narrowly
averted.
The sun., 1918-12-27
4 Hurt in st, Etienne Explosion.

ST. ETTENNE, France, Dec. pa
violent explosion occurred in the ex
plosive storehouse of mining com
pany here to-day. Four persons were
injured and several houses destroyed
The sun., 1918-12-27

NEUFCHATEL. Dec. % delayed -
Christmas was celebrated by the
American soldiers to-day. More than
5000 soldiers took part. Miss Mar
earet w. Wilson, daughter of the
President, participated. Gifts OF toys
and clothing were given to the chill
dren Of the vicinity.
The sun., 1918-12-27

Aboard the Correction. where Com
missioner Hamilton entertained be-
tween three and four hundred. mem
hers OF the Mayors Committee of
Women made coffee and supplied
sandwiches during the wait before the
boat got under way. Many of those
on board had oversight as result OF
Christmas festivities and got to the
Battery without their breakfast, so
that the emergency canteen operated
by the women on the upper deck was
a welcome institution.
on the main deck group of men
with coat collars turned up huddled
i'm a corner and wondered why Provi-
dence had seen fit to visit such
weather upon a bunch of welComers
prepared to do themselves proud. Bill
Clarke, Nassau street banker, pro-
duced a life preserver from some place
or other and persuaded several of the
group to take every necessary pre-
caution. At intervals during the de-
lay in order to keep the spirits of the
crowd UP the Department of Street
Cleaning band got into action.
Finally the Correction got under
way. and when she reached the ap-
pointed place in the line Commits
sioner Hamilton gave the order to drop
the anchor.
What's that" demanded Mate
william J. Burke.
"Heave TO and drop the hook" re-
peated the Commissioner.
Now the Correction plies usually
bn 1rtF
Twenty second street to Blackwelrs
Island and back again and hasn't
had occasion to use an anchor for
many years But Mate Burke proved
himself equal to the occasion. In the
hold he found an anchor, and some of
The crew dug up a line. Between the
lot and with the assistance Of some
ship news reporters who were aboard
the line was finally bent on to the
hook in more or less approved fash
ion and then thrown over tho side
Just in time for the craft to swing
about in an approximately correct po-
sition.
Goes Up River to roth street.
That's the first time ever dropped
anchor from this craft and | call il
a pretty fair piece of work" observed
Mate Burke.
When the fleet had passed i'm review
; the Correction swung in behind the
ferryboat Queens and passed to port
of the gray ironclads, by this time in
their appointed positions in the North
River. The Correction went up 10
l29th street, where most OF her COM
pany went ashore in time to take the
subway down town to witness the Ian
parade.
Among those on board We're Wills
iam-r->Dalton Deputy Commissioner
Of Correction; John NJ Tierney. Bar
tow =. Weeks, James e. Van Sicklen
and John V. McAvoy. Supreme Court
Justices; Burt j. Humphrey of Queens
County Judgr; Judge Mitchell May
of Kings. George NJ. $. Schulze of The
Bronx. Surrogate; Richardson Web
ster of Kings, Register; DR.. William
l.. Ettinger, City Superintendent of
Schools; David II. Knott, Sheriff; Pc
ter j. Brady, Supervisor of the City
Record; DR.. John w. Brannan. super
intendent Of Bellevue and Allied Hos
The sun., 1918-12-27
ZEPpELINS TOLINK
U. S. WITH EUROPE
Will Fly Between New York
and Hamburg as Merchant
Craft, Says Paris Paper.
CAN EASILY CROSS OCEAN
Head of Aero Club Declares
Plan Is Feasible-8,000
Mile Trip Possible.

PARIS. Dec. 26.--Disarmed German
Zeppelins will be converted into aerial
merchantmen to ply between New
York and Hamburg, according to the
Echo dc Paris
The sun., 1918-12-27
From Bulgaria TO Egypt.

"a Zeppelin has been reported to
have flown from Jamboli in Bulgaria
10 Khartoum in Egypt and back. a
distance of more than 1000 miles, car
rying crew of twenty-five men and
twenty five tons of medicine and mu-
nitions. II was intended to transport
the supplies to Gen. Lcttow-N orbeck
in German East Africa, but wireless
received when the Zeppelin was over
khartoum notified it's commander to
return, as Lettow- Norbeck had been
captured"
The achievements Of the United
States in the field Of the heavier than
Air machines are we'll known, but. &C
cording to MIR. Hawley, equally splen-
did results have been obtained by
United States army officers who have
been experimenting with dirigibes.
Rigid dirigibles Of over eighty tons
capacity have been built in this Coun-
try, and we can look to some very
remarkable developments in the con-
struction and use of lighter than air
craft in the immediate future" Mr..
! Hawley said
The sun., 1918-12-27

Inc Zeppelin Ine DsINeeu New
York and Hamburg is entirely within
the range of possibility. according to
Alan r. Hawley, president Of the Aero
Club of America, commenting upon
the story published in the Echo dc
Paris. Mr.. Hawley said that Germany
possesses super-Zeppelins at the pres
ent time easily capable Of crossing the
Atlantic without stops for fuel or re-
Punishment of gas.
There is a dirigible in Germany
now that has remained in the air for
two weeks without descending" Mr..
-Hawley said. This airship is nearly
500 feet long, has five engines and an
envelop holding 100000 cubic feet of
gas. The ship can ascend to about
$4,000 feet, and can make from sew
enty-tive to ninety miles an hour on
its own power. II y wind is blowing
with the ship she can make just "a
many more miles per hour as the
wind is blowing, or she can stop all
but one engine and save fuel
The sun., 1918-12-27
Pennsylvania Men Land First.

1t was shortly after 1880 o'clock
when bluejackets started tumbling off
the big gray monsters in the Hudson
and schools of launches shot to the
NinetysiXth and Ninety -seventh street
piers.
The first to nose into dock was a
platoon of fifty sailors from the Penn
sylvania, in command Of Lieut.. j. =.
Lanman. AS the bow drew up tight
Black Jack himself, as pitch as any
thing in the San Juan bailiwiok, and
considerably darker than black, hoped
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-07-25
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Boise.-Tapping the Teton coal
means 100000 tons OF coal Will
be made available for Idaho consum-
ers. The mine mas been without
proper transportation facilities
Boise--Two building permits for
new houses issued last week.
Twin Falls highway district with
bond issue created here.
Weiser-$7, 900 residence going up
on stock ranch near here.
Caldwell cutting city estimates to
keep down taxes.
Federal thrashing bureau. asks CO.
operation OF farmer. grower and gov
eminent on. saving grain at thresh-
ing. Under old methods there is a
loss every year Of per cent OF 90
100000 bushels which can be saved
by providing good threshing floors.
tight wagon boxes and government
Will have inspectors to see that ma
chimes are In good working order,
so as to save waste.
Kamiah-New 10000 bushel Mat
LOCK elevator completed.
Grangeville-Th Hickerson block
recently burned, is to be rebuilt.
Sandpoint-Federal reserve off,
Gals are here for the purpose OF 60
ing over with the county commission
ers the proposed road improvements
on the Pack Rivera larksford road
1t Is contemplated to make the sur
yey with the idea of obtaining feder-
al aid for construction.
Nampa-At the regular primary
election to be held Sept. the voters
OF Canyon and Owyhee counties will
vote for or against $243,00O bonds
to build three bridges across Snake
river In accordance with a decision
arrived at when the commissioners NJ
Owyhee county and Canyon county
held joint meeting at Caldwell.
Chambers OF Commerce In all parts
Of the United States are going on
record against the Senate bill which
provides for government guarantee
OF bank deposits, as a bill designed
to promote inefficiency and dIscour.
age legitimate banking.
Railroad ordered to be bu,lt into
Teton mines. Quality Of coal said
to be as good as that mined In Utah
and Wyoming. A new ledge ~ n,na
feet has been opened. Two sma,Ier
ledses, one OF four and one of three
feet were recently tapped.
Boise.-Bids were received ,or ~ .
construction work on the fol,ow,n :
roads; Approximate, 20 miles no
tween Dickey and the Salmon r,v os
In Custer county. Approximately q
miles between the Salmon r,var %
challis, in Custer county. ANNEX N
mately SO miles between Salmon IT,
er and the Pahsimero, river IL nv
Vii county. =" Lem