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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15
Southland
AS STORM DELAYS
Cargo UnIoaded at Midnight
and Craft Starts for
Norfolk.

Heavy rain last night was preceded
by a dense fog yesterday on the river,
which delayed the steamer South
land, from Norfolk. due at Z o'clock
in the morning, and caused collision
between the steamer Volunteer and
the naval tug Booth Bay. One man
was hurt.
The Southland did not arrive until
shortly before II o'clock last night.
officials of the company got in tele-
phonic communication with points
along the lower river early yester-
day morning and were adv .sed Of the
progress made by the steamer unt.l
Alexandria was reached.
Returns at Midnight.
Passengers left the steamer as soon
as she was locked. and a large force
record time, making it possible for
the steamer to get away shortly after
midnight, about six hours behind
schedule. for the return to Norfolk.
The collision between the Volunteer
and the Booth, which occurred about
evening. was reported to the harbor
police precinct by Capt. James IL.
Beach of the Volunteer.
The Volunteer was on it's way to
this city from Grinders wharf, Mat
taWoman creek. the southern terminus
of the line, while the naval tug was
on it's way from the navy yard to
Indian Head, on its regular after
noon trip.
Crash Damage Slight.
it is stated that the boats were
feeling their way through the dense
fog and that the contact was only
strong enough to damage the bow of
the passenger steamer to the amount
of about $500. The naval tug con-
tinued on its way to the naval prov
ing ground at Indian Head.
There were not many passengers
aboard the Volunteer, according to
Capt. Beach's statement of the acct
dent. among them being several SOL
diers. D. Call, one of the soldiers. re-
ceived a slight injury, and he leaped
from the passenger steamer to the
steel tug of the Navy Department,
fearing the Volunteer might go down,
and was taken down the river to In
dian Head.
Call was on his way to Camp Sheri-
dan to be mustered out Of the Army.
Steamboat inspectors will conduct an
investigation.
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TROOPS WITH LANCES
/. GUARD MURAT HOME

sFARIS. December 14.-The Murat
Mouse, where President Wilson is liv-
ing, is carefully guarded by United
Mates secret service agents and hun
Haxs of sendarmes. All the streets
3tSfoaching it are guarded by French
4kva3xy, some wearing the war-hat-
aared and soiled horizon blue uniforms
Md shrapnet helmets, in which they
Nshaaed the Germans.
The red and white pennants at the
8qEea nDeastbair laAeees are waving
beefy where far hlocks ArounA III
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Mr.. vii SON ESCORTS
NINE. PQINcARE AT
OFFICIAL LUNCHEON
Continued from First Page,

and Gems. Alordacq and Desparse;
fourth, Secretary of State Lansing
and Foreign Minister Pichon; fifth,
Gen. Bliss and Henry White; sixth,
Gen. Pershing and Ambassador JUS
serand; seventh, Admiral Benson and
capt. Tardieu, French high commits
sioner to. the United States, and,
eighth. Admiral Grayson, Gen.. Harris
and Lieut.. Col Lobez.
During the ride from the railway
station President Wilson almost con-
tlnuously took off his hat and bowed
to the right and left, Waves of HUI
man voices answered his saIutation,
broken by the sharp bark of guns at
intervals of fifteen seconds.
A Record Reception.
The reception to the President, in
the estimation of some onlookers, ap-
peared to have drawn out a greater
crowd than welcomed either king
George or King Albert on their: recent
visits.
The procession left the Porte Qau-
phlne Just few minutes after the
then uncovered .reyerentIy as the
bands played The Star Spangled
Banner" A large throng was gath
cred at the Arc de Triomphe, where
Champs Elysees, continuing down tie
thoroughfare until the Bridge Alex
ander III was reached. After cross
ing the Seine the procession moved
past the building of the chamber OF
deputies and again crossed the Seine
to the Place de la Coneorde
French senators and. deputies, with
| their families and friends, some 5000
in all. filled the columned porticoes of
the chamber of deputies and massed
trunpeteFa blew "a fanfare as Presi-
dent Wilson s, carriage crossed the
Concord bridge and entered the inn
mense SQUARE American. flags were
draped on the. colossal. statues OF
Lille and Strassburg.
Mr.. House a Spectator.
| large party of Americans. includ-
ing Mrs. E.. M House. Thomas Nelson
Page, the American ambassador to
Italy, and numerous prominent Amer
leans, watched the procession from
the windows of the building at 4
Place de Ia Concorde, now the head
quarters OF the American peace mis-.
sion.
AS the procession approached tbs
center or the city the enthusiasm
seemed to become greater, and when
the Church of the Madeleine was
reached the applause attained its
President Wilson seemed greatly
affected. as he. passed the Church OF
the Madeleine, for the American So
cieHes had gathered there and they
raised a. Characteristic American
cheer as he went by, ending with a
tiger" The names of President
Potncare and Premier Clemenceau
were often called out.
Mrs. Wilson,. looking extremely
wen in a tan: taiior-made suit and
wearing a picture hat with one DARK
plume, shared in the applause.
French colonial troops occupied
places of honor near the residence OF
Prince Murat, playing the music OF
their weird national anthem on reed
| instruments until the presidential
party entered the house,
President Wilson's fist official ac,
was call Of courtesy on President
Poincare at the palace of the Elysee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15
PCKPOCKEETS GET TWO
SHOPPERS AS VICTIMS
Holiday Operators at, Work, Rut
Police Take Precautions.
Other Theft Cases.

Mrs. Mary r SanderA 16tA and
Delafeld streets. and HRa II e.
Brown, 1346 Rigga street, Yesterday
afternoon wera roAlled by pickppck-
cts while in tina shno1tns district.
The, former told the police that $53,
postage stamps and reoaipka were
taken, while the latter said 50 in
bills and some smaa change: were
stolen.
Police expect ponxpockets. to
operate in the crowded stores during
, the holiday rush, and have taken
precautions against SUCH thafts.
War Stamps Stolen.
east reported the theft Of war say
ing ard thrift stamps and 81 in cash
The theft was committed in his apart
ment nearly a week ago.
A dozen and half chickens dis
appeared from in front OF tho place
streets southwest, late yesterday af-
ternoon. 1t was reported that they
were carried away in a wagon by
three colored men.
Bertha Smith, 1910 Georgia avenue.
told police of the tenth precinct that
she was robbed of pocketbook con-
tanning 81 in cash and a gold watch.
The theft was committed in the
cloakroom Of Park View School
Mrs. Jennie Martz, IS L. street.
northeast. was knocked down by a
colored man near 1st and l. streets
northeast shortly before S o'clock yes
terday afternoon and robbed of a
meshbag containing SID. She gave
I. description Of the robber.
Railroad Passes Taken.
Harry White. $50 X street north
east, was robbed of pocketbools
containing $2S and railroad passes
while on a street car at PennSyL-
vania avenue and 7th street yesterday
afternoon.
John Yeabower, Silver Spring. Nd,
reported that two boys robbed him
of IS while he was passing near leth
and Church streets yesterday after
noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15
CroWder LQuds Draft, Sounds
Taps for Volunteer System
Provost Marshal General at New York Warns
Country 1t Would Be Calamity to Turn
BQck---AmericQn VQlOr Sh0Wn

an army. and Of the first, gallant
1OO, 600 who were sent across the Eng.
fish channel. knowing how to die, put
little else, in the awful carnage that
awaited them" He touched briefly
upon the great drain upon the flower
Of England's manhood, and how,
after the factories, schools, Offices,
farms and mines had been depieted
of their best the futility of trying
to raise the required number OF VOL
unteers became apparent.
Throttled Industrial Life.
CATER seventeen months of war
had witnessed the disastrous fight.
ing at Ciallipoli, Mesopotamia and
western front" he declared. the new
army of England was 100000 men
short of it's then authorized strength.
The volunteer system was now 70 W
abandoned. he went on, after !. mao
throttled the industrial life Of the
nation and undermined the Wnole ecu
nomic structure"
When the United States War De,
partment, to heed the lesson learned
by England, sought the enactment o,
the selective service act. Gen. crow
der said that the traditional metnoo
system was so strong with the Amer
lean people that it was deemed ex-
pedient in the very bill the War De-
partment presented to Congress for
enactment to provide that limited
volunteering might go on" De re-
draft and how through the insistence
Of the President, ably supported by
the stalwart and aggressive leader
ship of Senator Chamberlain and Rep
resentative Kahn in the respective
houses. the day was saved.
Referring to the selective service
system as "the very essence of &c
mocracy." the general appraised the
faults Of the Volunteer system: III
scheme dependent for its existence
upon the spontaneous fervor Of the
people he said. 1T is a system
which haa an eye only to the raising
Of armies. Under it the test OF pa
triotism is enlistment in the nations
fighting forces. It takes no account
Of the industries which must be main.
armies may be fed, clothed and armed
Origin in Days Of Chivalry.
cit {the volunteer systena) had its
origin in the days of chivalry when
war was not a business or a contest
Of industry or mechanics. but a bat
tie Of Drawn, when armies could live
largely upon the country as they ad-
yanced and nations fate be de-
cided upon the field of battle. It ad
heres to the doctrine that the chem
list may be permitted to lay aside his
research and the trained mechanic
his lathe. while the unskilled laborel
and the vagrant continued in their
sis of the conservation that the Sc
1ectiye service promotes"
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RED CROSS DRIVE
OPENS TOMORROW
Effort to Place Every Man,
Woman and Child on Mem
bership Roll,
NONE PAY MORE THAN 81

Free from the customary campaign
atmosphere, the Red Cross member
ship campaign will start tomorrow to
enroll every man, woman and child in
the nation in the organization, which,
during the war, relieved suffering on
the battlefield and in hospitals and
now is engaged in reconstruction
work.
Instructions were sent last night
from American Red Cross headquar-
tiers in Washington to thousands OF
chapter members throughout the
country that registration for the COM
ing membership campaign must be
purely voluntary.
+ Nobody Urged to Enroll.
Not one of the millions Of men and
women who are expected to enroll or
renew membership will be urged to do
so. Compliance with these instruc-
tions. it was announced, will mean
that no persuasion has been neces-
sary to swell the membership IN the
campaign which ends q week from to-
morrow.
One of the principal reasons for
placing the registration on a purely
voluntary basis is that each person is
expected to sign the roll but once ana
pay one dollar, all that is asked:
In connection with the opening OF
the campaign the Red Cross made
public a letter from Surgeon General
ireland OF the Army saying the organ
ization had been the Invaluable ally
of the medical department" in caring
for the sick and wounded.
'.It has been the great agency OF
rescue and support to the unfortunate
refugees driven from their homes,
the surgeon general added. and 1t
has. by its canteen service and its
searchers for the wounded. been the
cheering, heartening and helpful
agency for our travel-worn and
weary men. OF all these functions and
services none can be given up or
abandoned"
Committees to Give Aid.
Committees in the government de-
partments and committees on churches
and CLUBS will work through the pres
emit week to push the drive to a sue
cessful conclusion in Washington.
Pastors of all the churches are to
discuss the drive and it's ends from
their pulpits today.
Tomorrow. OF signalize the opening
of the campaign, an aeroplane will
circle over the city at noon dropping
Red Cross literature. Speakers in
all the theaters and motion picture
houses will tell of the drive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15
a'C[Ub BUYING"
| Of rum IS TARGET
Authorities May Act to Stop
Purchase in Large
Us -. -sfs
10 'as.4 s2s's Quantities.
8 CASES UP TOMORROW

~2tIrs ,,.,,.,.s
or schemes to get large quantities OF
IiqIor. into Washington for other than
H4sonal use may be indicted for con-
firing to; evade the law.
a-Officials. it was learned last night,
are considering this procedure as an
added weapon in their campaign to
break up, wholesale shipments of liquor
into the city from Baltimore for illegal
Purposes.
Both judges in Police Court have held
that the police may arrest any person
found with liquor in the prohibited five
mile zone and put the burden of proof
on the person to show that it is for
family use
Community Buying
1t is understood that the police in
their crusade. which began about ten
days ago. have run across cases in
which persons have planned Jointly to
bring large quantities of liquor into
the city by various means. 1t is in
such cases that the authorities are
said TO be considering asking the
grand jury to indict the parties con-
cerncd for conspiring to evade the
LAW.
Attorney James O'Shca said last
might that he expects to ask the Dis
1rjct Court of Appeals this week to
pass upon the decision of the Police
Court judges, placing the burden OF
proof on persons arrested to show that
they had the liquor for their family
use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15
Shorty Is Produced.

Al Al, and G. streets southwest, only
n squire from where Jones was ar
res1ed. the detectives saw Louis
Nicholas Johnson, colored. 464 WASH
ington street. standing at the curb
rs if he were ready to do business
y whistle and uplifted hand brough,
the query, DO you want something!
and an affirmative response was fol
lowed by the production of shorty.
the detectives stated, and johnson
charged them S1.25 for one Of the hall
pints.
Hushlett grabbed johnson as soon
rs the money! had passed, and the lat a :
ter Offered strenuous resistance. lie
was dragged into the automobile,
however, and driven to police head
quarters. Seven half pintS Of liquor
were taken from his pockets, and, ac-
cording to the detectives. he admitted
he, bad been in the bootleg business
the last few weeks.
II haven't much money in my peck
cts. he said. when the detectives had
counted his cash capital OF Sis. ou1
have $500 at home
Johnson furnished bond for his ap-
Jearance in Poice court IoiHolfo"
ard was released.
Going to drink it all myself. was
HE statement of William Bell. COL
ored, 40 Prather alley, when ques-
1ioned by Sergt- Curry of the sixth
notice precinct concerning 1872 quarts
of whisky and gin found in his house.
Mrs Mamie Bell. his wife. was ar
rested yesterday afternoon, following
delivery of sixteen cases from Balti-
more express truck. and last night
the husband was arrested.
Oliver Black, colored, 1912 Duncan
street northeast, had a loaded maya
zine weapon in his pocket last night
when arrested as an alleged boot
logger. according to the charge lodS-
ed against him at the sixth precinct
police station.
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% Up in Court Tomorrow.

Twenty-three persons. many of them
white. are scheduled to be arraigned
in Police Court tomorrow to explain
why they we're bringing whisky from
Baltimore, aqd. the same number W'ii
be tried every day this week.
False pretenSeS was charged last
night against John Horace Jones, col
orcd, $50 Sd street southwest, in what
the police characterized as plaln
ease of "profiteerins.' Detectives
Hughlett and AIiigood arrested Jones
Oh suspicion of bootlegging whisky
in South Washington, but the sup
posed whisky proved to be vinegar.
To-day was the first time had sold
any vinegar" Jones declared. In
response to Inspector Grants ques-
tionins. Jones said he paid 5 cents
IL pint for the vinegar and sold 1T tor
$3.50, understanding full we'll that
his customers thought they We're get
ting shorty, as 4 half-plnt OF the
bootleg material is called. The detect
ives were motoring near Sd and q
streets southwest when they noticed
Jones doing business with an unident-
lied white man.
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With The ARMIES
Allied Forces Were on the Move
g All Along Line.
When Armistice Was Signed
They Were Gaining.

= London, Nov. 11.-When hostilities
ceased at IL a. m. the allied armies
were on the move on the whole front
from the Dutch border to the Metz
region, a distance of more than zoo
miles.
Z The line apparently ran west OF
Ghent, east of Ardennes, east of Mons.
east of Maubeuge, west of Chimay,
south of Rocio. thru Mezieres, thru
Sedan, south of Montmedy and north
Of Pont-A- Mousson. From east OF the
latter place. the line followed its old
course, inside the French frontier 10
the region of Diedolshausen, where II
crossed into Germany and continued in
practically straight line to the juno
lion of the French, German and SWISS
borders.
< In the Balkans, the allies were still
pressing the Germans backward. The
Serbes had occupied Sarajevo, where
the world war was born, and Scutari.
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professional and social life of the city
that cannot be filled. He was said to
be one of the most brilliant lawyers in
the state.
Success Early in Life.
In his professional career he reach
ed a place of distinction in the early
years of his law practice, and while
still a comparatively young man, he
held one of the most responsible posi-
tions that the corporations of this part
of the country have to offer. He had
the admiration of his business asso-
ciates for the brilliant qualities of his
mind and the integrity of his bust
ness dealings. Socially he was affili-
ated with the Topeka club and the
Country club. He is remembered by
sportsmen all over the country as one
of the first, if not the first, white men
to climb a mountain in Yellowstone
of ascent in the country. Climbing
and hunting were his chief pastimes,
and he had planned a<western trip
this year which he gave up on ac-
count of the war. He spent some time
travelling abroad before beginning his
practice in Topeka.
Walker was married few years ago
to Helen Morrow, daughter of the late
Rev. o. S. Morrow. Mrs. Walker has
been prominent in war work for the
past year.
Mr.. Walker is survived by his par
ents and his widow, and by a sister,
Mrs. j. c. Horn. of Fort Worth, Tex,
and by brother, Sidney C. Walker. OF
Saiina, who is taking naval officers
training at Municipal Pier.
Arrangements for the funeral are
being made for Wednesday afternoon
The hour and place of the funeral will
be announced later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-11
HOLD HEARING TODAY
Womer and Gage Park Residents
Make High School Arguments.


Make High School Arguments.
The Gage k-Washburn rural high
school question was being threshed
out today in the office of Fred A. Sea-
man, superintendent of public instruc-
ton for Shawnee county. Gage park
was represented by T. F. Carver;
Washburn by D. F. Brannaman and
Washburn by James A. Troutman.
Eleven rural districts were taken into
the Washburn rural high school dis
trict some time ago by general cleo
ton. There is a certain element in
the Gage park district, which was one
Of the eleven, who want the district
taken into the city of Topeka for
school purposes only. They argue that
the Gage park high school students,
of whom there are eighteen, would
have to transfer three times instead of
twice, as at present, if they attended
Washburn, unless they walked the
distance of a mile and a half.
They also contend that the contract
between the district and Washburn is
drawn up for only four years and that
if Washburn SO chooses. can at the end
of that time. give up the high school
out that they would not have the ad-
vantage of the city school assignment
for which they have been working,
they say, for years, and which they
obtained by sending the pupils to the
| city school Witnesses contended that
| there is not a pupil who is in favor of
attending the Washburn school.
President p. p. Womer of Washburn
college, was present and laid his side
OF the case before the county superin-
! tendent. He stated that he had posi-
| tive information that no other high
school in Kansas is run on as small an
expense as the Washburn rural high
school could be run and that there il
no other high school equal to it in
| equipment. He caused a sensation by
reading a letter which he stated had
been written by a Gage park man and
! circulated among Gage park people
misrepresenting the Washburn school
He refused to reveal the name of the
1
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CALL OFF DRAFTS


Continued from Page Onel
providing for the cessation of HOSTILE
ties the president directs that general
and voluntary calls now. outstanding
for the induction and MOBILIZATION of
registrants of whatever color or physi-
cal qualifications for the army be
hereby cancelled. Pending further in
structions no more inductions shall be
made into the army for entrainment
permitted or undertaken under such
calls.
THE president further directs that
all registrants who are already in
Quoted into the army under these calls
because of the fact that the day and
hour specified in their classification
lists have arrived, but who. have not
been actually entrained for a mobiliza-
ton camp. shall be hereby discharged
so notify each registrant."
Crowder announces his telegram to
draft boards merely to cancel out
standing calls and stop the entrafn-
men Hereunder of men for the army
All registrants released from induc-
ton under the provisions of this tele-
gram are liable for immediate call in
the usual manner at any time.
THE orderly process of classical
ton, physical examination and other
activities of the selective draft law
will not be effected or interrupted as
the result Of this telegram"
Trains enroute to camp have been
ordered back.
November draft calls are being filled
in Kansas. Today the state was send
ing 1,073 men to Fort Riley. Tuesday
an additional 237 men will entrain. No
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-11
FILL POLICE STATION
Many Arrested for Firing Loaded
Shells Here Today.

Police headquarters began to take
on the aspect of an armory early this
morning when various men and boys,
disregarding the orders issued a few
days ago by Chief of Police Frank
Harbaugh. resumed the loaded shell
method of celebrating the end of the
war. AS soon as shot and bullets be-
gan to fall in the streets the police got
busy and in a very short time had TAX
en- a large number of shotguns, rifles
and revolvers from the celebrators and
conveyed them to the police station.
This open disregard of property and
human life led the police to revoke the
permission to shoot blank cartridges
and it was announced that any person
found with a gun in his possession this
afternoon and tonight, whether shoot
ing blanks or loaded shells, will be ar
rested and the firearm taken from
him. AS soon as it was found that
many people were taking advantage of
the huge task the police would have to
examine every gun brought to the
streets. it was decided that the cele-
orators would have to find some other
method of making noise without
which celebration of this kind would
seem woefully lacking