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BUSCH PROPERTY TO
Be RETURNED TO. the
WIDOW BY The u. 5,

WASHINGTON. Dec 13-Rcturn or
the property Of Mrs. Lilly Busch. widow
of -\dolphuS busch. Into millionaire
brewer Of ST. Louis, which WIS taken
over by the alien property custodian
under the alien property net was ORDER
cd today by Attorney General Gregory.
1t was announced that Mrs. Busch had
Satisfied the department Of justice as 10
her American citizenship.
Declaring that she remained mn Amer
lean citizen although residing in Ger
many several years prior 10 last June.
Mrs. Busch recently filed n petition Tor
the return nr her prr?"r;y. valued At
several millions uf dollars and consist
Ing largely uf brrwrrics In 81. Louis and
Other cities. stocks and bonds End real
estate in New York. The estate repre-
S"ntcd one of the largest pieces OF prop
rrty seized hy the government during
the Wit. and Su far as officially an
nnuncd is thu first to br turned back.
Th" order ISSUED by tho attorney gen
| crul provides that all property belong
ing to Mrs Busch taken over Of what:
ever description. shall hc returned. and
property not actually seized hut which
has been made hc subject Of demand
"f The alien property custodian shnll N
released from surh a demand.
During the time that the property hns
hrcn in thr hands Of tn" government II
| has been operated by the Union Trust
! company Of ST. Louis. A portion of th'
estate consisting uf real estate and
buildings on Riverside Drive. New YORK
! City was ordered sold at private sale
| in Sept pirmhcr at. the direction Of FROST
dent Wilson.
The portion "i thr Busch estate held
by tho two daughters OF tn" late brewer
who livr in Germany. and which also
! was seized by III" custodian. Is not af'
: fcct,zl by the attorney generals order.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.--Rcturn to.
home waters OF the first ships Of the
American armada sent TO Europe to
combat German sea power. VIII be
marked BY great naval pageant in
New York harbor about December 23.
Secretary Daniels announced to-day that
he Will so 10 New York on the May
flower to review the fleet. which Will
be led hy Admiral Mayo. commandcr-in-
chief or the Atlantic fleet. on his flag
ship. the Pennsylvania which accom-
panied rrcsibcn, Wilson to Europe.
In the homecoming fleet will be nine
dread nauGhts. ~ dcStroycrs and more
than 40 converted yachts. mine planters.
submarines and other craft. The de-
stroycr force part Of which already is
on the wnr zone and some Of them carry
on their tunnels the stars awarded for
destruction Of German submarines.
Owing To the character Of some OF the
craft ordered home. no definite date can
be set for their arrival. and it Is pos
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of gas mask for tn" defense nf the
American army which was far superior
I'm every respect 10 any mask used by
either th,, rurfny -nr -" allied forces. Hc
added that 400. ZOO oc these masks had
been produced when tn" war ended.
The su!dir. must GO L large part OF
his fighting III Il gas mask. General
STDcrt said. III this type, of warfare was
10 rrcvniI and n fighting gas mask must
he developed without .nUuLhpiccc or nose
r,ip and one in which the cyrpiccrs
would not dim. This type nf mask was
ms, coming into production. Irt amut
400, 600 Of them had been made when
hu$tiii,i"S ceased.
SprakinE, Of the the work done to
couip the army with gas shells aud new
and more terrible poisonous rnporS.
,Cnlnnrl W. IT,. Walker. In charge "f pro-
ductirn. said that tn: great plant con-
struc,cd nj F;dgrwuod. Md. WAS tho
most deadly institution since time bG-
an" The work III progress there has
been carefully guarded heretofore. hut
Colonel Walker told something or the
enormous quantities Of puiSnnnuS gases
that were being turned out and shipped
abroad WHEN the fighting ended. While
br gave no figures. he indicated that
casuattirs among tho enlisted mon who
handled those deadly products ut the
nlant 'wurIld bc hard TO match on the
battlefront"
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Great Concourse of Frenchnen CiUe
President Wilson Warn1est Greeting
Impressive Naval Spectacle Wien French and u S. Fleets Meet Wilson

|" cruisers s,enmlrE In onr column.
The French warshipS fired salute
Sluwly ~ they approached the George
Washington to the leeward and pulls Of
black Sluuke could bc seen all along the
line. hut only 4 few reports were heard.
Tho American bntticshIpS moved ahead
TO make room for the French escort.
y biz hydro-airplane then appeared
frum the direction OF BrcSt. 1t rlrcled
and dipped over the i!rct as it exchanged
signals with the flagship. Later Il big
French dIrRihl" nUatcd by. lying the
American culurS.
When the French warsh!pS had taken
their places more urnn forty vessels
were S,canins in the line OF columns.
the formation reaching both ways rs
far ~ III" "yr could see
President Wilson and the members Of
his party stood on the bridge OF thr
G""rE" Washington to witness the naval
spectacle.
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written on the sky by II battieship away
over the horizon. began Ia como back
Then the iupl:phts oT the fleet came
over the curve Unr by che nnd stood uF
the Presidents ship. which proceeded on
her way until daylight. wh"u all the
ships in IN. convoy spread out ana lrII
into their appointed places on the right
Of the lIur Of formation.
The lattlrship Pennsylvania was NJ
tn" head Of thr center column. haFlAE
on either side Il lin" "f drSlr"yrrs. lhrE
u line of four nattirshpS. Then lin"
OF destroycrs on the extr"In" OUTSIDE
The o;,ttleship Wyoming. with Vice Ao-
rniral Sims on board. headed III" I'M" 'r'
the left. followed by tn" Ctah the OKLA
huma, the Nevada and the Arizona IN
that order. rh" lin" ON III" right w&'
headed by the New York. followed by
! the Texas. the Arkansas aEd the fl"rid;S
At II o'clock II French ilr"t began !"
come up from the south. There were
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WILSON BACKS LEGISLATION To
TAKE OVER THE WIRE SYSTEMS

iinue until otherwise ordered by con
greSs." The resolution Directs tn" post
master general To negotiate contracts
for the purchase nt tn" telephone lines
subject TO the approval Of congress. md
To have an appraisal made TO the
value OF the telegraph property.
The right Of the Envcrnrnt7,t 10 pur'
chase the telegraph systems is given
under an existing law. according to ad-
minist ration officials. This law. PASSED
in 1855. WAS designed TO give govern.
ntrnt aid in the construction of tele-
graph lines and provided that tn" priv
ilrSrs of operation given the Companies
were Eon-trapafcrnhl" except that the
government nIIEht purchase tn" prop
erty. Provision was mad" for the ap-
pointmrnt Of iir" diSinterrStcd persons
to nppraiSe the properties should the
government decide tn purchas" them
Two Of tn. appraisers would be nam"d
by the postmaster general. two by tho
companies and the NTH by these -four
mon.
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HOMECOMING N|AR5H|PS APPEAR
IN GRAND PAGEANT DECEMBER e

siblc Of the returning vessels into port
not get hack in time for the review.
which will Ei"e the people OF the coun-
try an opportunity TO sec tn" lighting
ships that helped materially TO defeat
tn. German menace. Efforts will be
made. however. TO bring AS many As pos
siblc OF thcr cturning vessels into port
together.
instructions to Admiral Mayo called
for the return Of all naval crnft TINT
can be spared. Some portions OF the
American forces. however. must remain
on the other side temporarily. 10 COM
pletc the work OF Carrying out naval
conditions OF the armlstice.
Tho dcstroycrS ordered home are
among those first sent 10 European
water to battle against submarines.
Those now en- route I" New YORK are
the Whlpplc. Truxtop, Wordcn. Stewart.
IElusscr, Preston, Lanlson and Reid.
Those soon to sail arc the Jenkins,
Trippc, Cassin. Conungham. Pauldins,
Stevens, Balch. Caldwell. Mccall AM
men, Stcrrctt and Terry.
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WASHINGTON. Dec, l3.--Tcl.phone
,..d telegraph lines would become pcr.na-
e., =, gov"rnmeut-own"d utilities under
, resolution introduced In IN" h"ust- to-
,.;y by Chairman Moon. ~ the post
.,ilice committee. Mr. Moon said the
measure had been drafted in c"nsulta-
Zen with Postmaster General hurlrSon.
ho had informed him that the leEtSla-
:,.u vas approved by President Tilsnn.
The resolution WAS referred TO tn"
:,n..t Office committee. which soon viii
..-i;iyl hearings on it. Discussion OF thr
arnpoSal in the house. however. Will
-ccede the COMMITTEES report, Mr.. Moon
nnnouncinS to-day that ne expected to
I"l;vcr an address the subject during
consideration OF IN" post Office appr"-
or'atiun bin.
Gu:rrnmeut control nn+ operation Of
ne telegraph and telephone lines Is
..r,t:t"d by tho "AI>;irE ."S"iuii"it ("
.:t~ period OF thr war. bat uiI'i"r the
:l"aSur" offered today !, would CON
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PACAND|STS
PUT ON THE JOB
BEFORE THE WAR
GERMAN AGENTS GOT
THEIR ORDERS JULY 10
100000 Volunteers in the u.
-. S. Worked for Their
FatherIand.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-OperAtions
OF the German propaganda system in the
United States through which valuable
information for transmission to Berlin
was gathered at the same time'that Ger
man doctrines were spread over the
country. were laid bare today by Captain
G. r. Lester. of the army intelligence
service. in testimony before tho Senate
committr Investigating beer and Ger
man propaganda Most OF the evidence
related to activity of Teutonic agents
before the United States entered the
war.
Captain Lester declared that an un-
named informant. now intcrncd. told him
that the Berlin government on July. 10.
1914. nearly n month before the war
started. called into conference about 13l
trained and educated German propaSan-
dists. AMI sent them to all parts of the
world with instructions TO prepare for
The world war which they were told was
about to be prccipitatrd. Thiry-onc OF
these landed In the United States two
weeks nft"r hostilities stnrtrd and be-
cnmc .hc nucleus for m organization OF
between 900 and 300.no0 volunteers.
mainly COMMUNICATIONS. who gather
cd information of all kinds and reported
IL To German conSulS and agents In hun
drcds of communities. 49,
Hale At Tho Head.
William Riyard Hale writer for the
Hearst newspapers. and formerly confl-
Dental representative OF President VIII
son in Mexico. eventually became head
Of the publicity branch Of the orTaniza-
tInn thus built up. Captain Lester said.
The officer also testified that newspa-
ocrs and writer's were Influenced to pro-
mote German propaganda film plays
were produced promoting distrust Of
Japan and Mexico. washington news-
pa perman was hired to report govern
nlent secrets TO the German hcadQlnP-
tors writer's were sent to Germany to
send back dispatches pra'sinG the Ger
man rausc and golden boo:::" was cir
culatcd throughout the United Statcs to
get signatures OF American citizens Icon
ing townrd prn-Gcrr1ran sympathics.
Dicidnson's Activities.
J. ]. Dickinson a ncwspapcrTnan and
former major in tho army was hired at.
$40 a week to report on confidential In
tcrvicws with officials to German head
quarters In New York said Captain Lcs-
| ter Dickinson claimed that he had
confidential relations with cabinet Nom.
hcrS tnnt nr cNuId Sct IN the DRck ooor
, Of the White House" ahd boasted TINT he
was responsible for the notorious leak
on the peace note Captain Lester de-
c1ared. Tho witness admitted that rec
ords showed Dickinson did have consid-
crahic accurate official Information OF n
confidential nature and Glre it to tho
German representatives.
CAPTAIN Lester. continuing his teStt-
mnnT tomorrow expects TO tell how the
German agents tried to stir up revolt
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CZERNIN FOR PEACE
IN SPRING OF 1917

VIENNA. Dec. 13.--(Hy the ASS"c'-
atnd Press Count CH"rnln. former
.Austro-HunEarian foreign munster.
gave tho correspondent an opportunity
today to read u copy of tn" letter which
hn sent to Emperor Charles in April.
lal7. in which the minister declared
tina, tho condition of Austria was grow
ing desperate. In IN" letter Count
t'Zcrnn told the emperor that nc Ilu
not think another winter campaign was
possible. and asserted IT was necessary
that peace negotiations should be begun.
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President Witnessed
Destructive Work by
u. s. Naval GunneTs

DN BOARD THE L. :. =. GEORGE
WASHINGTON. Doc. l3.--tRy Wireless
., The Associated I'rcSSD rr"Sid"n;
Wilson and his party w"rr Interested
;".ta;ors today uf an exhibition Of
ntj-aircraft battery work hy .\LmIrai
':.,yo'S flagship the Pennsylvania. l::l-
Ions ws.r sent up from IN" super
,'rc.tduauSht and then destroyed by the
hell fir" while tn" PrcSid.n; watched
rough glasses from the bridge of the
';"orgc Washington.
The President las, night tlincd for
.-,:tliy with nrrnbcFs OF tho peace mis-
;,n and J. J. JusSrrand. The French
,uha$Satl,r. and Count MLcchi r, C"l-
-. the italian ambassador.
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WHEELING employees To
SHARE IN NEW PLAN

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.--Thomas T.. Viii
son. president Of Wilson X Company.
today said that 4 Notwithstanding plan.
whereby all employees Of thr company
might own stock in the company. would
be announced soon. This VIII not nj
feet tho cash bonus system. employees
to r~ccIv" the usual Christmas Gift "f
10 per cent Of their last siN months
salary. ----------
Tho several hundred employees Of The
Wheeling plant "f Wilson Il Company.
formerly tho Paul q. ErymHnn Com
pany. will share in the benefits Of the
plan now announced by Mr.. Wilson.
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THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Dec.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Forccast:
ohio--Ratn and somewhat colder Sat
usdny; Sunday, fair. colder. In southwest
West vtrg1nia-Ratn and somewhat
colder Saturday; Sunday, colder and part
cloudy.
Western Penntylvania-Ratn and
slightly colder Saturday; Sunday colder
and generally fair.
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INFLUENZA IN SAMOA.

PhGO TAGO. American Sniu"l Nov.
- GHT MaiD D.--itrpnrlS ni III" lnflu"rZn
"pldr'nic that - raging IN western
Samoa. say that ;nvrrn"r Foyer /. ;.
". has Guarantin"d IN" American pos
sessions against IN" rest az the terri
tory. Deaths AT" chiefly among Sa-
mOanS There were 50n deaths near AIa
aiunr i, - said. 'rh" HriiiSrh ambassa-
dor h;ts BEEN offered all possible assist
ancc hy l!,r American consul ut Apia.
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G>ondon Times Cable. Copyright, III
by Public Ledger tnmpanTD


BY Public Ledger Company
THE HAGUE. Dec. IA correspond
cnt in Hcrlin tcl"Ernphs that the Dig
rcst German contractors tell him they
arc confronted by demands on the pr.
OF the workers which may mean RUIN
| He quotes for instance the proprietor
of a large busincs III ldrr%iE wh"se
| 7Oo rmuloyrrS made demands Which
| meant tho Immediate payment To thc'n
! or lTU0.U0U marks. normally St@1.uo"'
| in satisfaction of their Demands up 10
tim, moment, They demanded n Chr'S,
| ,nns box. n full months SALARY r:l'h,
atsn association with him Of n workers
council in management Uf the businc*
also Il new rront sharing control.
In another instance. ono Of the ia!i;-
cst companies in the electrical industry
| in Iirrlin w;Ls faced with hc'lnhHS
| amounting tu i0.uO0.0n0 marks. nor
! mnIIy Sl0.0n0.n 900. They also drmandG''
J. n 90 per cent general Increase In sal
/ aries.
Amounts to Coufscation.
II is becoming obvious the WORKER
simply wish to apprrpriatr capital "@"-
! cIaIizntinn" TO b. the effect in ind'-
yidunl undertakings by the employees.
| sorinlizatinn already exists between
workers In the various concerns. the
| workers wish 10 divide Immediately
among themselves the profits and capt
| tai of the firms r,G which they hithcrt"
| had worked. and therefore they regar
every new worker with an unfricrdI.
eye. Tho workers profess tn thiIIk th"%
: are Justified in doing this. They are
under the influence Of Russian doe
. trinos.
: The workers leaders. mostly S"unE
, mon. trrrorizc the older workers. anu
: often soon -bcromc hlGckm'uicrs. Thu:
! many, large businesses arc thrcatrnco
with immediate disaster. as these lead
! crs and their workers council nrr en-
tirrly without the requisite business cA'
racity.. Tho newspapers are undergoing
q similar experience. hui Keep silent.
Despair in Berlin.
! This Durrly economic" revolution has
had An extraordinarily rapid develop
| men, IN tho last two weeks causing i"'
| snair both in Rrrlin and other c"ntcrs.
| Tho situation in Prussia particularly is
declared ,r b" almost hopeless. business
! mon fearing their businesses will bc
taken over by violence. The soldiers
| councils side with tn" workers. TIL ;
mntcrIal d"clIn" "f tn" country mus:
under those circumstances proceed rap
/ idly. Many hiE concerns simply are
! facing bankruptcy.
! The correspondents impression i7
that Germany now internally is APP
proachinE destruction. Ms il Is hrc"r'-
ling impossible tn prosecute FOR any ~
; rrnsc against what the workers rHI'
! "prppcrty." Already mn under Officer
. in Germany receives NOR" pay than iii
officer The national budget already
has hrcn nearly trchl"d.
! Il wnuld only say" concludes ih7
, correspondent. "thnt my stay in Co..
( many has filled nj" with profound dis
| NAV 1T the weakness Of tho bomb
which still hold European civilization
togcthrr.'
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THOUSAND INITIATED.

Special Dispatch tu IN" IntrliIgcnccr.
CLARK kSRtIlri. W. Va. Dec. l3-onr
thousand candidates were initiated into
The new Moose Heart Legion of the
World, tn" SECOND dcErcH OF the 1-nyal
Order of Moose. at n big gathering hold
here tonight. al which tn" ClarkshurE
Legion No. s. was formally INSTITUTED
Iindnry II. brandon. Of MnOschcart. Illi-
noi~. grand regent. and Henry {. CNinE.
Of Pittsburgh. grand lecturer. partici-
pattHi.
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American Gas Would
Have Overwhelmed Foe

NEW YORK. Dec. l3.-Dctafls Of
Americas "rnurmnuS preparations" 10
nvCrWh"lm the German armies with
poison gas wore made public to-day by
the New York section Of tho American
Chemical society. Military authnritirs
and engineering CHEMISTS il was stated.
had oppressed ~" belief that G"rmanyS
knnwlrdrr nr thcs" preparations had
boon All impnrta7,t factor in causing her
to seek an armiSttc".
Asserting that in May. 1917. the pro-
ductiuu Of gas masks WAS started by II
group Of iivc volunteers. Colonel bradley
Dewey. commanding officer OF the EnS
defense declared that up tU the time
the truce WIS signed. there had been
produced 5000. mn mnsks. 5000. 600 OK
ira Canistcra. 5nO. .nO0 horse masks. ana
large quantities of mustard gas suits.
gloves. oiutmrnts and nntidotcs. The
production Of gas masks when hnstIlI-
tics ceased. he added. had reached 10000
4 day. The 1919 model he said. showed
n revolution In design overcoming all
discumrortE of earlier patterns and
adding tcn-fnId efficiency.
William H. Walker. commanding the
FdIrwood arsenal. said that nn NoHcm-
her II. we had NIL the facilities for
producing mustard gas al the rate or
ian tons day. To say nothing of our
resources for dcluKing our enemies with
chlorine p!IosE"nc, chlorpicrin and new
rapnrs previously unknown to them
He added that there never wns n day
when the production OF materials did
not exceed the ability to utilize H." and
paid. tribute to chemists who hnd hravcd
tho dangers OF tho poison gas plsnts.
far from th" giamur of the real battle
nrIds and who in some cases had made
the supreme sacrifice.
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CONF|5CAT|0N
OF BUSINESS
IN GERMANY
INORDINATE DEMANDS
MADE BY WORKMEN
State of Industrial Chaos Sim
liar to Russians Already
at Hand.
Especial Wireless. Copyright. 1918,

| Especial Wireless, Copyright. 1918.
by Public Ledger CompanyD
LONDON, Dec. 1S.--Nhiic prudent
| discount reports from Germany
! coming through The Hague, which
| usually ur" more prssimistic than
those coming from Stnckhulm, or CO.
pcnhagrn. tn" following ilrst account
! Of an economic revolution is So siini-
| lar to the course OF events In ltuS-
! sin under Krrrnsky that II cannot
be passed over lightly.
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London Times Wireless Copyright

London Times Wireless Copyright,
1918. by Public Ledger Company.
LONDON, Dec. I3.---Nr. l.lnyd-Gcorgc
ihts afternoon At tanbcrwcll made
somewhat sensational speech attacking
the labor party. Ills points were that
the sam" natriotic men OF the tabor
pnrtv were not now running the party;
that the labor party was being run ny
paclfist Rolshcvi:its. thai had the coun-
try listened 10 Ramsay Mcdonald. Fhii-
Hp Snnwdcn. SmillIc and others VIC
should now have bondsmrn and slaves
nr the Germans. Tho premier declared
tho ccalii ion randidat" would tomoFr""
unl1 moro % kill Smcn's votes than cam
tiItntrs WHO claimed tn represent labor.
The lnunr party has been run by an
extreme parifist RnlShcvSt group" he
declared. 1T was they who pulled the
labor party ont "t tho movement at tn"
mumcut when you needed the help III
In b0r tu reconstruct this country. They
pullcd them out. Surprising they had
had their way" RclEium would b. over
run: France would DC overran: Germany
y,uld not have the whole continent or
Europe under her cruel heel: the chann"l
ports would he under Germany. Sup
posing tho labor party should win. TheF
will win with tn" support Of men who
do not believe in the doctrines Of these
rcnp!c.''
Mr. Bonar Law speaking nj Glasgow
:uLny, said The government believed L
n"cuni chamber Of adequate strength
was necessary in any democratic c"un-
try. hut thai The government did not in
tend Il To be n hcritary chamber. They
irtrndrd Ia give II strength which alone
come from direct accessibility 20 the
pcuplt.
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BRITAIN TAKES
STAND AGAINST
ALL LLM|L|TAR|SN|
PEACE ONLY A SHAM
WITH CONSCRIPTION
British Peace Conference Del
egates to Work for
Abolition.

" LONDON. Dec. 1S.-Prcmicr Llcyd-
George. in statement 70 Reuters. Ltd
tonight, OH tho subject OF conscriPt!on'
said:
"un the cvc OF this important election.
which means 50 much TO the country. /
wish 10 make It clear beyond all doubt
that / stand for the abolition ot con-
s,Sriptiun in nil lands. Without tFat.
the peace conference would be Il failure
and sham. These great military ma
chimes are responsible for the agony the
world has passed through. and 1t would
BE- poor ending 10 any peace confer
,.nrc tilat allowed them TO continue.
Any delegate that represents Great Hr1t-
air at that conference must labor to the
end / have stated" .
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WASHISGTrN. Dec. 13.-Whcn hos
tillica CrnS"d the American army was
being prepared and equipped 10 hurl
ten tuns OF mustard gas into tho German
forces for every ton the Germans could
deliver. Major-Grncral William l. ST.
bert. director OF thr chsInicAl warfare
service. said hero tonight at dinner
given in his honor. ON the day that the
armlsticc was signed he said piHns for
the manufacture OF the standard gases
were In operation with Il manufacturtnE
capacity greater ;1an that Of England
and France combined. This capacity
would have hr,.n trrhird In the case OF
certain Ens"s before. tho beginning OF
tho new yr;rr.
General Sibcrt revealed the fact That
his depart mcnt had perfected q new type
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er Bulletin Service Evev Dav at the Market All the Big News

Rai1 and Somewhat Colder Saturday;
Sunday Colder, Partly Cloudy.
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