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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12

sent from France. AS we left Con-
stance some of the people waved
American flags and one woman even
gave us basket of apples. At Iu-
rich, Switzerland, the Red Cross gave
us a dinner and cigarettes. AT Bern
all the Americans. including the con-
sui, were down to see us with allied
figs and American. They cheered US
like conquering heroes and loaded US
down with gifts, food and tobacco,
and served US with coffee and meat
sandw iches made from white rolls.
Again at Lausanne the same thing
happened. Although the general pub
lie was forbidden to come out to the
train because of the danger from in
fuenza. they broke through the
guards and came anyhow.
Geneva was the climax. Streets
and houses near the station. and the
station itself. were crowded with
people, singing The Star Spangied
Banner showerin,; small gifts and
flowers and cheering Wilson and
America When we left the Red
Cross girls sang the Swiss national
anthem and people in streets and
windows burned colored lights. 1t
was a wonderful reception because
SO genuine and spontaneous and such
complete surprise to US,
Girls Bring Champagne.
At BeleSaTde, the HrSt french
town, whence | cabled you. the mayor
and the girls of the town came to
the train and gave us q reception and
provided US all with champagne.
opening quart after quart. From
Beilegarda each of us had a berth,
We reached our final destination on
Sunday morning and were received
without any demonstration. We We're
examined today and i was put in
Glass A. All other classes go home.
am glad | am in this class, as l am
in good health and don't want to
go back until it's all over. People
here were surprised to see US in such
good condition. They expected a lot
of enaciated, tuberculosis individuals,
but we fooled them because we mad
been so well taken care of by the
American Red Cross"
Lieut. Pedrick, in depression. tells
his mother that the Germans living
in Germany are the biggest liars on
earth. 1T was a continuous string
of lies from the time / entered the
country until / left" he remarks;
Even though the truth were better.
the boche will lie. 1t is national
trait. The only way you can get any
satisfaction from them is to use force.
This is impossible for prisoners. but
prisoners can tl1eraten. After they be-
gan to lose the war last July their atti-
tude at once began TO change for the
better; before that they were arrogant,
domineering and bull headed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
PLUNKETT COMING HERE
IN AID Of IRISH CAUSE
Will Hold Conference With Ameri-
cans on Grave Situation
at Home.

LONDON. January 1I-Sir Horace
Piunkett. who presided over the Irish
convention early last year, which after
long elaboration failed to reach an
agreement on a scheme of selfgovern-
ment for Ireland, will leave for the
United States the coming Wednesday.
He intends to confer with prominent
Irishmen In America on the grave situa-
ton in Ireland and to counsel against
Impotence. which. in his opinion, con-
stitutes one of the gravest menaces in
view of the existing conditions.
1--WE cannot expect the world to be
reconstructed in a few weeks after the
ending of the war Sir Horace said to
the Associated Press correspondent, land
attempts quickly to untangle the COM
plicated Irish problem. fear, may lead
to more serious conse quences than pos
sibly most of US believe
With the exception of standing for
home rule, Sir Horace is not aligned
with any Irish factions. He recently
stated:
."The government divides the popula-
ton into three sections-the ex-
tremists of the north, who are fos-
tered; the extremists OF the south,
who are coerced. and the moderate
man everywhere, who is ignored. he
maintains that the man who is iden-
titled with neither Of the extremes has
no means of making his opinion felt.
THE future of civilization depends
upon the relations of the United States
and the British empire. and with all
that has been said and all the mis-
representations which have gone out
the Irish question forms a dangerous
shoal in the way of those friendly re-
..This is no time to jump at conclu-
sions. 1 hope to explain to the Irish
men in America the phases OF the
situation which have been so rapidly
developing in the last few weeks
some Of which doubtless are obscure
to them, and to emphasize to them
what I believe-the necessity for the
calm and careful consideration OF each
problem as it arises
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
PRINCE Of WALES
VISITS i. s. ARMY

COBLENZ, Friday, January 10 tby
Wales became the guest of Maj. Gen.
Joseph T. Dickman. commander Of the
American Third Army today. He en-
tered the American lines from the
Cologne headquarters of the British
army of occupation and expects to
leave Sunday or Monday for Bonn.
His appearance in Coblenz was not
marked by any ceremony that would
indicate the presence of royalty, the
prince desiring as little pomp as pos
sible. Dressed in the uniform of a
British officer and accompanied by a
single aid, Lord Claud Hamilton. the
prince made the run from British
headquarters in an army automobile,
arriving here late in the day. 1t was
dark and the sentrieS who saluted as
the car passed did not know more
than it bore officers OF high rank.
Will Be Entertained.
One or two dinner parties, luncheons
and excursions into the bridgehead ter
ritory make up the program Gen. Dick.
man has planned for his week end
guest, but not forgetting his highness
wishes for an interesting. rather than
a formal and ceremonious visit, he has
included in his plans a feature that
will make him long remembered by viz.
tually every American girl in the area
This is dance tomorrow night at the
officers casino. The women there will
be American and British, with possibly
a few French, but no Germans. The
presence of the latter, even IL desired
is rendered impossible by the anti.
determination order.
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Bound for New York.

The Castalia. a great lakes steamer
Of 3, O92 TONS was bound for New York
for overseas service under the direc-
ton of the United States Shipping
Board. The steamer was cut in two,
towed through the Welland canal to
Quebec, and px II being put together
proceeded ~ Halifax about a month
ago. She left Sydney on the night Of
January 8.
A wireless message from the Ber-
sensfjord, picked up here at 10 O'Clock
tonight. said that she was within for
ty miles OF the Castalia and was in
radio communication with the dis.
tressed steamer. Although she was
proceeding at full speed. the message
said that because Of the heavy gale
and high seas it was believed she
would not reach the Castalia before
/ O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
ORGANIZATION OF u. S. PEACE
COMMISSION BEGAN IN OCTOBER
Col. House, Admiral Benson and J. C.
Grew, Later Designated as Score
tary, Laid Foundation.

of accounts of the State Department
is disbursing officer. .
To the secretariat falls The work OF
preparing diplomatic correspondence
of coding and DECIDING messages, in.
dexing and filing and translating. I'm
der it is communications bureau
made UP of personnel from the Navy
Department under direction of Com
mander r. Ingersoll.
The technical advisers to the com
mission are: On naval affairs. Adj
miral W. S. Benson, chief of naval
operations; on military affairs. Maj.
Gen. F. J. Herman. former commander
of the service of supply for the Amer
lean expeditionary forces; on inter
national law. David Hunter Miller
and Maj. James Brown Scott. Mr..
Miller is New York lawyer and
Maj. Scott was formerly solicitor of
the State Department.
Intelligence Section
The Intelligence section is under
DR.. S E. Mezes, president of the Col
lege of the City of New York. and is
called the department of territorial.
political and economic Intelligence.
The executive officer is DR.. Isaiah
Bowman. director of the American
Geographical Society and leader of
the first Yale expedition to South
America in 1907 The department in
cludes experts on questions of terri
tories and boundaries and political
and economic conditions in all coun-
tries. It's function is to furnish the
commissioners with any desired in
formation. The department has a
large library of books and pamphlets
and a collection eff several thousand
maps.
The executive Office is in charge of
Capt. r. c. Patterson. former secre-
tary to the late Mayor Mitchell of New
York. Under his direction are all
activities connected with the opera
ton of the Hotel de Crilion and the
office building and with the furnish
ing Of service. The executive officer
has charge of obtaining motor trans
portation. mail facilities, courier
and similar matters.
The Am erican expeditionary force
was called on, and among the officers
and enlisted men were men whose
civil occupations had fitted them for
this work. Thus Lieut.. w. l.. Black,
formerly a hotel manager of New
York, was obtained to manage the
Hotel de Crillon. and Capt. H. F.
Shepley, an architect, was given
charge of construction and repair
work. Other positions in the execu-
tive Offices were filled in a similar
manner.
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GERMAN PRISON CAMP LIFE
AS D. C.. MAN DESCRIBES IT
Lieut.. Pedrick Writes Of Hardships Among
Huns, In Contrast With Reception
In France Afterward.

The startling transaction from the
brutality of a German prison camp to
the affectionate, enthusiastic and well
coming atmosphere of Switzerland
and France is graphically described
by Lieut.. Franklin 3. Pedrick, Medi-
cal Corps, U. S. A., in letter written
December to his mother, in this city.
from Base Hospital No. Is. Allerey,
Saome ct Loire, France. His last pre-
vious letter was written from Villin-
gen. Germany. just after the signing
of the armistice had brought him and
his fellow prisoners the prospect of
early release.
The commandant of the camp told
our colonel we would be sent home in
few days" writes Lieut.. Pedrick. in
part. and the head of the bureau for
prisoners, he also told US. had said
that the Americans had been such
good prisoners that we would be the
first to be returned. This was bull.
but our colonel believed it, because
he had been a prisoner only about a
month and did not know the Hun as
We old prisoners did. The command
ant, finally, one day made us speech
telling US we would go home soon;
troops streaming back from the front
and we could not be sent until these
were all back.
Held Hate Meeting.
Our colonel told him he was tired
of the phrase "a few days more, and
did not see why We could not be sent
through Switzerland. we were only
thirty kilos from the border. We
eight Americans had hate meeting
and voted to telegraph both the Red
Cross and Spanish ambassador to
hold up shipments of food to the
German people until all American
prisoners should be released By in
sisting that we were no longer pris-
oners since the armistice, our coll
onel got the commandant to abolish
roll calls and give us the freedom of
the town without a guard.
I'VE finally did leave Nillingen one
Tuesday morning and had beautiful
ride through the Black forest to
Constance. When we crossed the
Rhine everybody burst into cheers,
but when we got out at Constance
we found, to our disappointment, we
were still within Germany We look
ed like a bunch of emigrants. but the
food and beds there were the best
we had had. We enjoyed a good
Thanksgiving dinner on Red Cross
food and some from private parcels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
Berlin REDS LOSE
| IN FINAL STRUGGLE
Spartacans Die by Hundreds
in Desperate Fight to
Overthrow Ebert.
RAILROAD STATION CLASH
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 11.--Several nun
dred Spartacans have been killed IN
the capture and recapture or the 81
lesian railroad station by government
troops. according to late advices re-
ceived here from Berlin. The street
fighting at night was of the most vlo-
lent nature, Many bodies are lying
in the station building.
The fighting in the newspaper quar-
ter lasted for hours. Eighty were kill
ed and many wounded. bnter den
Linden is in the hands of government
troops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
Makeup of Secretariat.

The secretariat is composed OF Off
Gals of the United States State Depart
~Ient. their assistants and their stats.
The assistant secretaries are p. f..
Patchin. assistant to the counselor of
the State Department, and Leland Iar-
rison, first secretary of embassy. sgd
ney Y. Smith. chief of the diplomatic
bureau of the State Department, is
drafting officer for the commission, and
William McNeir. chief of the bureau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
Seeing the Light.
~ the Cleveland Plain Dealer

People who did lot of talking on
the subject are now beginning to see
that it wasn't worth while for this
country to declare war on Turkey
after ALL
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MISFORTUNE FOLLOWS
NAWS MYSTERY SHIP
American Sea Fighters Manning
British Vessel, up Against"
Ill Luck.

PARIS, January ;. Correspondence
of the Associated Press. --Misfortune
and ill-Iuck followed the American
Nays only mystery ship, the OIL
fated Santee.
When the American squadron arriv-
ed at Queenstown and began to Co
operate with the British fleet the ex-
ploits OF the various British mystery
ships fired the imagination of Ameri-
can officers and men alike. The AmeH-
cans wanted a mystery ship and were
so insistent that Admiral Sims took
the matter up with Admiral Bailey
and the British admiralty willingly
assigned to the Americans a magnifi-
cant new decoy ship which was just
completed in one of the shsipyards of
the south of England.
Periscope Masked by Smokestack.
1t was a handsome freighter in APP
mystery ship, with it's periscope
torpedo tubes and batteries so skill
fully concealed that trained eye
could not discover the real nature of
the craft. even at close range.
Capt. David Hanrahan was assigned
to command the ship, which the
Americans christened the Santee
There weres hundreds of volunteers
among officers and men for the haz-
ardous service the Santee was about
to undertake. No ship ever put to
sea with a Drawer or more determined
crew
Full of confidence and high hopes
| the Santee started for the Irish cham
| mel to bait German submarines. The
stars were hsining brightly the first
night the Santee was out and she
| loafed in the hope of attracting thu
enemy undersea craft.
Damaged by Torpedo.
Exactly at midnight, without the
slightest warning, the Santee was
struck amidships by a torpedo, which
: tore a tremendous hole in her and
| completely disabled her engines. She
Immediately wirelessed her plight
and part of the crew put to sea iE
| small boats.
! Like all mystery ships. the Santet
was filled with wood and could not
| sink Her tgunners stood ready tt
| unmask the batteries and fire upor
| the German submarine, but the Ger.
man did not show himself. All night
long the Santee gunners watched fol
! the enemy. For thirty-six hours thu
| portion of the crew still on the Santet
F! kept in hiding. hoping the enemy
would appear. but in vain.
Drags Along, Two Miles an Hour.
| A slow tug was summoned to TAX,
the Santee back to a shipyard in thu
south of England. She was dragged
| through the submarine zone at two
miles an hour in the hope of invit
| ing further attack, but without re-
suits. The canpy Germans evidentl,
! had full information about the shiI
and gave her wide berth.
| 1t took many months to repair tn.
damage done by the well placed tor.
| pedo, and the submarine campaign
to make another trip.
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May Wait for Daylight.

Shipping men here expressed the
opinion that unless the Bergensfjord
should ind the Castalia in Immediate
banker Of sinking. no attempt to res
cue the, crew would be made before
daylight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
YANKS ON T|PTOES
OVER Berlin RIOTS
Reports of Conditions Exag-
gerated, However, and In
tervention Not Likely.
BY WILBUR FORREST.
Cahlegram to The Sunday Star and
New York Tribune. Copyright. 101

Cablegram to The Sunday Star and the
New York Tribune. Copyright. 1919.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION IN GERMANY via
Nancy, January 11.--Though the en-
tire occupational army is figuratively
on its toes and is intensely interested
in the situation in Berlin, nothing has
yet happened in the German capital
necessitating serious thought of allied
Intervention. I learned tonight.
Gen. Dickman's headquarters is in
direct daily telephone communication
with Berlin. Reports received here in
dictate that many stories going out by
wireless are exaggerated, though in
the past four days the German capital
has been the scene of turbulent en-
counters. The Star correspondent,
speaking by telephone with Berlin from
CoblenZ, learned of the incident in
which the American flag was said to
have been torn down before the Adlon
Hotel.
Lowering of Flag Explained.
Herr Adlon, proprietor of the hotel,
without authorization, hoisted the
flag for the general protection of the
American, French and Italian mis-
sions residing there. but when his at
tention was called to the fact that
he had no authorization to hoist the
flag he lowered it.
No Americans so far have been
hurt in the fighting when the Sparta
cides attacked the chancellors palace,
opposite the old American embassy
building. Many missiles struck the
building, but it was later learned
that members of the American Red
Cross previously quartered there
moved before the trouble started.
Spartacus Agitators Doomed.
Members of the Hindenburg officers
corps, however. are steadily arriving
from many parts of Germany and the
fate of the Spartacus agitators is
now sealed. There was more order
throughout the capital on Friday and
it is believed that Ebert's government
Will have complete control within a
few days.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg is be-
lieved to be directly behind the ar
rival of reinforce in Berlin, al
though it is very possible that he per-
sonally will not appear at the capital,
his chief interest being in restoring
ordsr rather than appear as an ad-
herent of the Ebert regime,
Ludendorf Greatly Hated.
Gen. Ludendorff was today here re-
ported to be on the way to Berlin, but
it is believed doubtful whether he will
dare to appear at the capital. as he is
now one of the most universally hated
men in Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
Drifting at Mercy of Wind.

drifting at tho mercy of wind and sea,
and that none of the steamers sent to
her assistance had arrived. There was
nothing in the message to indicate the
cause Of the steamers plight
An earlier wireless message from
the steamer War Fijian, which had
picked up the IS. o. S." call from the
Castalia, said that she had arrived
close to the position given in that call,
but had found no trace of any vessel.
A similar message came from the
steamer Bergensfjord. The govern
ment steamer Lady Laurier, sent out
from sydney to the assistance Of the
Castalia, had sent no report up to 9
o'clock tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12

So-called Chinese rice paper is made
from the pith of a Formosan tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12

PARIS. January 1.-THE organiza-
ton of the American peace commits
sion began in October when Col. L.
NJ House arrived in France with Ad-
miral w. S. Benson and Joseph c.
Grew, chief of the division of western
European affairs of the State Depart
ment. The personnel of the organiza-
ton now includes members in four
general groups.
Shortly after the armistice had been
concluded Mr. Grew was designated
secretary of the commission, and be-
gan preparations for the arrival of
the peace commissioners to be named
later by President Wilson. In this
preliminary work Mr.. Grew had the
assistance of the late Mai willard D.
Straight as executive officer.
Select Hotel and Office.
Tho Hotel de Criilon in the Place
de la Concorde. was taken as the res
idence of the commissioners and the
attaches of the commission. The
building. at No. 4 Place de la Concorde
and the upper portions of the build
ing in the rear We're obtained as Of
fees.
The necessary personnel was Sc
lected and when the commissioners
arrived in Paris everything was In
working order The activities of the
staff Of the American commission are
divided into four general groups, as
follows: Secretariat, technical ad-
YiseTs. Intelligence section and exec
utiVe offices.
In addition to these general groups
there are certain other activities which
are not grouped. among them being
the work done by the officers of the
Army Intelligence department under
Brig. Gen. Churchill. Other independ-
ent activities include medical service.
laison, ceremonies and publicity. All
these workers are responsible to Mr..
Grew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
Delay in Probating Will.

As both Theodore Roosevelt, jr.. and
George Emlen Roosevelt, a son of the
colonefs cousin, w. Emlen Roosevelt,
are soldiers in France, it will be late
in February before the will can be
probated.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt carried $685.
600 life insurance according to a
statement in the Weekly Underwater,
a New York insurance publication, in
its issue today. The amount was
divided among four companies which
waived proof of death and sent their
checks al once in payment
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CASTA[|A STILL AFL0AT.
WITH CREW ON BOARD

HALIFAX. N. S., January 1.-The
steamer Castalia, which sent out wire
less calls for assistance. this morning,
saying that she. was sinking, was still
afioat at Z: 30 o'clock tonight. A wire
less message received here said that the
crew was still on board.
The position Of the steamer at that
hour was given as latitude AIS north,
longitude 60 west This would place her
about sixteen miles off Sable Island
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
.ROOSENlT'S
IN EXCESS Of $4,000
Former President Leaves Income to
Wife, Divides Trust Fund
Among Children.

MINEoLA, n. Y. January IL
While the value of Theodore Roose>
Velts estate is not disclosed in the
former Presidents will, filed here to.
day for probate, it is estimated to
exceed 100000. The income of the
estate is bequeathed u Mrs. Roose
welt. who is authorized to dispose of
the principal to their children in any
way she desires.
A trust fund of s6e.eoa, left to Col.
Roosevelt by his father. is divided
among his children.
Request to Mrs. Longworth.
To Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, who
was Alice Roosevelt. the colonel left
all the silver given as wedding pres
entS on my marriage with her
mother" who was Miss Alice Lee o.
Boston when she became Theodore
Roosevelts wife. She died in 1884.
The rest of the family silver is di-
vided among the other children. Mrs.
Ethel Derby. Theodore. jr.; Archibald
and Kermit.
The executors. Theodore. jr.; Mrs.
Roosevelt and George Emlen Roose-
welt, are authorized to sell or dispose
of all real OF personal property held
by them and change the investments
whenever they please without being
held responsible for any losses aris-
ing therefrom."
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Report Complete Defeat.

PARIS, January II tHavas) THE
latest adviccs received here from Ber-
lin report the complete defeat of the
Spa-.acans. The workers in the arms
and munitions factories, who Were con-
sidered partisans of DR.. Liebknechs,
have expressed a desire that the she'd
ding of blood be brought to an end.
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Ludendorff Greatly Hated.

Gen. Ludendorf was today here re-
ported to be on the way to Berlin, but
it Is believed doubtful whether he will
dare to appear at the capital. as he is
now one of the most universally hated
men in Germany.