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VOL. xxvn
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INI ELLIGENCE
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1918
NO. 52
GERMANY'S FLEET IS SURRENDERED
Nearly 400 Vessels of Allies Take
Over 71 Fighting Craft
of the Enemy.
INTERNED   IN   BRITISH   PORT.
Nina Dreadnoughts,  Five Swift Battio
Cruisers, Seven Light Cruisers and
Fifty    Destroyers    Meet   Allied
Fleet Off the Firth of Forth.
WILLIAM   G.  M'ADOO.
Man of Multifarious Govern¬ mental    Activities    Resigns.
He Thinks He Can Find 'Room
VICE ADMIRAL BEATTY.
kondon.—Tlip history of the Oerman hiKh S(¦i^^s fleet—ves.sels thnt li:iv(> tlik- en the linperiHl (ieriiiiiii Btniidard Into the .seven sens is endi'd. Nine <lread- Doimhts, live swift hiittle cruisers, sev¬ en liKht cruisers und fifty <lesl loyers- •evenly-onp vessel.s In all and cotistl- ttltliiK the real slrentrth of the flernian navy—were snrrenilered to the allies at n rendezvous ajiiiolnted hy Vice Admiral Sir David lleatty l(et\ve<'n thirty nnd forty miles east of .May Is- lainl anil opposite the Kinh of l''orih. One of the smaller vessels struck a mine and sank on the way across the North Sen.    Iler crew wns saved.
After the surrender the vessels were taken to the Firth of Forth under es¬ cort of the British xrand lleet, flve American hattleships under the com¬ mand of Ueur A<lnilral HuK'h lUxlnian ¦nd three French warships. These allied men-of-war, numherlnp more than 400 superdreadnoUKhts, dread¬ noughts, hattleships, cruisers and de- ¦troyera, formed Into two long llnea, and, with the surrendered vessels In the lane thua formed, ateamed slowly to the Firth of Forth, the anchorage of the one-time (Germans.
Official announcement of the sur- ronder was contained In a statement iMued by the admiralty.   It salxl:
"The commander In chief of the frand fleet haa reixirted that at half- past 0 o'clock this morning he met the flrst and matn installment of the Gkrman hich seas fleet, which Is sur- renderinK for iiit<'mn>ent."
The nnnies of the trtittleshlpa, hattie cruisers and IlKht cruisers which have ¦urrendered to the allies have not been annoimced offlcially. However, a tele¬ gram recelvtHl in .\niKterdain from Berlin Sunday uave this list:
IJatlleslilivs - Kaiser, 24,U,'i Ions; Kalserin, '.il,!!;! tmis ; Koenlu .MiK'rt, 24,113 tons: Kronprinz Wilheini, 2.5.- 000 tons: I'rln/rejrent Luitpold, 24,113 tons; MarkL'riif, 2.'!,202 tons; (irusser Kurf\ierst. 2.'i.2'.t:? Inns; Bnyem, 2S,(MI0 tona; KoeiUK, 2r>,2'.>:> tons; Friederich der (JriiKse, 21,1111 Inns.
Battle Oulser.s llindenhiirtt, ahout gT.lKK) tons; |)erlliii-er, 28iHHi tons; Beydlltz, 2.'i.(mjO tons; Molike, 2:'.,(H)0 tons, and \'oii der Tann, 18,8(X) tons.
Ll^ht Cruisers- Bi-einen, 4.lHMt tniis ; Bnmniier, 4,(HM» kuis; Frankfurt, ri,4(K) tons; Koein, loniuiire uncertain; Dres¬ den, fonnnKe uiuerialn, and Kiiulen, 6,400 tuns.
The Kaiser, the Kaiserln, the Koenlj? Alhert, the Krcniininz W'illieliu, the Prln/.recenf l.uitpold, the .Mnrkcraf, the (Irosser Kurfurst, the Bnyem, the KonlR and the Friediich der tlros-e • re the most i)ow<'rful dreudnouKliis the Kaiser hnd.
The Hindenhuru. the DerfliiiKer and the Seydlltz were his most {Mjwerful and fastest hattie cruisers.
U.   8.  TROOPS   ENTER   PRUSSIA.
Signal   Corps   Units   Make   Short   In¬ cursion Across Moselle.
American Army of Occupation.—The Oerman frontier was crosaed at ser- •ral places hy American Signal Corps Onlta aad andmlance workers. Short tripa were made Into Ilhenlsh Prussia. where the Inhahltants are reported to have shown the Americana every con- , •Iderntlon. i
The front lines of the American army rest along the Luxemhurj; (Jer¬ man horder on the Pauer rlrer and thence ^long the Moselle river te the region east of Remlch, The army wlli mark time until further orders. At l»Rst Ihree or four days are expected to I1HS8 hefore Ihe next move is made touiird the Rhine.
OUR CASUALTIES f TOTAL 23&,117j
The Price Paid by the U. S. for th« Vlct6ry Over Germany Was Set Forth by Chief of Staff March.
WILL    KEEP    1.200.000   MEM.*
36,154   AMERICANS   KILLED
OR   Dif^D   OF   WOUNDS.
m
,   ,-; ¦ '   ru 1   Por¬
shiiiK  rejiorrs tliat llie  total  ca»
ii:iiti(-   '.\i     il.    Al'l.-ri.Illi   Kxped*» : IT   These
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Killed or died of woun
Died of .IU. :.-...
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Wound. ',
I'n.-ii.nei ^
Missiii;;
I'otHl
236,117
The resiCTiation of Mr. .McAdoo causes vacancies which can he filled only hy the appointment of several exectitlves, for he has heen secretary of the treasury, director general of railroads, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, chairman of the Farm Ix)an Board, chairman of the Board of Directors of the War Finance Ck>r- poratlon and chairman of the Central Executive Ootmcll, the governing board of the International High Com¬ mlsalon, mnde up of delegations from every country In the western hemi¬ sphere.
Secretary of Treasury to Rest and Resume Law Practice.
Cordial     Letters     Exchanged     as    the President     Reluctantly     Re¬ leases   Him.
WAR CONGRESS RESTS
After   Appropriating   55   Billion Dollars, Takes 10-Day Recess.
MUJlilONAIRE EVA.VGELIST
IS  HELD IN  $3.'S,000 BAfL.
MEETING OF CONFFJtENCK
REL.D .AT HKCKTOWN.
PITH
OF
THE
VICTORY    NEWS
  ,f
General Pershing riding behind the Belgian King and Queen Is a con¬ spicuous figure as the sovereigns en¬ ter Brussels after more than four /ears of war. Fifteen miles of Bel- a'an, American and allied soldiers 'orni a triumphal procession Into the capital, where they are reviewed by Albert.
T^ie British government Is considering arrangements for receiving Presi¬ dent Wilson. It Is probable he will 'and at Plymouth, whence tho Pil- Urlms sailed  tor  America.
Budapest, Hungary, enthusiastically areets French troops.
Test votes taken among returning Ger¬ man soldiers, says a dispatch, show • n opposition to Bolshevism and a desire for a stable government de¬ veloped from a national assembly. A high British official says there Is doubt about the Kaiser's abdication.
'*l'>«teen American soldiers, officers •"d men receive tho Distinguished Service Cross for courage in  battle.
¦•neral Pershing entered the city of Luxemburg snd with the Grand Duchess saw the American trooos P*aa by the palace.. The Eighteenth mfantry of the First Division were "»• first to enter the city.
Washlnpton. — Announcement was mnde ollli-ially tlnit Wiiiinm G. Mc¬ Adoo, I'resident Wilson's son-in-iaw, hud tendered ilis resimuition from the offices of secrelnry of the treasury and director genernl of rallronds nnd that President Wilsim imd acce|)ted in ench ciise. Mr. McAdoo will retire from the treasury depiirtment upon tho qualiflciitlon of his successor, whose nonilnatidii wili he sent to the seiinte when it reconvenes on Deceniher 2, but he will reniiiin at the head of the railroad adiiiinisi ration until January 1, the date upon winch he asked to be relieved.
Mr. Mc.\doo's letter of resignation ami I'resident Wilson's letter of ac- ceptan"e were made putillc. Mr. Mc- Adoos letter gives ns tlie sole reason for his retlreiiient frmn puhllc ofllce the necessity of engiiging In private business in order i.i recoup his flnan- clal resdiircos, which, he says, have been depleted during the (Ive years and eight months of his oflicial serv¬ ice.
Mr. McAdoo receives $12,000 as sec¬ retary of the treasury and nothing as director general of railroads. In fix¬ ing raliroad salarVee he has allowed heads of divisions SC^.fKX) a year and minor assistants re.-eive $12,000 or $15,000.
While telling the I'restdeat that his health Is goo<l, Mr. McAdoo says that he needs a rest from the strain to which he has (teen subjected. After fhe announcement Mr. McAdoo said that he contempl(>te<1 taking a vaca¬ tion for three months and then return¬ ing to professional .ife, probably re- BuniiiiR the practii-e ..f law in New ¦Vork. Rut he had made no plans for the future, he said.
The announcement was made by Mr. McAdoo personnly to a group of news¬ paper men who had heen Invited to hie office. After dlscu-^sing (lueatlons con¬ cerning goveriinienl fliiaiice and gov¬ ernment operation of railways Mr. Mc¬ Adoo toid of his resignation.
Haggard and unkempt, Ira S. Bas-
j sett,    "millionaire   evangelist,"   once
j held by  acquaintances  to he impecc-
! able,  was  brought before Magistrate
J.   J-   Sweeney   Monday  afternoon  at
' I'iltshurg   to   answer   his   charge   of
feloniously     concerning     his   assets.
At the conclusion of the hearing Bas-
sett was held in default of $ I.t,000.
I bail
1 On a second charge of conspiracy to defraud, Bassett and three alleged partners and agents—A. Frazier Beg- gate, Fred Watkinson and Samuel II. Davij were held under ?20,^(iO and .510,000 honils, respectively. The to¬ tal bail required for Bassett to ob¬ tain his freedom is $35,000 The hail for Bassett's friends was $10,- 0 00 each.
Karly in the day Judge Josiah Co¬ hen, in Common I'leas Court, dismis¬ sed the petition of Mrs. Bassett decla¬ ring her husbandapauper and asking lor the appointment of a commission to examine into his liienlai condi- ; tion.
;       For a time after he  was arrested,
tho   alleged   "blind   pool   operator,"
who is said to have juggled millions
i of other people's  money  in loans on
\ carload freight shipments, for which
he promised, and often paid, unuaual
' protits   to   the   invosors.   wa.s   contin-
' od  in the lunacy ward of a hospital.
Alienists   who   examined    him   said
he  had  not  be«n  responsible  for  his
acts for the past 18 years.     Notwith-
j standing this opinion of experts, the
Court ordered Bassett taken to a cell
I in  tho city  Jail,  where he has since
; been, and will remain imtil called for
'¦_ triial.
I Judge Cohen said, in dismissing the j wife's petition for a luoHpy commls- I sion, that Bassett would receive pro- ¦ por caro in jail and that the question of his mentality could be raised whon he was placed on trial.
PUESIDKNT TO tKKTUPY
.MUU.VT M.ANSION
WHILE IN PARI.S.
MORE   PAY   FOR   STATION   MEN.
Minimum  of $95  a   Month  Ordered  by j McAdoo. j
Washington. Mlrectnr (ieneral Mc-i Adeo has ordered a general wage In- | crease for li .MM) station agents on the railroads under government control. A mliilmuni wage of .$0,''i a month was, estahllshe.i for the men regularly on this duty .in a full time salary hasis. | A maximum of •<'-'''<l n month Is like¬ wise provided. Tli.' i.r.ler does not ap- jily to ngi'iits who trniisiuit train or ders by telephone «ir telegraiih.
Prince and Princess Joshim Mur- I at, at the request of the Government \ have placed their town house, at .No. [ :;8 Uue de .Monceau, Paris at the dis- 1 posal of the French authorities to re¬ ceive President Wilson during his 1 stay in  Paris.
'i;he President will find in the man- ' sicn various souvenirs of P.'esident ' Washington, whose niece married j Prince Achillo Murat. The liouse, which was noted hefore tho .var for the splendid receptions held there, I has a large garden. I -At present Princess Murat Is Uv- I ing at the Chateau de Chamlly, In j the department of tho Oise, where t she looks after several hundred wounded French soldiers. Prince .Murat re-entered tho cavalry at the beginning of the war, despite his age. During the war he has lost one son killed, while another has been -vouoi- lied seriously.
The aemi-annual meeting of the AUenlowu CiUerenco f the Luther¬ an .Ministerium of I'ennsylvania wa'j held Tuesday in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Hecktown, witb a large ut- lenilance of clergy min and laymen. The conference was to have been held in Ociljer, hut tlue lo the intlu¬ enza  epidemic,  it  was  postponed.
There was a session in ihe morn¬ ing, two in the alternoon aud the clo¬ sing service were held in the even¬ ing. The opening service was al 9:45 X. M., when confessions were made in the Sunday-school room U V. J. H. Orr of Phillipsburg, is president, and Rev. J. A Klick, of Nazarelh, secretary of the Conference Uev. H. A. Weaver, of Phillipsburg, delivered the opening address, afler 'wnich holy communion was admin¬ istered followed hy a sermon preach¬ ed by Rev. J. H. Orr, ot Phillipsburg. Ueports of the president, secre¬ tary and treasurer were read wheu the alternoou session opeued at 2 o'clock. These committees also made reports: Missions   Uev.   Dr.   C.   J.
Cooper, of Ailentown; Sunday- schools, Rev. E. E. Fischer, of Ai¬ lentown; Mission activities, Rev. H. C. Kline, Bethlehhm, and I'arish Efflciency, Rev. J. F I>amberl. of Catasauqua.
Al the session held at 4 o'clock "Family Religion Life," prepared hy Rev. Professor H. E. Jacobs, S. T D., of Mt. Airy Seminary, formed the subject for  discussion.
Following   a   short  prayer  service at  7:46  1".  .M.,  Professor  C.  .M.  Jac¬ obs, D. D-, of Mt. Airy, presented the subjects:     "The   Work   of  an   Army ' Chaplain,"  and   "How   Far  Can   We Join the Forcee of Other  Protestant Bodies in Solving the Religious Prob¬ lems  Which   Arose   During   the  War Just Closed." Thesesubjecls werefol- lowed by the reports of special com¬ mittees  and   miscellaneous   business The following ofliccrs were elected President, Rev. L. D. Lazarss, Secre¬ tary and tre asurer. Rev   J. A. Klick There are sixty-nine pastors in the AUentown   Conference.     Dinner   and j supper  was  prepared  and served  by , the Ladies' Aid Society of the Heck¬ town Church.
INVENTOIt IH UK'KED IN
N()N-HINK.\BI.K   SAFE   .VND
CAST IN RIVER.
Prohibition  and  Woman  Suffrage  Fur^
nished   Sharp   Controversies   All I Throughout the Session.
Scientists and others gathered on Saturday afternoon on the Munici¬ pal pier at .Allegheny avenue, Phila delphia, saw a man locked up in asafe inclosed in a cylinder dropped to tht bottom of the Delaware River ami come iipapan afterliviiig in thevaul' for .32 seconds depending for life or. oxyt-en he carried with him.
-Meanwhile Xanni. the inventor o' llie device, claims that the ocean safi_, can be used to save valuables at sea The vault, when,the cylinder struck the water, popped out of the top an.' drifted up tho river with N'anni lock ed inside. After more than a half r. minute ho was released by men in a motorboat.
Il is claimed that the invention will prevent the loss of millions ot dollars at sea. The annual value ol precious cargoes in normal times los' liy the sinking of merchant vessels is estimated at $45,000,000
The party, which included fhe in¬ ventor, embarked from the Indepen- d.'nt piers on the steam bolster Her¬ cules, which was towed up the river by the tug ..^ctive, in charge of Cap¬ tain Bennett, who had charge of the expedition.
The sponsor for the vault when it went overboard was Mrs. Emma Gra- migna Blase, daughter of P. Grami- gna, who broke a bottle of wine with due ceremony from the lighter as Mr Xanni went overboard locked irp in the cyliiider in the enclosed vault. The sponsor did not know which words to chose. "Congratulations" or "Rest in Peace"
I'NION  THANKSOmiVG  SERVICE.
EXILED   KAISER   PLOTS.
Ex-Ruler Receives Wireless Atop of Holland Castle.
.Amsterdam.- If latest reports are authciillc, a clique of loyal genernls ami admirals ik |iloiiing to put the Kaiser back on the throne.
From the top of (^)unt Bentlnck's castle at Amenmgen wireless mes¬ sages are said to be flashing to the ei- emperor'S "nianngers," while alridnnos ars reported droi>ping nif>#>age8 Into the castle park It Is not lellevod. however, thst the plot can succeed
POTATOES TO BE SOM>
BV WKKJIIT.
The Food Administration is re¬ ceiving complaints to the effect that its recent ruling that potatoes must be quoted by the hundred-weight rather than by the bushel or tho sack IS not being observed All sel¬ lers of potatoes are requested to com¬ ply with thia regulation strictly. County Administrators are instrm-t- ed to stop any method of selling by measure.
Wheat Is no longer restricted to human consumption anB may be used aa food for stock So may rye products. This ruling is made be¬ cause ot the serious shortage of feeds In certain soctlons.
II.VNK imtECTOUS HOI.n
ANNU.Al. BANQUET.
The Board of Directors of the Citi¬ zens Bank of Wind Gap. held their second annual banquet at Kunkle¬ town at the hotel ef Francis Green- Bweig. on Tuesday. The following .lirectors were present: Henry Male of Pen Argyl; F. L. Werner, P. A. Strouse. O. R. Gillner, and Eugene .\i'henhacli, of town; James Nicho¬ las and George Kotz, of Delabole; ; Jacob Correll, of Saylorsburg. Rudy llahi;. of Belfast; O .\ Oeenswig. of Kunkletown; and Cashier Harrey J. P. Christman ol town. Other In- vll.'d   guesis   w.Te      p;-ese:!t.      among
whom were tbe bank attorney Herbert
I''. Laub. of Kast.ju. Ch.irles K.-ller. Jr. of the Strou.isbnrg Nat'.mal Bank, and Jacob Klnts, a dlrM- tor of the same bank of Strouds- buPK. After paitaking of an ex¬ cellent "sprt^id". after-dinner tpeech- ee were made by Attorney HF.Laub, Cashier Charles Keller, of Strouds¬ hurg. also bv the ""resident anl C.ish- ier of onr loeal bank, U.  . Qrvaas- »eig and Harvey J Christman. res¬ pectively. Tho becoml annual ban¬ quet of the Cltlzers Bank of Wind dap will be remembered as a very en¬ joyable time  by  all  present.
The "Item" suppliea lb* l>««t news Ir the   oountr     %ubearlbe   for   IU
A Union Thanksgiving Service will be held in St John's Lutheran <"hurch. Xazareth. this fThursdayi, Xovembw 28, 1918. at 7:45 P M The sermon will be preached by Rev Henkelman. pastor of the Moravian eongregation at Schoeneck. The of¬ fering on this occasion will beequally divided between the Easton and St. Luke's Hosp4tals. .\ communitv choir of forty voices will render sp¬ ecial music both before and during the service .\n orchestra of twenty- pieces will render a concert before the service beginning at 7:45 o'clock The following musical selections will be rendered:
Chorus. "The  Song of  the  Flag"—DeKoven "O   Worship   The   King"—Hall. "Ye Shall Dwell in the Lan.i"—
Stainer. Orchestra. March —"Palace   of   Peace"--Losey "Coirers &  Flours"—Tobanl. Violin Solo. I
"Keep The  Home  Fires  Burning"— |
Deshon "Star  Spangled  Banner" Duet—Trombone and Cornet    -Sulli¬ van "Stars and Stripes Forevei*'   -Sousa
Washington.—The second session ot the Sixty-fifth, or "war" Congress, which began last December 3, ended under a resolution which had been adopted by ihe senate 41 lo IS and by the house without ol.je<'tloii.
Except the war revenue bill, little businc'ss was left unfinished by (Con¬ gress. wlii<'h turns imw for tbe new sessions, from the prohlems of war, to those of p('ai-e and  reco.'.slructlon.
riiiriiig the ten .lay period before ilie new session iqieiis the .Senate FinaiTT'e Committee will endeavor to complete revision of the revenue nieusure, while house committees work on the mass of appropriation bills to come before the next session, wliidi expires by limita¬ tion on March ',\ next.
lU'i'nuse of tlie press of appropria¬ tion an.i re.'iinstruction legislation to come before the Hnnl session Repre¬ sentative KItchIn, the Democratic leader, warned the house that the usual Christmas holidays wiil be cur¬ tailed to "a few days."
For length, bulk of appropriations for the war and the number and im¬ portance of measures passed tlie ses¬ sion which has Jusl closed was regard¬ ed by lenders as unprecedented. At this session war was declared on Aus¬ tria-Hungary, and the members also saw the victorious end of all hostili¬ ties.
Appropriations passed aggregated $86.298.000,(X)0, making the total Xor this Congress more than $,W,000.000.- 000. of which $19.412,iX)0,000 was ap¬ propriated at the flrst—an extra~-se*- slon. at which war was declared on Germany
Legislati.m passed Inctudeil bills an- tborizlng billions of Liberty bonds, cro- atlon of the War Finance Corporation, govemment control of telegraphs, tele¬ phones and cablt»s. executive reorganU sation of govemmeat ageocles and ex¬ tensions of tbe espionage act and tho army .Iraft law by whi.h men between eighteen and forty five years of ago were recinired to register.
Presi.lent Wlls.iu addressed Con¬ gress several times .luring the session. The first si>eech was on January 18t when be outlined his 14 peace prlncl» pies. On May 27 he asked for Immedi¬ ate work on the war revenue bill and on November 11 read the terms of the armistice
WHAT   WOMEN   MADE   FOR   B0Y8.
Troops   Under   General   P<rshing   Ca^^ tured   40 000   Germans   and    1,400 Guns—8    infantry   Commands u.^r.   in A,'  :¦   ry to Return.
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Washington.-<;eneral Pershing baa cabled to the war department that ths casualties In the .\merlcan BxpedltlA- ary Forces lotul 2,^0,117. These figures^ »iald General .March, the chief of staf^ In snnouticing thera, are complBtfc The war (Jepartment, however, has re¬ ceived the names of only a little moro than one-tblrd of this number.
Genernl Mar.-h also announced plana for defilobllizarlon of part of the «xp#- dltlonary forces   These contemplate \)a». return  of  eight   divisions of  Natio>al< Guard    and    .Vational    Army    troop%' sight re^lnMDts of Coast Artillery, Cbd, two brigades of Field  Artillery,    "^ho National   Army  troops  to be retunje^ Include    fhe    Seventy-sixth     DIvlatdB 1 (New  En£tand.i j     Secretary   Baker  said   General   Per. shlng planned to reduce his force to 3* divisions  (1,200,(m;)0)  men), and  wouM reduce  it   furtb.r  as  condillons  Jastl- fled.
The total <tf tasualtiei^ caused sui^ prise, us it had been believed tbef would fall far short of tin- number glt- en. It Is realized here that surprlfc vvill be cau.sed also by ihe wide df*- cre[i,'ini'y In (lie grand total and tl*s number of casualties rei.orted in tt^ daily casualty lists made public by tt^ war department.
Up to now ih. .asiinltles reported and furnisli.ll r.i ihe press number^ 84,;!4.T This i.*- Ibc ..I'lclal total give* by ibe war department in its list f<lf- publicatlon lu newspapers of Sunday. It doe.s not In.-linh .Marine Corps ca»- ualliis rcporte.l hy (ieueriil Purshlni;. whi.h tolal 4,(r2ij in the lists previous¬ ly fiirnlshod tc. tlie press. It dlflfei** slighily from the total published, tUs difference bein;.- .lue to the fact th*t the war de^iartnient has not iiicludM in ils total of those lost at sea the names of "220 rep..ited in lists received by the governmeni, but not through General Pershin;; s headquarters. «
It will be seen from comparison of tbe total eent b.\ ieneral Pershing and the total of army . iisualtles report^ by name to the wnr department and given to tbe press so far lhat the ctt»- ualtles In the .\nierlcan Kxpedltlonaty Forces are 151..''•4.' more (or 147,619 more If tt»e 4.0'J'' .asiialtles in fhe 'itt,- rlne Corps are .lediu-ted) than hav« been contalnefl !i: the ofncial Hats pab- Itshed In the ne^\ •-r'<il'er8 to date. Tbla enormous discrepancy Is explained partly by fhe fn. t that the war depart¬ ment, at *he reqi:esf ..f the press news associutlon.s. f..li..w8 the practice of giving out each 'Ifiy a list of casualttea that may coci\ .niently be carried hi newspaper spa..-
-Kw exidatiafl.'ii for the great dis¬ crepancy Is mn !.- by ofU'lals of Mm war det>arlment General Pershloj, U was said there, was sending casuel(y lists promptly, an.I the delay wa.* dfle to the fact that In cafdes were uouble to carry more
WORLD'S  NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
GERM.XNS FSPECIAI.I.Y
VENTKI) SPITK ON
BRITISH CAPTIVES.
Released Allied military prisoners continually are arriving at the east¬ ern station, and all give evidence of having suffered greatly from lack of food while In German hands, .\mong tho military prisoners are French British, American, Belgium and Ita¬ lian soldiers There are also Belgi¬ an and French civilian prisoners, who appear to have undergone more hardships  than  the soldiers.
The British soldiers apparently were subjected to harsher tre>atment than the others, and they aroused the compassion of soma of the more fortunate ones. Some of the Ameri¬ cans divided their clothes with the Britishers,  who were In rags.
Total of 291.004.000 Necessary ArtU cles Produced In Year. Washington. - How the women of America have contributed toward mak¬ ing things comfortable for Cncle Sam's boys overseas Is told In a report Just made public. A total of •JIM.004.000 ap- tides have been produced by .\merl- cnn women. These Im-lmle '?^:i. 100,000 surgical dressings, 14.f»89.00n knitte.1 arllcles. 1.404 0<>i> refugee garments and  2-->.22,\000 hospital   garments  and
supplies.
NAVAL   UNITS   RETURNING.
Small Craft, Including Submarines, First to Be Demobilized.
Parts- Tbe .Kin.rl.an naval esiafy- Ushment In European ports and wa¬ ters Is being redii.-ed rapidly sln.-e the armistice. If Is Intended to or.Ier home soon all small .raft, destroyers and submarines used princtpelly as .on- voys. except for a liiul.«d numbor for patrol and escort duty.
The American naval base at Brest, however, will not be ahandone.l, but win be used as a repair station
L0NJ30N.—The Bolshevlkl in Petro- gra.l massacre huj Ireds of old Russian olhcers      The   alli»'l   forces   souilf   of
Archangel are n ting wllb strong o^
posilh.n, while l...]i.lon hears the Reda are growiiiit in s.nngth due tu tbeir coiur.il .if Uie  1 1  supplies.
PARIS.—The fight against a nation¬ al assembly ami r.ir ruilical conirol of ilermany  Is lai •    : .'d ai  Herlin.
WASHINGTON — The administra¬ tion contem|tlaies permanent coatmi of ull shore wir.-less statlonB In tha United States, a.cording to a navy (]»¦ partment stateineni indorsing the Alex¬ ander hill.
WASHINGTON. —Sweeping redu»- tlon.s in the taxes which were t» have been Imposed by tlie new -rev»- Due bill were made fiy the Senatt Finance Coniiniii.-e following the rei^ onimendatiuu of^ the frecsury depsi^ ment that tbe total yield of tbe bQl sbould be cut '•¦ .^diKKMKW.OOO
PETROGRAD.—An all Russian gov. ernment composed of the general staff of the volunteer urmy has been fon»- ed at Ekaferlno.lar with the object of re-esiutiiisbluK K .stiiu on a federatoA principle.
WASHINGTON.—In 1920 tho U. &. UMvv  will t «\e 11   loial ot SOO crmtL