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ARMY ARRANGING
SURPRISE FOR WILSON
With the American Army of Oc
cupation. Dec. 22. Here is a guard
ca army secret concerning the pres
ident of the United States, passed
by the censor for publication in the
United States but not in France.
The army is arranging for Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson a Christmas
tree as a surprise'and also the most
gorgeous collection of German
souvenirs yet gathered.
The souvenirs include officers'
gold and steel helmets, anti-tank
gun shells, swords, iron crosses and
the like.
Passes good throughout the Third
army area leg President and Mrs.
Wilson were issued Saturday by the
provost marshal, Lieut. Col. Julian
Dodge. President Wilson's pass is
numbered 500 and that of Mrs. Wil
son 506.
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RESTAURANT FOOD '
RESTRICTIONS REMOVED.
Washington, Dec. 22. Regulations
restricting the use of bread, meal
sugar, butter; and cheese in public
eating places, which have been in
effect since last October 21, were
ordered rescinded today by the food
administration, effective -tomorrow
inis order, it was explained, is a
further step in the replacement of
specific food regulations by a Ken
eral appeal for increased conserva
tion of all foods to the end that the
United States may meet its pledge
to relieve, the distressed civil popu-
la.'nns in fcurope.
In announcing the withdrawal of
the regulations, the food adminis
tration notified public eating places
to be ready to assist in putting into
effect any specific measures which
hereafterl may become necessary
through 'developments in world re
lief.
URGES STERILIZATION
OF SOCIALLY UNFIT
Boise. Idaho, Dec. 22. Steriliza
tion of mentally and socially un
lit persons to control reproduction
cf this class of incompetents in Ida
he is reccommended by Dr. D'Orr
Poynter, superintendent of the Ida
lie State sanitarium at Namp4 iu
his' first annual report to the board
of directors of the institution, whom
he asks to solicit the legislature to
pass an eugenjc law authorizing this
treatment.
HUN SOLDIERS GIVEN
WORK ON STATE PROJECTS
Army of Occupation, Dec. 22.
Thousands of discharged soldiers
throughout Germany are being plac
ed on state projects temporarily,
with the idea of keeping the men
mustered out and then to their
homes. The estimate is based large
engaged until conditions become
mere settled. Even with this work
under vay the problem of unem
ployment persists, but without reach
ing the- critical point that at first
was believed by. the authorities to
be imminent. Many of the discharged
soldiers within the American area
are being employed by the state on
roads or in other work, undertaken
primarily to keep the men from idle
ness. HINDENBURG ISSUES
BOMBASTIC MANIFESTO
Amsterdam, Dec. 22. A remark
able proclamation issued by Field
Marshal von Hindenburg from Ger
man main headquarters at Wil
hMmshole. dated "Christmas, 1918."
"The mighty achievements in war
of the German nation in arms, train
ed to warfare, which did not col
lapse beforea world of enemies,"
and declares:
"It drew this capacity from the
holy fires of. patriotism, will to vic
tory and a spirit of loyalty. The
German army,Nhas vanished, dis
solved disbanded, although until the
last it was feared and respected by
its enemies. To the officers, high
and low, as trainers and leaders of
the national army, is undeniably due
a great share of the glory and it is
petty revenge to deprive them of
their jnsignia and arms and declare
them incapable of exercising com
mand. "The utter destruction of the na
tional strength of the German peo
ple is the intention of those destruc
tive, disruptive spirits, who are
working to impede the reorganiza
:ion of the, empire on a sound pol
itical and economic lasis."
FIGHTS INCREASE OF
FARES IN NEW YORK.
New York, Dec. 22. Charging that
the stock of subsidiaries of the In
terborough Consolidated corpora
tion, which operates the greater part I
of the subway, elevated and surface
car lines in the boroughs of Man
hattan and the Bronx, ha been
"watered" for many years by "cir-
cuitous corporate -windings which
would have turned the minotaur
crreen with envy" District Attorney j
Edward Swan in a statement to
night bitterly opposed the corpora
tions application for permission to
charge higher fares. .
Mr. Swan declared the application
which asks for seven-cent fares and
a three cent charge for transfers on
surface lines in Manhattan, would
net the corporation $20,000,000 a
year. ' ,
Foodstuffs Arriving .
in Adriatic for Relief
of Serbs and Jugo-Slavs
Paris, Dec. 22. Herbert C. Hoov
er announced today that in accord
ance with the resolution of the as
sociated governments to take ener
getic steps in relief work, he had
pnno'rcH CoVpnel Wood of the
United States army to be director
of re.iet tor Serbia and Jugo-SIavia.
on behalf of the United States food
administration. '
, Investigations made, by the United
States naval officials ar reported to
show that the situation of the pop
ulations of the towns in these re
gions is extremely critical, and it
is expected that relief can be placed
in their hands within the-next two
weeks. . ,
The faocf r.di'iinistration is als
despatching a mission to Poland.
W SON
MASSES TO
WELCOME
TO
ENGLAND
Many Will Be Unable to Get
Places to Witness Passage
of U. S. President to
Royal Palace.
London, Dec. 22. President Wil
son's arrival in London on a public
holiday makes it certain that there
will be a great gathering of Lon
doners to welcome him. The only
handicap to would-be observers is
the fact that the distance from the
station to the palace is so short
that it is likely there will be many
persons who will be unable to get
places from which they can witness
the passage of the royal and presi
dential parties.
A better opportunity to see the
president will be offered the public
when the American executive goes
to he Guild hall Saturday to receive
an address from the lord mayor of
London. President Wilson then will
traverse the route the king usually
follows when he visits the city for
public functions through the Strand
and Meet street and past bt. rauls
cathedral, and returning along the
Thames embankment.
Conferences to Occupy Time.
Various public bodies have ex
pressed a desire to present Presi
dent Wilson wjth addresses, but the
president's time in London will he
so encroached upon for official con
ferences that it is not expected he
will be able to receive them. . Amer
ican organizations in London are
anxious to entertain the president at
dinner or luncheon, but they also are
likely- to be. disappointed. - It. iv ex.
pected that the president will find
time for a short inspection of some
of the American soldiers still in
London. '
The diolomatic corps is interested
in the question of precedence, which
will Drevail at the state banquet.
The general view is that the foreign
ambassadors, as personal represen
tatives of their sovereigns or gov
ernments, will precede all except
the king and the president.
Wilson Day in Ireland.
Dublin, Dec. 22. This was Wil
son day in Ireland. Meetings were
held in more than 40 towns and
resolutions drafted by the Sinn
Feiners inviting President Wilson
to visit Ireland and pledging him
Ireland's support were adopted. At
most of the meetings constitution
al .nationalists joined with the Sinn
Feiners. The attitude is that the
president will not interfere in the
domestic politics of Ireland, but that
he would be welcomed to Ireland
to examine into real conditiops a&d :
problems.
I he meeting at Dublin was pre
sided over by the lord mayor.
The trades council co-operatea.
At the meetings held under Sinn
Fein auspices the majority of the
sneeches annealed to President
Wilson not to overlook Ireland's
case at the peace conference.
SCHOLAR. DIPLOMAT DIES
AT PINEHURST, N. C.
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WALT.
WALTER II. PAG
EX-AMBASSADOR,
PASSER AWAY
Resigned Post at London and
Returned to New York
Suffering From Heart
Disease.
Pinehurst, N. C. Dec. 22. Wal
ter Hines Page, former ambassador
to Great Britian, died here late last
night after an illness of many weeks.
Dr. Page's health began to fail
Americans Provide
Festival for 60,000
Children in France
Paris, Dec. 22. More than 30,
000 graves of American soldiers
will be decorated on Christmas
day by the. American committee
for devastated France. In the
region between Laon and Chateau
Thierry, where the graves will be
decorated, the committee will also
provide a Christmas festival for
60,000 children.
Christmas stockings, filled with
candy, toys and games sent from
America, will be distributed, each
child, in addition, being given
some article of clothing, mittens
or a muffler.
Two hundred children, who
have returned to the ruined vil
lage of Crecy, will receive com
plete outfits of clothing so that
they will be able to return to
school. The committee is also
arranging Christmas festivities
at Laon, Soissons, Paris and other
French cities.
Commanders of American
Fleet Now En Route Home
IS
summer,
Dr. Page returned to the United
States October 12, and hew as moved
directly from the steamer to a hos
pital in New York. For a time his
condition showed improvement, but
late in November he suffered a re
lapse. Early this month he rallied
and ten days ago was brought to
Pinehurst. For a while he seemed
to grow stronger, but suffered a sec
ond relapse last Thursday.
Most of the members of Dr. Page's
family were with him when death
came. They included Mrs. Page, his
daughter, Mrs. Charles G. Loring of
Boston, his son, Ralph W. Page and
his brothers, Henry A. Page, Junius
R. Page and former Congressman
Robert N. Page.
Major Frank C. Pag, who ac
ccmpanied his father home from
England, arrived this morning.
Another son, Capt. Arthur W. Page,
is now serving in England.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been completed, but it was
announced that services will be held
Tuesday morning at the Page
Memorial church at Aberdeen, N. C.
Life Spent in Literary Work. -
Walter Hines, Page was editor of
the magazine, The World's Work,
and a member of the publishing firm
of Doubleday, Page and Company
of Garden City, L. I., when in
n u mil D nT:t.
Will Visit Rome January 3. L.. .. mlr:ln ur
Rome, Dec. 22.-Pres.df.it WiK -'"A"-, ";it: n.
The president's 'selection of an
editor and an author for this post
elicited favorable comment in Great
Britain, where Mr. Page was refer
red to as a "scholar-diplomat" and
his appointment was characterized
as an interesting experiment.
Virtually all Mr. Page's life be
fore his ambassadorial appointment
had been spent in literary work.
He was the author of works on the
development of the southern portion
of the United States in which he
was particularly interested as a na
tive of Carey, N. C. where he was
born, August 15, 1855. In his work
on the "Upbuilding of Old Common
wealths," Mr. Page disclosed his
interest in the culture of a broad
national feeling in the south. J
One of his books, The Southern
er," aroused much comment in the
south.
Handled Important Affairs.
As American ambassador, Mr.
Page participated in many of the
important diplomatic conferences
and exchanges growing out of the
delicate relations between the United
States and Great Britain at the time
when. England was blockading Ger
many before the United States en
tered the war. As ambassador he
presented to the British government
American notes in protest against
the British treatment of American
commerce and held numerouson
ferences with British statesmen over
this and other moot questions ris
ing from the war. Mr. Page effect
ed the agreement between England
and Germany, under which the
United States as well as England
was enabled to feed the starving
Belgians.
Wagner's Widow Dying.
Munich, Dec. 22 Frau Cosima
Wagner, widow of Richard Wagner,
the great composer, is dying at Bey
reuth. She was born December 25.
; 1840. and was the daughter of
i Franz Lizst. the famous musician.
nearly a year ago and he gave up his
pest as American representative at
the-court oi it-.James-iate m 'thying service to music, with only
summer I ' .
STORY TOLD OF
WISE MEN WHO
FOLLOWED STAR
Christian Churches of City
Hold Christmas Services,
With Music Leading
Feature.
The cojning of the Saviour was
the great theme told in sermon.
hymn, carol and anthem in the
christian churches of Omaha yester
day, it being the last Sunday before
Christmas.
The scriptural lessons were taken
from the story of the star that ap
peared in the east and which moved
and stood over the stable in which
the son of God had been born.
Choirs had special music. "Good
King Wenceslas." "O Little Town
of Bethlehem," "Hply Night," "Hal
leluiah Chorus, and many other of
the classics written in commemora
tion of Christmas were sung. Many
of the churches devoted all of the
son will arrive in Rome on January
3, according to an announcement
made today in the Italian news
papers.
Many European Boys
and Girls Seeking
Wilson's Autograph
Paris, Dec. 22. President Wilson
receivine letters from all over
Europe from boys and girls who
want his autograph. Some want
more, seeming to think that he has
brought Christmas gifts from
America.;
The president canno possiby an
swer all these letters, but to each
little letter an official letter is going
from the Paris white house express
ing the president's appreciation.
To one 7-year-old boy in Madrid,
who wrote a touching letter in
which he said he thought President
Wilson was an international Santa
Claus,' 4Jie president did send an au
tographed reply.
Davenport Man Shoots Wife,
Then Blows His Brains Out
Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 22. After
being absent from his home here for
three weeks, John A. Klinger, fore
man for the Tri-City Button com
pany, returned last night and, after
a quarrel with his wife, shot and
probably fatally wounded her, and
then committed suicide by sending
a bullet through his brain. f
Mineral Output Grows.
Washington, Dec. 22. Under the
spur of war, mineral production in
the Lmited States reached the un
precedented value of $5,010,948,000
in 1917. exceeding by 43 per cent the
previous record, made in 1916, the
Teofngical survey announced today
in its final report for the year.
a prayer and gospel reading in ad
dition.
Cantatas and Carols.
At the First Presbyterian church
a cantata, "The First Christmas,"
was given in the morning. The
same cantata was presented at the
Dundee Presbyterian church in the
afternoon. A choir of 25 voices at
the Third Presbyterian church sang
the cantata, "The Christmas King,"
in the evening.
Christmas carols were features of
the music. Some of these are mel
lowftfTby hundreds of years of his
tor and associated with Christian
ity in mediaeval times.
The Sunday school lesions were
upon the universal theme. Usually,
at this time of the year, Sunday
schools are rehearsing special music
and the little folks are practicing
"pieces" to speak and little songs
to sing. But this year there is none
of that. 7
The grand Christmas tree celebra
tion usually held on Christmas eve
or Christmas night in the churches
will be omitted this year in practical
ly all the churches. They are do
ing this voluntarily at the sugges
tion of the union of city churches
because of the prevailing epidemic
and the belief that such gatherings
might help to spread it.
Candy and Oranges.
But the time-honored box of
candy and orange will be distributed
as heretofore. In many of the
churches Christmas morning the
children willlgather long enough to
get their candy, orange and what
ever other gifts there may be for
them. There'll be no gaily dec
orated and brightly lighted tree, no
"pieces" to speak. But it is be
lieved that the candy will make the
youngsters forget the rest of the
program.
A very few churches will hold
their Christmas tree exercises as
usual.
In Catholic and Episcopal church
es there will be special services at
midnight, Christmas eve. A num
ber of Lutheran churches will hold
services at 6 or 6:30 o'clock Christ
mas morning.
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The returning fleet of United
States, battleships that will partici
pate in, the great review at New
York are not expected to arrive
until December 26. .... The fleet has
been delayed by severe storms on
the 'Atlantic, and all hopeMhat the
thousands of homecoming Jackies
would eat their Christmas dinner in
New York hs been given up. Four
admirals are in command of the re
turning dreadnaughts, . Admiral
Mayo Who is in command of the
fleet; A'cfmfral Hugh Redman, Ad
miral Grant and Admiral Rodgers.
PERSHING PAYS
VISIT TO TOWN
IN R H I N ELAND
Arrival Unheralded and Few
Inhabitants o r Troops
Were Aware of American
Commander's Presence.
DOOMED MEN
FORGED TO DIG
THE!RGRAVES
Other Prisoners Bury Rus
sians Executed by Bol
sheviki; Reval Evacuated
by Germans.
Copenhagen, Dec. 22. German
reports say that bolshevik troops
are advancing toward the German
frontier to join German sympathiz
ers. German armies in Russia still
are retiring, leaving in the hands ot
Minister of War Trotzky all their
war material.
The Nishti Djen of Riga says 460
persons recently were arrested by
bolshevik authorities in Pskow, 160
miles southwest of Petrogratl, on
the charge of being counter revolu
tionaries. The men, condemned to
death, according to the newspaper,
were compelled to dig their own
graves in which, after the execution, j Xhird army were aware of General
Woman Resuscitqted
9xi Hours After Being
Swept to Sea by Surf
Guerneville, Cal., Dec. 22. Miss
Lucile Armstroff, a schpol teach
er, was swept into the ocean yes
terday west of this town while
photographing the surf. Nine and
one-half hours later her appar
ently lifeless body was found on
the beach and brought to Jenner.
a nearby village. Heedless of
assurances that his task was hope
less, a village character known
only as "Filipino Joe" succeeded.
after several hours effort, in re
storing the young woman to con
sciousness. 'Physicians here said
Miss Armstroff would recover.
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EXPLORE!
With the American Army of Oc
cupation, Dec. 22. Gen. John J,
Pershing made his first visit to the
Rhineland Saturday. He arrived in
a private car which was parked at
the edge of a town. It is doubtful
if 1 per cent of the inhabitants of
the place knew that the commander-
in-chief of the American forces was
there. With the exception of Gtn
eral Dickman, commander of the
army of occupation, not even the
officers at the headquarters , of the
under sentence of many years im-
prisonment.
Reval, capital of Esthonia, situat
ed on the Gulf of Finland, has been
evacuated by the Germans, accord
ing to a telegram from Berlin.
German troops are reported to
have been engaged in fighting bol
shevik forces. Near Zhitomir, 80
miles southwest of Kiev, the capital
of the Ukraine, the Germans cap
tured 15 guns from the bolshevik.
Spanish Embassy Pillaged.
Stockholm, Dec. ?2. Advices re
ceived here from Petrograd say that
the Spanish embassy recently was
entered by the'bolsheviki who pil
laged the archives there.
Huns Resist Aggression
of Poles on Prussian Soil
Inhabitants Warned They
Will Be Guilty of Treason
if They Participate in
Polish Elections.
Berlin, Dec. 22. The action of
the Polish government in ordering
that elections be held on what is
construed here to be German soil,
has stirred the Prussian govern
ment to counter action. The inhabi
tants of the districts involved have
been informed by the Prussian
ministry of the Interior that any
participation in the elections may
be regarded as high treason and
that any acceptance of official man
dates from the Poles may be pun
ished under the law regarding im
personation of officials.
The authorities at Allenstein have
published a warning in their official
organ, saying:
"Any organizing of Polish elec
tions, or furthering them, or draw
ing up lists of electors or candi
dates or conducting propaganda, is
high treason."
All officials have been ordered to
arrest any person committing any
of the specified acts, and the work
men's and soldiers' council will co
operate in the work.
Will Feed inland
Washington, Dec. 22. Steady
progress in the establishment of the
popular government in Finland on a
comparatively stable basis free from
German control has resulted in a
decision by the United States and
the allies to furnish that country
immediately with foodstuffs for ci
vilian relief.
Pershing's presence.
Only passengers who are able to
show permits will be allowed to
travel on the railroads in the Ameri
can area of occupation. The turn
ing over of German rolling stock to
the allies, in accordance, with the
armistice, has caused a car shortage,
making it necessary to reduce pas
senger service on various routes.
In some districts the car shortage
amounts to 50 per cent of normal.
Patrols Control Traffic.
Cobjenz, Dec. 22. American mar
ines, who began patrolling the
Rhine today, control river traffic
from Coblenz to beyond Remagen.
All traffic on the Rhine is under,
the regulation of an inter-allied com
mission. Freight is not allowed to
cross the river from the west. All
boats entering either end of the
American sector must present pa
pers, showing the destination of the
cargo and other details.
A policing system for the Rhine
in the vicinity of Coblenz and Neu
wied has also been inaugurated, the
military police using motor boats
requisitioned from the Germans.
The marines and river patrols are
under command of Lieut. Col. Julian
L. Podge of San Francisco, pro
vost marshal of Coblenz.
j Huns Hear American Air.
For the first time since the oc
cupation of their city, the people
of Coblenz heard "The Star
Spangled Banner" Saturday. It was
played by a French band during a
review of French troops by Gen
eral Dickman, commander of the
American, army of occupation. "
American officials have directed
the affairs of the city in the same
unobtrusive manner that marked the
actual taking over of Coblenz and
the passing of French troops
through the town was the first time
that anything like a show has been
attempted.
WILSON SHAKES
HANDS OF 1,200
WOUNDED MEN
President Spends Four Hours
in Hospital Visiting Ameri
can Survivors of Cha
teau Thierry. Action.
Paris, Dec. 22. President Wil
son today visited the Red Cross
hospital at Neuilly, where he
shook hands individually and
talked with 1,200 badly wounded
Americans, for the most part sur
vivors of the Chateau Thierry ac
tion. He spent more than four
hour in the hospital, visiting
every ward and stopping at every
bedside. Later he visited the
French hospital Val de Grace.
Speaking of his experiences at
the American hospital, the president
said:
"I went through the American
hospital at Neuilly with the great
est interest and the greatest satis
faction. I found the men admir
ably taken care of and almost with
out exception in excellent spirits.
Unly a very few of them looked
really ill and I think that their
mothers and their friends would
have been entirely pleased by their
surroundings and by the alert look
in their eyes and the keen interest
they took in everything about them.
I am sure that they will go
back to their loved ones at home
with a new feeling of joy, alike iu
their recoverv and in the fine serv-
I ice they have been able to render."
Worn Out by Ordeal.
Going to the American hospital
with the expectation of remaining
an hour, the president found four
hours all to short, as he felt that he
could not leave without speaking
with every man, and he expressed
regret only of his inability to clasp
the hand of every American soldier
in France.
The president looked tired and
worn when the ordeal was finished,
for, notwithstanding the cheerful
ness of the men and the care they
TO SURVEY
ARCTIC BY
A In PI At
Capt. Robert A. Bartlett Will
Lead Expedition to be
Sent North in June
j by Aero Club.
New York, Dec.' 22. An expedi
tion to be led by Capt. Robert A
Bartlett, noted explorer, will be sen)
to the polar regions next June tc
w LA.W-:''1!!) B-
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affecting cases in the wards
When he came to one very badly
wounded, the president sat on the
edge of the cot for a moment and
asked where he was from and how
he had been wounded. He admired
his war 'crosses and decorations.
Noticing that many of his wounds
were in the leg, the president
asked:
"Why have we here no men wound
ed in the upper part of the body?"
"Men who are wounded above
the waist are not here; they have
gone on," answered the soldier
simply.
One Merry Moment.
One of the men the president
came to stood proudly erect with
medals on his blouses and one arm
outstretched in an appliance for re
storing its usefulness. He looked
suggestively like a traffic policeman
on duty.
"I'm glad to see you look so
cheerful," said the president.
"You have seen pie many times
before, Mr. President," responded
the soldier. "I used to be a traffic
policeman at the Grand Central
station. Don't you think I look
natural?" The president laughed softly. It
probably was the only merry mo
ment he had in the hospital.
Another strapping fellow gave his
name as Private Wilson.
"I am proud to know I have a
namesake like you," said the presi-
den i:
"It is a very honorable name. (
only tried to do it proud," respond
ed the soldier.
One soldier had lost both let's
by a sheH. "I am thankful they
(Continued on Page Two, Column Sevrn.)
"CAFT.ROB&RT A BARTWTIi : .
survey the North pole by airplane,;
according to announcement here to
night by the Aero club of Amer
ica. The plan, it was said, was'con
ceived by ftear Admiral Robert A.
Pearv. discoverer of the North oole.
The purpose of this expedition 1
which, it was said, would be the
trtnQf rnmnlptpl v miinnH vr snt .
out. will be to "explore, survey andf
photograph the unexplored parts off
the Artie regions and establish the
existence or non-existence of land
or lands in that region." It is also
intended, according to the announce
ment, "to explore the upper air andf
the bottom of the polar basin.
Scientific Research Planned. t
Results of inestimable value to the
United States and to science .surely
will be obtained from this expedi
tion, said the announcement, which
were receiving, there were manyiadded that the club would raiie
r;
$250,000 to finance the trip,
"The North pole has been discov
ered, but the major, part of the work
still remains to be done," the - an
nouncement states. "Both Admiral
Peary and Captain Bartlett want to
do a great deal of scientific research
in the polar -basin, of which over
1,000,000 square miles remain unex
plored and they would want to have
a laboratory on the ship wheVe the
flora and fauna from the ocean bot
tom will be kept until the return of
the expedition. Little or no data i
has been obtained from the bottom f
Russia's War Casualties
Total 9,150,000 Men
Copenhagen, Dec. 22. Russia's
war casualties total 9,150,000 men,
according to a telegram received
here today from Petrocrad. Of
this number 1,700,000 were killed.
The disabled men number 1.450.-
000, while 3,500,000 other soldiers
were wounded. The Russians tak
en prisoner total 2,500,000.
Gaffney After Red Sox.
New York, Ddc. 22.-Jaines Gaff
ney, former owner of the Boston
Nationals, has opened negotiations
with Harry H. Frazee, owner of the
Boston Americans, for the purchase
of the latter club, according to a re
port circulated in base ball circles
here tonight.
of the Polar basin and no metero-
logical survey have been made in the
polar region."
Will Start Next June.
Asserting that "with the co-opcra-tion
of the leading geographical and
Contlnifd on luce Two, tolnran Five.
Former German Kaiser
Reported Seriously 111; . -Ex-Empress
Near Death
Copenhagen, Dec. 22. The Frank
fort Zeitung, a copy of which has "-j
been received here, says the former
German empress will hardly live to. I
see the new year. Her ailment, heart !
disease, has grown considerably i
worse during the recent exciting
weeks. Previously for several
months she had suffered from tht
effects of a stroke of apoplexy.
The condition of the former em
press, the newspaper adds, has had
a seriods effect on her husband,
who also is seriously ill. It is feared
that his ear trouble will spread tt
the brain. His nervous condition ft
bad. ... ;
Director of China Mail .
Killed in San Francisco
San Francisco, Dec. 22. Anony
mous letters threatening the lives f
the Chinese directors of the China
Mail Steamship company have been '
received by each member -of the -directorate,
it was revealed today at
a meeting of the board following
the murder last night of Fong Wing, '
,one of the directors. Fong Wing
was shot and fatally wounded as"
lie left his store in Chinatown. ' '
Alexander M. Garland, assistant"
to the Chinese president of the com
pany, said today he believed th
murder would be traced to cerHfe
disgruntled stockholders ' . '