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RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B OUR HANDSOME ROTOGRAVURE SECTION WITH SUNDAY'S BEE INVITES COMPARISON. The aha Daily Be r PARIS BEGINS PLANNING TO HOLD BIG EXPOSITION. Pari, Dec. 27. The municipal council has decided to ask the gov ernment to take steps toward the holding of an inter-allied colonial exposition in Paris in 1920 or 1921. BOOTY IN JEWELRY STORE ROBBERY, $58,454. , Chicago, Dec. 27. The value of jewels seized by robhers who enter ed the jewelry store of Mose Iral son in the Chicago Savings bank building Christmas eve, shrank from $100,000, named in the first report, to $58,454 today. The latter value was placed by accountants who wiit over the records of the place at the instance of insurance companies. It was staled that the store was in fured against theft for $50.00. Thus far the police have developed no clues upon which to base arrests. . SILVER CHEVRONS ORDER WILL STAND. "'Washington, Dec. 27. There has been some criticism of the ar de partment order regarding the wear ing of silver chevrons to denote ser vice only at home, Secretary Baker said today, but there is no disposi tion on the part of the department to rescind it. SHOOT TO KILL" SQUAD DN GUARD IN CLEVELAND. Cleveland, O., Dec. 27. In an ef fort to check the epidemic of crime that has resulted in 14 murders and scores of holdups and robberies in the past three months, American Protective league operatives patrol led the streets tonight armed with :lubs. In accepting their services Chief Smith issued an appeal to every reputable citizen to lend a hand in ridding the city of burglars and gunmen. A "shoot to kill" squad of 67 reg ular policemen has been detailed to night duty in an effort to run down the bandits and robbers. VU AQ Vfl 1RR Etred Mcond-claia witter May 2. I9M. at VULi. 48 iU. IOO. 0mK P. 0. und.r act at Marcn 3. IS79 OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1918. By Mall (I yur). Dally. 14.50: Suaday. $2.50; Dally and Sua., 55.50; outilde Nab. aoitiga axtra TWO CENTS. THE WEATHERt i Generally fair Saturday and Sunday; warmer Satur day. Hourly Temperature. 5 a. in ?4 t p. m, a., m it i p. m. T a. m 4 S p. m. a. in tS 4 p. m a. in 58 5 p. in. Ill a. in. 1 4 p. m 11 a. in. li m. .. .SS 7 p. n. r;,s p. m. .... ....as ...SI MJ nil LlVl Uuvl mm CHANGE II nni ri iatpiw "WHISTLE CHORUS" ORDERED SUSPENDED. ' New York. Dec. 27. New York harbor's whistle chorus, which has screamed a noisy welcome to every ransport returning with soldiers from overseas, was ordered sus jended as a menace to navigation :oday by Godfrey L. Carden, captain if the port. The spectacular "water curtains" shot up by fire boats and the play ng of -bauds at piers where trans jorts are being berthed also were .'rohibited. 3ERMANY TO ORGANIZE v REPUBLIC ON U. S. PLAN. Geneva, Dec. 27. Reports receiv ed from Germany indicate that the jresent government there is to con ititute a federal republic on vir tually the same plan as the United States. There will he a congress :omposed of two chambers, a volks ; haus, or popular chamber, which had Jeen.JhCJ;ha,mber.j3f representatives inda stadttewi-or chamber of the states, which would take the part of a senate. The president would be elected by the people and would not be responsible before congress. The border states would be com pletely modified, the privileges of ihe nobility abolished and Germany would annex German-Austria. AUTOMATIC MARRIAGE LEGISLATION PROPOSED. Chicago, Dec. 27. After discuss ing means of protecting children born out of wedlock, the Illinois Women's Legislative congress, which opened a two day's session here today, went on record as favor ing automatic marriage of parents of such children. Such marriage, ac cording to- sponsors of the plan, would be annulled only by divorce 'action. Opponents of the proposal said it would flood the divorce courts, as forced marriages were seldom permanent Kansas City Mayor y Calls for Troops to Protect Street Cars " . Kansas City, Dec. 27. As a re mit of numerous minor disorders ionight, which included stoning of street cars and firing shots, Mayor owgill announced at midnight, he ould-ask Governor Gardner early comorrow for mobilization of the Seventh Missouri regiment and re quest that it be called out. Attacks on cars, in which on one was hurt, followed the company's attempt to resume service on 16 lues after dark. Heretofore all :ars have been taken to the barns it dusk. Poland Demands Use of German-Held Railways Warsaw, Dec. 27. The Polish government has issued an ultima ;um to Germany demanding the ight of passage by Polish troops ver German-held railways to Vilna. vhich city is threatened by the bol iheviki. . If the Berlin answer is unfavor ible the Poles are expected to use ill their forces to prevent the fall jf Vilna to the bolsheviki. They lave requested the aid of the French :ommander at Budapest, urging a oint expedition. Glass Announces New Issue of Treasury Certificates Washington. Dec. 27. A new is lue of $750,000,000 or more of treas jry certificates of indebtedness maturing in six months, . was an iounced today by Secretary of the Treasury Glass, in preparation for :he fifth Liberty loan. Robbers Get $60,000. Denver, Dec. 27. Postoffice in ipectors have completed their check f the v loss of war savings stamps itolen from the Greeley postoffice ; ast night and estimate the robbers obtained approximately $60,000. a portion of which was in cash. The inspectors "declare the robbery is the third largest postoffice robbery ever , committed in the United ' StateaT - ' AT BERLIN FORECAST Majority Socialists to Retire and Leave Independants Under Haase in Control, Is Berlin Report. Copenhagen, Dec. 27. The work men and soldiers'--' central council has been summoned to meet with a view to reconstructing the govern ment, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Berlingske Tidende. This action supposedly is taken for the purpose of including George Lede bour and Dr. Karl Liebknecht in the government. Berlin, Dec. 27. (By Associated Press.) As a result of yesterday's deliberations it is believed in some quarters the majority socialists will retire from the cabinet and leave the independents in full control of the government. The cabinet was in secret session the greater part of the day. The leading independents in the govern ment also were in conference and this gave rise to a rumor that Hugo Haase, the leader of the independent socialists, would be called on to or ganize a new government. The crisis is likely to continue for a da- or two and may meet with an unforeseen solution. Today pass ed quietly in Berlin. Compromise Reached. An llfh hour compromise with the revolting sailors by the Ebert-Scheidemann section of the government apparently saved Berlin from an extremist Christmas. The compromise provides that a ivisiajrt-ei-troep from thewesteFH front under Lieutenant General L.e quis, which was sent to Berlin by Field Marshal von Hindenburg in response to an appeal by the govern ment, shall retire and leave the capi tal under the protection of two vol unteer policing organizations, which are dominated by the extremists The sailors, against whom the sol diers have been antagonistic, are known to. be under the special lead ership of George Ledebour, who was one of the representatives of the sailors in the negotiations yester day with the Ebert-Haase govern ment. Sailors Agree to Keep Peace. The sailors agree not to partici pate in any future revolt against the government. Dr. Liebknecht and Deputy Lede bour addressed a crowd of about 10,000 in . the Tiergarten, after which the crowd marched to the Brandenburg gate to the former royal palace to demand the over throw of the government. No authoritative list of casualties is yet available. Estimates of the number of -dead vary from 12 to 60. Unless the government prohibits a public ceremony, the burial of the sailors killed in the fighting will be made the occasion of a mammoth demonstration by the Liebknecht party. ' Butter Concerns Will Support Food Administration Plans Kansas City, Dec. 27. At a con ference of representatives of 50 butter manufacturing concerns of Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas today, a resolution was adopted pledging support of the manufacturers to the efforts of the food administration toward a com mon interpretation of food admin istration rulings. Hoover Uses as Emphatic Language as Whittlesey Refuses to Meet Two Germanfej tT Officials, Saying "Tell Pair to Go to Hell With My Compliments." Washington, Dec. 27. Food Ad ministrator Hoover, in Europe ar ranging relief for the peoples of the war devastated territories, has re fused in emphatic terns to discuss German food conditions with Baron von der Lancken and Dr. Rieth, who sought a meeting with the food ad ministrator. A message from Paris today said these . two German officials, who were prominent in the German ad- j rector of the commission tor re ! lief in Belgium, at Rotterdam, that j they had been appointed by the j German government to negotiate with Mr. Hoover for food supplies j and that they desired Mr. Hoover to ! advise them when and where he would meet them. In answer to the request for a conference, Mr Hoover sent this message: "You can describe two and a half years of arrogance toward our selves and cruelty to the Belgians in any language you 'may select, and tell the pair personally to go to hell with my compliments. If I do have to deal with Germans it will not be with that pair." YOUTH KILLED BY SPEEDING CAR: DRIVER ESCAPES Edward Masilka, Only Son of Widow, Abandoned on Street by Motorist Who Struck Him. Edward Masilka, 17-year-old son of Mrs. Marie Masilka, widow, 615 Dorcas street, was killed by a speed ing motor car last night at 7:50 o'clock at Tenth and Francis streets. Masilka, with two companions, George Sirhan, 908 Francis street, and Harold Hubr.er, 515 Hickory street, were crossing Tenth street at Francis when a large car, going about 30 miles an hour, hit Masilka. The youth was carried on the running gear for half a block, when the driver of the car turned out all lights and speeded away without stopping to help the injur ed boy, who fell tq the pavement. Witnesses say that the car was a Packard seven-passenger car and that it was a new ope.. ... " The Injured lad was carried into the home of Mrs. F. H. Brown, 1929 South Tenth street. She notified the St Joseph hospital and two doc tors and two nurses responded to the call. Police helped carry the young man to the St. Joseph hos pital. He was given all the aid and at tention possible by Doctors T. J. Dwyer, E. A. Connollv and H. T. Sullivan, but died at 9:15 o'clock. The doctors say that he sustained a crushed back and punctures of the lungs, which, together with in ternal hemorrhages, caused his death. Masilka was employed at the Stock Yards National ' bank in South Omaha, where he was a clerk. The young man was an only son.' Trouble Arises in Abyssinia. Washington, Dec. 27. A report from Cairo received at the State department today says trouble has arisen in Abyssinia. It is reported that the Abyssinian government is sending troops to aid the Christians against the Moslems. Carlisle Council Votes Freedom of City to Wilson Carlisle, England, Dec. 27. The city council today voted the free dom of the city to President Wil son, who will pay a visit here Sunday. The mayor, who moved the resolution, said: "President Wilson, with match less statecraft, guided, focussed and united American opinion on the war. Carlisle and Cumberland are proud of the fact that the president's mother was born and spent her earliest years in this city." A Princess "Pat" Betrothed t6 Commander Alex Ramsay Daughter of Connaught and Favorite in British Court Circles to Marry Navy Officer. London, Dec. 27. The court cir cular tonight, makes the following statement: "The king has gladly consented to the betrothal of Princess Patricia of Connaught to Commander Alex ander Ramsay, brother of the earl of Dalhousie." Favorite at Court. Princess Patricia of Connaught, is a daughter of the duke of Con naught, former governor general of Canada and a cousin of King George. She is in her early thirties and long has been a favorite in court circles in England and Canada. Known as Princess "Pat" she has been regarded as the most popular of the younger members of British royalty. She is described as a handsome younj- woman with great spirit and .9 r i ".. J a keen sense oi tuirnur. uumwi sports, such as golf and horseback riding, have long been her chief sources of pleasure. Her late uncle, King Edward VII, was said, to have been very fond of the Princess. Is Honorary Colonel. Several times she has been re ported betrothed but on each oc casion denials were forthcoming of the truth of the reports. The king of Spain, Lord Anglesey, the count of Turin and Grand Duke Michael of Russia were among those to whom at various times the princess was said to be engaged. One of Canada's most famous regiments, the "Princess Pat." is sponsored by the princess who is the honorary colonel-in-chief. Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay is a commander in the Royil navy. He was born in 1881. the son of the 13th earl of ialhousie. He was was one of the three aides who ac companied the duke of Connaught to Canada when he became govern or general in 1911. , At the out break of the war he returned to duty with the navy and saw active service at GallipolL GEN. MACARTHUR ONE OF GREATEST HEROES OF WAR His Record Reviewed and Promotion Urged by For mer Commander of . Rainbow Division. Washington, Dec. 27. A striking tribute to the courage and skill of Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur commanding the Eighty-fourth bri gade of the Forty-second (Rain bow) division, was given by Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, formerly i v " - ' - - v sa .:::::vS:o:WW:v-:-::;::S : HOT a " f - l ;, BRIG. GEN. D. MACARTHUR in command of the division, in a letter to General Pershing, urging for a second time the promotion of General MacArthur to the rank of major general. A copy of the communication has just reached Washington. It re viewed the record of General Mac? Arthur, first as chief of staff of the division and later as commander of one of its two infantry brigades, and disclosed that the young officer, a major of engineer when the United States entered the war, had been twice wounded, had been decorated by both the French and American governments for personal gallantry in action and in addition had been twice recommended for the French Legion of Honpr. Leader in Battle. "I do not feel that I am free to assume another command," General Menoher wrote to General Pershing, on the eve of his transfer to the command of the Sixth army corps, "without recording the services ren dered by Gin. Douglas MacArthur. "These services rendered con stantly for over a year and, in the large part, amidst active operations in the field, have been so soundly, brilliantly and loyally performed that in recognition of them I see only a fair appraisal of the exam ple of energy, courage and efficiency which General MacArthur has set to the Forty-second division and to our entire army in France. "The contributions made to our military establishments by this gen eral officer have already had fat reaching effects. He has stood for the actual physical command of large bodies of troops in battle, not (Continued on Pace Two, Column Four.) Christmas Stockings ' Conveyed by Sleds to American Soldiers Washington, Dec. 27. Six thousand stockings filled with candy, tobacco and other articles were distributed Christmas day to American troops stationed in the vicinity of Archangel by the " American Red Cross. A cable gram received today at Red Cross headquarters said school children of Archangel aided in filling the stockings, which were sent to the soldiers by sled transport In return for their assistance, the Red Cross provided a noonday lunch eon for thousands of the children. SPOTLIGHTBRTTISH ROYALTY GIVES STATE di Arm nil DINNER IN HONOR OF PRESIDENT I LflULU UIV EX-KAISER BY COUSIN Prince of Monaco Makes Pub lic Remarkable Letter He Has Addressed to Wil liam Hohenzollern. uvJOUp . t. King George Pays Tribute To The People of America In Toast to Their Chief Declares Moment Historic When Mother Country for First Time Entertains as Guest Executive Head of United States: Closest Ties Bind Two Nations Together. Paris, Dec. 27. Prince Albert of Monaco has given to the Associat ed Press a remarkable letter he has addressed to former Emperor Wil liam, which promises to rival the notable revelations made by Prince Lichnowsky, German ambassador at London at the outbreak of the war. The letter gives textually many conversations with the ex-emperor on his war projects and also a num ber of letters addressed to the prince as "My dear cousin" and signed "Your highness, devoted friend, cousin and admirer, William I. R." The conversations cover years of close intimacy during which Prince Albert was a frequent guest of the emperor at Berlin and Kiel and at the emperor s summer palace on the Island of Corfu. , The prince's letter "to his majesty, William II" addresses the former German ruler directly throughout as "sire," it re calls their conversations in which the emperor expressed his ideas for Germany's future and then gives the successive steps in which he yield ed to the military elements. Revolts at Plot. Explaining the purpose of the let ter, Prince Albert writes: "I speak with serenity after 17 years of effort to enlighten you uo- on me ooiy pain wnicn wouia main tain the rival nations within the lim its of justice and dignity and would reunite in peace the interests of France and Germany. I speak with firmness of soul in revolt against the spectacle of the plot of force to annihilate law and hon or, all the beauties of civilization and all the conquests of man over the brute. "It was open to you to become the greatest figure of all time if you had directed your power to repair ing the injustice weighing on Europe and given your high author ity to the ideals of right, justice and peace to which mankind now is eagerly turning. But instead you maintained the brutal customs of a military monarchy until Germany, which could have won world powr based on civilization, has dragged you down in its false ideas and blind folly." Defense of Militarism. Recalling to the ex-emperor their conversations, the prince says: "I was deeply impressed with the talk I had with you when we in augurated the observatory of Led enberg. When I condemned the militarizing of a people as stunting individual development you describ ed to nie the advantages of such a form of national education outside its purely military objects becausi as you said, it relieved men from the heaviness of their bearing. This was your conception of the prin cipal end of a system, the applica tion of which is terrifying the world. Today in the paths of your armies are strewn the marks of this edu cation, which betray youi true end or your profound error. "Although you said to me one day (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) 5,000 French. Troops in Battle at Odessa Odessa, Dec. il. there wasd sharp fighting throughout the city for several hours on Christmas day in which 5,000 French troops par ticipated. French cannon on the water front and the big guns of the French battleship Justice fired over the city, bombarding the republican camp beyond. It is impossible as yet to estimate the casualties or determine the ex act control of any quarter of the city, with the exception of the water front. Chicago Hotel Men Decide to Fight Union to Finish Chicago, Dec. 27. The strike of hotel cooks and waiters which threatens to involve most of the large establishments of Chicago be fore New Year's day spread to the Hotel Sherman tonight. The man agement claimed that women had been obtained at once to take the strikers' places. The Hotel association of Chicago today decided to fight the union to a finish and will meet again tomor row to plan its campaign. Creel Resigns? No. Paris, Dec. 27. George Creel, chairman of the committee on pub lic information, returned to Paris tonight from a trip to Verdun and the Argonne region. Edgar E. Sis son, his principal assistant, who ac companied him, stated that the re port that Mr. Creel had resigned was untrue London. Dec. 27. In his speech at the state banquet to President I Wilson at Buckingham palace to- j night, King George said: j "This is an historic moment and i your visit marks an historic epoch. ! Nearly ISO years have passed since j your republic began its independent life and now, for the first time, a president of the United states is our guest in England. "We welcome you to the country whence came your ancestors and where stand the homes of those from whom sprang Washington and Lin coln. We welcome you for your self, as one whose insight, calmness and dignity in the discharge of his high duties we have watched with admiration. We see in you the happy union of the gifts of a scholar with those of a statesman. You came from studious, academic quiet into the full stream of an arduous public life and your deliverances have combined breadth of view and grasp of world problems with the mastery of a lofty diction recalling that of your great orators of the past and of our own. Bound By Closest Ties. , "You come as the official head and spokesman of a mighty com monwealth bound to us by the clos est ties. Its people speak the tongue of Shakespeare and Milton. Our literature is yours, as yours is also ours, and men of letters in both (Continued on Po Two, Column 8U.) President Wilson Holds Conference With English Premier London, Dec. 27. Today was chiefly a working day with Presi dent Wilson. Five hours were taken up ' by two conferences with David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, and Arthur J. Balfour, foreign sece-' tary, on peace problems. This was the fulfillment of the main purpose of the president's pilgrimage to London. For three hours in the morning President Wilson sat with Mr. Lloyd George and the foreign secretary before the open fireplace in the apartment in Buckingham palace. The second meeting was in the cabinet room of the premier's residence in Downing street. The two sessions were broken by a luncheon at which Mr. Lloyd George gathered a dozen leading British statesmen of the conservative, liberal and labor parties. There was a picturesque inci dent after the luncheon when President Wilson unveiled a por trait of George Washington, pre sented to the premier's residence by Lord Albermarle. Response of President To Toast by King George London, Dec. 27. Replying to the king's address at the state ban quet tonight President Wilson said: y "I am deeply complimented by the gracious words which you have uttered. The welcome which you have given myself and Mrs. Wilson has been so warm, so natural, so evidently from the heart that we have been more than pleased. We have been touched by it, and I believe that I correctly interpret that welcome as embodying not only your own generous spirit toward us personally, but also as expressing for yourself and the great nation over which you preside that same feeling for my people, for the people of the United States. "For you and I, sir I tempor arily embody the spirit of two great nations, and whatever strength 1 have, and whatever authority, I possess it only so long and so far as I express the spirit and purpose of the American people. "Every influence that the Amer ican people have over affairs of the world is measured by their sym pathy with the aspirations of men everywhere. "America does love freedom, and 1 believe that she loves freedom un selfishly. But if she does not she will not and cannot help the influ ence to which she justly aspires. Leaders in Accord. "I have had the privilege, sir, of conferring with the leaders of your own government and with the spokesman of the government of France and Italy, and I am glad to say that I have the same concep tions that they have of the signifi cance and scope of the duty which we have met. "We have used great words; all of us have used the great words 'right' and 'justice.' and now we are to prove whether or not we under stand these words, and how they are to be applied to the particular settle ments which mrfst conclude this war "And we must not only under stand, them, but we must have the courage to act upon our under standing. "Yet after I have uttered the word 'courage' it comes into my mind that it would take more courage to resist the great moral tide now run ning in the world than to yield to it, than to obeyit. "There is a great tide running in the hearts of men. The hearts of men have never beaten so singularly in unison before. Men have never before been so conscious of their brotherhood. Men have never be fore realized how little difference there was between right and justice in one latitude and in another, under one sovereignty and under another. To Organize Moral Force. "And it will be our high privilege I believe, sir, not only to apply moral judgment of the werld to the par ticular settlements which we shall attempt, but also to organize the moral force of the world to preserve those settlements, to steady the forces of mankind and to make the right and the justice to which great nations like our own have devoted themselves, the predominant and controlling force of the world. "There is something inspiring in knowing that this is the errand that we have come on. Nothin0 less than this would have justified me in leav ing the important tasks which fall upon me on the other side of the sea nothing but the consciousness that nothing else compares with this in dignity and importance. "Therefore, it is the more delight ful to find myself in the company of a body of men united in ideal and puropse and to feel that I am privileged to unite my thoughts with yours in carrying forward these standards which we 'are so proud to hold so high and defend. "May I not sir, with a feeling of profound sincerity and friendship and sympathy, propose your health and the health of the queen and the prosperity of Great Britain?" f! III Sunday The Best 'of All! Omaha Doctors Who Answered Their Country's' Call to Service Here you will find them in Khaki the medics who before the warwere attending you and their other pa tients, but gave up their practice to go over there and minister to the sick and wounded soldiers. A striking group of portraits among which will be some you know and recognize. Be Sure to Get the Bee?s Unique Rotogravure Picture Supplement Mr. Wilson Escorts Queen Mary into Dining Hall While King George Gives His Arm to Mrs. Wlson. London, Dec. 27. No more regal setting ever had been arranged in Buckingham palace than that which greeted President and Mrs. Wilson when they were escorted into th banquet hall tonight for the prece- aent-Dreaking state dinner. . ; Every r.oyal formality, which had ' attended epochal occasions at the palace for 200 or 300 years, was car ried out before and during the ban quet. President Wilson, with Queen Mary, led the procession into the dining hall, preceded by officials oi the palace splendidly costumed, bearing wands and walking back wards and making obeisance to th guests, v ' Immediately behind the president and the queen came King Georgi and Mrs. Wilson. They were fol lowed by members of the royal fam ily. Mrs. Wilson Wears Few Jewels.; Queen Mary wore a cream color ed gown of silk with a long train and a tiara of diamonds and many other jewels. Mrs. Wilson's dress was black with 'spangles and was made at the White House. ' She wore very few jewels. The military and naval officeri were in full ambassadorial uniform. President Wilson and Ambassador Davis wore formal American eve ning clothes. The British civilian guests wore court dress and the insignia of many orders. At the head of the table 12 per sons were seated, with King George in the middle. President Wilson sat at the king's right and Mrs. Wilson on his left. To the right of Presi dent Wilson was Queen Mary and then the French ambassador, Prin cess Christian, the Spanish ambas sador and Princess Patricia, daugh ter of the duke of Connaught. At Mrs. Wilson's left sat Princess Mary, the Italian ambassador, Prin. cess Beatrice and the Japanese am bassador in the order named. The American ambassador, John .W. Davis, had the first place at a side rectangular table on .President Wil son's right. ; Scene One of Splendor. i Prior to the dinner President and Mrs. Wilson were escorted from their apartments to the great white drawing room, where the royal fam ily had gathered with their other guests, lhese guests were presen ted to President and Mrs. Wilson and the dinner party immediately proceeded-to the dining hall. ' ,'; lhe scene was one Ot spienaor, In the dining salon was a great col lection of solid gold plate and huge gold ornaments valued at ?15 WU.UtXJ- 000. They had been brought fronuthe vaults for the v occasion. One of three buffets contained piece! of plate too large or otherwise too cumbersome for use. These includ ed one piece of great size taken from the wreck of the Spanish ar mada. 7 In color the gold laden table blended with the decorations in the hall, which are white and gold, with crimson carpet and upholstering to match. The crimson effect was well carried out by the exclusive use at poinsettias as tloral decorations, in the balcony at the end of the room was a military orchestra, not hidden trom view by tloral or otner decora tions. The attendants were in full -state dress which was heavy with gold lace. The banquet hall, which is 200 feet long by 75 feet wide, was ap proached by the guests through state hallway approximately a" block long, richly furnished and dec orated with paintings and porcelain. The banquet hall occasionally Is used for banquets and other pur" poses and has a throne at one end. Backs to Throne. f The main table was arranged so that the backs of President Wilson . and King George were toward tne throne. ; V The permanent decorations seem ed strinkingly simple when compar ed with the regal table. The only art on the walls was one Gobelin tapestry. On each side six cut glass chandeliers hung from the extreme ly high ceiling, but for the ban quet tonight 128 candles in gold.' candelabra, each surmounted by . a pink silk shade, were shed. Other light was obtained from fancy wail futures. The general body of the guest preceded .the royal family and th presidential aifd ambassador'a guests into the banquet halfx Thtf rose and remained standing whi't the main guests and the hosts en tered in procession. Heading the procession was the lord chamber lain and the lord steward and other officials in state regalia. Yeomen of the guard in red Elizabethan CO-., tumes and with halberds were ui attendance. -; Transport Brings Back from France Load of Ammunition: New York, Dec. 27. The United States transport General Gorgas, ' which left Bordeaux on December 13, arrived ''today with' 14 officers seven enlisted men and 22 civilians,. As the ship was loaded with return- : ed ammunition it anchored 'is Gravesend Bay and the passengO were brought ashore iu boatft (
