Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

v- i- S' ai i 9 k- "7 LEWISTON MAINE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14 1918' ESTABLISHED 1847 10 Pagea PRICE TWO CENTS AMERICAN TROOPS LEAD WA FOR THE SOLEMN ENTR OF 1 MARSHAL F0CH INTO METZ AND STRASSBURGi SUNDAY Making Gehnany Powerless 1 RESULTS THURSDAY! WAR DRIVE ALLIES ADVANCE TO OCCUPY THE LOST FRENCH PROVINCES Pres Poincare and 'Premier Clemenceau to Witness Event-Alsace-Lorraine Passing From the German Domination -Of Nearly Half a Century PARIS Nov Marshal Foch commander-in-chief of the allied armies will make solemn entries into Strassburg and Metz on Sunday in the presence of Presi Premier Clemenceau PARIS Nov 14 The cabinet today considered questions oau-cernfaig tho organisation ot Ataaoo-Lornatne under French occupancy Three high rornirdskonare were appointed They are Gaergea Maringer oommknioner general of National Security for Btraadbwg Albert Ttnnan £tate councillor tor Meta and Henry Youlet state coanaHlor for Colmar PARIS Nov 14 The tench okbinsrt will hold an Ktraor-dlnary meeting today tho MhUn ACffNTf TUer tURF HMO (rip on' Germany provided by the up a neutral soar east of the riser ide south of that TtHage terms of the armlstk-e Germany forty kilometers widq taurth of (topic Service Co AMERICANS CROSS BORDER PARIS Nov 14 445 A American troops have crossed the German frontier toward Metz and Strassburg GERMANS PROUST AGAINST SOME OF ARMISTICE TO1S Execution May Be Impossible Thru No Fault of Gen Govt and People-Every Effort to Meet Obligations Is PromiSBd However- it DEATH THURSDAY OF SENATOR HASTINGS Former Mayor and Shift He Was Widely Known in Androscoggin Business and Political Circles JuU ITJftU TUG WAR DRIVE 'ff '1 1 -VV 'V yx Total Is $86724 announces to consider military and ad-mirgstrativa questions conoorning Alsace and Lorntina Tha government intends to appoint two governors with headquarters at Meta atkLRtraqflMirg as boon ait the allies 'occifrffvthe pravtaoea Three missions made op of officials speaking German and tha Alsatian patoia will he entrusted -with arranging administrative queslflona Their headquarters will be In Mets Strausbnrg and Colmar Scfieidemann May Head the German' Peace Delegation PARIS Wednesday Nov Philipp ftcheldemum German majority medalist lender prqhaMy wH head the German delegates to the peace conference according bo a Zurich diapaUdi to L'Informatlon In diplomatic dtaden in Zurich It In not believed Gbit the Genmaa delegatee can lie nominated before the end of the week It in pointed out there that It wti'i be difficult to make up a common delegation now that Germany haa two soore of re publicans apparently without relations among themselves Members of tlie -German Cabinet COPENHAGEN Nov 14 (LSI a The new German government has been organised with the following cabinet mem beys: i Premier and interior and military affklra Friedrich Ebert foreign affairs Hugo Haase finance and colonies Philipp Dcheldomann demobilisation transport justice and health Wilhelm Diltmann publicity art and literature Herr Landsberg social policy Richard Barth Announcement of the members of the new German government confirms previous- reports that the cabinet would be cwnpaaed entirely of socialists The majoaity socialists who supported the imperial government during the war are represented hy Khert Scheldemann and Landsberg while the Independent socialists era Haase Ditlmann ad Barth Dittmann who gits In the reichstag a deputy from Hamburg wa sentenced to imprisonment last Feb ruary In connection with labor trouble In Berlin He was released by tho imperial government a few days before Its downfall Richard Barth formerly was editor of the aociallat Vowaerts and was a member of the Hpartacus or Bolshevik element of Independent socialists It was reported thru Copenhagen under data of Monday that he had resigned from the goverment after a stormy meeting of the cabinet BASEL Tuesday Nov All the Imperial power in German-Austria has pawed The state council which will retain that power until constituent assembly haa definitely es-tablished constitution declares a resolution adopted by the state council at Vienna The constituent assembly will be elected in 'January The resolution describes Germany-Austria as a democratic 'republic and an Integral pert of the German republic German Navy to British Fleet RERUN No 14 (By Wireless to ndon -1 pm) (By tho Associated rram) Tho German light cruiser Koenlgsberg on Nov IS at pm put to sea with plenipotentiaries of the Workmen's and council of the German fleet in order to meet the representative of tho British admiral I tjr The chief of the high sees forces Admiral I Upper to taking part In the negotiations as expert adviser for the deliberations concerning the execution of the naval conditions of the arm bit ice Admiral Hip per who to acting as advisor in the deliberations between the representatives of the German high seas fleet and the British admiralty commanded tho German scout division in the battle with the British grand fleet off Jutland oa May II If II the commander of the entire German battle fleet being Admiral Bcheer Admiral flipper also whs In command of the German squadron which -fought a battle with a British squadron under Admiral (Hr David Beatty off Helgoland In -January till Tho German cruiser wan sunk In thin engagement The map inti Ira tee (be Allied withdraws behind the lUiiue lntvl Uemsbcfan and tlilrty kilometers Supt Bowie Of The A Jo Leave Lewiston He to Direct the Augusta Division and Augusta Will Be His Headquarters Bowie general superintendent of the A A street railway Is shortly to taka up his permanent hsadquartsm at Augusta This step wus taken because of the resignation of Percy Weymouth as manager of the Augusta division to become superintendent of the Portland and Lew is ton Interurban This left a vacancy and Mr Bowie In thlnteresta of the company consented to take over the work dona by My Weymouth Th work dona by Mr Bowls In Lewiston will In a general way be supervised by General Manager -Sweeney Thus the company will not be obliged at this time to engage another Important general officer which will help somewhat In Its present financial difficulty Mr Bowls has been connected with the road tor some so yearn in various raps citlea For eight yearn he has been general superintendent previous -to which ho acted as division superintendent Casualty List KILLED IN ACTION CARLETON NOWELL TUifwifk DIED OF DISEASE DANIEL DAVIS Lewiston WOUNDED SLIGHTLY IN ACTION JOSEPH A GURNEY Wa-terville ALONZO CAMPBELL Wells MISSING IN ACTION JAMES YOUNG Bangor WOUNDED (DEGREE UNDETERMINED) ARLINGTON TRETHE-WEY Livermore Falls ROLAND PORTER Bangor WASHINGTON Nov Died of wounds previously reported missing In action: Private Josi Parmen-ter Maynard Maas Wounded degree undetermined previously reported missing In action: Corporal Arlington Trrthr-wey Uiersme Falls Me Returned to duty previously reported raising In action: Private Sherman Providence Wounded degree undetermined previously reported killed in action: Private Rotand Poricr Bangor Me OTTAWA Oat Nov It lowing New England names appear on today1! casualty list: DIM of wounds tPrtoonera of war: MacRae Wounded: Heard Pawtucket Nightingale Fall River Mien MoDonald Hathorae Maaa (OMltli irg Still Supreme Head of German Command LONDON Wednesday Nor 11-Kicld Mb ratal von Illndenburg re-malwHi supreme head of the German oommand according to a Herman wire lea menaage received here which give the teat of the- message he has sent to army commandera ordering Ahem to lead their troopa home In order and discipline yend relief Food condition! are more faiumbla la Ukraine and In the Gau-visua regional where there la much grain atored and which the peaaaala would protaMy aell 4f offered manufactured goods or money with reaaon-alile buying power BSSL to their ret ten I declarations to otate tho utmeot aiiergy tbAt -tho tlen of this convsntton the Gorman people into anarchy and famine "After the public manlf astatic ns which praoeded the ley lag down of tho armistice conditions might have an expected which' while giving our adversaries full military authority would have put on end to the suffering of 1 non-com be tent women id children "The German people which tor fifty months has held oat against world of enemies will maintain its liberty and unity despite every violence" BASES- Tuesday Nov 12 Declaring that the new demeerntio state of Bavaria to not respond hie far the faults of tho old regime in Germany manifesto has been sent (ram Munich to tho new- federal govern- mant of Germany asking that complaint over the conditions of 'The armistice be sent to the entente powers It to sold that the tarns agreed to by Germany -In stepping hostilities ore of such a nature as tn pm-' vent (ipld ro-estihlishawnt of order in Bavaria Tho itaklpetenttarlen fB ttjjhatn- dutysterrtag Mid -verbal and written-with German Soldjers Are Committing Acts of Violence LONDON Nov 14L lid German soldiers ora committing nets of violence against Inhabitants ana are destroying nnd pillaging contrary to tho terms of the armistice according to a French official wirsleos message received here today The massage which to from the allied high -command to the Genuh high command eeyn that tho allied command expects tbs German command to toko measures to atop the violations If tho acta increase It to added the allied commend will take stops to end them GHENT Tuesday Nov dieting rumors es to th situation in rnctod this city that German there hare officers and eng homing and pHtagiag the city 'Belgian odvnnecqMonta oratewf BhouMpcrta of the mefiny he confirmed a flying eotnnm will be sent to rectors order th Belgian capital Notice The adjourned meeting of State Board of Examination nnd Registration of Nance will bo hoid at tho State Howe at Avgusta Nov 20-21 jll beginning at If A Nurses wishing to becoms registered file their applications with the Secretary not Inter than ten days -prior to tho date of meeting cues Paine SorTrcwL AST Center fit BwPAMa of the Anson A Cobb i 1 David Hastings a widely known business hian and prominent politics Hy tor a number of yean' died Thursday morning-at hla homo In Auburn The news of hb -death oa me on surprise to practically the entire community for while he hod been In poor health tor several years It was not generally known that his Illness had reached a critical stager During the summer he had been confined to his home at frequent Intervals but it was only during the last tow days that he was unable to leave bis room David Hastings was born in Bethel years age last January tha son of Major A end Dolly Hastings He was educated In Goula academy and before taking up a business career taught In that institution for tour terms But longing for a wider field of action he turned hla attention to lumbering in which hfll work with a surveying party when only sixteen years ot age had given him some Insight His first venture was in contracts in cutting and hauling lumber on the north side of the Androscoggin He continued In thin line of husinesa for tour yearn making moderate profits with which he was content and then lie sold the entire tract to the Androscoggin water-power company ot Lisbon Falls He next formed a partnership with Charles Locke and the two started a lumber manqfacturlng plant It was the fleet mill built on Wild river The business was remarkably successful for three years when the mill burned Tho hla partner was discouraged hy this occurrence Mr Hastings himself with the determination which characterised all his undertakings set about retrieving his Iosse and erected a spool mill Tha Wild River company later purchased this land and built the village of Hasting named for the earlier proprietor expending some 1110000 In erectjng the building there PmvimMvl Whole Town When the spruce was all gone the mills went out of business and Mr Hastings purchased the Whole town at a low figure On the property the company had built a wood alcohol faotory and this he continued- to operate at a good profit Meantime the hard wood mill and the pulp wood business under hla direction kept steadily growing and tho output of a single year was lO OOt cords of pulp wood ssliles 2M0 cords of birch and maple tor tho Auburn Bobbin oom-(Owftssii on Teeth ltasel 2500 Americans Released From Prison Camps RARJ8 Nov 14 (By the Aenoci-ated aion than (BIS American prisoners bt German camps were released immediately bv the signing of the German armistice according to the latest figures prepared by tlie American Red Crate In Swttsertand WITH THK AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE' Nv 14 lM I M-The advance guard of several hundred Russian Polish and Italian ami-dim freed Iff the Germans In Lorraine rem-ned the Apieriran lines In the region of Hilaire today Tlie first group numbered 4k WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE NoV (4-1M (Iff the Associated The Germans opposite the flrst American army north nnd northeast of Verdun ere repiited tn be moving northward raiddlv I 'nepers Hone begun by the enemy several days ago bo withdraw in foros are now incoming effeottve Grant railway nativity to reported at Meti and other railroad juncMonn PARIS Tuesday Nov 1L--A government early this week by tho German plenipotentiaries who Mgaeo the armistice has been published ben It protests against none features of the terms agreed to by the Germans and to whloh they objected verbally at their first meeting with Marshal Foch Tho declaration reads: German- government will naturally make every effort to aid In the carrying out of the obligations Imposed upon it Its plenipotentiaries- recognise that on certain points a conciliatory -spirit has been shown toward their suggestions They eon' consequently consider the observation which they submitted on November I referring to conditions of the armistice and the reply they received on November 10 as forming on Integral part of the complete convention "They cannot however permit any doubt to exist In the toot that the short neae of the delay fixed for evacuation and the handing over of Indispensable means of transport threatens to provoke a state of affairs which without the Gw men government and people being al fault may render the execution ot the conditions of tho armistice Ifn- To Confiscate Property of Late Prussian Grown LONDON Nov 14 lM The property of the Prussian crown will be confiscated according to a German wire lose message received here today Aceu'rdiag to a proclamation issued by the new l'niaslan government th entailed property of the Prussian crown will bo placed under the administration of tho ministry of finance Property which la not entailed but which to personal to tho former king and hto fomlly will not he affected Bavaria Fears Chaos As Result Of the Armistice OVEN HAGEN Tueeday Nov new Bavarian government haa sent a message to Presides Wilson thru Bwltserland expressing Re fears that the armistice terms will brink chaos to the dtaordered young republic and requesting that Great Britain France and Italy be asked to punish the giillty The meenago adds that the German autocracy and military party do not deserve mercy (1 Censorship Is Withdrawn WASHINGTON Nov Withdrawal of all volunteer enunnrehlp requeue under which American pnMtoh-era have been woridng Utaee the Uidted Staten went to whr mm announced today Georgs Creel chairman of the Ocsnmittee on Mlli Information after ooufomnoea with Bee- fe SIFK'YTION C1U might have planned a campaign every man 'of any prominence in the two cities was put into the tabulation and the amount it was believed he should give was placed alter his name Thai members of the little army of workers were given their instructions and lists It was- all beautifully systematic effective and thorough a rare combination of business and enthusiasm of patriotism and of the pleasure that comes of self-giving Lewiston and Auburn are proud of their war drive machine And the golden flood of the last few days has made the war drive machine proud of Lewiston and Auburn ICeaftMeg Math mtb The Food Problem Hinges on Aidion Of German Fleet LONDON Wad Mater Nov 1L-Prabtems eonnoetod with tha oakMns and provWtonlnr of -Ruaala and the nal powtro hinge primarily upon tha unsuedlalo disarmament of thq German fleet the Russian waialilpa hold hy the Oermani and Uioeo under control of the Ukrantan government In the Mask awa Warships which ant held tfy the Bolshevists In the Fbintah rulf must eleo be put out of rommkssloo Without the freedom -of movement In the Black and BaKle sens the entente powers and tha United At sirs will have (treat HflteuMjr In affording eaonomic relief to Burape and BcshkH-navla Cornequmtly Hie attitude of Iht Germany navy towards the arm-tatlce terra to wntohed with eager-nese by entente officials who are anxious to prevent starvation ammur the belligerents and to restore normal eo-clal and economic conditions among the suffering mnlllona Bfeedy action Is necessary for the relief of regions adjacent to the Baltic Meat: as ninny of Ms ports will be tie-bound within taro months nnd Hid ccngwffed and disrupted condl'-tlon of the railway makes relief Iff land routes uncertain IVi United Statu and Uic entente powers have shown no dUpowVt Ion to deal with the Uolslievist government While Russia remains In the control of the soviet therefore there seams to he little hiSKm of feeding Moscow Petrograd and other lanre citiea there If the Rpaeian Bolshevist movpinsiu whluh has hem started Mtalnstr Finland should bo successful Finland would also be plaosd temporarily be- As Irresistibly is ever did the American forces in France the great war drive machine of Androscoggin county sweeps on to certain victory There is a drive for the same: purpose in every Maine county I of course but the one here hasi many features that make it origi-! nal and unique Also for down-1 right and inspiring for sheer grit and a determination to win against every it stands out among all others Every noon there is a really wonderful scene in Abou Ben Adhem a great gathering of earnest men of all professions and ages snatches of song mingling with the music of too orchestra cheers without number little speeches impromptu stories with the never-ending enthusi asm poured over it alL But back of this enthusiasm is the guiding force of business acumen and common sense Nothing is done hap-hazard nothing-even in that hurly-burly of cheers and songs at the noon-day if left to chance The district was mapped out with as much care as Gen Foch WASHINGTON Nov J4 Forecast tor northern New Rostand: Mr and turn tow hat raider lotdxht except 1 enow In eneitoni Maine Friday partly cloudy modemto northwt wind HOST ON Nov 14 Forecast for Dus on and vicinity: Fair tonlaht and Friday not much chance In temperature moderate north we to west winds Et i SUN MOON I MS lt duys I 426 old I I Sou Mi am I 0 May hours II minutes lone denreuso hours II mlnutea tilth day of yoar list Wain At rtlaud TUIpm Hoothbay 114 pm cklani SB4 pm Bath MB Poi ko DAVID MARTIKGfi Hnnors Begin to Fall on Gen Foch SEKLUV Tuesday Noy General Femliing today conferred the American diitinguiahed' Mrvtce medal upon Marahal Foch The presentation was made in the name of Proaldent Wlleon at tha villa whore Marahal Foch haa hla headquarters A guard of honor was drawn up and trumpeters blew a fanfare as Marahal Foch with General Pfreh-Ing on hie right took poeltioni a tow paces in front of the guard PARIS Nov 14 (Havaa) The municipal council at Paris haa ini-tinted with the help of Premier Clemenceau to hold a ceremonial meeting at the ity hall la honor of Marshal Foch and Hit Foch It la planned to present them commemorative modal! PARIS Nov (Haval Memagee of congratulation and gratitude flrom President Wllaon and the American people were presumed to Marshal Koch -Slnrahal Joffre and General IV la In yesterday by General Pershing who auK decorated them with the American dlatingulahcl service medal lenera! PershThg today went to Krttlah main headquarter to present the distinguished arrvice medal to Marshal llalg XEW IGAN TO ITALY X'- 1 ki i WASH INGTDN Nov- 14-A credit of tlftjOJUine fiir Italy wan announced today hv the Treasury This wlH be u-oOd longvly to pay tor fiKidatuffa and war utilities already ordered by Mm Italian government -la" thin country and In-proonaa of manufacture or export Italy's xgregate loans from the now amount to lilWtVM and thane of all the alike TUNMM- I a I a in SO a llan Noon 1 Sp "4.