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; Late. South Carolina Senator Is Honored ik Senate 5 and House. SENATOR LODGE PAID ELOQUENT TRIBUTE ators Smith and Pollock Both Delivered Addresses? Services Held in House With Lever Presiding. "Washington, Dec. 15.?Eulogies in v . honor of the late Senator B. R. Tin man of South Carolina w ie hei-.'. " .here by the house and senate today. Theer- were present in the senate to iear these eulogies Mrs. Tillman. B. Tillman, Jr., Mrs. John Shuhr, his laughter, and a number of well known >uth Carolinians, including Charles Galloway, civil service commis sioner: D. C. Roper, commissions of international revenue; P. H. Weston, distritc attorney for the Southeastern district of South Carolina, and others In addition to this the galleries were well filled. 'In the senate addresses were made by Senators Lodge of Massachusetts. Senator Nelson of Minnesota, Senator SP-Xew^s of Illinois. Senator Pr>rock and Eg:Senator Smith cf South Carolina, Sen ator Thomas of Colorado. Senator Pomerene of OHio. Senator Shafroth jfip o? Golora.do. Senator Sr.-an.~on of Vir ginia. In the house there wc-re pres ent all the members of the South Carolina delegation, including Repre sentative Byrnes, Whaley, Dominick. .Nlcholls, Stevenson, Ragsdale ana Lever, the latter presiding, ah>a ?Representative Pad get and . other members of the house naval affaii j committee. Mr. Ragsdale was also femong those who attended the 'Sen :a$e exercises and sat beside Joseph us Daniels, secretary of the navy, a ? strong friend of the, late' South Car olina senator. Those who spoke voiced the senti ment that South Carolina and the entire nation had lost one of "its big men when Senator Tillman passed away and Senator Lewis said that he believed hereafter when announce ment was made of a member's death - that eulogies should be held imme . diately, so that outside matters should not' be allowed to intervene before such'public recognition is given. ..Senator Lodge, who touched upon his-long and intimate acquaintance with ?Senator Tillman. had been're QtQfcstted many years ago by the de ceased senator to take part in the eulogies for the latter( when they might occur. For this reason his "? marks today were especially feeling. _ - 7 Senator Lodge said: ^ "Mr. President, Sentaor Tillman did not come to the senate in 1895, as many do, a man unknown beyond the limits of his own State. His reputa tion preceded his coming. The coun ' try had heard about him. The gen eral public knowledge of him was not. perhaps, extensive, but it was distinct and emphatic. To those who looked below the surface it was apparent j that here was a man who had wrest ed control of a famous State from a body of men who, from generation to! generation, for 200 years had domi nated its politics and its social and economic life. Eoth at home and in Washington they had brought forth distinguished leaders in public life, who had impressed themselves, and their opinion deeply upon the history Of the country and made South Car olina a power to be reckoned with throughout ISth and 19th centuries. .Whatever their mistakes may have been, however extreme their views, they had been remarkable for ability, courage, and force displayed not only . by individuals hut by families, whose names and achievements were famil iar to all the people of the United States. They had retained their pow er after the Civil War as it had ex isted' before the great conflict which they had done so much to lead and provoke. Then, as the century clos ed, they were suddenly overwhelm ed and defeated by the forces which rallied behind Senator Tillman. "To the mass of the American peo ple who did not fully realize the deep er significance of. Senator Tillman's victory he was known as the author of the dispensary laws, and his meth ods of discussion, ? his "pitchfork." and his reckless frankness in the use of language, of which he had ample command, had made him a pictures que figure and greatly excited public curiosity as to his activities when he reached the senate. It was for the most part by no means either a friendiy or a sympathetic curosity, but it was both vivid and strong, for it was understood that he intended to revolutionize the senate, as he had already revolutionized South Carolina. "Senator Tillman was neither the first nor the last who has come to the senate with such a purpose as that attributed to him, and anyone who has studied the history or watch ed the movements of the senate for a number of years knows what has hap pened to those who have come in from another field determined *.o change the senate and overturn its ways and methods. The first fact they discover is that the senate takes a local or State reputation very calmly and is apt to remain undazzled by its beams. Power and reputation in the senate must be acquired in the senate itself. The senate as a body is very tolerant and generous. There is more personal good feeling., less personal animosity, a more com plete desire to be considerate with each other and a greater loyalty t? j the senate itself and its traditions ; than in any other legislative body in j the world. But on one point the sen ate is firm. It declines to be bored.j Its method of declination may net i be obvious but it is highly effective. The men who have come here pro- j claiming their intention of revolution- j izing and reforming the senate have-1 IG CRIMINAL Punishment of Former Kaiser I and Fellow Criminals a Dif ficult Problem. NOT QUESTION FOR JURISTS SAYS LORD CREWE I It May Be Necessary to Resort I to Military Measures to Bring Vv7illiam Hohenzollern to Jus tice. London. Doc. 17.?Responsibility fo: ! punishing the former German em [peror and other high German officials j for crimes committed during the war must rest with the governments ;and not with jurists, according to the j MarqniS Of Crowe, former secretary j 01 State for the colonies, in a letter I to the Westminster Gazette. Burlington, X. CT, Dec. 17.?Fire to i day swept a portion of the downtown j business section of this ci:y with a loss estimated at ?250.000. ?W ? M??a????a?irn m?a??a* -..^ fallen in practice into .two classes? those who insisted on continuing to attack .the senate and all its habits and methods and those who sooner oi .j later, generally sooner than later, ac cepted the senate traditions and ways I of life.- The former, very few in num i ber, become bores and found them | s?- <*es unheard and without influence ?and have been forgotten. The latter i have been successful and often <dis ! I tinguished senators, in?uentiai and ef 'J fective. It is needless to say that .' i Senator TiUman belonged preeml .! nently to the second class. He nether J bored anyone. However widely ?.nc might disagree with him he was al ways and unfailingly interesting. H<. came not only to. accept the senatt but to be one of its most ardent de fenders, supporting its rules, habits, and traditions, and very proud of its history and of its power and import ance. "This came about through no sacri lice of principle, but simply because he was a man naturally ? of strong jgood sense and open to conviction. H? I startled the country, and the senat? ] at the very outset by an unbridled at jtack upon President Cleveland, and 1 j think he even then began to see that j in the senate at least this was not th? best metho dto 'advance the policies o; the principles he had at heart. Hi came to the senate also with bitte; and deep seated dislike?I will not say prejudice?against all Republicans and alkNOrthern men. Nevertheless, j among Republicans and Norther;: (men he found before very many years had ? passed some of hi. warmest personal x friends. In these last years he one day made a short speech in the senate in which he [admitted that he had been mistaken j in these early opinions and that he 'had in these respe'ets changed h-^ mind. It seemed, I am sure, to those who heard or read what he said an I avowal at^qnee manly and touching. iBut it was something more than this It showed willingness and ability :o j learn, admirable and essential capaci ties throughout life and especially to be cherished in old age. It also shbw j ed the courage to admit that he had \ been wrong, and this is a loftier and j rarer attribute and a very fine quality i indeed. t j "But if Senator Till man learned to j know the senate and his fellow sena ? tors better and to like the.m better as j the years passed, the senate also ? 'earned much about him. Every one jwas aware that he was able, forceful j and possessed of unbounded energy, j But senators found also that the j blunt words and the stormy manner j when he was roused were far more j in. evidence in public than in privat? life. Behind ail this was a kindly j nature, p'enty of humor, a erious j outlook on life, and real sincerity or j :>urpose. One at least of those who ! came in the process of time to know jhini well discovered that Senator [Tillman had knowledge and genuine {fondness for literature and poetry? igcod literature and good poetry ?>>? it jsaid?and above all that he was a iov I er of Shakespere, a phase of his : character not generally appreciated. He was a conspicuous and active sen ator for many years and worked hard ?and faithfully until he was stricken jby illness some year.-, ago. After bis j partial recovery he went on with an { uncomplaining and unfailing courage i which commanded every one's ad jmiration until the end came. Never did he appear better than in his at titude toward the war. H<- never had any doubts. He recognized what Ger ! many meant, and he was for the right and for the war with all his strength. ! During these years of physical trial and endurance he turn-, d more than ever toward the friends with v/hom j he had been long in service, and srrew ever gentler and more kindly. The affection and sympathy which ] think he craved, for he had an {emotional nature, were freely given, j After a long day of many conflicts the {evening was calm and peaceful. As I j talked with him and watched him mild the lengthening shadows when [the sun of life was slowly setting 1 [ of en thought of Dr. Holmes' lines ; written for his own 70th birthdav: i ? Still as the silver cord gets worn and slender. Its lightened task work tugs with lessening strain, Eands get more helpful, voices grown more tender, Soothe with their softened tones the slumberous brain. "'So when the iron p?rt??" shuts "oe-! hin us, And life forgets us in its noise and whirl. Visions that shunned the glaring noonday find .us. i And rlimmering staidight shows the! gates of pearl.' " ' After The War Problems Dis , cussed By Members of Cabinet. * SECRETARIES BAKER AND HOUSTON MAKE TALKS Say There is Important Work to Be Done By State Govern ments in the Reconstruction Period. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 1G.?Thirty six State governors or governors-elect in annual conference here today were , told by Secretary Baker that war had /proved the indispensability of strong . State governments in peace as well . us war tira.es as the principal agen.c~s . tor mobilizing and demobilizing ar mies, finding work for returning sol diers and developing better methods of physical training for young men. At the same time he pleaded^ that State authorities give cities more freedom to work out their individual local prob lems. i Early disbandment of the draft boards and State branches of the Council of National Defense as feder al agencies was advocated' by the secretary who urged, however, that :.oth remain in existence informally to aid local authorities in solving prob lems of the readjustment period. Secretary Houston., addressing the governors, suggested that State gov ernments ascertain immediately what farming lands might be available for use of returning soldiers. He cau tioned, however, against throwing the men indiscriminately into agricultural pursuits without previous experience cr adequate traning. ? Reconstruction problems, particu .arly those relating # to labor, educi tion and public lands will be diseas ed by the governors at their meet ings tomorrow and at the closing ses sion Wednesday they will hear ad dresses by Secretaries Daniels and Lane. Tonight they attended a re ception at the home of Governor Har rington of Maryland. f Secretary. Baker said his princioal purpose in addressing the State execu tives was to express thanks, for tne remarkable manner in which Slate and local authorities through defense councils, draft boards and other offi cials had carried out the federal gov ernment's wishes throughout the war end had initiated measures of their own. This demonstraton of ability of democracy to carry out great undertakins using its constituted au thorities, is one of the greatest les sons of the war." the secretary said ?'Instead 'of adding to the aggregate of centralized power this war has strengthened State governments 'and made?them more indispensable than ever in our scheme of government. The war secretary .emphasized that one of the principal functions of States hereafter must be "to rescue young men in the situation shown during the recent mobilization when one-third of the drafted men were found to be physically undeveloped or defective." "We must realize." he said, ''that physical education is as necessary to the development of our youth as men tal training. A sound mind must de pend upon a sound body and we should organize an educational sv.-> tem providing for physical develop ment." Draft boards will be disbanded at the end of this month, and State branches of the Council of National Defense will cease functioning as fed eral agencies as soon as possible, Mi. Baker said. He urged that both co operate with employment agencies in finding work -for soldiers. Secretary Houston urged Sta.:es to establish strong centralized . agricul tural departments to define more clearly the function of the land grant colleges, to continue promotion of ag ricultural extension work, build better j roa?? and promote campaigns in rural ! districts against preventable diseases. Considering the uncertainty of the future, of the world's food production, i Secretary Houston said: "Congress should make available a revolving fund of not less than $600, 000,000 to effectuate the government guarantee of $2.20 a bushel for wheat, for we can not tell at this time what i the real market price will be a year ! from now. It may be as much as ?2 20 [and it may be as much as 50 cents] : less than the guaranteed price.'' j Those in attendance at the confer-j ence are Governors Hunt of Arizona, j ; Townsend of Delaware. Dorsey of Georgia, Alexander of Idaho, Good I rich of Indiana. Hardin of Iowa, C?p jper of Kansas. Pleasant of Louisiana. ' Milliken of .Maine. Harrington of j Maryland. Sleeper of Michigan, Burn i quisi of Minnesota, Gardner of Mis I souri, Stewart of Montana. Boyle <>fj : Nevada. Edge of New Jersey. Lind- j jsey of New .Mexico. Docket of North i Carolina, Frazier of North Dakota. [ Williams of Oklahoma, Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania, Beeckman of Rhod'*! [Island, Manning of South Carolina.) j Bamberger of CJtah. Davis of Virgin-j :ia. Lister of Washington. Cornwed of. Wes1 Virginia and Houx of Wyoming and Governors-elect Campbell of Ari-j zona. Davis of Idaho, Allen of Kan sas, Coolidgc of Massachusetts, Me Elvis of Nebraska. Larrazolo of New Mexico. Ilol>' risen of Oklahoma. Cooper of South Carolina. Clement or. Vermont, Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alas ; ka. Governor Bamberger will invite the conference to meet year at Salt Lake City. Washington. Dec. IT. ?Among the, war department construction projects! ordered abandoned today are the mil itary cantonments at North Gamp i Jackson, s. C . and field artillery can tonment at Camp Bragg, X. ("'. That at Jackson does nor include the aban- j donment of the base on forty thou-; sand acres of land there. U > He Makes An Informal Call at the French Ministry of War. TALKED WITH PREMIER CLEMENCEAU FOR HOUR American President Will Utilize His Time to Best Advantage Without Regard to Prece dents. Paris. Dec. 16.-?President Wilson began breaking traditions toda; when, in addition to paying a forma' visit to the city hall for the ap pointed ceremonk-s there, he made a call at the ministry of war for' a tall-, with Premier Clemenceau, who e.ise is minister of war. He decided .-els., to accept the dinner invitation of for eign ambassadors, his first acceptance being to the invitation extended b\ the Earl of Derby, the British am bassador to Franco. The visit of the head of a foreign nation to the ministry and his ac ceptance of the hospitality of a for eign ambassador are not striccly in ac cordance with custom, but Presiden: Wilson felt that the opportunitie. thus afforded of getting on to per sonal contact justified him in disre garding the traditions. The visit which Premier Clemen ceau paid President Wilson yesterday was not only the occasion of an .-'g-reeable personal meeting but. it re sulted in a fairly full undertsandim as to the plans for the president's visit j throughout the next fortnight. The I meeting was described as extreme^ cordial, both the president and th French -premier later voicing their highly favorable impressions of each ether. As the call lasted a full hou; it" permitted a conference over the plans of the meeting of the intera lied conference and the peace con gress and of at least the preliminary discussion of some of the great inter national problems about to be taken up. Concerning the plans, it now is ap parent that the president's visit to Italy will be postponed until the mid dle or the latter part of January as his time meanwhile will be fully oc j cupied in meeting the political lead I ers coming from various points, in at I tending the opening sessions of the j interallied conference and the peace > congress, in visits to the American I front and the French and Belgian ? devastated regions and probably a j visit to Brussels and King Albert of ! Belgium. j The president will be back in Paris ? in the early clays of January when the preliminaries are likely to be so far advanced as to permit of the openina of the peace congress about January 6. The exact time, however, is of course object to the pleasure of the interallied conference when it assem bles to complete the details of the orogram. It is evident, however, that the president's time will be so greatly co cupied that the visit to Italy, which was .at first expected to be made dur ing the latter part of December, can not take place before the middle of Tanuary or later. War Stamp Sales Sumter County is Not on The Honor Roll of Counties. j Charleston, Dec. 14.?The nine mil lion dollars mark has been reached in the. total sales of war savings stamp in South Carolina, according to sale> reports received at the office of the South Carolina war savings commit tee. The reports show that the men. women, and children of this State have purchased, up to December 7 war savings and thrift stamps to the values of $9,04S,13U. which amounts to $5.52 per capita. In order to close the year with the largest possible sales report, the committee appeals urgent ly to those who have not remeeded W. S. S. pledges to buy the stamps due at once. Beaufort still leads in total sales, and the leading records have been made by the following counties, show ing the per capita sales: Beaufort. $9.76; Calhoun. $9.19; Charleston. $9.0.']; York, $8.67; Florence, $8.62; Anderson. $8.53; Horry, $8.41; Spar tanburg, $8.29; Greenville, $8.27: Orangeburg, $6.78, and Bamberg. $6.JS. i Hun Anarchists Meet Congress of Soldiers and Work mens Delegates Assembles . in Berlin. Herlin. Monday, Dec. 16.?The Cen tral congress of delegates from the Soldiers' and Workmen's Councils in many parts of Germany was opened today. There were three women among the four hundred and fifty del" egates. During the organization it became* apparent that independent socialists, of the Spartacus group were out numbered. Stockholm. Monday. Dec. 16.?An English squadron has bombarded the i P.olshevik positions along the south ern coast of the Gulf of Finland, ac cording to an official statement from the Esthonian army headquarters. The Bolshevists forcer; have been repulsed, according to the report. Washington, Dec. 17.?Gen. Per hing has notified the war department \ that he had designated for early con- ? voy home a number of additional | units, including 4,500 officers and , men. Show me your Red Cross member ;hip button and I'll tell you what kind an American you are. 1 SOUTH S TROOPS LOST MAI Casualties of Thirtieth Divisio: Totalled More Than Seven Thousand. VIORE THAN 1,100 WERE KILLED IN ACTICtt National Guard of North an South Carolina and Tennessee Ware in Thickest of Fightin, on the Hindenburg Line. Washington, Dec. 16.?Generc Pershing cabled the war departmer. . oday that practically complete re ;?orts of deaths in action among th ?xpeditionary forces should reach th lepartment by December 20, and o everely wounded by December 27. , Total casualties to November 23 i. he Thirtieth Division (North Can; ana, South Carolina and Tenness* ? National Guard) were given at 7,62. The casualties were classified as foi lows: Killed in action 1,168; lied o ?vounds. 238; died of disease, 16; die. of other causes, 5; severely wounded 1,181; wounded, degree undetermb. jd, 805; slightly wounded, 3,973; mis ng or captured. 193. General Pershing reported that tb lumber of duplicated casualties dis covered in the central records offic ince November 27 wound not opera; to reduce the total for the entire e: oeditionary forces, given in his sun; nary of that date, as additional cas ualties reported more than offset tb duplicates. The report today from the Amer: ?an commander was in reply to sper! ric ^questions cabled by the war depar: ment. In asking regarding the cas ualties in the Thirtieth Division, th department said there had bee i "much apprehension" here about tl losses of this unit, which helped th< British army break the famous Hi-, denburg line. Big Stock Sale Government Will Sell Mules an? Horses at Auction. Columbia, Dec. 16.?The goven. ment has a large number of horst and mules on hand at Animal Em barkation* Depot No. 302 North Char leston, S. C, which will be sold <'< auction in the near future. Dealers i horses and mules throughout th State will be attracted to Chariest.' for this sale, which will be one of th? largest of its kind ever held in Soutl Carolina. The end of the war left th< government in possession of this stoci and since the government must dis pose of it. it will be to the advantag ;>f live stock dealers to attend th. sale and make their purchases. Th camp is located at North Charleston about 12 miles north of the city, an: can be reached either by automobil' or railroad. The trolley line runs i: two miles of the camp. Governmer. truck transportation from the end c the trolley line will be furnished t parties notifying the Quartermaster Animal Embarkation Depot, No. 30 The date of the sale has not yet bee. announced, but will be made publ:. in the near future. Is Kaiser Safe? German Socialist Says His Sur render Cannot Be Forced. London. Dec. 17.?Herbert Eber' Socialist premier of Germany, decla: ed in an interview yesterday that Jo did not know of any legal method b-. which the former emperor's surrend er could be forced. "But its not question which closely concerns us. he said. "We have separated our selves from him and now desire on' that the guilt for th-> outbreak of th war should be finally fixed, in orde; that he may be exposed once for all.' Socialists in Control First Election in Germany Re suits in Victory for Ma jority Socialists. Berlin, Monday. Dec. 16.?The eiec tions to the national assembly in th< former Duchy of Anhalt, which wa the first German federal State to vot< for the constituent body, resutled to day in a marked vitcory for the ma jority Socialists. The Anhalt assem bly consists of twenty-two majorit Socialists, twelve German Democrat: and two conservatives. Trains Coming Back ???-? Through Sleeping Car Lines t< Return. Washington. Dec. 16.?Directo General McAdoo today announced th restoration on January 1 of 15 of th through sleeping car lines in th East and South discontinued a yea1 ago as a war measure. The addition il service will include trains from Nev York to Florida and other parts of th South. Rc -mits for Navy Two Hundred Thousand Needer to Man Ships. Washington. Dec. 17.?Two hundred thousand men must be recruited fo the navy to take the places of the men demobilized. Gapt. Laning. chief of the bureau of navigation made thi.f estimate today, when asking the house naval affairs committee for ar ippropriation for $12.000.000 foi transportation and recruiting expens es for 1920. New York. Dec. 17.?The.troop ship Maui from Brest, with 64 officers, fwenty-one hundred and sixty men irrived today. ,? CONTROL MUST COME Postmaster General Explains Necessity of Government Ownership of Lines. J AYS IT WILL BE AN ASSET \ AND NOT A BURDEN ' Savings Made Under Changed Conditions Will Pay Cost in } 25 Years, Declares Postmas ,ter General in Letter to Mr. Moon. , Washington, Dec. 16.?Ownership ! >* the government of the telegraph ;id telephone systems of the nation is characterized as "imperative" by '? stmaster General Burleson today in , i letter to Representative Moon, I uairman of the house committee on ?ostoffices and post roads. Mr. Bur i son said the systems can be acquir d '"without the appropriation of a dol I, r from the public treasury" by ap >lying to a mortization fund for 25 ars the savings made under gov nment ownership through elimina : >n of duplications in plants and op . ating expenses. Tn support of the government own ship resolution introduced in the ? ?use last week by Representative ."oca, the postmaster general quoted Vom the recent letter of Theodore '* Vail, president of the American ! i viephone and Telegraph Company, 1 . nd from the annual reports of a J' ?umjer of the postmasters general lace the Civil War, all of whom. .t reed, he said, that government con , rol or ownership would greatly con y . ibute to the efficiency of service. ' 'The economic importance of the ? oposition to acquire the properties > y the government is A'ery great," Mr. i-irleson wrote. 'Private capital is it vested in public service enterprises . ith the expectation of 7 to 8 per cent., r.d often a greater return on the in i i stment. This, of course, the public 5 expected to pay while' the govern ;=-nt can borrow money at 4 1-2 per ent. The public, however, pays the i barge in either event. The differ v.ce between 4 1-2 per cent, and 8 per i -ent for money invested in the 1 vire systems of the United . States -ould maintain and pay for the prop | ??ty in 18 years and nine months, ?'he government, as an owner, would -> more expect to charge for interest n the investment than it would for ( i.oney invested in postal facilities, ;;rvy yards or other public property. As justification for the permanent king over of the wire systems, Mr. j iurleson said: "To establish and maintain means f communication is much the func :.^n of the government as is the pro sion for national defense . . .More ?ver, it is essential to the develop ment of the country and to the prog ess and prosperity of its people. It s a defense of the national interests ?s much in peace as in war. . . 25x ension of the wire service should fe :etermined by public needs,- not the i pportunity for private gain. : The postmaster general said he be ieved that an effective plan could be . orked out by which the waste df .-unpetition can be eliminated and the dvantage of private initiative in re earch, investigation and experiment ation not be lost. Calling attention to the fact that .nder the existing law the telephone nd telegraph properties will auto matically revert to the privae owners :pon proclamation by the president or state of peace, the letter says that I any of the independent companies ' ould not take back the properties '-ithout serious loss to the investors nd great detriment to the service. rany of these companies, the letter vs. were operaing at a loss owmg waste incident to competition and livers!ty of State regulation, and as -oper depreciation funds have not ?^en set aside, the properties were rifting intc a condition where proper ublic service could not be rendered; The Y. M. C. A. -??? New Year Celebration at the Gym. The local Y. M. C. A. is arranging or a Xew Year programme in the ymnasium on New Year's night. Al eady there is a good programme ar inged, consisting of tumbling, wresti ng, drills, volleyball game and mu .c. The wrestlers are enlisted men rom Camp Jackson and they will put :p illustration of wrestling. This art of the programme will be of auch interest and will doubtless be he most popular stunt. The High -chool Orchestra under Miss Truit rill furnish the music for the occa -ion. There will be a volleyball j ;amc played by the business men, with ! ? essrs. C. E. Hurst and W. A. Bryan ! 3 captain of the game. These zwo aptains will pick their team, and romise to put up a good light. William Winn, the "star tumbler," \dth the squad of acrobats will dem onstrate pyramid building and tubl lg, and the boys will put on a demon nation of calisthenic drill. Everyone is cordially invited t? his open house night, for it prom ises to be interesting and enjoyable. Secretary Todd is working hard now m the programme and hopes to have werything in readiness by New Years lay. Don't forget the time and date, Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, January 1st, 1919. Amsterdam, Dec. 17.?A revolution has broken out in Bulgaria, accord ing to information received by the :3erlin Lokal Anzieger. Lisbon. Dec. 17.?Admiral Canto Y. Castro has been elected president of Portugal in successio&a to Dr. Sidonio ?aes. who was assasinated late Sat urday night.