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PEACE LEAGUE t PLAN OUHMD Paris Newspapers Publish What Purports to Be Tentative Plan of Allies. ARTICLE THOUGHT TO . ^ BE SEMI-OFFICIAL When Decision is Reached the Enemies Will Receive Orders That They Will Be Required to Obey. Paris, Dec. 23.?The Matin today was authorized to print the articu which was censored yesterday. Th< article sets forth the manner of pro cedure of the "promoters of a leagut of nations acting in agreement with the allied governments." The formation of a league of na tions, the article says, will be in thret stages. The allied governments will decide the principles of such an organ ' ization, which will include compul sory arbitration and limitations ot armaments. Germany and her former allies then will be told they must ac cept these principles, after which the; treaty of peace will be formulated. Later a conference will be held ic discuss the formation of a league. Neutrals will be admitted the article continues, but Germany would not have an equal standing untii she has ? expiated her misdeeds and before sh?. can go so an international organiza ? tion will be working. "There will be three stages," the Matin says. "First, the allied gov ernments will settle among them ?elves the principles of the league. As a fundamental rule, they will set down the right of peoples to decide their own destinies. As a practica: consequent it follows that there will be limitation of armaments and com - pulsory arbitration among the na tions. It seems indispensable that at this point the entente countries bind themselves to put these clauses in the preliminaries of peace. . . . The second act will consist in no tifying the enemy powers of the fun damental principles laid down in the preliminary and requiring from them their adhesion to these principles. As to other conditions of peace prelimi naries, as in the case of stipulations of a territorial, financial and eco nomic character, no discussion will be "admitted. The entente delegates will say to Germany and her allies: "'Compulsory arbitration and limi tation of armaments are integral parts of cur conditions. You must subscribe to them at once. You will know later how these principles will be applied.' "The preliminaries once signed, de tails of the peace treaty will be dis cussed among the belligerents and .only after signing of the treaty of peace proper will the third stage be reached. This will be a universal conference to settle the new relations to be created between the peoples. "To this conference neutrals 'may be-admitted. No nation, however, will be admitted to full membership in the league of nations if it does not offer sufficient guarantees. Germany, hav ing started the war, will have been condemned by the peace conferenc to make restitution and reparation. She will not be regarded as being on an equal footing with other ' nations i until she has paid her debt. Germany j has committed a crime and she must ' atone for it before she can be admit ? ted to the ranks of honest and civiliz I ed peoples. & "Meanwhile, the other countries j will be united by formal agreements, j a world policy will have been creat ed and sanctions of all kinds will have ' been instituted. An international .tribunal will be working and the spe cific of war, as far as it is humanly possible, will be banished from the (}path of civilization." I - Riots In Savannah Martial Law Continues at Sa ? vannah Because of Strike? More Troops Coming. Savannah. Ga., Dec. 23.?Twenty men arrested for inciting ri?~.t in con nection with the strike of conductors and motormen of the Savannah Elec tric Company .were held to the higher court under $1.000 bonds by Recorder Schwartz this morning. Those upon whose persons weapons were found were placed under additional bonds of $1,000. This was the chief feature of the strike situation of the day. There has been no disturbance today. The home guards and the police have patroled the city and permitted no gathering at any point. Two com panies from Fort Screven will come to Savannah tomorrow morning to re lieve the home guards. Savannah has had street car service hroughout the day. More Troops Coming. Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 23.?Governor Dorsey late today began arrange ments to obtain federal troops from Fort Screven. Ga., to assist horn; guards in maintaining order at Savan nah where martial law was proclaim ed Sunday after appeals had been made to the governor by Mayor Pier >ont and Judge Peter W. Meldrim, of he superior court. The appeals o( .he Savannah authorities follow-? : threatened disorders growing out of the street car situation after a num ber of motormen and conductors left tkeir posts over disagreement." wir" the company on the question of recog nition arid increased wapr^s. Paris. Dec. 22. (Havas).?An air plane, piloted by a British officer and ??rrying an American general from I freves. Germany, capsized this af ternoon at Louvres on th:' outskirts of Paris. Tho pilot was killed and j th? general was seriously injured. Reports Say He Will Observe ' . Day After Traditional German Style. BIG RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AND HE WILL PREACH Cut Down His Own Christmas Tree and Will Carve His Own Turkey?Wants No Presents. London, Dec. 23.?William Hohen zollcrn has arranged for himself a Christmas celebration after the tradi tional German style, as far as the cir cumstances, will permit, according to a dispatch to The Daily Express from Amsterdam today. The arrangements will include elaborate religious cere monies on Christmas Eve. The idea of using the village chapel, however, nas proved impracticable for various rea j sons, one of them being the fear of [popular hostile demonstrations. The service accordingly will be held in thfc drawing room of Amerongen Castle. The cx-emperor desired to have the court chaplain, Dr. Ernst von Dryan der, come from Berlin to preach the sermon at the Christmas ' Eve cere mony, but the Berlin government re fused permission for the chaplain to go to Holland, according to the dis patch. The service consequently will be conducted by a German missionary Srom Ziest, near Amerongen, but Herr Hohenzollern himself will deliver the sermon. Many friends of Count von Ben tinck, the former Emperor's host, have e< n asked to attend the service, the message adds, but have refused the 'invitation. Christmas trees will be provided, as usual for the celebration. Herr Hohenzollern cut these down himself with the help of two men or the estate, in the Amerongen pine woods. The former ruler has requested chat no gifts be given him and the ex-empress. ' The feature of the Christmas din ner will be the turkey. In accordance with Prussian family custom Herr (Hohenzollern will do the carving him self. There also will be a plum pud I ding, made after an old English re | cipe, which it is supposed the ex-eni 1 peror's mother, Princess Victoria, took ! to Germany with her from Windsor I Castle. chcock Is Angry i - Becomes Wrought Up Over the Cable Transaction. Washington, Dec. 23.?Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of foreign relations committee, declared in the senate today that the taking over of the J. --Atlantic cable lines by the gover ..ent after the signing of the armistice was a "highhanded outrage" and an abuse of the power conferred by congress. Authority for assuming control of the -cable lines. Senator Hitchcock said, was given the president as a war emergency and he added that if the president wanted to take over the lines he should have conferred with congress. Resident and Premier - j Wilson Spent the Morning With Clemenceau. - I Paris, Dec. 2>.?President Wilson ? visited Premier Clemenceau this morning. After ten days* enthusiastic demon strations in his honor. Parisians have become accustomed to the presence jof Mr. Wilson, but continue to follow his movements with respectful defer ence to his wish thai he bo able to move about town without provking a c;v:::h everywhere he goes. PKOGKKSSIVE JAPAN. j Snffrage System to Ik* Revised and I Local Self-Government Extended. { - _ ! - j Tokio, Nov. 23 (Correspondence)?1 Addressing the prefcctural governors ; of the Empire, Takejiro Tokonami. j the Home Minister in the new Hara party cabinet, indicated r.he other day that the government would bring about a revision of the suffrage sys tem so as to promote constitutional govc-rnirjont in Japan. The present suffrage :r. Japan is extremely limit ed. Local self-government, he said, also would be extended. The minister paid a tribute to The j r-artioiism and devotion of the allies} in th- present war. He said: "It is! a remarkable fact "that every nation j has. on account of the war, enormous-! , ly strengthened its national ideas, j The unity and solidarity so well j ichieved by the allied nations Luve! been accomplished by the virtue of] individual initiative on the part of the pe?ple; The urgent need for us is that' the admirable qualities* inherent to! jour nationa Icharacter' be fully de-1 I veloped through the awakening of Peach individual; thus will the noblest! j traits of our national lite be perfect-: j ly rcaiized. A MIXE OF WEALTH. _ ! Seizure "Hohenzollern Fortunes Would Yield Nearly Billion Marks. Basel. Doc. 21.?The seizure of the! property owned by the Prussian royal ( family (Hohtnzo'iernx.) would produce]:; immediately nine hundred million ] marks, according to figures compiled j by tke Frankfort Nachrichten. _ _ t -, , On^ndo, Fla., Der-. 24.?Henry is Mitchell McCracken. chancellor Emer- i itus of New York University, died in < the hospital here today aged 7$. '] Measure Provides Income for Government for Next Tvv'o Years. EFFORT TO AMEND THE POSTAGE SECTION FAILS rhe Bill Will Go to Conference Immediately After Congress Reassembles in January. Washington, Dec. 23.?Without a , record vote the senate late tonight passed the war revenue bill, rectucad to raise about $6,000,000,000 in 1919 and $-1,000,000,000 in 1920. as com pared with tne ley of SS.i'yO.Outf.MOO for new year, propred in the bill pass ed by the house three months ago. When the -final vote was taken at 10.30 o'clock the senate had been in continuous session for nearly 13 hours. Immediately, after the passage of the bill, the senate began its holiday va cation under the plan for three day recesses unfil January 2. Absence of a quorum in the house, however, had prevented that body from putting a similar program into effect The revenue bill which had beeil be fore the senate since December 12, now goes to conference with formal meetings of the senate and house managers planned to begin January 1 with the view to final enactment of (the legislation next month. The sen ate conferees appointed tonight were \ Senators Simmons of North Carolina. I Williams of Mississippi and Smith of j Georgia. Democrats and.Sena.tors Pen rose of Pennsylvania and Ledge of M a ssa ch u se 11 s, Republicans. Only <\ few scattering "noes" from the Republican side marked the final vote on the bill. The Republicans did not seek another roll call on the bill's provisions fixing 1920 tax rates, and no further votes were taken on the luxury provisions, reinserted today with the rate fixed at 10 per cent, in stead of 20 per cent. In disposing finally of controverted jsoctions the senate tonight rejected, 55 j to G. the substitute bill of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin which proposed hir;her rates principally on war ex j cess profits and ? individual income j surtaxes. Another vote on the second class postage, question also was taken and the senate sustained. 41 to 22, its pre vious action in favor of the amend ment which would repeal the existing zone rates on publications and sub stitute a r? of 1 cent a pound within 15<* niles and 1 1-2 cents a pound 1 yond. Se- ral riders were added to the .^..i, but no change in the finance committee's draft was made except the reinstatement of socalled luxury taxes on a number of articles costing above fixed standards. Among the riders adopted were provisions for one month's pay to men discharged from the military es tablishment after signature of the ar mistice: extension of the Reed bone dry law to the District of Columbia and for 100 per cent, taxes cn political campaign contributions in excess of $500. A change made in the automobile tax section, provided for exemption oi trucks, tractors and trailers, reducing the bill's estimated revenue yield about $30,000,000, but the reinsertion of the luxury tax clause will result in an estimated yield of $$0.000,000. Senator Pomerene of Ohio offered the motion to strike from {he bill the committee r.mcndmont affecting sec ond class postage rates. Senators voting to support his motion were: Democrats: Beckham. Johnson of South Dakota, King.. Kirhy. McKellar, Martin of Kentucky, Myers; Nugent. Pollock, Pomerene, Shafroth, Shep pard, Smith of Arizona. Thomas, Trainmen and Vardaman, 1<>. Republicans: Grcnna. Kenyon. La j Follette, Lenroot. Norris and Suther land. Total 22. I The senate held its first night ses sion in months., in order to reach a final vote on the war revenue bill and begin a series of three day recesses over the holidays. Many hours were taken up with discussion and votes on minor amendments including legisla tive riders. Amendments adopted included one by Senator Shoppard of Texas making the Reed law prohibiting shipment of [intoxicating lieuor into "dry'' terri tory applicable to the District of Co lumbia and smother by Senator Tram mel] of Florida providing for a bonus of one month's pay to ail officers and enlisted men honorably discharged from the nation's lighting forces after j November 11. j Th<- senate voted its first disapprov- j al of the revision of the house bill | by the finance committee when it re-j inserted all of the taxes on socalled ! semi-luxuries except those of wearing! apparel for men and women. Later j it voted to reduce the rate on semi luxuries from 20 to 10 per cent. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin.. I Republican, made a ^ng address to I the senate tonight in support of his substitute bill which would raise! more than $6.000,000.000, chiefly! through increased rates on war excess! ami surtaxes. The Wisconsin senator' said ho would take "every dollar of war profit and all incomes above' enough to enable the own-r o? the income to support his family in com fort." ; The seriate rejected an amendment j by Sen;ito;- Pollock of South Carolina oxtenuimr the thanks of congress to] the members of the district and local draft boards and authorizing the sec-1 retary of war to present them with l>ronze fiieda Is. < New York. !><??-?. 2.1.?Bringing more ? than\ thirty-eight hundred American ' soldiers home from France, the I French liner France reached here to- 5 lay. Among them arc seventeen s nwdred wounded men. Ban Is Ordered Removed By Attorney General Gregory. RULE BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON CHRISTMAS Action Taken on Cabled Instruc tions From President Wilson Affects Nearly Half Million. Washington, Dec. 2o.?Al! restric tions on German enemy aliens, except those applying to entry into and de parture from th? United States and those affecting the power of intern ment, -were ordered removed today by Attorney General Gregory, effective Christmas Day. This ac "U was tak en on cabled instruction. Presi dent Wilson and will affect about 500.000 German men and women. It was explained that the depart ment of justice would continue to ex ercise the power of internment of dan gerous German enemy aliens and that the order w.ould not affect such aliens already interned. National Guard Is to Be Disbanded The War Department Approves j the Ruling That Officers and Men Resume Civilian Status. j I Washington, Dec. 2 4.?An opinion I of the judge advocate general's offiot I which has been approved by Secre I tary of War Baker, holds that office*: i and enlisted men of the National 'Guard revert to their civilian statu.' I when discharged from the federal ser vice. The effect of this ruling is prac tically to wine out cf existence th< National Guard as organized prior !< the war. An opinion rendered by Brigadiei General Ansell, points out that th< i draft of members of the Xationa Guard into the federal service abso ! lutely discharges him from the militia j which includes the National Guard f Mustering out as units without dis charges may preserve units and mak? ? reorganisation unnecessary. This un j doubtedly w4ill be sought insistently ' patricularly in the case of famou: j guard organizations. - I Extraordinary Story . A Torpedo Passed Urider Its In i tended Victim and Destroyed Another U-Boat. London. Nov. 20 (Correspondent of the Associated Press)?Now tha censorship rules have been much re laxed, etraordinary stroies of clos< shaves and unexpected happenings are beinp; published. Hard to beat is one related by the Liverpool Evening Express. It tells how a torpedo j from a u-boat passed under an Intend j ed victim?which at the psychology j cal moment was lifted beyond it* 'reach by a big wave?and administer ed the quietus to another enemy sub j marine on the other side of the I steamer. Here is the paper's acccum of it: . The British steamer Algories, com manded by Captain Frederick Taylor was off Bardsey Island and had ;i cargo of timber frcm Rosslare tc Garston. There was a herfvy sea on [and the ship was pitching about. The tirst to see the first submarine was the gunner who also spotted the. track of a torpedo which, if something like a miracle had not happened, would have struck them amidships. ?Nothing could be done in time to turn the ship clear of danger, but a heavy sea lifted high or. its crest the steamer which was only drawing a few feet of water and then those who j had just been expecting to bo torpe doed themselves, saw a second u-boat which was working in conjunction with the one on the other side of the steamer, struck by the torpedo. They heard a deafening explosion and saw a mountain of spray thrown ! up into the air. i _ 1 PERMANENT RANK OF GENERAL I _ i Bestowed on John J. Persllin? and Peyton C. March. j Washington, Dee. 22.?Bestowal of [permanent rank of general on John ij. Pershing, commander of the Amer | ican forces in France. Pcy'.on C. ! March, chief of staff, and Tasker IT. Bliss, American military representa tive at the supreme war council, and a permanent rank of lieutenant gen eral on Hunter Liggett and Robert Bullard, commanding the First and Second American armies, was asked by Secretary Baker today in a letter to Chairman D'-nt, of the House mil itary committee. j HAD TO LEAVE PARIS. MilukoiT. Former Russian Foreign Minister Not Wanted. Paris. Dec. 24.?Paul Milukoff, the former Russian foreign minister, who was accused last duly of German Ophile leanings has been obliged t<? leave Paris, according t<> The Matin. His pres.Mice here is beUeved to be! unnecessary. Mechanics Come Home. Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 23.?The army j xansport and supply ship Amphion a htich reached ?><>rt last nicrht. this noming landed 200 mechanics fronvij France, of. whom were immediate-ji y released in order thai they mighr;i spend Christmas at home. They brui t ;een service under fb<* nose of Ger-.? nn.n batteries on the French front. : \ Auto License Tags Merry Christmas to Auto Own ers Who Have Their License Plates. Columbia, Dec. 24.?The owners of automobiles who have followed the suggestion made by the State High way Department in the recent arti cles appearing in this paper and havt already -secured their license plates have not only relieved themselves of anxiety but have helped to rendei :he service .of the Highway Depa ment more efficient. There have been issued already o, 300 tags. The largest number is sued to any one county is S50 issued to Spartanburg county. The idea 01 sending in ar.pl .cations early seems tc be "catching:" for in some communi ties large numbers of automobil?, owners have already received thei: tags, while in others but few ha\a made application. This will make i more difficult for the local postofnc< officials to handle the. tags promptly as so many will come in during th* 'ast few days of the registration pe riod. Car owners will help their lo al postal officials ? and carriers, a well as render themselves safe b: ? ending in applications within the nex' week. This week is Christmas week am ?ome of the clerks will be off. Som? have already been granted leave be >innin;; Monday. So if your applica tion has been sent -within the pas: ?'wo or three days do not fret if you rag do^-s not reach you before Mcnda: the SOlh. jl course you have ten day of grrce in January in which you ca^ -?un without a license plate if neces sity demands it. But it is bad polic; to impose on grace when one can a easily be in time. It leaves a bad im oression at the bank for the maker o' ?i note to barely get there on the las day of grace to renew or settle: like wise it gives a bad impression tc neighbors and police officials to b< -eon running a car without a tag af ter the license period has expired. If it is really the fault of the High way Department put thi blame o them?tell folks tha* you sent in you application In plenty of time all cor rectly .'hied out and with the prope fee. But if you fell down- on doim your part in time and correctly pleas be just as fair and tell the people tha you were in error or we.ited until to [ate and that the Highway Depart ment did all they could to get you tag out in time. Patriotic Oh.. rations People Who Signed War Sav ings Pledges Morally Bound Redeem Their Pledges. Charleston, Dec'. 23.?The treasur; department at Washington telegraph us urging that the people of Soutl Carolina faithfully redeem thei pledges to buy war savings stamp? War savings pledges are moral an: patriotic obligations, binding on al ioyal Americans who sign them Those who did not sign pledges shouh buy all the war savings stamps the; can. The people of South Carolin have only untii December 31 to d their share in buying war savin? stamps. Will you please publish thi urgent reminder so that our peopl may not in this hour of victory for get to fulfill their obligations to th government. R. Goodwin Rhett, State Director of War Savings fo South Carolina. Says Stamps Must Now Be Bough But a Week More For Buying War Savings Stamps and to Redeem Pledges Made to the Government. With the clewing of the postoffic on the 31st the season for 191S wa savings stamps will close. There i left but one short week in which thos who pledged loans to the governmer by the buying of stamps can redeei their pledges and thus save their hon or. It is to be admitted with sham that this couny is woefully behind an $150,000 worth of stamps must yet b bought to maintain the county's hbn or. Chairman .Moses of the War Sa-t ings Committee says it is astoundin J the people who come to him with pre tended reasons for not buying stamp: which reasons are nearly altogethe fiimsy excuses. The chairman has. o course, no power or authority what ever to realease anyone from a plcdg made to the treasurer of the Unites States, and. he adds, he would not r< lease anyone from such a pledcre if h could. People tell him. he says, tha they -'are not ready" to do what the have pledged to do. "The men i France did not stop to argue whetfc er they were ready or not when th word came to go over the top." say I Mr. Moses. "There are others." sa\ j Mr. Mose-?, "who say that they ha\ ! not bought their pledges because ne body has come to them to collect." i Another excuse. Columns have bee j written explaining the workings c the stamps and if there is anyone lo' [ who does not know that stamp jshouid be bought at the postoffice o through the banks?well, I do not se where he can have been keeping him self." The sales for the past several day have been: 20th. $963.00; 21st. $3. 010.00: 23rd. $1,095.00; 24th, $2; 050.00. Fixing Wheat Price Legislation to Protect Govern ment Recommended by De partment of Agriculture. Washington. Dec. ?T^osi^lation to make effective the wheat price praarantee tor the 1!<1!> crop, and at ?he same time safeguard the govern ment against losses was reeommended o congress today by the department \ ?f agriculture and the food adminis- S ration. , <( m BATTLESHIPS ARE FOR REVIEW Vanguard of Overseas Fleet Has Arrived Off Sandy Hook, n i -- <^3iS:] SECY. DANIELS IN NEW YORK FOR THE REVIEW Warships to Enter Harbor To Day After 18 Months' Ser vice in European Waters. New York, Doc. 25.?Ten. great bat tleships, the vanguard of America's overseas armada returning to hom? chores after eighteen months' service n European waters, dropped anchor -his afternoon off Sandy Hook. They j will enter the harbor tomorrow in tri*. I imphal procession and under the I -hadow of Liberty's statute passi in j review before Secretary Daniels. Those titans of the sea, leading cores of smaller craft in the race "or the homeland, reached Ambrose diannel lightship ta o o'clock this af erncon. They were headed by the -uperdreadnaught Pennsylvania, which, with Admiral Henry 1 Mayo .Hcayd, convoyed President Wilson's ?hip to France. The first word that the battle fleet was about to ener home waters was received here shortly after midnight oday when the Dispatch, the yacht ?'rom whose mast now flies the flag of Vice Admiral A. W. Grant, picked up .'. wireless message from the Pennsyl vania. This mesage, signed by Ad niral Mayo, the commander-in-chief, expressed to the officers and men of he home fleet the Christmas greet njrs of thousands of sailor men re urning from war duty. A few minutes later the radio ap paratus on the Dispatch cracked; out 'his message: "The commander of battle force Ho. 1 and the officers and men of bat ?!e force No. 1 sincerely appreciate :he seasonal greetings received from the commander-in-chief. In return ?he commander1 of battle force No. : and the officers and men of his command wish a Merry Christmas ?nd Happy New Tear to the home ?oming overseas forces."/ Outdistancing the destroyers and, -mailer crafts, which left for home with them, the ten battleships re ported by wireless two days ago that ?hey could steam into New York on ^hristmas Day. They were ordered, however, to "loaf 'along as their re option was planned for Thursday. But "loaf" as they might the great ?rafts could not forever put off the moment when they would reach these bores, and this afternoon they came ?.o anchor about forty miles from Battery Park. A once two ocean ugs, loaded to the rail with Christ mas letters, raced down to Ambrose /?hannel and delivering 1 their cargo, idded a real touch of home to ? 'hristmas spent on the sea witlr New /fork almost in sight. Besides the Pennsylvania, the fleet omprises the New York, flagship of division No. 9, with Vice Admiral Hugh Rodman; the Texas, Nevada, ?. rkansas, Florida and Wyoming, all ? [of Division 9; the Utah, flagship of Division 6, with Vice Admiral Thom ? '.s S. Rogers, and the Oklahoma and : he Arizona of the same division. ; To New York falls the honor of ac '? claiming for the whole nation the '5;Ome-coming fleet, and it is predicted .that the review and land parade to il orrow will go down .in history as *he greatest spectacle of its kind this 'ialf of the world has ever known. Off for New York. Washington, Dec. 25.?Secretary >anieis left today for New York, ?-here tomorrow he will review the :ome-coming American warships ??hich have been on duty in the war ".one. He will be joined there early morrow by Secretaries Baker and Houston, Cen. March, chief of staff, nd Jos. P. Tumulty, secretary to the resident, who will be his guests board the Mayflower. Gradfather's Church '^resident Wilson to Make Ad j dress at Carlisle, England. Carlisle. England, Dec. 24.?The sit of President Wilson to the home !f his maternal grandfather in Car ole on Sunday will be almost colnci ;ent with his sixty-second birthday, ? hich occurs Saturday. His visit will I ave a double object. J The president will attend worship In fie Lowther Street Congregational hurch, of which his grandfather was j istor for fifteen years, and will visit ?te scenes of his mother's early child ?>od. The pastor of the church has 1 ? vited him to make an address at the ?orning service. Arrangements are . >t yet completed to offer the presi ?nt the freedom of the city, and it is ' ?ubtful if the presentation can be .?ado while he is here. The president's grandfather left few cords of his ministry here. Doubt of ae location of the house where the :ev. Wcoarow lived was dispelled esterday by a man ninety years old ho was a pupil at the Rev. Mr. Vil son's Academy. Documentary ev lence also has been found. Victims of War % tfore Than &ven Thousand Sick and Wounded Brought Back. Washington, Doc. 26.?During the reek ending December 20th, more han 7,400 sick and wounded soldiers -ere brought back to the United tat es from the American forces over*