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lOre by 1 are to THE KANSAS CITY STAR. VOL. 39. NO. 68 KANSAS CITY, NOVEMBER 24, 1918-SUNDAY-FORTY-EIGHT PAGES IN THREE SECTIONS.

PRICE FIVE CENTS. and WHAT OF RAIL FUTURE? M'ADOO'S RESIGNATION BRINGS THE QUESTION TO THE FORE. Congress Immediately May Find It Necessary to Take Up the Question of Government Owner whip of the Lines. WASHINGTON, Nov. G.

McAdoo's resignation head of the Treasury and Railroad Administration precipitated discussion today not the future status of railroads, a an issue which had been somewhat dormant up to the present. Indications were that a result of his retirement would be to throw into Congress and into public discussion much sooner than otherwise the issue of whether government operation is to continue indefinitely, whether will be extended to goverrmnt ownership or whether the roads will be restored to management, with some sort of private federal revision to permit their continued pooling and unified operation. Speculation as to Mr. McAdoo's suecessors, however, took equal rank with the discussion of the future policy toward the railroads. JOB NEEDS A MAN LIKE GOETHALS.

For director general of railroads there appears to be much more doubt of the President's selection. Such a man as Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals is wanted, it was stated today--a man with executive ability not closely connected heretofore with railroad management, who could view problems from the publie standpoint und at the same time could direct the staff and organization already built up by Mr.

McAdoo. On the new director general of railroads, whoever he may be, will devolve the task of guiding the roads through the readjustment period. This task apply phases of employment conditions, rate practices, traffic reforms, terminal consolidations, distribution of newly purchased cars and locomotives, policies of government financing of additions, betterments, extensions and equipment purchases, continuation of rerouting and short hauling, standardization of operating methods and measures to increase the traffic capacity of the rail system to handle the volume of freight expected by students of industrial development during the next few years. UNIFICATION OR UNSCRAMBLING? Upon the policies of the new rail director will depend largely whether the government shall continue combining the railroads into a homogeneous unit or begin the "breaking up" process in preparation for resumption of private control. From the President's selection observers believe may be determined to a large degree the attitude of the administration on the railroads' future.

This is one reason why the picking of a new director-general is regarded as fraught with such unusual significance. Although Mr. McAdoo will retire to private life, his friends say he has no thought of refraining from expressing his ideas on governmental policies from time to time. Particularly will he P6- main interested in the railroad question and those in close touch with Mr. MoAdoo would not be surprised to see him come forward in a few months with specific recommendations for the Nation's consideration of the railroad issue.

Mr. MeAdoo is said by his friends to look with disfavor on restoration of individual railroad competition and there have been many reports that eventually he would advocate complete government ownership, to be effected by exchange government bonds for railroad securities, Formally and officially, however, Mr. McAdoo never has indicated this attitude. WHO WILL SUCCEED M'AD00? Two Men Will Be Chosen, It In Un derstood. WASHINGTON, Nov.

-The resignation of William G. MeAdoo as Secretary of the Treasury and Director General of Railroads, which struck official Washington like a bombshell yesterday, has aroused widespread discussion here both 2.8 to the succession and to Mr. MeAdoo's future. With respect to the succession, it is the general conclusion here that two men will be chosen to succeed Mr. MeAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury and another as director general of rail roads.

The President is said to have made up his mind to this and, in fact, it is said that this is the recommendation of Mr. McAdoo. No announcement has come from the President as to either successor or when they will be named. In the meantime, many individuals are being considered here as probabilities. Among the most prominently mentioned for secretary is Representative Carter Glass of Virginia, chairman of the House banking and currency committee, who is known to be under gerious consideration.

Friends of Mr. Glass say he has a reputation for being a close student and constructive thinker on financial subjects, and for exceutive ability in a number of private enterprises. Others talked of include Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the War Indus tries Board; R. C.

Leftingwell, assistant secretary of the treasury; W. P. G. Harding, chairman of the Federal Re serve Board; John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the treasury; Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of War Sherley Baker, of and Kentucky, Representative chairman committee on appropriations recently defeated for re-election. Most prominently mentioned for director general of railroads are: Walker D.

Hines, assistant director general; Joba Barton Payne of Chicago, counselor for the Railroad Administration; Postmaster General Burleson, Charles C. McCord of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Hale Holden, railroad regional director. The President, it is thought, will name the Secretary of the Treasury as soon as possible in order that he may get to work at once on problems of reconstruetion which Mr. McAdoo must leave to his successor, some of which at least must be worked out during the Presi dent's absence in Europe. THE RAIL CONTROL." Public Ownership League Will Fight Private Management Attempt.

CHICAGO, Nov. railroads to gO back to private ownership under present conditions would be a decided step backward and a betrayal of the people and public welfare, according to Carl D. Thompson, secretary of the Public Ownership League of America. "This attempt on the part of the rail way interests and owners to get the roads back into private hands must and will be defeated," Thompson said tonight. "The government control of railroads has demonstrated in a dozen ways the advantages of public management and operation, but the advantages of public ownership are yet to be achieved.

And unless the people win that they win nothing." Thompson declared that if the roads gO back to private ownership now the advantages of temporary government control will go to the owners and not to the people, who, he said, have furnished the magnates with more than 900 million dollars, guaranteed stockholders profits of more than a billion and have paid increased salaries amounting to 300 million dollars a year. WOUNDED BACK WITH CHEERS. Bandages Forgotten by 200 Landing in New York Vesterday, New YORK, Nov. younds were forgotten when hundreds of returning soldiers, their eyes aglow and cheers on their lips, set foot 011 American soil today for the first time since they went forth to risk their lives fighting in France. Two hundred of them, many 011 crutches and others limping along with the support of canes, landed at the foot of Fiftieth Street and the North River and as their heavy, thick soled marching shoes touched the firm footings at the lower end of the gangplank they involuntarily drew deep breaths and acted like men from whom a great burden had been lifted.

"Boy, but 1 am glad to be here," one of the youthful "vets" said fervently. "It was hell, just plain hell, at times over there. But--well, war 18 a tough game, anyway, isn't it? But, say, it's great, just great, to be back!" The two hundred who landed at this pier were mostly veterans of the fightat Chateau Thierry. There were virtually no grave cases among them. Only one soldier was brought ashore on a stretcher.

"We left Brest November 11, the day the was signed," one of the men "Seven transports, loaded armistice, with wounded American soldiers, left that port at the same time. "The news that the fighting was over to us as we sat down to dinner, we celebrated. The guns in bor and on the warships began to let go, and there was a lot of noise. approaching this side the transports divided and some landed their men at other Atlantic 8 CENT PLEA UP MONDAY. Three Federal Judges Are Asked 10 Solve Railways' Problem.

Whether the officials of Kansas City, the Kansas side, of Missouri and of Kansas shall be enjoined from interfer. ing with any rate of fare the Kansas City Railways Company may seek to establish will be determined tomorrow in the federal comrt. Three circuit judges- Walter H. Sanborn of St. Paul, A.

S. Van Valkenburgh of the West Missouri district and John C. Pollock of the Kansas district- will sit in a hearing that will begin in the Federal Batiding at 10 The railways company has asked the court to construe the award of the War Labor Board upon the application of the employees for increased wages. It also has applied to the court for a mandatory writ of injunction forbidding state and city officials from interfering with the company in putting into operation any fare it deems necessary to meet the award War Labor Board. The 8-cent fare proposed by the railways company would be possible should the court grant the writ of injunction.

Officials representing the two cities and the two states agreed upon a plan of defense at A meeting here last Wednesday. OUSTS GERMAN TIME, TOO. Luxembura Shows He Sympathy by Adopting French Standard, WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Nov. The grand duchy of Luxemburg early today changed from German to French time, the clocks being set back fifty- five minutes. The grand duchy had German time many years.

OKLAHOMA WANTS ITS GAS. Distribution" Idea of Fuel Administration Meets a Rebuff. Kansas City's natural gas supply is said to be in danger because of a movement started in Oklahoma to retain for Oklahoma Industries the gas originating in that state. Because of that plan members of Oklahoma Corporation Commission have declined the invitation to attend a meeting in Kansas City tomorrow, called by H. N.

Tay or, federal fuel administrator for the Southwest. The meeting is to be in the office of Mr. Taylor at 10 o'clock tolliorrow morning under the direction of P. B. Gregory, in charge of national industries.

The meeting was called at the request of the national fuel administration. It is said the question of "proportionate distribution" of gas will be discussed. Representatives of the several states obtaling gas from Oklahoma fields were invited to attend. The Oklahoma movement does not depend upon court to retain all the gas for that state, an have other movements heretofore, but upon the establishment of new industries that will create competition for gas as fuel. W.

D. Hurapbrey, chairman of the Oklahoma commission, is quoted by Oklahoma papers as saying the commission could not attend officially, giving as 8 reason the desire not to prejudice the state's interests in future gas developments. PRINCE AXEL STARTS HOME. Tour of Americn WaN Made by the Danish Nobleman. NEW YoLK.

Nov. 23. -Prince Axel of Denmark, who has been in the United States for about six weeks, salted today for England on the Cunard 'Iner Orduna. The prince declined to make any statement regarding his visit here. CROSS COUNTRY' FLIGHT PAILS.

Plane Bound From Santa Barbara to Washington Broke Down. DEMING, N. M. Nov 23. The 1,018 head biplane.

"102," which left Santa Barh bara, this morning for Deming. N. en route to Washington, D. C. broke down and was forced to land at this afternoon.

Give Photographs for Christmas. Strauss Peyton Studios, 31st Troost and Muehlebach you 35, 5, Certain FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION COWGILL INVITES HEADS OF MAYOR MISSOURI CITIES TO MEETING HERE. State Has Outgrown Old System The Same IN Kansas City Has the Ontgrown Her Charter, the Mayor Says. letters sent yesterdav to mavors of In cities having a all Missouri population 15,000 or more, Mayor Cowgill called of meeting in Kansas City, December 9, 8 holding a constitutional conto discuss and to discuss legislation afvention, the relationship of cities and fecting public utilities. their has outgrown her just as Kansas City has outgrown tion the mayor said, "and I beher charter," could remedy many of the ills lieve we which cities in particular are suffrom by that method.

The time is ripe fering I believe voters would call a for it. constitutional convention if the question were submitted." Immediate aid to the utilityMore cities is sought by the mayor burdened legislative program for the comin a It is that, particularly, he session. ing desires to take up with the Missouri mayors. SITUATION HERE INTOLERABLE. THE say I have a definite program "I can't mind," the mayor said, "but cities in must either own their public utilities have more re complete control of them.

or intolerable situation in Kansas City The conclusive proof of that." furnishes cities in Missouri have not exOther the difficulties in dealing with perienced utilities Kansas City has, public exception of St. Louis, but with the them have had trouble. The most of M. Harber, city counselor. mayor and E.

Missouri Public Service, Law is say the that it should amended defe tive; materially or repealed. "Public service laws and public servcommissions were created as a proice the people from public utilitection Colonel Harber said, "but. they ties," have become refuge of every public corporation that desires to dig service farther into the pockets of the The meeting called by Mayor Cowgill will be at the city hall at 10 o'clock, December 9. The mayors receiving letrequested to appear or send ters qualified representatives. WOLLD STOP AMENDMENTS.

The submission of the question of a constitutional convention at the next election probably would prevent the submission of an amendment providing for an increase in Kansas City's bonding Mayor Cowgill admitted it was power, not likely any proposals to amend the old constitution would submitted with 8 proposal for a new constitution. "I realize the importance of a provision for extending the city's bonding power and undoubtedly that would come with a new constitution," said the mayor. "But it difficult to carry an amendment, while I believe it would be easy to get a constitutional convention where we could take care of all of the things that are aggravating Kansas City." A NEW SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDED. The Bill That Failed Two Years Ago Backed by Teachers. Sr.

Loris, Nov. of the Missouri State Teachers' Association, in a conference at Hotel Statler, decided today to make another effort to obtain a new constitution for Missouri, a movement that failed two years ago when a bill providing for an election on the question of a constitutional convention was defeated in the state senate by one vote. A committee headed by William H. Black, president of the Missouri Valley College at Marshall, was appointed to select a representative and a senator to introduce the same bill in the legislature when it convenes January 8. Assurances were received from various organizations, including the civic league of St.

Louis, the movement would receive their support. The decision to revive the new constitution campaign, Black said, resulted from the end of hostilities and the approach of a period of reconstruction. He declared unless the present constitution is abandoned state will be handicapped seriously in expanding to meet the new situation. There was little discussion on what reforms are to be included in the proposed constitution but it was pointed out by W. S.

Dearmont, president of the state normal school at Cape Girardeau, a new educational system will be sought. He regarded as a serious handicap the present system of making state superintendent of schools an elective officer, who, he said, often is subjected to political influences. PARADE TO OPEN WAR EXHIBIT. Soldiers From Camp Funston and Fort Leavenworth May Be Here. The first section of twenty cars of war exhibits that will be shown in Convention Hall, December 7 to 15, will arrive within the next few days.

The exhibit is under the direction of the committee on public information and is said to include everything from a button to 3. Zeppelin. War materials taken from the Allied battle fronts and those of the enemy as well are among the five thousand relics shown. A victory parade the feature of the opening day of the exhibit. Patrick A.

Henry, advance publicity agent for the exposition, is authority for the statement Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has promised one thousand troops from Camp Funston for the parade. Other troops, it was said, would be here from Fort Leavenworth. The 7th Regiment and members of the Home Guard also will participate, Mr.

Henry said. According to Mr. Henry, General Wood will revt-w the troops. An endeavor is being made to have representatives of the British and Canadian high commissions here. The local exposition will be under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce.

Prior to the opening of the exposition tickets will sold for twenty-five cents. They will be fifty cents at the box office at Convention Hall after the exhibit opens, it was said. An endeavor is being made to sell three hundred thousand tickets in advance. The finances of the exposition are under the direction of the committee on public for All money information. not required expenses of the exhibit, it was said, is sent to the United States treasury, All wool suits and overcoats to measure Herman, the Talior.

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2 Missouri-Fair with slowly rising temperature Sunday; Monday unsettled, probably rain or snow. lowa Fair with rising temperature Sunday: Monday increasing cloudiness, probably followed by snow in west portion. Nebraska and Kansas Generally fair and warmer Sunday, followed by snow at night or on DAYTON'S MAN NAMED JOHN. The Star has a sermon in mind for today. It is a sermon not on religion, but on the next thing to it-good living.

Good living depends on good business. Mr. Parsons, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was asking only the other day what Kansas City was going to do in the era of reconstruction just ahead. It is a timely question. So, then, brethren, the text shall be: There was a man sent to Dayton whose name was John-John H.

Patterson. the period of the war The Star did considerable wandering up and down on the earth in search of information. Its wanderings took it to Dayton, Ohio. There it found the material for this sermon addressed to the congregation of Kansas City. Dayton, as this newspaper remembers it, a quarter of a century back was simply a quiet little Ohio city.

There nothing to distinguish it from a thousand others. a visit last year revealed a transformation. Statistics have no place in a sermon and none will be cited here. But the sleepy town had become a roaring industrial center. Factories had sprung up everywhere.

What had happened? Well, so far as The Star could learn, what had happened had been John H. Patterson. developer of the National Cash Register Company; the Wrights, inventors of the airplane; Deeds and Kettering of the Delco system, and a few others. Dayton had no particular advantages of location. But Patterson went there.

He might have come to Kansas City. If he had, the National Cash Register in dustry would have been built here instead of there. Patterson proved a business genius. He not only built a great industry, but he trained great business men. Deeds and his partner, Kettering, who developed the first successful tric starter for motor cars and then built up the Delco system, were Patterson graduates.

So was Hugh Chalmery. So were others. It happened, also, that two other men of genius, the Wright brothers, invented the airplane in Dayton and so helped general game the along. These brilliant young men set out to make Dayton the center of manufacture of what they called "instruments of precision." If any delicate instrument vas to be made they let it be known it could be made in Dayton. Today Dayton is a remarkable industrial center just because John H.

Patterson and a few other men made it so. Now, then, men and brethren, apply this lesson to Kansas City. The city has a wonderful location. the heart of a vast and rich agricultural territory, it has virtually no competition. It is the capital of the Southwest not only in farm products, in cereals and live stock, but also in oil, lead and zine.

In addition, it is exceedingly favored just at this time. For, as it developed few war industries, it is not due for the depression that will follow the re adjustment in some of the great Eastern manufacturing cities. Further, it did share in the prosperity of war prices for farm products, and those prices are going to continue for a long, long time to come. There is no reason in the world why the city should not leap forward in the reconstruction period- provided its men are equal to the opportunity. It is not suggested that there should be copying of any other town.

The doctrine of this sermon is this: Men make a city! There are plenty of able business men in Kansas City. Some of them already have made their mark and built up fine institutions. Others have not yet realized their ability and are satisfied small things when they might be doing big things. Will the men of the city be content with what they have done? Will they be willing to go along in a routine way? Or will they take advantage of the tremendous opportunity that now opens before them? Will they show the imagination and the vision to make a long forward? step, raw material for a staggering success is here -the natural resources, the geographical location, the energetic and intelligent population. The world has devoted itself to destruction for the last four years and more.

Now it is about to plunge into the greatest era of reconstruction in its history. Kansas City do its share? Will it live up to its obligation as the center of this abounding territory in the years just ahead? The material factor is all depends on the human factor. It all depends on the men! WILL DISCUSS FLOOD BONDS. Armourdale Will Decide on 1-Million-Dollar Issue Tuesday. The million dollar bond issue to complete the dike defenses of the Kaw Valley Drainage District against a repetition of the 1903 flood will be the subject of discussion at the Armourdale Impro.

ement Association Tuesday night. Engineers already have prepared plans for the additional diking and dredging. The members of board have announced they will hold a special election and the date for voting on the bonds will probably be fixed at the meeting Tuesday night of the Armourdale boosters. U. G.

Hill, dentist, corner Eighth and Walnut, has moved 215 Reserve Bank Building. Phones Main TAFT BASEBALL DICTATOR? ONE-MAN COMMISSION PLAN PROPOSED TO EX-PRESIDENT. Eastern Club Presidents Said to Be Behind the Plan to Ban me Area Johnson's Long Reign Over the National Game. NEW YORK, Nov. Howard Taft, ex-president of the United States, has been offered the position of sole member of the national commission of the National and American leagues, according to announcement here tonight by H.

N. Hempstead, president the New York Nationals, and Harry Frazee, president of the Boston Americans, Mr. Taft is said to be considering the offer. WOULD END BAN JOHNSON'S REIGN. Acceptance by Mr.

Taft would mean the passing of the national commission, which is composed of the two league presidents and a third member, and it is said would shear Ban B. Johnson, president of the American League, of the powers which have earned for him the title of "baseball dictator." The offices of the new "1-man commission" would be in New The offer to Mr. Taft is said to have been made without the knowledge of the Western presidents of the two leagues. All of the Eastern club presidents are said to have approved the offer, and this would give the originators of the idea sufficient votes to carry the proposal. The National Commission at present has only two members, John K.

Tener of Pennsylvania, Governor relinquished his seat on the commission when he recently resigned presidency of the National League. Mr. Johnson and August Hermann, president of the Cincinnati Nationals, the present members. John A. Heydler, acting president of the National League, sat as a member of the commission in arranging for the 1918 world's series, but he sat under special authorization from the American League.

NO SALARY MENTIONED. The conference between Mr. Taft. Mr. Heinstead and Mr.

Frazee was held here today and Mr. Taft took the offer under consideration without comment. His reply is not expected for several days. The proposition was considered in a general way with the details to be worked out if Mr. Taft accepts, as the two club presidents appear to be hopeful he will.

No salary was mentioned. Neither Frazee nor Hempstead would state what other American National League club owners had been canvassed in the matter, but intimated the proposihad met with hearty support among a majority of the Eastern magnates who had been approached. After today's conference they made public a statement in which they said: "The man to fill this position the head of America's national game should be a big American figure who had the esteem and respect of the American public," asserting that "baseball at the present time bids fair to be as popular in England, France, Italy and Belgium as the Civil War made it in ALWAYS A DEVOTEE OF THE GAME. Mr. Taft, having always been a great lover of baseball, would be the ideal American at the head of America's pational game, said the statement, which added: further idea after discussing the matter with the different club owners, was that with one man as the supreme head of baseball it would place the presidents of the National and American leagues in the position of appearing before him in the capacity of counsel representing their respective HERMAN HAS NO COMMENT.

CINCINNATI, Nov. do not know anything about it; there has been 110 meeting and I have nothing further to say," Chairman Hermann the National Baseball Commission said tonight when questioned as to the announcement of H. N. Hempstead, of York Nationals, and Harry Frazee, of the Boston Americans, that former. President William H.

Taft had been offered the position as sole member of the National Commission. FRAZEE ONLY ONE. PHIL BALL SAYS. ST. LOUIS, Nov.

Ball, presicent of the St. Louis Americans, declared that, in his opinion, it was impossible to proffer the national commissionship of the two leagues to former President Taft without first holding a meeting of members of the leagues. "Mr. Frazee is only a club owner like myself and hence has no such plenipotentiary powers to act as spokesman for the American League in such matters," Mr. Ball said.

James C. Jones, acting president of the St. Louis Cardinals, when asked his opinion regarding the offer, said: "This is the first I've heard of it, but I think it's a very wise move and I sincerely hope Mr. Taft will accept the position." FRED MITCHELL ALSO FOR TAFT. CHICAGO, Nov.

Mitchell, manager of the Chicago National League team, said tonight that it would greatly benefit baseball if former President Taft would accept the national commissionship of the two leagues. B. B. Johnson, president of the American League, and Charles Comiskey, presithe Chicago American League team, were out of the city. KILL A LEAVENWORTH MAN.

John Koskowsky, With 89th, Former ly Worked in Kansas City. LEAVENWORTH, Nov. John Koskowsky received word tonight that her husband, who was with the 89th Division, had been killed in action October Koskowsky, 22 years old, was a pressman at Burnap's in Kansas before his enlistment. was married October 1, 1917, after entering the service. City Invests In Its Own Bonds.

At the meeting of the Kansas side city commissioners Thursday G. B. Little, finance commissioner. was instructed to sell $45,000 worth of improve ment bonds, bearing per cent interest. Before putting the bonds market Mr.

Little examined the city's sinking funds and put $30,000 of money held in the banks by the city in the per cent securities. Friday afternoon he notified local investors that $15.000 worth of bonds were for sale and at 10 o'clock yesterday morning he reported the issue disposed of. For Distillate Oil and Kerosene call Plains Oil -Adv. Make sure your title is good Let K. Title Trust Co.

guarantee -Adv WON'T SING THROUGH A MASK. Denver Engagement of John MeCormack Remains Canceled. John McCormack likes to sing -he says so himself- he disclaims having any more temperament than ordinary folks who never get their pictures in the phonograph "ads." But John McCormack does object, and vigorously, to airing that superb tenor through the gauze muzzle of an influenza mask. MeCormack arrived in Kansas City last night. He had sung in Hutchinson, Friday and had intended continuing to Denver, but turned back when he learned Denver was under an influenza epidemic ban.

When he arrived at the Muehlebach Hotel a telegram from Denver was waiting. "Ban has been lifted," it said, "subject to wearing masks at all performances. Will McCormack sing under these conditions? Sale to date, $2,500. "What do you say, John?" queried the manager. "What do I say?" thundered the tenor.

"Tell 'em I won't sing through an influenza mask." The Denver engagement remains canceled. McCormack expects to spend a couple of days in Kansas City before leaving for Lincoln, Neb. Most persons specify "room with bath" as they place their name on the register. Not so McCormack. "Room with piano!" he demanded of the clerk at the Muehlebach.

And he got it. McCormack is accompanied by his manager and his pianist. KING ENGLAND'S COL. HOUSE. Our Independence Resulted from English Liberty, Doctor Griggs Says.

"Our Declaration of Independence was the logical conclusion of the proof liberty Great Britain had cargram ried on for eight hundred years," Dr. Edward Howard Griggs said in an address in the Grand Avenue Temple last night. Peoples are only beginning to learn the meaning of liberty. Liberty does not mean license, he said. Referring to Russia in that connection, Doctor Briggs said: "Whatever the immediate results in that country, convinced there unhappy, will be a return to conditions of the past, and in the end democracy will prevail." Doctor Griggs provoked hearty laughter when he said, in defining the status of the King of England: "The king possesses no power other than that which he can through his own personal influence.

His posiexert, tion is much similar to that of Colonel House." EXPECTS NO IDLE ARMY. Kansas City Employers Meet Department of Labor Official. No army of unemployed or labor crisis of any proportions is expected in this country in the reconstruction period, according to E. T. Gundlach, representative of the information and educational service of the Department of Labor, who made an informal talk yesterday at the Hotel Muehlebach before a numbet of Kansas City employers.

The speaker said the department was using every agency too properly and effectively meet the conditions. He said it was the belief in Washington the many problems would be solved without serious disturbances to business. Labor disturbances, Mr. Gundlach believed, would be almost negligible. After the meeting Mr.

Gundlach said he found the representative employers present had a comprehensive and commendable view as to future conditions. TURKEYS HIGH AND SCARCE. Butchers Are Asking 43 to 50 Cents Pound This Year. Thanksgiving turkeys are roosting high this year--and scarce. Grocers and butchers are quoting them at from 43 to 50 cents a pound, and hard to obtain at any price.

Indications now are that there will not be a sufficient number 011 market to go round. Fancy dressed turkeys sold last year at about 40 cents a pound. But almost everybody may include cranberries in the Thanksgiving Day menu. They are selling at 15 cents a quart and are plentiful. There is sufficient sugar to make the customary bowl of cranberry sauce.

Last year they brought 20 cents a quart. Celery is scarce alost a total crop failure. Bunches of dwarf sized stalks are selling for 15 cents each. A FIRE IN NORTH KANSAS CITY. Extent of Loss in Marshall 011 Company Building Not Known.

Fire of unknown origin in the building occupied by the Marshall Oil Company, Fourteenth and Campbell streets, North Kansas City, burned from o'clock until midnight last night. Four fire companies from here were sent and the fire was brought under control after 11 o'clock. The extent of the damage was not known late last night. A fireman, Ben Berkowitz, suffered a broken collar bone. He was taken to St.

Joseph's Hospital. Herman L. McCaw, manager the oil company, lives at 3819 Wyoming Street. He could not be reached by tele phone last night. CALLS GIOLITTI A TRAITOR.

Former Italian Premier Among Several Named. ROME. Nov. 23. -A charge of high treason was made against former Premier Giolitti by Deputy Marquis Centurione during today's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies.

Charges were made also against Deputy Chiaraviglo, Giolitti's Socialist Deputies Schiorati and De son Giovanni and Senators Cefaly and Trassatil. HOOVER ARRIVES IN LONDON. With Hurley, Food Administrator Will Go to Paris Soon. LONDON, Nov. C.

Hoover, American Food Administrator, and Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the Amer ican Shipping Board, have arrived here. They, British were met food by and shipping representatives depart- of ments. Mr. Hoover and Mr.

Hurley will remain here over the -end and then proceed to Paris. Robbers Get and Bonds. I. S. Moseley, 2732 Forest Avenue, reported to the police last night robbers had entered his home and taken jewelry amounting to $131 and five hundred dollars in Liberty Bonds.

Plenty of 6 per cent money to lend. Allen Inv. 1111 Waldheiro Bldg.Adv. YANKS GIVE HUNS SILENCE NO FRATERNIZING AS THE TWO ARMIES STOOD AT THE MOSELLE. Today the American Troops WIll CRONN the New Frontier and March for the First Time on True German Soil.

(Ry the Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF TION, Nov. -General Pershing's forces in Luxemburg and all along the river Moselle from the points of junction with the French on their right and left, looked across the new German frontier today. Tomorrow they will be marching 011 true German soil. The Germans are somewhat slower in some places in evacuating their territory than had been expected, but not enough to give rise to the belief that they do not intend to observe the terms of the armistice. DO NOT FRATERNIZE WITH MONS.

Along the Moselle lagging German soldiers washed their clothing today on their side of the river. The Americans on the opposite bank did likewise. There was little conversing across the river, owing to the strict American order against fraternizing. The weather is cold and clear. The Americans have bought guidebooks of Luxemburg and are enjoying the sightseeing in the Moselle Valley.

Major General Lassiter succeeds Majot: General Haan of the 32d Division. General Haan now is commanding the 7th corps, The 5th, 89th and 90th divisions have been brought up. The latter is guarding the French frontier, where it is picking up and caring for thousands of repatriated prisoners who are streaming back from Germany, They are providing food for these men, as well as for the populations of dozens of reoccupied towns. THE 89TH IS IN RESERVE. is salvaging surrendered material; the 89th is in reserve.

In the halt the lines of supply are being completely reorganized. TO KEEP 30 DIVISIONS THERE. Expeditionary Force Will Be Reduced by Half, Baker Announcer. WASHINGTON, Nov. of the War Department, Secretary Baker said today, call for the reduction of the American Expeditionary Forces to point where they will constitute approximately thirty divisions, and about half the present strength, Further reductions will be made beyond that point if it 18 found that the situation war.

rants. American division contains approximately 27,500 men. Baker estimated that there are fortythree divisions in France now, and return of eight of these has been ordered, as announced by General March today, The actual number to remain is rather nebulous. Ordinarily, a division is reckoned at forty live thousand men, countang service of supply and auxiliary unite. But for the present reckoning it is doubtful if the thirty divisions will run beyond 1 million men, inasmuch A8 many of the unite ordinarily with a division can be disposed of in their circumstances.

Secretary Baker said the 30-division plan was subject to change. He reckons on a basis of forty three divisions and when thirteen of these have been removed consideration will be given to further curtailing the thirty divisions. thirty divisions are scarcely needed from a military standpoint, officers hold, since their duties will be chiefly policing after the terms of the armistice have been fulfilled, a few thousand men could quickly dispose of many times their number should the Germans revolt, especially as they will be militarily helpless without their surrendered artillerv. Hence it may be assumed that the thirty divisions will be further stripped at a comparatively early date, when the industry of the Nation permits their absorption. Specific units abroad now ordered to demobilize are as follows: Aero aquadrona 156.

167, 187, 188, 211, 216, 219, 225, 226. 228, 254, 259, 260, 261, 262. 263. 265, 267, 268, 282, 306. 307.

308, 309, 315, 216. 317, 318, 319, 320. 341, 129, 330. 331, 338. 340, 350.

106, 361, 371, 377. 828, 824, 831, 832, 833, 834, 836, 837. 839, 868, 852, 812, 906, 1,107, 177, 210, 470, 473, 175, 476, 140, 256. Number 1 ers' draft. Aircraft acceptance parka 1 and 2.

Number 1 Handley-Paige training depot station. P'hotographle sections Nos. 69, 70, 71, 72. radio detachments. Divisions 31, 34, 38, 39, 76, 84, 86, 87.

Coast artillery regiments 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 73. 74, 76. Field artillery brigades 65 and 163. Construction companies 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19. This order leaves these divisions in France for the present: Regular Army-1, 2 (including marines), 6, and National Guard -26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 40, 41 and 42.

National Army-77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93. Twelve "regular army" divisions were being organized in the United States when the armistice was signed. These are numbered, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Each division contains two regular army regiments, which will remain while the other troops are mustered out. In addition the 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th and 98th divisons were being organized wholly of drafted men.

These also will be mustered out, as well as a number of separate organizations, such as pioneer infantry and engineer regiments. There recently was organized in Texas several national guard cavalry, regiments for duty on the border. These will be mustered out when regular troops are avilable for duty there. INVITES MARSHAL. PETAIN HERE.

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