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POItTLAXD, OREGON, 3IOXDAY, DECEMIiEK 30, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WATCH FIRES TO BURN
IN ;FRQNT OF CAPITOL
PROTEST TO COXTIXCE UNTIL
SUFFR,GE IS ADOPTED.
GERMANY. IS RULED
BY SIX DICTATORS
SINN FEINERS BLOW
UP CORK MONUMENT
VANDALISM FOLLOWS RESULT
OF ELECTION.
FIRING ON YEE 1"RsSN
PRESIDENT VISITS
HOWIE OF ANCESTOR
FLAG STARTS RIOT
MENACE TO PARIS GONE BE
TORE V. S. BOYS IX ACTIOX.
STORM
FRENCH
CHAMBER
Socialists Bolt as Peace
Terms Are Announced.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAVORED
Annexations Not Desired
Final Settlement.
in
FULL PUBLICITY IS PLAN
Defensive Intervention In Russia De
clared IneTltable to Prevent
Invasion by Bolslicvikl.
TASR1S. Dee. 53. (By the Associated
Press.) The storm which has been
threatening In the French Chamber
for the past four days broke this after
noon when Stephen Plchon, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, amid violent Inter
ruptions by the Socialists and inter
demonstrations by the government sup
porters, outlined France's peace terms.
The Minister declared that France is
absolutely in agreement that full pub
licity be given to the proceedings of
the peace conference. . He announced
that Intervention In Russia was in
evitable, but that it would be of a de
fensive character, so far as French
troops were concerned, and if offensive
operations were undertaken it roust be
by Russian troops.
Socialists Join In Uproar.
While M. Pichon was reading M.
Clemenceau'a instructions, pandemo
nium broke loose on the Socialist bench.
"The war Is beginning anew," they
thouted.
M. Deschanel, president of the cham
ber, threatened to have one of the most
unruly of the Socialist members ejected.
M. Pichon weathered the storm calmly.
He refused peremptorily to answer
whether the French government was
prepared at the present time to make
public the names of its delegates to
the peace conference.
The chamber was again In an upro
in which it was noted that others joined
with the Socialists.
Chamber Hold Night Seanion.
The chamber Is holding a session this
evening, as the budget must be voted
before midnight December 31 by both
the chamber and the senate. There
were three sessions today, and two
have been held every day this week.
But one vote on strict party lines was
taken. This was on Friday, when the
government did not lose any strength,
despite the widely advertised onslaught
cf its opponents.
It has been evident for the past
week that the opponents of Premier
Clemenceau were determined to ob
struct in every possible way the voting
of the budget of 10,500.000,000 francs
for the first three months of 1919 un
less the Government stated its peace
terms either through Premier Clemen
ceau or M. Pichon.
But it was not expected that the
government would do so before Mon
day. foreign Policy Attacked.
M. Franklin-Bouillon, of the commit-
, , ' I
to a head, however, by a violent at- t
, ' . .
tack on M. Pichon and the Govern-1
inent s foreign policy. I
rvx. j .,. i
Since Thursday the government bench I
had sat in obdurate silence, refusing to
reply to any queries; but when M. Pi-
chon ascended the tribune this after
noon he was ready to answer. He de
clared: First That the government was In
accord that the utmost publicity should
be given to the peace conference, thus
replying to the interpellation of the
Socialist Deputy, Marcel Cachin, of last
Friday, when he asked Premier Clemen
ceau to state whether secret diplomacy
would be abandoned in the peace con
ference and the discussion given all
publicity.
Annexation Not Desired.
Second That the French govern
ment has adopted the principle of a
league of nations and ia now busy
working towards its effective realiza
tion, thus replying to the interpella
tion of the Socialist M. Bracke.
Third That the government does not
desire any annexations, but reserves
tho right to fix the Alsace - Lorraine
frontiers, to guard against future at
tack, thus replying to M. Franklin
Bouillon. Fourth That the government does
not think that the question of diplo
matic representation of the Vatican
arises at the present moment.
nnuliD Intervention Inevitable.
Fitth That intervention in Russia
la inevitable.
Upon Russian intervention M. Pichon
explained, reading from instructions
issued by Premier Clemenceau to the
general commanding, that such inter
vention was not offensive for the time
being, but defensive, in order to pre
vent the Bolshevik! from invading
Ukraine, the Caucasus and Western
Siberia.
In the future an offensive interven
tion might be necessary in order to
destroy Bolshevism. , Such an opera
tion must be carried out by Russian
troops, of which 100,000 were at pres
ent ready at Odessa.
Russian troops have captured Perm
from the Bolshevik!, taking 18,000 pris
oners. M. Pichon, the Foreign Minister.
(Concluded on Pass 8, Column 1.)
Demonstration Token of Indignation
Against Wilson's Claim to Be
Spokesman for People.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (Special.)
"Watch-fires of Freedom" will be
lighted on the sidewalk in front of the
White House at 4 o'clock on New Year's
afternoon, it was announced today by
Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the Wo
man's party, to be kept burning until
the suffrage amendment is passed by
the United States Senate.
The fire will be lit in the stone urn
dedicated at the demonstration in La
fayette Park December 16, and will be
kept burning with the speeches of lib
erty and freedom delivered since that
day by President "Wilson in Europe.
Throughout New Year's night relays
of women holding purple, white and
gold banners will attend the fire, which
it is explained, will be a token of wo
man's Indignation against the claim of
the President to be the spokesman of
the people of this country and the
leader of world democracy, while his
party, in control of the Government,
holds half the population unenfran
chised. The light of the flames, according to
the announcement, will "act as a spot
light on President Wilson, who. while
he attempts to secure the allegiance
of the nations for self-government, de
clares himself unable to win one Demo
cratic Senatorial vote for self-government
in America." -
On the upper balcony of the head
quarters of National Woman's party,
half a block away, will hang a bell
which will ring at two-hour intervals
when the guard is changed. It will be
tolled also to proclaim the arrival of
each new democracy speech by the
President.
HORSE MEAT PRICE SOARS
Food Situation In Country Districts
of Germany Improve..
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION, P'rldpy, Dec 27. (By
the Associated Pret i.) Horse meat
again has experienced another advance
in Germany. Meatless daye are being
generally observed throughout Ger
many. In Coblenz the week beginning De
cember 16, was a meatless one. The
ruling price of horse meat in the area
occupied by the American Army is at
present as follows:
Per pound Horse sausage, 1 mark
80 pfennigs: horse meat, 1 mark 60
pfennigs; horse liver, 1 mark 40
pfennigB.
Reports continue to reach the Amer
ican bridgehead of a continuation of
the improvement in food conditions in
the country districts, of Germany, but
not in the cities. This is due to the
fact that land long idle is being culti
vated by discharged eoldiers. To this
fact also is due an Improvement in both
the labor situation and the prospects
for next Summer's food supply.
FRANCE NEEDS PHYSICIANS
Hurried Demobilization of Men in
Army Requested.
PARIS. Dec. 29. In the Chamber of
Deputies today during a debate on the
budget, Minister of Finance Klot an
nounced that the amount subscribed to
the Liberation Loan now exceeds the
amount announced December 3. Al
though the figures still were incom
plete, M. Klotz said, the nominal cap
ital subscribed exceeded 30,000,000,000
I francs, representing an effective cap-
I ital of 21,500.000,000 francs.
An appeal was made to have demob-
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ilization hastened, as there are only
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4000 non-mobilized doctors to care for
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the 35,000,000 civilian population, the
, , -..ki-.
death rate among whom-has doubled,
owing to influenza.
It was said the army's health was
excellent and that 16,000 physicians
were with the colors.
SCHOOL TO BE COMPULSORY
Idaho Proposes That All Must Learn
English.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 29. A bill provid
ing that all persons over 16 years of
age who cannot read and write the
English language .shall attend night
school for a certain number of hours
each school Tear until Eueh knowledge
is attained and making financial pro
vision for such schools in all districts
was unanimously Indorsed by the mem
bers in attendance upon the conference
of superintendents and principals and
of the executive board of the Idaho
State Teachers' Association at the clos-
inf? sessions yesterday
The last official census of Idaho
shows that the state has 5453 persons
over the age of 10 years who are illiter
ate, or 2.2 per cent. Of illiterate males
of voting age there axe 3415, or 3.1
per cent.
NEW YEAR'S FUN APPROVED
Farewells to 1918 Will Proceed Un
hampered by Police.
Farewells to 1918 and greeting to
the new year will be allowed to pro
ceed unchapcroncd by police as long as
the celebration does not verge on row
dyism, according to a statement by
Chief of Police Johnson last night. Ex
cept for .the prohibition of confetti
throwing by order of the Commission
ers, no special police regulations for
the occasion have been promulgated.
Chief Johnson said that the aim of
his men would be rather to promote
the merriment of the occasion than to
exercise a depressing influence. Spe
cial patrols will be abroad, however,
to check disorderly conduct wherever
it ia observed.
Authority Exceeds That of
Former Kaiser.
POLITICAL CONFLICT IS ON
Adherents of AH Factions De
mand War Lord's Trial.
DR. S0LF ENTERTAINS FEAR
Famine and Bolshevism Regarded
as Greatest Dangers -United
Front Is Desired.
BY LINCOLN EYRE.
(Copyright by The Mew Tork Evening World.
Published by Arrangement.)
PARIS, Dec. 29. (Special Cable.)
Six men with no popular mandate other
than a ewiftly-changing public opinion
are directing the affairs of Germany.
The erstwhile empire of the Hohenzol
lerns is being transformed into a Ger
man republic by a half dozen Social
ists who, by a hasty seizure of the
reins of power, have super-imposed
themselves upon a colossal and com
plicated bureaucracy through which
William' II ruled his realm.
The authority which these six dicta
tors exercise at the moment is even
greater than that wielded by the
Kaiser, for there is no Ludendorff or
Von Tirpitz to oppose their absolutism.
Behind their oliearchcial dictatorship
stand the local councils of workers and
soldiers, each all-powerful in its own
community or district, but subordinate
to the central dictatorship In all mat
ters concerning the nation as a whole.
Selection Made Daring Revolution.
The six dictators were chosen in the
first hours of the revolution from
among the Reichstag representatives of
the Social Democratic party. Three of
them Hugo Haase, Richard Barth and
Wilhelm F. R. Dittman represent the
minority or independent wing, and
three of them Frledrich Ebert, Philipp
Scheidemann and Hans Lansberg rep
resent the majority wing of the party.
They call themselves the Cabinet or
Reichsregierung, the latter term mean
ing federal government and not, -as it
is still frequently translated in the
foreign press,' imperial government.
Reich means ; simply "federation" or
"commonwealth," the word for em
pire being "Kaiserrelch."
No one member of the Cabinet is
endowed officially with greater ad
ministrative authority than any other
member. A very important act must
have the approval of the majority.
(Continued on Pa.ee 4. Column 3.)
IF FRANCE HAD A P, T. BARNUM SHE COtTLD SOON PAY HER
FROM AMERICAN TOURISTS.
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Memorial One Erected by Public
Subscription to Soldiers of
Boer War.
(By the Associated Press.)
CORK, Dec 29. Sinn Felners on Sat
urday night, after the announcement
of the- election results, blew up the
monument erected by public subscrip
tion to the Cork soldiers who had
fought in the South African war.
HUMAN LIFE CONSERVED
Figures Prove Value of Regulation
of Liquor Traffic.
CHICAGO, Dec 29. Government
regulation of liquor traffic coupled with
Army life for many 3 sung men who as
civilians probably would have been dis
solute, has notably affected preserva
tion of human life, according to the an
nual report of Peter Hoffman. Core r
of Cook County. The report ehows
that 6119 cares were reported to the
Coroner in 1918 and the following
fig ares are offered in support of his ob
servation on Government regulations:
Deaths 1914. 1015. 1016. 1017. 1918.
Violence --'94 23 2 312 318
Alcoholism ..!.'. j:;u 151 160 4j
LIQUOR SEIZURE IS LARGE
Auto and Dwelling Give 914,500
Worth of Contraband.
DENVER, Colo.. Dec 29. Whisky,
wine and champagne valued at 14500
was seized in an automobile driven by
George Knorr, in front of his home here
tonight after a policeman had fired sev
eral shots at him. A second automobile
filled with liquor drove up and also was
captured.
The police say a search of the Knorr
home revealed contraband liquor valued
at from $10,000 to $12,000-. The arrest
is the first under the new bone dry law.
GOETHE'S HOUSE ROBBED
National Museum Loses Mementos
of Great Poet.
BASLE. Switzerland, Dec 29. Bur
glars recently entered the former home
of Goethe and carried off a quantity of
mementos of the poet.
Goethe's house was built In 1709 and
was occupied by the poet from 1792 to
1S32. It was bequeathed to the state
in 1885 by the poet's last grandson and
opened at the GoetUe National Museum.
SIX MILLION MARKS FOUND
Trotzky's Daughter Is Arrested in
Warsaw.
GENEVA, Dec 28. The daughter of
Leon Trotzky. the Bolshevist Minister
of War and Marine, and a Bolshevist
named Lewow were arrested in Warsaw
yesterday, according to the Polish
agency at Lausanne.
Six million marks were found in the
apartment which they were occupying.
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Huns Are Defeated and
138 Are Killed.
MANY WOMEN ARE INCLUDED
German Officer Attacks Auto
Carrying American Colors.
POLISH GUARD CALLED OUT
Battle Lasts Several Hours Before
Order Is Finally Restored.
Boche Officers Helpless.
LONDON, Dec. 29. Firing by German
officers on an allied automobile carry
ing an American flag was the cause of
street fighting in Posen last Friday,
says a dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph from Copenhagen.
The Germans were defeated in the
fighting. About 138 persons, including
a number of women and children, were
killed during the rioting.
The dispatch says:
- "There was severe fighting between
the Poles and Germans in Posen Fri
day, which resulted in 38 women and
children and about 100 Germans and
Polanders being killed. The affray
originated as a result of a German
officer firing on an allied automobile
which was proceeding to Warsaw
carrying the American flag.
. Han Officer Insult Flag.
"The Germans insulted the flag and
the Polish guard was called out. The
fighting lasted several hours and the
Germans were defeated.
"A delegation from the British mis
sion to Posen protested to the German
commander in the town, GeneraN
Schimmelfeng, but the German officer
declared that he had no control over
the soldiers."
BERLIN, Dec IS. (By the Associated
Press.) The Lokal Anzeiger's Posen
correspondent says there was etrect
rioting in Posen Friday evening. Ger
man soldiers"marching" through the
town are said to have hauled down
entente flags.
Polish Guard Called Out.
A company of Polish civilian sol
diers proceeded to police headquarters
for the purpose of raiding the prem
ises. . German eoldiers with machine
guns dispersed the Poles, who are said
to have suffered severe losses. Quiet
was restored at night.
AMSTERDAM, Dec 29. A Posen dis
patch recei -cd here says the casual-
( Conclude! on Page
Column 2.)
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American 14-lnclt Gens Wipe Out
Germans at Movie Show; Battle
ship Ctah Paper Tells Story.
NEW TORK. Dec. 29. The etory of
the success of America's land battery
of 14-inch naval guns, as told by mem
bers of the gun crews themselves, was
given to the public here today when
copies of the "Big U." a newspaper
printed on board the battleship Utah,
were circulated on chore.
It was the Utah's picked gun crew,
the newspaper said, that was sent
ashore to "get" the German super-gun
which was shelling Paris. The gun
was removed, it was said, before tho
batteries could get into action, but the
Navy men had the satisfaction of
smashing away at the German line for
several months before the armistice
was signed.
The shells fired by the naval guns,
according to the "Big U," were almost
twice the size of those fired by the
Germans' super-gun and were to pow
erful that on one occasion the explod
ing shell hurled two loaded freight
cars from a track to the top of a rail
way station.
Another shell landed In a hut where
100 Germans were watching a motion
picture show, and when American
troops later reached the spot. 40 iden
tification tags were all that could be
found to tell the fate of the party.
The naval guns habitually fired at a
range of 20 to 21 miles, the article said,
and more than 800 rounds had been
fired when the armistice was signed.
It would soon have been nereseary to
remove the guns for rc-lining.
Describing the activities of the bat
tery, the article said that "in the entire
battery of 500 men. only three were
lost. Two succumbed to disease and
the other died of wounds from frag
ments of a German shelL"
SALEM STOPS GATHERINGS
Town to Be Closed to Prevent Spread
of Epidemic.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 29. (Special.)
Salem will be closed as tight as a drum
again tomorrow because of the rapid
spread of Spanish influenza since the
ban was lifted a few weeks ago.
Chief of Police KolanU announced
this afternoon that starting tomorrow
schools, theaters, churches, poolrooms
and puLlic places of all kinds will be
shut down, the use of pool and card
tables being prohibited entirely. In
addition restrictions will, be placed on
tho entire business section." Crowds of
all kinds will be prohibited,' whether
shopping or otherwise. In addition
quarantine regulations will be strictly
enforced. The latest order is to re
main effective for an indefinite period.
STATE DINNER PLANNED
Kins and Queen Will Honor De
parting Guests.
LONDON. Dec. 29. The arrangements
for a private dinner for President and
Mrs. Wilson and King George and
Queen Mary, Monday night on the Pres
ident's return from Manchester, have
been changed.
Instead the function will be a fare
well dinner in honor of the President
and Mrs. Wilson. It will be given in
the state dining-room in the Bucking
ham Palace, and about 30 guests will
attend It.
TRANSPORT HAS ARMY PAY
$2,000,000 in Currency Begins
Long Journey to France.
NEW YOIIK. Dec. 29. Two million
dollars in United States currency, des
tined to pay American soldiers In
France, began its long Journey today
when it was taken from the sub-treasury
to Hoboken In seven large Army
otor trucks, guarded by 21 soldiers.
Tho bags were hoisted aboard the
transport Leviathan, which sails Tues
day for Brest.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEFTEHDAT'f Maximum temperature. 44
tlrgrres; minimum. S7 degrees.
TOIJAY'S Fair, with ccntlo northerly winds.
War.
Aoirrlnn big guns prove worth in war.
Pass 1.
Official casualty list. race 4.
I'orefgn.
Firing on Tankee flas starts riot. Tags 1.
rrcMdcnt visits girlhood homo of his mother.
Pago 1.
Pix Socialist dictators are in control of Ger
man uffairs. 1'ugo 1.
Itetiiy of pcaco laut hope of BoIbhcviUi.
1'ajce 2.
Bcwisir.:d Britishers bewilder Prealdcnt.
Storm breaks la French Chamber. 'Fuse 1.
Sinn hVtncra blow up monument to eoldiers
of Cork. faro 1.
Pogroms in Potand said to le fiction. Pase 5.
Fleet surrender completes Germany's humll-
lutiou. Page o.
Irttish electorate btrong for coalition.
Page a.
German Independents retire from Cabinrt.
Page 2.
National.
Trouble looms for America in Mexico. Page 4.
DomrM Ic.
Leaeue of nations dei-larxd failure. Page ti.
lixplosloi. which may 1-. fata!, attributed
lo Kansaa City lrectear fcinke. Pagu s.
Watch fires to burn in front of caUo:.
Page. 1.
Snwrlf.
Camp I.cwi halfback, Ira KJaclcwclT. out of
Kanitt Hith injured Knee. Pug., io.
Mar-5 l."l:ind Marines not In be.sl of shape
tor title contest. Pago 1".
l'ortlaod and Ylrinltr.
Oregon man commands President V'Ilcou's
ship I'age 7.
Slashing of budget held necessary. Page t.
Multnomah County lias f",5T I Itcd Cross
mcmbeis. I'ag-j 1.
Major Mllla believes In Ner Year resolutions.
I -a go .
Al KadVr Tempte preparing to receive
novitiates. I'age 11.
Mrs. Xel'.la Keating disappears. Page 4.
Experiences of IMst Division in Argonne for
est recounted. page
WcatUer'iepuri, Cu'.u uuu fu'ccbt. I'usu 'J.
People of Carlisle Give
Warm Welcome.
CHURCH-GOERS HEAR SPEECH
Tribute Paid to Mother and
Grandfather.
DUTY OF WORLD DEPICTED
Belief; Expressed That Nations of
"World Will Bo United In Ir- .
resistible Moral Torcc.
By the Associated PrassO
CATtLlSLE, England, Dec. 59. Pres
ident Wilson, accompanied by Mrs. Wil
son, came to Carlisle today tn rain and
a cold, penetrating mist to visit the
girlhood home of his mother. But the
warmth of the greeting of the people of
the town and the thousands of stran
gers from the surrounding country
more than offset the dreariness of the
weather.
Large crowds lined the streets and
cheered the Presidential party lustily
as It drove from the station, where the
President was received by Mayor Ber
tram Carr and local notables, to the
Crown stnd Mitre Hotel, where tho Pres
ident signed the free man's roll.
PTenldeat Isivlted to Pulpit.
The President vitited Annetwell
street, where the site of his late grand
father's chapel was pointed out to him
and the houe in Cavendish place that
was built by his grandfather. Later
lie attended services in the Lowther
street Congregational Church. Hero
during the services the Rev. Edward
Booth, pastor of the church, requested
the President to come into the pulpit
and address the assemblage. This the
President did. delivering a short speech,
in which he touched simply but elo
quent.y on his mother. Tho President
spoke as follows:
"It is witb unaffected reluctance that
I Inject myself into thU service. I re
member my grandfather very well and
remembering him. I can see now he
would not approve. I remember what
he required of mo and remember the
stern lesson of duty he spoke. And I
remember painfully about things he ex
pected me to know that I did not know.
Duties of World Depicted.
"There ha3 como a change of times
when laymen like myself are permitted
to sneak in a congregation. There U
another reason why I was reluctant to
speak.
"The feeling excited in me today are
really too intimate and too deep to
permit of public expression. Tho mem
ories that have conic of the mother
who was born here are very affecting.
Her quiet character, her sense of duty
and her dislike of ostentation have
come back to mo with increasing forcu
as these years of duty have accumu
lated. Yet perhaps it is appropriate
that in a place of worship I should ac
knowledge my indebtedness to her and
her remarkable father, because, after
all. what the world now is seeking to
do Is to return to the paths of duty;
to turn from tho savagery of interest
to the dignity of the performance oi
right.
Moral Force Credited.
"I believe, as this war has drawn
nations temporarily together in a com
bination of physical force, we shall now
be drawn together in a combination, of
moral force that is irresistible. It ia
moral force as much as physical force
that has defeated tho effort to en
slave the world. Words have cut deep
as swords. The knowledge that wrong
has been attempted has roused thti
nations. They have gone out like men
for a crusade. No other cause could
have drawn eo many of the nations to
gether. They knew an outlaw wa3
abroad and that tho outlaw purposed
unspcakablo things.
"It is from quiet places like this al!
over the world that the forces are ac
cumulated that presently will over
power any attempt to accomplish evil
on a great scale. It is like the rivulet
that gathers into the river and the
river that goes to tho sea. Eo there
come out of communities like these
streams that fertilize tho conscience of
men and it is the conscienco of the
world wo now mean to place upon the
throne which others tried to usurp."
I.ca-Ktliv' Programme Carried Oat
Tho lengthy programme of the day
was carried out with tho single ex
ception that the President had not in
tended to tpcak in the church. The
Presidential train arrived at the Cita
del Station on schedulo ti:ne. In addi
tion to Major Carr, the Lady Mayoress,
Miss Klcanor Carr, Ma jor-'Jeneral Sir
John Cowan and the High Sheriff were
on the. platform when President Wilson
alighted from his car. After tho pres
entation Ml..i Carr ga.vu Mrs. Wilson a.
liuc bouquet.
The Presidential party was then con
ducted to the entrance of the station,
where the square: was thronged with
pcopl-j who bunt into hearty cheers
which lasted for &omc moments.
The St.-ira and Stripes and the British
flag were hoisted on tho tower of tho
Law Courts simultaneously with tho
emergence of the party from the sta
tion. The rain continued to fall but tho
crowds in tho streets cheered President
Wilson Bll the way to the Crown and
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