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WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and much colder to-da- y. To IT SHINES FOR AlLL morrow fair, with rising temperature. Highest temperature yesterday, 38; lowest, 27,v Dttalled weather report on editorial pace. VOL. LXXXVIL NO. 116 DAILY. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1919.-- &0 PRICE TWO CENTS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S CHRISTMAS GIFT IS $100,000,000, HALF TO RAISE PA Y OF TEACHERS, HALF TO FIGHT DISEASE; PRESIDENT DIRECTS RETURN OF THE RAILROADS ON MARCH 1 EXPRESS LINES TO BE GIVEN UP ON SAME DATE President Delayed Return to Give Time for Re- organization. CAN'T WAIT ON CONGRESS Cost to Government of 26 Months of Operation Esti- mated at $486,000,000. Special Despatch to Tut Sox. Washington, Dec. 24. President Wilson by two public proclamations ordered the termination of Federal control of railroads mid ex- press companies at 12:01 A. M. Mnrch 1. 1020. On that date all lines now being operated by the Government will be turned back without restriction to the owners from whom the President took them on January 1, 1918. The Presi- dent's action wns a two months post- ponement of the return of the' roads and express companies from his dec- laration at the opening of the special session of Congress on May IS, 1010. By Issuing two proclamations, one returning the rallroade and the other the express companies, the President Ims closed the door to any further delay In the termination of Federal control beyond March 1 regardless of whether Congress has completed its legislation for the return of the lines hy that time or not. Iteason (or the Delay. The delay In the return from December; 81 to March 1, Presidential Secretary Tumulty said In a state- ment t, was due to ' the fact that Congress has not yet passed the necessary legislation and because the railroad and express companies are not yet organized to make It possible for them to receive and manage their properties. \The President Is advised that if the properties were turned over to them on December 31 it would raise financial and legal complications of a serious character,\ Mr. Tumulty said. The two months notice of tho return is given in order that tho managers may prepare adequately to operate their property. The admission that the owners are not yet ready to receive their prop- erties shifts part of tho responsl- - Mllty for the delay upon the Admin istratlon, because it was the duty of tho Railroad Administration to see that Buch steps are taken. Coincident with tho proclamation of the President, Walker D. Hines, Director-Gener- of Railroads, ap pealed to all employees and officers of the railroads under Federal con- trol to redouble efferts to produce the best and most economical service during tho remaining period of Fed eral control. The Director-Gener- al probably will continue his office for a few months after March 1, as he Is empowered by the President to toe in charge of wlndlnc: ud nil affairs Incident to the termination of Federal control. The President's action wns taken under the Federal .control act, which authorized him to turn back the lines at any time before twenty-on- e months after the proclamation of peace, when In his opinion Federal operation was no longer necessary. Decision Ileached at Conference. A definite decision to return the lines on March 1 was reached at conference at the White House to-d- among Di rector-Gener- nines, Attorney-Gener- al ralmer, Under-Secretar- y of State Folk, Secretary of War Baker and Mr. Tumulty. Tho problem has been dis- cussed during the last ten days by the Cabinet and tho decision of all the offi- cials was conveyed by Secretary Tumulty to President Wilson, who gave his approval and signed the proclama- tion. The action caused no surprise in Washington, as It was believed Impos- sible for the President In the public Interest to hand the lines back on De- cember 31 as previously announced. Congress will have completed the legis- lation for the return of the roads In sufficient time to make the termination of control practicable on March 1. It la believed. The present coal situation also would have made a return next week dangerous to the public Interest. Federal operation' of railroads for the twenty-si- x months will cost the Government about $488,000,000, officials of the Railroad Administration estimated 5f .th,l amount $236,000,000 represents the deficit for 1918 and $2507-000,0- the loss for 1919. The losses represent the difference between the In- come of the roads and the operating ex- penses, and the annual' rentals amount- ing to $300,000,000 a year, which was guaranteed by the Government, The operations were a loss until July of this year, when a small surplus waa accumulated, which has been added to every month since., Officials predicted Continued en Eighth Page. Mnhart. tV Winter's epart Center. Chunplomhlp Oolf and all. other sports, Ihrooxb, grllnn,Peatult I'M, dtlr-i- d. Text of President Wilson's Proclamation For Return of Railroads to Private Control Special Dispatch to Thi Sun. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 The proclamation of President Wilson returning the railroads of the country to their private owners reads: BT TUB PRESIDENT OT TUB UNITED STATES Or AMEMCA. A PROCLAMATION. IUllnqnljhment of Federal control of railroads and lysttmi of Irani, portatlon. Whereas, In tho exercise of au- thority committed to me by law, I have heretofore, through tho Sec- retary of War, taken possession of nnd have through the Director of Railroads, exercised control over cortaln railroads, systems of trans- portation and property appurtenant thereto, or connected therewith; In- cluding systems of coastwise and Inland transportation, engaged in general transportation and owned or controlled by said railroads or systems of transportation, Includ- ing also terminals, terminal com- panies and terminal associations, sleeping nnd parlor cars, private cars and privato car lines, ele- vators, warehouses, telegraph and telephone lines, and all other equip- ment and appurtenunces commonly used upon or operated as a part of such railroads and systems of transportation; and Whcrerts I now deem it needful and desirable that all railroads, systems of transportation and prop- erty now under such Federal con- trol be relinquished thorcfrom; Kow, therefore, under authority of section 14 of the Federal control act, approved March 21, 1918, and of all other powers and provisions of law thereto . me enabling, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Do hereby relinquish from Federal control, effectlvo tho 1st day of March. 1920, at 12:01 . o'clock A. M all railroads, sys- tems of transportation and prop- erty, of whatever kind, token or held under such Federal control and not heretofore relinquished and restore tho same to the possession and control of their re- spective owners. WILSON ACTION PLEASES ROADS 0 Cnylcr, Speaking for Rail Chiefs, Call President's State- ment Admirable. LOOKS FOR LEGISLATION Expects Adequate Protection From Congress Willard Fraises Move. Special Despatch to Tnn Svx. Philadelphia, Dec. 24. T. Dowltt Cuyler, chairman of the Association of Railroad Executives, embracing vir- tually all of the latest railroads In the United States, after reading the proclamation of President Wilson turning the railroads back to their private owners, ht Issued this statement: The President's statement Is ndmlr-abl- c In Its tone and substance and Is entirely satisfactory to the railroad companies. They will be fully pre- pared nnd organized to take over properties. I entertain no doubt but that by March 1 Congress will havo enacted a sound and constructive law for the protection of tho railroads and the public alike. Mr. Cuyler also Is a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Baltimore, Dec. 24. Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, said ht that he considered March 1 a very satisfac- tory date for tho return of the railroads, and added: I am very glad that the President has seen fit to turn the roads back and to defer the date from January 1, because by January 1 proper legis- lation will ba lacking. nniHnirit. Vil Dec 24. Belief that the President's decision would meat with general approval or tho raiiroaa owners was expressed here ht by N. D. r,.v.r nronlifent at (ha Norfolk and Western Railway 'and director of the Pocahontas region or tne Jtauroaa mmnrlalnar tho Norfolk and WMtorn. the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Virginian systems. c- - rx 21. B. F. Hush. Southwest regional railroad director and cjflc, ht asserted President Wilson acted Wisely in not returning- - un rail- roads to private ownership before \By March 1 I believe' the railroads will be In sucn conauion uuu private control can be assumed with little or no Inconvenience to the public,'' he sold. WOOD TO FILE ANNOUNCEMENT Action Will Ho Taken In Somth Dakota Before Jan. 1. Mitchill, S. D.. Dec. 24. Word was received at Republican district headquar ters, hore to-d- ay that Major-Ge- n. Leon- ard Wood, Indorsed for President, by the nenubllcan State convention at nerrs December 2, would file a .format an nouncement of his candidacy with the Secretary 01 Btata oexora January x. Walker D. Hines, Director-Gener- al of Railroads, or his successor in office, is hereby authorized and directed, through such agents and agencies 'as he may determine, in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of said act of March 21, 1918, to adjust, settlo and close all matters, including tho making of agreements for com- pensation and all questions and disputes of whatsoever nature arising out of or incident to Fed- eral control, until otherwise pro- vided by proclamation of tho President or by act of Congress; and generally to do and perform, as fully In all respects as the President Is authorized to do, all and singular the acts and things necessary or proper In order to carry into effect this proclama- tion and tho relinquishment of said railroads, systems of trans- portation and property. For the purpose of accounting and for all other purposes this proclamation shall become ef- fective on tho 1st day of March, 1920, at 12:01 A. M. In witness whereof I have here- unto sot my hand and caused tho senl of tho United States to be affixed. Done by the President, thrqugh N6w;ton D. Baker, Secretary of War, in tho District of Columbia, this 24th day of December, the year of our Lord 1919 and of tho Inde- pendence of the United States of America tho 144th. Woodrow Wilson. Bj the President: KoBEtrr Lansing, Secretary of State. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. The proclamation returning the express companies teas couched In virtually the same language, except far the necessary suhstitutlnns. COAL INQUIRY TO START MONDAY Wilson Calls Strike Commis- sion to Begin Task of Ad- justing Differences. MUST FINISH IN GO DAYS Public, Miners and Operators Represented in Promised Investigation. Special Despatch to Tns Srs. Wasiiinoton, Dec. 24. Tho Coal Strike Commission named by President Wilson to adjudicate differences be- tween the bituminous coal miners and tho mine operators and to fix If possi- ble a permanent basis of peaceful rela tions will hold Its first meeting Mon- day. A formal call for a meeting of the commission was Issued by the President y following receipt of acceptances of the three members named, Henry M. Robinson for the public, Rembrandt Pcalc for the op- erators and John P. White for the miners. Tho commission will meet in Wash- ington and immediately will take up working conditions and wages through- out the bituminous coal fields of the country. The coal operators and coal mine own- ers probably will hold a general confer- ence the same day unless It can bo ar- ranged sooner. This conference will as semble all available data on wages and working conditions In every field In the country. The procedure to be followed by tho President's commission has not been de- termined. It Is likely, however, that It will first call upon all mine, owners and operators and upon the organized and unorganized working men for data. After this has been studied hearings may be held, but they will necessarily be short. as the commission will endeavor to mako Its report within sixty days, in accord ance with the President's instructions. Special DtipatcA to Tns SB. PrrrsDtmo, Kan., Dec 24. All Kan sas miners striking In protest against the sending to Jail of their president. Alexander Howat, were ordered to re- turn to work by district officials y. The order went out by direction of Howat. who communicated with his of fice by telephone, Six mines, employing about one thou- sand miners, wero Idle this morning, returns gathered at the office of the Operators' Association showed. About half a force was working at each of the three Jackron-Walk- er mines, but this was not charged up against the \Howatt strike' as those miners have long been In the habit of not working the day before Christmas. DEEBTOOT TABU SACSAGE8 Back en the market Burnt flavor and quality you used te get Uade at the Farm at etatthboroach, Mass. All Saalara-Ud- v. REDS TO MARCH TO-DA- Y; POLICE MAY INTERFERE Plan Parade Up Fifth Ave. and Picketing of Cathedral and Other Churches. MANY HOMES GUARDED Tlirents of Violcnco Made by Anarchists U. S. to Deport 2,000 More Radicals. The guarding of tho homes of pub- lic officials and other prominent men by agents of the Department of Jus- tice and by tho police and tho picket- ing of churches by radicals and near-radica- ls on behalf of the 1,500 men who are In prison for being conscien- tious objectors are tho two big features of the Christmas celebration In Amer- ica's Red land. While detectives were on guard last night nt the homes of many citizens against whom threats of violence by anarchists had been made, the Free Political Prisoners Committee and tho League for Amnesty for Political Pris- oners were preparing final plans for their demonstration which will take tho form of a parade up Fifth avenue, followed by the picketing of St. Patrick's Cathedral and other prominent churches. Whether tho police will permit the parade to get as far as the cathedral without Interfering with It Is a question. A permit to parade was refused to both organizations, and It was announced last night that to circumvent this the paradcrs would march single file at In tervals of six feet. At the head of the line, however, will be three automobiles carrying singers and four men and women manacled and In prison garb. Police Interference Expected, The police say that the manacles and tho prison clothing constitute a viola- tion of the law and will not be tolerated, and It atoo Is Intimated that they may .... . iook upon tho tnree autonomies, roi- - t .... ..... ...... u u,,cu uy mu uuier iimrviicio, o ' parade and Interfere. It was explained by Miss Tracy D. Mygatt of the com- mittee that the manacles and tho prison garb are to typify the \hundreds pf people who are In Jail for courageously expressing their sincere convictions.\ I The Rev. Percy Stlckney Grant, pns- - tor of tho Church of the Ascension, who has been Invited to Washington to ex- plain to n Congressional commtttcc why he made various statements Interpreted as being favorable to the radicals, has opened his parish house to the marchers, and they will gather there and bemoan the fato of their comrades, who pre- ferred to go to Jail rather than fight for their country. \Though the Southerners were In the position of traitors to the Union at the close of the civil war,\ said the Rev. Mr. Grant last night, \thero were no re- prisals, proscriptions or deportations. Indeed, there Is plenty of precedent In this country for the amnesty for which the friends of political prisoners ask to- day. I am heartily In sympathy with what they are doing. I feel that there Is a symbolic beauty In this appeal to tho churches on the day of peace on earth, good will to men.\ I'liwi Plckcta for Chnrclica. The plans for the parade; na an- - , , -- . u - i . . ,,, iruj...,t . said that between 200 nnd 300 men and women would gather this morning at 10 o'clock In front of the Church of the Ascension. From there they will march to St Patrick's Cathedral nnd back, picketing churches along the way and also picketing those on Fourth avenue and Broadway unless tho police Inter- fere and unless Is trouble from I former soldiers, neer havo had any great amount of love for the con scientious objectors. So far as was learned last night the anarchists mado no attempt to carry nut various threats they are said to have mado to destroy the homes of Govern- ment officials nnd others who have been active In their prosecution. Neverthe- less tho guard established by the pollco and the Department of Justice will be maintained throughout the holidays, as a number of letters have been received warning them that sometime during the Christmas season houes would bo blown up and officials killed. Officials of the Department of Justice said yesterday that In the next two months they expect to round up about 2,000 aliens In various cities. They will be brought to New York, given hearings and most of them probably will bo de- ported. The Government hopes to catch In this batch Alexander Btocklltzky, said by the pollco to be one of the most dangerous anarchists In the United States, who has been missing since he was released last August on $1,500 ball. nTHTJANIAN-LET- T PACT SIGNED Special Cable Detpatek to Tnr. Son from the i onion Time SenL'tt. Copyright, 1519. all rights reserved Stockholm, Dec 24. The Lithuanian and Lettish Governments have signed an alliance nt Kostno. It Is likely that Letvta soon will make a compact with Esthonla, although Ksthonlan troops still are on Lettish soil. Regarding the peace signed at Dor-p- at between Esthonla and Red Russia the latter receded from Its original de- mands, and It Is expected the Soviet' government will comply with the de- mands of the Letts and Lithuanians when peace negotiations with them begin, \Y White or Mottled Xmas Is Predicted by Experts THE local nocturnal forecasters wore inclined to believe last night that we will havo a white Christmas, and, if not white, rnottled. At 11 o'clock more than an inch of snow wns visible in tho parks and in places not situated near or above steam heating plants. Snow was falling1 slantingly, swept by a half gale out of the frigid northwest and the tempera- ture was 26, and going lower, ac- cording to prophecy nnd fact This meant that snow already on the ground would freeze and stay there and if the storm continues until early morning Christmas sleds surely will be out The fore- cast calls for fair and much colder weather to-dn- with clear skies and rising temperature JAPAN OPPOSES PARISJANDATE Objects to Proposed Form of Rule Over Germany's Pa- cific Colonics. APPROVAL IS WITHHELD Mikado's Envoy Fears Loss of Former Economic Ad- vantages. Paws, Dec 24. Japan's representa- tive in the Supremo Council has ob jected to tho form of the mandates under which the former German col- onies In tho Pacific would be adminis tered. The council considered the drafts that had been prepared and adopted two of these, which gavd mandates In Africa to Great Britain' ana Belgium. Final action on five others was post- poned on the request of tho Japanese delegate. Baron Matsui. The mandates considered had been pre- - pared by the mandate commission in T . . I T 1 I ...I,. A A. uuuun. me were m un .o, . nminnfH Tvn. a t, . n nnd Tvno C. . w\ - j - - - The two mandates adopted come unaer Typo B, providing for administration under the regime of tho League of Na- tions. Type A mandates apply to tho Orient and the Type C to the Pacific colonics. It was tho last named typo of mandate that developed the objec- tions upon the part of Baron Matsui. 1 ne Japanese ueieu-u- iuuhu mm m mandates for the Pacific colonies gave Japan less advantages than she enjoyed In those colonies under th3 German rule, It was stated. Three of the four voting delegates in the council approved tho drafts, but Baron Matsui reserved the approbation of Japan, nnd asked for time to refer the question to his Govern- ment. Tho lotalls to which the Japanese representative' objected were not dis- closed but It Is assumed here that the question of the migration of Japanese to colonies which would come under the mandate of Australia was Involved, ns well as the economic advantages the Japanese formerly enjoyed under the most favored nation clause. The subject of Germany's attitude on the question of signing the protocol to the peace treaty came up In the Su- preme Council at this morning's session, presided over by Premier Clomencfau. inn council niraru uie cAi'iauuiiuu ibv Paul Dutasta. general secretary of flirt i.ftnf.r.nnv nf th( IUn Visits Uald him yesterdny by Baron Kurt von Lcrsncr. tho head of the German mission. Paris despatches on Tuesday an nounced the delivery of the allied reply to the latest German note on this subject. After receiving It the German Plenipotentiary staled that he would be obliged to return to Berlin to consult his go,ernment, but later it was an- nounced that tho Germans had decided to remain In Paris. WEALTHY DETROIT YOUTH MURDERED J. Stanley Brown Found Slain in His Automobile. Special Deipatch to Tna Sex. Mount Clemens, Mich.. Dec. 24. J. Stanley Brown, one of three sons who shared In on equal division of the estate of several millions of John II. Brown, cigar manufacturer of Detroit six years ago, was found dead at the wheel of his automobile on the Romeo plank road near hero Four bullets had lodged In his neck and his skull had been fractured. Robbery waa not the motive for the murder. On the body were found $25,000 In negotiable securities, a diamond ring and several hundred dollars In cash. Brown recently began a suit for di- vorce against his nineteen year old wife. Ho charged cruelty. Mrs. Brown waa questioned by the police, but was not held. She Is tho mcthor of two children. Brown's motive In carrying such a largo sum In securities deepens a mys- tery In which the police nro at a loss for a theory. SeTen Killed In Avnlmicue. Bxrn, Dec 24. Seven persons havo been burled in an avalanche that cov- ered several chalets at the mountain re- sort of Davos. A series of avalanches has been caused in several places by a thaw after a heavy snowfall. Part of the railways and many roads have been blocked and villages isolated. EDWARDS PLANS INE AND BEER ACTFORJERSEY Starts to Carry Out His Pledge to Uphold the People's Eights. TO FIGHT AMENDMENT Appeal to U. S. Supreme Court Ono of First Official Acts. The first gun In New Jersey's fight against the prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitution was fired yes- terday when Governor-elec- t Edward I. Edwards announced at n meeting of Democratic members of the New Jer- sey Legislature In the Hotel Robert Treat In Newark that as soon ns he Is sworn Into offlce on January 20 he will begin Immediately to carry out the promises he made during his campaign for tho Governorship, which he waged on nn out and out platform. Mr. Edwards told the Jersey law- makers that tho first thing ho would do In behalf of the State In his fight would bo to bring a suit In the United States Supremo Court to declare the Eighteenth Amendment unconstitu- tional. At the same time Governor- - elect Edwards will have a bill, which I now being prepared. Introduced In the New Jersey Assembly legalizing the sale of light wines and beer In the State. Thomas N. McCran, Attorney-- General of tho State, will be instructed, Mr. Edwards said, to attack the legal ity and constitutionality of the amend- ment in tho BupremVcom-rrand'h- e promised tho meeting that all of the legal machinery 'Ofrthe 'State will be invoked to citrrytho fight forward. \In tuklng office,\ said Mr. Edwards. \I shall swear that I will protect the rights of tho State, and Inasmuch as t was elected on an plat form 1 believe It to be my duty to pre- - 8erv the personal rights of the people of the State.\ The Governor-ele- ct reforred to Article X. of the United States Constitution, which says that \the powers not dele- gated to the United States by tho Con- stitution, nor prohibited by It to the States, are reserved to the States, re- spectively, or to the people.\ He said that some of the foremoBt lawyers of the country have assured him that Con- - gress had no right to take awa any 01 the State rights so far as the prohlbl tlon amendment was concerned. A tentatlvo draft of the bill which Mr. Edwards will havo Introduced In the Legislature waa offered to the meeting by Senator-elec- t Simpson and It was turned over for further preparation to a committee composed of Mr. Edwards, Senator Thomas Brown of Middlesex, Assemblyman Hugh C. Barrett of Essex, minority leader In tho 1920 House, and John Milton, Corporation Counsel of Jer- sey City. Before It Is offered to the legislature it will be submitted to one of the foremost const'tutlonal lawvers In the United States. As It stands nt pres- ent It does not mention the amount of alcoholic content of cither tho wines or beer. The whole programme, It was an- nounced, has been studied by the best constitutional lawyers In the country and Mr. Edwards Is acting cn their advice. Senator Brown was chairman of yes terday's meeting. Others who attended besides those who aro on the committee to which the tentative draft of the bill was referred were Senator Thomas Barber of Warren, James R. Nugent of Newark and Mayor Frank Hague of Jer- sey city. The conference also discussed the Governor's Inaugural message. In which It was announced that Mr. Edwards will ure-- the Legislature to ratify the wo man suffrage amendment Ho will also condemn profiteering, and It Is under- stood that the message will contain sug- gestions for laws relating to this evil. This, however, has not been definitely arranged and will be taken up at a meet- ing next week. DRY AMENDMENT IS \MERE LEGISLATION\ Root So Holds in Injunction Bill in Trenton. TrkntoN, Dec. 24. Another legal at- tack dn prohibition waa launched here to-d- when Ellhu Root, as chief counsel for Christian Flegenspan, a brewing corporation, filed a bill of complaint in the United States District Court asking for an injunction restraining United States District Attorney Bodlne and Charles Duffy, Collector of Internal Rev- enue, from enforcing the prohibition law. The bill declares that both the Volstead act and the Eighteenth Amendment are unconstitutional Tho attack on the Eighteenth Amend- ment is based on the ground that It deals with a subject outside any power ffranted to Congress, la a violation of tho Tenth Amendment In regard to State's rights and Is, In fact, not an nmendmcnt to the Constitution but \mere leglsla- - ' tlon.\ It Is also claimed that the amend ment Is null and void because two-thlr- of the members of Congress did not by lolnt resolution or otherwise declare that they deemed It necessary. Such action by Congress, Mr. Root argued. Is a condition precedent to any amendment Continued on Eighth Pag. t The Rockefeller Gifts General Education Board, 1902 $1,000,000 General Education Board, 1905 10,000,000 General Education Board, 1907 11,000,000 General Education Board, 1909 10,000,000 General Education Board, 1919 79,000,000 Rockefeller Foun- dation 182,000,000 Rockefeller Institute 10,000,000 Total $303,000,000 Less by $100,000,000 than tho sum arrived at by joining John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s estimate of $250,000,000 up to 1915 with the $162,000,000 known to have been given subsequently, this total being Adding some $10,000,000 private- ly given, the total of the Rocke- feller benefactions is believed to approach $425,000,000. FRENCH MILLS RUNNINGAGAIN Two-fifth- s of Normal Produc- tion Reached in Lille Tex- tile District. WORKERS NUMBER 10,000 Within Two Years Output of tho Prc-W- ar Period Will Be Surpassed. Lille, Dee. 24. Forty thousand per- sons are at work In tho French textile mills which only a few months ago were razed or looted by the Germans of their wonderfully delicate macnln-ery- .- The correspondent of- the As- sociated Press obtained the facts with reference to this. Industry y from French authorities, who have arranged a trip to show him the strides made by the nation In reconstruction. Within n year, Government officials and manufacturers agree, production of textiles will reach half of tho pre war total, and within two years, these men forecast, the 1914 output will be surpassed. Tho wool industry Is said to be re- covering most rapidly, with cotton in second place. Linen weaving Is re- ported to be slowest in getting back to normal beCnusc of the shortage of flax, formerly obtained from Russia. In Lille and the adjoining cities of Rmihnlx and Turcolnir. where the textile manufactories are centred, It Is estimated 30.000 men. women and children arc, now i Intr. nnd annroxlmatclv 10.000 are em ployed In the smaller mills of surround- ing towm where progress Is slower, but Is being pushed with equal vigor. Statistics compiled by the Government from necessarily accurate statements, upon which factories are paid recon- struction indemnities, show that In the Lille dlBtrlct on October 1 last there were 36,384 persons working In 162 tex- tile plants, compared with 106.066 em- ployed before the war In 265 factories. In all of the 401 textile mills of the lib- erated regions there were employed In August of this year only 21,027 of tho 152.94S persons at work four years ago. Reconstruction of the textile Industry was paid by manufacturers a few months ago to be almost a hopeless task. At least they asserted It would be so slow that France would lose her world trade In textiles. Now, however, a brlghti-- view Is being taken, and Gov- ernment figures show the Industry hns reached two-fift- of normal production. Direct damage to the textile Industry Is estimated by the Ministry of Recon- struction at 20,000,000,000 francs. In this section of France, the heart of the Industry, mills for the most part wero knocked to pieces and the rest were damaged. All the electric machinery, belting, shafting nnd similar equipment were taken by the Germans, and seven tenths of tho spindles, looms and comb ers, which possessed almost human dex tcrlty. cither were shipped to Girmany or pounded Into utter useiessness. Two out of every hundred machines were left intact, packed and tagged for shipment, but were nbandoned by the Germans In their retreat. Those ma- chines which wero not removed wero stripped of all brnss and copper parts, and delicate pieces were mutilated re quiring months to replace. The ex tremcly thorough stripping of copper parts from the machines Is an Important actor In delaying work, ns It might almost be raid that the French use copper and brass except when such metals will not possibly answer tho pur- pose. EGG BAN RENEWED AS PRICES MOUNT Nebraska Women Won't Pay More Than 65 Cents. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 24. The ban on the purchase of eggs by Lincoln women will go Into effect aitaln next Saturday. Mrs. N. E. Hlldreth. head of the civics department of the local women's club, nnnounced recei.Mv that prices for eggs had tumbled from hi to 55 cents a dozen following a two weeks boycott' on them. nnd that the ban had been lifted. But removal of tho boycott was followed by price Increases, some retailers. It Is said, now asking aa high ns 90 cents a dozen, so the women have decided to eliminate eggs from their dally purchases' until prices take a drop. Sixty-fiv- e cents a dozen Is considered by them to be a fair price. College professors in U. S. and Canada to 13c SCHOOLS MUST HELP Oil 3fagnate Sees Emer- gency and Wants Help to Bo Immediate. ENVOYS TO SEEK FACTS Contributions to Cause of Hu- manity Now Total 25,000,000. The man who wa's too poor to have! his plcturo taken by a country photog- rapher some sixty-fiv- e years ago, and whose total earnings from September 26, 1855, to January 1, 1850, were only $50, made a Christmas present ol $100,000,000 to humanity yesterday. He Is the elder John D. Rockefeller. \I believe It Is a religious duty to get nil the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can,\ John D. Rocke- feller told the young men's Bible class of tho Fifth Avenue Baptist Church years ago, nnd it was Indicated yester- day that he maintains the conviction. In the fifties his largest benefaction amounted to 1 cent a week to a Sun- day school. Since 1913 ho has given $162,000,000 away, and this vast sum, added to tho $250,000,000 he had dis- tributed previously, makes the known total of his gifts $412,000,000. Nor does this quite cover tho flood of gold that has poured steadily from the coffers of the monarch of oil, as Tun Sun learned yesterday; for millions contributed to this cause or other, to the welfare of the Baptist Church among them, do not figure In the stag- gering sum of his gifts to the thrco ereat-- Rockefeller institutions tho Rockefeller Foundation, the General Education Board and the Rockefeller Institute. The best estimate of theso ' unrecorded philanthropies, as obtained yesterday from an Individual in closo touch with the Rockefeller activities. Is that they may have amounted to $10,000,000, possibly more; and if this is accurate Mr. Rockefeller has given away no less than $425,000,000 and ranks far and away the most stu pendous giver In authentic history. I.ntrat Gift In Tito Porta. The Christmas gift of an even hun- dred millions with which he amazed the. world on the eve of the great holiday Is divided Into twn nartn tKO.0flO.Oan tn 000,000 to the Rockefeller Foundation, Tho former gift, as Mr. Rockefeller di- rectly states, Is to assist In Immediately providing for the urgent need of more adequate salaries for college professors and Instructors. Therefore, he directs the General Education Board, trustees of the sum, to employ principal as well as Income for the purpose of cooperating with the higher institutions of learning in raising sums specifically devoted to the Increase of teachers' salaries. .Mr. Rockefeller makes It plain In the state- ment Issued that swift distribution Is necessary- To accomplish his desire, therefore, certain officers of tho General Education Board will start soon upon a tour In which they will study tho neces- sities of colleges In the Balary. There are about 600 colleges of promi- nence in the United States and ninny, If not most, of them are now conducting campaigns for endowments to permit them to pay better salaries to their teachers. It la assumed that the Rocke- feller gift will be pro rated nccordlng to the Importance, size and necessities of the various Institutions. It Is not ex- pected that the gift will havo the effect of causing colleges to abandon or even slacken their individual campaigns for salary fund endowments. That has never been Mr. Rockefeller's style of giving. His stylo has been to encourage the other fellow to hustlo for himself, and It may be that the General Educa- tion Board, following the traditional policy, will ask that the colleges raise certain sums to meet or match the Rockefeller contributions. In any event, the Rockefeller money will be accessible to the needy colleges. That Is made very plain. To Alii All Mankind. The other $50,000,000, glvn to the Rockefeller Foundation, Is for the broad purpose of the foundation as stated In Its charter, \to promote the well being of mankind throughout the world.\ No mandate Is laid upon tin foundation, but Mr. Rockefeller expresses special in- terest \In tho work being done 'hrough-o- ut the world in combating disease through the Improvement of medical ed- ucation, public health administration and scientific research.\ Not long ago he gave $20,000,000 to the General Edu- cation Board for a similar purpose, but the expenditure of this sum was limited to the United States. The new benefac- tion is to be spread over the globe. Canada, for whom Mr. Rockefeller ex- presses hi\ admiration, will receive for the Improvement and devel- opment of her leading medical schools. Some of the money will be spent by Gen. W. C, Gorgas In the worldwide fight against yellow fever. Much of It x.lll bo spent In China, and whorevcr disease raises Its head there will' be Rockefeller ensh to resist Its spread. The details of the $50,000,000 gift for bolter salaries for college teacners are found In this statement Issued last night: The General Education Board an- nounces that It has recerlei rnm. John D. Rockefeller a new and special gift of $30,000,000 to bo devoted to co- - m n 1!.
