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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Flyvie Knight grand champion steer entered by Purdue University sold yesterday for 250 a pound at the International Live Stock Exposition now in progress in this city this price being forty cents ligher than the record price of 210 at which Merry Monarch prize steer sold at last years show Tlie show weight of Flyvie Knight was 1300 pounds This would make the cost 3375 but Wilson Co the buyers agreed to pay for the steers actual weight at the time of delivery deliveryWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 The release of twenty per cent of the present United States naval force or about 100000 men has been author ¬ ized by the Navy Department Secretary Daniels announced today No men serving in foreign waters will be discharged however until after their re ¬ turn home and discharges on this side will lie granted only when it is evident that tlie services of the men seeking dismissal are not necessary to the efficiency of tlie service serviceLONDON LONDON Eng December 5 Throughout the last four years the Turks acting under the orders of the committee of union and progress have done their best to ruin Turkey and have succeeded extremely well says the Constantinople correspondent of the Morning Post in describing tlie corruption and misery of Turkey Three million persons he says have been massacred and another million is on the verge of starvation this winter winterLONDON LONDON Eng December 5 I quarreled with my father in regard to Great Britain the former German crown prince told a correspondent of the Daily Mirror at Wieringen I told him the British would be against us but he never believed it Frederick William added that lief always favored an agreement between Germany and Great Britain and wanted them to work together togetherWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 Secretary McAdoo announced this afternoon that he would relinquish his duties as Secretary of the Treasury on Monday December 16 but that he would continue to act as Director General of Railroads until the first of the new year and possibly a few days longer in order to complete his annual report to Congress of his stewardship of the railroads railroadsOTTAWA OTTAWA Ont December 5 The Canadian gov ¬ ernment has decided not to guarantee tlie wheat crop for 1919 The government feels that there might be a loss of several hundred million dollars if tlie crop should be guaranteed Members of the Canadian Council of Agriculture are going to Eng ¬ land to make an effort to sell the crop to the allied governments Canada advancing the necessary credit creditThe The annual report of tlie Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for the fiscal year ended October 31 shows gross sales amounting to 131000000 an increase of 20000000 over the previous year Net profits for the year were 1538819074 as against 1404421610 for tlie preceding year subject to government war tax tlie amount of wiiich is not yet determined determinedWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 Continuing its advance south of the Moselle the American Third Army yesterday reached the general line BerncastelMalhomOtsenhausen General Pershing reported to the War Department today North ¬ west of Berncastel the line remained unchanged the communique continued continuedWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 The United States must continue the extension of loans to the allied governments even after the declaration of peace it was definitely learned today Legislation granting such authority will soon be asked of Congress by the Secretary of tlie Treasury TreasuryNEW NEW YORK December 5 Farreaching results affecting government ownership of the railroads are expected from a suit brought by the Commercial Cable Company to prevent PostmasterGeneral Albert S Burleson from retaining and operating the lines of that concern lawyers declare declareWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 A thorough ¬ going investigation of all railroad problems with a view to framing wise legislation for their opera ¬ tion after the peace treaty is signed was prom ¬ ised today when plans were adopted for reviving the Newlands railroad committee committeeWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 Judge Rob ¬ ert S Lovett this afternoon resigned as admin ¬ istrator of capital expenditure for railway ad ¬ ministration effective January 1 He will return to the management of the Union Pacific Railroad properties propertiesNEW NEW YORK December 5 Charles Morgan of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Morgan Kane has been suspended from the exchange for five years it was announced by officials today No reason for the suspension was given givenWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 All is well aboard the George Washington A message to this effect was received early today by radio from the vessel which is carrying tlie presidential parly to the peace conference conferenceWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 The Cum ¬ mins resolution to send a Senate committee t Paris to watch developments at the peace confer ¬ ence was voted down by tlie Senate Foreign Rela ¬ tions Committee today todayWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 The United States today established an additional credit to Greece of 23764036 making a total to Greece of 39554036 and a grand total to all the allies of 8220340702 8220340702NEW NEW YORK December 5 The British transport Orca bringing 1924 American troops docked here today The ship arrived off quarantine last night The men from the Orca were taken at once to Camp Mills MillsLONDON LONDON Eng December 5 Great Britain will insist upon her snpremacy of the seas at the peace conference and will listen to no argument which will rob her of the rights to maintain her naval defense defensePARIS PARIS France December 5 King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium who will arrive in Paris today for an official visit are welcomed en ¬ thusiastically by the newspapers newspapersWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 President Wilson favors the removal of all restrictions on cotton trading as speedily as is consistent with the public welfare welfareWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 5 Carter Glass was nominated Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Secretary McAdoo McAdooLIMA LIMA Peru December 5 Three American cruis ¬ ers are expected to arrive here from San Francisco in a few days
