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Vol. 127 64th Year Eighteen Pages. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1918. 55c per month by Mail or Carrier. Trains and Boats, 5c per copy. NUMBER 68. U.S. FLEET HOME TOMORROW * * * * * * * * * * * * * WILSON GUEST OF U.S. ARMY *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* [[1st column]] PRESIDENT REVIEWS YANKEES By ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Staff Correspondent.) CHAUMONT, Dec. 25-- President Wilson spent Christmas in the heart of America's military organization in France. For the first time an American executive assumed the actual role of commander-in-chief of the United States army in foreign territory. After passing through the field of Marne battles of 1914 and 1918, on a special train, during the night, the President arrived at American headquarters here early today. As he stepped from the train, French and American guards of honor snapped to attention, and an American band played "The Star-Spangled Banner." GREETED BY PERSHING. Among those who greeted him at the stations were General Pershing, General Wercel, French commander in this zone; the mayor and the prefect of police. The President and his party were driven in automobiles through the quaint streets to the Hotel de Ville. He was given a rousing welcome by doughboys, Poilus and civilians as he passed through the beflagged streets. From a struggling village, built up around the centuries-old cathedral of Chaumont, has become the chief American city in Europe. Its architectural beauty has been somewhat marred by the rough wooden buildings, which have sprung up everywhere to house the American military machinery, but these were more or less successfully hidden under a camouflage of flags and bunting. REVIEW OF TROOPS. The President, after a brief reception at the Hotel de Ville, left for Langres, where he reviwed and addressed the troops. From there he went to Montigny-le-Roi, headquarters of the 26th (New England) Division, and help the doughboys eat their special Christmas "chow." Touring through the billeting areas, the President found cleanliness and order everywhere. The villages were "polished up," and the natives, carrying flags and dressed in their Sunday best, were on hand to greet him. Returning to Chaumont, the President reviewed the headquarters garrison. The troops were drawn up in the big courtyard, about which the army executive buildings stand. Wilson's automobile circled the courtyard, then sped up the broad boulevard to General Pershing's chateau. The President will leave for London at 6 o'clock tonight. [[2nd column]] PRETTY AERO CHAMPION Miss Ruth Law, first feminine titleholder for long distance flying, regarded as the foremost woman aviator in America today, who has given her views on the outlook for commercializing the airplane. She believes the air machine will be operated successfully for commercial purposes in the near future. [[image - photo of Ruth Law and her airplane. Image spans columns 2, 3, and 4]] By RUTH LAW. Will airplanes become practical for commercial purposes? The answer is yes, and in not the far distant future. The airplanes of today could be used with reasonable safety, if Uncle Sam would only scratch his head and decide to maintain aerial highways across the United States. But no; we must wait until France or England or some other enterprising country shows us how to successfully use our own invention in a commercial way. "What is an aerial highway?" you will ask, and again; "What need of an aerial highway? Is not the whole space above and around the earth full of air and free for the use of man?" Very true, but an airplane is only a [[3rd column]] safe and practical conveyance so far as good landing grounds are available. An aerial highway would be an airline course between two or more cities; this course must be wide enough for an airplane to land safely, at least 100 feet, and level. Through mountainous country where a continuous course is impracticable, a series of landing fields, not more than two miles apart, should be maintained. NEED IS APPARENT The need of aerial highways is apparent to every experienced aviator, but it will be difficult to convince the Government of the necessity of such highways. The Government has not yet realized the necessity of constructing automobile roads--the work is left to the States to stagger along with. One reads of the Lincoln High- [[4th column]] way as though it were an actual fact, but a good deal of its length is little better than a cow path as far as its usefulness is concerned. Aerial highways must come before airplanes will ever be used by the public generally, either for pleasure or commerce. The number of people who care to fly under present conditions is limited to the personnel of the army and navy, and a very few civilians of the daredevil type, who do not care particularly whether they get killed or not, just so long as they can get a few thrills out of life. DANGERS ACCEPTED. The men of the service consecrate their lives to their country when they enlist; therefore the dangers of flying are all in their day's work. The boys (Continued on Page 8, Column 2c) [[5th column]] TONGMAN SLAIN IN GRANT AVE. Yee Lip Chuck , a Sen Suey Ying tong man, is dead today, and Him Yee, gunman of the Yip Shing tong, who shot him last night, is in the City Prison, charged with murder. The shooting took place at Grant avenue and Clay street in the presence of several hundred Christmas shoppers, who crowded the narrow thoroughfares. With the first sound of the revolver shots, five of which were fired before Yee Lip Chuck dropped dead with a bullet tthrough his heart, men, women and children scurried to safety, seeking shelter in doorways and behind standing automobiles. Witnesses said Chuck was walking along Grant avenue when Yee stepped from a doorway, and without a word opened fire. Two of the five shots took effect and Chuck fell to the sidewalk, dying almost immediately. FLIGHT UP GRANT AVENUE. As he fired the last shot Yee ran up Grant avenue to Washington street, closely pursued by Everett Dana, member of the United States naval guard. Dana's shouts to Yee to stop were heard by Policemen Hexstrom and Glover, who joined in the chase, firing a fusillade of shots and causing a further scattering of holiday shoppers. Yee, meanwhile, had cut across Washington alley and was rapidly distancing his pursuers when intercepted by Policeman Fred Norman at Washington alley and Jackson street. Yee was recognized as one of the men arrested following the tong shooting at 41 Brennan place on November 30. FEUD BEHIND TRAGEDY. It was stated in Chinatown today that last night's shooting had no connection with the shooting of Fong Wing, China Mail Steamship Company director. It is believed that it grew out of a feud between the Sen Suey Ying and Yip Shing tongs in which two men were murdered a little over a month ago. Meanwhile, the police are looking for further trouble in the Oriental quarter. More than twenty tongs and associations are up in arms over the action of the China Mail Steamship Company in the seizure and examination of the books and records of the Chinese Six Companies and the Kow Chow Association. This examination took place early yesterday, when Detective Michael Burke and a posse, armed with search warrants, entered the heretofore sacred precincts of the Six Companies. The warrants had been issued at the instance of the China Mail Company. Threats against the lives of Look Tin Eli, president of the steamship concern and members of the corporation's board of directorate have been made, and they are in hiding, (Continued on Page 8, Column 3.) [[6th column]] DANIELS TO REVIEW EUROPEAN SQUADRON (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec 25. - Tomorrow part of the fleet that helped keep the seas safe will pass in grand review at New York. Secretary of the Navy Daniels was to leave here today to participate in it. With him will be Chief of Staff March. Before leaving, Secretary Daniels declared the ships come back as victors. [[advertisement that spans columns 6 and 7]] J. MAGNIN & CO. Grant Avenue at Geary - Telephone Sutter 3600. 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