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'1 The Weather. l. m.il rains Wednesday; warmer. . . . - VOL. oiii-no. 86. TH1R DIVISIONS SE VERE His Is Admitted, Hut Losses Probably Not As Heavy As Some Might Think. 0 ALL UNITS ENGAGED Only Infantry and Machine Gun Organizations Served With the British. I PERSONNEL IS CHANGED One Army Theory Used in Fill ing Gaps in Ranks. Washington. Nov. 26. News from France today mai me ata ana 30th divisions, vrnicn nave Keen flghtins ii:h ihc British fourth army, have withdrawn with only approxi mately 12.300 officers and men in eac, es not moan that these organizations Save oee n reduced to less than half , of their norma1, strength in the severe Siting on tne British front before designing of the armistice. Army officers recalled today that on- I the infantry and machine gun units a these divisions went into action rith the British forces, the artillery king used elsewhere. It also was re- Lfded as more than possible that the isiantry and machine -jun units were reduced in number so as 'to make the iivision conform in size to. the British divisions with which they were op eraiing. The British divisional unit limbers about 12.300 men. The 27th division is the Xew Tork sational guard division comms.nd.vi kv M-Gen. John F. O'Ryan, the onlv laiionai guard officer irojg"n the war tut ui:; uivision was I'iroi coin orgamzatioas saw heavy ac- an with the British and wre liiehlv , TJETH innuendo;! by British officers for theirl commander of the corps, reads: arg line in northern France. Their pses uiidouDtedly have been heavv. p it is not regarded as Drob&bltt that pif their original strens-th itrire-A nn tie casualty lists. (.So far as is known here no date for return of these or any other divis m rom France has hren fi-rA .p. toy Baker said today that-none of a divisional orcanizations wnuM ar. pe home before Christmas. ,nen the divisions do return from 'ue tney w-ll bear little rsm- pnee in enlisted personnel to the Divisions when thev started nvAr. Application of th nne ai-mv pry to all the forces and the svs- or replacement employed to fill 'uuua to Have been nhlitnratori tn Try large desree th iinH vik ;sre their departure divirtrl fh h ,via. guara, national '"i or reiruiar nnron -,r, 4,1S iact Was Shamir illnatrota fcrhv . " C-,y u-rrom Franco that the 76th lor? , d reaclJ its embarkation lu'1 On tip ntha,- .ut ..i Pasta of 61 ofRct.rs and ' tr! is tlio i .n if. - , " "oi-'unai army aivis irainprt at r t,, , - vttinjj ucvons, xuass. - at , , juay uTjiji r ranee snows "off -'j.v'ijit ui me ,uuu th on?;nal 7Stn been scatterel ;'rgn'un? arRiy by drafts for re- '?"-e:its at i, . . .... nKaK-. ironi, out tnac Pa d wssed through its ranks In the The division itself was Ter in p!bn!i- , . ' UUL 11 1S eviaent .tnat rarun u"5'iiai personnel aid I, '"Oil in nt-1-ir.r- fJi"V,n i hat the extraordinary I . JI1 111 The T- v, 1 - M A rti, S on m, 'nina oi me mm ai L"a represents ,.noi;--i j RUuarfl f "' ew England na- Ns ot , e tnat was flrst of the hy to tha" those of the regular t int,. , ien ot the 76th have not pttered -" ine -tth ii have been rtmonp: thp is other divisions, '5'em v,, Ulat tne replacement U VI r -i . i- :;rh- -ho r t0 brea UP almost siaai f,;; . u dJlze(l character of the "tte nol81-, A11 of the active - ..imju witn men from the liar i r , f-, uo-i u auu ar ,." "J:-"' "minaieiy ana naa V havo Jcd' the whole army dve hp, ltashin; welded together in ty . ,. '"u'i theri was no Dossi ls ; ''-'uishing between ' '- 1,1 ' number. the' w')RMl,v WELCOMED ' MS BOYHOOD HOME Nov. 26. William " !ary 0f the treasury n, ral of railroads, was ' fl io his boyhood home me here for a brief showed a remarkable r, i ;. ,1;., cs ana events. visiir-,1 hjs parent's ;;,!lOnl housp then tVio l!'reftr.,. ' 1 If Ft Bijr.. Ik.' P M'J line th-- d ore aml finallv went for at , n Old r vinimine- hnlo " Sr.,, iaM i;?'1'-1 nd the Georgia """Js: rj;)! college, making students of - both r-ir.. .,, " ,PW "Public. Tfne try' (via Berne.- N6ll e tr,,;:, ,Juch- of Oldenburg dirPf.t,;:""ed int a republic crats po8ed of flve ' ministers. Th. . Ti,ir nf hlS family h 0Jje u AND 27TH SUFFERED CASUALTIES r Old Hickory' Troops May Embark For Home Within a Few Days American Army Headquarters in iaC' V,V' 28 -By tlie Associat ed Press.) The Sevcnty.,Ix division of the American army, reduced by replacement drafts to ei officers and 1,000 men, has arrived at the port of St. Xazaire, and is embark ingr for home. 'rhe v twenty-seventh division lew York troops), totaling 484 f "c lJWSl men, and the thir tieth division (Old Hickory), total In 488 officers and 12,099 men, both of which operated on the British front, have been withdrawn from the Lemons area and probably will embark in a few days. HAIG PRAISES 30TH AND 27TH DIVISIONS Says Their Deeds Will Rank With Highest Achievements Of . the War. SHATTERED FOE'S LINE t Several Towns Will Testify To Dash and Energry of the Atner icans, Says the British Commander-in-Chief. . With the British in Belgium, Sun day, Nov. 24. (By the 'Associated Press.)--The American second corps which served with the British' fourth army durins: the closing nf th -ar wlf SaTi; id itS-woV by a was composed f the Trowing 'letter .of praise ' from FJeld4 ;?see, North Carediutli' j arshafc-IUI, fte liJtist curs The field marshal's message to' the operate fighting when Marshal J "Now that you are leaving the Brit Zl -one, I wish aSain to thank you And all the officers, non-commissioned officers and men on behalf of myself and all ranks of the British armies in France arid Flanders for the very gal-: lant and efficient service you , have rendered , during your operations with the British fourth army. "On the 29th of September you par ticipated with distinction in a great and critical attack which shattered the enemy's resistance on the Hinden burg line and which opened the road to final victory. "The deeds of the 27th and .".nth iti front line nriranil' -..c -mill t AmAV.ir.am iiriaiAna w V. i rK tftAlp DaIIa e u nL"1""i'iio . t in . Aiuci ivau m t i oi uiio v ii iv.il iyj yj lie court and Nauroy and gallantly sus tained the desperate struggle for Bony will rank with the highest achievements of the war. '"The names- of Brancourt, Premont, Busigny, Vaux-Andigny, St. Souplet and Wassigny will testify to the dash and energy of your attacks. I am proud to have had you in my com mand." The thirtieth division mentioned by Field Marshal Haig.was known as the Old Hickory division, composed of troops from Tennessee, North Caro? Una, South" Carolina and District of Columbia,, and which was trained at Greenville, S. C. The twenty-seventh and thirtieth divisions probably were the flrst American divisions to fight in Belgium, having crossed the .border with the fourth British army. .The twenty-seventh divisions is composed of New York troops 'and was trained at Camp Wadsworth, S. C. SPIRIT OF VIENNA IS NOT-YET BLIGHTED People Face Famine and Financial Ruin With Great Courage No Hate For America. Vienna, Thursday, Nov. 21. (By the Associated Press.) The shadows of defeat, hunger arid financial ruin .have not yet blighted the spirit of what was" once the grayest and most beautiful of European capitals. - Hundreds of Americans speak . highly of the courage, fortitude and kindli ness of the people of Vienna, who did' not molest them after the United States entered the war and in many instances aided them with "-loans of money. All the people realize that they are living amid famine and are loaded with debt. "What can we do about it?. It sure ly can be no worse in the future," is the common remark heard. ' A peculiar fact is that there are few beererars about the streets of Vienna- Thus far the correspondent has seen but one- a littte "girl who timidly - Stopped passersDy in troni ui me nui- . . 1 -mi 1 U iUl T T J? . . burg palace. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE MEN TO BE STATIONED AT CAMPS Washington, Nov. 26.-Representa-tives of the United States employment service are to be stationed in all armj? camps in this - country to Assist . dia charged .soldiers in obtaining suitable ciyilian employment, according ,to an arrangement made eff ecttVe today by- the war and labor 'departments. State J f directors -p.t tjlft': CmPWimen u out were notified to send competent ..repra re gone to f sentatives to tbajmr.i9 v?ttJ?r!eeace. ,8!f . WILMINGTON, N. Cj WOUNDED TROOPS BEING SENT HOME AT A RAPID RATE Movement At Full Tide Will Probably Total Many Thou sands Daily. ALL ABLE BEING MOVED Hospital Facilities in France Elaborate, With 300,000. Beds. , Headquarters American Expedition ary Forces in France, Nov. 26 (By the f Associated Press.) Reports by the medical department show that home ward movement of convalescent sick and wounded American soldiers is pro gressing rapidly and satisfactorily arid when it is at full tide it probably will aggregate several thousand men daily. This will soon remove from France all Americans in hospitals able to travel. For those who are forced to remain, thre will be a surplus of ac commodations. There are today in France nearly 300,000 beds. Many of the American hospitals are In the most pleasant portions of France, v The base hospitals are organized to perform any variety of medical or surgical work,, the hos pital centres being divided into groups, each hospital devoted to specific classes of injuries or disease. The total number of nurses on duty for the American expeditionary forces exceeds 8,500. There are nearly. 13, 000 doctors in attendance. r When the armistice Mraa declared there was in progress of construction for an expected lengthy campaign, over 425,000 beds for hospitals. The work on these ha;s been suspended. WILI. USE BRITISH SHIPS' " , TO BRING AaiEBICAHOMB. li?L'ihr-Jticeh . he British. g'ovewmient.'Tnay be -compelled to use virtually ail its available trans ports for the return" of its own and colonial troopsy arrangements for the early transport home of approximate ly -i 0,000 American . troops on British ships have been affected. It. was learn ed tonight in authoritative British quarters. This includes- 12,000 who have been training in England and who have already embarked for home on British transports. GOVERNMENT MAY BUY THE HOG ISLAND YARD Has Already Spent $60,000,000 Pie Saya Big Ship Plant is Good Business Proposition." Philadelphia, Nov. 26. It was learn ed here tonight that the federal gov ernment may become sole owner of Hog Island, the largest ship fabricat ing yard in the world. Steps, it was stated, have been taken to lay the proposition before the government. "It is a good business proposition,' said Charles Piez, vice-president and general manager of the fleet corpora tion, today when asked as to reports regarding the sale of the yard. "The government' has spent about $60,000, 000 on the plant and even if it should become valueless as a shipyard there would be a big salvage out of scrap. "By the terms of the contract with the American National corporation the holding- company of the International Shipbuilding Co., we have the first op tion to acquire the real estate at the original cost of $1,760,000. If we do not choose to take that option the American International corporation may buy from us at appraised valua tion the yard which the American In ternational Shipbuilding' corporation has built as our agent." DIES OF INJURIES WHICH , APPEAAED NOT TO BE SERIOUS Lynchburg, Va.. Nov. 26. Dr. Paul Strother, of Lynchburg, died tonight as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident yesterday after noon near Amners; counnouse. a. Lynch Ward, also of this city, the driv er, lost control of the car which plung ed over , an embankment. Both men walked to a nearby village, came home in another automobile and retired, ap parently not i badly 'hurt. This morning- Dr. Strother remained in his bed, but it was not until this after that his condition came to be regarded as critical. He died about 9 o'clock to night. Mr. Ward is still confined to his bed. . RED CROSS 3IEN AMONG FIRST AMERICANS TO REACH METZ Paris. Nov. 26. (British Wireless.) Amonf the first Americans to reach the' city of Metz after the signing- of the armistice . were Dr. E. F. Pope- of the medical service of the American Red Cross arid Captain . H. Hamilton, also of the Red Cross. They arrived November 17, a . f ew hours after, the la'st German, soldiers had . been With- ,-. . " 1 1 1 , . " ..." UiaVVll, auu iu u Lin ai x uuopii(ii,.tj) ou jji chic iKUll tfuoiivr wiai rv wounded American soldierB. ' The Ger- The ofHeial -carivasa in New York City mans had . taken with- them all the 1 gave the governor 286,449 votes and medical supplies.' . " " I his democratic opponent $l;aG.'- Out-; : Dr. Pop is on his way ;to Mannheim f to investtsrutc the condition of, the wounded allied soldiers'..,.; , Farewell Dinner For Creel. - - Washington, Nov. 26.r George "Creel, chairman of the conimittee on public Information, will 'be given a farewell dinner Friday -night by his friends. here before his': departure for. Europe for work fn'Jonnection with the peace: con Speakers will 1 Incluao: Soore Paalalar - 1 WEDNESDAY HORNING, EXTRADITION OF FORMER MISER BEING CONSIDERED British Law Officers Working in Close Co-Operation With the French. INDICTED THREE TIMES England Charges Ex-Kaiser With Murder At Sea, From Air and On Land. London, Nov. 26. It is understood that the question of the extradition of the former German emperor Is being considered . by British law officers of the crown who are working in close co-operation with the "French authori ties. Action in the premises was taken immediately after the flight of the for- mer emperor to Holland. The Evening News says it under stands the law officers have concluded that the allies are entitled to demand the extradition of the former emperor and that this decision applies also to individuals who have committed or given instructions for the commission of extraditable crimes. It is added that Holland takes the view that ghe has not the power to surrender such persons without the consent of Germany. The French premier M. Clemenceau, recently requested of Charles Lyon Caen, dean of the faculty of law of the University of Paris, an opinion 'on the possibility of the extradition of William Hohenzollern. M. Caen asked, to be given time to prepare a decision. One of the leading French authori ties on international law, Edouard Clunet, is reported to have advanced' the opinion that it was impossible to demand the one-time emperor's extra dition. The former emperor has been in dicted three times for murder in Eng land in connection with the sinking of the Lrusitania, German aerial ' raids and. the. shelling by, warships ofun fortifled Q;eo&ift4tmiuk.- V" V SEMENOFF PCJrVERLESS TO DO MUCH DAMAGE His Opposition to All-Rusaian Dic tatorship .at Omsk Not so Serious Aa First Thoua-ht. Washington, Nov. 26. Information reaching the state department today indicated that the refusal of General Semenoff, anti-bolshevik leader in the trans-Baikal region, to recognize the dictatorship of Admiral KolChak, set up in the all-Russian government at Omsk, has not created as serious a situation as was at first feared. According to latest advices, General Semenoff's forces have dwindled rap idly sinae last summer and now are so small as to be almost negligible. Consequently, it is believed that Ad miral Kolchak will be able to handle the Semenoff dissension without diffi culty and that the work ot rehabil itating Rus6ia, which has progressed satisfactorily under the direction . of the all-Russian government will be continued. It was said today that the Chinese eastern railroad, of which General Semenoff has been In charge, can be kept open by allied troops regardless of SemenofTe actions. His troops are reported now to consist of only a few natives, some Chinese and also some Serbians who were stranded in Siberia after the Russian debacle. VIENNA STILL FEELS DANGER IS IMMINENT Plot to Break up Republic and Declare the Rule of Bolshevism Has Been Discovered. Vienna, Friday, Nov. 22. (By the Associated Press). Preparatory to the public session of parliament today; the front doors and, windows of parliament have been repaired and , the last vis tiges of the glees broken by shot.8 of the red guard Nov. 12 have been re moved. A plot has been discovered by which the red guard intended to break,, up the" republic and declare the rule of bolshevikism today, beginning with a general shooting-up of the city. It is felt that danger, is still imminent here. OFFICIAL TABULATION SHOWS SMITH HAS GOOD MAJORITY New' York, Nov. 2.-rWith the ,sol- i dier vote not yet tallied Alfred E. Smith leads Governor Whitman by 8,- 222 in the ofRcial count of the vote of. governor compiled here today for all counties except Cayuga. In that county, unofficial fjgures which were included in ;obtaining the plurality. given, showed 11,053 for Whitman and: 6,52 for Smith, 4 but a voting , machine record in the town ot Moravia ofmore votes for :.Whftmajt than there .were registered voters, re-: suited in an -examination of ballots by, side the city;; the ypte'for Whitman 'to- taled 699.1STS ' and fof;: Smith ; 440,93. ' New t)utbreafc ot Influcfia. . . Nashville,v Tenn., Nov -26. Spanish influenza has -5r'e-aPPered in many" eec tiohs af -hlia41l ?nee-l;Maursy Lawrence MontgQmery arid other coitti--ties, reportilceYerar "hundred genuine cases. .Churtihes, schools -: and other meeting' places have been ' closed for an indefinite' period. 'Few'deatfce-lig.Yei, been reported i , - -i, 13.1867' NOVEMBER 27, 1918 P resident Will Sail f or Eu rope Next About Middle Of January Washington, Nov. 26. President Wilson will sail for Europe next week to attend the opening of the peace conference and he expejets to be back in Washington soon after the middle of January. Plans fpr JLhe president's trip are going steadily ahead, but beyond the original annoitnceriient that he would leave immediately after the convening of congress on December 2 no details have been made public. However, it was said today authoritatively that the president plans to be back on American soil within six weeks after the ship leaves this side. There has been no indication when the peace conference will assemble but the general belief here is that it will convene immediately after the Christ mas holidays. The president goes in advance to confer with the entente LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO COME UP EARLY Likely This Question Will Not Wait Until End of Peace Congress. IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE May Be Settled Before Territorial As pirations Have Been Adjusted The American View la That Ideals Should Come First. Paris, Nov. 26. (By the Associated Press.) A league of nations is likely to figure before the peace conference at a very early stage of the proceed ings instead of being relegated to the closer after the -"territorial aspirations of I the various ! JmKJ Two distinct; viewpoints have now developed on this subject. The Amer ican view is the coming congress will not be like the Vienna congress,which devoted itself principally to arranging what each power should receive as a result of the Napoleanic upheaval. Ac cording to the American view, the pres ent war was based on "certain high ideals and' was not a struggle for ter ritorial gains. Therefore, it Is maintained, ideals should come before territorial aspira tions in the deliberations of the con gress and these ideals having been first defined should thereafter be the main guide' in national-aspirations. One of the chief of these ideals, it is pointed out, was to prevent future war fare, and a league of nations has been generally and officially accepted as the most practical organization for accom plishing that ideal. It is therefore held that this should be one of the first sub jects considered. It can be stated that this American view of procedure has found warm sup porters iA England and France, though there is 'also another viewpoint which clings to the old procedure under the Vienna congress whereby individual aspirations for territory should . have first consideration. Those urging that territorial ques tions should come first say that it is highly desirable to sign a peace treaty embodying the essential details at the earliest possible moment so as to ter minate the official War period under which troops are held for the duration of the war. According to this view, an early- peace agreement on essentials would release the armies, including the American troops, holding the occupied regiens. , , Having sacured. an early agreement on territorial and other practical de tails, it is suggested the larger 'gen eral questions, like a league of na tions, could come up later for extended discussion either by the peace con gress or a separate international con gress to formulate the working details of the league. This view is chiefly held by those favoring the old Vienna con gress procedure of individual claims first, while the American view-points distinctly favorable to establishing ideals flrst as the guiding principle of the congress. Theappointment of the Brazilian del egates, Nilo Pecanba, the foreign min ister, and Ruy Barbosa, ambassador to Argetina, is leading to a discussion as to What extent the South American countries will support a league' of na trons" and the effect of the league on the Monroe doctrine. It is the gen eral understanding that the South American republics have the same fa vorable attitude toward such a: league as the allies. , Whether a league of nations in wTiich Kurope would be largely repre sented would extend its authority to the western hemisphere, including South, Centraland North America, is not clear, but the prevailing view is tLafc its authority would be universal. . It is said that this would not be a substitution of the league's authority for the Monroe doctrine in South Ahier- j ican affairs, but rather extension of the Monroe doctrine whereby joint in-j ternational action would supplement and-reinforce the Monroe doctrine. Important Farmers Sleeting. , Baltimore, Md., Nov, 27.- The meet ing' of the- farmers' national congress at Jacksonville. Fla., Iec. 3 to 6, prom ises to-be an' Important session, J. H. Kimble, of ? Port Deposit; Md., - presi dent, - said today. Mr. Kimball eaid strong- grotijld probably will be taken in reference to- price-fixing and: tbre la bor situation,; He added that, he would recommend.' that returning - sOldlara who de sire- it' be, given land in accord ance ' withreuggestidaa-acfr'.geetaiy lXane.i - - YYTal jtv a ' a Week: Return statesmen, and it is expected that the broad outline of the treaty will be framed beforehand with a view to-its adoption soon after the conference meets. The president was understood to have discussed his trip with mem bers of his official family at the regu lar Tuesday cabinet meeting today, but if his plans were revealed they were not permitted to become public. Reports of censorship of the news of the peace conference were met to day with the statement that not only would there be no censorship but that the American newspaper correspond ents would be given all facilities pos sible for transmitting their dispatches.. Correspondents sent from this coun try will make the trip on a naval ves sel which will be placed at their dis posal. They will leave next Monday ahead of the president because there is no ship "available which can make as fast time as the steamer on which Mr. Wilson and his party will sail. HALF MILLION IN FAVOR OF STRIKE Many Workers Vote to Walk Out in Sympathy With Thomas J. Mooney. TO HOLD DEMONSTRATIONS Will Be Held in Fourteen Southern States Under Direction Of Brother hoods Of Railway Trainmen and Engineers. . San Francisco, . Nov. 26. Approxi mately 500,000 workers in the Undted States have takn action favoring "a strike for -: Thomas J." Mooney and thousand!" are expecfed to follow, the internatidnii worlcisrs defense' league. hailragr-the Mooney defense, announced here" today. -v The . council was advised today that the brotherhoods, of railway trainmen and locomotive engineers are prepar ing for demonstrations in' 14 southern states to be directed from Atlanta, Ga. , Mass meetings of workers-on Decem ber 5 to plan Mooney demonstrations are to be held in New York and New- l ark, N. J., it was announced. The unions that have taken strike action to date are located in Seattle, Atlanta, Birmingham, New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Boston, Portland, Ore.; Tacoma, Oakland, San Francisco and many other places. Seventeen thousand metal trades mechanics in tle San- Francisco Bay region have taken a ballot favoring a strike, it was said. Most of the unions favor De cember 9 as the date for beginning the strike. Grand jury action was continued from last night until next Friday on the published report bearing the sig nature of John B. Densmore, federal director general of employment, charg ing that .'Mooney's conviction was brought about by fraud. Mooney is in San Quentin peniten tiary awaiting execution on December 13 following his conviction for murder in connection with a bomb explosion here. Thomas-J. Mooney in his cell in' San" Quentin prison said today he favors the demonstration being held in his behalf. "The bigg-er these demonstrations are, the better I like them," he said. GENERAL STRIKE FAVORED BY WORKERS IN OIL INDUSTRY El Paso, Texas, Nov. 26. Resolu tions declaring in favor of a general strike and tie-up of the oil industry In event of the execution- of Thomas J. Mooney, under sentence of death in connection with the San Francisco bomb explosion were adopted today at the first annual .convention -of the In ternational Association of Oil Fields, Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America. TELEGRAPHERS ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH AWARD Officers Representing 51 Divisions In West and Middle West Vote For a Strike. Chicago, Nov. 26. A vote favoring a strike of railway telegraphers on all roads in the. United States andaCanada wasicast in Chicago today by the gen eral chairmen and secretaries of the 51 divisions of the order of railroad tele graphers in western and middle west ern states. The meeting was representative -of 45,000 government employes who, are dissatisfied with the supplements to general order No. 27 affecting wages and working conditions. It was voted to reject all these and telegrams were sent to the meetings in other cities asking similar action. CHAZtGES , GOVERNOR M'GALL WITH HATRED OF THE SOUTH - Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 26. Gov ernor McCall of Massachusetts ; is charged by "Governor Cornwell of" , West Virginia with fostering' ill-will toward the south, in a telegram -sent by the latter today to President Wilson pro testing against the appointment of 3Ir. McCall on' the peace commission , in Paris. Governor McCall several months ago refused to, honor Governor Corn-, well's requisition! or 'a, : negro wanted hereifor y - serious - crime, .and this r is made ifatftbalkisVlofthtWestWiglaia executive's protest- . :;"' '&&.'&Zfc& Complete Seic$yj of tne Associated Press WHOLE NUMBER 39,608 ? HOLDS PRESIDENT , POWERLESS WHEN, OUT OF country; Marshall Would Be Chief Execu tive Under Constitution , ? Says Wickersham. QUOTES SEC. 1, ART. 2, "Is President's Duty" to Be In Washington During Con gress Session. New York, Nov.. 26. George W. Wickersham, formerly federal attorney general, in an address here before edu cators, lawyers, bankers and merchants engaged in international trade who are members of the" council on foreign re lations, advanced the opinion that the constitution makes it mandatory upon Vice-President Marshall to assume the office of president if Mr. Wilson leaves the United States to attend the peace conference. "The projected journey of the presi dent 'to France and his suggested so journ there for an indefinite period," said Mr. Wickersham, "brings up for ' the first time in our history the Ques tion of the effect of such absence and t v the powers of the vice-president be- - . cause of such absence. . . ' The fomer attorney general quoted v' vl Section 1 of Article 2 of the United ' States constitution,, he said, prescribed "- the mode of procedure in event of the ; president's removal from office, his -... v-y death, resignation of inability to dis charge the duties of said office. , - He maintained that absence of the . :i president from the seat of government ' and the country "constitutes an ina bility to discharge the powers and du- ;Vf ri ties of his office" within the meaning of . -. the law. -' According to Mr. Wickersham, the ,!;! two most important functions the pres- fr, . ident has to perform in connection with a session of congress at which time, , , . he said, : Mitvis . the-, president's - duty ...to', .'.';. be at the seat of. government, kra: --vui v "First;, from time, to time Ho elve .) ' V LcoagreBs-' tnf ormatJojfi ftfca-'--fctie j tharnon td, recpngend. ; to their: cd'n-, wtffi'-'l- sidera,tlon suCH measures as he - shall :y juage. necessary ana expeujem; ana : second, 'to 1 cbnslder bills which shall have passed the house , of representa tives and the senate and, if he approve, to sign them, and if he disapprove, to, veto them.' " f The ten days provided by the law , wherein the president must return, a bill, or it automatically becomes law, according to Mr. Wickersham, was In tended to give - citizens interested 'in the bill an opportunity of communicat ing their views to him. Thus the pres ident, he contended, is expected always ; to be in a position to "feel the pulse , of public sentiment," and "if he is not within the country he cannot fitly dis charge those duties." A third consideration, the speaker continued, "subsidiary to the others, but none the less important," is in ref erence to the exercise by the president of a function in connection with leg islation. In case of disagreement be tween the two houses as to time of ad journment, he said, the president may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper. This power, he admit ted, had never been exercised in tne past because the president always has been at the seat of bovernment when congress was in session. Mr. Wickersham, in these points, de clared the absence of the president in. Europe "would constitute an inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office." , "The constitution," he declared, "does not provide who shall decide when a disability occurs justifying the vice-president in assuming to act as president if the vice-presi- 1 dent should assume to act and should himself veto a bill and atthe expira tion of ten days from the date of its passage no veto from the president himself in writing should have been received, a question would arise for the courts to determine as to powers of the vice-president to act for the presi dent. . "That the question in the past never has arisen for actual decision is a tribute to the wisdom of our presi dent in conforming with ' the tradi- tions of their great office, 'with that unbroken custom which ripens into , law, and in not suffering the whisper ings of personal ambition to lead them to depart from the paths of accustomed action, thereby avoiding the creation of new, uncertain and perhaps danger- ous questions of constitutional right j and power. - WILL BEGIN INQUIRY INTO UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATIONS I Washington, Nov. 26. Congressional investigation to determine what sav ings of war appropriations will result from the sudden change from war to peace will be begun next Monday by a house appropriations sub-committee headed by Representative Sherley of Kentucky, chairman of, the Committee. Heads of all; government departments will be called befpre the- committee as witnesses Mr. Sherley said. In announcing the hearing tonight, Chairman Sherley said the main pur pose would be to determine what part of appropriations ' that have been made congress are yet unexpended and to have this money .- transferred, to the general fund of the .treasury. .' , The hearings "also are expected to show in detail whatexpenditures have been made by-.-various departments and what hew activities have b$en under taken by the departments. " BERLIN LEARNS BLOCKADE REPEAL TO JJE DISCUSSED Copenhagen, Nov.'. 26. -It is semi officially -.announced in rBerl in,: accord ing; to advices to A the' Berilngske Ti- dende,rthat the enteftte . powers 'wiil probabiy.t'conBid.e.':',.tie-lepeal.; of the " blockade arter consulting -wua, tsi dent Wilson, W i - ' ,).-; ,. -X-'jsJ i tr- 'if- i i'Ii'
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 27, 1918, edition 1
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