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';:.N&"- - ' - i. ?z . T""7STi T i NttTn'T'" 'TZs:-: 'jI-'-Ai i ,s , V . , ' - : .-. . . j V-,' 't - . - ! ; -s -LL J H Jliyy H 11 M; Jiul ONE SECTION - V VOL. CIII-KO. 88. WILL DEMAmTrSf HOLLAND SURREKtnr? tit r ukmeq KAISEf London Daily ij.xpress Learns That the Allies IJave De cided On This, XEW REVOLT UNDER WAY eral German Generals Issue Sev Counter-Revolutionary Proclamations. TO OVERTHROW COUNCILS King George of England Arrives In Paris. London. Nov. 29. The entente allies have decide il to demand that Holland surrender the former German emperor to justice, according to the Dally Ex press. (01. TKR-RK VOLITION IN GERMANY IN FIT Hi SWING London, ov. 28. At a Berlin meet ing of the soldiers and -workmens council, Herr Barth, secretary" for- so cial policy in tue Ebert1 ministry, de clared that a counter revolution, was in full swing, according to' a 'Copen hagen dispatcn to 'the Exchange Tele graph company. 1 Several generals have issued coun ter revolution proclamations and have attempted to dissolve the soldiers and workmens councils. v- . Herr Barth said that the chief army command had been ordered to come to Berlin and that the dismissal of Gen eral Eberhard had been demanded 'ow iiu to the arrest of members of the soldiers and workmens councils on the western front. No reply had been re ceived Herr Barth continued, but' if the order is disregarded, . the chief army command will be arrested. Ki.r; geor(;k and two - . , PRIX.ES AIIIIIVB.I-BAIUSI Unl, .ov. ?STHasas, King Georgrt accompanied by the Prince" of Wales and Prince Albert, arrived in Paris this afternoon. ' Hfs majesty was received at the Bois de 'Boulogne sta tion by President Poincare, Premier Olemenceau, Foreign Minister Pichon and other cabinet ministers and'' the presidents of the chamber of deputies and the senate. ' " , Enormous crowds - thronged the streets m spite of the bad weather all tne way from the railway station to tae Quai de Orsay." where . the royal party arrived at 3:30 o'clock; Troops imed the entire route and they bad difficulty in handling the throngs. The crowd was so great in front of -ie Quai de Orsay that It broke tarough the line of policemen, the farsians frantically shouting "Long "e the King-:- "Long live France!" Lon- live England:' and "Long live ie Republic '' Kins George, after a brief rest went !" e Palace of the Elysee to visit fident Poincare and Madame Poin care. ATrer the visit to President and uaame i'oincare. King George went jo Bniin embassy, where he had lea. Tne 1'nnce of Wales and Prince aiijch meantime visited a number of o.itsa soldiers on furlough in Paris. ,j,--!.:nf. tn King's visit to the presi tnf' h'li'iff and the president ex est tne mutual greetings of their uor.s tor the he)ic part they play- ..'n 1 fJ victory over the Teutonic dines. . .: prn-am for this evening in- eluded a ::?iner in honor of the kiner ,tn oy Prident Poincare. BEAR CHASE THRILLING THANKSGIVING EVENT ' anses One IHth and Injuries To Others lirui,, Subdued When Auto Collides With Him. n'ov. 28. An impromptu ii Central Park "was the ' event of Thanksgiving f York. In the excitement s ' an assistant keeper of onped deac of heart dis- lolman had a large chunk ' ''f his right calf and a sol i' '!'t of a thumb nipped" off !niK bruin up a tree. There ' '-on to believe the bear scaped had it not Mnad f -t in the path of an auto ;' was swaggering across a h' direction of the topmost park when the motor col The car was consider ed and the cub's spirit s was fear ir;, ' -st t:,- fey in f the , ''I Zr, eas, ;t . flic:- p: 8 f''f.r 'O'lhi veri(.n,: itiobii,. rHd in tfeP in : der v. -. .la. 1 only strength enough left op of a small tree, the start f. rj " , -"mrjed since the chase mounts" n - phero lt was lassoed 'hy a co'Vh0l ' i"!i'-'eman, who once was a drEv.j . !:ibed the animal was froni.'. ,l " ,: to the cage in the zoo Ti-ie ' ' ' " ha-d escaped. Uriitr,,'' 'Vf,s the mascot of the 22nd too i, fs "Gantry until it became for the barracks. ALlilM MKTHODHTS FAVOR. IHGHTS FOR WOMEN -Mr,n Ala!,a 'O.r,. V(jte ( ' a , Nov. 28. The Sotlth ( ' i f erence, Methodist - Epls outh, in a meeting gave '--it to voice in the church. 'Allege was favored by a to 20. storm Warnings. ' tr " ;on L0T!r, ,, .ov. 28. Advisory tV'tf c- 'ings were ordered up along om Norfolk tft H!ntwt'hv bureau tonlh., - t,. Jv II S nRTMATTAV w Mi JUf JJJJJUUX111UJ MAY CONSIST OF" ONLY 8 MEMBERS These Probably to Re Secretary Lansing, Col. House and Henry White. WILSON NOT A DELEGATE President to Take Part Only in Preliminary Meetings of Peace Congress. TVashington Nov. 28. The . impres sion is growing among those who have talked . with . President "Wilson ebout the peace conference that the Ameri can delegation will be limited to three members and. speculation 'over the per sonnel has about narrowed down to these names: Robert Lansing, secretary of state. Henry White, ambassador'' to Prance and to Italy under the McKlnley ad ministration. Col. E. M. House. There has been no announcement and there may be none before the president addresses congress next week, but it was said tonight white nouse callers had been given to understand that these men would be the American en voys. It also was indicated very definitely- that reports of the president having decided to sit et the peace table himself as a delegate were un .true. He goes to take part in the great preliminary meetings of the Heads of the associated governments and to see the formal conferences un der way, but, not-to serve as a delegate. In addition to the accredited dele gates there will be a large party In--cluaing beside.s-. the military, havaH d ip fomstitVjanr economic ."expertsv th er specialists in. the multitude of ques tions to be dealth with. Among them wiir; be irien of high rank, prepared to participate in discussions that . will take place, outside of the formal con ference and in position below only the accredited delegates, who it is assum ed will take ambassadorial rank. The exact time of the president's sailing for Europe apparentlji still is unknown, to anyone except the presi dent himself. He is expected to leave the day after he addresses the new session, of congress, beginning Mon day, and the address usually is deliv ered the second day of the session. W6RLD RELIEF DRIVE WILL BEGIN SUNDAY Intensive Food Campaign to Be Made In Every County in North Caro - Una Next Week, Raleigh, Nov. 28. Reports coming into the office of the state food admin istrator from counties in every section of North Carolina indicate that the ob servance of conservation week for world relief in North Carolina, Decem ber 1-7, will be marked by that vigor and thorpugTxnessjthat has characteriz ed the state-wide organization ' of the state fopd administration from the first. The 'campaign will begin Sunday when every- minister in the state has been requested to hold a special ser vice, and read a message , f rom Mr. Hoover. Counfy food administrators after at tending the conference with i State Food Administrator Henry A. Page here last week, returned, to their homes and have been devoting this week Jn Instruct ing speakers and making plans for , the campaign in their respective counties. In many counties public meetings will be held in practically every school dis trict, the speakers to be transported to the speaking places by automobile. The several inspectors of -the food ad ministration, have been instructed to devote their entire1 time during world relief .week to this campaign. The big purpose of the drive,, which will, be nation-wide, is to bring the American people to the same degree of realization -of the. necessity, for food conservation and production from the standpoint of world relief that they have had of the necessity for food con servation and production from the standpoint of winning the war. The food ghortage in Europe will be acute for the next two or three years at the very shortest, and this shortage must be very largely supplied from America. BRITISH UNIFORMED MEN HELP AMERICANS CELEBRATE Southampton,' Nbv. 28. Thanksgiv ing Was iwholeheartedly celebrated to day. Detachments of -British, and American soldiers and sailors, with the mayor and Council, the consuls and clergy, marched to. a , local theatre, where there was an Impressive gather ing. . The British and American na tional anthems were sung. (,-., : - -t r "'; ; ' Commission Nev; Destroyer. Norfolk,. Ya-f Vov. 28. The newest torpedo . boat destroyer of the United States navy, the Glamble, built at the plant f the Newport News Shipbuilding and , Drydock Company In , Newport News, will beplaoedMn active service tomorrow. -The Gamble was . delivered tn fhnavv yard last Wednesday for commission.' The destroyer is expected to develop-a speedfof well over 30 knots fcour in irti tests, to follpWV .", ' VILMtiGTOK..K ' I r ALLIES' DELEGATES AT VERSAILLES DRAFTING ARMISTJCE. , I . nnr- iiisnrMITTimffflhTlIin'IIIllll II II Illilillllf "fVMr- -i ; - - ' . J m mm i jwl f mhw tjfT ' iltfiHMMiiii urn iiiiiimiiii iri'niiiii''iiTmmiWirnrr'liftirfi'STniiTiiiMr,Yli---,!'-rr This extraordinary French official photograph is the first to e received in, thjs country of the 'actual drafting of the armistice terms. 1, General di R bilant; 2, Italian Foreign Minister-So nnino; 3. Italian Premier ' Orlando; 4, Colonel Edward M.'House; 5, General Tasker H. Bliss; 7, Greek v"Eremier Venlzelos; 8, Serbian' Minister Vesnttch; ' 9, Admiral Wemysa (with ba6k turned); 10 General Sir Henry' Wilsatf; 11, Field Marshal- Sir IoUgless . Haig; 12, General Sackville West; 13, Andrew B onar Law; 14, British Premier Lloyd George; 15. French Premier George S. Clemenceau and 16, French Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon. - French Official Photograph From PEOPLE OF YIENNA ARE WITHOUT FOOD Live On Soup Made of Rotten Cabbage and Flour Con taining Sawdust. : ; HUNDREDS DIE EACH DAY Are Burled In Paner Csftns Because Woo j fa jJPfeeded wefSUAJI German AusMa -Afraid Of , - , Bolshevism. London, Nov. 28. The population of Vienna is reported in a desperate con dition from lack of food, according to a message to the Dally Express from Its correspondent in Vienna, who claims to have had an official reception there and to have' been given special opportunities for - investigating behind the scenes. The correspondent's message, which is dated November 25, tells of the soup kitchens established in the city. Each of the 10 kitchens,' he says, is feeding daily 6,000 men, women and children, who have' to stand in line for hours awaiting admission. ' Each receives less than a pint of soup made of rptten cabbage and flour containing a quantity of sawdust. On Sunday a little horseflesh is added. "All these human wrecks, with bones protruding," continues the cor respondent, "exist on this soup. Hun dreds die daily and are buried in paper coffins because the wood is needed for fuel." He says incidentally that the clerks in the Spanish embassy are dying of starvation. "Vienna," the correspondent contin ues, "is in a sullen mood. The whole of German Austria is afraid of bolshev ism. I. understand there is barely suf ficient food here for three weeks and only enough coal for a fortnight. Un less help arrives quickly, hell will break loose. Already the people are buying rifles and machine guns."' The officials, the correspondent re ports, complain that,Hungary has food and the i Czechs have coal, but that neither will part with its supplies. The officials want the allies to put pres sure on these governments. He adds that the leader .of the red guard, a young Jew, named. Kisch, says hfe wishes to' avoid bolshevism if possi ble. The Austrian guards - originally numbered 7,000, but thousands of them turned to boisheviiE beliefs apd have been dismissed until now, he says, only 800 remain. ' - DOVER, ENGLAND, CAME NEAR BEING WIPED OUT ;' i - ; Monitor Causht Fire, and, a Catastro-J nhe Foreseen, She Was Snnk. Be fore Magrasines Exploded. ; ; J London, - Nov 28. Via Montreal) . The latest Interesting wartime ; hapi- pening released - for publication Is a! storv of how Dover narrowly missed being blotted , out just prior5 to the last Belgian offensive. The harbor' was. crowded wjth war vessels of ;all descriptions, lncljuding fbttr monitors about to start? out for', the Belgian coast to co-operate'f with, the land!; offensive, v: .Suddenly an ex plosion', shook the . town and soon it was 'discovered that the monitor Glat-I ten was t ablaze In "the harbor, It. is stated that Admiral Keyes boarded the Glatten and realizing the . catastrophe J both to the city and" the other war ships ,in the harbor, that would result If the Glatten's magazines exploded, drdered'air raid sirens to' be blown to clear the 'streets,1 'Orders . were alse given to sink the . Glatten: The ' de stroyer J Broke succeeded, in -hitting h.er with .three torpedoes' in 1 a part .'away from and tier magazines.-tnus sinKinflf - ner i "bera at a lata; nour maa ?noxt seen? an- i'.woEKmen.svinu. BoiaieRi .vuuuueii, b i nave paaiiBu uiouui jiu?fHeHwt.-.-H---ri Tnrwk . wvrMi w v-n .savin Dav 'l-rf T ' -- - nrkhandAd. ' rr vf 4 tlaTacefi'"!'"-- ; z. v.. v.- ! No vemperiir 'exceeds. 1409." : v, , tconunuea on , FKIOA OBOTaOVMBER 29. 1918 CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN ENGLAND British Co-operate fWith Ameri cans in Observing Thanks giving Day- - NOTED MEN TAKE PART Officers - and.. - Men J Ft-re, American JjBleaihiti tkeH Kwrtn' . Axe Caestson Board British -Vv-Warahips, London, 'Nov. 28. The American Thanksgiving - day was celebrated to day in England as v never before.' The I JLJli tlVS Ik p . iU"Uy9iaiCU 111 tut? vw servance of the anniversary, and en tertained Americans in many places. At all the naval bases the admiralty directed that the American naval units be entertained,- while -the officers and crews of the five American battleships in the Firth of Forth were guests. on board British warships there. In London the program included a football game at Chelsea between teams of sajlors. and a midday dinner at Albert Hall, where 400 British sail-r ors were the hosts to 400 American tars. In the morning at the church for the army and navy, Bishop James De Wolf - Perry -df Rhode Island, preached. Foreign Secretary Balfour, the Earl of Reading, British ambassa dor to the1 United States; Earl Curzon and American, French, Italian, Jap anese and - Chinese diplomats were present. . High, mass for officers and men was celebrated at Westminster Cathedral. Three hundred marines at tended, with ;their band. Major-General John Btddle, com manding the American forces in Xhe United Kingdom, spoke at the after-f noon services, at the Eagle Hut. t The" Pilgrims held' a luncheon pre-, sided over by the Duke of Connaught. Tonight' there . were" two big , dinners, one of the. American society and. the other . of .the . American Officers' club, where the-Americans, entertained. Brit ish guests, 'including Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of. the admiralty; Lord Mil ner, the war secretary, and the Lord Mayor of London?1 The American' Red' Cross supplied all the Americans in England, with a tur key dinner,j7rave dinners : to- 600 -officers in different camps,-and distribute ed .the president's proclamation. The crews ' of '15 American ; ships, all the way frbm Gibraltar to the Shetland" islands were entertained i by British ' .... . - .v seamen. , ; ; THINKS iPBACE CONGRESS WILL " PERFORM ITS .WORK SPEEDILY London, Nov. 28. Dlscusslngthe ari rang-ements .'.for . the. peace . conference, the Dally 33xr,ess;.ays the suggestion that, the conference would be at y?ork fully three ''months . before" the' -terms were ready for signature, was stronglyll discountenanced In British ' ministerial circles ye8terdy Europe, "it-1 was urged, could not "s"tand three months of ' bus pense during;' which'.m;easures fpr der mobilization ftndreeen necessarily, be held ;;Up, ; :! v" - will hurry, "f orward to a setjemnt jof the main eutHnes" of the .peace treaty 'whichwrif'bVeighed as. soon as Lpossl ble and .arrangements 1U madV f or some sortC n iite.rna.'tlenal poieeSlto enforce It. '.'..'International' oommissiops will- then., it- adds; continueto work out the v details ; dealing with; questions o . f Wjorld-wide ..importance ,whMh . gO; beyond .the iepnS t as;, hetween, the cen tral and -the assqeiajted powers, : BIG DAYLIGHT HAUL . MADE. - 7 IN POOL ROOM BY BANDITS . . i . f t r ' f tt y. -. Philadelphia, 'Nav,- 280 Five .rmed bandits held up ; andi robbed a;. dozen men in 'a'i pool. room. in the;i center" .of the icity . today1; qf ?acsfc , andTjewelry .The.; rob-1 I ntnrnrit-iTiaM-0 about X 5.00 Or' NATION THANKFUL FOR END OF WAR Special Services Held in Most - Churches Throughout the r - Country. PRESIDENT WORKS SOME He and Mrs. Wilson Attend Services . Dinner At White House a Family Affair. Washington, 4 Nov. . 28. TJhe nation today gave thanks for . the return of peace and for the victory of American arms' whlCh'-nelped to bring the world war : to a -successful conclusion. Special - services were 'held in most churches' o'vr the cduntry. President Wilon and Mrs. WUson attended the Central Presbyterian church whre simple services were conducted r by the pastor, the Rev. James H. Taylor, who read the president's Thanksgiv ing proclamation. Dr. Taylor said today marked the most striking Thanksgiving in the history of the world and that it sees the world entering upon the post-war period which, lie said, "has responsi bilities, problems, , ideals and visions all Uts own;" . .: The 10th annual Pan-American mass at St. Patrick's 'Catholic church was attended by . representatives . of 21 American republics and diplomats from other countries. Secretary .Lan sing and other, members of. the cabinet represented the' United States. , ... President Wilson - did , not leave the while house after . returning from qhur-ch. . Only members ;of -.the . family Were present for dinner. The" presi dent spent several hours later work ing on his address to -congress which he- will deliver before starting -to Eu rope to attend 'the peace conference. NEW yORK PAS HOMAGE TO - THOUSANDS OF UNIFORMED MEN New York.rNoy. 28. New York pour ed eut the fullness of its heart -today in-solemn--thanksgiving for a victorU ous peace. The material demonstra tion of that thankfulness to the men who helped win-the-war was so widespread-that every soldier and sailor In the city was extended -more of -hospitality, than he could accept. s From - morning until night, the day was one triumphal march for the 50,, OpO- or more men in uniform who were guided about the city by Boy Scouts. From church to thanksgiving table, the processions marched. ' , . . Clubs, patriotic" societies and private citizens -united -to make the dayone full of -'joy for the sailors and soldiers! The most notable feature of the day was the' "victory sing" whloh opened in Madison Square Garden when 6,000 voices ' joined , In the "Star Spangled Banner." Major-General J, Franklin Bell was the principal speaker. The keynote of the religious observ- lance was struck at the cathedral of 1 St, .John the Divine, wnere military and. diplomatic representatives or tne 'unit-ed-: Stetes and all the allied nations assembled to give thanks. L Flags of the allied nations were held aloft by. soldiers and 'sailors as" the "services were opened with' the singing pf- the national anthem, ' r ; While the nation's -fighters Were be ing lionised"4 here,' the poor and unf or stunate' were not forgotten, Missions spread ' special "thanksgiving tables iforl the r poor, while orphanages, hos-t pititls ' and even " jails were" provided With holiday fare, M AMEBIC AN RELIEF COMMITTEE" f - - -. SOJOURNING ilBT GERMANY ( f j Armsterdam, Nov; 28According to .a .-Treves dispatch, spuhliahed. In Mon day's : issue; of the t'Dusseldorf " Nachri-hten,'.six- Ame'ricart Officers; described 'a '"of ihe," American relief, -committee'? tu-ri v d s& Treves, 'conferred withT the MOONEY'S SENTENCE;: :4 IS COM'MUfEtdm: LIFE IMPRISONMENT SORE THAN 101000 SOLDIERS NOW ON THEIR WAY HOME Liner Mauretania Is Bringing 4,000 Officers and Men i From England. DUE, EARLY NEXT WEEK t . v Most of the Men Now Enroute Are "Connected With the "Air Service, Washington, Nov. 28 General March, chief of staff, announced today that the Cunard liner Mauretania, "which sailed from Liverpool" for New York last Monday, has aboard 165 qfflcers and 3,834 men of the American army. Including 116 sick and wounded. The liner is due in New York early next week. ' Counting those on the Mauretania, 10,995 offioers and men, most of them attached to eir service units which have been training In England, are now enroute home. Three liners, the Lapland, Minnekahda and Orca, car rying 328 officers and 6,614 men left Liverpool last week and are due at New York early in the coming week. This represents ebout half the . total number of American, troops in Eng land when the armistice - was signed. The remainder will embark within .the next ten days. . . The. units on the Mauretania were announced by General March as foj-. lows'; i - 330th aero squadron, 2 officers, 132 men; eTth.aero, squadron, -3 qfflcers, 11R men; fifth cenatruction company, air er,y1e,e, ,3 qfacers, ?22-men. 509th aerj,squadrru-4r-'efficexs, 125-j. jnen ISTthjaero.; squadron 2 officers, 169. men; 187ih' laero Squadrqn,. 3 officers; 150 ' men; 225th - aqra -squadron, 2 offl-' cers. 127 . men: 226th aero sauadroni 4 officers,, 1 7 .raen 267t ero ;squad- ron, 3 officers, 145 Amen;', ,308th aeroUat that time no occasion for action J squadron, 5- officers,- 143-, meri, 305th' on my part. - I take It that the preSt- aero squadron, 2 officers,, 173- men 316th aero - squadron-, 3 -officers, .188 men; 310h aero squadron, 2 qflicers, 166 men; 321st -.aero squadron, '-3 offi cers, 137. men; 216th aero squadron, 3 officers, 11 men; 26th aero squadron; 2 officers, 140 men; radio detachment; 1 officer, 45 men; 325th aiero squadron 3 officers, 119 men; 319th aero squad ron, 3 officers, 131 men; 331st , aero squadron, 2 - officers, 118 men; - 188th aero squadron, 2 officers, 139; men; 156th aero squadron, 3 officers 156 men;. 317tfi.aero squadron, 2 Officers; 148 men; S3Srd aero squadron,; 3 offlJ cers, 13.7 men; 228th' aero , squadron, 3 officers, 136 men; 339th aero squadron,- 4 officers, 128 men; casuals, 76 officersj 1 man; casuals, sick and wounded, 8' officers, 107 men; casuals, 1 officer, 4 men; medical detachment, 9 officers, 18 men. Total, 165 offlcrs, 3,834 men, The 267th -aero - squadron appears twice In the list as received at the war, department and it was assumed that . thjs was an error in transmission, although officers would not -conjecture as to whether the same squadron had been, included twice by- the . sending operator or some other . squadron was intended. As the number of offioers and men differs, however. It was as sumed that the error was in the num ber of the, squadron. ' 5 , M'ADOO DENIES THAT HE IS GOING WITH IORD Secretary Spends Several Honrs In Montgxwnery and Takes Part'. In Thanksgiving- Exerclsesi Montgomery, Ala., Nov, 28. Director General McAdoo spent several hours here today and participated ,in Thanks giving day exercises. He left later for Birmingham and Chattanooga, v- , Sneaking at the state capitol ;the dl-rectbr-general' paid tribufo ta fp."e high ideals for which America' fought In the war and urged the f ulfiljtnent of these ideals by the establishrhent of a peace of justice rather than a, peace of ven geance. He said that "When , --Europe's troubles ended there, would be- ne- fur ther cause for grea't Wars, , , ; .. v ' "It is to be a peace of justice, not a vlijdictiveone.',and America will' send a man to the peace conference- who oan 'accomplish this," he said. . ; Regarding reports Uiat . Mr, McAdeo would probably become ' affiliated with the interests of Hdhry Ford, -the De troit automobile manufacturer, -an ex plicit denial was -'authorized ,Sy . the secretary through . his .assistant' Oscar A, Price, who "vouchsafed the informa- tion that the secretary proposed to take a complete rest, three months of which probably be spe.nt in California. BRITISH ADVANCE GUARD REACHES GERMAN FRONTIER . London, Nov. 28. Advance guards of the - British, troops ,'have reached the Belgian - German frontier in the'region between Beho and-Stavelot'.andare in: possession of more, than. -1,400 surren dered German guns? accordlngr teasi Of ficial communicatioi Jssued'tonight. The text of the - 6ommunicatrpn fol-r lows - . V " 'lk - . . "Our., forward, troops Jhaves,;rached'' the Germain frontier Vbejtweej' "'. the neighborhood-of Heho and. S.tavelot, ; s , "The number of ; German .guns-hich . i ii I ll HI I. J I iL-. WHOLE NUMBER 39,610 i.; Governor Stephens Takes ?Acr j tion Following President's Urgent -AppeaL WAS TO HAKG ON DEC. 13 Sentenced on Murder, Charge Growing Out of Bomb Ex plosion in 1916. BIG STRIKE THREATENED Governor Explains '"Action In- J Granting Clemency. ) Sacramento, Cal;.:.Nov. 28.' The sen- i tence of Thomas J." Mooney sentenced to be hanged on Dec. 18, "for the deaths of ten persons killed by'a bomb e-' plosion in San Franelsco during a pre-, 4 paredness day ' parade In 1 July, lSl. was. commuted' by Governor W. D. Bte-phens- tonight to life ; Imprisonment, v ;; Court action' to save- Mooney from -i the gallows : was exhausted by the prii- f ; oner, the suprein ' court of the United States having recently decided it could -f not review the -case.- - - ' V ; Thron nt - nbftnnaT -itrilrM Art' ak :. ... v.u. vr. . w . . - - - , the governor did not, intervene had I J been made Jn various , parts .of the , countrv' and 'some time ago, it was re- 4.1 ported that President Wilson had wriif-l ten the governor to see that Moo nay suffered no. Injustice: The trial judge . had also requested a new trial, for Mooney. j . .1 Governor . Stephens' - statement an- 5 nouneing. the commutation said that in considering the case he had had be-; fore him "the. urgent appeal of -the president of the United States that: I' grant commutation." r I" ."Originally, in January of this -ear f ! I received a lettprfrqm the president " asking me -ft .-it, would not -be .possible tp postpone Ihe exf button of sAlooney , until he .could berried upon- ohe--of: he -' other indictment against him. .. k ."Inasmuch as S-n-appeal-already. --had-dW been- taken to the supreme court of . . California i,whTich . appeal Itself c.te:dM'l,- tasa ,stay; of. the execution, there was. dent was npt correctly informed. as to the status of , the. case. . . v . In explaining why he had not felt called on to act previously, the gov- ; ernor said: - i "The. case as presented to the Cali fornia courts was. that, of murder, ' without further evidence of mptlve than r the impossible tenets of anar chists, whose sympathies for the Ger man cause In the. war are well known. -Their wild jpaciflst theories fitted into " ; the widespread activities of the -kai- : , ser's agents in this country. , , - i "A number" ot persons of pronoune- " ed anarchistic tendencies were arrest-' ed shortly after, the explosion and of these Warren K. Billings was convict- -. -j ed and sentenced to life' imprisonment and Thomas J. . Mooney found . guilty and sentenced to be hanged. - , "So. long, as avenues of appeal to the courts remained open-to Mooney and he was availing himself fhereof, ,1 v; deemed it improper. for executive au thority to interfere." The statement reviews the case fully ' and quotes 'the two messages . from ; President Woodrow . Wilson, in.whlch T; the action now, taken by the ' governor was suggested. . The commutation, says the governor, " reduces the case to the status of that-of Warren K. Billings. "I refuse to recognize this case as in , any fashion . representing a clash -between capital and labor," the gov- ' ernor said, , and he characterized as absurd the propaganda that would ?' make Mooney appear as a martyr ' to v the cause of labOT. In support of this v statement, he quotes a letter from . ? Alexander Berkman outlining the plan v afterward adopted for the Mooney, ' campaign. - .. . He denies that Moohey was a true -friend of labor and characterized his previous record as -such that It did. not l ? enlist faith in him among law-abiding . citizens, but said In conclusion, that this particular case had been decided on its merits; : J; s The two messages sent by President -Wilson follow:' ''The W.hte House, - "Washington, D. Ci March 27, 191. ' "Gov. W.. D. Stephens, , Sacramento, x . Cal.: With very great respc;7I take . the liberty , Of : saying to you .. that If you could see; your way '.-.to commute the sentence of Mooney It would have' a most heartfelt; effect Upon certain Jn- -ternationat affiirs WMQh his execution ' would greatly complicate. . '.'WOODROW WILSON." . "The White House. 'Washington, D. C., 8:51 p. m.,. June 4, 1918, ' "Hon. Wm. D. : Stephens, Sacramento. ', . Cal.: I beg that you . will believe thai I am moveduonly by a sense of publitf ,' " duty and of consciousness of the many ana complicated interests mvoiveq . ; when I again most respectfully suggest a commutation of the " death sentence imposed upon .Mooney. I would mot venture again to call your attention to this cape did I, hot know the internal tional significance which attaches to it, ;.-'WqOPBOW WILSON," , " ' . . t HISTORY OF FAMOUS CASE GROWING? OUT OF' EXPLOSION ' 'Refusal of the United States supreme court, November 18, to review the sen tence of hanging-imposed upon Thorn- as J. Mooney," ended ' court ctIon lr a- case that excited international lnt3 est. The death sentence passed upo-( him was for the murder! of Mrs. Myrtl( Irene Van' Loo "of Meroed California ; one. of teii: persons. killed by' & clock exploded , on Maricei. Pago Two.l V ;. r HI 'i 1 1' . , i it us S .Vfi 1-1 Vsi'-'z . U V- : -v : - . . r '- : - - - . f j .. " - - - - -rw
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 29, 1918, edition 1
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