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0v ft PAGES X0D!. - .pti5s.' ONESEdpO .'ijt, VOL. CIII-NO. 90. WILMINGTON, K. C SUNDAY MQKKIKiS BEGEM BE R 1, 1918 WHOLE J3PEtBjt2 J. fOc? ENTIRE DIVIS NS AND TROUBLED IN THE: ONCE DUAL Efflli BERLIN PROPOSES ; NEUTRAL MISSION FOR FIXING BLAME WILSON -4 1 MAJOR UNITS OF OTHER CONGRESS '5 IN i' n 0 WIIM SOON RETURN ON THE INCREASE SESSION m A DDRESSm 1 DIVISIONS TOMORROW (More Than 83,000 American Troops Are Designated For Early Embarkation. DIVISIONS 39, 76, 87, 92 No Units of the Thirtieth or Eighty-First Have Veen Named So Far. CASUALTIES ARE REVISED Order Issued For Demobilizing Men in Camps. Washington, Nov. 30. Fodr divls 'ons in their entirety and major unite 5f eight other divisions of the Ameri can army in France have been desig nated by General Pershing1 for an early return home. These troops, with )ther special units, General March, chief of staff, announced today, total 3,451 officers and 79,663 men. The complete divisions which will return at an early date, General March gaid, are the 39th, 76th, 87th, and 92nd. Important elements of the following iivisions to return as soon ae trans portation facilities are available are the 31st. 34th, 39th, 40th, 84th,- 85th, 86th. and 88th. : New figures on the American army :asualties. announced by the chief of staff, which exceeds that made public a week ago by 28,000, covers all losses .o November 26. The principal change in the revised list is the addition of 13,100 men missing in action. Gener al PershifT?fi it was said, has thus far ?orwarded np. 'explanation of the in ;rease under this heading and; it was assumed that an error occurred in, the transmission of the previous figures. General March explained that " the re used figures on prisoner could not be iecipheredi in General Pershing's" mes sage. Th$. official total of casualties io November 26 is given at 262,723, ex clusive of . nrisoners. - as- follrtwsr . . .- Killed in action 28,363 12.101, Died of wounds. . Died of disease.. Died other causes Missing in action Prisoners- . ' ...... Wounded ... 16,634 Xr$&0 14,290 (unintelligible) 189,955 (Divided as follows) severely 54.75L Lndetermmed ... ..... 43,168 Slightly 92,036 The spe;ial units to embark soon consist largely of coast" artillery bri gades and separate regiments, many battalions and batteries of antiaircraft artillery, and other organizations, in cluding aero-squadrons. Orders have been issued, the chief of staff also said, for the demobilization of 649,000 men in the camps and can tonments in the United States. Ap proximately 46,000 officers and men in the home camps have alreadv been dis charged. By the end of December, General March indicated, probably 150,000 to 175.000 members of the expeditionary forces will have returned to this coun try. He said the war department hoped In time toprovide transportation for 300,000 men-a-month. - ONE SHIP LAUNCHED, ANOTHER. PUT TO SEA Mobile Shipbuilding Company Claims Building Record For the Gulf and. South Atlantic. Mobile, Ala., Nov. 30. With , the launching today of the Dalgada the fourth 3,500 ton composite vessel built by the Mobile Shipbuilding company lad the departure of the Bolasaroon hernial trip, the yard claims a new record for the gulf and South, Atlantic coasts. v In November two 3,000-ton composite vessels were launched and the Mor gatza and Molasaro, two other Mobile built ships, left on their trial trips.- Four keels for 5,000-ton fabricated teel vessels have been laid here. As the Dalgada was sliding down the "ays, a giant crane was carrying farts bf the keel for another fabri cated vessel and a minute after the snip took the water, the keel laying w'as completed. SAYS GERMANY ADVISED AUSTRIA AGAINST WAR The Notorious Dr. Zlmmermann En deavors to Clear Old Government Of Blame. Berlin, Nov. 30. (By the Associated Press.) Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, for mer foreign secretary, replying to the charge of Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian Premier, that the government at Ber was responsible for the war, de clares in the 'Deutsche Zeitung: "e did, in fact, consider that with Ine crime of Zera Jevo, Austria-Hungry s hour of destiny had struck. "We ' not prompt Austria-Hungary to nei- action, but expressly advised her gainst it. The Vienna .ultimatum,' inch we considered too severe, was communicated to us too late for an ndeavor to mitigate it." ! , !j Clapp Won Golf Tourney. Jehurst, Nov. 30. John H. Clapp, wo i Chevy Chase Club, Washington, n the final autumn golf t6urnament e today,: defeating J. Ansletbn Ul- Of BalrilSrni Von, tV,.." onVl ClU 7 1 -w WV, fcftW V Milita Units ry To Return Washington, Nov. 30. The following units were- announced today by Gen eral March as having been designated for early return home:1 Second anti-aircraft battalion; 335th field artillery. v (1 59th field artillery brigade head quarters. x 337th and 339th field artillery. . 163rd field artillery brigade head quarters. 125th, 127th arid 144th field artillery. 73rd and 74th coast artillery. 115th trench mortar battery. Thiri, 'fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh anti-aircraft battalions. 14th, 15th 16th and 17th anti-aircraft batteries. 126th field artillery. 109 ambulance train. BIG WELCOME FOR FORMER PRISONERS 156 American Officers and Non Corns Reach Switzerland From Germany. RIDE ON SPECIAL TRAIN linthualastie Crowd Greet Them At Zurich While At Berne the We lcome Surnames Anything Of Ita Kind During Vnr. Berne, Switz., Nov. .29. (By the Associated. PressO. One hundred and fifty-six American officers and non cojnjnissteiiyd . ;ifiISers, the first , pis oners of 'war 3n-"Germany to be re--leased through Switzerland, were re patriated today. Th. majority had been captured about Ave months ago. A large number of the men were avia tors'. The men rode on a special train with French and British former." prisoners. The repatriated men left Bavaria this morning and crossed Lake Con stance. They were met at Zurich by enthusiastic crowds of ' Swiss and Americans, some of whom sat up all night to see the former prisoners. The welcome at Berne surpassed almost anything of this kind seen in Switzer land since the war. American Minister Stovall, .the en tire American legation, members of the Red Cross, the diplomatic corps, and high Swiss military authorities lined up at the railway station as the train pulled in. The crowds broke into tremendous cheering, which was replied to by the American ' officers on the train with "vive La Susse." The train was halted for hours, dur ing which the Americans were show ered with delicacies such as they' had been ' unable to obtain during their imprisonment.. ROBESON SOLDIER WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION Several Carolinians Who Had Been Re ported Missing Have Now Been Located. Washington, Nov. 30. General Per shing has cabled the following correc tions to casualty lists: f Wounded severely( previously re ported missing): Corporal Harvey Cook, Greenville, S. C; Private Roland Prichard, Inman, S. C. Wounded, degree undetermined (previously reported missing); Private Evander Hickman, Route 1, Lumber ton, N. C. Wounded slightly (previously re ported missing): Corporal S. E. Sykes, Spring Hope, N. C; Private M. B. Gardner, Angier, N. C. Wounded slightly (previously re ported killed): Private Samuel Win stead, Spring Hope, N. C. WILL BE NO RESTRICTIONS OJi CHRISTMAS CANDY SALES Washington Nov. 30. Sales of Christmas candy will not be restricted this year either by 'the food adminis tration or by voluntary agreement among confectioners. The administra tion announced today that- as the su gar shortage has been materially re lieved no necessity exists for continu ation of the voluntary sugar conser vation plan under whici many candy stores hav heen refusing to sell more than one pound at a time to a custo mer.: ' . - SHIP WHICH WAS TORPEDOED IS BACK IN THE-SERVICE Newport News, Va., Nov. 30. The British ship Mexico, torpedoed in the English channel while In the British transport' service several months be fore the,, close of the war, has re-entered the merchant service and arriv ed .In- this port today from- South America for bunkers. The ship has aboard party of passengers, includ ing the Bolivian ambassador to Madrid and his. wife, aftd a Bolivian consul to an European pprt. The Mexico has a general , carrof or .England. - . . Selected At Early Date 338th field artillery. 161st field, artillery brigade 331st. 332nd and 333rd field artillery . 311th ambulance train. 56th field artillery bridgade. 116th, il7th and 118th field artillery. Headquarters fourth artillery brigade coast artillery corps. . .Headquarters 65th field . artillery brigade. 143rd and 145th field artillery regir ments. 109th engineers. 136th ambulance company. 136th field hospital. Headquarters 39th division. 39th division headquarters train. 77th brigade. 153rd and 154th infantry regiments. Headquarters 55th brigade. 155th and 156th infantry regiments, (Continued on Page Two.) . HUGHES TALKS UN FEDERAL CONTROL Declares "Governmental Enter prise Tends Constantly To Inefficiency." "ENEMIES OF LIBERTY' Thus He Characterises "Those Whose Interests Lie In Extending Acti vities of Government to Em brace All Industry." New York, Nov. 30. Charles E. Hughes, speaking tonight- before the Institute of Arts and Sciences at. Co--lumbla.Unlyerfiityyr. assertexl thaiL gov ernmental enterprise tends' constantly to inefficiency." He characterized - as "enemies of liberty" all "those whose interest lie simply in extending the activities of , government so as to em brace' all industry." Discussing conditions following the war he. declared that re-adjustment should e brought about as soon as practicable, and that war powers should not be. used to control peace conditions. Such a control, he said, would consti tute, a most serious offence t against American institutions, "The question of government owner ship and operation is, after all, a se verely practical one," said Mr. Hughes. "It is regrettable, but It is true, that governmental enterprise tends con stantly to inefficiency. . '"it cannot fail .to be. observed that even in connection' with the war, inefficiency in important gelds of activity has been notarious. The notion that the conduct of business by government tends.tp.be efficient is a superstition, cherished' by those who either know nothing of government or who. know nothing of business. The tendency is strongly the other way. "Along' with this is the grave ques tion of putting the direct operation of these great activities unnecessarily under political control. That is the most serious question." Congress, he said, should provide a sensible plan for railroad regulation, permitting sound credit and growth, stabilizing securities, and insuring adequate service at resonable rates. He also declared co-operation in industry to be just as essential in peace time as ' during the exigencies of war and that big business was needed, if sound ly organized and properly supervised. He further declared that labor con ditions wore looming on the horizon and suggested that, in order to take up the labor slack, an effort should be made to start immediatelly all impor tant public work throughout the coun try which has been held up during the war. ONLY U. S. WARSHIPS TO WELCOME WILSON Formidable Array of Them Will Escort The President's Ship Through. European Waters. London, Novv 30. President Wilson on reaching European waters, in all likelihood will be escorted to Brest bf only American warships but by a formidable array pf them. In view of the lack of official notification regard ing -Mr. Wilson's trip, it is understood that neither the French nor the Brit ish governments have been requested to aid in the naval reception. The Brit ish - authorities, however, unofficially are discussing plans to welcome the American president' should be come here. - : . l . ! American battleship commanders, S probably all nine of them - in these waters, are understood to. be -holding themselves in- readiness -to proceed to a point 100 miles or so off Brest , to meet the presidential Jiner and; the battleships accompanying- it.- It ,is probable, that 24 .American1 torpedo boats destroyers will join in the re ception. I ..L. .. -i T" . ' . . f ' RJehmond Beats W. and M. ',, ,Winiamsurgr Va., Nov. 30. Rich mond college 'football team'' today de feated' William and Mary team-? ifcs ;lvl valv by the score of 7 to, t. :;: In Addition to the PoIiticailJp heaval Disease Breaks J Out Again. FOOD GROWING SCARCER One Political Group Wants To Annex Austria" to tne ; United States. ; Vienna, Nov. 29. (By the Associate Press.) The grippe has becdnie pre valent ' again here and at . Budapest -nritV mrwa -ftot-al roailltfi tlian former epidemic. f ' v Vienna tonight for the first time took on the appearance of a war zone city, all the lights being turned low " in order to save coal. All houses were shut up at S o'clock, the stores -at' 9 o'clock and the cafes at ten. Theoli tical situation is pathetic. There is talk of a revolution on all Sided, though those, proposing to overthrow the government admit the uselessness of such an action. The correspondent, whose presence is known throughout the city, haa had many visitors one of whom said he represented a political group which wished to know if it were possible to annex Austria to the United States. He said Austria was in a hopeless situa tion,'surrounded by enemies who were ruthlessly robbing. Food conditions in Vienna '.are gradually becoming worse, with the poor eatihg black bread in small quan tities and a sb.up made of water and baked flour or vegetables. The lack of fats is , undermining strength.. It is certain there are some provisions in the country districts,, but the farmers part with, their food supplies only to speculators in exchange for the shoes, clothes, tobacco or money they need. In the poor quarters of Vienna, the women say they have no underclothing, all the pre-wgr stocks having been used up. It is. a family calamity when it is necessary" to buy, shoes for, any 'member. Binge thjik purchase means hair a moniraiarjte,----:! . -. - - - SicMMOND NEWS-LEADER PLANT IS DESTROYED Three Employes Severely. Burned In ' Fire That Causes Loss Of S25O00O To Newspaper. Richmond, Va., Nov. 30. Three per sons were severely burned when the Naws-Leader plant was-destroyed by fire at 5:40 this afternoon. Damage to the newspaper plant and the building was estimated at $250,000. Those in jured are: Reuben Spher, foreman of mailing room; W. B. Ladd and Welford W. Ladd, press room employees. Scher and the Ladd brothers were badly burned and were Pushed to the hos pital. The Are is reported to have started in the mailing room; where the young men were working, and their injuries were sustained during, their efforts to extinguish the blaze there. Officials of the News -Leader estimate-that the loss to the plant would amount to approximately $125,000, the fire destroying much new equipment which had but recently been installed. The fire was-discovered a few ifiin utes before' 6 o'clock, just after the greater number of employes had left the building. A general alarm was turned in immediately, but before suffi cient water was available, the flames had leaped from the basement up through the elevator shaft to the third floor, and the entire structure was afire. KANDING PLACES 1W THIS STATE SOUGHT BY AVIATORS Raleigh, Nov. 30. Five army air planes that arrived in Raleigh late J Wednesday afternoon after flying from Langley field, Newport- News, Va., en route to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, left here shortly before noon today for Pinehurst. The flyers will go di rectly to Columbia from Pinehurst-but whether the flight will be made today had not been definitely decided' when ihey left Raleigh. The object of the trip is. to locate suitable .landing places between Newport News and Columbia. RICHMOND DISTRICT RAISED ; ' 12595 PER CENT OF QTJOTA - Richmond, Va., . .Nov. .30. Virginia recorded a subscription of 134.54 per cent of its quotav to the fourth United States liberty, loan and the Fifth; Fed eral Reserve ' district 125.95, - according to the first oflicial. figures announced this afternoon. It was .stated that this district, subscribed $353,685,200 as com pared with an apportionment of:$3S0, 000,000.. . . ENEMY SHIPS IN BLACK SEA GIVEN UP TO ALLIES London, Npv. 30. The allied naval' squadron which, recently ; . passed through the Dardanelles into the Black sea, anchored 'off ' Sebastbpol, the, RusV sian naval base in the Crimea, on No vember 26. The Russian ships, which were in the, .hands of, the Germane, and also some ' German submarines were surrendered to the .allied naval repre sentatives. . ' ' -. V r Big Plantation Sold, .Kinston,?N6v.v50.-:7The 647-acre Par rott plantation ! at" Falling Creek, for merly owned -by. a number of , the Par,-' rott family,' has - been purchased; -by Dr. James, M.' ParroU. from John G. Dawson, p. ' A, Hodges and ! Clarehc4 Oettitesrrr.' tne' consideration was J87i- 100.:' : The F farm Mi Wof the be equipped In tbia section. "3 Would Determine Question As To Who Was Responsible For the War. NOTE SENT TO ALLIES German Elections to Be Held February 1 6 If Soldiers and Workers Approve. Berlin, Nov. 30. (Via Amsterdam). The German government has pro posed to the entente nations that . a neutral committee be established to examine the question as who was re sponsible for the war. - The proposal is contained in a note sent ' to Switzerland for transmission to France, Great Britain, Italy and' the United States. It asks that all the bel ligerents place their secret documents at the disposal of the commission. FIXES FEBRUARY 16. AS THE DATE FOR GERMAN ELECTIONS Berlin, Nov. 30. (By the Associated Press), The council of the peoples' commissioners has fixed February 16 for elections to the constituent assem bly, conditional on the approval of the soldiers arid workmens' congress which meets peejember 16. The empire" will be divided into 38 electoral districts,- to which from 6 to 14' scats each will be allotted, accord-7 ing to the population. - The empire's territory as it existed before the war will be taken as the basis of division. WILL TAKE SHARP MEASURES AGAINST REBEIilOUS OFFICERS Copenhagen, Nov. 30. The Berlin Tagebiatt's Cologne correspondent says sharp - measures will be taken against all officers who showed counter revo lutionary tendencies that caused 'seri ous disturbances recently. i EISNER TELLS WHY BAVARIA DECIDED TO BREAK" RELATIONS London, Nov.(0Kurt-Ei'sner.'Hthe Bavarian premier..; explained TOet ing in Munich that th. breaking off of tna,t tne tierman foreign office was the base, of a. counter-revolutionary cmove ment, according to ,a Copenhagen dis patch "to the'Exchange Telegraph. ..; ; Announcement of the severance of relations between Bavaria and tBerlin governments was made on November 28. ' '. " ' FEARS "OLD MOSAIC PLAGUE" OF LICE New York Health Commissioner , Warns1 Against Landing - Soldier Before They Are "De-Loused." New York, Nov. 30. If . New. York and other ports of debarkation are not to be1 subjected to "the old .Mosaic plague" of lice visited upon Pharoah and the ancient Egyptians, American soldiers returning from overseas must be thoroughly "de-loused" before ..they are permitted to meet their relatives, declared Health Commissioner Cope .la'nd, in a statement tonight. " Calling attention to the fact that typhus and trench fever are carried by "cooties." Pr; Copeland said: "This matter Ib of such vital inC portance that no time whatever should b$ lost by the government authorities in .preparing equipment and medical rersobhe! adequate to ;meet the ; needs of this serious situation. A failure to make such provision might inflict 'an amount of suffering which would Justi fy severe censure upon those respon sible for such; neglect." Dr. Copeland . expressed' his gratifi cation that he port health authorities bad ordered . transports held in quar antine until 9u complete examination of those aboard had been made, FIVE U. S. SOLDIERS ENJOY ' UNIQ.UE THANKSGIVING DINNER Paris, Nov. 30. A unique Thanks giving dinner was enjoyed by five American soldiers, R. L. Gunn, of Newberry, Fla.; .John W. Poindexter, of Carthaget Mo.; John L. Burr, of Washington, . Pa.; . Sergeant. Hiram Scott, of Grass Creek, Ind., and Daniel A. Foley, of -Solvay, N. "Y., all of whom had, escaped from prison in Germany. -. The men had their meal on an im provised table on a bridge across the Rhine with the Germans guarding-one enft and the French the other and were supplied .with chocolate, , cake, a bot tle, of wine, cigarettes .. and chowing gum in addition, to their rations. BOLSHEVIST PROPAGANDA , . .. SPREAD AT CAMP LEWIS - Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., Nov.-SO. Hundreds . of paper , stickers bearing the, words; "We demand the immediate release bf alf political prisoners," made their . appearance 6n the parade grounds and on some -buildings here today,. No officers could" account from whence the stickers , came but investi gation Is. being made. . The stickers are believed by officers to; be part' of a propaganda scheme. GENERAL KENLY AND MAJOR ' - ; OCKERJfLY TO NEW" YORK Washington, Nov. 30. Major Gener al .William L.. Kenly, director 'of . the division of Tni'litary . aeronautics, "with i&SbrytlillM&iC;: O.ker.-' as pilot, trav eled , from Washington to New York, in a DeHaviland 'airplane 4 today In one hour and ' Wty-flve , minute, flying tinie.'v They5 lef t Bolllirg fleid' at 10:2 a', ""m., ' and . irrlyed at . Garden City -'t n Hungary Will Intern Mackensen's Entire Army of 170,000 Men Copenhagen, Nov. 30. (Reuters) The Hungarian goivernment has decided to intern the whole of Field Marshal von Mackensen's army of 170,000 men, in accordance with the demand of the French government, It is reported front Budapest by way of Berlin.. Von Mackensen has de clared he would yield to the decision. BREWERIES CLOSED DP LAST MIDNIGHT All Plants Cease Operations Un der Proclamation Issued By President. TAKEN AS WAR. MEASURE In St. Louis 10,000 Men Are Thrown Out of Employment and Plants Valued at 910,000,000 Are Rendered Idle. Washington, Nov. 30. Brewing of beer and other - malt .beverages will stop at midnight tonight throughout the- United States. The special presi dential committee which recommended the presidJlitial proclamation prohibit ing " brewing as a .war conservative measure, -depided today to mak&."ioi bn suggestions that the proclarnation shoufdv be rescinded; in yiewj of the armistice. - ." ' TEN THOUSAND MEN OUT OP WORK AT ST. LOUIS "st. Louis, Nov- -. 30. Ten thousand m-eti werehrownut of worlT and ! plants estimataa-in value at $10,000,000 and repreierirng, investments, of . $100, 00t), 000 were made" idle at , midnight whe,.nthe .16 St. Louis .breweries were closed according to .government' order. There are indications that there will be some kind of a movement ' among manufacturers to hold together their forces in the hop that there may be soon a modification of the law. None of tho brewers Have as yet announced any plans for conversion of their plants into other industries. ONLY ABOUT 1,000 THROWN OUT OF WORK AT MILWAUKEE . Milwaukee, .Wis., Nov. 30. Contrary to expectations, Milwaukee brewers will dispense with only1 about 1,000 men, ' thdse employed in' the brew houses, after December 1, as a result of j the order prohibiting the brewing of beer effective that date.Other work ers are not expected, to be affected for nnnthAr six months because brewers have enough' stock on hand to last that long. NEW ORLEANS HAS A SIX MONTHS' SUPPLY ON HAND New Orleans, Nov. . 50. Nine New Orleans breweries were closed at mid night tonight as a result of the presi dential proclamation prohibiting the brewing, of beer- With the exception of two of the larger concerns on plans were announced for the future opera tion of the plants. . One of them announced it would use its plant for the dehydration of fruit and vegetables and the other the manu facture of vinegar. It was estimated that a six months supply of beer was on hand. NINETEEN BREWERIES IN CINCINNATI SECTION CLOSE Cincinnati, ' O.. Nov. 30. Nineteen breweries in Cincinnait and across-the -river-cities closed Aown their brew houses - tonight and -discontinued the manufacture of beer. About 1,200 men are thrown out of employment, these being actually employed in brew houses. . INFLUENZA HAS RE-APPEARED IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA ' Bristol, Tenn.-Va., Nov. 30.--The public schools at Abingdon, Va., have been closed again on account of a re appearance of influenza on a large scale. Many other, districts in south west Virginia report an increase in the an anpeal for medical aid to combat the condition existing .there. The malady is' said to be making its appearance more gradually than in the first epidemic and much, apprehension is -felt. - The situation in Bristol is normal and limited precautions are be ing taken by the health authorities. CITY WOULDN'T HAVE TROLLEY ' SYSTEM, SO CARS WILL STOP i Natchez, . Miss., Nov. 3.-i-Because equipment of the system was worn out and men could not be .procured, to op erate -the--cars, according to Frank J. Duffy, president of the Southern Rail way & Light ' Compafiy service on all street car lines in Natchez with the exception of one will be suspended be- ginning 'tomorrow. The .company of fared, to turn over the entire system, to the city -but. the .'latter rejected it. Favors Laity Bright s for Women. New Orleans. Nov., 30. The Louisiana Acn-aoal conference of the Mctliodijt Episcopal Church, 'South, toda- adopt-- ed ; a resolution favoring': granting" :bf laity rights to women; Seldom Has Any of His 'Utter ances Been Awaited With More Interest. ? V V ' 'J ,'- '. t MAY TALK ABOUT- PEACE . ; r ; ' . ; ' i Is Expected to $ay Something Of Americans Plans For . Conference. LIKELY TO SAIL TUESDAY Senate Republicans Talk of Sending Committee Along. : Washington, Nov. 80. Seldom has any utterance of President Wilson bf en awaited with greater interest. than tn annialy address he is to deliver Moa--day at the opening of the winter ses sion of congress and on the eve of his departure to Europe to attend the peace conference. Members of both houses expect to hear something of America's .plans for the conference, as well as an outline of the executive's views of legislation needed to aid in the task of readjust ing the war-organized country to ' peace basis... Arrangements were made today .for a joint session in the hall of the house Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock aftr congressional leaders had been notified that the president desired, to be heard on the first day of the new session In stead of on the second day. ' ' ' The address will constitute his good people, for he is expected to sail on Tuesday. '' No' official comment was forthcoming today . on. the personnel of the peace delegation announced last night at the -wcMt " house". ..ft. . ii' " ,.Wfl -ne woul-d undertake to say whether the president, himself .wouWl ;he, formal rank accorded the fpiir delegates-r-Secretary Lansing, former Ambassador Henry White, Colonel House and General Tasker H. Bliss. Informally ; it was indicated at the state department that these points would not be cleared up because of uncertainty as to the course to be fol lowed by the heads of the '.associated governments and their accompanying delegations. The state department made public the names of the chief officers and at taches of the delegation, including the secretaries, and. Dr, James Brown Scott and David Hunter Miller, expert ad visers in international law. The war department announced the personnel of the group of assistants to General Bliss, among whom Will be a number of officers detailed from the American expeditionary force. All .of 'the 'party. Which with its larga clerical force and corps of experts In various lines, will number some hun-. dreds, will sail on the steamship George Washington, with the presi dent. Preceding them on the steamer Orizaba, leaving New York at noon tomorrow, will, be - several hundred American newspaper corespondents. Resentment among members of the senate over the president's failure to name one of their number on the dele gation was apparent today although no statements on the subject were issued for publication. Several of the repub licans discussed plans for introducing resolutions Monday proposing to send a - special senate committee to France to remain during the conference par ticularly to keep congress advised re garding . the proceedings. , Senator Cummins, of Iowa, was one of those who is prepared to offer such a resolution. Others were understood to be making ready speeches on the geenral subject of the president's pol icy and there were predictions that the sessions during the first days of the week would be lively ones. SIX WARSHIPS WILL CONVOY THE GEORGE WASHINGTON New York. Nov. 30. The American transport George Washington, selected by President Wilson to convey to Eu rope himself and other members of the American delegation to the peace con ference, will ..be convoyed by the bat tleship Pennsylvania and a fleet of flys fast destroyers. The George Washing ton is lying tonight at her. pier in Ho- boken ready to sail on., her history- , making trip at a, moment's notice. To Real4 Admiral Gleaves, command er of the cruiser and .transport force; of the Atlantic fleet, ell the honor of providing for the presidential ship. Captain Edward McCauley. United States navy, .commands' "the George Washington and the crew has , been , drawn entirely from the navy. The escorting battleship ', is commanded ,bjr ' Captain Lewis Nu)ton. i ' The ,Georgo Washington, a vessel pt 2S.570-gross tons, was formerly one of - " e riK iBrs,.i inaprxn Herman tne cracK liners or .the , North llccl- , o jroorge wasningion v wa tiie oniy large uerman vessel seiz- 4- ed by the United States; the name , of ? which was' not, changed. .", iAJ? Safeguarding the movement of '' ''-'-' large, percentage of American - troojS;V;; to Europe has been the task of Ad- mlralGleaves daring the war. He "WJIjb ; ': X '. -, commander of the 'protecting fleet 'pl.!. : ' v warships that escorted the first cohi ; . tlngent of the American expedltlonftVy 1 4 fo8 Went WHson -recently designated hint: fpr promotion: to m 2,j The texacti time'1 of the depaxtiirsoi the'-Georg'WashIhgn-rlt--:nott-yeiV-.61.':fii known:bfltrt6difyTthi 'hirine8 of th?MtH big liner .were given a last testlngbuttf The ship- la 'lying4, wmvenlent -to'-a; p,af I track over which the' president's trail will arrive. -..:-(( ..sr .-")' ''-i:' ! ' 4 !?' -'.'i;i "4 s i j 'i 1 5k
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