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VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 324
ORDERS CITY
UNDER RIGID
QUARANTINE
Board of Health Takes Ac-
tion to Stop Spread
of Influenza.
BIG STORES AFFECTED
All Public Gatherings Pro-
hibited and All Schools
to Be Closed.
A rigid quarantine to go into effect
immediately and to remain in effect
until tbe number of new influenza
cases drops below 50 per day was or-
dered by the San Antonio Board of
Health at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
The decision was announced following
an executive meeting which was held
at the board's offices.
All public and private schools are to
be closed immediately.
All theaters and film shows are to
remain closed.
The churches are to be closed.
Public assemblages including dances
lodge meetings and publie funerals are
prohibited. Street gatherings also
come under tbe ban.
Department stores are to be policed
against too large crowds and must be
vacated and ventilated twice each day.
No crowded or closed street cars are
to be permitted to operate.
Public Hearing Held.
A publie hearing was given to the
question before the board went into
•executive session" to make its decision
and representatives of the different in-
terests affected were hard.
Supriutendent C. 8. Meek of the pub-
lic schools made a report that 75 teach-
ers 14 per cent of the entire force are
ill and that one death has occurred
among these. Only 5 per cent more
than normal absence from school was
noted among the pupils.
Maj. C. H. Gardner of tbe United
States Public Health Service made a re-
port on a house-to-house canvass made
by bis department Friday and Saturday
of last week. In 687 houses visited
240 cases of influenza were found he
said.
Dr. B. F. Stout urged that business
considerations should not be set up
against human life and Dr. E. H. El-
mendorf also ur^ed that if the bo-rd
of health deemed a quarantine the best
method of combatting the disease no
other consideration should enter into
the action
e Churches Ready to Close.
Dr. Felix Hill and Rev. C. E. Mc-
Stravick reported that the churches
were ready and willing to co-operate
with the board of health in its efforts
to prevent the disease from again be-
coming epidemic and would cheerfully
abide by any rules made.
Adolph Grasso for the retail mer-
chants gave statistics to show that the
illness rate among employes of stores in
the city is very low. He also said that
sanitary conditions in the stores are ex-
cellent.
Alexander Joske advised agaiust any
drastic action that would result in semi-
panic conditions but announced that he
and other merchants would abide by
any regulations made. Nat M. Washer
called upon by Dr. King talked on
similar lines advising careful consid-
eration of measures and assuring the
board that every merchant in the city
placed the welfare of the community
above profit.
A. I’. Barrett speaking for the mo-
tion picture shows said the rate of ill-
ness among employes is low. He said
the picture show managers are ready
to abide by any decision made by the
board of health.
BAN ON GATHERINGS.
■autionary Measure Against Influ-
enza is Taken at Camp Travis.
All public gatherings in the Young
Men’s Christian Association in the
Knights of Columbus Halls Hostess
House theaters etc. have been pro-
hibited at Camp Travis ou a general
order from Brigadier General George
H. Estes commanding officer of the
camp. This order recites that the pre-
caution is being taken on account of
the threatened danger of influenza. It
went into effect Sunday.
There is one exception made to the
order however and that is for the
public health lectures which are being
given at the Liberty theater. The sched-
ule for attendance at these lectures is
being strictly followed two lectures be-
ing given in the afternoons of Tuesday
Thursday and Friday at 1 and 3
‘o'clock.
TO DISCUSS THE FLU.”
Will Be Leading Topic at American
Public Health Association Meet.
Chicago. Dec. 9.—lnfluenza is to be
the leading topic for discussion at the
sessions of the American Public Health
Association which opened its forty-
sixth annual meeting here today.
Prominent physicians of this country
and Canada are here and will address
the session on various topics relating
to the public health during the four
davs meeting.
The discussion of influenza and pre-
ventative measures will begin tomor-
row night and thereafter a portion of
each session will be given over to that
subject.
Hobby Returns to Austin.
Austin. Tex. Dec. 9.—Governs
Hobby who has been ill in Beaumont
returned to Austin today and the text
bo.' commission which postponed its
meeting on account of the absence of
the governor who is chairman will
meet tomorrow to consider bids. Eu-
gene Nordhaus of San Antonio will
come before the commission and request
them to give consideration to publish-
ers employing union labor.
M'Cauley Reach San Diego.
San Diego. Cal. Dee. »—Maj. T. C.
McCauley commander of the Taliaferro
(Texas) fixing fi“ld. who left Fort
Worth last Wednesday in a biplane ar-
rived here Sundav and started on tbe
return flight this morning.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
HEADS SPARTACUS
PARTY IN BERLIN
Dr. Karl Liebknecht the radical
Socialist who is at the head of the
"Red" party in Germany.
FRENCH WILL DEMAND
REPARATION FOR THE
MURDEROF PRISONERS
Nine Killed andls Wound-
ed in Prussian Saxony
Camp Ambasador Reports
Paris Dec. 9.—Nine French prison-
ers wert shot by the Germans and 15
other prisoners seriously wounded at
the prison camp in Laugensalza Prus-
sian Saxony tbe Spanish ambassador
at Berlin reports. The behavior of tbe
prisoners did not in the least justify
the severeity of this act of repression
it was declared.
The French government it is indi-
cated is resolved to demand reparation
for this act of tbe Germans which will
be added to the already long list of oc-
currences of this and similar nature.
It was reported in a Paris dispatch
rf Dec. 5 that incidents of "serious
gravity” had occurred within the last
few days iu prison camp in buxouy
where allied soldiers were confined and
the allied governments were said to
have decided to act energetically in
this connection. It was apparently this
incident which gave rise to the report
printed ir the Nbrth German Gazette
of Berlin tint allied occupy: tn was
to be exitnJed even temporarily to
Berlin the reason given iu this report
being a "regrettable incident during
which a supervisor of a prisoners’ camp
shot thice Frenchmen."
PLAN “BLOCK PARTY”
Red Cross Invites Five Million New
Yorkers to Attend.
New York Dec. 9. —Five million New
Yorkers and their guests were invited
today to attend a “block party” on the
night of December 18 when the Ameri-
can Red Cross will entertain along fifty
blocks 4 on Fifth Avenue which will be
ablaze with light and festooned with
Christmas decorations. The event will
be part of the campaign to enroll every
American as a member of the organiza-
tion.
During the entertainment Fifth Ave-
nue will be roped off from traffic from
Washington Square to Central Park and
a band will be stationed on every cor-
ner to insure plenty of music for the
dancers. It is planned that every va-
riety of dance known in New York City
will be performed on the asphalt.
Tbe party will begain nt 8 o’clock in
the evening and its opening will be an-
nounced by the sounding of the air raid
sirens in Manhattan.
Miss Wilson Sings for Soldiers.
Paris Friday Dec. tt.—Miss Margaret
W. Wilson daughter of President Wil-
son arrived at St. Nazaire yesterday
and sang before 3500 American soldiers
who will sail for home in a few days.
Miss Wilson will sing at different cities
along the seaboard while awaiting the
arrival of President Wilson.
Flying Squadron Reaches El Paso.
Ei Paso Tex. Dec. 9. —The four army
airplanes flying from San Diego to the
Atlantic coast reached here yesterday
and will remain until Tuesday for nec-
essary repairs and supplies. The squad-
ron is mapping a proposed aerial mail
route from San Diego to the Atlantic
coast.
THE WEATHER
TEMPERA^ LRES.
DEC. 8. ' 2*. m 65
3 p. m. 76 3 a. m 65
4 p. m 76 4 a. m . 65
5 p. m 75 5 a m 65
6 p. 74 6 a. ni 65
7p. m. 7> 7 a. 65
Bp.m 7* 8 a. m ..... 65
9 p. m f 7 9 a. 65
10 p. m.......... pt 10 a. m-..••••••• 65
11 p. 66 11 a. 66
1Z midnight.... 65 12 noon 66
DEC. 9. Ip. m 67
lam... /• 6® 2p. m 6
weaihik forecast.
For San Aftonio and vicinity: Toniaht
and Tuesda^ cloudy; minimum tempera-
ture 62 to ^6; m ide rate southerly wlids.
East Try®: Tonight cloudy; cooler in
north porfon; Tuesday cloudy.
homeAveather for tourists.
St. Lopes Temperature 60; cloudy; 16-
mile *l9- from the south; lowest temper-
ature W l*»t 24 hours. 60.
Chlc<o: Temperature. 42; cloudy; 20-
mile jfnd from the east: lowest temper-
aturwn last 24 hours. 42.
City% Temperature. 46; clear*
it-Je wind from the sooth; lowest tem-
per Are in last 24 houra. 46.
Av York: Temperature. b 46; partly
clJ^y; 14-mile wind from the northweat;
'loCat temperature In last 24 hours. 46.
■aehlnfton: Temperature 46; cloudt;
Ifliile wind from the northwest; lowest
peratur. In lut Si hour 40.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. MONDAY DECEMBER 9 1918.—TEN PAGES.
TROOPS RUSHED
TO BERLIN ID
PUT DOWN REDS
Radicals Said to Hold North-
ern Suburbs and Depu-
ties’ Building.
SOLDIERS WITH EBERT
Radical Attempt to Arrest
Executive Committee Is
Complete Fiasco.
Paris Dec. 9.—Additional troops
were sent to Berlin Sunday by the
Ebert government to crush the Sparta-
cus movement which is in control of
the northern suburbs of the German
capital according to a dispatch to L’iu-
formatiou from Zurich. The radicals
are said to bold the building in which
the Prussian chamber of deputies meet.
The movement also has spread to
Munich where there were disorders iu
the streets after the radicals had brok-
en up a meeting of tbe Democratic
party.
BRITISH SENT TO COLOGNE.
Rioting There Between Red Forces and
Opponents Is Reported.
By th. AMoclatrd PreM.
Alx La Chapelle Friday Dec. B.—
British troops have been hurried to
Cologne to maintain order but what tbe
nature of the trouble there has been or
how serious it is is not stated iu the
brief unofficial announcement.
It is reported that Red forces and
their opponents have been rioting a«id
that tbe situation demands armed Brit-
ish forces.
In the meantime British infantry
have been pushed up as far as Dureu
which will be entered tonight. Strin-
gent orders have been issued along the
British front forbidding anyone not ac-
tually a member of the army of occu-
pation to cross the border without a
special pass.
By the Associat'd Tress.
Berlin Sunday Dec. 8. —Eager to
make members of the Spartacus party
martyrs as the result of Friday's riot-
ing Dr. Karl Liebknecht the leader of
this faction lost no time in staging a
spectacular open air meeting at tbe
Tiergarten last night.
His call for tbe meeting brought forth
4000 munition workers who had re-
sponded to the demand for a general
walkout. These meu and women march-
ed through Uutcr Den Linden to the
Tiergarten until they reached the point
where the Avenue of Victory intersects
the Charlottenburger C’hausse. There
Dr. Liebknecht mounted the base of
one of the granite statues erected in
honor of the Hobeuzollerns and made an
address. • ’ .....
The semicircle of Dr. Liebknecht s
auditors was flanked ou all sides by
machine guns mounted ou motor trucks
which commanded all approaches. Dr.
Liebknecht harangued the crowd in his
familiar style indicating Friedrick
Ebert the premier; Philipp Scheide-
in aim mid other 'Kaiser Socialists ’ of
complicity iu Friday’s rioting lie called
upon the ..masses to organize Bed
Guards and beat off the attacks ot
counter-revolutionists.
At a late hour tonight Berlin was
absolutely quiet. It is estimated by
the Tageblatt that the number of de-
serters that Berlin is feeding exceeds
GU 000.
Many Mass Meetings Called.
Premier Ebert and his cabinet held a
secret session with the executive com;
mittee of Workmen's and Soldiers.
Council discussing Friday's rioting.
Over 30 mass meetings of conflicting
parties were announced for today.
The clash between government troops
and followers of the Spartacus or rad-
ical groups resulted in heavy casual-
ties according to various rciwrts. Sev-
eral girls who were passengers on a
street car were among those killed.
It appears that the audience from
one of the three meetings of deserters
from the army was marching northward
in Chaussee Strasse to join the audience
from a mee.ing held iu a hall furtner
north. The Fussiler guards were drawn
up at tbe intersection of Invallden
Strasse and tbe commander warned tbe
neonV to disperse. The marchers were
erving "forward: The soldiers wont
•boot their comrades.”
Tbe marchers tried to pierce the line
whereupon tbe order to fire was given.
Besides the wounded several were badly
hurt rushing through broken show win-
dows seeking cover.
7 Attack Liebknecht's Paper.
A group of soldiers stormed tbe edi-
torial rooms of Liebknecht’s newspaper
and attempted to destroy the plant.
Frustrated in their raid on the news-
paper office by government orders the
soldiers then attempted to arrest the
members of the executive committee of
the Soldiers and Workmens Council
the soldiers apparently labonng unuer
the misapprehension that their officer
had been ordered by tbe government to
make the arrest.
This occurred at the same hour as
the clash between the government troops
and the Spartacus insurgents. The ex-
ecutive committee was folding a meet
ing in the former PrtissiM house of
deputies Tbe chambet\was invaded by
the armed forces and a demand made
for the surrender of the council of -8
in the name of the hbert Haase gov-
ernment. peoples Commissioner Barth
who also is a member of the commit-
tee faced the invaders with a challenge
for their authority.
Meanwhile inquiry was made at goy
ernment headquarters and resulted n
Ithe detention of » be leaders
surrent forces who were armed with
hand weapons ami flame throwers for
the purpose of establishing responsibih-
tv for the attempted revolution. It de
veloped that lle neD lia<l ’^ ll nTlted
bv i^attacb>'‘ o«i" ra to meet 5? 8
given hour 3 the Brandenburg Gate
for the nurm** ® f raining and over-
throwing the Soldiers and Workmens
committee as •“!* a ^ tio ? ‘hey were told
was demanded «“ tbe
Ebert-Haase government and further-
more that it certain to meet with I
public approva l - J 1
SCENES DURING THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET TO ADMIRAL BEATTY
This interesting photograph shows
the British Grand Fleet steaming out
NINETIETH’S MEN IN
BASE HOSPITAL HERE
GIVE BATTLE STORY
Camp Travis Regiment Was
in St. Mihiel and Verdun
Engagements.
Capt. Henry E. Robertson of the
34th Machine Guu Battalion Doth Di-
vision and First Liiw. William E. Nes-
bit M. U. 357th Infantry 90tb Di-
vision. arrived at the base hospital
Fort Sam Houston Sunday afternoon
with a number of overseas patients sent
to this hospital for treatment. Cap-
tain Robertson and Lieutenant Nesbit
were both wounded iu September soon
after tbe infantry and machine gun bat-
talions of the 99th went into action and
have not been with their organizations
since that time.
The wounded meu from the 90tb Di-
vision now arrivin- at the hospital are
those who .were wounded in the first
actions into which their units were
thrown in September. They speak of
the 12th of September as tbe day on
which they first went into action.
’ The 90th making a quick trip across
the Atlantic disemberked at various
ports in England and France some
units landing at Liverpool others at
Southampton and the artillery regi-
ments at French ports. The infantry
was at once sent across the English
channel and by train motor trucks and
ou foot arrived before tbe middle of
August in the Toul sector where they
went into training behind the lines.
'TOie bombardment began at 12
o’clockv September 11 and continued
one steady roar” said one of the men
in speaking of the first engagement
“until five o’clock the next morning.
The 16-inch naval guns were to give
the sigual and with tbst. we went over
the top.” ’x
A number of men now in the hos-
pital were wounded in that fif?t en-
gagement. Sergt. J. S. Freese Couf-.
pany H 359th Infantry was with bis
organization until about the last ot
September. He said by that time there
were about 50 men of his company who
bad not been injured in some way. The
ones who had not been wounded by
gunshot or shrapnel were gassed. This
lie described as the very worst of all
and told of 40 meu out of his company
being gassed at one time.
After St. Mihiel these units of the
division were sent up to Verdun and
later it is believed into the Argonne
Forest. The artillery was not in the
St. Mihiel drive the infantry at that
time being supported by French artil-
lery.
N. G. OFFICERS OUSTED
Report Shows 1513 Eliminated From
Service With American Army.
Washington. D. C. Dec. 9.—M ithin
nine months after the national guard
was drafted into Federal service 1513
of its officers had been eliminated.
Brig. Gen. John W. Heavy chief of
the Bureau of Militia Affairs said in
his annual report made public today.
These included one major general 1G
brigadiers and 42 colonels. Cases of
elimination of the officers are given as
physical disability 511; resignations
648 and action of efficiency boards
352. Thirty officers were dismissed by
sentence of court-martial and two are
carried on tbe rolls as deserters.
The largl l number of officers dropped
can he satisfactorily explained. Gen-
eral Heavey said by the faet that only
a small proportion had had any mili-
tary training while a substantial pro-
portion larked the necessary basic edu-
cation and physical qualifications.
The aggregate strength of the Nation-
al Guard drafted into Federal service
is given as 12100 officers and 367223
enlisted men.
“In justice to the organization the
report declared “attention is called to
the fact that 18 divisions composed al-
most entirely of National Guard troops
were furnished in the present emer-
gency. All but three of these divisions
are now (Septembr 25) in Lrauc. ’
King George Visits Lille.
Lille. France Saturday. Dec. 7.—
King George of England paid a visit toj
। to meet the Hun ships in order toil
t
I receive their surrender. The British 11
This photograph shows the actual Beatty at Harwich. The crews of to their moorings by members of the
... . . ... crew. They were very meek and
surrender of German U-boats to the the submarines are seen standing on rc H p e) .tf u i]y touched their caps to the
British fleet commanded by Admiral deck while the U-boats are being fixed conquerors.
DRAMATIC SCENES AT SPA AS
ALLIED AND GERMAN OFFICERS
MEET IN FORMAL CONFERENCES
Hun» Stalk About With Tragic Tread and Salute With
Military Precision —American General ’ Sleeps in
HindCJiburg’s Bed and Frenchman in Kaiser’s.
By the Associated pre* B .
Spa Belgium Tuesday Det.- s - —<P e ’
laycd.)—There is no more iu.fifT®* 11 *
spot along the German border
than this famous town In which >" e
international armistice commission if
holding conferences amidst a dramatic
setting which were it seen on tbe stage
would be recorded as a masterpiece of
the histrionic art. Here in the former
seat of ^reat German headquarters rep-
resentatives of the United States Great
Britaiu France and Germany are meet-
ing daily with the utmost diplomatic
formality and dealing with the problems
arisiug from the Teutonic capitulation.
To the conferences the entente rep-
resentatives motor from their temporary
■ homes which a month ago were the per-
sonal headquarters of three of the great-
est figures in Germany iu recent his-
tory—tbe emperor General Ludendorff
and Field Marshal von Hindenburg. To
add a final touch to the piece while
the main actors hold the stage there
pass and repass in the streets remark-
able lines of supernumeraries. Grave-
faced officers garbed in field gray stalk
about with tragic tread and salute with
military precision as they meet other
grave officers wearing allied uniforms.
Germans Quite Doeile.
The German soldiers make their way
unobtrusively through crowds of entente
troops. No recognition passes between
these recently active enemies except per-
chanc’ when the former salute officers.
German lorries flying white flags trun-
dle on local missions along streets ।
through which British troops and trar.s-1
port are moving on their steady march I
toward the Rhine. It is all like an end<J
less cinematograph film with never- ■
ceasing attractions.
The commission began its sittings
about three weeks ago. At that time
the enemy was still occupying Spa.
Since then loug lines of hurrying and
disorganized Germans traffic and troops
have sped eastward through th. water-
ing place. There are now aoiuething
more than 100 German officers and men
in the place attached to General von
Winterfeldt who is representing the
ships are seen here steaming under
the Fourth Bridge when putting to
sea. They are passing under the
German government. These men came
to Spa in civiliau clothes under orders
of the Republican Soldiers and Work-
ers’ Council but donned uniforms on
their arrival. Among the entente rep-
resentatives are Maj. Gezi. Charles D.
Rhodes and staff for the United States;
Maj. Gen. Sir Richard C. Making and
• staff for Great Britain and Genera!
'Nudant aud staff for France.
X Major General Rhodes is occupying
t i.e Villa Bous Vois which was Field
vfArshal von Hindenburg's headquar-
and the American general is using
q.' same bed in which the "old man of
th-‘lakes” must have spent many sleep-
less nW*
Conferences Quite Formal.
The kaiser's headquarters the Villa
t 0 f' lo French while the
Rrltls'h are in the cottage on a hill which
h o „«jJ Ludendorff. The Germans arc
liviiiet'n hotels or are billeted about
th- t-Vn. The conferences are being
held the salon of the Grand Hotel
Knlonirm’. which was a port of grent
headqui’ rtera and "here the emperor
finally rwolved to quit Geimany.
The fittings begin at 10 o'clock daily.
Prior tn’ that hour the German delegates
take thA'r P la ' < ' s at a hn|!e t . abk “
receive r" p «•!'"! officers standing. The
latter «alk silently to their chairs
wherp *‘ a< ' b delegate bows profoundly to
the r'ian opposite before sitting down.
T/herc is no word of greeting and nc
r ;/asantries exchanged and tbe business
A tbe day is conducted throughout with
the same grim precision. Just what
I problems are under consideration of
course is not a matter for journalistic
discussion but things are reported to be
running smoothly.
'• Hun Bomb Kills Ten Persons.
GheTt. Dec. 9.—The Western railway
station^’ < ‘ re accidentally set on fire
aud b”rnedSrt urda '’- Tbc fire raused
the explosion* w: ' icb ba<l beeu
secreted hr tbe X*™ *• wi f b „'s e
aultthat ten per«"' s ' ’ rc ttad
several others injun™'
—Copyright. Western Newspaper Union.
ribridge that is famous the world over
> and especially to the Scotchmen for
• I it’s in Scotland
.—Copyright. Western Newspaper Union.
THYSSEN AND OTHER
PROMINENT GERMANS
HELD FOR TREASON
Are Sent to Berlin for Trial
After Examination by
Mulheim Council.
Basel. Dec. 9.—August Thyssen one
of Germany'S great manufacturers and
a number of other manufacturers of the
Dusseldorf district werc arrested Satur-
day night at Mulheim-ztm-Ruhr. on a
charge of high treason. Besides August
Thyssen those arrested were Fritz
Thyssen Edmond Stinnes Herr Becke
Herr Wirtz Dr. Kuechea a commercial
counsellor and Herr Stenz a mining en-
gineer.
After being examined for several
hours by the Socialist Couacit of Mul-
heim the manufacturers were sent to
Munster whence they will be taken to
Bcrliu to face charges made against
them.
August Tbysseu owns vast coal and
iron mines and is a leading manufac-
turer. The Stenz family is also promi-
nent in the iron business and has ship-
ping interests. This is the first report
from Germany that the Socialists have
taken any action against the leading
manufacturers there. August Thysscu
published an article in German news-
papers last January accusing the em-
peror ot blackmailing German business
men before the war.
FRENCH HERO HONORED
Lille Merrliant Executed by Gcrmins
for Aiding Countrjmeu.
Paris. Dec. 9.—A governmental de-
cree just issued names M. Jacquet a
merchant of Lille a Knight of the Le-
gion of Honor. He was executed by the
Germans on September 23. 1915 for
having accreted French and English sol-
fliers and assisted them to escape. He
died heroically his hands unbound and
his eyes not blindfolded crying “Long
lire France! live the republic.”
i < •» ■ ■ ■—
Transport Sierra Arrives.
Now York Dec. 9.—The United States
Armv tran*4»ort Sierra with 35 officers
and 1531 privates aud non-commissioned
officers aboard arrived here today from
CITY EDITION
CLOSING MARKETS
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GREAT OVATION
FOB WILSON IN
PARIS PLANNED
Largest and Most Elaborate
Reception in City’s His-
tory Arranged.
FRENCH NAME MISSION
Clemenceau to Head Dele-
gation-America’s Organi-
zation Perfected.
Paris Dre. 9.—Elaborate plans
are being made by the French
government for the entertainment of
President Wilson. These plans include
various state dinners and official calls
and probably a gala night at the opera.
The program will be completed in th
next few days.
Up to the present it has been decided
that President Wilson upon his arrival
at the Bois de Boulogne station at 10
o'clock Saturday morning will be met
by President Poincare and other mem-
bers of the French government. He
will then go immediately to tne Murat
mansion which will be his home while
he is in Paris. No definite decision
has been reached as to what the Presi-
dent will do on Sunday but it is prob-
able he will drive about Paris. It is
possible that other plans may be made
before that time. Mr. Wilson's drive
on Monday to the Hotel de Ville will be
au occasion of considerable eeremony.
As soon as possible after his arrival
Mr. Wilson will confer with Colonri
E. M. House. The conference probably
will take place at the "Maison Blancne
de Paris.” Colonel House has been
quite busily engaged recently and is in
position to furnish the President with
considerable information which may bo
of value iu the task lying before him.
The school children of Paris will be
out iu force when the President arrives.
Thursday is usually a school holdiay in
Paris as Satuidav is in the United
States. Virtually all tbe m. reactil» es-
tablishments in Paris have notified
their employes that next Saturday will
be a full holiday. The Socialists are
taking a great iuterest in the occasion
of Wilson’s visit.
Clemenceau to Head Mission.
Premier Clemenceau may act as pres-
ident of the French delegation to the
peace conference. It is reported that
the presence of President Wilson as
head of the American delegation has
led to this decision ou the part of the
French premier. It is said that ha
may select as his collaborators Capt.
Andre Tardieu bead of the general
commission for France-American war
matters and high commissioner to the
I uited States Jules Cambon geueral
secretary to the ministry of foreign af-
fairs and former ambassador to the Uni-
ted Stares; Marshal Foch and the
French ministers of the uavr and labor
Georges Leygucs and M. Colliard re-
spectively.
lor a time the French newspapers
were not permitted to forcast tne com-
position of the French delegation but
this restriction seems now tp have been
withdrawn. Recently the names of for-
mer Premiers Leon Bourgeois and Aris-
tide Briand have been mentioned in
connection with the conference aud
some of the papers have taken them un-
der consideration as suitable delegates.
The plan of organization of the Uni-
ted States mission which is now tenta-
tive but which in its esentlals un-
doubtedly will stand unchanged shows
the body which will look out for Amer-
ica's interests when the world’s dele-
gates gather at Versailles as complete
in every detail.
U. S. Organization Perfected.
The chart of the organization which
has been prepared here shows the large
American organization headed by the
members of the peace commission itself
with the chart lines running from this
group to that of the first secretary.
John C. Grew- to the second or liaison
aud diplomatic intelligence group and
the third the group of advisers princi-
pally technical with large staffs of as-
sistants.
Under the liaison and diplomatic in-
telligence group are military and naval
officers including the commander of
the American expeditionary forces nav-
al and military attaches aud foreign
representatives. Under some of these
heads are officers dealing with the
peace commission delegates of organi-
zations diplomats and ceremonial offi-
cers whose duties will be along such
lines as tbe making of formal calls and
attending to similar matters.
A sub-branch of the liaison and diplo-
matic intelligence office is a bureau in
which American civilian activities will
be represented such as those of Herbert
C. Hoover the food admnistrator th.
Red Cross the Y. M. C. A. the Knights
of Columbus the Knights of Pythias
the Salvation Army and the War’Trad
Board.
WILSON ATTENDS SERVICES.
Goes Below Deck to Worship Sunday
With Transport’s Enlisted Men.
By the A«Mxiated rre»«.
On Board the I . S. S. George Wash-
ington. Dec. 9.—President Wilson at-
tended religious services Sunday morn-
ing with the enlisted men of the Ameri-
can forces on board the George Wash-
ington. The services were held in th
quarters of the men some distam-e bo.
low decks. The President joined in tho
sinzing and the prayers and in the re-
cital of the services.
Later the President took his usual
walk on deck and then re-ted. He did
not work during tho day but had con-’
ferences with Secretary of State len-
sing and Henry White the first ono
that has been bold during the trip. It
is understood that they discussed th
procedure regarding the fortnation of a
league of nations. The platform of the
British prime minister David Lloyd
George was also considered.
Tho President sent a wireless mes-
sage of greeting to Norwegian editors
visiting the United States and also to
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