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CE DELE GATES NAMED Lmericans Who Will Have Voice in Framing the Peace p Treaty. >f*RES.VlLSON HIMSELF WILL HEAD DELEGATION p ersonnel As Announced Con tained Only One Surprise, Gen, Bliss Being Added ?s a Full Delegate. Washington, Nov. 29.?The repre ?sentatives of the United States at the peace conference will be: President Wilson. Robert Lansing, secretary of state. Henry White, former ambassador France and Italy. , B. M. House. Ge?Tasker H. Bliss, representative of the American army with the su preme war counc'i at Versailles. ? This,announcement was mads to night at the White House. In the ab sence of any official explanation, it was assumed that the president goes as the president of the United States and that Secretary Lansing, Mr. White and Colonel House and probably also General Bliss will be delegates with ambassadorial rank. It was recalled that the president's announcement that he would go to France "for the purpose of taking part in the discussion and settlement of the-main features of the treaty of peace" said that it was not likely that he could remain throughout the ses sions of the peace conference and that he would be "accompanied by delegates who will sit as the represen tatives of the United States through out the conference." The White House announcement to night follows:. ? -?*lt was announced at the executive . offices tonight that the representa tives of the United States at the peace conference would be: 4The president himself, the secre tary of state, the Hon. Henry White, recently ambassador to France; Mr. Edward M. House and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. Vit was explained that it had not been possible to announce the ap pointments before because the num ber of representatives each of the chief belligerents was to send had until a day or two ago been under . discussion." OVWhite House officials would add nothing, to the formal statement, and no one professing to be in the confi dence of the president would talk. Therte was only one surprise in the statement?the appearance of the aarie of Gen. Bliss as one of the rep resentatives; It had been taken for granted that the general, military representative of the United States on the!supreme war council, would take part in the discussions at Versailles, but the prevailing idea had been he would be attached to the delegation in a military capacity just as Admiral Benson probably will be present as spokesman for" the navy in the great naval problems to be solved. Only yesterday callers at the White . House gained the distinct impression that there would be but three ac credited delegates of full rank. It was suggested tonight that the name of Gen. BlisS probably was added at the last moment upon receipt of in formation that the allied powers . would include a military man among their representatives. - The premiers of Great Britain, France and Italy are expected to at tend the peace conference as repre sentatives of their ,governments but, like the president may not remain throughout the conferences. The gen eral understanding here is that pres ent plans are to have the conference first agree to the broad principles of the treaty and leave the working out of details to further sittings. This, would enable the president and the entente premiers speedily to re turn to the capitals of their respec tive countries so as to give their per sonal attention to affairs of state. Secretary Lansing who heads the delegation proper, became secretary of state in June, 1915, when William J. Bryan resigned rather than sign a note to Germany in the Lusitania case which he thought might lead to war. During the three and a half years that have followed Mr. Lansing has conducted many difficult negotia tions for the country as a neutral and as a belligerent and his name appears on all the historic documents telling the story of America's entry into the war as well as those answering Ger many's peace pleas which preceded the downfall of the central alliance. At the time of his appointment he was counsellor of the state depart ment, after a career ?s an internat ional lawyer which had established his reputation as one of the foremost American authorities on this subject. Mr. White, the Republican of the delegation, is a diplomat of long ex perience, who began as secretary of the American legation in Vienna in 1884. He served as secretary of em bassy at various capitals, represented the United States at several great international gatherings and in 190.V was appointed ambassador to Italy I by President Roosevelt. Two years la- j ter he was made ambassador to France where he remained until 1909. His] last public service was in 1910 when President Taft sent him to Chile as special ambassador of the United States for the celebration of the cen tenary of Chilean independence. Colonel House has never held pub lic office, but as President Wilson's personal friend and adviser he isj credited generally as having played a greater part in the present admin istration than any other man except the president himself. He has been called into consultation at every cri sis, and after going to Europe in 1914. 1915 and 1916 as the president's per sonal representative to European gov LABOR SENDS DELEGATES Representatives Named to Al lied International Confer ence in Paris. TRY TO INFLUENCE TERMS OF THE PEACE TREATY American Federation of Labor Selects a Number of Promjn ent Labor Union Leaders For Mission to Paris. Washington, Nov. 30.?American Federation of Labor delegates to the j international labor conference to be I held in Paris while the great peace conference is sitting were announced today by the executive council as Samuel Gompers, president; William Green, secretary and treasurer United Mine Workers; John Alpine, president plumbers; James ^Duncan, president of- the granite cutters, and Frank Duffy, secretary of the carpenters' and joiners. The purpose of the conference, it is announced is "to consider and help in peace discussions and establish new international trade union federation." Must Practice Thrift Director General McAdoo Urges Regional Directors to Encour age Saving Among Help. - I Washington, Nov. ' 29.?Continued i practice of'thrift through purchase of j war savings and thrift stamps is necessary so the government may meet the expenses of the war, pro vide the means of supporting the army in Europe and of bringing it back to American soil, said Director General McAdoo in a message sent today to alt regional directors of rail I roads. The regional directors were called upon to ask railroad employees of their regions to save their money and invest it in war savings stamps and thrift stamps to help the government and the soldiers "and sailors and also to help themselves by laying up a fund which will be a protection to them in after years. [Seize German Wireless [Radical Socialists Using Wire less to Send Out Bolsheviki Propaganda. ? Berlin, Friday, Nov. 29.?A group of independent Socialist Democrats, closely identified with the Spartacus element has seized control of all wire less stations in Germany, and now is transmitting propaganda and "other news, the Berlin Tageblatt says H is I informed. Beer Making Stops Breweries Will Go Out of Busi ness at Midnight. Washington, Nov. 30.?The brew ing cf beer and other malt beverages will stop at midnight tonight throughout the United States. The special presidential committee decid ed today to make no recommendation to the president on the suggestions i that the proclamation be rescinded in I view of the armistice. ernments, he was commissioned to gather and organize data to be used whenever the time for a peace con ference might come. He hastened to Europe when it became apparent that Germany was crumbling, and was in France to speak for the president in conference with the heads of the al lied governments when the terms of armistice and the basis for peace dis cussions were determined. General Bliss, who formerly was chief of sta:T of the army, went to Europe last December with an Ameri can mission and later was permanent ly assigned as the American military representative of the inter-allied coun cil at Versailles. As the American military representative at the v peace conference he will be assisted by a staff of officers, most of whom, in the underisanding here, will como from the general staff of the American ex peditionary forces. Admiral Benson has made several trips to Europe since the United State; entered the war and went to Par:.-, with Colonel House last month as the representative of the navy on the su preme war council. . There is discussion, but no official explanation of why two of the names most generally mentioned in the early speculation as to the probable personnel of the peace delegation do j not appear on the list Elihu Root, j I former secretary of state, and Louis Brandeis. associate justice of the su-; preme court were considered In well informed circles almost certain to !><> chosen. Recently it has been said that 31 r. Root did not care to under take the mission and that Justice Brandeis would not be able to leave the country because of his work in the court. No further announcement of the president's plans were made tonight. He expects to sail the day after he addresses congress and the address will probably be delivered either Mon day or Tuesday. On his shin. th< transport George Washington, will the peace delegates and its army of experts and clerical assistants. In order to avoid confusion and to save /.rouble, the war trade board to night issued a blanket export lic-r-nse to cover the baggage of all passeng ers sailing on the George Washington as well as that of the newspaper men who start for Europe Sunday at noon from New York on the steamer Orizaba. TRAIN WRECKED AT KINGSTR Fast Through Train Derailed By Split Switch This Morning. TWO KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND MANY INJURED Wreck Occurred At One O'clock Within Town Limits?Fire man and One Passenger Kill ed and Engineer Henry Jager Missing. Kingstree. Nov. 29.?Two deaths are known to have resulted from the derailment of Atlantic Const Line pas senger train No. SO, northbound, ncre at 2 o'clock this morning, arid ihe coming of day is expected to reveal other victims. The engineer, Henry Jager of Florence, is reported miss ing after the wreck and is believed to have perished. The names of the fireman and the passenger could not be learned this morning. The engine seems to have ? been first to leave the rails, followed by a number of coaches, only three remain ing on the rails. The coaches thrown from the track are 20 feet from the rails. The wreck occurred at what is known locally as "Nelson's Cross ing," 100 yards south of the depot. At this crossing there are also en trances to two sidings. A split switch is regarded as a possible cause for the derailment. Plans have been made to care fo> the injured as rapidly as possible. No estimate of the dead and injure ! is possible early this morning. It is very dark and muddy at the scene of the derailment, making the work of investigation slow. Train No. S6L is a through train and I does not stop at Kingstree, usually I passing through this town at hij.:h speed. ENGINEER JAGER KILLED. There Was No Loss of Life Amons Passengers in Kingstree Wreck. -Charleston, Nov. 29.?According to advices received" this morning there was no loss of life among the pas bound train No. $6 on the Atlantic sengers in the wreck of the south Coast Liae. near Kingstree, early this morning. Engineer Jager and hb fireman were killed and several per "sons injured. Paris Celebrates Day Many Roman Catholic Divines Take Part in Thanksgiving Services at Church of the Madeline. Paris, Nov. 22.?Undoubtedly the most striking Thanksgiving celebrated in Paris was that organized by the Knights of Columbus at the Church of the Madeline ,in honor of victory. The cortege of divines partaking in the celebration included the Archbish op of Cambra:, the bishops of Amiens. Beauvais, Chalons and Soissons; Col. Workman, head of the Catholic mis sion to the Canadian forces; Cardina] Amette, archbishop of Paris; Cardinal Lucon, archbishop of Rheims, and Cardinal Bourne, archbishop of West minster. Knights of Columbus oc cupied the choir. Cardinal Bourne expressed Great Britain's gratitude to the United States, saying: "American intervention was wholly spiritual. It was nothing sordid. No appetite for conquest determined it. America has contributed to save the i world. Let us thank God for having J chosen America as the instrument of His divine power." i Cardinal ?'mette added an expres ! sion of France's gratitude to the United States: 'After the 'Te Deum' the clergy proceeded to the stone steps sur rounding the church where Cardinal Amette blessed the crowds. It is es timated that 20,000 persons, kneeling in the mud. despite the rain and cold, received the blessing. Admiral William S. Benson, repre sented the United States. Edward M. Hurley, chairman of the shipping board, also was present. Bishop Says Hang Kaiser Y/iiliam Methodist Prelate Favors Exe cution of Former Emperor. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 27.?Bishop A. Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal 'Church, in a speech here today de clared that any peace commission o: the American people which does not j make the German people pay 1o the uttermost farthing is not a peace com mission of the American people and that '"until such time as the Kaiser is tried and executed for murder, justice will not have room in the world." "We did not fight the Kaiser," he continued. "We fought the denn an people. Not to mete out punishment to Germany now is not love, it is sentimentality." Honor For Glass Virginia Congressman Offered Place on Federal Reserve Board. Washington, Nov. 29.?Represen tative Carter Glass, chairman of the house bank ins: and currency com mittee has boon asked by Presidenl Wilson to become :i member of the federal reserve board as successor to Frederick Delano, who resigned to en ter the army. Mr. Glass is also men-; tioned as a possible secretary of the, treasury. [Four Million Were Killed and Wounded During the i Conflict. I EIGHT HUNDRED THOUS AND KILLED OUTRIGHT Austro Hungarian Empire Paid a Terrible. Price in Blood For Unprovoked Attack on Serbia ?The Officer Class Suffered Heavily. - -N London, Nov. 20.?Austro-Hungary lost four million in killed and wounded during the war. eight hun | dred thousand of whom were killed, j including seventeen thousand officers, j according to a Copenhagen dispatch. I The Defeated Huns Are Crossing Rhine German Fifth Army Will Make Passage at Three Points and Will Require Eight Days. With American Army of Occupa tion, Thursday, Nov. 2S.?The Ger man Fifth army will begin the cross ing of the Rhine tomorrow. The crossing will require eight to nine j days, according to reports reaching I here. The movement is being car ! rie'd out in three columns at points j distant from each other. i ._ -? ! Seeks An Investigation Von-Bethman-Hollweg Eager for Truth to Come Out Re specting Kis Share fcn Starting the War. i London, Nov. 20.?Von Bethman Hollweg, German imperial chancellor , at the oubreak of the war, in a state ment printed in the North German Gazette, which is quoted by the Cen ? tral News correspondent at Copen i hagen, says he is eager for an investi J gation of .his share in'the origin of ' i the war. ? i I Consider Peace Terms ? i _ Allied Leaders Hold Prelimin i inary Conference in London. London. Nov. 20.?The meeting of i allied leaders next week will be pre 1 j liminary to the peace conference. The Daily Express says Col. House I and the Italian Premier Orlando will i be here with the British and French j statesmen. -: ^Thanksgiving in London ^?? !The American Tars and British Jackies Finely Entertained. [ i London, Nov. 2S.?The American I Thanksgiving Day was celebrtaed to '; day in England as never before. The ' I British people cooperated in the ob i I servance of the anniversary and en | j 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 battle ships in the Firth of Forth were guests on board British warships j there. In London the program included a j football game at Chelsea between I teams of sailors and a midday din j ner at Albert Hall, where lOO British (sailors were the hosts of 400 Amer ican tars. The British jackies came ! from Portsmouth by train and march f ed to the hall with a band. In the morning at the church for the army I and navy. Bishop James D. Perry, of j Rhode Island, preached. Foreign Secretary Balfour, the Earl of Read ing, British ambassador to the Unit ed States, Earl Curzon, and Ameri i can, French, Italian, Japanese and Chinese diplomats were present. High mass for officers and men was cele brated at Westminster Cathedral. Three hundred marines attended with their band, which played during the service. Major Gen. John Biddle, com j manding the American forces in the '-. United Kingdom spoke at the after noon services at the Eagle hut. "The Pilgrims held a luncheon pre sided over by the Duke of Connaught Tonight there were two big dinners,, oik- of the American Society and the other of the American Officers' Ciul> where the Americans entertained Brit ish guests, including Sir Eric Geddes, j first lord of the admiralty. Lord Mfl ner .the war secretary, and the lord mayo; of London. The American ]>d Cross supplied all Americans in England with a j turkey ?linner. gave dinners to 500 officers in different camps and dis tributed the president's proclamation. The crews of 150 American ships, all the way from Gibraltar to the Shet land Islands, were entertained by British seamen, i - jGov.'s Private Secretary, -* j j James C. Derieux of Columbia! Chosen ? Recently Returned | From Western Front. j Columbia. Nov. 23.?Gov.-EIect R. A. Cooper, while in Columbia yester day, announced the selection of James !.G. Derieux o.'- Columbia as his private 'secretary. Mr. Derieux recently re-J turned from France, where he was engaged in Y. M. C. A. work from October. 1917. to October, 13 IS. He ! returned to the United States, expect ing to go back to France, but has .'io-! cepted the offer to become Mr. Coop er's secretary, following the inaugura tion next January. California Anarchist Escapes Gallows By Narrow Margin. GOV. STEPHENS COM MUTES DEATH SENTENCE The Request of President Wil son That Execution Be Post poned Was' Influential With Governor of California. [ Sacramento, Ca!., Nov. 28.?The sentence of Thomas J. Mooney, sen tenced to be hanged on December 13, for the deaths of ten persons killed by a bomb explosion in San Francisco during a preparedness parade in July. 1910, was commuted by Go v. W. D. Stephens tonight to imprisonment for life. Court action to save Mooney from the gallows was exhausted; by the prisoner, the supreme court of the United States having recently decided it could not review the case. Threats of a national strike in case j the governor did not interfere had been made in various parte of the country- and some time ago it was re ported that President Wilson had written the governor to see that Mooney suffered no injustice. The trial judge had also requested a new trial for Mooney. Governor Stephens' statement an nouncing the commutation said thai in considering the case he had hac" before him "the urgent appeal of thf president of the United States that 1 grant commutation." "Originally, in January of this year I received a letter from the presiden: a.rking me if it would not be possible to postpone the execution or Mocnej until he eotiiu be tried upon one c the other indictments against him. "Inasmuch as" an appeal ahead) had Wenn taken to the supreme eour of California, which appeal itself act' ed as a stay of execution, there was at that time no occasion for actior on my part. I take it that the pres ident was not correctly informed a; to the status of the case." In explaining why he had not fe: called on to act previously, the gov ernor said: "The case as presented to the Cali fornia courts was that murder, with out further evidence of motive thar the impossible tenets of anarchists whose sympathies for the Germar cause in the war are well known Their wild pacifist theories fitted intr the widespread activities of the kai ser's agents in this country. "A number of persons of pronounc ed anarchistic tendencies were arrest ed shortly after the explosion and o.' these Warren K. Hillings was con victed and sentenced to life imprison ment 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 thereof I deemed it improper for executive authority to interfere." The statement reviews the ease fully and quotes the two message? from President Wilson in which the action now taken by the governor was suggested. Th<^ commutation, says th? governor reduces the case to the status of that of Warren K. Billings. "I re'fuse to recognize this case a< 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 the cause of labor. In support of this statement, he quotes a letter from Alexander Berk man outlining the plan afterwards adopted for the Mooney campaign. He denies that Mooney was a true friend of labor and characterized his previous record, as such that it die not enlist faith in him among law abiding citizens, but said in conelu son that this particular case had beer decided on its merits. Lower Postage Rates Senate Finance Committee Ap proves Amendment to Finance Bill. Washington. Nov. 29.?The repeal of the increased postage rate has been approved by the senate finance com mittee. Amendments to the war revenue bill were adopted to abolish the zone increase on second class rates. Also for the repeal of the ex tra cent on letters. Fire at Lake City - Several Stores With Goods Are j Completelv Destroyed. ' ! Lake City. Nov. 2S.?Fire at an] early hour ibis morning destroyed the stores and stocks of a. M. Nachman, j Reugen Gortlan and 1">. Wallace Jones1 & Sons and slightly damaged the! building of the Lake City Bank. The insurance carried by the several mer chahts will hardly cover more than a third of the los^. u is the belief ofj ;i number that the blaze was of incen diary origin. Violate Armistice Germans Destroy Airplanes Which Were to Be Sur rendered. Basel. Nov. 29.?One hundred and fifty airplanes which had been gath- : >red at the Bechlingen airdrome, nea: I Stuttgart, to be handed over to the lilies, have been rendered useless by :>rder of the revolutionary commit-: .ee, according to a Stuttgart dispatch.' BEAST OF BERLIN LANS RETURN William Hohenzollern Will At tempt to Regain Throne of Germany. REPORT FROM NEUTRAL SOURCES IN DAILY MAIL i London Paper Says That Au | thority of High Standing Re | ports That William Contem j plates Early Return to Ger Germany to Reclaim Throne. London, Nov. 29.?The former Ger man emperor contemplates an early return to Germany to reclaim his throne, according to news received through a neutral source of high standing, says The Daily Mail in an article printed today. The newspaper says that officers of high German command are manag ing the German revolution with the view of eventually causing it to col lapse and bring about the return of the former emperor. Some of these officers in civilian clothes have been recognized in the streets of Berlin and many of them are reported to be dressed as workmen. Wreck on Coast Line Negro Fireman Killed and Engi neer Hurt Near Palatka. Jacksonville, Fla., Xov. 28.?Atlan tic Coast Line passenger train No. 85 from Jacksonville to Tampa, was wrecked at 6 o'clock tonight at Hunt ington, just south of Palatka, H. Mur ehison, negro fireman, being killed and W. F. Shelly, engineer, being badly injured. Two passengers, names unknown, were slightly hurt. The train ran into an open switch, causing the engine and mail car to turn over. "Wreckers were sent out from here. . - Air Defense Posts Navy Department's Program Outlined By Admiral Taylor ?America Building Fastest Plane. Washington, Nov. " 27.?The navy department's program for making permanent the twenty-one coastal air defense stations planned for the war was explained to the house appro* priations committee today by Reaf Admiral Taylor, chief of construction* who asked that $85,769,000 be provid ed for this work next year. Squad rons of fighting aircraft of every' de scription will be included in the equip ment for stations along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific and insular posses sions. / New stations, Admiral Taylor said, are to be erected on the Maine coast between Portland and Rockland; at Narragansett Bay, N. Y.; Port Arthur, Texas; San Francisco, Seward, Alas ka; Hawaiian Islands, Virgin Islands, Guam and in the Canal Zone. Sta tions now are under construction at Cape Lookout, N. C-j Brunswick, Ga., and G?lveston, Texas, and others have been completed at Chatham, Mass.; Rockaway Beach, Cape May, Miami and Key West, San Diego and in the Canal Zone. In a general discussion of plans Admiral Taylor said the fastest air plane in the world was being built in the United States. This machine, known as the Kirkham triplane, de veloped a speed of 100 miles an hour, and experiments are contemplated to , see if it can do better than that. The admiral also told of a Zeppelin that recently flew from Bulgaria to East Africa and back. It was sent to bring home a German commander, but he was captured before the craft arrived. Had to Surrender All Stolen Goods Guards Believed Von Macken son's Stock Was Loot. Zurich, Monday, Nov. 25.?Field Marshal von Mackensen, who com manded the German troops operating in Rumania, on his return to Berlin had in his possession 69,000,000 marks in gold and notes, according to The Zeitung of Augusburg, Bavaria. His staff carried stocks of provisions for their families. Picket soldiers at the railroad sta tion confiscated everything, the news paper adds, and the authorities in re ply to complaints made by the offi cers stated that the guard has acted as it did because it was "believed tho gods had been stolen." Sugar Restrictions Are Now Removed Sugar Division of Food Admin istration to Demobilize Next Week. New York. Nov. 29.?The sugar di vision of the federal food administra tion will begin to demobilize about December 15th in anticipation of the arrival of the Cuban sugar crop in January. Modification of restrictions will become effective early next week. Germany Must Pay Burden of War to Be Placed on Huns, Says Lloyd George. New Castle, Nov. i 29.?Germany must pay the cost of the war to the im it of her capacity, Lloyd George ieclared in a speech today.