The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-05
WILSON NOW IS {
$50 MILES Off,
The u. S. SHORES
He Will Talk of IA Points
After Landing Made.
Expects To Make a Number Of
Speeches Over There.
DUE At BREST DEC. 1918
The Ship Is in Constant Touch
With Washington.
Occupy Suites Built Once for
Wilhelm and Wife. 44ai
Expects To Make a Number Of
Speeches Over There.
DUE At BREST DEC. 1918
The Ship Is in Constant Touch
With Washington.


On Board U. s. S. George Washing.
ton, Dec. 5 (By Wireless )-President
Wilson's ship this morning was $50
miles out. steering a steady course at
a. speed of II knots an hour.
The weather today was clear and
cold the pale sunlight making tho
escort observable from the decks Of
the presidents steamer. The presi-
dent slept late and took breakfast
with Mrs. Wilson. no other members
of the party being present with them
at this meal Afterward the president
worked with his stenographer and ex-
amined the official wireless mesa ge9'
which included several applications
for clemency.
a pouch Of official mail will be
put off at the Azores on Sunday and
hurried back to the United States on
board a destroyer. The president has
his own typewriter on board and il
using it at intervals in working upon
the speeches he expects to deliver in
France. No announcement was made
on board today regarding appoint
ments to the office of secretary of
Aboard the U. s. S. George WASH
1ngton, Dec. (by wireless to New
York; .-President Wilson will talk
plainly upon his fourteen principles
when he reaches France. That he
will make speeches is indicated by the
and as to whether his throat will be
in good condition upon his arrival.
After disposinig of his routine work.
the president rests much of the time.
under orders OF Rear Admiral Gray
son, his personal physician. The lat
ter and President Wilson take fire..
quent constitutionals about the decks.
The president attends the ships NOV
les and participates in all functions
The George Washington il expected
QrrIvo in ar -,
10. by way of the Azores. The ships
wireless is in constant touch with
Washington.
All the vessels appointments are
very plain. The President and Mrs.
Wilson occupy the same suites that
were built especially for the kaiser
and kaiserin years ago.
Did Much Work.
President Wilson spent most Of the
first day of the trip on this steamship
working in the office part Of his suite.
After acknowledging from the bridge
the ship put to sea, he turned to the
pile OF letters and kilograms await
ing him and spent several hours work.
ing with his stenographers.
In the afternoon on the advice of
his physician. Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, he lay down and rested for
time because of a slight cold that
affected his voice. Later the presi-
dent received calls from officials on
board, including the Italian ard
French ambassadors. Following this
ne took walk on deck. together with
Mrs. Wilson.
The presidential party dined quietly
in the evening. being served by a
waiter who claimed to have attended
! Emperor William and the empress in
the same suite on the trial trip of the
George Washington.
Music M He nfuo<1
| In the dining hall music was fur.
/ nished by the ships band and a quar-
! tette OF sailors. The president II
keeping in touch with official business
by wireless. The escorting destroyers.
with the battleship Pennsylvania lead.
ing the column, are keeping in close
touch with the steamship carrying the
president. Mine-sweepers are run.
| ming before the bow of his ship. They
are loaded with steel billets to insure
| their deep draught
The weather is cold and misty but
the sea is calm.
In the evening, Mrs. Wilson re-
leased from the George Washington
| carrier pigeons bearing notes of tina nix =
! to Vice Admiral G1eaves for the sue
cess OF the arrangements made for the
departure.
Representatives of the Associated Press.
the United Press and the International
News Service are ACCOMMODATING President
Wilson and party to Europe aboard ths
! U. b s. George Washington. Arrangements
were made in advance to permit the cor.
respondents to send brief Individual mes.
sages from the ship by wireless. the first
publication at II 80 a. m. eastern time to.
day.