The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-06
PRESIDENT AT WORK
AS SHIP SPEEDS EAST
Prepares Addresses He viii
Deliver in France.
By wireless to the Associated Press

By Wireless 10 the Associated Press.
On BOARD THE UNITED STATES STEAM
SHIP GEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec. g.
The weather to-day was clear and
cold, the pale sunlight making the es-
cort observable from the decks of the
Presidents steamship The ship this
morning was $50 miles out, steering a
steady course at a speed OF seventeen
knots an hour.
The President slept late and took
breakfast with Mrs. Wilson, no other
1 members of the party being present
with them at this meal. Afterward
the President worked with his stenog-
rapher and examined the official wire
less messages, which included several
applications for clemency.
VIII Send Mail From Azores,
The George Washington will steam
by way of the Azores, but will not put
in at those islands. A pouch of Of
fetal mail will be put off there on
Sunday and be hurried back TO the
United States on board a destroyer.
The President has his own type
writer on board, and Is using it at in
tervals in working upon the speeches
he expects to deliver in France. Nc
announcement was made on board to-
day regarding appointments to the of
fees of Secretary of the Treasury oil
Director of Railways.
1.-THE appointment Of Representative
Carter Glass as Secretary of the Treas.
ury was announced in Washington to-
day.J
VIII Emphasize Need of sacriace.
There is every indication that in his
utterances in France the President
will make plain his proposition that
all come to the peace table prepared
TO make sacrifices for a lasting peace
and that armed domination by any
one nation shall cease.
Yesterday was uneventful Presi-
dent Wilson spent most OF the first
day of the voyage working in the
Office part of his suite. After
: acknowledging from the bridge the
greetings that were given him as the
ship put to sea he turned to the pile
or letters and kilograms awaiting him
and spent several hours working with
his stenographers.
In the afternoon on the advice oil
his physician, Rear Admiral Cary T
Grayson, he rested for a time because
of a slight cold that was affecting his
voice.
Later the President received call,
from officials on board. including tn,
italian and French Amba ssadors. Fol
lowing this he took a walk on decl
with Mrs. Wilson.
The Presidential party dined quietl,
In the evening, being served by
waiter who asserted he had ATTENDED
Emperor William and the Empress II
the same suite on the trial trip of tn,
George Washington.
Music by the Ships Hand.
The reports that the Presidential
suite had been fitted up in a luxuriou
manner are untrue. In the dining hal
music was furnished by the ships ban,
and a quartet of sailors
The President is keeping in toucl
with official business by wireless
The escorting destroyers, with tn
battleship Pennsylvania leading tn
column, are keeping In close toucI
with the steamship carrying the Presi
dent. Mine sweepers are running be
fore the bow of his ship. They ar
loaded with steel billets. to insure thei
deep draught.
The weather was cold and misty. bu
the sea was calm.
In the evening Mrs. Wilson release
from the George Washington carrie
pigeons bearing notes OF thanks I
sVice-President Gleaves for the success
OF the arrangements made for the de