The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-07
bARUCH AND
DAWSON MAY
TAKE PART IN
CONFERENCE
Ordered to be Ready to Take
Part in Peace Deliberations
French Labor Pleased
With Wilson's Visit
WILSON ENJOYS REST
tRy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Dec 1.--Bernard
Baruch, chairman of the war Industries
board, and Henry p Dawson. chair
man Of the American Red Cross war
/, council. have been asked by President
Wilson to hold themselves in readiness
to respond to a call for their services
with the peace delegation In Europe.
ON BOARD THE u. s. S. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, BY Wireless to
the Associated Press.--Presdent vii.
sons third day at sea found him much
improved In health. His cold Is yield
ing to treatment and his voice Is rest
cd and much stronger
Having cleared tho work which had
accumulated at his desk tho president
enjcyCd n 6ay cf recreation and eXer.
else Ills ship ran into somewhat bet
;cr Weather this morning after a night
It very heavy weather This afternoon
he promenaded along the decks and
JGiaod "a party at the rail watching the
The Pennsylvania, flagship of Admiral
Mayo's squadron, rise and fall with
the heavy swells. The sea was bright
with warm sunlight. MIR. Wilson en-
saeed In the conversation on timely
topics, swopripg stories and expert.
crces with thosc on board
No Formal Conferences.
The party included officers In the
lower grades whose experiences in the
submarine zone are tremendously in
teresting. When 1t was learned that n
film starring famous comedian was
TO be shown during the evening on
board tho ship the president announc-
cd that he intended to he present. evi-
IDENTIFY anticipating the entertainment
with pleasure.
While Mr.. Wilson was on deck. ht-
earnestly conferred with Jules J. Iass-
Grand. the French ambassador to the
Ifrifed States and Count hi Ceiiere,
the Italian ambassador at Washington,
and had a short conversation with
Secretary Of State Robert iansing and
Henry White. colleagues Of the presi-
dent on the peace commission. No
formal conferences have been held 80
far and II seems apparent that plans
for the peace negotiations have been
well laid out.
Mr.. Wilson has been solicitous OF
the comfort of those accompanying
him and is personally seeing that all
orders are carried out He reads every
wireless message received and peruses
the ship newspaper with much inter-
est. Before leaving the George Wash
ington he intends to inspect the ship
from stem to stern and meet the Off
GERS and crew
PLAN SPECIAL EDITIONS.
PARIS. Dec. The program for
President Wilson's visit here is not
yet fully settled, according to Mar
Gel Hutin of the Echo De Paris. He
says, however. that the crack troops
forming the guard of honor have al
ready been selected. 1t is probable
that President Poincare will give a
lunch for Mr., and Mrs. Wilson on Sat
urday. Dec. IA the day they arrive in
Paris.
The socialist organ, Humanite. an.
nounces that a special edition will be
issued the day President Wilson ar.
rives and urges socialist and labor
organizations TO spread the edition.
by giving this special number wide
circulation" it says, our friends may
be certain they are doing good propa-
ganda work against the imperialistic
passions OF the present hour and for a
just and final peace"