Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05
SAILS FOR FRANCE TO
REMAIN UNTIL WORLD PEACE PLAN
IS COMPLETED At PARIS SESSION
Party on Vessel
Is Smaller on
Second Trip
WILSON TO KEEP
IN CLOSE TOUCH
BY .4ssociatcd Press.

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New York, March g. President
| Wilson sailed to-day on his second
voyage to France determined, as
he said in his Metropolitan Opera
! House speech here last night, not
to come back till it's over, over
there" The transport George
Washington bearing the Presidential
| party left the Hoboken pier at SIS
a. m.
The Chief Executives departure
was marked by a simplicity which
! contrasted with the noisy demon
stration accorded him when the
! George Washington carried Mr.. Will
son from American waters on his
first journey to Paris last December.
But Small Crowd at Pier
To-day only a small crowd was
assembled at the army transport
pier. To these the President, hat in
hand, and Mrs. Wilson waved fare
we'll greetings as the George Wash
ington swung out into the lower
Hudson river while the band on the
transport Great Northern, berthed
nearby. played the Star Spangled
Banner" Standing on the bridge,
the President and Mrs. Wilson saw
the American flag raised on the staff
at the stern and heard the booming
of the Presidential salute of twenty
one guns. AS the transport turned
her nose toward the Statue of Lib
erty in the almost -paralyZed
harbor, an escort of destroyers got
under way ahead.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
had ascended to the bridge shortly
after 8 o'clock. Mr.. Wilson had been
up and about the decks for nearly
two hours, having been the first of
the Presidential party to arise. Most
of the others were asleep when the
transport sailed.
Orderly Hurries For Papers
Just as the George Washington
was about to sail it was discovered
that some one had neglected to
bring aboard the morning newspa-
pers. The lines had been made fast
to the gangplank which was about
70 be drawn in when the Presidents
orderly, clutching Il new dollar bill
in his hand, rushed across the plank
onto the pier and hurried through
the flag decorated archway to a
news stand, where he purchased the
papers and came running back to
the ship. This incident delayed for
a few minutes the vessels departure.
These papers contained the text
of the speeches of the President and
William Howard Taft, in support of
the League of Nations, at the opera
house last night. They told also OF
the activities of the President on
the eve of his departure.
1t was a few minutes before mid.
night when Mr.. Wilson arrived in
Hoboken and it was early morning
before he reached his stateroom, so
that his sleep was only brief.
Sufiragists Fail
The President arrived at the
Metropolitan opera house about
SIS o'clock last night. After Mr..
Taft and himself had spoken, the
President asserting that " an over
whelming majority of the American
people is in favor of the League of
Nations" Mr.. Wilson received
delegation of rish-Americans with
whom he discussed the aspirations
of Ireland at the peace conference.
Militant suffragetts had tried un-
successfully to force their WY into
the opera house earlier in the even
ing and few of them were ar
rested.
The George Washington passed
quarantine at 80 a. m. and was
saluted by twenty-one guns by the
U. S. S. Amphitrite and by whistle
blowing by all the steam craft in
the lower bay.
Those on Board
The party aboard the George
Washington was smaller than on the
first Presidential voyage. There
were no diplomats or peace dele
gates. In addition to the President
and Mrs. Wilson the party included
Miss Benham, secretary to Mrs. VIII
son; Rear Admiral Cary II. Grayson.
aid to the President; former Attor-
ney General Thomas w. Gregory,
Prentisson Grey, of the United States
Food Administration; Irwin Ii. Hoo
yer, chief usher at the White House;
Gilbert f. Close, and Charles nj.
Sven.
About three thousand tons of,I
cargo, consisting of supplies for the
army in France and Germany. is be-
ing carried on the George Washing
ton.
Has Long Range Wireless
To enable President Wilson IN
keep in touch with the shore during
his entire voyage to Brest, indie.
pendently of the escorting vessels.
the naval transport George Wash
ington has been equipped with
new high powered wireless appara~
tus with a radius of LOO miles
She Will be in communication with
the station at Brunswick, N. j.. until
she picks up Poldhu station, on the
other side of the Eiffel Tower.
On the voyage coming from Rrest
to Boston the George Washington
had a wireless range of only three
hundred miles, and when the con-
voy was left astern the President
was cut off from communication with
Washington.
The Battleship Montana, which
will act as convoy to Brest will also
have long range wireless equipment
CARROLL TODD RESIGNS