The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-18
WILSON NAMES
CONFEREES To
CIRCUMFERENCE j
LIST GIVEN TO THE
PUBLIC LAST NIGHT
Contains Names of Some OF
Most Prominent Men in the
Country-Urges Their
Acceptance

Ban FRANCISCO. Sept. T" an
uproarous crowd in tho Give auditorium
here tonight President Wilson declared
that IN his trip across tho continent he
had become convinced that the treaty
issue would be decided rightly by tn"
people and mot by any private purpose
OF their own"
He repeated his declaartion that the
league Of nations was not the work "f
the Versailles conference, but grew
out Of years OF thought by men who did
not devote any portion OF their consid-
Grafton to politics"
There was much disorder in the hail
during the address and the president
spoke with apparent difficulty against 4
hum OF talk in the distant galleries.
Once he stopped to ask for closer attcn-
ton but tho crowd did not quiet down.
When he left his hotel for the auditor
ium he was chcered by crowd which
had blocked the street for more than an
hour.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.-Prnsi-
dent Wilson made public here tonight
the names OF the 90 mon VIII" will rep
resent the general public in the national
conference which is to begin in Wash
ington on October 6 to consider plans
for new relationship between en-
ployer and employc. Twenty-Five rep
resentatives to sit in the conference
will be selected later by organized Ia
Dor, the leading agricultural aSSoCia-
tions. investment bankers and manutaC-
turers.
On the presidents list of those who
~ .,,.T1
NJ Baruch, Of New York. former chair
man Of the war industry board; Robert
S. Brookings. Of st. Louis. former
chairman Of the pricc-nXing committee
OF that organization: John II. Rookie
fcllcr. Jr.; Judge Elbcrt II. Gary. nj
New York: DR.. Charles W. Eliot. pr"si-
dent emeritus OF Harvard: Charles I'd
ward Russell of New York. and John
SpaEo, Of Vermont. The last two named
are Socialist leaders.
The others on the list arc: y. l."
Bradfute. Xcnia. Ohio. president uht"
Farm Bureau Federation; Ward Bur
CESS, Nebraska: Fuller Il. Galloway. La
grange, Ga. extensive cotton manuGa"-
turcr; Thomas l.. Chadh"urn". New
York: Charles q. Dawes. chicago: IL.
B. Endicott. Milton. Miss: PAUL l..
Feiss. Cleveland: Edwin +. Gay. d. an
graduate school OF business; adm'n;s-
tration. Harvard university: ';""rg" X
James, Memphis. T"nn.: Thomas ~.
Jones. Chicago; A. 4. i.and"n. BUFFALO,:
F.. T. Meredith. Dcs M"in"s. Ia. "drtUr
Successful Farming: Gavin M"Nnh. San
Francisco: l.. y. Sweet. tarh"ndaI".
fCol.. and Louis Titus. San Francisco.
To each Of those selected tn" pr"Si-
dent sent the following telegram:
II have called 4 c"nfcr"n"" at Wash
ington for October for Tia" rurp"s" of
discussing tho labor situation in tn"
country and thu possibility Of formu-
latIng plans FOR III" Development Of a
new relationship between capital and
labor I beg that y"u will accept ap-
pointment aS ono uf u" representatives
Of the general publ" i'll that conference.
There will be 90 representatives of the
public and an equivalent number Of rep-
rcsCntafivcs Of various bodies Of organ
lied labor and organized employers. l
sincerely hop" thai it will J." possible
for YOU to undertake. thus very import
ant s"rviCc.'