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Show LONDON YANKEES OBSERVE HOLIDAY WITH BIG DINNER LONDON, Nov. 27. The American' society at its Thanksgiving dinner this evening had as guests the lord mayors of London and several provincial cities and 300 men and women. The dinner was presided over by Claree.cc L. Graf, and the lord mayors of London, York, Helfast and Sheffield delivered speeches. John W. Davis, American ambassador. In proposing the toast. "Thanksgiving Day." touched Incidentally upon politics, declaring that the war would be lost If It did not establish a new order of things. "I do not think the United States is going to be detached by any self-seeking Interests from that new order In the world." said the ambassador. "The price of peace Is the putting away of all the dreams of aggrandizement that have caused suspicion among the allien." Among other present were the Karl and Countess of Aberdeen. Lord 1'oshor-ough. 1'oshor-ough. Lord Charnwool. Sir Albert Stanley Stan-ley . Robert P. Skinner. A m erica n consul cenera!: Senor Vtllejras. rhame d'affaires of the Argentine legation, the members of the American embassy staff, and the sheriffs and other officials of the city of Ixnidon. Ufge Clemency for Negroes. BOSTON. Nov. 27. A resolution adopted adopt-ed at a union Thanksgiving ssrvfcre of negro '-hurches today and telegraphed p Preetdent Wilson. Attorney General Palmer and Governor Drougb of Arkansas Arkan-sas implores clemenry for "the eleven members of our ra- e sentenced to dati. for the K tune Hots, to be executed Friday, Fri-day, according to press reports. President Wilson was p-tlttoned? to request re-quest Governor Hrough to sjrmnt reprieves, "pending impartial investigation." and Attorney At-torney Oereml Palmer Stat urged to iirant the petition so as "to afford time to Inquire In-quire Into the claim that the convicted men were defending properly and U-xal 1gh:.' Another resolution requested the l'ntte-1 States senate to amend the railroad Mil by I inserting a clause "to abolish that Ktr.it-est Ktr.it-est violation of democracy, the sccci -tlon of passengers fur race, as applied to Interstate tru el." I BCB ScapfaUM tor 1 all. NKW TOfUC Nov. IT A rail for Trankaarlvlrui dinner by seaplane was the Innovation adept ei bv Sir Marry Itrit-tnln, Itrit-tnln, member of parliament and founder of the Pilgrims" Club of London, who dined srtUi Admiral wilha'o a. Sims el Newport. R. L, today- The trip from RctiWdv naval slat ton waa made in two hours and the return flight "a made Ui the satne time. |