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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917
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PHILADELPHIA, IN WILD ACCLAIM,
HAILS JOFFRE, SAVIOR OF PARIS,
AND VIVIANI, NOTED DIPLOMAT
Broad Street Station Trembles With
Plaudits as Distinguished Frenchmen
Arrive and Begin Triumphal March
to Independence Hall
Joffre and Viviani disnlavcd erreat interest in historic Indenendence
'' If All 4 lift T .ilmi-tiF Roll or. I n1im vaIis-u Ttitf ViVinf nrOT.l. chnwe itinm
entering the hall Joffre saluting the structure.
FIERCE GERMAN
THRUST BROKEN
BYFRENCH FIRE
Teuton Waves on Chemin
1 des-Dames Shattered by
Nivelle's Cannon
BAYONET PLAYS PART
PARIS. May 3.
u ""HiunB losses were imnciea on re
fpeated assaulting waves o Ocrmnns dcs-
'Pratei attcmptliiB to rctako French pos.
tlonson Chemln ilos Dames, today's French
'Cfllclal statement declared. All nttnr.ltR
!?hl!d.
r Vni.tAA. . rt . ...
"' 01 vnevroux mo war uince re
" Krtrt taking of a first line Gorman trench
Ttr front of three-quarters of a mils
llli HO prisoners.
, "Around .Chemln dea Dames." tho state-
pent laid, ..tno Gcrmans attacked the
rench hosltlon.q rAnfitAfii.li AVAA u...
jWUiout, success. BUitalnlne heavy lossea
,- ..cui cnort wan made agalnat tho
Dlatfan rnii ..
Ban. "'""f'ne, wncre tno assaulting
ShSrtlS?1. each. """, continually.
wr miTT.i1 . i umv" uymacnino eunsana
ur curtain of fire. "Wherever thev calned
In 1 .1,5 l.hey wcrc thrown back by eunflro
rjn bayonet and they left the Held
trwn with their dead.
lemU? f,orccs attackcd . northeast of
ftuui.. l00K ,no ,lr3t Ilno ' German
ttli. .P," front of three-quarters of
t . mm jou.prisoners.
HAlGTHnnura nmoiinir
b '""""o million
k,ooim- AUAINST FOE
W FIGHT FOR FRESNOY
Rl The im. . t LONDON, May 0.
rlnrltil i . bat,1 about Fresnoy was
jiijf In favor of tho British today.
fCtri.i. m ,ne vlllaga by superior weight
Sl.i?.an.C0Unter-attackK, made with fresh
rned hii eVerda'i 'l?M Maw'ial "aB
B !,.. '"'"a anew eariy toaay anu
KntaVMi n,t new and furiously Per-
I tarlv . " ""lre At tne sa"8 time of
Ku rnoon report he detailed re
rthsri.t. por"on of tho ground taken
WUonV118 nd an Improvement of tho
B..1-, " wesl of "'6 town.
wd- .Ii.!088, ,10Wever, is not yet re
I 'offset ?. temPrary German gain,
roB.,.i ".' aumuieaiy Hamper rur
federations In the turning of the Oppy
ft dispatches related tho strengthen-
CnUmij on I'sie Seten. Column Tour
fUMian Offensivn In Tfumnnln
IiomSR.' " After a long
i W, H bombardments the Russians
KZrln a" offenslva In Rumania, break.
km. . Al"tro.German lines In the
mV Jenwe''. This success for the
bi.-j ".uiouncea ny tne war umce
fc !,rtr '" " orthwest of Senne.
SLEUTH DEFIES
STOTESBURY IN
ROW AT TRAIN
President of Reading Com
pany Fails to Delay Spe
cial on Own Road
WORDY WAR IN TERMINAL
A heated altercation between William
Nye, head of the Federal Secret SerWco
squad, delegated to gu.inl tlin French en
voys, and 13. T. Stotesbury. chairman of
tho Philadelphia reception committee. Just,
ns tho special trajn uas about to leave the
Reading Terminal at 2:30, ended unfavor
ably for the Philadelphia financier
Mr. Stotosbury attempted to have tho
departure of tho "envoys' special train de
layed to Introduco Marshal JotTro to Mrs.
Stotosbury and until ,thoy could find Jules
J. Jusserand, tho French Ambassador to
tho United States, who had become Inst In
tho station throng.
Captain Nye, who Is President Wilson's
personal bodyguard, declared that the train
would go according to schedule and that
there could be no personal receptions.! Hot
words followed in which Mr. nnd Mis.
Stotesbury, John G. Uell and Dr. Krncst La
Place took part.
In order to onablo Mrs. Stotesbury to
meet tho marshal, however. Captain Nye
invited her to come aboard tho special
train, as there were two minutes left before
the scheduled departure. Ills offer was In
dignantly spumed nnd the Secret Service
head Immediately oidercd tho special to
pull out, which It did,
Ambassador Jusserand was found Boon
after tho train loft. Mr. Stotesbury, who
Is president- of the Reading Company, then
arranged to have him sent on tho 3 o'clock
express, which reached HoboUen about
twenty minutes after tho special.
Mr. Stotesbury sent a special agent "of
tho Reading Railway Company along with
the Ambassador. Chief Postnl Inspector
Cortelyou dlsoatched one of his staff also.
A telegram was sent to lloboken to ar
range for the Ambassador to Join his patty.
U-BOAT SINKS BRITISH
MINE SWEEPER; 22 LOST
Steamship Hesperus, of Boston-Manchester
Line, Also
Torpedoed
LONDON, May 9. Probable loss of-two
oincers and twenty men was J-eported In the
torpedoing and sinking of a mine sweper
by a German submarine on May B, by an
Admiralty statement today. The men aro
believed to have been drowned.
BOSTON, May 9. the steamship Hcs
peius, formerly In the! JJoston-Manchester.
Knslnnd, service, was Jprfaedoed by a Ger
man submarine on AprI 3 oft the Scllly Is
lands. According, to udvlces received here
today the second eng1ieeriand a number of
the crew were kllled.Twenty-four survivors
were nicked up afte. having been two days
In open boats.
"SNAPSHOTS" HERE AND THERE
DURING FRENCH ENVOYS' STAY
""DAPA" JOFFRE, Rene Viviani and all other members of tho French
iWnr Commission kiss the Liberty Bell.
Viviani bursts into tears as he views the bronze statue of Jonn of
Arc, in Fairmount Park.
Henri Arnoldv, a courthousu watchman, at Norristown, comes to Phila
delphia to greet "Papa" Joffre, with whom he fought in the Franco-Prussian
War when" both were young.
Mayor Smith "springs a surprise" when ho presents Joffre with a
strictly American marshal's baton, made of wood from a cellar joist of
Independence Hall.
Lieutenant Charles Buchlcr, commanding the envoys' mounted police
escort, is a German veteran of the Franco-Prussian War.
For three hours a little brown cur defies efforts of six policemen and
janitors to chase it away from a point of vantage at the Girls' High School,
where it views the parade.
Viviani nnd his party burst into exclamations of ndmiration when they
'"e the main building of Girard College, which is modeled in pure Corinthian
style after the noted Church of La Madeleine, in Paris.
.
Marshal Joffre, after kissing the Liberty Bell, whispers something to
an aid. Presently there is forthcoming a generous "cut" of fine plug tobacco,
which the Marshal of Frnnce deposits in one side of his mouth.
Viviani, who begins triumphal parade with a slouch hat, becomes con
scious of the incongruity. Therefore, Mayor Smith uses a little "pull" and
a hatter, with seven sizes of "plug hats," rushes to the University, where the
former Premier finds one that fits.
Somebody sits on the silk hat of Dr. Ernest La Place, the French Consul.
The French envoys are forced to desert the dessert of their luncheon at
tho Bellevue-Slratford in .order to catch their train, for New York.
Philadelphia ecstatically expected complete conquest by Marshal Joffre and
Reno Viviani today. But what the City of Liberty could not so clearly foresee,
what it scarcely dared to hope for, was a triumph so superb over the very souls
war-torn and serious of the two distinguished envoys of freedom, acclnimcd
with a splendor that altogether pales the rhapsodies won by the second visit of
the Marquis Do Lafayette.
According to Superintendent of Police Robinson, tho multitude which greeted
the envoys on their tour of the city numbered between four and five hundred
thousand persons. The police arrangements were well-nigh perfect. The vast
crowd was ever too much enthralled with patriotism and affection to resent the
carefully detailed maintenance of order and all needful regulations wcrc ob
serbed with the utmost good humor.
This attitude of.tumultuous, but always considerate, enthusiasm persisted
until the very end of the swift series of epoch-making events. Except during
the interval for the public banquet at the Bcllevue-Stratford the populace clung
close to tho heels of the envoys until 2:30 p. m. Marshal Joffre's taxicab took
tho savior of France to the Reading Terminal, where he boarded his special
train for New York. Ambassador Jusserand's difficulty in finding his hat after
the luncheon resulted in his missing this train by just half n minute.
The very faintest of smiles wreathed the noble features of Marshal Joffre,
hero of the Marne, as he stepped from his car in Broad Street Station at pre
cisely the scheduled moment of 8:58 a. m. It was plainly not weariness that
inspired the marshal's solemn mood, for his stride was alert, martial, vigorous.
But the almost pathetic glint of his pale blue eyes bespoke a depth of feeling,
a poignant sense of the magnitude of civilization's battle against tyranny, that
seemed almost out of tune with the spirit of a great city of an allied nation on
a stupendous gala day,
VIVIANI ALSO SERIOUS
The seriousness of Viviani was equally marked. When the "Marseillaise"
thrilled the vast throng outside the terminal, tho masterful statesman's ex
pression was, almost tragic. The crowd for an instant seemed hushed by the
somber spirit of the new France.
But Philadelphia's welcome proved irresistible. Before the thrilling whirl
wind tour of freedom's shrines had been completed tho marshal was once more
the genial, hearty, kindly "Papa" Joffre of current legend. Rene Viviani had
drunk deeply from the brimming cup of patriotic cheer. Against its potency
oven the tragedy of France could not at least for one glorious morning pre
vail. There was joy in his eyes, not tears.
Philadelphia has assumed tho old-time gay patriotism, the confident
emotionalism of the Paris of peace days. Thousands of flags waved, hundreds of
thousands of throats voiced the love of France and liberty. Such passionate
fervor could not be denied, and Marshal Joseph Joffre, unconquered at tho
Marne, surrendered before a storm of admiration and affection, unparalleled by
any other reception ever recorded here to a foreign visitor.
FII3LDS OF OLORV
Tjio round of events, the profusion of
demonstrations that greeted, the envoys
would have been almost bewildering, even
exhausting without tho electrical fervor
which converted the whole tour Into a ride
through the fields of glory, Tho Marshal
will need a very largo trunk. Indeed, to tako
away with him all the trophies of his Phila
delphia triumph. These varied gifts In
cluded a baton made from part of a rafter
of Independence Hall, great clusters of flags,
bouquets, and the purple and black gown
of a doctor of laws. M. Viviani, too, ac
quired his share of donations. Including
one which the Marshal did not require.
Until the bestowal of his degree, the states
man bad been wearing a brown felt hat.
Kvtdently he had felt It to be unsulted to
his new doctorial dignity.. An array of
silk hats of various sizes was sent for' on
a hurry call. t V.lvanl tried a number pt
them on In his auto. Some were "trop
petit," others "trop large." At last one
suited and amid the cheers and laughter
of the crowd sartorial conventions were
duly preserved. ,
Mayor Smith and the ex-Premier came
first down the station platform. Then fol-
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lowed the Marshal, with his aid, the hand
some Lieutenant Do Tessan. tho perfect
embodiment of a magnificent French of
fleer. 13. T. Stotesbury, Admiral Coche-
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1'ouitli Lexington race, 4 1-2 furlongs Escoba. IIS, Connolly.
53.70, 33.20, !?2.G0, won; Herald. 113, Crump. 50.40, $3.70. second:
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LAFAYETTE WINS DUAL MEET FROM BUCKNELL
JiASTON, Pa.. May 0. Lafayette's dual meet with Bucka"U.
which wat, held on Mnrch Field this nftcinoou was so one-sided It was
hardly competitive. Lafayette won by the score of 91 to 21.
JOFFRE AND PARTY REACH NEW YORK SAFELY
NEW YORK. May 0. Marshal Joffre. Vice Piemier Viviani civ!
other members of the Trench war commission reached Now Yor1
safely this afternoon from Philadelphia.
300 STRIKE AT CHESTER SHIPBUILDING YARDS
CHESTER, Pa.. May 0. Three hundred employes cf the Chcsui
Shipbuilding Company went on strike this afternoon. The men In
clude rivictrs,, holders on heaters and employes of other ilepailmsafi
Thry ask for a ten per cent inciease. The stiikors (lid not mate an-;
disorder.
HOUSE TAKES UP FOOD CENSUS BILL
WASHINGTON, May 0. The Administration lood bill, author
izing an extensive food census aud carrying a SD,000,000 appropria
tion for heeds for food pioducts, was taken up in the House tlii
afternoon.
AWAKENED TO ',
ALLIES' NEEDS r1
Wilson Wins Promise of
Speedy Action
1'ol' Aid
A. V.... ..-J
BILLION FOR SHIPS
ONE OF FIRST BILLS
Leaders Are Told That Brit
ain Has Food For Only
Two Months
URGES DRAFT AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON. May D.
President Wilson today. In addition to
being rommander-ln-chlef of the nrmy nnd
iia.v. beconio virtually commander of the
"ongress of the I'nlted States.
Duo to tho rrcat national and Interna
tional emergency, lie obtained from more
than a scorn of rongress leaders definite
promises for speedy legislation that, It Is
believed, will result In saving the Allien
from starvation and crush Prussian mili
tarism Thcie promises Include:
One billion ilnllnrn for xlilp..
Army fi-lcednn Mil.
Kflpionnge hill Mint will cimrd ar
fccrrrt.
VVnr revenue tnx bill.
Tlie President did not score this single,
handed triumph without disclosing the grav
ity of the situation Having done this, how
ever, the Congress leaders, in effect said,
with one voice:
Mr President, we are convinced of
I lie Imperative needs of the Govern
ment These needs will be met as
speedl!;. ns tho legislation can be put
tluqugh
WHAT WILSON ASKS
Conscious of IncreasInK friction between
himself and Congress and to speed up
absolutely essential war legislation, the
l'lesldent summoned to the White House
thirty Senators and Iteprcsentatlves. In
cluded In tho number were ail of the lead
ers on both sides The President laid be
fore them the war situation. Ho explained
tho urgent necessity for Immediate passage
of the various big measures which have the
Indorsement of tho Administration. Ho
mado it plain that ho had not tried to mako
partisan questions of any of the war prob
lems, but that he hail hecn unable to take
Congress as a body Into his confidence
because of tho peculiarly confidential char
acter of the Information which has been
brought to his attention.
Tho President urged:
That Congress at once compose ths
deferences in the selective conscription
inn anu pass it immediately
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LANSING PRESS GAG
HOTLY RESENTED
Congress Near Breaking
Point on News Censor
ship Question ,
OPPOSED TO AUTOCRACY
STOCKS SUFFER DECLINES IN WALL STREET
NKW YORK, May 9. Under t'-.o gilp of an nlmost unprecented liquidation
that started vesterday, the entl: j stock list. Including some of tlio best investment
Issues, suffered sharp declines In tho stock market today. Losses nveraged from
fractions to almost four points In somo cases. Details of tho Federal tax program
and Investors' deslro to buy Government bonds were some of tho causes held
responslblo for the heavy selling. Halls wore most affectod by tho movement,
Southein Pacific. Union Pacific. Canadian Pacific nnd other leading toads of
the country falling off 3 to utmost 4 points. United States Steel common sold to
a low of 11214, but milled slightly during tlio nftornoon trading.
Even U. S. Congressman
Mum Under Censorship
WASHINGTON, May 9.
REPRESENTATIVE Sherley, Ken
tucky, Greeted Senator Williams,
Mississippi, today in the corridor
just off the Senate chamber.
"How are you, Congressman?"
asked Williams.
"Sorry, but I can't tell you the
censor won't let me," Sherley re-,
plied.
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BALDWIN'S GET ORDER FOR 35 LOCOMOTIVES
Tho Baldwin Locomotive Works" has received orders from tho Pennsylvania
lines west for twenty-five Santa Fo and ten .Mallet typo of locomotives for delivery
In 1918.
MAY WHEAT JUMPS EIGHTEEN' CENTS TO $3.14
CHICAGO, May 9. Influenced by tho extremely bullish Government report,
May wheat today opened at 13.16, elgtlteen centH-over last night's close, setting a
new high, record. Other wheat futures went Into new high ground also, and qonj
and oats" made sharp 'gains. Thcro,vvcro small recessions before tho close tin
profit-taking. . . .,.
AMERICAN CITED FOR BRAVERY IN FRANCE
PARIS. May 9. George S. IoclOof St. Louis, a member of the American
Ambulance Corps In J-'rance. bas been cited for "conspicuous bravery." Section
IS of the American corps left forHho front today. Among tho new American
workeni ar; G. W. Pcnton,( Cleveland; It. n, Wooley, Toledv, and P, R Bc'hocn,
Atlanta.
WASHINGTON, May 9.
Tho autocratic news gag proposed. by
Secretary .Lansing to shut off, discussion and
criticism of tho country's war policy, met
with violent denunciation In all Govern
ment quarters today.
Congress has about reached the breaking
point on tho censorship" question. The sub
ject Is like a firebrand in both House and
Senate chambers. Today while Representa
tives aired their views privately, Senators
took tho floor and ripped Into so-calle,
"Invisible government" efforts to throttle
the freedom of the press and attempts to
bottle up news of the Government's activi
ties and keep tho people In the dark as to
developments In the great war.
Announcement by secretary Lansing that
he Is to bo virtually tho "news dictator" of
tho foreign policy pf the Government only
fanned tho fires at the Capitol.
LAWMAKUItS ArtOlULY PROTEST
"We should not and will "net tolerate any
proposition that restricts comment qr crlt
iil.. fl.t.lnt- fli1i wnr'1 enlil rti.nr.fifntntlva
Campbell, of Kansas. ,
"I am utterly opposetl.to any plan by,
the.Governmcnt which will not permit" the
press to tell all that Is going on," said Sen.
ator Vardaman, of Mississippi.
"Wo. havo .coirlo to t,he point where we
must distinguish Immediately ' arid care
fully Jietwcen a prudent report of affair's
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