j. PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 20,21,22 C if. vmstrat y .$' "& Hefrgier r turn y VOL. III. NO. 235 PHILADELPHIA, FRlbAY, JUNE 15, 1917 Corinoti it'll st tug I tat 10 t.iMrt Commit. PRICE TWO CENTS LIBERTY LOAN &? EXTRA IN CITY STANDS1 ; 1 AT9A(inr.nAnA - is FINAL &$ SviPv ftiiv ItstmStf $J KJ pj c affls! ILIBERTY BOND MARK WBMrii'si fllMB. ; jaij u v uks u mVKmEl) I v 2 & I I EXCITING MOMENT ! PATRIOT NATION ! EXCEEDS LIMIT , AS LISTS CLOSE r 'i Approximately $2,634,- 000,000 Offered, Incom plete Returns Show llMcADOO APPLAUDS ' LOYAL RESPONSE $2,634,500,000 Subscribed, Incomplete Returns Show f- FOLLOWING is a table showing the allotment of each district and its subscription as estimated at the hour of closing the loan books, but lyith returns incomplete Dlitrlrt Allotment subsrrlntlon ytr lork rhUidclvlda Dotton Richmond Atlanta I hlrnco ritirland M. Louis ..Minneapolis Kansas ( Ity IjSlla hui lranriro Sfio.).fc, i, (,.(.) M.H'O.U,. I.WM 110,1.1.0,.1 Si0.l.IJ.OtK) :io.()'(i,(ii,) J 17. SIM) oo flO.OOll.OlM oi) coo Kiii 21,11. nm HID ldO -! (W 8.' '),( n i mi oco dim ipn.ncii nm 4n mn wi 1 40,000 ooo lOII.OOO 001 on.oou ft'V) .1" ) ( III 001 -ivoon non io rot) on no ioi odd loo M") pan a,rfio con 110,000.000 Total 3.ooo ooo.oro K2,fi3i.."nn.ow NEW YORK, June 15. The first Liberty Bonds sold on' the New York Stock Exchange sold above par. A block of $10,000 north sold it 100.02. CHICAGO, June 15. Liberty Bonds were listed on the Chi cago Stock Exchange and early sales were made at 100.02. WASHINGTON. June 13. Approximately $034.000 000 mom than vis asked Tint In America's answer to Oermanj and fierman mllltarv nggiesslon The total mav go to $3,000,000 000, It was officially announced 'The Llbertv Loan lias been oversub scribed,1 said fieri otary McAdoo this after noon "It Is Impossible to state the amount of oersub(crlptlon nt the moment, but the c figures will be given out as rapidly as U returns are received nt the Treasury Department i 'The success of this loan Is a genulno tri umph for rUmocracj It Is the unmlstak Mt fxpresHon of America's determination to carry on this war for the protection of American rljrhts and the re-estahllshment of FMceand liberty throuBhout the world to a wlft and successful conclusion I am HfPnli rrntof.il 1r lha lifinlrAfa fliA business men th unmen nt Amerlra. the ' patriotic organizations and the people gen- fuy without whot-e cordial co-opeiatlon enthusiastic support success could not been won It has been nn Inspiring cwipalgn and It has had a glorious finish " Treasury Department offlc'als said this anernoon that the, total of tho subscriptions S?J.Llbery Loan will be about $2,500. JM0O. The.' exact total will not be aall w until ery late today. Subscriptions fM at 12 o'clock, standard time, for the realities This means that when the lists Wa finished at San Francisco It was 3 "iock in Washington Inasmuch as the ? will hae to be telegraphed to the in . Resere centers and froni there to city. It may be night before Secretary , t" Treasury McAdoo can announce the I CDtTlDlttn nmnun. kn,?.Ut.t.here l3 nt the slightest doubt that -JT .il nas been ar oversubscribed uratl plication was expressed everywhere In official (wciea today oier this result There had r,,7B a Xeellng that this loan, like the Initial ... i abroad. might fall short of the original Tn6 OtiA thlni ViCnU Unit nncontA mnut tr IS?1!8 ta the 'act tha rnst t the "family i wcks hae been opened for this loan. While Continued on Fate Six, Column Two THE WEATHER FORECAST 'if uucijmia ana vicinity uencr- W air weather and moderate (empera- 'M tonlnht nntt Rnttinln,!- nnfle villi. S(Hiy northtoeaf. fT rjTif nt n V Iba !.. 1. ... . , "'" Mil - 7 Jfi n n fAnn .Aniria A ft a.m. OELAWAHK R1VKR TIDB CHANCES t tW 'mrmtr A 11 if .. .. -at. 1 1 n m - - '1 n. Ill II ai t n i I f itr 10 13 a m HUh watr 10 45 p.m. TEJirERATf FIB AT EACH IIOIU .?' fill 111 Ul 11 II J -t' S IN THE "MARINE WEEK" SHAM BATeTt" irMiiMrMTv iV BASEBALL TODAY mi Kit i.nxt.m Hi. I. rhlraen Itoston New lorli I leielnnd Di-ti-.lt M. I mils ivnsli'nston Uhlctirs Won I nit 1? IT 30 2l 24 2 "I IK 1.1 .Til .Ml iOI c; 417 "l1 .301 Uln ,w nti. 171 .01 47 .130 ".Oil .378 l,oe 017 cv lot .-7 .4(1-1 .151 .351 HI 2(1 "0 2 20 IX 1(1 MTIOVVI, Ll'OlE riuh Nc ..irk rhllll.. f lilrico rt Ixnili ( Incliiitl PrwUIn Pnton ritttburcli Won In.t p.r III tM't 2'i it 30 211 H 17 in in in in 23 , 10 21 21 12 .oil mi .177 ..113 til .111 400 .nil SRI .V,l .111 430 .111 .101 .Ml .411 .401 .3D0 333 I'oMiioned wet Krmimls, 8TGRAWMAYR OUTFQRSEASQN Tener Calls Meeting to Ban ish Muggsy for Rest of Schedule TO DECIDE ON MONDAY President John K Tener of the National League todai called a meeting of the league for Monday In New YorJc 1 1 discuss the rae of Muggsy McfJrau manager of the New York (Hants, who Ins been quoted as haling made extremely Insulting statements about Tener because the executlxo lined him $500 and suspended him for hitting I'mplre nyion nfter a game In Cincinnati recentlj. Tener left for New York tills afternoon after a meeting of the national commission That bnd had met ti give out a statement ronrernlng its attitude oier the victory In the suit lnntiffht In the owners of the ile fumt Hiltlnnre 1" (Ural l.caguo team ('am Hcrrnrinn admitted tint the meet ing would be railed to consider the case of Median but said he had nothing further to sai In the m ittei Mr Tener was shown one of the attacks m.idc In print upon him by Mi draw and said ' Let mv record stand besldo his I think the National Uague will back me In my stand McGraw de serves eierj thing ho got" MrOraw s nttael.s hae been mot giosIy Insulting. If he has bacn quoted roirertlv He Is quoted as having called Tener a dum my, .i politician, and as having favored the 1'hiladelphli club In his actions Tener raid todiv "1 am willing to let mv retold stand b-s'ilo that of JUOinw's He anuses m. I understand, of spoiling the Giants' rhanres for the pennant by suspend ing him That Is not my lonccrn In the matter I mil desire ti suppress rowd Isni McGrnw deserved all hn got I am suro the National League will back my stand in the matter" Five More Norse Ships Sunk 1 ONDOV. Juno 15 Loss of five, addi tional Norwegian ships with heavy loss or life was announced In cables from Copen agen todaj. making the U-boat toll e'ght Norwegians In two davs The Norwegian Foreign OPlce IWs the los.es as follows Oavmet. a sallin? vessel, driven nshdre by cunflre Kxcept one man who was found dead her entire crew Is missing, V naes. 1017-ton stenner. only fur saved. .Slgron. "538 tons and the sailing vessels Svlvla and randaco, the crews of which were rescued. Hoy Drowned While Swimming Frank Douglas, fourteen 5 ears old. 2617 Garrett street, was drowned while swim ming in a creek at Twentieth street and league Island Park this afternoon The ireek Is twenty-live feet wide and twenO ?eet deep at this point and the lad got out nv er his depth His companions w ere unable ?o save him and summoned police from the Fifteenth street and Snder avenue station, who grappled for the body Russia Orders 400 Locomotives TtirHMOND, Va June Ik An order has . nll'..A i,., mm the Russian Govern. merit for 100 locomotives of narrow-gauge upc All the engines will be built at a oca Plant and the work Is to be rushed Work will begin durlns July u a iri? TIP? WW liXJi KJ Americans are repeating the blun ders of the English in the first year of the war. We shojl reap the same harvest unless we arouse. ISAAC II. MARCOSSON Who has just returned from a month's stay 'in Europe, sounds a warning in a remarkable state- ment in Tomorrow's EwmtnaiS&akoiinr DRAFT TO BEGIN IN NEXT TEN DAYS Orders From Washington to Be Put Into Effect Promptly SLACKER SENT TO JAIL The selective draft from registered citizens may begin In 0 week or ten dajs. I'red J Shoyer, chairman of the Regis tration Commission Irtlmated this after noon that such action would take placo following a talk on th long distance tele phone vlth Governor Brumbaugh s secre- tarv Through the Governoi orders from Wash ington were given to divide Philadelphia ihto fl'tj-one conscription districts, Tho Governor and the Mas or may recom mend the appointment of the present forty- two registration boards to make the draft and also recommend the nine additional boards which villi be required Major Smith will recommend the 1 resent boards for the work and send tho names of those recom mended foi the additional boards to Harrls biirg tonight They vv 111 then be sent ,lq IVa chlnr-ti.n nn.l (I.a nUliltl n..nnlnlm.nf AC Thise boards will be made by the Pres'dent The nine nddltloinl dlrtrlcts villi be st Idl ed from nine 1 f the largest wards Including the Twcnts -fourth Twenty-eighth. Thlrtv thlrd Thlrtv -fourth. Thlrty-elghtb T"rty nlnth. Fortieth. Forti -third and Fortv-slxth It was announced that the authmltlcs nt Washington desire further lubdlvlslon In Washington In the hope of getting greater speed In the work In Philadelphia. ni:c'Ki;n Ssknt to jail fop. a yuar Thice men were arrested another was held foi .court and still another was sent 10 Jail for one ear This la the record of penalties In Philadelphia today for failure to obey the registration liw The most obdurate of all the nntl-Amer-Ic.ms was Frederick J Becker a waiter In a Market stieet cafe, who was arrested for fulling to register last weel. Since his ar lest he was given seveial opportunities to leglster. but sleadfastls refused liven tho pleas and tears of his wife and little chll dicn tod iv In the olllce of United States M.ushal Noon in failed to nuive him In sentencing Decker to Jail In tho liucl's Countv Jail at Doslestown. Judge Thomp son, of tho United States DIstilct Court, said I '1 om nil the facts disclosed that failure to register on jour part was willful When Congress passes a law tt Is the duty of rveiv one to obej It There Is nothing for Individual preference A person has the right to his opinion, but the law must be obej'cd There does not seem 1 1 be anj C ontlnurd nil race Twn, Column live ERRORS HELP SEIBOLD AND A'S SCALP INDIANS Young Mack Hurler's Arm and Bat Conspicuous in the Victory ci.r.vriiAMi AH. II. II. O. A. K. firaney. If 3 0 0 10 0 Chapman, M 1 1 1 3 1 Spenlser. ef I 1 0 0 1 Until, rf 3 O 1 3 llitmbseanis, 3b S 0 " 1 Harris, lb 3 0 3 9 0 n CoveleiMe. p 3 0O020 Turner. 3b S 0 0 3 4 1 O'Neill, e S O O .1 1, Hilling., c S 0 O I (1 0 Ijtana O 0 0 0 0 O t.smltli 0 0 n Totala t 10 S 5 21 11 S ATIII.KTirS AH. It. II. O. A. n. Mill. ' " 4 Strunk. cf 1 I 3 " 1 nodle, If 0 I Hate.. 3b 4 O I I 2 0 Mclnnlf, lb 4 O 1 11 0 0 hehanr, c 3 I I 3 0 1 W. Jolimon, rf. ...... 3 0 0 3 0 0 Lawry. 3b S 0 O i 1 n Belbold, l 3 n Total! 31 3 7 37 11 3 Han for Harrla In ninth Inning, 4Battd for Coulelkle In ninth Innlni. Two-bale hlta Belbold, Kath, Turner. Struck out By fielbold, 3 by CoTfleakle, 3. Haie on balli On Selbold, S. l-uuble play -T-Wambicami (nnaiilited). Molen baiea Selbold, Schanc TaMed ball Sclianc, O'Neill, llllllnti. WUd pitch CovtlejUle. TLT-npb-ei Morlarity and Evans. By ROBERT W. MAXWELL SHII3B PARK, June 5 Five errors were made by the Indians ConUnoed on raja FUUen, Column T FRANKLIN FIeIS MARINES THRILL IN SflAl BATTLE Gripping Appeal for Volun- teers Made by Veterans of the Corps LIKE ACTUAL WARFARE liilll Blue, lilarinc He's a soldier and n sailor, every inch; He's u fighter for his country In a pinch; And tho focmen do not figure When his finger's on the trigger He's n "go-and-get-'em demon," that'.! a cinch. Ray I. Hoppmin. iinin nr.rjK riouiiKi I'llllariclphln's (Uotn. Uuttninutlnti', blnre tMimlaj rnllstmrnts since Mmcliij eitrrdfiy'f rxamlnatlun 1o.lrrdi' rnllitn'rnt. iinmbrfi 7(IJl,,n,e,edrd. . , Vumberhf'ilojft remaining Dull mernffe necesnarj . . .. Toiln'a examination to (1 p. 111 Toduj's enllttment In 1 p. m ISO no 3S 41 .1 121 e 03 in 4 A gripping appeal for men veteran ma rines In a sh im .battle, demonstrating va ried forms of modern wnrfare was made on Fianklln Field this afternoon In the cli max of Miulno Corps Week and the nation wide light to recruit 1000 now "soldiers of tho sea." 1 ho exhibition thrilled 5000 persons who filled th- south stand from which the spec tators looked down upon the sun-bathed "lighting ' Among the onlookers were Brigadier General L W T Waller, hero of the Boxer campaign , Colonel Long, marine commandant at tho Philadelphia Navy Yard, and other marine corps of ficials General Waller Is tho man who, during a halt In tho Allies' inarch on Perktn. utered tho famous .words "Tho marines leave lor Peltln at 6 o'clock In tho morning" Tho went and so did the British Ger mans, Japs; anil other fighters, trailing be hind tho gallant little band of Americans TIIRILLHO BY MAIMXR FIGHT Under such distinguished ejes, tho mirlne today outdid themselves They drilled with a tcchnlial prci Islon nnd surety that was followed by the eje. which saw linos of iindiilatlt.R olive drab legs Hashing In tho sunlight and b the ear which heard monotonous swish of j.-llow shoes upon the i nlitllllieil nn Pace Two, ( nllinin Mv PHILLIES' HITS COUNT; DEFEAT REDS, 12 TO 8 Dode Paskert Continues Pelting the Pill With Three Hits, One a Triple imiim.1i AH. It. II. O. A.K, Pr.skert. ef A 1 3 J n n MeOnfriiran, 1112 4 1! Mod., .11 3 3 10)0 rravnth, rf . . . .13 3 3 0 0 Mhlttcde, If I 3 4 I I 0 l.iidrriir. Hi I 1 1 8 1 0 .Mfliorf. 21 .1 n I S 1 Hums r 0 0 0 0 0 0 Klllefer. r .100(100 Lavender, p 3 1 I (I 1 0 Duurj ... 000000 Totals 37 13 15 11 10 1 CI.NCl.VNATI ah. 1:. 11. o. a. 1:, Oroli. 3b 1 S 4 O 3 II Kopf, .10 13 11 rtcuMli, el 3 10 7 0 1 Chae. lb .1 I i ,11 1 I VHnco, r .1 O 1 1 1 I Thorpe, rr 5 3 110 0 Neale, rf ... 103101 Khean, 3b 5 13 3 3 0 Hller. p 1 n I O 0 0 ffirimtli 0 0 0O00 Knetier, p ... 100321 Clarke 1 1 1 0 0 0 Total 10 S 13 27 13 a Hatted for F.tler In fiiirth. 1 Hatted for ICIllefrr In ninth. 4 Hatted for Knetter In ninth. Thrte-baao hit 1 bitted, Cravath, Pan kcrt. Clarke. Two-baae lilt Thorpe. Sac. rlflco hlta Lavender, Block. Struck out II) Lavender, 4 by Knetier, 1. Hate on ball Off Lavender, 3 off Eller, 1 off Knetier, 1. Double plaja Melioff (unaiilit. ed) I Kopf to Shean to Chaae. Stolen baaes Neale, Khean, Chaie, Groh, 3 Houih. Um pire JlarrUon and O'Day. REDLAND PARK. Cincinnati, June 15 Tho Phillies won tha third came ojf tho Continued On Vt fifteen. Column On FOUR AMERICANS KILLED IN FIERCE FIGHT WITH U-BOAT VVASHIHGTOIT, June 10. The armed American tank sttftmBhlp Mo 'mi was iet ou fire and sunk by a German nilnaulnt niter a but ' ';i which mow than 800 shots verc fired, the State Saparttmnt w 1 - t'iformed today. lToui' Amerlcant w hilled. It v at . :.c i.-ii was sunk Juno IS nt O t. m. The lo:. ticn 'v.i i.a.cd thelUvcie ttreci at the imiii: u i . 1,A) 'ici'b at tha U-boat. The dtad ate Edward 'Cunning. ., . n, nu oiler; O. Currau, Jr., Hew Yoik, wtreleaa oj)iQtorj 1. Qteiscn, i ui i in. mid U. 3toiitncr, tetaman. Th TJbont captnln congmuiatud i Amcitcan commander on hla splendid ftght. ?:AC'I!F.N J.CALP INDIANS !N OPFNFR VND...1 C0G'Q00 108DC A .irTIC8...0 OOOOS10SO72 i'- I.tc and O'Metll; Belbohl and Schnng. SXorlD,rlty and Uvaiw. rillLS TAKE AN0T1IFR FROM HATTY-p RUS t T-S 2 0 0 2 10 3 1 3 12 15 i CiLVKiiVATI ...1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 "8.15 0 lavciiUoi and Klllcfcrj UUi and Wiiitfo. Uarriuou and CFDy. 1A1IERICAN LEAGUE CHICAGO ...s. ...... 00 0 2-10 10 1-3 03 BOSTON rv.... 00000000 0-0:0 7iUinms and Gchalk; Bhore and Agnew. ST. LOUIS 000100000 101 NUW YORK S1000 0N10X-500 ' Hamilton and Sevcreldj Shawkey and Waltcis. DEi'KOTl? ....-....h 0 0 1. 0 2 0 1 0 0- 1 7 1 WASHINGTON 10100010 0-0 7 0 Jarnvj ami Stanago; Johnjuii and Alnsnllth. NATIONAL LEAGUE IiLW YORK - PITTSBURGH .' - I , rOSTI'ONEB KA1M - 4 ToTON .... 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 U 0-0 Li 0 ( 'f'GC 10 0000 II 03 10 1 'I ' mil O0W1I7; Picndc:j;a:t and Wilton. 1 BROOKLYN 10 0 0 0 0 0 10- ST. LOUIS 0000011O0- Cadore and Sleycrs; 3Vlendora and Livingstone. ( ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS . . :. Latotil?. tacc, 1 rallc 70 yoid-Vogue, 108, AnUctb, $j.5a, s S... v.on; Mui.c H-'.n, 11'). O. Hi 'it, J'-L'-.O, Vv M, .c a , ., , Wt::j..itll, $6.8J, lulid Xiiue, 1.43 J-3. j.. th latcula race, 0 ttulongn Kept, 113, Kelaay, 01.00, Q3, ?3, i on, Butcaor Boy, 108, Dlahmon, ?300, 3.10, secondj Orcnt Gull, 105, Murphy, 20.60, third. Time, 1.01 d.0, . N T' ' 1 Wint-'or rur. 8-;rMr-iill anel up, 0 1-0 flirloaff CraniT , , , ci- r. sTT. m. "9.T0, w-n: jM-vl'd, If. TTMfin T.m. . -r- 1 -,11-. M;T)' '"ft 7?0 "'il v".i" 1 i" ' 5 - - . ,rn.. ,f, .yrr n)r'., Prlri ,-j,, riniii'n, 1 1---p--. 'i? r.r."-. "A..10, 919 SO, $11 CO. won-, Ov.ana. 100. Jaofc eon, 919 60; $13.40, sacond; Bobert ICanttU, 109, Koleawortli, 1.10, third. Time, 1.18 8-0. Fif.u Wlndaor race, 8-yoor-old and up, claiming, 1 mile Alda, 103. Molesworth, $20.40. $11 80, 4U3.70, won; White Crown, 00, Bol ton, 92.50, $d.G0, second; BudweUev, 101, Smith, 1.00, third. Time, 1.41 t-5. S'- th Windeor Hace, thre-year-olde and up, cWmlnir. 1 mlV Tnikicn m, Wir-wn, 831.80, 3T. qi.EO, v"f Pr..,.v. iqa -- , , .5-, ' ,1 ?(. l,n JO' V.i-i --. - v t y- ". 'v -j 1 : 1 11'' f 1 ' v. " 1 fv lo v sftaightPlay Toy, 114, Oarner, 8 to 1, 0 to 1, 8 to 6, vunj !l.i raiy, Ud, 3BttiUa, 4 to 1, 0 to 0, 1 to S, ascendi, Jtltaiorlcs II 114, Kcogb, 8 to 1, 1 to 8, oat, tilted. Slrno, .52, TO RKCOMMSND 5 PFIl CHUT WA8HIKOTOW, June 10. Tho 8nate Vinnnc Co-.-" t today decided to leroiniuoncl a tnn of 5 iei tent on the 1 io'Mh 01 imp. is and other periodical. Ahout $15,000,000 U expected nom this tax, which was agieed upon a substitute for the seoond.flass pobt.il rate iucieabe piopoacd by the House and the fc per c"1 a(l vritincj tax previously agied lo by the committee. HBWSPAW VKV T.V. tr' Philadelphia Ends Cam- paign With Excess Over Allotment SWELLS WAR CHEST BEYOND ITS QUOTA Officials Announce Last Hour Subscriptions Lit erally Poured in WORK AT HIGH PITCH LinKItT, nONI) CAJirAION rhllndc'.plila'a nllotm-iit (mln ) (1140,000,00 Philadelphia' nllotment (max ) 175,000,004 Subscriptions tabulated 163,000,000 Ultimate of total 300,000,008 'I lie stock list committee of the Phil adclpliia Stocl. E.chan(-e authorized the trading in Liberty Bonds, when i sued, starting at noon today. The ini tial transaction was $1000 at 100 10-50, (Ids mcauinc that the bpnds were quoted at 10-SOths of 1 per cent above -v par. following this another transac tion took place at the same figure 'of $1000. It's over Philadelphia ban come through In a blaio of Blorv in tln Liberty Loan cam paign and liao honied up a total of ap proximately t:oo 000,000 as Ua contribu tion to the war fund MANY LATH SrDSCRirTIONS Jut before c onlng and for some time afterward there "an a great rush of small Investors to bu Liberty Bonds, N'ot only tho Tedcral Reserve Bank but most of tha mailer lnnks were falrl swamped with application V The camplgrKc!osed at 12 o'clock and at S o'clock this afternoon officers In the Fed eral Reserve Rank announced they had tabu ated Slf.5 noo 000 In subscriptions and that It would be far into tho night before they would bo able 1 1 advise Washington as to the grand total li Philadelphia "Wo nro snowed under literally swamped with subscriptions ' said one of the officials. Among the last-hour big subscriptions was one of $10 000 000 from the Olrard Trust Companj This sum represents Jl. OOO.uOO from the trust company and 18,000,. 000 from the trutt company's depositors. Just before the campaign closed Drexal &, Co added another $600,000 to Its sub scription! making a total of $19,600,000. The Plflladelphla Trust Comjiiny sub scriptions for itself and clients amounts t J8.250.000 A. force of, fUUy clrl.s Is w-orklnc -wW Trojan-like energj to tabulate big stacks' of subscriptions that poured Into the reserve bankdurlig the early morning, That tnce win swell the total to more than $200,000 noo Is the prediction of- cam paign managers. Philadelphia s allotment was between $110.000 000 and $1,5,000.000, although campaign managers set $350 000,000 as th goal "I hove no doubt that the total will ex ceed $200 000 000 said Waiter C Janney, rnntlnren on I'aco live. Column One ERSHING AT WORK- WILL VISIT FRONT Gets Busy Preparing for His Tour and Makes Offi cial Calls LUNCHEON WITH JOFFRB TARIS. June 15. Declaration by Cieneral Pershing that he Is JO fill at the prospect of getting to work Immediately and the speed with which he has moved through a program of confer ences here Indicated today that the Ameri can commai der would soon be at the front Ho Is expected to make an extended tour ' of tho entire flshtlng district - General Pershing called on Admiral La- X caseo and Paul Pain ove today pausing meanwhile to receive Trench and American reporters and to sit for a oung woman artist Pershing and his staff were guests of Marshal Joffre at a luncheon at the Military Club Further ev Idence of Pershing's popularity la Paris, no lean than the gratitude of Prance toward America occuned today X crowd Kept gathering around the Ameri can commanders headquarters until the street v. a literally choked They cheered again and again until Pershing was finally Induced to rome to a balcony and bow his appreciation Then the crowd threw flow ers waved flags and redoubled its cheers, In a veritable pandemonium of sound This evening Pershing plans to Journty to the tomb of the Marqdis do Lafayette and to place a wreath there on the grave of the "frenchman who did so mu'.h for America In the das of the Revolution Tplcal of the attitude of the French na tion was the declaration of Premier Rlbot, when Pershing appeared In the Chamber 6t Deputies, that his coming to France "marks j.he first chapter In the history of the con stitution of a society of nations." U S MOST POWERFUL NATION Qulok action from the American general nr.d from the nation behind him Is gener ally predicted Writing In La Vlctolre, Gus- tave Herve said today, "Don't forget that the fundamental char- Continued on rase fell. Column Fte Italy's Uphill Battle Splendidly Illustrated General Cadorna and his armies are struggling atja'nst almost In surmountable obstacles. Exclusive Photographs of th'e Italians' powerful new offens sive will appear in tomorrow's Pictorial Sectte EV- K i" vr 1 .' yf vgT 69 1 csn mr:.i i I es.. I , ' .. ' , I . J i 5.J.4, .'T , ,M.,. ..A
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