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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
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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
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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
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41
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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-
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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
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