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; PHILADELPHIA SOLDIER LEADS CHEERING
' FOR PRESIDENT AND KING OUTSIDE PALACE
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1919
louit J. Dillon Climbs Pillar and
Electrifies Crowd, Despite the
"Bobbies'" Protests
SHOWED ENGLISH HOW YANKS CHEER
2fe
Englishmen and Territorials Join
Him and Witson and GVorgcj
How Appreciation
THIS article teat written tor the
Kvkn-ino Public T.EPUEn bu ITenrv
JIT. Xt'lUr, a T'liUailelphlan, who s en- I
Sascd In rcconstruetloii koiI: in Europe
CopvrltM. ttl, lj rulUe T.'dof Co.
T.onilnn. Jim. 10 It remained for a
Philadelphia bov In Rlvo tlie ilrntnatli?
climax lo London's tremendous welcome
to President Wilson
It was n plcturesiiup display of Tanle
Impetuosity, and, an It a done In full
lev of countless thousands of Urllons
and the Kins nnd Queen and whole rojal
family. It caufed n M-niatlon that will
be talked about many a day. because the
English do not do things In quite th.it
same stile
The President, rldinp In the roval car-1
rlagL' with the Klnc and the Dule of
ConnaURht. had made hi triumphal way
through the city streets and wat drlvlnp
down Constitution Illll to Buckingham
Palace when ho was .iln.ost oer
whelmed by a roar of shouu au. li as
could come tiom the throats of onH one
nationality on earth.
They weic Yank- shouts and the
Presldcnt'8 fnoe lighted up with a hnppj
smllo of welcome as he saw lined up on
both sides of the street as far as his
eve could reach two thousand uniformed
Americans, all greeting him with a
fervor that was unmistakable, l.ven
King Oeorge himself smiled dellghttdli
at the unexpected demonstration. I
The, Yankees had stood waiting there
for three hours Just to gto Wilson that
one loar of welcome. They liatl gath- i
ered at the Kaglc Hut. where the Amei- .
lean Y M. C A. had made all the ar-
rangedments, had formed tn columns of
fours, with a naal band In tho lead,1
and had marched through the streets, i
themselves being greeted with hearty
and fiaternal cheers by the Iondoners. i
They were detachments of Failorr. sol
diers, marines. Y secretaries, lied Cro-a
nurses, Y women workers nnd a large- -
section of Americans who had enllsten
in the Canadian army In 1913 and 1916
I.rd fnke Dance
Among the "doughboys' was Louis J.
Dillon. 313 North Thirty-ninth street.
Philadelphia Dillon was not satisfied
with simply standing In line and seeing
the procession of distinguished person
ages go by. As soon as the last carriage
had passed he called to tho "pal" who
was with him and led the way In a
snake dance through the dense crowds
toward Buckingham Palace.
There they found thousands packed
like sardines up against the tall Iron
fence that runs In a crescent out In
front of the palace. As far as the
eye, could reach In, (Ireen Park and St.
James Park and down the Mall was a
dense sea of human heads and faces
with apparently no chance for any
one else to get through But Dillon had
his own Idea"
"Come on." he said 'We'll work our
way along the feme"
And somehow the managed It In
time ihcv found themselves up agtlnst
cine of the tall stone pillars, and there
the. tood. wondering tit the silence or
the huge crowd, so unlike the Uemon
stratlvene"i of an Aiiirrl-.tn throng Bui
lt was really an enthuwaailc -rowd ac
cording to Its own notion" The people
had cheered wildly when the President
nnd King passed, and now the; were
standing patlentli waiting until it s-hould
pteastj the great foh to come nut tipnti
the purple hung balcony and show them
selves That Is the British Idea of en it
tesy to their rulers and to their guetts
But Dillon wanted I It- President to
know bevond a doub that Here were
Yankees there waiting to see him Other
' doughboy- ' and sailors had managed
to crowd up around him with their (lags
waving nboia the heads of the rowd
and soon there was iiuitn a brilliant
dlsplaj of the Stars and stupes Then
and went to tho American recruiting of
fice In the nelgrao Mansions.
But Captain Corr. the recruiting of
ficer, proved shrewd and soon wormed
tho truth out of him. Together they
Rent to see General Blddle and laid the
lad's case before him, Tho general
smiled when Dillon admitted his subter
fuge, but did mot seem altogether dl
pleased. "You go back to your outfit," he said,
"and, If your record Is good for a short
time, I will sea that jou aro trans
ferred." So Dillon got Into his uniform again
and went back to Yorkshire. And on July
27 tho transfer came.
Dillon Is now stationed In tho chief
engineer's office In Great Poultney Btreet,
London. He Is nn electrician by trade
and In the Slates Is employed as an
electrical engineer at the MIdvale Steel
Works. Ho attended William Penn High
School And West Philadelphia 'High
School, Hg mother lives at 1522 West
York street,
FORTUNE DROPS ON ROAD
Trunk Containing $12,000 in
Jewels Jolted From Automobile
Atlantic City, Jan. 20. Somewhero be
tween New York and Atlantic, City a
trunk containing diamonds and other
Jewels valued at $12,000 was shaken
loose from tho rear of an nutomobtle
driven by P. n. Mayer, a wealthy New
Yorker, on his way to tho shore, and
the loss was not discovered until ho
drove up to a beachfront hotel. Then
ensued an all-night tearch of tho high
way Chartering a taxleab he went slowly
over the ground, while the headlights of
tho machine played on either side of the
road, Hope of recovering the trunk was
tevived at freehold when the strap by
which It was fastened- was discovered,
Search as with fine tooth comb was
made, but not a trace of tho missing
trunk was discovered
FOE PICKED OFF OFFICERS,
SAYS WOUNDED CORPORAL
Gordon Eldredgc Moloney, Survivor of Company A, 109th Infantry,
Home With Weird Story Lived Through Many Battles
Before Being Shot in Shoulder
One of tho thirty survivors of the
250 members of Company A, 109th In
fantry, who faced battle at Chateau
Thierry, and one of tho ten survivors
of the 1C0 of the name company of
tho old l-'lrst Heglment, N, O, P., that
Keried on the Mexlcnti border In 191C,
Corporal Gordon Kldrldge Maloney Is
home, wearing tho present war's red
b.-ylgc of courage, tho red Keystone,
awarded tho survivors of the Iron Di
vision. Tho company Is part of the
old First Peglment, X. G. P.
Tho corporal enlisted at the age of
sixteen for the Mexican border troublo
nnd served until the company's release
hero In October, 1916, after which he
was a member of a local stock com
pany. Before his first enlistment ho
was with the l.ubln Film Company,
playing Juvenile parts with Marie Dress
ier In her famous "Tillle" photoplays.
He trained at Camp Hancock and
went overseas lost May under Captain
Walter M. Oherty. The captain was
the first National Guard officer to be
killed In tho war and Corpoal Maloney
was near him when ho fell.
When asked who had taken the cap
tain's place, tho corporal said:
"Lieutenant Hunt, the only commis
sioned officer of the entire 109th to live
j through lo tho armistice. In most of
I tho battles, the snipers picked off the
officers first and battalions would come
back In charge of sergeants and with
corporals at the heads of companies.
Of course, tho company would be re
filled with members of tho casual com
panies, but of the 250 that began to
fight nt Chateau-Thierry only thirty aro
allvo now, and of tho enllro regiment
thero aro not enough survivors to fill
up ono war-strength company. Three
thousand men went Into that fight, but
not 300 aro hero now."
At times the corporal was called on
to carry messages In the midst of heavy
hnrrages, so heavy that he had to crawl
at full length or seek refugo In shell
holes to keep himself allvo and get his
notes through to tho commanding offi
cers. Ho also took out reconnolterlng
parties nt night to learn tho enemy's
whereabouts or search for tho wounded.
After ho was wounded, the corporal's
Platoon commander, Sergeant Frank K.
Montgomery, wfoto the wounded boy's
relatives saying he was one of the best
nnd bravest men In the platoon and his
courage under flro and nfter ho was
wounded "was the talk of the regiment."
Sergeant Montgomery, who was wound
ed In tho Argontio October 8, also has
been sent to this country to recuperate.
The corporal fought In tho battle of
Chateau-Thierry, In tho second battle
of the Marne and in the great drive on
Solssons In which he was Injured July
30 while hunting positions for the ma
chine guns of which he was In charge.
Tho machine gun bullet, a mushroom,
ploughed through his neck, beside the
Jugular vein, nnd came out eleven Inches
down his bad:, tearing a holo "big
enough," to ut-e the words of one of his
comrades, "for a man to put his head
Into "
If tho disability of shoulder that Is
now troubling him leaves, tho corporal
plans to return to tho stage. He comes
of "fighting stock," as his grandfather,
tho late Philip Sherwood Maloney, en
listed at fifteen In tho old L'lghty-second
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Sixth Corps,
and wns ono of tho survivors of the
battle of Antlctam.
Or. Isaac Norrls Dies in Italy
Word received by tho board of trustees
of the Free Library of Philadelphia an
nounced tho denth of Dr. Issact Norrls,
a member of the board. In Florence, Italy,
October 23. He won the donor of a col
lection of medical works to tho library.
AMERICAN MISSION BUSY
Members Interviewing Prominent
Viennese o Get Information
Wireless to Evening Public Ledger
ConrloM. Iil, 1 PabHo Lritotr Co.
and .Vcw Vorfc Timca Co.
Vienna, Jan.. 20. The work of the)
American mission under A. C, Coolldgo
Is progressing briskly. The members
have had dally meetings with men prom
inent In the political and economical
world of Vienna, gathering Information.
Today Count Csernln applied for nn op
portunity of meeting Professor Coolldge,
who returns to Vienna from Budapest
next Iinny-
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Louis Dillon, a Philadelphia lioy, at llie time of President filon tre
mendous weltome in I.nuilon leil a number of lii als in a snake tlanre
through llic rrowd toward Iiurkinpiidin Palace. Climbing a etonc pillar
in front of the palace, lie Marled a clieerinp demonstration tliat cau-cd
the President, the King and Queen to appear upon the palace halconv.
His mother lives at 1322 West York street
the silence of the British crowd began I
to make Dillon Impatient '
"Como on. bovs," he shouted, 'let's'
start something '
'Get up on that stono pillar." some
one suggested daringly, "and start Fome
cheering"
Dillon did not wait for a s-econd in- ,
vltation Whilo tho Lngllsh crowd
gasped at the Irreverence of the pro
ceeding, ho climbed up until ho t-tood
twenty feet above the sea of heads
Someone handed him a big American
Hag. and, as soon as he raised It, thou
sands of Yanks In tho crowd burst Into
a roar of acclamation.
Three t beers
'Three cheers for President Wilson''
Dillon shouted and the crowd rheercd
"Now. three i brers for King Ueorge !"
he cried, and again caino a thunderous
answer, this time Joined In by the Brit-,
Ish, who were beginning lo injoy the i
r.oveltv of tli proic dings I
Down below him Dillon saw some out
raged "Bobbles" making their way to-1
ward him. b t he onlv w.tved to them
and talkd to- more cheer i
' Come down from thrr,-' ' one of th
policemen thouted
"You come, up and put m down'.'
Dillon dared him and called for three
morn cheers for Wilson
The unaccustomed commotion outside
caus'd many windows in the palace to,
be raised Curious heads popped out. I
and soon all th" windows were crowded.
Then Dillon comeived the Idea of making
the affair a demonstration of 'he en-,
tente cordial He reached down and ,
helped .1 Jackie up to tho stand In-slde I
him Then he found a Scotchman with i
a British flag and pulled him up After
that there followed an AuMrall.ui and a
New- Ze.tl.inder eu- h with his own Hag,,
and thp rowd hei.ime unref-trained in j
entl jstusu while the Bobbie
fumed and iaed helplessly inside the
tall Iron fence
In a few mliiu"tes the nolte had the
desired effect The sounds of the Im
patient cheering penetrated to the pal
ace and, much tooner than the British
crowd had expected, the doorway lead
ing out upon the balcony opened and
appeared the President of the Vnlt-d
Plates, Mrs Wilson, tho King and
Queen, the Duke of Connaught and a
nunibtr of distinguished pcrtonages
Lmbrated Opportunity
That was Dillon's opportunity and he
made the most of It With the Stars
and fctrlpes waving wildly above his
head, he Hood up above the thtong and
led them In cheer after cheer, and the
President, seeing him, smiled In delight
and bowed to him before making a lit
tle -'eeeh of thanks
After It wns all, over Dillon wns the
happleM lad In Lond in
1 Th" President lowed to we, anjway,
and that's more than ou fellows tan
sav," he declared proudlv to a group of
his friends who gathered In the Kagle
Hut to talk over the Incidents of the
great day.
Dillon has had a moht unusual experi
ence during his efforts to get Into the
big game of this war. He first Joined
the Flrrt Pennsylvania, being a member
of Company II, but was, discharged be
cause of defective tight. Then he heard
of the chances In tha Canadian army
and went to Wlnd-or, Nova Scotia,
where ho enlisted In the King's Own
Yorkshhe Light Infantry With them
he came across and went into training,
but tho i-lght of Itii-rcaslngly large num
bers of Yankee uniforms over here made
him long to wear one himself and be
with his own piople. So, when hu was
given ten elajs' leave. h came to Lon
don, borrowed a civilian suit, put It on
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