French War Commission Gets Warm Greeting in the Cradle of American liberty HARRISBURG trfSpli TELEGRAPH J .XX XVI— No. 11l 16 PAGES ALLIES HOLD LINES UNDER GALLING FIRE Tremendous Drive Made by Von Hindenburg in Effort to Stem Tide of British Victory Wasted With Great Loss of Men and Material; Germans Cling to One Point won in Vicinty of Fresnoy Where Their Hold Is Very Slight FRENCH REFUSE TO BUDGE AN INCH FROM GROUND WON IN GREAT OFFENSIVE MOVE Massed Formations and Every Available Gun Brought In to Play by Crown Prince of Bavaria in Last Desper ate Play to Save the Great Coal Fields of Northern France By Associated Press Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's tremendous drive oi yester day in an effort to stem the tide of British victory on the Arras battlefield speedily spent its force and all his lavish expenditure of men and material bids fair to be wasted. Already the British have reacted so strongly that most of the ground lost in the vicinity of Fresnoy has been regained. The Germans still are clinging to the village itself but their hold upon it is so insecure 1 that its recapture and the entire restoration of the British position appears imminent. It is a vital necessity for the Germans to hold fast here, if they are not speedily to lose Lens and its valuable coalfields and find their whole line in the northern sector of the Franco-Belgian front imperilled. Even more urgently necessary is it for them to hold the French around the great bend in the northeast of Soissons where the German stronghold of Laon, considered by some mili tary critics the key to the entire German position in Northern France is the French objective. Issue !!nnu f'lrc T Everything indicates that the pres- i ent struggle on the British front is regarded by both sides as one of the most important actions of the war. but it may bo many days before any decision is reached. The determina- . tion with which the Germans are lighting and tlietr strenuous efforts at the concentration of guns and re- i serves shows that the Drocourt- j yueant line is regarded by them as i of vital importance and will only be • surrendered in the last extremity. From two other war theaters news comes tl.at opens lip many possibili ties. The lighting on the Macedonian front, constantly developing in sever ity and extent, gives renewed color ! to tne belief that General Sarrail is initiating operations of major impor tance and possibly offensive. The I developments on this front appear to have given fresh impetus to the revo lutionary movements in Greece, rein forced by news that Venizelist troops , are on the firing line and have been ' \ ictors In the first clash with their, hereditary foes, the Bulgars. King Constantino has been declared depos- J ed at u great mass meeting in Salo niki and an Athens dispatch says that the king's followers are deserting to the provisional government in in creasing numbers. lius*lnn Troop* Move Mesopotamia offers the second point of interest with announcement from Petrograd that Russian troops are again on the move on the Persian border. The unexplained inaction of these forces was believed in some quarters to have been responsible for the sudden halt in the victorious ad vance of the British army from Bag dad. General Maude's successes had resulted in the practical surround- • ing ot the Turkish army in Mesopo tamia when tho Russian withdrawal from Mush and the halting of a Rus sian drive from Persia changed the situation. The condition of affairs in i this remote region is still, however, obscure and presents possibilities rather than probabilities. The persistence and violence of the J German counterattacks along the Chemin-des-Dames plateau, the com- j manding r'dge won by the French in last week's (treat drive, indicate the j importance the German high com mand attaches to the lost ground. General Nivelle's troops are yielding! no inch of it, however, and gradu ally are forging ahead in important ' sectors. night an attack by the French ! gave them a line of trenches three- ' THEWEATHE¥ ■ For Ilarrlshiirg nnil vicinity: Pur- Iv cloudy to-night nnd Ihurn ■lny: light frost to-night it weather clears. For Kastern Pennsylvnnln: l'arl ly cloudy to-night and Thursday: lro*t to-night If weather clears: gentle to moderate northwest to north winds. River The upper portion of the main river will fall to-night and the lower portion Thursday. All tributaries will fall or remain nearly stationary. A stage of about fl.ft feet la Indicated for llurrlshurg Thursday morning. General Conditions The storm that was central off the Worth Carolina coast, Tuemlny morning, has moved northeast ward and Ik now central some distance off the New Knglanil const. It caused light rains in the last twenty-four hours In the \tlantlc Male* from Georgia to Massachusetts. Temperature 8 a. m.. 48 degrees. Sum Rises. 4:48 a. m. Vlnoni Rises, 10:38 p. nj. River Stage: 5.8 feet. Vesterday'a Weather Highest temperature, .VI. l owest temperature, 41. Mrnn temperature, 47. -Normal temperature, 30. • quarters of a mile long on the im- I portant high ground above Caronne, ; northeast of Chevreux, where they are opening up the back road to Laon. The Germans have been claiming the retention of Chevreux but the Faris j report to-day indicates that if the I French are not actually in possession j of it they at least have well hemmed ■ | it in. German counterattacks last night j were particularly heavy and costly, and at no point were they success- I fut, Paris announced. IMe >lasMeil Troop** With massed reserves and every available gun at liis command Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria is striv ing to halt the ceaseless British as i saults on the Brocourt-Queant line. | tlie last bulwark protecting the rich est prize of the Germans In Northern France—the coal field of Lens. The reckless expenditure of human life by the German commander has had at least a temporary reward in the re capture of Fresnoy, at the northern 1 end of the lines. This little village ' and the wood which surrounds it! J tormed a sharp salient driven by the j Canadians to within two miles of J Drocourt. Its capture marks the first time in the present offensive that a German counterattack has succeeded ! i in wresting an Important position , from the British. Curiously enough the same official statement from Ber lin which announces the capture of Kresnoy indicates that the British are much closer to the southern end of the Droeourt-Queant line than has been claimed by London. The Ger man war office tells of heavy fighting betwten Relncourt and Fontaine, the former village being a bare mile and a half from Queant and less than that distance from Cagnicourt, the next ' German stronghold north of yueant. \ New War Tax Bill Imposes Greatest Duties American People Have Ever Faced By .Associated Press Washington. May 9. The new war tax bill was ready for Congress j to-day proposing probably the most j extensive and greatest line of taxa- I lion ever faced by the American , ; people. Doubling of normal income tax I rates, with reduction of exemptions and increases of surtaxes on great ' incomes; absolute elimination of all articles on the tariff free list with ; the imposition of a minimum duty 1 of ten per cent, and a horizontal in crease of ten per cent, on all new iaxable articles together with in- j creases of taxes on internal revenue and new taxes which reach to thj remote departments of business and household life are proposed to make ' t up a yearly income of $1,800,000,000. I Increases on postage rates include newspapers which it is proposed to i charge on the parcel t'°st zone sys tem. The new taxes include levies on life and fire insurance, on house hold, electric light bills, telephone i bills, railroad tickets, admissions to amusements, club dues, automobiles. 1 | pleasure boats, jewelry and practi- ; | t ally everything that enters into the ! life of a family. Wheat Soars to New High Record Prices By Associated rress Chicago, May 9.—Kxcited advances in wheat at tlie opening to-day re flected the bullish government crop 1 report which was issued just after the close yesterday. May sold from 53.07 j to $3.11, which was from ten to four teen cents higher than yesterday's ; close. The market advanced sharply yes terday in anticipation of the crop re port, May ascending 17 cents, and for the first time In the history of -the board selling at $3.00. The acreage abandoned, however, proved greater than expected and the additional ad vance reflected it this morning. HARRISBURG. PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9. 1917. PARK PLANS TO \ BE CONSIDERED I IN CAR SURVEY Experts Get Proposed Pro gram of Capitol Extension Treatment From Manning ST. WIDENING Need of Legislation to Further Development Is Pointed Out Warren 11. Manning, consulting) landscape designer and park expert. ; who with city and State officials, is planning the treatment of the Capi- j tol Park Extension, proposed widen | ing of city streets, erection of a'■ I bridge at State street and other im- j portant development plans, has sent I j complee data to J. K. Bibbin under I whose supervision the survey of j Harrlsburg street car service has. been made. The entire park program, together! with possible city extensions and de-1 velopments have been sent to Mr. | Ribbin lor careful consideration in j making the report on the survey, so | that all proposals for changes in svs- | terns can be considered with a view j | to co-operation in the general plans. j Trolley Survey Completed ! The survey of the Harrlsburg Kail- \ ways lines has just been completed , by experts sent here by Bion J. Arn old and in charge of Mr. Bibbin. The j survev was suggested bv the HAR RISBt'IUJ TELEGRAPH, railways officials at once deciding to have ex- I pert advice to solve the many prob- j lems which have developed in re ; cent years. A report of the survey is expected j within the next few weeks after all , data gathered here has been gone! over, together with the park de velopment and street widening pro grams submitted by Mr. Manning. Plan Rerouting of Lines Plans for rerouting city transit, 1 lines to meet with the program for j the park development will be made I by Mr. Arnold and Mr. Bibbin with i the assistance of Air. Manning. In his letter to Mr. Bibbin, Mr. Manning calls attention to the pro- j posed tunnel under the Capitol ter- i race as a passible alternative to sur- j face cars in Aberdeen street. Speak, ing of this phase of the program, he; says: "This is not part of our plan as it was rejected when proposed on account of the importance of utl ! lizing the space under this terrace j i for storage rooms and tor offices. j should like your views on this, how ever. Of course It is possible to carry the tunnel on a still lower level j by passing under North street on j whleli the main city water supply pipe Is. If it were lower, the open ing would be at some point beyond North in Sixth, which as you know, is a continuation of Fourth." Mr. Manning continued that he in-i tends to bring this plan up again for consideration because of objec-; tions which have been raised to sur- j face cars in Aberdeen street, and; also because the COST of broadening Aberdeen street from the railroad station to the Capitol grounds and then on to Sixth street would be so expensive that the city might not be ready to consider it. Need of legislation that would provide for the co-operation of State and city in carrying out plans for, i the State street viaduct, exchange of ! 1 property, routing of street oars, i broadening the railroad right-of-way! and arranging to take care of cars | going out Cowden street, is pointed I out by Mr. Manning. Need Legislation Speaking of the State street via- ] duct plans, he says: "My first thought with reference 1 to this viaduct was that there might be ramps down the side of the via duct for cars passing each way in Cameron street, as well as cars pass i ing over the viaduct to Royal Tcr -1 race as referred to for the State \ street cars. "I speak of cars passing both ways j on Cameron street because there will I be considerable extension of the city 1 on the tine upland property that lies I of Wildwood park, as other scc lions within the same radius are he- 1 ing pretty rapidly filled up. In this connection 1 would call your atten tion to the overhead bridge or via -1 j duct that is proposed by the City: I Plan for Division street, where there i is now a footbridge." Mr. Manning also refers to the proposed plan to cross from Front i street over the dam to the large lake at Wildwood; provision which has been made in the existing park system for an electric line, and the bridge over the Susquehanna river that would be a continuation of State street, which would provide , a natural amphitheater and make a I better thoroughfare than is provided at the end of the Market street bridge. As soon as the survey report of the trolley situation is submitted rail ways company officials will act, Pres- i ident B. Musser said to-day. Congress Split on T. R.'s Plan to Send Recruits to French Battlefront flv Associated Press Washington, May 9. Conferees ! of the House and Senate on the war! ariny bill to-day sought to compro mise their differences over the ques-j tion of whether Colonel Roosevelt , shall be permitted, as provided by. a ' Senate amendment, to raise a volun j teer force for service in France. I Prospects of an agreement, however. on this, the main issue, seemed I slight. 1 Thet only hope held out for a cora- I promise was said to be based on the j chance that the Senate might recede | from its position on the question. In I that case it was said the House con ferees might accept the Senate amendment fixing the age limit of those subject to selective draft at ' from 21 to 27 in lieu of the Mouse ■ provision fixing It at from 21 to 40. Failure to reach an agreement prob • | ably will necessitate the sending or . the bill back to the two houses for 1 further instructions. (The 3lnr- Unfieprn&rnl \f > BOY SCOVTS ARE GIVEN ETENSIVE INSTRUCTIONS L j A complete knowledge of first aid work is necessary before a lad can qualify as a Boy Scout. The photo shows two bovs carrying a wounded comrade. SCOUT CAMPAIGN WA RML Y ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNOR The campaign to raise. $12,000' with which to finance the Boy Scout movement in llarrisburg for the next three years got under way with i a big swing to-day at a noon lunch eon held by the campaign committee in the old Board ol' Trade building. Governor Brumbaugh, the prin cipal speaker, heartily endorsed the movement and said he would feel hurt if the committee did not call upon him l'or a contribution. The Governor was a member of j the Boy Scout council when it was j lirst organized in Philadelphia and he said he had nothing but admira tion for the movement. "It has been my general observa tion," he said, "that the Scout move ment lias done more than anything else in modern lite to bring out manly qualities in boys. It teaches boys to develop clean minds and : clean bodies." The Governor received an ova i RUSS MAY MAKE - PEACE IF U. S. REFUSES HELP I President Wilson Told Situa tion in Great Empire Is Serious Washington, May 9. Unless the l.'niteci States acts immediately In aiu of Hussia's munition plants and Rus i sia's wide llung armies, a separate 1 peace will be concluded between Russia and Germany. This is the substance of a remark able letter that has been received by | President Wilson from Michael M. Podolsky, a member of the Russian Munitions Committee, who is in' Philadelphia. The letter epitomizes the llussian situation both indus trially and in its military aspects, it j : is based not only upon Mr. Podol-: [Continued on Page 13] Hindenburg Is Again Predicting a Victory Amsterdam, May 9. Field Marsha- l 'Von Hindenburg is again predicting, | victory, according to the Berlin Tage -1 blatt. The paper quotes the lleld i marshal as saying, in reply to an ' ! address from the Naxon second cliam- j > ! ber: I v "The soldier spirit, which is al ways cujtivated by the All-highest j war lord, has , again proved its 'j strength. If the home army also hold '| on then we are certain of victory." j AKHKST DOI'K IJISTItIIIITOK James Houser, who has admitted, ; according to the police, that re is j | a commission ag?nt for Tony Penn, ! j was arrested this morning at J6 Cow j den street, by Patrolman J. H. Hi- i ; neer. When arrested he had thirty-, i two packages of dope in his posses , j sion and said he was selling them at; I j fifty cents per package. He is white, and about twenty-four years old. lie i ' j was turned over to the United , j States authorities. no (.ami: today i! Hain and cold weuther prevented the opening at Island Park to-day. The program announced will be car- : I ried out to-morrow, the local weath- j • er forecaster Indicating lair and l warn!<u? weathar. 1 tion at tho hands of the committee men who also enthusiastically ap-j plaudcd the addresses of David K. I Tracy, president of the Chamber of! Commerce, and William B. McCaleb, superintendent of the Philadelphia division, of the Pennsylvania rail road. Mr. McCaleb said he was pres ent because he has two boys who are . Scouts. Influence For Democracy "1 am for this movement because it teaches boys to be manly and democratic," he said. "1 want my boys to understand that Boy Scouts are Boy Scouts and nothing else, 1 whether they come frirtn the wealthy residential sections or from the j alleys, and I am pleased to note that j the Scout movement is teaching i them that fundamentally one boy is l just as good as another, no matter I what their Woi'idy circumstances.") 1 lie spoke enthusiastically of the good [Continued on Page 9] R AILROADERS ARE GIVEN CHANCE TO i CROSS TO FRANCE Engineers' Corps Being Form ed Offers Special In ducements UarrUburg men who wish to en list in the Engineers Corps, which will leave for France as soon as it can be recruited will have to apply ! to Major John C. Oakes, Corps of! I Engineers? United States Army, i Philadelphia. Nine regiments of engineers will be recruited at present and it is ex- ' pected that thirty others .vill lie es-j lablished soon. Only men ex-1 perienced in railroad work and me chanics will be accepted for this' ! branch and they will receive pay! greater than that of men enlisting j in the other branches of the army. A number of Harrisburg men have already made application for the En gineer* Corps, while others have Keen appointed for commissions. The new branch will he officered 1 ! by Reserve Engineers and will be j commanded by regular army officer:-, ilt is not known where the men will j be trained, but it is thought that it i [Continued on Page l] Thaw Requisition 2s Kefused by Governor on Advice of Brown i j Governor Brumbaugh this after- j j noon announced that he had refused 1 to grant the application of the Gov ernor of New York for the- extradi- I lion to New York city of Harry K. j Thaw, which requisition was asked three months ago when Thaw was I located in Philadelphia, after a sen ; sational flight from New York. MISS DROWN RESIGNS Miss Olivia D. Brown, of Philadel- 1 | piiia, to-day resigned as clerk in the: ; State Hanking Department after! seven years' service. Miss Brown's resignation takes effect on May 31 She is a sister of Judge Charles | Brown, or Philadelphia, and had charge of important work under ex- I Commissioner William H. Smith. LABOR PLEDGES SUPPORT TO U.S. IN RESOLUTIONS Federation Convention He sponds to Patriotic Appeals WANT LAWS IN HETUHN Delegates Believe Compensa tion Bill Now Pending Should Go Through A *isr Bain in membership was re ported by Charles F. Quinn, secre tary of the State Federation of Ijabor, at tiie annual convention to-day. Me I reported that 134 loeals had become j affiliated with tiie organization. During the session this morning; resolutions were passed calling: on all I laboring men to remain loyal to tliej L'nited States In the present war. Secretary Charles F. Quinn gave tliej financial and membership reports cov- I ering; the year, showing that the Fed- j eratlon had added 1"4 organizations, j In speaking of tiie Hoy Scouts, James 11. Maurer declared they' were a military organization. (•nmitrrs Sends Itricrrla A letter was read from Samuel Qompers, president of the national j body, expressing regret that he was ! unable to be present. A resolution j was offered, discussed and adopted, j that all press reports be censored by I a committee appointed to do the work. A committee was appointed, con- j sisting of David J. Berry, managing! editor and treasurer of the National Labor Journal; John A. Phillips, of I Philadelphia, and R. J. Wheeler, of j Allentown. Mr. Berry spoke against tiie censoring of news and pointed out tiie difficulties. Speakers to-day de-1 ciared that no bartenders had been i unseated and that no such nction had j been considered. Abe Berkson, general organizer of| tiie United Garment Workers of Amer- | I ica, gave statistics showing how the | i membership of the Garment Workers j had grown and what they had been j enabled to do 'to better working con- j j ditions. Vdopt Patriotic Itcsolutlonx Thomas Kennedy, of United Mine l Workers' Union, No. T, introduced a i resolution that gave the position of j | the Federation 011 several important j I problems. The resolution follows: ; "Whereas, The State and National I Government have called upon Labor' of this country to be patriotic nnd j loyal during the crisis now confront -1 ing the Nation; and "Whereas, The Organized Labor | movement has responded nobly to the I call of the Nation, and its membership | will be found fighting and working ' for,the success of the Nation, its peo t pie and the cause; "Whereas, The membership of o,r --1 ganized labor unions of Pennsylva nia, in responding to the patriotic ap peals of tiie State and Nation be lieve that the legislative bodies of ' tiiis State should at this time show constructive patriotism by granting to tiie workmen of Pennsylvania the same benetits under the compensation j laws as what obtains in other states; ! and "Whereas, Amendments to the com , pensation law giving Pennsylvania workmen the same compensation re j lief as other states are contained in I House bill 1187, introduced by Repre ! sentative Woodward, of Allegheny (county; and ' "Whereas, So far as we can learn I this humane measure of equity, right i and justice is beijig strangled to i death in the House committee on la j bor and industry, and all efforts have failed to have it reported out; and i "Whereas, We believe that no cotn -1 mittee should be permitted to smoth- I cr this legislation, and that the bill ! should be reported out; therefore, be : It "Resolved By the Pennsylvania State Federation of labor, In conven j lion assembled, representing the or ganized labor movement of this State, I that we demand of the committee of i labor and industry that House bill No. - lIS7 be reported out, and that the legislative bodies give to the work ing people of Pennsylvania the same compensation relief as received in other states, and be It further "Resolved, That if the present Leg islature neglects to recognize tu* rights of labor in regard to compen sation that we petition His Kxcel lency, Governor M. G. Brumbaugh, to i call a specla? session of tiie Legisla i ture for the purpose of giving to j Pennsylvania workers the compensa [ tion relief that they are entitled to." Reports and discussions continued j during the afternoon session. Small Investors Are Given Opportunity to Purchase New War Bonds The United States Government bond is undoubtedly the most universally desired forni of investment. Always i as good as gold, yielding a profitable interest, it is sought for on all sides by all classes of investors. In order that people in all walks i of life may avail themselves of the i new Liberty Loan bonds of 1917, the administration at Washington Is rang ing the denominations of tlie bonds that those who have nominal sums to Invest may have equal opportunity with others to share in the invest -1 ment. Some of the local banks are going a step farther to make it still easier I for people of limited means to acquire i these attractive securities. Several | days ago the Commonwealth Trust ' Company announced that it would ar j range that anyone might purchase I bonds from the smallest denomination : by paying 10 per cent, or more at the | time of purchase, the balance to be | paid in weekly or monthly instal ) inents, and interest allowed on all payments at the same rate as that j borne by the bonds. 1 The Union Trust Company to-day ! announces that it will start a war j bond club similar to the Christina* and Vacation Savings Club by the payment of weekly Instalments for fifty weeks, the amount of such in stalments to be dependent upon the denominations of the bonds and the . member to receive a bond at the end 1 of the tifty-weck payment period. Single Copy. 2 Cents WHISTLES ROUSE MARSHAL JOFFRE FROM SLUMBER N'oisy Grueling Awakens Members of Mission as Well as Whole City MANY RUSH TO STATION Distinguished Fre 11 c h 111 all Stays in Stateroom While Engines Are Changed Marshal Joft're and party passed through Harrisburg this morning. Tlio special train arrived at G.CO, making tlie run from Altoona in three hours. Everybody in the par ty was in bed when the train reached Harrisburg. They were not asleep after the train started for Philadelphia. En gine whistles started blowing when the train left Rockville and con tinued until the train left Harrisburg at 6.40. While Marshal J off re. and other members of the party, re mained in bod they heard the engine whistles and made inquiries. The only persons stirring wore the secret service men. The Joffre train was many hours behind schedule because of the wreck in Indiana. The stop here was only long enough to permit the changing of engines and inspection of cars. A pilot train preceding the special arrived 15 minutes earlier. Thinking Joffre was 011 this train the whistles started to blow. This awakened Harrisburg folks, and when the special arrived there were hundreds on the Mulberry street bridge, and the Pennsylvania rail road station was crowded. Xo one got a glimpse at the great general, however. He had given or ders to the porter when the special was passing over the Rockville bridge, that ho was ready to get up, but when the train reached the local station he was still in his state room. Attached to the train was a car con taining many handsome floral de signs. The Middle Division crew in charge of the train included Engineer, Jesse Reynolds; fireman, A. E. Rafton; special duty engineer, Samuel Hertz ler: conductor. Barton J. Armpries ter; flagman, M. E. Baird, and brake man, l-aurence Brunner. f j , •N* k ' ► WAS ONE OF THE DEMANDS MADE Dili fG i 1 i \ GO' U-? I ! 1 , f ► J '; , m- | JI - •! j <' 1 ' 4 ® I ii i < 1 ' 1 ■ L 1 1 ! ( r I J i ' I ! i * < I ] ' ' j I t . WA a ' ( < l I , < Sf . I ( 1 • % < I n 4 • , 000,1" 1 -. KHTI., ;.l !•' ••ri;, tO-dsiJr.fi | l Chi • ' Wd' ■ V^CfO' <I p * ' - .- i MARRIAGE .lohn tlulicrt Klc nutl l.illii' Sln< \r(cr. llarjui lllr. Dm hi Jului l.ftvu m.tl Jrxßlr >lnml limp. Dunvuniiuii, J I ' • hurlr* >llll rllliltlIUli nnd Hnr.rl Weaver, Hnrrlahurg. f fii Yl< ~ ~><i( i w n ii w ii W' i n Viiiiiri HOME EDITION MARSHAL JOFFRE GIVEN RECEPTION IN PHILADELPHIA French Visitors Shown His torie Points in Home of U. S. Liberty TO VISIT NEW YOMfc Schools and Shops Close For Holiday; Thousands Turn Out Philadelphia, May 0. Vivian!, .1 off re and the members of the French mission arrived In Phila delphia at 9 o'clock this morning and under escort they at once began a whirlwind lour to view the points of historic interest in the city be ginning at Independence Hall, the shrine of liberty. Cheering crowds were everywhere and the face of General Joffro beamed with joy, as burehcaded lie bowed his acknowledgment of the homage paid him. Uy proclamation of Mayor Smith (he public schools were closed for the day and many industrial estab lishments and stores gave their em ployes a half-holiday and th e fed eral courts suspended activities dur ing the official reception. Visit Historic Points Upon its arrival in the city the party was met at the railroad sta tion by Mayor Smith and an official reception committee consisting of many of the city's most representa tive citizens. Escorted by the First City Troop and a squad of motor cycle and mounted police the dis tinguished visitors were first taken \ to independence Hall where, in the i Declaration Chamber of the his toric structure, the principles of I democracy were to bo rcdedlcated with impressive ceremonies. From Independence Hall they were to be taken to Old Congress Hall, Car penter's Hall, the Betsy Ross house, I Benjamin Franklin's grave and | thence to Fairmount Park where a i reception by thousands of school children was to be held at the Wil liam Penn bouse. Other points in 'the park, rich in historical interest, i were also to bo visited and then th* party was to go to Franklin Field I for the public reception for which [Coiilinued oil Page ">]
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