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"THE SUN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBEk 8, 19lfe.
JOY DOWNTOWN
FAILS TO STOP
AFTERDENIALS
Ml Quit Work to Rejoice,
Exclmiiges and Even
Courts Closing.
PAPER FALLS LIKE SNOW
Showers of .Ticker, Tnpo Aug
mented liy Millions of Scraps
Many rnrntlcs Held.
FIFTH AVENUE MAD
WITH JOY AT NEWS
accomplish nothing and, didn't try. Just'
beamed.
The focus of the early downtown dem
onstration wu llroad and Wall, In front
of the Sub-Trcasury, the ntepn of which
were packed and the street choked,
lleonre Washington's bronxe hand he
towed a blesalnr. On the etone plat
form beneath It was a cluster of slieablo
"'Hi Amerlcan tlAgi, and a flMt of Italy,
which when It appeared roused an extra
torm of noise, and regular hats soared
spinning. Until then all the ham In the
nlr had bean outlawed straw?.
Various self-nppolntrd master of cero-
monlen tried, to oriranlcn mmMhtnv xanA.
but all failed until the Utshop of Wall T TTk Tt! WVRVWUVDP
Street got t0 the foro with his' flashing 1 LID lb OFF fcVblil YVHhllb
eyes and his silvery head uncovered.
He shouted and waved his broadbrim, I
conducting ft verse of "America," then
Mighty Throng Springs Up ns
the Mngic Word "Pence"
RingH Out.
one of "The Htar canirled nanner.
After each verse the yelling gained In
volume as If the news had but Just nr
rlved. The climax of that corner of the ex
citement, however, was reached when a
JJlue Devil In full uniform was discovered
on tho Treasury steps. He was partly
thrust and partly boosted to the rostrum.
He grinned, swinging his blue beret, and
the welkin of liberty thundered till It
cracked.
The cry of Dead Wolf reached tho
downtown streets- of Manhattan tun
minutes after tioon, -by way of the ex
tras that burst, out In City Hall Park.
Within ten mlni'tes more, as It seemed,
every soul soutn of Fourteenth street
had the news, had voted him or her
self a half holiday on the strength of
It, and wan helping along a maniacal
J.imborce of Joy In a blizzard of flut
tering paper. The like of 'hat Impromptu
carnival the town Had never seen, and
probably never will see again.
"It's a regular Irish holiday," was
the conclusive opinion of the biggest
and ruddiest traffic cop on Fulton street,
standing helplere at the centre of a
Jam that pinned people's arms to their
sides. Kxcept for the want of broken
heads. It was nnd even ns he spoke
one head was in great danger, for a
whooping patriot In a tlfth floor window
had tosed out a telephone directory
that weighed two pound, more or lets,
and the book landed squnrcly on the
hat of n young girl. Feathers and wires
raved her and she looked up smiling.
The extras. told the sextons and the
sextons tolled the bells 8t. Paul's,
Trinity's, the City Hall's and then those
of a hundred or more churches. Hut
presently the bells were drowned out
as they are on a New Year s Eve, to.
the extras or somebody had also told
Police Commissioner Knright; whoso
order had turned loose tho baker's
dozen of air raid sirens all together. It
was the sirens that brought the headR
popping out of the otflce building win
dows, and scouts down from fortieth
doom to find out what was up.
FVvr Stayed Indoor.
Within an Incredibly short time the
only persons remaining Indoors were
those who stayed to watch it from on
high, and to pitch every scrap of paper
on the premises forth Into the nlr. If
you happened to be coming up from the
subway. Fay In the lee of the Wool
worth or the Hudson Terminal buildings,
jour first Imprreislon was noise noise
to tho utmost and your second was
that In heaven nt least the paper short
age was over.
Everything within two miles that had
n whistle, everything from an urchin
with two Angers In his mouth to a
camouflaged liner or freighter In the
river, put full power behind that whistle
forthwith and did Its almost bursting
best to help the slrcna herald peace
on earth. They didn't need the help, but
the aoho In your ears Indicated the
added sound. I3y 1 o'clock the party
was nicely under way.
All the pcrap piper there Is, and more
than you would have believe there was,
kept settling out of the sky until the
walks were ankle deep. The screaming,
streaming, whooping currents of hu
manity that surged and eddied In the
streets, scuffed paper along before them
Into drift. "StenogH." overhead torn
loose the lenves of perfectly good short
hand notebooks. Clerks grabbed bill
heads, voucher forms, executives, mean
lng bosses were een from below to
pitch out n hit was found when It larded
to be the flrm'n watermnrked stationery.
Ticker tape, always the financial dis
trict's emereeney confetti, fell forth
wriggling over the streets of the city of
bedlam and the wind took It nnd fes
tooned with It the Wodlworth's Gothic
fl.lgree and the statues In tho pediment
of the Stock Exchange, and pretty much
everything else. All sort of paper
mowed down until by 2 oclock
dropped lighted match, with a little luck
could have ringed off every sidewalk
between the old Post Office and the Bat
tery, as well as altout a million pairs o
rhoes. It is donh'ful that their wearers
would have noticed It.
Flair From Everywhere
The crowd, the multitude, the popu
llnr I) n Hashing- Iluslnrss.
Kvery downtown bar did rush busi
ness. Hut It Is to be noted that In two
hour worming through and through the
crowds only one patriot visibly Illumi
nated was met with before 3 o'clock.
(Later the celebration became more nor
mal.) He was a most correct and oven
dapper looking business man, and his
ri.rhir vl-iiu hi. .. ..j Knsr sh end Italian. Those not already
to fight, but fifty bystander, or by- dancing In the street to tho ompanI-
shovors. of assorted ages and sexes, got ment firing utom a"2
between and fighting was adjourned. It orn wlth a'rr nle9 lh p "5!
rfiH u . , srens rushed Into the throng nna
Big Pnrndo Takes oh Aspect
of a Great International
Carnival.
After the rust shock Fifth avenue
went wild. Women fainted and men
ought In the Infectious; excitement
abandoned their dignity and became boys
again dancing In the street, shouting
and tossing their hats In the nlr. An
airplane flew up the nvenuo kicking
out confetti and papers Inscribed with
the slnglo word, "Pence I"
And' then came tho Italian on a dead
run up the nvenuo from Washington
Hquare, the flags of America and Italy
bent forward to tho wind, shouting 'n
PRESIDENT WAVES TO CROWD.
Forced to Appear Tvrlc on White
House l'ortlro.
flptctal Dttpattti to Turn bcn.i
Washington. Nov. 7. Carried away
by reports of the comln; of victory and
peiee, 200,000 Washlngtonlans and war
workers stormed tho gates of tho Whlto
House to-day and tu-nlght amid excite
ment never rivalled In the history of the
national capital.
Overeomlni a din of whistles, belli,
automobile horns and rattlers, thou
sands of persons sl.outod for the Presi
dent. War time rules piohlblting as
semblage near tho .White House or olher
public buildings wero thrown lightly
aside and the police were powerless. Ho
persistent was the demand for the Pres
ident that ho overcame his scruples and
appeared on the north portico. He an
swered tho shouts by waving his hand
and bowing and retiring, but the ac
claim did not cease. Other thousands
gathered until every Btreet near the
Whlto Houso was blocked.
Tho President was forced tn appear n
second time and answer tho salutos of
tho crowd before the city police, with
the aid of a military detail and the mll
tiiirv nolle, could clear the streets. They
succeeded only after word was spread
from the While House that the Presldoht
could maho no statement until the news
was confirmed. He waved aside tho de
mands for a speech.
of prima old stuff sprayed Into the breeze
and the sunsblno from the top of the
Woolworth Building might have been too
muclt for all New York.
Parades began to be extemporized.
Orchestras led them. The Instrument
most played was the shtet Iron wastej
basket, beaten with a ruler. One orches
tra wore Its Xourttvrf,lberty Loan caps.
Behind It marched pallbearers pallbear
Ing a ladder on' which was the Kaiser In
effigy turning up his toes and a wreath
of dead chrysanthemums. Another con
tingent had the Kaiser upright, placarded
that he was looking for a Job. But ne
cessity whelped a lot of bright Inventions
in every borough. A truck driver in
Brooklyn displayed ono of those red
LEND cards with tho L cut off.
Every service uniform had to stand a
lot of feminine assaults, unless It had a
feminine protector on Its arm. and even
then the game laws were sometimes
broken. The bluejackets row most easily
to the occasion, annexing such giggling
young things as had hooked off their
white caps with canes. The dignified, I
paternal guard In chief of the doom of
the Btock Exchange wan ringed around
with Sadies nnd Maggies, who took him
for an Admiral.
I've cot to hug somebody quick '.'
gasped one.
If I can be of service he said
politely, nnd she made a seven foot
standing Jump and disarranged his collar.
Stock Kxcliande Quit Curly.
The Stock Exchnnge, with business In
a flurry on the news, set Itself a prece
dent by voting about 2:10 to close at
30. The Justices of the Supremo
Court got the tidings as they sat lunch
ing In the County Court House, nnd im
mediately shook hand on an adjourn
ment for 2 o'clock, to attend to tho real
business of the day. Such Supreme
Court parts ns were not in on this agree
ment wore Informed by the noise and the
extras, and the Justices didn't stickle
for silence In court.
The broadest pnlr of khaki covered
shoulders on Broadway belonged to Capt.
Bill Alnsworth, whoso Job as police and
fire chief nt a Morgan, N. J., shell loading
plant wns terminated when the plant
went skyward some weeks ago. He was-
asked how victory and peace compared
with that catastrophe as to nolsp
"Not ro good one way. A blame sight
better In others," was his verdict.
By 3 o'clock a minority element of the
downtown saturnalia was sifting ou. to
ward the subwnys and tre bridge nnd
stnrtlng for home. That wns the older
and ztalder element which wanted to
spread the news and get some good of
the half Cay off. They were not m!aed.
The younger blood, now In a reckless
mob delirium, waa for seeing peace and
victory through till morning, lteen
forcements were coming from up town.
As soon as trattlc got moving below Mur
ray street the automobiles of the theatri
cal district appeared and strung along
down Brondwny. Other reenforcements.
swelled the symphony of peace.
Hardly had the Italians charged on
before the molt abandoned band that
ever paraded the avenue romped along
with blaring horns, ovcry man playing
his own tune. Beaching the Public
Library the band halted and struck oft
the "Star Spangled Banner." Miss
Kathleen Hownrd of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, who had marched up
the avenue with It, lifted her voice
and uncovered thousands Joined In the
soul stirring words.
ntrtcera Centre of Kissing: Bee.
Everybody. It seems, Joined iln the
parade. Turning Into Flfty-nlnth stret
CHAMBER CHEERS
END OF WAR RUMOR
Demonstration ly Men of
Commerce Over l'rematuro
Report From Taris.
mnlur nia iHncnrded nt the monthly
meeting 'of the New York Chamber of
Commerce yesterday wnen tno rewun
reached th"o room that Herman repre
sentatives had signed tho armistice
terms, and that the .war was over. Those
who attended expected to listen to re
,mri nf onmmllteei nnd the address of
Pr. .lohti It. Mutt, head of the War
the crowd discovered several French offl. 1 """d of the Y M c A., ami Direewr.
cers and American officers standing on ( (leneral of tho United AVur nrk DrUe,
the eteps of the plazn Hotel, nnd be- nna ine repoir. -
sieged them. Tho band played tnn
".Mnrselllalso" nnd the officers saluted.
Women rushed forth to kiss their hands.
Then somo one discovered that one of
tho American officers was nen. Qorgiu.
A quick wlttel chap cupped his hands
and shouted -aener-a-ai uor-gusr ,
The band wns drowned and the offi
cers were overwhelmed. They had to
beat a retreat through the revolving
doors, obviously affected themselves.
The worshipful crowd, not to bo damp
ened by the discreet withdrawal, turned
nround and proceeded to Broadway.
Th was the signal for another uproar
almost as great as that of Fifth ave
nue. Pinning a lato edition with Its box
car letters, "Germany Surrenders," to
his hat. an actor led the parade. His
nnllcs attracted almost as much atten
tion ns the parndo with Its allied flags
streaming In the wind and the tlalllc
cock in papier mache borne on the
shoulders of a Frenchman ut Its head.
Pnruilo Heroines n Cnrnlvnl.
The traffic pollco gave the disordered
parade right of way over everything.
It streamed Its Jostling length for blocks
down the street .and continued down
Seventh avenue. Ahtomoblles ran along
side speeding up their nrnhnes and re
tarding the spark, caulng terrific de
tonations from tho backfire.
From mysfrlous sources came fancy
hnts and wash boiler tops, shovels,, cym
bals and any other noise olaihlng ob
jects, to add to the Jubilation. Men
bought bright colored kimonos, dresses.
anything that .would ndd to the color nnd
their expressions of wild Joy, and
donned them.
To many, the flrrt Intimation of pence
that reached the Waldorf Astoria and
aroused the guests to Jubilation, came
from the bar. where champagne bottlea
were exploding like a rapid fire battery
amid the shouts and cheere of the men.
Hurrahs swelled forth from the Inner
walls and resounded throughout the
hotel. Many girls and women awaiting
luncheon partner., who had ben In quiet
repoo forgot the conventions In the exu
berance of their feeling.
There were thousands of workr from
the sweatshops In tho lower avenue who
tare humanity at large, by Jingo! was
soon supplied with renular fetllty ma
terlals. The notion store along Nassau
nnd the cross streets might have been
expecting a bull movement In horns,
equawkers, raUlers, the kind of tin klax
old motor horn that notion stores have
to Mil, and especially Stars and
Staripeses. Their stocks seemed Inex
haustible. New Year's coa bells ap
peared, .and from nowhere came the curb
hawkers with flags of all descriptions.
Prices soared and kept searing. Hugs
profiteering In noise!
A Nasaau tret clothier, who ha
been going out of business at sacrificial
rate ever since his oldest customer waa
a boy, took a piece of soap and printed
on hts windows:
"GERMANY HUKRENDERS. SPECIAL
PHICES TO MEN IN UNIFORM
He got n good hand. But everything
did. The Scrap of Paper Joke was goou
as often as It waa pulled, and It was
nulled once for every scrap that fell.
The exodus from tho tall buildings
would have looked more or less, from an
airplane, like thoe of the fuel eaving
das last winter. But It was a freshet.
eery elevator was Jammed nnd every
entrance -In full spate. Depending on
nhem you questioned, employers had
riven employees the half holiday, or
we ersa, and usually the latter.
"Mister Blank told us all to clear
out'" shrieked Mamlo In Maggie' ear.
"We d.dn't wait for nobody to tell us!"
retorted Maggie.
Traffic naturally came to a dead stop.
The cars on Broadway halted where
hey were, h.trhed along n few yards at
. i mo and gave It up, Kld climbed to
the'r roof unrebuked. Two hours later,
a hen th-y began to move again, tho
cr"Wd had the unprecedented entertain-m-
t nf watching a hold man of 17 turn
rai -wheels on the turtle back top of a
Broadway car In motion.
Motor Add o the Hln.
Everything with which noise could be
niaoe was buey. Chauffeur! backfired
n will or did the deafening thing caiieiij
f.1-g the carburetor, and at least
f-om the centre of things on n
Mitt t'i which fifty men were hanging
' i ibt 'slashea, there enme a regu-
ir crack- -rack-crack suspiciously like
Mank cartridge The air smelled that
nay. too.
After an hour, the only automobiles
that could make headway were those,
t.nclpally taxis, which had been
KMbh'ed by parties of Jubllators. They
got along by Incessant honking, and then
cn they had to stop.
A Sun man Bwung westward off
Broadway to seo how the polyglot tcne
'.cut back blocks, Syrian once, were
'.ioni; things. Ah ho did so he dodged
c wire caged delivery van of a maim
' turlng stationer. If was full of blue
lieu nnd girls liko ere-ohlng moii-
b, and It was headed north. Twenty
nutoa later, when ho got back to
Broadway one block further up, that van
una n.-ikalni?. or trvlnir to DUBi. that cor-
er The downtown traffic squad could
when the news reached them. Many did
not comprehend until the Jewish news-
papers came up; and then another note
of Jubilance was added. Many of them
gathered In a harmony of religious song.
of thanksgiving, the chanting notes like
a thin fine thread weaving Into the
should of the more boisterous Some
where a merchant gave his entire stock
of feather dustora to the crowd. Then
those who had been elmply glad before
became tickled.
In the Union Iyeagun Club an elderly
man did a toe dance on tho wlndowslll,
waving his hat to the accompaniments
of wild Western "Yips!"
Trucks of the drab nrmy hue began
edging Into the procession In tint Crntrti
of the avenue. Into thorn plied soldiers
the kind that come from the water i W(.re out exercising In the thin sunshine
rums nnu mnxe eieciion niguis inier- ,
estlng, were, on hand to see how far the
cops would let thm go. j
The Jublleo generally boiled higher
nnd higher until about 3:30, which hap
pened to be the hour when Washing
ton's contradiction of the armistice re
port, emanating to the streetB from a
newspaper's bulletin board and dls
somlnateU very, very slowly by cruel
extras, had begun to make Its way-
southward through the crowd. The con
tradiction didn't act as a damper. Not
a bit of It! It was not believed.
Early In the afternoon It was an
nounced from Governors Island that
War liepartment employees in this dis
trict had been given a half holiday to
celebrate. Shipyard workers had been
given the same, and 2,000 of them oamo
fiom Shooters Island on the steamboat
H.gnlander nnd marched up Broadway
and around City Hall. They had left
work Just ns they were, greasy and
painty overalls and faces to correspond,
and had extemporized signs and banners
announcing themselves as "Tho Boys
Behind tho Boys,"
A navy dirigible balloon cut circles
over tho lower bay, looping Miss Liberty
gracefully. It came from Sandy Hook.
Over on Ellis Jsland even' walking pa
tient In United States disembarkation
hospital No. 1, where the wounded from
France are received and classified to bo
sent to the base hospitals, became a hop
ping, skipping and Jumping patient as
soon as he heard the news, and men
who had no business to be out of bed
for a week got out and Joined the hos
pital's parade. Some 700 wounded
marched through the grounds behind an
elilgy of the Kulser, which they burned
before they broke off lind went back to
tho wards.
At the Custom House the brokers
raised the loof of the rotunda. Collec
tor of tho Port Newton had trouble In
getting a hearing to call for "The Star
Spangled Banner," after which ho issued
an order excusing the Custom House
employees from nny more work for the
rest of tho fine, large day.
The Stock Exchange Building was
emptied of Its clerks and stenographers
hrnr l o'clock. Thereuin President
Noble called a rush meeting of the gov
.minir committee nnd decldod on the
early adjournment. The curb murKC-i
i.! wi.nl rrmv and dissolved, home
of the curb brokers got hold of a hurdy-
gurdy and cranked out -ino nuir nimu
gled Banner" and "The Marselllalso" un
til they broko thq handle.
mnt nvprwlielm lng surnrisn.
Tb announcement was mado by Eu
gene H. Outerbrldge, former president
of the Chamber of Commerce, nnd the
last words of his short remarks were
drowned In the rousing cheers of the
300 members In attendance. The cheer
ing lasted for sovernl minutes nnd after
It suhslded Mr. Outerbrldge again cauen
for Oiree cheers. Tho response reechoed
through the bulhllng and outdid every-
hing similar within the memory oi me
oldest member.
Anatrnllnn Chamber' Ones.
The regular business meeting of the
chamber wns begun promptly at noon,
with the president, Alfred E. Marling,
In the chair. The chnmtier nnu ns us
guest for the day Henry E. Br.iddon.
special commllnner1 to ,tne i.nueu
Stste3 from the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia. Mr. Braddon Is In this country
to' promote business relations between
41m two countries.
The cnnitmen o: various" i in1"
took up the rending of reports. After
buslnes had been disposed of Pr. Mott
told of experiences at the various light
ing fronts during his five visits to Eu
rope and Asia. He made an csrnest
plea for the support of' the United Wn
Work Drive next week and lold of the
creit necessity for oversubscribing the
$175,000 quota If America ngnung
men are to be rroperly taken rare of
during the perlofl of demobilization.
A reo!utlon for the amendment 01 sec
tion 202 of the war revenue bill wa of
fered by William H. Taylor. This s.-e-tinn
of the bill provides that merchant
shall mnko Inventories, which the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Is tn use
as a basis for Income tax assessments.
For neasnnnlilr Allowances.
The amendment suggested by Mr.
Taylor reads:
"A reasonable allowance being made
for tho Increased cost of merchandise
Inventoried over the average cost of like
merchandise during the pre-war pe
riod." Th resolution wns adopted, but a
resolution to send a committee to Wash
ington to urge Its adoption was voted
down.
Mr Outerbrldge. In speaking of "After
the War Problems." urged Immedlnto
preparation to take care of the prne
tlcnl revolution In industrial conditions
which was bound to follow the signing
of peace, and Insisted thnt steps bij
taken at once to put the United States
Into tho running In post-war trado com
petition. Mr. Outerbrldge expre.ed the
hope thnt the nation In general would
see the necessity for continuing tho
building of ships, so thnt American
made goods could bo carried in Ameri
can vessels to nil the markets of tho
world.
CITY GOES WILD
OYER PEACE 'NEWS'
Conllnued from Flrsl 1'ape.
students training eorpf of New York
University, nearly 3,000 young men
studying for the army, was dismissed
for the dnv. Thorn was nlmoet n riot nt
Columbia when, lifter 2S0 men of the
naval unit stationed there nau snase
danced nround tho statue of Alma Mater,
officers told them tho war was still on
and herded them back to the classroom,
Tons and tons of pnper wero wasted
It any old curmudgeon elects to call It
waste In ti snowstorm, a blizzard of
white scraps which, tossed from high
windows nil, over Manhattan, filled the
air with shining flecks that, descending,
filled tho streets nnklo deep nnd gave tho
Wtreet Cleaning Department 11 Job for to
day comparable only with tho clean up
after n two million dollar visitation of
snow.
In the low.r Manhattan business dis
trict countless splrnla of ticker tape,
flung from windows and roofs nnd sway
ing back nnd forth In the breeze, also
were In tho picture. NewspnperB and tele
phone books wiire torn to bits Hiid added
to the downpour nhon supplies of regu-1
lar office pnper gave out, I
A sad wng suggested that most of the
bits of paper that whitened the streets
were draft questionnaires which their
recipients thought but wrongly they
were through with forever. In the midst
of tho pnper storm in City Hull Park
the winds having scattered the fluttering
particles widely, even over tho Hudson
nnd Enst rivers one of Mr, McStny's
White Wings was observed solemnly go
ing about his duty'of spearing park litter
on the end of an- Iron rod nnd tucking It
Into a bag. For every piece of paper he
speared u million roll at Ills feet. This
faithful park cleaner was seemingly tho
only man In New York city who hnd not
quit work for the day.
All afternoon the main streets wvc
nearly Impassable. Parades formed with
the best of Intentions were broken to bits
by collision with tides flowing In the op
posite direction or lost In human whlil
pools. Crowd Fill Fifth Avrnilf.
The northward march on Fifth ave
nue, where the closing of stores and of
factories on the lower part of tho Allies'
own street produced a bigger crowd than
witnessed Liberty Loan parades, for the
street, as well ns tho sidewalk, wns
packed, it became .1 thing of such solid
ity that the police stopped all vehicular
traffic and gave the whole nvenuo over
to the pedestrian host.
On the balconies of staid clubs staid
old gentlemen danced the cutest of Joy
steps, and from the elubs. as well ns
from the hotels nnd business blocks, the
rain of tattered pnper necr censed. Nor J
Hid tho roar of "Peace! nnd "The war
Is over!" cease hero or elsewhere In the
rejoicing city
The city blossomed Into n vast gar
den of flags. Twentt-flvo thousand of
them little flags that wre to bo dis
tributed In tho War Work Fund cam
paign wero snatched by the rrowds
from a truck In Fifth avenue. Tho fart
thnt a lot of police were there but could
not prevent the ravishing of the truck Is
as good 11 sign ns any of what kind of
11 dny It was.
More or less pretty girls grabbing nnd
kissing soldiers nnd sailors was a com
mon sight. Ilnnils bejond counting
primg up from nowhere. In nnd out of
uniform, were the nuclei of parades. One
of them blazed a path for n delegation
J out the world may ho safely based for
centuries to come, and his deeds win ne
praised as long as liberty l.i loved by
men on earth. History will proclaim
him ns Wilson tho Liberator,"
From the windows of tho Woolworth,
Tark Row and Municipal buildings the
deluge of scraps of paper continued,
Down Nassau street nnd up and down
Broadway bb far as one could see, tho
scene was the name.
The Mayor returned to bin office nnd
notified thi department heads nboUt the
evening's mammoth parade. Later he
tried to communicate with them and" tell
them that as the news was not confirmed,
In Washington the parade wai postponed
until such confirmation might come. But
already moss of tho department chiefs
had called It a day, so the Mayor went
outside nnd made another speech, th
effect of which was modified by the
suueal of a cement mixer near City Hall
that was performing with the muffler cut
cut.
Tnlk( tit Itnllnn I'nrnders.
A pnrndo from Little Italy, led by 1
band of torturing musical Instruments
that looked an If they might have been
Inherited from a German street band.
was In front of tho Hall nt that moment.
As nearly as reporters could catch the
Mayor's remarks In tho midst of tho car
smash ng din. he said:
"I am glad to be here to rejoice, with
the people that t!e war Is over with
Within n short time our boys on tho
other side will bn tiack with us. There
are people here from tho olive gravis of
Italy and the shades of the Acropolis
nnd the Coliseum."
And ubout tho same time a wounded
marine was mounting the mahogany of
a Chamber street cafe, and jn contra
vention of nil nrmy and navy regula
tion wii announcing to the crowd that
lined the rail five deep:
"I'm oil lit up nnd glnd of It."
Whereupon somebody started "The
Star Hp.niyled Banner," and thu wounded
marine led the singing, This was fol
lowed by "Threo cheers for Halg 4
Halg." That's tho kind of u celebration
It wns in some sequestered parts of the
city.
Early In the afternoon Pollco Com
missioner Enrlght said that nothing
would be done to stop tho people from
celebrating the surrender of Germany
NO TRUCE YET MADE
WITH THE GERMANS
Co 11 1 1 niitd mm First Poor.
Press was questioned. The most jiosl-
tlvo assurances of the nccuracy ot tno
news again were given by that organi
zation's representatives.
The Associated Press nt 1 !.H P. M.
sent out tho following bulletin.
"uN'kw Y011K, Nov. 7, The New lorn
News Bureau, which Is nmilated with
the Central News, sent out a despatch
on Its fltinnrlal tickers this arternonn
under n London date reading ab follows:
"'At 5 130 o'clock this nftarnoon tho
Forelnn Office announced thnt It had no
confirmation of the report that Germany
had accepted tho armistice conditions.'"
At 2:15 o'clock the State Department
denied that an armistice had been
signed. This denial. It was explained,
based upon a despatch from pans.
ring the announcement In dnii
State Department, the United
ent out this despatch:
Official Denial From PnrU.
"Wabhinoton. Nov. 7. The Stato De
partment received nn offtclnl message
from Paris shortly after 2 o'clock this
afternoon, saying that tho nrmtstlco had
not been signed nt tho time that message
was filed. The United Press message
announcing the signing of the armistice
and tho cessation of hostilities was filed
In Paris Into this afternoon, undoubtedly
considerably Inter than the message re
ceived by the State Department.
"Official advices hero stated that the
commissioners at tho front were to meet
late this afternoon, This fact, checked
up with the transmission of tho United
Press cable message, which wns pnssed
by tho censor In Paris, showed that
there was sulflclent time for tho rnbie
message to have reached New York nt
12 noon. New York time) when It was
received and passed by the naval censor
In New York."
At 4 o'clock In the nfternoon, nfter lie
had rend the foregoing United Press des
was
by ti
Presff
HI
nt that tlmo wero nenrlng the allied
lines."
At v o'clock last night the Associated
Press, from Washington, announced It
had been officially stated that the "Gov
eminent hnd not been advised of me ar
rival of the German envoys within the
French lines to tccelve tho American
and allied terms of armistice."
letter, nt 10:11 P. M the Associated
Press sent a despatch which ealdl "At
3:1S o'clock In Paris It wns officially
nnnounced that four Oerman officers
bearing a white flag would probably ar
rive nt Marshal Foch's hendquartsrs
somo tlmo to-night. That announcement
wns 0110 hour and thirty-five minutes
nfliv the hour reported ns the end of the
fighting, nnd Associated Press des
patches filed with tho American nrmy ou
the Sedan front st fl :30 o'clock to-night
showed that nn hour nnd a half after
tho German commissioners had been ex
ported the t loops still wero lighting their
way forwatil. (
Sat Yet Across the Ane.
"When It wns C :30 o'clock to-night In
London the Foreign Office pronounced
unfounded thn rumor that the nrmletlca
had been signed, and nt that hour no
wurd had been received In the British
capital thnt the German delegation had
crossed the French lines. It should be
homo In mUi 1 that It was then four
hours nnd n h ilf after tho hour reiiorted
ns set for tho cessation of hostilities
and more than seten hours after the
hour reported no tho signing of the
armistice,"
In tho same despatch the Associated
Press called httentlnu to the fact that
"tho ftrmletlce being a historic docu
ment will bear the hour and minute nt
which the signatures are set upon It, nnd
the hour at which hostilities nre to end
will likewise bo officially recorded and
nnnounced to tho world."
A despatch from Washington Inst night
revealed that elaborate preparations had
been made by the United Press to "best"
the world on the ponce story, Tho" asso
elation, It Is said, had planned for n
year for the covering of the slnry.
It had lensed wires and cables cover
ing every possible source of news on nn
nrmlstlce or the cessation of hostilities.
Cable and telegraph lenses were mado
front every likely point In France to
every cable, jnjlnt on the French roast
and from tho cable points In New York.
to their henrts' content. Enrlght and patch, Becretary Iinslng gave out this
the people both made good. The Fuel official statement:
Administration's llghtless night order "Tho report that the nrmlstlce with
wns not suspended. The canny Dr. Onr- Germany lias been signed Is Untrue,
fleld'sent word thnt not until tho news ! When It reached thn Htiito Department
was official could Broadway's glimmer this morning nn Inquiry was at ouco
be restored for even a single- evening. ! despatched to Paris.
But, numerous shop windows were "At 2 :04 o'clock this afternoon 11 tcle
brlvhtly lighted and electric signs blazed j gram in rep! to that of the Department
In mnny fnrt of the city. wns received from Purls. It stated that
TELEPHONE RUSH
SETS NEW RECORD
. ' II.A UPmUMna hml itrtt X'at hft.n slirtied
I und that tho German representatives
j would not meet Marshal Foch until f
j P. M. Paris time, or 12 noon Washington
time."
from Mulberry street whose wildly wnv
lng placard Tend In letter large nt the
top and dwindling progressively toward
the bottom:
t
VICTORY
for
Al Knilth.
Wllon
snit
The Alllf.
Gov. Whitman, standing on the side
walk in front of the St. Regis, got a
great cheer from ono of the Impromptu
parades for old time's rake. "M but
It's great," he said. "Tills Is good
enough news for one day." This was be
foro dampening suspicion hud been cast
upon the despatch from Pari".
hrom lofty ledges of buildings opera , ,,,, .. ,,, T,,i.,t! th.it the de.
singers sung "The Snr Spnngied Banner" ' rrAh from j.'ar., rcf,,rr,.a to by Secre-
111 Jinrseuinise- 10 u how 1 iiuuiikb. uty i,an(,nfr ii ,en received from
Mme Jul a KeUdy who s In this country ; coi. j-.. M. House, the President's rop
for the Mme. Foch Fund, thu addressed I ,, . , , ,,fr,,e of the
1,1.000 tiersons In Longacre Square. Ca- , ' ,,i,, .,n tv,. .. .1.1..
run. sang from n window of the ICnlcker- , wlmtevPr ln House's answer, the
MrNMntre Cnmr From Col. Montr
Othor despatches from Vafhlnfrtrn
' 'i ulilnnlnii A 11 un n f Vt atllffXI.
Martin Conboy director of the draft ne 11(l(,hc9 rcC(.lveil by the Associated
V.Sa, -SS if. S I JE-nurf. no mention of armlstlc.
SUSSSf .Wra..t i K-york3. !,:; Zocla-tedes, bulie-
tinuo with iiiinbated zenl,
The scenes In Manhattan, described In
detail elsewhero in thl newspaper, were
upllcnted 011 a smaller scale in nil tno
other boroughs
CHICAGO NOISY AND
ROUGH; POLICE BUSY
N
Work Abandoned; Crowds
Play in the Rain.
JOY AT QUAKER CITY PLANTS,
and sailors, nnd now and then 11 woman Philadelphia Munition nnd Ship
MUNITION WORKERS PARADE.
Employees of Cleveland Plant nnd
Shipyards Celebrate
Ci.ivki.ano, Ohio, Nov, 7 Thousands
munition workers wero
was lifted liodlly nnd thrown among tho
fighters. Sho seemed to ncqulre, hi
though by magic, a flag, and the flag
took Its place among a hundred thou
sand of tho same kind to make the ave
nue a maze of undulating color Taxi
cab and nutoB fell Into line with the
same aimless mission that possessed the
sidewalk marchers.
Down ln the wholesale district below
Twunty-thlrd street the employees took
the spools of paper that are mndo to
hold ribbon and hurled them through
the air. They enmeshed the thousands
below- nnd made the streets n perfect
litter of tape. From Madison Square to
Washington Square one might have
thrown a bushel basket without having
It nt any time touch the ground.
After the dinner hour tno rrowus
surged back Into Fifth nvenue and
Broadway, shouting and blowing horns.
Tho big man of France, Belgium nnd
Germany In front of tho public library had
undergone somo changes. A casual no-
server could seo that Germany was For
Kale, Berlin was now HeJter streeti nnd
other German towns were named for .st.
T.rnlM Alliunv nml Ttrnoklvn.
Portraits of President Wilson, tien.
Pershing and Marshal Foch were pasted
over Oermany and ln a far cornor of
the country was a good likeness 01 tno
Kaiser, under which was written: "Who
the hell said he rould fight!"
The BeDubllc Theatre held the curtain
half an hour for Miss Marjorlo Bambau,
whose onr was tied up In n traffic Jam
as far north aB Fifty-ninth street.
The ltlvoll orchestra mounted the flro
escape In the Forty-second street sldo
and played the national nnlhein. Tho
crush became so great thnt people wero
literally taken off their feet, and timid
It nil two negro girls mannged to cake
walk In a threo foot circle thnt npno
dared encroach upon for fear they would
stop. It was regular old "elappy town"
rakewalklng.
Some who tried to nrgue that tho
neace rumor wus a "fake" were knocked
down. Late editions to that effect wero
not sold. The moment a man was hit
Thousands who weren't parading worn
trying t(, telephone the great tidings
home. The effect of tins was a tre
ini ndous congestion In the telephone ev
rhnngCH. It's Jut ns well that business
firms who depend nn the phone let their
workers go for the nfternoon. tor the
wires wero choked.
Sudden nml F-fnent Liquidation.
The cafes and hotel bnre wero n sight.
Whoever made the Initial mlntnk In
sending that peare cable has the wholly
unforeseen responslblllt of n sudden
and marked decrease ln tho world's
available supply of Intoxicant. The
men who would naturallv celebrate Ger
many's surrender by liquidating all their
debts nt once did Just thnt. 1
It got so about sundown, maybe be
fore 't wus bard to keep track of time
esterday that even In the bars that nre
proudest of their versatility the bar
keepers wero refusing to mix any drinks.
Thev woro too busy. It was straight
fstuff or nothing.
And In many of these places men who
bud passed the afternoon In friendly and
Joyous communion wrie to be seen last
evening debating with their flts until
they were thrust Into the outer darkness,
the pressing question- Had or had not
Germany shlned zhann'stlre?
Whatever sreptlrlsm nnv one had felt
ln the early stages was swept away.
Bent 011 rvlebratlng. Now York did cele
brate Downtown. City Hail Parle be
came the first objective, which wns
speedily captured. To blazes with the
doubter. The Kaiser had surrendered.
Where was Mayor llylnn? lie was
there, right at City Hall, making
snernhes from tho steps, planning a great
victory parade In which bo and the whole
town wodld mnrch from City Hall to
Flftv-nlnth street last night.
Tho scene about City Hall renllv de
manded the presence nnd voice of his
Honor. The soberest of citizen wen
Jigging on the asphalt, the most skittish
by nature were soaring as If by levlta
tlim It looked comic to ono who knew
ihni' the message that Inspired the city
wos a mistake comic until one on second
ihoimht realized that hero was the real
New York, finding voice lifter ml these
anxious, hopeful months, using It with
utter sincerity ln n manner so splendldl
.liferent from that of tho organized
spectacles that have been witnessed so
often.
Mnir Prnlsrs President.
Mayor Hylan, returning to City Hall
'mrln nfter 1 o'clock from the B. It.
T wreck hearing In Brooklyn, left his
office and going to the portico of Uk
CinrAno, Nov. 7. Chicago and the
middle West turned loose un unrestrained
but premature celebration of pence to
diiv thnt entailed Injury to a number of
per-ons and disruption of Industty before j news of the German application for nn
tin said :
"The Associated Pres. did not carry
the report. On tho contrary Its corre
spondents In London and Parlo continued
to ille despatches reporting tho progress
of events respecting tho probable nrmls
tlco which controerted definitely the
rumor that truco had been declared."
An enrller Associated Press despatch
said that when the New York demon
stration was at Its height "cable ucs
l atchos wern coming from London nnd
Paris which had been filed three hours
after the report of tho armistice, and al
though they made 110 mention of It the
demonstration was not stayed. As late
at 1 20 n'olorl: this afternoon in Paris,
according to despatches received by the
Associated Pres. crowds were g.itheied
around the War Office them awnltlng
Poiii'o Humor Doubles Normal
Uusiuohs and Jinny (Jnlls
Are rnaiiswprcd.
Workers Hold Festlvitl.
PltiLAnnt.t-ltlA, Nov. 7. Hlstorla Inde
pendence Hall was the starting point
this nfternoon lor a premaiure pence
celebration In this city nnd vicinity.
Nothing like It has been witnessed jhere
In many years.
Accepting the rumor as true. Mayor
Smith officially ordered a celebration In
accordance with a prearranged pro
gramme. Tho Independence Hall bell
was rung and a great crowd gathered.
Fire bells were runjr. whistles blew, tho
schools were closed nnd parndes wero
started on tho principal streets.
At Cramp' shipyard, where nearly
15.000 are emp'oyed on war work, every
body quit and an enthusiastic celebra
tion began. At the great Hog Island
shipyard the officials and many em
ployees, headed by the yard bruss band
and girls carrying American flags, pa
raded liter tho miles of roadway ln the
plant.
At the Schuylkill and Frnnkford ar
senal, whero munitions nre mado, work
ceased and preparations for parades wero
Ktnmieil nnlv hv the denial of the renort.
In C.imden tho 11,000 employees of a 1 Hall said extemporaneously, after sur-
large manufacturing concern wnlked out veylng the muitnune ior a momcm
" ; H,h nltch of patriotism to-1 not sold. The moment, a man was ni
2r0U,' thro'' down tl.elr tools nml 'by tho headlines a muttered "Aw, rats!'
day 1 hJ , ,l e hearing that I '"s heard and he walked away. It wa
r.ai?: J'.o Xed an a mis c"e . I'eace. nnd he wouldn't beheve anythin.
Several hundred employeej of ship-
vnrds here and ut Iraln, Ohio, quit
woik to celebrate the reported signing
of the armistice. Crowds formed through
out the city and conducted Impromptu
victory celebrations, while bells and
whlstlo. throughout the city rang and
shrieked.
else no matter what the newspapers snld.
All of Broadway and most of the
crowd was lit up by midnight and no
body seemed to cure. Klles Vvltli electric
lanterns attached flew high over tho
Whlto Wny and altogether It was such a
night as Broadway had not seen In many
a year.
In n body and marched through tho
streets, thousands of citizens Joining
them. The 15,000 workmen at the New
York Shipbuilding Corporation's plant
quit work, swarmed through the gates
and started parading to Camden, three
mile away. Slmllur scenes were en
acted at Gloucester, N. J shipyards.
Wilmington, Del., shipyards and pow
der plants were practically deserted and
everybody Joined thn demonstration.
At Chester, whero there nre two great
shipyards, everybody quit work.
N. Y. STATE OFFICES CLOSE.
Pence Report Accepted as True at
the Capitol.
At.iiAttr, Nov. 7. Iteports that peace
had been doclared not only started a big
demonstration In thn downtown district
to-day but were generally accepted nt
the Capitol, where many departments
closed In ordtr that the employees might
toln In the ce ebratlon.
Whistles of factories and of engines In
railroad vards wero sounded and bells
rung. The majority of thn workers at
the West Albany annpa ot ine new ors
Central Uallroud left work and marched
to tho business section.
'Thank God I have lived to see tills
day. when the rignts or me peoples or
the world are rei-ognlzod, and the world
l Indeed made sare ror democracy ana
humanity
"This day wjll live lorever. ine ueens
and accomplishments of our great Pro-
Ment In this world striro win lie cele
brated for all tlmo. He hns laid tho
foundation upon wnicn mierty tnrougn-
olllci.il denials could stem the tldn.
The carnival of noise and ribaldry was
the result of .1 fa'se newspaper desintch
which wns spread throughout the coun
try before officials could controvert It.
Iteluties anil friend of soldiers over
seas, nt -first raiseu 10 neigius 01 juj.
later were overcome with disappointment
when they learned the report was un
true. The sky wept with them In Chi
cago, nnd the downtown district became
11 muddy sea beneath the tramping thou
sands. Two hundred gallon cak of wl-ie
wero rolled In ono Chicago street nnd
the crowds invited to "drink to the death
of the Kaiser." mm Uoed shop win
dow bore a mourning wreath nnd tne
sign : "The Kilser Is Dead." One pa
rade was led hv a figure representing
the Knler in olialiu.
Upon receipt of the report bells and
whUtles started a Hood of nole that
continued fur hours, while workmen In
fat-lories and mills of this and other
cities threw down their tools, cheered
and Indulged In schoolboy pranks. The.
City Hall, stores, oltlres nnu munition
plants closed for n holiday.
Police reserves were rushed down town
and were forced to use their club to
control the crowd of horn blowing, bell
ringing celtbralors, and several were, in-
. . ,.....,
In Minnesota two person wen- uijuim
by the discharge, of a cannon.
Tim Chicago Opera. Company was lit
rehearsal when a Belgian tenor rushed
in rrvinir "Stop! Stop! Peaco has
been declared!" Director Cnmpanlnl or
dered "The Star Spangled Banner" and
the anthem of the Allies sung and the
rehearsal was adjourned.
Po"t office clerks went to the post
master's office nnd sang patriotic songs
until late in the day
A blizzard of ticket tape nnd scrap
paper was sent whlillng to tho streets
from windows of olllco buildings and
street trnfllc was seriously congested.
Similar seine on 11 smaller scale oc
cuired In hundreds of other cities and
towns throughout the West, according to
reports from Minnesota, Wisconsin. Mis
souri Texas, Oklahoma and other States.
ST. LOUIS CELEBRATES IN RAIN.
People Fill "trcets nnd llln Sweeps
0-r the City.
sir l-.nis. N'ov. 7 With n steadj-
vtiin falling St. I.oUN downtown streets
noon to-day liegan nmng wim people
ns the report spicad that tho war was
over. ... .
ti,.. .temonstratlon grew until ni j
o'clock there was a great din of nolM
and cheering sweeping the city.
armistice, and It w.i generally believed
them that several dais might p.iss' uo
fore n truco would be annnged.
I 11 Keil Press Sticks to lW-port.
Another and still latr despatch re
ceived from Washington carried the ex
planation thnt the United Press Insisted
upon the accuracy of its news, even af
ter Mr. Lansing's definite statement re
cnnllng the times at which the various
despatches were filed and received. The
rrillid I 'res representatives lnsited
that Secretary Lansing's statement that
the Germans were to meet Marshal Foch
at S P. M Paris time wa In n sense
coiillnnat.oii of their assertion. on the
item of time, since " P. M. Paris t'mo
meant 11 o'clock, and not noon. New
York time, as the daylight saving law is
still in effect In France, thereby inaKing
the difference in time between those
cities six hours
While these facts wfie being dlscueised
tne time of the .11 rival In Washington of
tho ery first United Press despatch In
connection with the Incident was fixed
as 11 :St.
Baker Hint Word or It.
At -1:11 P M. the Associated Press
sent the following despatch over Its
wires :
"WAMIlNiiT,-., N'ov. 7.- In nn'ive
tn a quest ion at 4 P M. n to
whether the U ,ir Department had nn
Information of the n-orL that th
armlsl.cu Ii.ul been signed Secretary
Baker wild : 'We have no Information
So far as tho War Deptrtment Is con
cerned wc are wholly without confirma
tion on the subject, und the Information
Salt I.nUi- Pity Unlets Dimtii.
Salt Lakk Citt. Nov 7 V huge
demonstration started to-dny when the
it-pun was circulated mat iermuoy nun
signed the armistice. The demonstra
tion suhlded. however, when it became
known that the report was not true.
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Medium w1rtj tn flrer.
Walt, uxrora, iinuiii,
lituw-x (InwilrUlulc
$1.25 Pair
JImtt Yttt In
While. ItMthrri,
jlrowu.fll.r.lll.fk.
llnan mil Whit
ltll coloitil ClorKs
$1.50 Pair V
ficouh tlolf llo, h
yuu-y tutnoTrrtip., i:
$3.50 Pair a'
Tennis, Coll and
Sport Cqulpnunt.
Stewart Sporting
425 FIFTH AVE.
Ml
M S JirtiV4!klllfl
Sales Co. II
All of Now York city rushed straight
to the telephone yesterday when tho ar
mistice rumor got abroad. At least
that' what It seemed like to the ovor-
worked central girls, who strovo cour
ageously to keep the smile ln their voices.
Officials connected with tho Now York
Telephone Cfimpany ventured tho cau
tious Information that the day was prob
ably tho heaviest In the history of the
company, barring none. Ono of them
estimated thnt tho company, handicapped
ns It was by the lnlluenza epidemic,
which has laid up so many of It work
eis, handled more than 100 per cent
over Its normal business, and at that
probably had to Ignors aoout 30 per
cent, of tho calls.
lxmg lines of people formed nt nil pay
statlons. and while waiting to get on the
wire amused thcmseheH by listening to
snatches of conversation mat Issued
from tho booths and which sounded for
the most part like this.
"Ilelh)' Ye, this Is John. No. John,
J.o-n-n ! ll.ivo you heard the great
news" Well, its ml over' ""'tn ar
mistice ha been signed' Hello! Hello!"
(iipse of several minutes, sometimes
accompanied by mild profanity ) "Hello!
I s.iv t.umu onu cut ii off ! The nrmlstlce
has been 1 say the. armistice a for
apples-, r for rotten, m for money yes,
now mi'io got it, the armistice' It's
been s.gned and everything Is over' I
say, can't nu meet mo at Forty-second
stieei und Broadway and we'll go and
bale n little blowout In honor of the oc
casion somewhere?"
Between 30,000 and 1 00.000 calls of
this native, it Is estimated, filtered
tnruUth tin- Cortl.iiidt Uxchango alone
The Coill.indt Kxeharigo serves a lars
urea, including imrt of the brokerngu
district, nnd for that iusuii piobablv
ilhlded the lion's share of thn extra biw
Iness with tho Ileekman and Hanover
i M-luuiges.
The hubbub began .it 11 -I" when prac
tlcully every light on the switchboard
in the downtown folinnges flared in
once. The Central girls, w .u under
ordinary circumstances are not expected
to handle mure than one or two calls
nt n tfme. found It necessary to double
their efforts. Some of the centrals con
nected a many as 173 call an hour
and kept this up from 11:43 A. M. to
about 3 :.10 P. M . when the dalugo of
call began to subside with the clrculn-
tlnn of the counter rumors mat me nr
ImlMlce had not been signed
During Ihe heaviest p.ut or tnr ruin
sen ice had to be cut olf altogether ns
far as tho oln boxes were concerned
fast us the caller would drop In hiH
nickel It would be returned to him. Somo
of tlie more persistent i-.illeis lepeated
the coin dropping process until their
nrms got weary, but without result.
At that, the wire would not hav
that wo have I that the commissioners j hern so overburdened but for tho com
muter, who insisieu on caning up nii
wife or friend In New Jeisev. on Long
lslnifd. or In Westchester. Ilaeh suburban
call lequlres at least two and soirctlinss
ns many as rour centrals.
Street IlloeUnileil In Toledo.
Toi.Kim, Nov. ".--Unconfirmed report -i
or jieace here were heralded by factory
whistles and shrieks of steamship sire'"l
in tin- hnrhor Puhllc building were
decorated hurriedly. A cinnut soiolt
blockaded faille Several Impromptu
parade. traversed the business streets
4 Qf Per MONTH ON
PLEDGE OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY
when we last heard of them were on
their way to Marshal Koch's- headquar
teis. and It would seem hardly probable
th.it the meeting could have taken place
nt the time the announcement was (list
made. The minuttf the War Department
has any authoritative, news on this sub
ject 1 will give it out at once'"
Two other desfintehe sent nut by the
Associated Pi ess did not tend to bear
out tho declaration that the armistice
had been signed. The fiist was sent out
nt f:a P. M It r,-itd:
"Lo.-iun, Nov. 7 (fi:IS P. M. ) The I
British Foreign Oillce this evening stated.
acrmdlng to the llxihange Telegraph
Complnv, that the rumor Hint nn urml-
tlce with Germany hnd been signed was I
unfounded. Up to C.3U o'Uod. tills eve
ning no news had been leielved ln Lon
don that the Herman delegation hnd
crossed the French line " !
The second As-ioclated Press despatch
bore a Washington dale line nm said:
"When Secretary Lansing nnd oi
State Department olllclals left for their j
homes al 3 30 P. M. they still were with
out uny Information Indicating that
Germany had signed armistice terms "
This despntili wus tollowed at 7
o-i'loi k i.isl nlL-ht hv another from the i
sso. 'atid Press which stated-. "At !!' c(m u,n mill UClck IllH box
' fi 111) P M . Pans tuna, the armlnlre had " '
, not la-en signed The (ieimaii delegate NCOtil'.bTIONS i
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! COMFORTS for the BOYS
OVER THERE
I Mutt be Delivered to the Red Crois
before Nov. 20. Do It NOW J
Uit PROVIDENT LOAN SOClElV
OI' NEW YORK
Applications (or loans of large
amount inn oc cunstuertu ut
the oflice at F6urth Avenue and
S5th Street.
MANHATTAN
Fourth Avenue, vor. 25th Street.
Lldridge St., cor. Rivington St.
Hut Houiton St., cor. Eiiet St.
Seventh Av bet, 43th & 49th iti.
l.eiincton Av cor. 124th St.
Grind St., cor, Clinton St.
Ii.72d St.,bei.Leiintton & 3J Avt.
Ficlith Av., cor. 127th St.
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CourtUndt Av cor.
148th St.
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Smith ii.. cor. Livingston St.
Gtsham Av.. cor. DebenUe st,
Pitkin Av.. cot. Kocktwty Av.
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