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NUMBER 10.190.
WASHINGTON. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1917.
PRICE ONE CENT.
PERSHING AND STAFF IN BRITISH PORT
AMBULANCE CORPS BOYS
LEAYE FOR
Realizing Gravity of the Work, Washington Con
tingent Departs Without Music or Ap
pearance of Gayety.
Quietly and without martial muBic or display, sixty-nine
young men, Washington's first unit contribution to the battle
posts in France the Washington Ambulance Corps-sJeft the
Union Station shortly after noon today. v
There was a noticeable lack of gayety among the boysrSr
they were scarcely more than that Realizing the seriousness
of the work in which they will be engaged after about four
week's intensive training at Allentown, Pa., the boys, while not
gloomy, faced the future gravely. The
fact that the work which the corps
will do Is regarded as the most dan
gerous of the multitudinous branches
of the aerrlce had made Its Impress
upon them.
Before each enlisted, he was told
plainly of the work to be done. Only
the heartiest, most feariess would
then sign the enlistment.
, It is no cheerful vacation which the
ISO men composing the full troop face.
Their duty on the battlefront will be
to transfer the wounded -from the
field where they fall to the base hos
pitals. Few In Uniform.
Recent dlspateehes show that much
of the energy of the Huns Is directed
to destroying ambulances. The as
sumed cheerfulness of the boys be
fore the small group of relatives and
friends at the station began to disap
pear as they passed through the gates
to board the train.
The seriousness of their enterprise
weighed upon them. But with a grim
determination, with never a regret
ful glance backward, the young men
walked steadily to answer humanity's
call. ' v
Corporal OrmsujrMeCamraon.li-veP'
cral of the medical service, was irf
charge of the group. There was but
one o"r two In uniform. The others
will be outfitted at Allentown.
Cpt J. Ryan Devereux. organizer
and commander of the troop, is now
at the training camp, preparing to
receive his cemmand.
Each member of the corps is an en
listed man In the United States army,
serving for the duration of the war.
The unit is one of the many raised
by the Ret Cross and presented to the
Government.
or the 450 applicants, but 115 were
accepted in Washington. Many of
them were physically fit, but when
told of the nature of the work they
preferred another branch.
Each Wear, rted Cross.
One hundred and eight of the men
are residents of this city. The re
mainder of the troop Is made up of
students from the University of Vir
ginia.
J'art or the contingent went to
Allentown yesterday, driving the car
which they will use In France.
The command leaving yesterday
was in charge of Sergeant Edward
(Continued on rage Twelve.)
COL CHURCHILL HEADS
BRITAIN'S AIR BOARD
Succeeds Viscount Cowdray as
Aviation Commissioner.
LONDON, June 8. It has been an
nounced that Col. Winston Spencer
Churchill has been named chairman
of the British air board in succession
to Viscount Cowdray, who resigned a
short time ago.
Colonel Churchill has seen consid
erable eerlce In France since retir
ing from the admiralty, and has also
taken a prominent part In some de
bates In the House of Commons.
George H. Roberts, labor member
or Parliament, will succeed George
Is'lcoll Barnes as minister of pensions.
Despite the evident failure of the
national service scheme to bring fa
vorable results. Neville Chamberlain
Is still devoting his energies to this
work, and continues organizing
staii 10 care lor me nation's man
power. His latest plan Is to raise
substitution volunteers through the
trade unions.
So far the national service scheme
has benefited only the farmers.
ARGENTINA COMPLACENT
Considers Germans Were Warrant
ed In Sinking Orlana.
BUENOS AIRES. June 8. Argentina
considers the Argentine stesmer Orlana
as engaged In contraband trade, accord
ing to semi-official Information today,
and It is therefore not expected that the
sinking of that icttel by a submarine
In the Mediterranean will cause any
complications.
BATTLE DUTY
GREAT BRITISH DRIVE
BRINGS OPEN FIGHTING
Cavalry Goes Into Action Along
Sector in Flanders.
Sy WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, June 8. Six thousand
prisoners thus far counted. Is the
score to date In the great Flanders
offensive.
So complete is the success with
which the drive was still progressing
today that British cavalry are in
action.
Nothing could be cited as indicat
ing In more remarkable degree the
complete breaking of the tremendous
ly strong Cerman trench lines than
this calling Into the offensive of
these quick moving forces only
available-In open fighting.
At the time this is cabled the Brit
ish are attacking locally the "oxygen
trench. where pockets., of -JJava Unk
troops are holding out In strength.
No details of the ' fighting at this
point have been received at head
quarters. Gains yesterday and today make
the Germans' positions to the east of
the Messlne-Wyetchaete ridge critical.
The River Lya and the Commlnes
canal converge there, meeting at
Commlnes. If the Germans succeed
In crossing .these waterways they
will have to undertake the operation
under shell fire, and must necessarily
lose heavily.
Advaare am Three-Mlle Front.
The full advance registered by 'the
British Is over a three-mile front,
marking the complete breakagu of
the famous ring around Tpres. This
was the "Vpres salient of 1014.
where thousands of Britain's best
died In successful toppage of the Ger
man encroaching wave, or else in
unavailing attempts to advance.
It was the recollection of these
other days, when conditions were
different that Inspired the Tommies
In their task, and led them to un
bounded rejoicing today.
I saw Ulsterltesjand Irish National
ists go Into battle, side by side, and
storm the ridge positions shoulder to
shoulder. The enlmosltles of Ireland
were submerged In the animosities
against "Fritz.' And today, when
we came upon a group of two fight
ing Irish units, each was eager to
praise the other as deserving of the
credit.
The other side of the story came
from the hordes of Germsn prisoners
today, as they Mere being assorted
and herded for transportation to the
rear. AH were frank In expressing
their amazement inn terror at the
tremendous series of mine explosions,
following which Halg sent his men
forward. Many declared that the
whole German army in the fighting
sector thought that the Judgment
day had arrived, no terrific was the
shock and so strong We shuddering
of the ground.
That terror was plainly manifest.
British Tommies said, when the time
for the German counter-attacks ar
rived. The Prussisn attempts were
feeble more like dying kicks from
a prostrate enemy than blows strucks
bsek in earnest. AH were easily re
pulsed by the Australians.
Near Messlnes village. Itself, ths
British mines under the strong Ger
man positions on hill sixty
were
crammed with more than fifty tonj
of explosives. This was the record
volcano of all the countless scores
that spouted their rain of earth,
stones, and debris along the front.
In the midst or this falling mass
shrapnel from British guns exploded
with deadly accuracy. The German
prisoners declared they had never
seen anything like It,
GERMANSAJTACK
Paris Reports Counter Offensive
Which Results In Failure.
PARIS, June 8. Germany has ap
parently started a counter-offensive
-.,.. -. ..!. inuvu ui us frencnitne stanaing or national guard troops
front. I drafted into the service of the imv
HUSBAND SPURNS
IMPRISONED W1EE
Refuses to See Spouse Who
Shot Girl Friend.
VICTIM STILL NEAR DEATH
Tells Physician She Thought Burns
and Helpmeet Separated.
"I am sorry about the whole affair,
but the law will have to take its
course.
This was the statement of Porter
Washington Burns, drug clerk, today
concerning the 'arrest of his wife,
Mrs. Burns, who Is alleged to have
shot and probably fatally wounded
pretty nineteen-year-old Charlotte
Porter early Thursday morning. Mrs.
Burns accused Miss Porter of being
too friendly with her husband.
When seen this morning at the
Pennsylvania avenue drug store
where he Is employed. Mr. Burns said:
I consulted a lawyer long before
this thing happened relative to my
domestic relations, and the whole af
fair, so far as I am concerned, is now
In his hands. I have not seen my
wife since the shooting took place.
and do not Intend to see her."
Has Employer's Coandeace.
Mr. Burns said lie had the full con
fidence of his employer.
Mr. Burns seems to be about twen
ty-four years old, wltn reddish brown
hair, and small, piercing eyes. He is
slight In stature, and of medium
height.
Po?.d. .nd from outward .LY. ZZM co-operate with the District
the fact that his wife Is being de
tained in the House or Detention In
connection with the shooting of his
girl friend did, not seem to worry
him.
Physicians at Casualty Hospital
said today that while Miss Porter is
resting comfortably. It Is ioo soon to
tell whether she will recover.
The police say Mrs. Burns declared,
after her arrest, that the girl she
shot had broken up her home. The
wounded girl Is saido have stated
to Or. A. Magruder MacDonald at th'e
hospital that she thought Burns was
"hopelessly separated" from his wife.
Worked In Same Store
The wounded girl met Burns when
she secured a position a the soda
fountain of a Pennsylvania avenue
drug store where he was employed.
Mrs. Burns Is still locked up at the
House of Detention and probably will
be held there until the doctors deter
mine the seriousness of Miss Porter's
wounds.
Mrs. Burns lived with her husbaad
at 303 K street southeast, and Miss
Porter roomed at 4 Eighth street
southeast, her people having moved
recently to Brooklyn, N. Y.
DUBLIN SEEKS PICTURE
" OF '"GREAT PRESIDENT"
Lane's Bequest of Potential Sar
gent Portrait Leads to Proposal.
DUBLIN, June 8. James Stephens,
of the National Gallery or Ireland, Is
quoted as saying that "the portrait
of the greatest American President
by the greatest American artist
would be a real acquisition." The
statement was made In connection
with Justice Vounger's decision that
the late Sir Hugh Lane's potential
picture by Sargent belongs to the Na
tional Gallery.
Some time ago, on the assumption
that the picture would come to them,
the governors of the gallery decided
to utilize Lane's bequest by asking
Sargent to paint a portrait of Presi
dent Wilson. Sargent accepted.
President Wilson's reply has not been
received.
Sir Hugh Lane was drowned when
the Luiltanla was sunk, and before
he could choose the subject. Sargent
had offered to paint a portrait which
was to go only to friends or Ited
Cross societies, the purchaser to nom
Inate the sitter. Lane offered $50,000
for the picture, and In his Hill he
bequeathed' "my Sargent portrait to
the Dublin National Gallery." This
bequest was confirmed by the chan
cery court, ,
MAY MOBILIZE FILIPINOS
Senate Committee Favors Amend
ing Defense Act.
Militia and other armed forces In
the Philippine Islands may be called
Into the service of the United States.
An amendment to the national d
fense act, authorizing conscription of
such locally created forces on the
Islands, was agreed to by the Sen
ate Military Affairs Committee to
day Til. Phfllnnln.a trnnni u-llf I..
McINTYRE TO WIELD
BLUE PENCIL OF WAR
Insular Affairs Chief Given New
Censorship Post by Baker.
Secretary of War Baker today des
ignated Brig. Gen. Frank Mclntyre,
chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs,
as War Department censor, to suc
ceed Major Douglas MaqArthur. gen
eral staff, who Is going to France.
General Mclntyre took up his new
duties at once, adding one more detail
to his already heavy burden. General
Mclntyre has been In charge of cen
sorship of telephone and telegraph
since the Government established Its
war censorship on foreign corre
spondence. Previously he had served
as censor In Manila during the Philip
pine trouble.
General Mclntyre has been chief of
the Bureau of Insular Affairs since
1912. He was picked for this post
because of his familiarity with con
ditions In Torto Rico and the Philip
pines gained while with the Porto
Rlcan expedition, and through his
service during the Philippine campaign.
District Has. Defense Council
Commissioners Organize Corps to Hold Up
Hands of National Workers for Protec
tion of Nation in War Time.
That the National' Capital
its share in the prosecution of
sioners have organized a District Council of Defense which
Council of Defense. Only the
been decided upon. The District
council will be, made up of several
working committees, the chairmen of
which will constitute the executive
body of the counclL
The committee chairman are: 'Crv
ordlnation of societies, William Ji.
Baldwin; finance, John Poole; pub
licity, A. J. McKelway; housing. It. S.
Woodward; sanitation and medicine,
Dr. William C. Woodward; food sup
ply snd conservation, Charles F. Nes
blt; legal problems, James S. Easby
Smith. The District Council of Defense will
copy the form of State Councils of
Defense. Allowances will be made
for differences In the character of
problems arising from the war sltua.
tlon, since the States have many
questions to deal with that will not
concern the District, and there will be
local matters connected with the war
with which none of the States will
have to deal.
Mr. Baldwin, ex officio, will be a
member of each committee.
In some States appropriations have
been made to support the work of
the State Council of Defense. In
others the necessary expenses are
being met by contributions. No appro
priation la available for this work
In the District, but headquarters will
be established In the District build
ing, so relations between the Dis
trict council and the Commissioners
may be as Intimate as possible.
Plans for the organisation or the
District Council have been made with
the advice or the National Council of
Defense, with which the local body
will have a direct relation.
TREASURY TOO SMALL;
HUGE ANNEX SOUGHT
House Asked to Appropriate $1,
250,000 for Addition.
Construction of an annex for the
Treasury Department at a cost of
Jl.rSO.OOO Is authorized In a bill In
troduced today by Chairman Frank
Clark of the House Committee on
Public Buildings and grounds. The
new building for the Treasury is to
h located on a site onned by the
Guernment at PennsIvanla avenue
and Madison place.
The propoed legislation Is request
ed by the Treasury Department, which
finds its present quarters badly
crowded for the war conditions. It
I. stipulated that an underground
passageway shall be constructed be-
tween the old Treasury building and
the proposed annex, and the Secre
tary of the Treasury Is authorized to
engage such technical assistance In
making plans for and constructing
the building as he may deem neces
sary. BULL CALF BRINGS $53,200.
WORCESTER. Mass.. June 8. D.
W. Fields, of Rrockton, Mass. paid
fSS.2(Kl for a five month-old bull calf
at the Holsteln Frleslan Association
convention auction sale here. The
seller was Oliver Cabana. Jr.. of Buf
falo, V y The bull Is named King
Ormsby Jane Ray Apple The pre
Ray Apple Tne pre
vlous record
Ifi - tonn
price Jor a Dim can Mas i
HALF SATURDAY OFF
ISSUE UP TO CABINET
President Hasn't Said Whether
Holidays Will Continue.
A decision as to whether the clerks
In the several Government depart
ments will have their usual half-holidays
on Saturdays this summer will
be reached within the next week, pos
sibly at today's Cabinet meeting.
The order granting the more than
30.000 employes the half-holiday on
Saturdays from June IS to September
15 Is a continuing Executive order
and will be effective this year unless
revoked before a week from tomor
row, the first Saturday within the
period.
There has been some 'pressure upon
the President to rescind the order be
cause of the mass of extra work
brought about by war conditions, but
he has not yet Indicated a decision. The
best Judgment of those close to him
is mat ne win not interfere with the'
custom of permitting employes to
work at 8 o'clock Instead of 0 o'clock,
but department heads are understood
to be averse to such an arrangement.
may be fully prepared to do
the war, the District Commis
government and the National
skeleton of the organization has
EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE
HIT SAN SALVADOR
r . . .
Aaericaii Legation Bonding Dam
aged in General Destruction.
An Important section of the central
business part of San Salvador was
destroyed, the American legation
building was rendered uninhabitable,
and all other city property apparently
made untenatable by earthquake, fire,
and volcanic eruption, last night, ac
cording to advices from Minister Long
to the State Department this after
noon. Long's message, undated, apparent
ly was sent last night. It reported
severe earthquakes from 0:35 to 8:45
p. m., when the volcano of San Sal
vador began to belch forth fire and
smoke toward Quetraltepeque.
One final severe shook was follow,
ed by decreasing tremors.
Dry ashes fell In a steady stream
over the city. Long said the fire In
the business section seemed to be
under control at the time his message
was sent.
No deaths had been reported at that
time, and the legation records were
reported safe.
EARTHQUAKES RECORDED
Shocks 2,000 Miles Away Last Hour
and a Half.
"Severe" earthqaake shocks, at an
estimated distance of 2.000 miles from
Washington, were recorded last
night at the Georgetown observatory.
The disturbances lasted from 7.5
until u:.'5, the maximum being at
6:07.
SPY FEVER IN ITALY
CALLS CADORNA HOME
Commander-in-Chief to Suppress
Anti-War Propaganda.
ROME. June S.--renernl Csdorna
ha- left the front to come to Home,
and Is not expected to go back until
lie has completed the work of sup
pressing the antl war propaganda
Jin ft rnpses(nn Aanlnar-A T la mien
Mlrvti lnM ,he y, u f th com.
manar.,nchef , nt s(rnor
0rUndo from ,, , mln,st,r
of the Interior. He hd beer, dis
gruntled by much criticism by mem
bers of the war party, who asserted
he was too tolerant toward the So
cialists. There Is a veritable spy fever In
Italy today owing to the circulation
of wild stories. One rumor declares
that an Austrian man and woman at
tempted to blow Uii the basilica of
St. Peter's and possibly had designs
on the Vatican. This story Is un
doubtedly without foundation, but
many had Intimate details of how
the Austrian woman handed a Vatl-
rn attendant a candle loaded with ,
dynamite, asking that It be lighted
before the tomb of Pope Plux X I
GOETHALS. OUSTS
CRITICAL AIDES
F. N. Clark, Engineer, and
F. A. Enstis Dismissed.
INSISTED ON WOODEN CRAFT
Misrepresentation and Disloyalty
Charged by Alleged "Dictator."
Questions of steel versus wooden
ships and of any kind of ships versus
none of any kind have come to the
front again through the statements or
F. N. Clark, consulting engineer of
the Federal Shipping Board, and F. A.
Eustls, assistant general manager of
the Emergency Steel Corporation, of
which General Geothals Is the head
and general manager, and the subse
quent discharge of Clark and Eustls
by General Goethals, on a charge of
misrepresentation. Toe two men
discharged were employes of the Gov
ernment at nominal salaries of Jl a
year each.
Goethals' action followed rumblings
of trouble as to building of the mer
chant fleet that have been heard for
some weeks.
Goethala Makes a Speech.
The first real sign of serious dif
ferences came when Goethals. at a
dinner in New York, declared the
ships to be built should be construct
ed of steeL
Two days later Chairman Denman.
of the shipping board. Issued a state
ment In which he deplored the ftct
that Goethala had "discussed Govern
ment shipbuilding policies at a din
ner attended by steel men."
Goethals did not reply to Denman's
statement.
Yesterday Eustls and Clark Issued
formal statements, attacking Goethals
and charging him with "deliberately
discarding from 1.000,000 to 3,000,009
tons of wooden shipping of which the
country Is in imperative need."
"Fired" Br Coetfcals-
'rtJTJeneraftflfethals refuieiriijt nlsfit
and again this Teaming to discuss thai
statements of Messrs. Clark and Eus
tls. but early this afternoon he made
public a letter to Chairman Denman
announcing the discharge of his latest
critics.
In dismissing Mr. Eustls and Mr.
Clark, General Goethals sent the fol
lowing memorandum to Chairman
Denman of the Shipping Board:
"Certain statements were given to
the press late yesterday afternoon by
Mr. Eustls and Mr. Clark.
"The most serious charge In their
tatement is that, by Insisting upon a
lump sum bid. I am shutting out all
contractors who are desirous of assist
ing In the ship building scheme, because
these are not able to estimate on labor
and material conditions as they exist
today, thereby delaying the construc
tion of ships.
Contradiction Is Flat.
"The charge is raise. You were
present at the hearings before the
House Committee on Appropriations
on May 22. In which the method or
cost plus percentage was discussed
and disposed of. You made the
statement that you favored the lump
sum basis On returning to the of
fice. I took action along these lines.
"In wooden ship construction we
are paying for the ways and neces
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
ABILITY AS FARMER
WINS HIM FREEDOM
Man Charged With Mail Tampering
Is Sent to Fields.
Norman E. Standlford'a ability as
a farm hand won him at least tempor
ary liberty today when he was
brought before Justice Gould In the
District Supreme Court to be sentenc
ed for tampering with the malls while
working as a substitute mail carrier.
Standlfnrd, who, on May 4 pleaded
guilty to the charge, was represented
today by Attorney Stltler. former dls.
trlct attorney for Harford county.
Marland, where Standlford has been'
working while out on bond. The at
torney said the defendant was needed
there so badly to cultivate and har
est the crops that Justice Gould con
tinued the case Indefinitely to allow
him to spend the summer Increasing
the country's food supply.
SIGNLEJUEN FIRST
Married Registrars Exempt From
Initial Draft.
America's single men will be the
first selected for the new army. That
married men will be free from the
Initial draft Is virtually certain.
though President Wilson has not yet
announced exemptions. This does not
mean married men are to be exempt
ed as a class. '
If the time comes, hoeer. when
more men are needed than can be
readily made up from the single men.
then there will be no bar to drafting
the married, too. I
AMERICAN COMMANDER
ACCLAIMED ON LANDING
Ship on Which He Crowed Seas Convoyed All
The Way By Destroyers, and Met
Far Out By British.
By FRANK GETTY.
A BRITISH PORT, June 8. Maj. Gen. John J.
Pershing, commander of the
force to France, arrived in England today, accompanied by his
staff.
He reported a pleasant trip, and expressed astonishment
that the news of his departure had been so successfully sup
pressed. - v
"I thought the whole world knew about my leaving the
PRESIDENT NAMES
18 NEW GENERALS
Capt. Hagk Rodau .females' te
.BeRearAiwhl.
President Wilson sent to the Sen
ate today the nomination of three
brigadier generals to be major gen
erals and eighteen colonels to be
brigadier generals. The promotions
are aa foUows:
Major generals John F. Morrison.
William L. Sibert. and Charles G.
Morton.
Brigadier generals Edwin F. Glenn.
John Blddle. Henry C. Hodges, Jr.
Adelbert Cronkhlte. William H. Sage.
Omar Bundy. Richard 3S. Blatchford,
David C Shanks, Robert L. Bullard,
Augustus P. Blocksom. George T.
Bartlett. Joseph T. BIckman, Henry
T Allen. Chase W. Kennedy, .Harry
C. Hair. Samuel D. -BtnrgUiCwfltUin
M. Wright, and Peyton C. March;
Majors nominated to be llenftaant
colonel. Quartermaster Corps, - V
Herbert M. Lord. Robert S. Smith, and
William. O.'Gambrllt
Capt. Hugh Rodman was nominated
to be rear admiral and Commanders
Harley H. Christy, Waldo Evans, and
Charles F. Preston to be captains In
the navy.
First Lieut. Elliha Theall. retired.
of the marine corps, was nominated
to be a colonel on the active list.
LEE STATUE UNVEILED
ON GETTYSBURG FIELD
Confederate Veterans Attend Cere
monies on Historic Groasd.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, June 8. Beside
that field of waving yellow wheat
across which General Pickett led his
memorable charge against the Union
lines at the bloody angle In the bat
tle of Gettysburg, there was unveiled
today a bronze statue of the valiant
commander of the South's forces,
Robert E. Lee.
It lacks but a few days of fifty
four years ago that the Confederate
and Union armies met In bloody strife
on this field In the decisive battle of
the rebellion. And today, as though
In reaffirmation of the union or North
and South against a common roe, this
bronze statue or. Lee, the first of a
Southern commander to stand on the
field of Gettysburg, was unveiled by
his granddaughter. Miss Anna Carter
Lee.
The equestrian statue Is the gift
of the State of Virginia to the na
tion. Govs. Henry C Stuart of Vir
ginia and Martin G. Brumbaugh of
Pennsylvania, with their staffs, to
gether with a crowd of thousands of
Virginians and Pennsylvanlans, led
by the old boys In gray carrying the
Stars and Bars, attended the cere
mony. FRENCH ASK TO HEAR
WHAT MR. WILSON SAID
Demand Grows for Foil Report oh
War Mission's Work.
s
PARIS, June 8. The Chamber of
Deputies wants to know what was
done In Washington by the French
war mission to America. Minister
of Justice Vlvlanl has told cabinet
members details of his conversations
with President Wilson, but the cham
ber has not been told.
It Is doubtful that the Informa
tion given members of the foreign
affairs committee by Marquis de
Chambrun, vice chairman, disclosed
details of relations between France
and America.
A movement to demand mors In
formation as to the mission's work Is
gaining strength.
first American expeditionary-
United
States," he declared. Ths
American army chief and his staff,
were given a tremendous ovation oa
their arrival.
A special train was in waiting for
the party.
"We are very glad, to be the stand
ard bearers of our-country la this
treat war for civilisation," General
Ferahlng asserted. "To land on Brit
iah soil and receive' such a welcome ta
very significant and very deeply ap
preciated. "We expect soon to be playing our
part and 1 hope It will be a verx
large part on the western front."
Pershing and his staff worked hard
all the way across preparing plana
for their work In France.
Glvca JTalsy Weleaaatw
The ship on which the Americana
arrived wu given a noisy welcome
In the harbor. When It docked a
fguard of honor lined up on the land
ing stage. Including high British;
army and navy officers. They stood
-""'1 t-ssluta ai -Ths Stai-Spanglsd
Banner" naa. played and as Pershie
.desenaeoVhTiajritsak,iiatsear
mally Inspec'sr-rrMpTfcttbr
soldiers who. were la th.e receiptor
party stopping to chat moment
Urlta one, on whose sleeve he had
tlced. stripes showing- he bad bet
twits' wounded. Pershing, wanted ta
know the why and wherefore of ys
stripes and the wounds.
Then the American general and his
staff returned aboard ship, lining up
on the deck In salute aa the band
played "God Save the King."
After all these formal ceremonies.
General Pershing received a large
party of American and British news
papermen, answering their questions
cheerfully and readUy.
Voyage Waa UneveatfaL
Included In Pershing's party waa
his staff and detachments of engi
neers and nurses. Distinguished
British army and navy officers mat
them hare with warmest welcome.
The voysge over from America was
an uneventful one- No submarines
were encountered and no mines seen.
The weather was good and the
sea smooth. American destroyers
convoyed the ship all the way. They
were Joined by a flotilla of British
destroyers at a hundred miles off
the Irish coast.
Met By lienor Guard.
General Pershing was garbed In the
regulation American khaki service
uniform, and came down the gang
plank smiling, vigorous, and looking
In the best of condition. He thanked
the chip's captain for his safe trip.
and warmly greeted the audience of
dignitaries who had assembled to do
him honor.
Among this assemblage was a guard
of honor from the Royal Welsh Fusil
iers accompanied by their famous
regimental band and their equally re
nowned goat mascot. Representatives
of the British admiralty and of the
war office were the first to greet the
American commander ajid his staff.
With ttfelr party waa Admiral Stlla
man, senior 'naval officer of the-port;
General Campbell commanding the
western district of England; the gen
eral commanding the local defenses;
th lord mayor of the city, a number of
local dignitaries, and, lastly, quite a
sprinkling of American army officers.
The ship which brought Pershing
and his party psssed out or the dan
ger zone at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon, arriving close to this port at 1
a. m. The Journey was then slowed
up so that the arrival ashore might
not be too early.
There were 10S men In General
Pershing's party, fifty-three army of
ficers and the remainder civilians or
enlisted, men of the .headquarters
troop.
FAMILY OF THREE SLAiN
Parents and Daughter Killed and
Heme It Then Burned.
FLEMINGTON; N. J., June S. Wil
liam H. Queen, his wife, and (heir
twentj -year-old daughter, were slain
at their home near here early today.
The murderer then set lire to the house.
bumlnr ltto the ground.
fjueen was a brother of forme InArm
John Wall Queen, of Jersey City.
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