Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1924, Page 5

THRONGS IN LONDON HONOR WAR DEAD King and Two Sons. Lay i Wreaths at Unknown’s | i~ Tomb in Westminster. "By the Associated Press. LONDON, November thousands of the pathered today in 11 of people of London around the cenotaph orrowful vet proud remembrance ©f their 1,000,000 kin who died in the war that came to an end six &R0, Whiteball was thronged its entire Jength by subjects of the far-flung ‘British Empire, most of whom wore red poppies bought with pennies and Pounds to help the men who came away halt, lame and blind from the fields of Flanders and from the other battlegrounds of the great war. At the core of the crowd stood the King. He and his two elder sons. the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, placed wreaths at the foot of the cenotaph before Big Ben in his tower rising above the houses of Par- liament tolled 11, the hour which <nded the greatest of wars. On the echo of the tolling of the xreat bell there came a hushed silence and for two minutes the crowds stood in reverent quietude. Throughout the British same two moments were given over to silent remembrance of the empire's dead. While the King and his civilian subjects gathered around the ceno- taph the forces which defend the crown and country at sea, on land and in the air held a memorial sery- fce of their own within the storied walls of Westminster AbLey, where Ahe Unknown Soldier lies Tens years OBSERVANCE IN IRELAND. Armistice Day Programs Held Throughout Republic. DUBLIN, first time s Armistice day November 11—For the ce the end of the war, today was celebrated generally throughout the Free State, With memorial demonstrations in Dublin and elsewhere. Thousands of Poppies were sold, the wearers in- cluding Republicans as well as Free day’s a and in program in Dublin parade of former placing a_wreath College Green Hinkle, who commanded 16th Division So dense was the crowd in College Green that tramway traflic was pended for more than an hour. members of the crowd carried union Jac and the union jack replaced the Free State tricolor over the Bank of Ireland buildings, formerly the old House of Parliament. The govern- ment offices suspended business during the ceremony. HOLIDAY IN FRANCE. in- service on the by Gen the Irish cluded men cross Americans Join in Ceremony in Paris. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 11.—Armistice day this vear is for the first time a full holiday in France. Although par- liament voted it a legal holiday long ago, application of the law has been suspended mainly for economic rea- sons, with business only interrupted for minutes of silence. Today everything is closed except the places of amusement. The fea- ture of the celebration in Paris will be at the tomb of the unknown poilu in the Arc de Triomphe, with Presi- ident Doumergue, Premier Herriot and his cabinet in attendance. Two hundred and fifty tattered flags of disbanded regiments will be carried by reserve officers, headed by Gen. Gouraud and his staff, from the Invalides to the arch. After President Doumergue has re- reviewed the color bearers, bugles and a volley fired from the top of the arch will announce the period of si- lence, which will be ended by other volley and the playing of Marseillaise.” The troops of the Parison garrison will then march be- fore the President, bringing the cere- mony to a close. In the afternoon the association formed to maintain the undying flame in the Arc de Triomphe sol. emnly will replenish the fire. This ceremony will be presided over by Gen. Gouraud In the presence of dele- gations representing the American and British legions and other veter- ans’ associations. : Every city and village in France will commemorate the day. Florida Papers Consolidate. PENSACOLA, Fla, November 11.— Consolidation of the Pensacola Jour- nal and the Pensacola News under one manegement was announced yvester- day, both the papers to be issued daily in the morning and the after- noon fields from the Journal build- ing. John H. Crary of New York is president of the new organization and Senafor John Stokes of Miami is vice president. Hotel Inn Phone Main 8108-8109. 604-610 9th St. N.W. $7 rooms, $6 weekly: . $8; $14 With toilet, shower $10: "2 in wom. 50 per cent mo Mortgage Loans Made and Sold J. LEO KOLB Main 5027 923 N.Y. Ave. 1337 Wisconsin Ave. So It Winds Around the Gears INSIST UPON EBONITE AT YOUR GARAGE If you want to know the real joy of driving a car, get your garageman to fill the transmission and diffe ential gear cases with “EBONITE"—one filling is enough for an entire sea- son. At leaders’ in five- pound cans, and at service stations from the Checker-board pump, only. \ (ITS SHREDDED OIL FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND DIFFERENTIAL Isles mhe | | staccatoe e VIVID MEMORIES THE _EVENING STAR, WASH NGTON. D. C, TUES-DA.Y, NOVEMBER 11, 192 OF ARMISTICE DAY “OVER THERE” SURGE UP IN MINDS OF VETERANS SIX YEARS AFTER Six years ago today a united, aroused world, conscious of right, triumphed over insidiously malignant forces assailing the bulwarks of democracy. As the day dawned millions of men battling under allied standards' hurled themselves forward, ever for- ward, shouting, crying, praying, curs- ing,, else silently to press home the death blow. The din thundering of battle cannon, machine weird cries of groans of the wounded, the dying, suddenly ceased. 1L o'clock. The hour of armistice had come. The hour of triumph, the hour of soul searching. The hour of introspection, of retrospection What did Armistice day mean to those men who had triumphed? Of what did they think? What did they do? “Blighty” always has wondered As vivid as were the scars then, so are the recollections of that armi- stice today. And here arc some, re- vealed by members of The Stars staff, who fought in the front lines and shared the glories of a glorious hour: composed of | un | the living, | agonies o It owas | Unearthly Blue, Stenay—And Charlie! An unearthly blue over black wooded hills beyond the Meuse, lik the color tone of a vast pre-Raphac- lite canvas— Stenay the muddy turnip fields, like the corpse of a French peasant rotting by the river— Chew . Tobacco Charlie. These are my recollections of Armistice day six years ago—these | and the silence of the misty morn- ing. It is all a bit ncongruous to look back upon it ~a vivid cros section of the ideals that soared to the sunrise and the beastiality that wallowed in th mud which made up the war. Especially Chew-Tobacco Charlje. 1 neve @4s & patriot or a hero. a.good soldier. ever came in contact with but one—because they were officers, That one exception was Chew Tobac- Charlie, the captain the hardest boiled old” toper that cver cursed a private or damned a general He was the whole war in miniature. Once he had been a Methodist min- ister, out on the plains somewhere. He had been removed for some offense or other, joined the Army in despair, taken a drink, and remained an en. listed man for 18 years. Well, on Armistice morning, there Charlic at the head of the com- pany, beastly drunk and noisy. He cursing a stream of profanity that wouldn't have been fit for a pre- prohibition barroom down by the gas house—cursing God, cursing every in- vidual in his command. cursing the r. cursing the French, cursing There you have one of those ele- ments that went to make up the war. But every once in a while Charlie would pause in his cursing and re member—pause and sing like a coun- try minister leading the evening Pprayer meeting services. And he sang— “I've been saved by the blood, I've been saved by the blood, “I've been saved by the blood of the lamb.” Which after all made up the war. And this was Armistice day, as 1 remember it. across 1 I hated all other of elements which constituted the 0ld Ladies Hugging Soldiers, Girls Shouting. Pandemonium reigned in Tours, headquarters of the S. 0. S, six years ago today. This army center, far removed from the actual line of combat, was made up of the various headquarters of the non-combatant units and a mili- tary police battalion of 1,000 mem- bers, the majority of which had seen active service at the front, being rendered unfit for active campaign duties for an indefinite period. Tours was bedecked in holiday at- tire. No pretense at duty was made From, early morning until late at night natives and American soldiers alike provided a moving maelstrom of humanity, parading incessantly. Feminine cries of “Finl le guerre! rent the atmosphere, with old ladies KOJENE The New Antiseptic Non-Poisonous Four times as powerful as | Carbolic Acid. | More powerful than Bichlo- | ride of Mercury. | Wou can drink it with no fll | effects | It will not irritate the most | delicate membrane. One 60-cent bottle makes one halt gallon of best mouthwash, Banishes Catarrh—ends bad breath—use it for all antiseptic purposes. Peoples Drug Stores. —-Advertisement. Broadcast Your House For Rent —through a Star Clas- sified ad — with the surety that it will come under the atten- tion of practically everybody in Wash- ington, and with the result that those who are looking for a House will respond. Star Classified ads bring results—and for that reason the Star hugging uniformed figures, small children soliciting souvenirs and the poilu requesting his American ciga- rette, which request became as a salutation through the republic. The “cock” air of the American soldier on this particular day and night was particularly manifest. s B Riding in Box Car, Songw Tell Great News. X years ago today, buddy, we had bumped over many a mile of steel in that much used and well known means of transportation marked 40 hommes, 8 che- vaux. 1 was still bumping along in a box car, which, like all others in France, seemed to have a flat wheel. And, say, bo, it was while I was listening to this blam™- screech- blam, as the old car went along, I began to hear pleasant music — pleasant, 1 thought, because of the significance that it bore. I wasn't sure | but T thought why would all those Frenchmen 1 heard | singing while going through the dif- | ferent railway stations be maMng such a racket if something pleasant hadn't happened, and the most ple: ant thing that was liable to have ha pened was the signing of the armistic Still, you know, a fellow couldn't get excited right off, bpcause we had already celebrated the signing of the armistice three days before, only to find out that it was all a mistake. But, buddy, when we heard the “Mar- llaise” and “Madelon” being sung s they had never been sung before as we passed through the differer stations, we knew that it was “fini for those Huns. “Well, you see, it was this way. We were artillerymen and had been told | that we were on our way to back up | our infantry in a drive on Motz Nevertheless, buddy, T tell you it w pleasant to turn over on the straw in the box car and say to your- | self. “The war is over. 1 wonder what they are doing in the old U. A. now? "If I could only get another glimpse of that lady that holds the torch high above her head, and now she can hold it there prouder than ever! My only though, then, buddy, was, T want to go home. " little | Solemn-Looking Scots Calm Over News. Inverness, Scotland—Armistice day— the news arrives and is broadcast—not | by radio—one shrill whistle from & ship in the harbor, one bell peals forth in the distance — and then all is quiet for the rest of the night.. The cele- bration is over. T wo enthusiastic souls have tried to stir up a jubiliation but with no re- sponse. Inverness, the largest of the Highland ports, Eoes about its busi- ness. No shouts, no yells, no pacons of “joy. Nothing. | The absolute an- | tithesis of the his- | torical night in| London and Paris The war-time regime continues. Bars close at 9 and all lights out at 10. crowds, no enthusiasm. The same rosy cheeked, bearded Scottles sitting around the tap rooms in the Caledonian and the Station Hotels, unmoved and solemn- looking, just as they had sat overy other night for the past four years of the war. Of course, they'll take a drink to celebrate, just as they would any other night to celebrate winning a golf match, but they won't get excited about it. “Have a drink?” “Aye.” “Great news, “'‘Aboot whut “Armistice “Aye.” And that ends the attempt merry and celebrate. About one weck later the la nd stoic Scot wakes up to the reali- tion that the war is over and be- gins to rejoice over the fact. Sailors from the American wmine fleet, who were loading mines Armistice day, for the last string in the North Sea barrage, that was never laid, come ashore to help celcbrate, and one week late the Highland towns take on a holiday aspect. The truth was, there wasn't a man in the countryside between 15 and 50, who wasn't at the war, in hospital, or already shot to pieccs. The very old and'the very young were all that was left. They had put their shoulders to the wheel and they had been run- ning the works for four years 1t had become their life. They knew nothing clse, and the feeling had come, as it came to many, that there was no end to this When armistice came, it possible for them to realize was over. vhat?" to make nic was i that it Wrong Flag Up Only Armistice Day “Kick.” A long, straight road running be- tween two rows of trees, stark, bare and stripped of their foliage, and the empty ds on either side potted with shell holes. That describes about any road near the front in France six years ago, and it de- scribes the one down which our dirty., mud-be- spattered column was straggling. No singing or cheering _in that bunch. This was the first day we had been out of the line in six weeks and every- hody in the out- fit was fed up and sick of the whole . business There had been rumors and tales of an armistice and it seemed to be pretty certain that everything was all over, but the Y. M. C. A. man in a Ford truck probably brought the first direct tidings. He as standing on the running board of his machine, & a newspaper and shouting passed along the column, “The over, boys; the war's over. We've licked ‘em, boys; we've licked Bl Cheering? Shouting? Not a bit of it. The only response the happy “Y" man got was, “Where'd y'get that ‘we’ d stuft? Take a jump in the lake, buddy and several other things png the same general line not suit- able for quoting here. That afternoon the bunch reached billets in frow, little French town and were assigned stables. The Old lan thought he ought to do some- hing about it, being the war was over and all, 5o he ordered a forma- tion in the public square facing the schoolhouse and had the band turn ‘em STUNNING new “Hahn Special” Pump for Women that will sweep all Washing- ton as the “Cross-word” Puzzle craze has swept the country! Shoes achieving new and dashing individuality being trimmed with a maize of swirling, silken braid. Wear them now— for everyone will want them later! Black Velvet, Patent, Suede And over 30 other *Hahn Special” Styles for Morning, Afternoon and prints MORE of them every day than all the other papers here combined. “Around the Corner” is Evening—all $5.95. 0 AYaYaYa AYAVAVaVAa Y, VaVaVaVaVaViVaVaVaViVi VaVaVaV out. The band played “The Star Spangled Banner” and the “Marseil- laise,” the latter, as always, for the beneflt of the French, who, as usual, didn’t seem to recognize the tune and registered that dumb expression which can only be registered by a Frenchman who doesn't know what it's all about. After the band finished playing a Frenchman unfurled three flags from the schoolhouse window. One was the American flag, the other the French flag and the other, everybody thought, wa the Italian flag. But it wasn't, and another Frenchman | standing by saw that it wasn't. He jumped up and caught it, tore it down, put it on the ground and spat on it. We thought another war was about to start, but an interpreter ex- plained with many gesticulations that it was the Russian flag, which had been hung up by mistake. That was the only kick we got out of Armistice day. All Right, Whose Deal? Say U. S. Soldlers. o Fifteen months’ “coffee-cooling” in the United States, and hanging anound for something to turn up; bit of a thrill at Southampton, Eng- land, where hos- pital trains were bringing in their | mangled quotas to | the accompani-| ment of the dis-| tant booming of guns on the Brit- ish front, borne over occasionally the channel winds; a month in a French camp building sidewalks and roads in the interminable rain, which as prompt- Iy sloughed mud over the results of one’s handiwork going in the barracks after evening mess; an orderly hurdled through the door. “It's all over, you he shricked, more forcefully than ele- gantly. The wireless operator in Eiffel Tower was telling the world, “Ta guerre fini; fini la guerre.” For that we had labored 16 months; other morths were ahead. “All right; whose deal?” Irish Skipper Takes No Chances With News. “Zoom, zoom! Zoom, zoom!'™ came the perpetual throb of the steamer's engines as she entered the second week of a return voyage across the Atlantic, part of the S. O. S. which had kept the A. E. at the front. It was the cighth trip of hide and seek with submarines for many of the 12 men of the “jury” which had gathered around the single “ver- boten” electric light bulb which #lowed ‘tween decks in the chief en- gineers’ quarters for the twelfth utive sessicn at penny ante. swish of waves sounded against side of the hull as the unbal- lasted ship plunged through the waves and the roar of a tempest out- side entered when one of the three men who kept the ceaseless radio vigil opened the door and came down the passageway. Admiral Sims reports the armistice has been signed,” he anounced. “I'll raise you,” was the only com- nt. The game went on. ‘Admiral Sims reports an armistice has been signed and fighting has al- ready stopped,” again exclaimed the lio operator. Well, what the hell of it, back the gruft reply of the ch gineer. The game went hours before the full reality that the war was about to end soaked into the assembly. It didn't soak into the Irish skipper until the Delaware breakwater was sighted, for he re- fused to illuminate the ship, despite the flood of radio messages which fol- lowed the announcement of the ces- sation of hostilities, until Philade phia was in sight, " came f en- on for some two| then the armistice One thrill, and that a-sort of syn- thetic affair, for 16 months' labor: just one touch of war. There was none of the glory monly associated with war in United States; there w miles behind the lines in where supposed combat “trained” daily from 7:30 with pick and shovel. So, the signing of the armistice meant little or nothing to the troons | behind the lines; there was no spirit | of thankfulness that “it's all over,” | for there were still sidewalks and | roads to be built | < com- the | less 50 France. troc to 4 These “cheering” thoughts, too, were accompanied by the usual camp rimors that ranged all the way from having the outfit go into Geérmany for garrison or military police duty to shipping for Russia to give hattle to the Reds for something or other. And right about that time. with| nothing in particular left to fight for there was an overwhelming desire to get a ship and get hack home. For three days news of the im- pending armistice had been rumorcd The camp wireless station in the tower of a church near Langers picked up fragmentary reports of & great artillery offensive launched by the Americans; supply trains coming back from the front brought werd c Germans flecing—of a debacle The end was near—everyhody knew : the French went about with their rlasting “la guerre fini, la_guerre | fini"; lighted candies appeared in all | he houses; came the night of No | vember 10, and troops somewhere the north cut loose with tols, expressing their sent Back to the road building morning of the 1ith. scores ments on the alxe Armistice Day Report Vividly Recalled. day! An . but far recollections of Armistice occasion of more vivid false Armi- memorie ire the it 1 was base n No. 5 rest, France. adjutant of Base Sec- with headquarters at A newspaper man, the Fealdent of 5 préss assocation. ion way back to the United States, d at our headquarters to pay his respects, He expressed a desire to meet Admiral Henry B. Wilson, \\’hvr‘ was in command of the United .\".l!t-.\i naval forces in France. I escorted the visitor to naval headquarters, on the fiffh floor of a building facing the | public square which had been re- named Place President Wilson., En- Jimmy Sellards, the admiral's | cretary, announcing our grrival, re- turned to say that the admiral would in n few minutes. We were nding alongside window sten- | ing to the, Navy Band, which was giv- | ing a_comeert in the park. Suddenly the admiral appeared through a doorway, an open telegram | in his hand, With a brief “Hello, | how do, Mr. Blank,” he announced: | “Well, Jackson, in Paris, wires me that an armistics agreement was | ned at 11 o'clock this morning, ef- tive at 2 o'elock this afternoon.” Our visitol with a hasty ‘11 see | | yot later” to me, fairly leaped down flights of stairs. From the dow 1 watched him streak across he park to the French post office, | 1 a corner diagonally opposite. He | spatched a cablegram to the United | States announcing what proved to be | fals: armistice. Strange to say cablegram was accepted and without question and without win- rat ent The customary poker game w: RADE MAR® by Also shpwn with higher Spanish City Club Shop" 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 1318 K93 d—the first and only heel Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9th St. G St. 233 Pa. Ave. SE. | ] ——e one to have -such smooth sailing during my experizace in France. Almost ~ immediacely the city of Brest went wild. Not until the fol- lowing morning did we know that the report was false. \ Jackson was the naval attachs of the United States embassy in Paris. To my mind Admiral Wilson was en- tirely justified in giving out the report. A few days later, November 11, 1918, the celebration was repeated, but with no more wild enthusiasm than was the false armistice ob- served, with the possible exception that we paraded all the United States troops then in Brest and called on the French officials. Mayor Gives Wine To Celebrate Armistice. Armistice day found my division in rest billets at Bar-le-Duc, with my regiment in a little village in the Vosage Mountains, south of Verdun, which went under the magnificent name of Grand. First official news that the Ar- mistice had been signed was received by the mayor of this little French village and the news was quickly spread, so that all the inhabitants, consisting particularly of women and old men, were on the village streets within a few minutes. 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