New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1918, Page 1

FROM THE HERALD | | ¥ ¥ x x 3 X ¥ ¥ ¥ x ¥ TO THE SERVIOE. NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT ERIDAY. DE CEMBER 13, 1918. — TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS. HUN PROPAGANDISTS TOLD OF COMING WORLD WAR ON JULY 10, 1914 AT BERLIN it mptoren o roct| |ANIKS AND GERMANS {nd Sent Them Abroad. toi ARE FA[;E T[l FA[;E Stimulate Pan-Gcrmamsmi Bank of Bhine;_}{uns Other ALREADY CROSSING _RIVER $300,000 DAMAGE IN MONTREAL RIOTING ! Soldiers Orflered fo Shoot Any- one Tampering With Waterworks GITY EMPLOYES STRIKE Rules When Government Rowdyism Police, men and Other Officials Quit Work | American Sentries Guard One July 10 Ger- 1914 civilian | Berlin | started of the Washington, Dec for Migher Pay—Citizens Organiz man government informed about 13 employes at a that a world war would be goon, Captain G. B Lester Bymy intelligence records showing day before the nate committes ir vestigating German and brewers' propaganda 1 Sent to employes on for Protection. 3.—With $300,000 many persons, in- Montreal, Dec. 1 damage done and cluding several city officials, rioters and looters who operated almost unrestrained throughout city last night as a result of strike of police, firemen and municipal employes for higher | possibility developed today that iramway forces would join the out the other pay, the walk- Rainbow Division Designated as One Americy 4 then the States, These Position in Support spatched to all coming ta the ulate Pan-German tain declared. formation ame from Informant, interned ry The in the on the bert, enemy country nucleus 5 Hearst Testimony a writer, was 1915 by the write German propaganda, distributed by the Hear tional News Service, wa mented to the senata committie vestigating brewers and enem aganda, by Captain G. B. Lester. __ Ia response to question Captain Lester sald there is nothing in tho| army intelligence records shoving whether either Mr. Hearst man- agers of the International Ser vice knew that Fox was in of the German goverament. The witness read ,a telegram sent from the German embassy in Wash- ington to the German foreign office, September 9, 1914 saving: “Chicago Tribune friendly paper.” Tried to Offset Belgian Stories. The witness said he obtained from Fox an admission that an article ap- pearing in the New York American September 18, 1915, dealing with atrocities by Russian Cos- was written by him under in- sstruetions from German officers as of offsetti the stories of atrocities Belgium that to come out about that we 1 world United to stim- propaganda, Cap- | He said his in- | an unnamed this coun- Cnit to Occupy rts of of Advanced Lines—Crowds Jostle America Citizens Organizing Today. While labor leaders outside | municipal employes’ unions tryving to bring about aa for arbitration steps were to prevent a repetition of | lawlessness by organized bands of citizens Leste the were agreement under way last night’s protective Coblenz (By Courier to Nancy, Dec. 10)—(By The Associated Press.) —Sentries of the American and Ger- man arwies face each other across the Rhine tonight. 1‘rom wandernach, he- Coblenz, northward to the British lines, American forces hold the west | bauk of the stream. 'South of Co-| hlenz advanced elements of the Amer-| Oae hundred and have reached the river, | fully armed. this afternoon 1how Division Selected. tioned at the water works pumping expected that the movement Station, Wwith instructions to shoot the Rhine will be well under | 20¥body who might attempt to tamp- way tomorrow. The Fivst and Thirda | With the plant. A movement was | ditistons have been designated to e- | Storted todey to have the aldermen npy the advanced positions along the | declare a strike if the demands of the Skilometar Bro enst of Coblenz: icont | Dalicerandiitemeniyere notigranted. stituting the bridgehead stipulated in the armistice, The Thirty-second, [ Ninetieth, Fourth and Forty-second will occupy positions in support of the advanced lines. The Forty-second | s the Rainbow division, which in- cludes National Guard regiments from Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and New Jerse The Thinty-second and Ninetieth will cross at the others will the and south of the citv. Arrangements also have been made to use tugs if necessary to expedite the crossing. All Bridges Inspected. Engineer regiments have inspected all bridges and roads bevond the river, while a commission of German army Sl N ik ns has given evory | Wounded and not killed and he facility’ for the Americans to collect | iNCe recovered and has been sent to a information as 1o the ferritory that| COnValescent camp. Other new names is to be occupied east of the Rhine. "“],'If:’\'f:“(_ “‘"'v“,"“"““ll“:”_: e ot L en Hortre | one listed among the dead. He ; ported as having died from wounds in France. He was a member of Com- pany I, 102nd Infantry, and -enlisted { July 1917. His brother-in-law, American force entered the fortress| Michael Benicurch, lives at 101 today, following a request to that ef- | Rhodes street, this city. | fect from the German authorities.| Private Frank Statelek is reported The GGerman commandant of the place | slightly wounded. His brother live: informed the Americans that by to- | at 4 Orange street. John Grajewski, morrow the entire German army, ex- | son of Martin Grajewski of 91 Booth cepting small detachments of guards, | street, is among those severely wound- would be nine miles from the Rhine. | ed. He was a member of Company E The position of the Americans is| of the 102nd Infantry. THe entered slightly peculiar. Coblenz was infor- | the service June 1917 20w DEMANDS FAIR PLAY arrived on Sunday and which served ow in landed st 1914 H. . Al- of the this | the propagandists States in Au with Dr. known paymaster propaganda svstem 1 and immediately formed for German propaganda Printed Propaganda. that Eward Lyell sent Germany German = German United same boat as the low Guard. fifty Soldiers on soldiers, ican army were sta- Ra is Fox, in emba to which ws Interna- pre- in- to 1t across t NYBORG NOT KILLED; PARENTS NOTIFIED prop- or ws the pay Harvard Street Boy Not Killed Action—Other Local Boy perhaps the a Coblenz and bridizes north | on List. use Mr. and Mrs. Harvard street | department { their son, ; machine Charles Nyborg of 51 have received a war telegram stating that Private Arthur Nyborg, a gunner previously reported | killed in action, is living. The mes- | suge states that Private Nyborg was on alleged sack means erman had begun time. in in there Germans, ' and an Across the river from, Coblenz. the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, has been a small force of but it has been withdrawn Wrote Under Hun Orders. Fox his original pencil “I obtained from notes written lead on the Cossack story, Captain said, and he admitted he never saw any of tha referred to and that to “nis none of them ev were committed. IFox was given cour: tesies from German officers that no other correspondent was able to tain. Captaih Lester trocities knowledge ob- that Fox con- in Germany Lester said fessed to him that while had an understanding that he would write anything he was told to write by the German publicity bureau Berlin. Propaganda in Movies. Captain Lester said that a request by President Wilson at a personal interview with William | Randalph Hearst, changes were made in the film play “Patria,” produced serially in the United in 1917 picturing Japan and Mexico in »n alliance against the United States. The witness cited this film as one bearing earmarks of German propa- ganda. Between 200,000 sons of pro-German ‘ cluding many Americans, volunteered | before the United States entcred the war to obtain information of all| kinds for the German espionage system in this country and reported to flocal German consuls and propaganda Captain Lester testified. only as a guard, which probably would have been inadequate in event of se- rious trouble. German officers are here, treating with the American au- thorities, and, discharged soldiers, | still wearinz their uniforms, are nu- merous in the streets, Crowds Jostle Doughboys, Instead of cringing, or even showing deep respect, the population adopted an attitude today that found expres- | terday, declared ‘“one thing at the sion in jostling American soldiers on | peace conference which perhaps will the streets and in sneers and laughs | be more important than the terms which were only vaguely concealed. | imposed upon the enemy will be to see The burgomaster has published | that we deal fairly with the Allies.” only the rules regulating local affairs.| The chancellor The latest orders the closing of cafes | of the greatest misfortunes that ever at 11 o’clock in the evening. It is es- | happened to the world if the British timated at his office that there are FEmpire did not find that it sufficient foodstuffs in this district to | work together with America and that last till February, after which assist- | the representatives of America and ance will be imperative. (e e Basen G arsel e g gether to support the peace. Restrictions in Coblenz, Sales of firearms are prohibited in | WESTERN UNION HEAD IN Coblenz by order of the burgomaster, CHARGE OF MARINE CABLES who is co-operating with the Ameri- i ) can forces. All civilians must turn | NCW Dec Mt ooy Carlton, president of the Western their firearms to the municipal | CF o y authorities. German militiamen Whblon WO FEa0n kel (B0 ey, L been placed in charge of all marine discharged soldiers, who have e : | asstating in‘ipolice dutics, are ai-)cable SYSLemE OF PheSTRIEE Biaies by >ress)—1f democracy spreads to all ShesEeq ibyiline buigomsstenlslonder L i ediat M-l Carltoni oMice hee Amllie et -obabl Rreliminarycofiturning thesmuniciballlvas e iy oo feditn s lappol Aibelise epeobable MG ongl e vetertinel yloves ol un can orfeancal TRl T SRS ST Rs Bnlio 2econ e ~{ Al theaters s staurants s - cecimet o0 in the world,” sald Al thesteryRand Smestaurants imuscl Ward, vice-president of the Com- close at 11 o'clock. These places are ; y the Bavarian premler, o G0 e Sl S i mercial Cable Co. antinformallicalliitrio | fno i nin e g ETE IS = made today. e e ”"]““"» BROOKLYN WILL RETURN leader is an idealist. ols aleo Areis G DRD D a losser E - OST G so and Eisaer | de8ree. German grand opera has | RO ALAMIRTOSNOS D0) would be the only| Peen presented at the largest theater | Yokohama, Dec. 10, By the Ass the al.| here within the past few days. clated Press.)—The armored cruiser legations. His friends call him ‘“the | Brooklyn, flagship of the Asiatic greatest man in Germany' but his | squadron, on which an explosion oc- enemies, who apparently are Increas- curred vesterday and which restulted ing in Bavaria, declare he is ‘“an {in six deaths will retura to Viadivo- jmpractical and dreaming idealist.” ‘f:‘;k c'n‘w :L‘j“en:!\(;r \‘.‘.l.] :’: (‘Hx‘l’nn{\\'o:‘\'; rers o o crew still suffer from serious burns. at a result | A. Bonar Law Emphasizes Impor- of tance of England Dealing Fairly | With Allies—Wants Co-operation. | Dec Via Montreal.— London, Andrew Bonar 1 exchequer, speaking at Glasgod 18, and 300,000 per- sympathies in- agents, SEES GREAT DEMOCRACY If Democracy Spreads to All Classes, over f Germany Will Be Most Democratic e ang Country in World, Eisner Says. been Munich, Dec. 13.—(By Associated classes, aany cratic country Kurt Eisner, in concluding correspondent The Bavarian His opponents say himself, probably person in the world to deny as will Nae KILLED BY Brakeman Run Down By Train i Vernon Station Today. VALLEY ROAD COMMUTERS ol B Bl APPEAL TO R, R. DIRECTOR | 24, a brakeman was killed by the Hartford, Dec., 13.—More than 150 | Adams express train going west. at . S & the Vernon station early today. Con- Velloy Bnet chRs liond Somn L L U | ductor TV Otmastirrartiord for ihe signed a communication 8d-| .5t hound frelght was slightly in- dressed to Director-General William | 5o/ 0" : G. McAdoo complaining of alleged In-}" The freight train had broken apart adequate train service over that line | ;4 the men had walked back to look between this city ‘aml Middletown on | after the rear section when the ex- Saturdays. An extra train between 12 | press came along. Ouillett was killad noon and 1 p. m. is desired. At pres- | outright but Lilley got only a glanc- ent there ave trains morning and eve-|ing blow. The former leaves a widow ning only. and child i Bast Hartford, EXPRESS. At Ouillett, - — PLANNING TO RESUME Washington, Decc 13.—Plans for resuming general trade with parts of Russia and Finland were disclosed today by an announcement from war trade board that applications now will be considered for import licenses for commadities, the chief of which are platinum, various hides skins and furs, sulphur and lk&nd of seeds. day injured | the | in | has | is re-| w, chancellor of the | ves- | aid it would be one | couid | various | PRE IDENT W ILSON ARRIVES, IS GIVEN GREAT RECEPTION; CALLED LIBERTY’S CHAMPION Wirer! HONORED IN RREST Mayor Salutes America’s Chief Executive as Messenger of Justice and Peace—Address From City Gouncil LONG LIVE WILSON IS WISH EXPRESSED Oul Bret Bei Greet | m City t in 1cad of crnment—IEntire come 11 Brest, 1 “Mr. | emotion come of Pr t | symbol the u legion: sprang to | independe: pi soil of B will calm s 1} T o sofl our luting you tice and peace. our entire you with enth statesman their liber o aspi his ol of first sal im dee. 13 sident: pre he Breto nder of arms nce. the you in Un urope th our resident, hearts are 1 the as whol usiasm who is rations d uting yo Takes United Nation Whole Mayor Brest, in greeting President Wilson as he landed here today said: Delight of France States Wi Tomorrow, Goude, of I feel the deepest n auspices o the der o the nting to you population. ship bringing vou to this port is the unanimous messenger Tomorrow nation which and our people will over toward 3reton city 1 the wel- The of which citizens cause of same pacific great the aus- es today you bring to the tormented comfort authorized voice in the debates which anarvels upon of this Breton in of jus- will he acclaim thrill the eminent champion of justice @and s~ it will has the honor n order to per- petuate this honor to our descendants, | the pressing t munic ipal heir joy at council L to present you with an address, ex- | I I asked ma seing privileged to incline themselves before the illuss tr United The Sta ma i pres."” yor then eat presented bus democrat who presides over the stinies of the republic of the the en- grossed address of the council, which said, in inig President W France, eminent si sonifies th rights of ate this direct posited e tha in art the of the ve re tatesman ideals n thr these the cit first man vent t to United pectiully who so nobly of order on proceedings v | live President Wilson. champion and anostle of international Justice.” archives. welcome States salute the to the per- and the perpetu- ages, we de- Long live tha liberty to the Long German Prisoners Curious, A singu to the pre inter Brest terest t It in of featu esident the was the lar was German evident visitor o was f the the welcome suppressed prisoners at that their in- keen as as | that of the huge crowd thronging the town, but those station societies | throngs o who on costum Germans in were the » lined 1 nd ¢ other es. he authorities the backkground. delegations organizations people from boring localities, attired in gals kept these Among to the patriotic and neigh- Sret- route of the The first to greet the president, he- sides the | sentative: French United Ambassad Gen. John er H. WILSON " Pari Liege, high Sta where French were ates, the or Sharp, J Bliss. INVITED TORIC TOW The Dec. ministerial Andre commis mayor Col Pershing and Gen 13 the TO repre- Tardieu, to the of Brest, E. M. House, Task- oner VISIT OF LIEGE, town rermans of were halted several days in their first rush | into Paris Franc to i visit the Poincare, Marshal company T | | Mertden | ued at $1 security Plate ( national “o. TRADING WITH RUSSLA|©0f December nounced t Silver ce, has S nvite historic Premier foch will President MISST Dec. ,000 Y0x of ti a Co 10, oday, $1.000 WORTH OF SILVER ent President place. Clemenceau he Wilson. NG he 13.—Silver disappeared subsidiary during the a delegation to Wilson to President and ac- invited to IN MERIDEN bars val- from the Wilcox 8 of the the police Int night an- the | ! Har cast f cinity: urday. | | == tford, or New Rain Dec. Britain tonight and and S rising temperature. Gova | Wel- vour | EVERY BIG SHIP NOW | ARMY TRANSPORTS ARE OVERSEAS 0 RETURN. SAILING EVERY DAY | { RSO SERy ! = { Expected Back at New York General Pershing Announces About Dec. 25 For Additicnal Units to Be Big Review. Sent Home. Dec. 13—Every capi- American navy now the dread- ha been main ftleet to home Daniels Washington, tal ship of the in Hurope, . including nought squadrons which operating with the British during the war will return waters this month, Sec tary | announced today. They may be e pected to reach New York about December 23 and a naval review will take place there celebrate the homecoming. Instructions \dmiral Mayo, Three more Buitenzorg, Amphion and Suwanee have sailed from | France with troops. The Buitenzorg ailed December 8 with the 12th anti- craft battery, medical detachments and casuals totalling nine officers and 62 men. The Amphion sailed December ¥, with civilians and the Suwanee December 11, with two officers, 111 men, and five civilians The following additional units have been assizned for early return by Genera] Pershing 154tn, 151st, | 374th, 137th and 373rd aero squad- rons, the 11th 12th, 13th and 14th campanies of the Fourth regiment air service mechanics, headquarters and companies B, C, D and E, 29th en- gineers, and various medical detach- ments and casuals of the chemical warfare service. Included in the list are 87 'officers and 2,160 men CHARGED WITH ROBBERY North Wasingtoa, Dec. { transports, the 1 to have been cabled ‘o commander-in-chief the Atlantic fleet and now at Rrest, to bring back every naval ves- sel that can be spared. Many de- stroyers, converted yachts and other craft probably will come w tie bigger ships, The dreadnoughts turn are division No. by Rear Admiral battleships New York, as, Wyoming. Florida, Nevada, division No. 9—commanded by Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rogers, battleships Utah, flagship, Oklahoma Arizona. h ordered to re- 6, commanded Hugh Rodman, flagship, Tex- Alabama and ja 1d Prominent Adal Sunday School Worker Accused of $20,000 'WILHELM GUARDED, AFRAID OF BOMBS Theft—Held in $12,000 Bonds. North Adams, Charged with Mass.,, Dec, 13.— the theft of securities the home of Mrs. . C. Potter on East Quincy street this oity, while he was there on business, Lee C, Valentine, a prominent Sunday arrested here at his home at 3 o'clock this morning. The police allege that they found the hox of the securities with the exception of $1,000 worth, which, it is claimed, Valentine had hypothecated at the Savings bank on November 27. He Dleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing and was placed under bonds of $12,000 for his appearance in court on December 17. He is 22 year old and married. He was fined $50 here a short time ago on being ar- rested in the yard of a junkman with a mask and loaded revolver in his pocket. Has Own Him and Goes Arm Staff of Sleuths to Protect ed Himself— Over 100 in His Suite. London, tives, the William® are sta Dec. 13.—Scores of detec- pick of former Emperor force of sleuths at Potsdam, ing at Amerongen, shadowing every movement of Herr Hohenzol- lern, according to the Amerongen correspondent of the Express. Herr Hohenzollern is said to be in con- stant dread of bomb throwers and | other assassins, and always carries a small revolver. The former emperor’s suite and de- tectives have added at least 100 to the population of the village of Ameron- gen, the correspondent states. NORWALK GIRL DISAPPEARS Left Home on Morning of December | WOULD SEND KAISER BACK Dutch Parliament Member Criticise: b His Government for Giving Refuge Ostensibly for Work, and Has . to Wilhelm At AlL Not Been Heard From Since. The Hague, Dec. 12.—Switzerland refused to admit the former German emperor when he fled from Germany, and Holland ought to have followed the example of the republic, declared M. Ravensteyn, a revolutionary so- cialist, in the lower house of the Dutch parliament today. The former emperor, he continued, should not be handed over to the Al- | lies, but should be sent to Germany | for trial by a people's tribune. The | Dutch workers will oppose avery at- tempt to drag Holland into a war on the question of the former emperor. Norwalk, Dec. are today baffling 13 The working Norwalk police upon as a mystery as they have had vet to handle, dealing with the com- plete disappearance of Grace Burrell. The young lady been out of work for some time, but on Tuesday morning, December 3, she informed her mother that she was going to work in a local factory. From that time nothing more has been seen or heard of the young woman, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Burrell, has fears for her safety. In- quiries made at the factory where she stated she had secured a position, disclosed the fact that she had not been near that place and had never applied for a position. The police have taken up the case and are con- ducting a rigid search for her and have notified the surrounding towns and cities to watch for her. old had vear WAR LESS PROBABLE Both Chile and Peru Reply in Friend- Iy Tones to America’s Note Urging Peaceful Settlement of Differences. TELLS OF ACCIDENT Recovers 3 and Washington, Dec. 13.—Chile Peru have replied in friendly tones to identic note of the United States upon them the supreme im- portance of adjusting amicably their controversy over the provinces of | Tacna and Arica and tendering the aid of the United States alone or in con- junction with other American states. Peru is understood to have indicated a wish that the good offices of the United States might be employed to bring about a settlement, while the | Chilean governemnt is said to have contented itself with expressing ap- preciation of the spirit of the offer. the urging Victim Consciousness and FExplains to Coroner How Auto i | Overturned and Killed Companion. Norwalk, Dec. as 13.—Earle B. Frick, who v the companion of Charles W. Miner of Guilford, when the latter was killed when the car he was driving overturned near West- port, on December 2, regained con- sciousness vesterday afternoon, when Coroner John J. Phelan succeeded in obtaining an important statement from him. Frick is at suffering from a FRENCH MARINES OUST GERMANS FROM ODESSA the Norwalk hospital fractured skull, and told Coroner Phelan that ihey had been having trouble with their head- lights and had pulled up on the left | side of the road to remedy the | according to the Matin. trouble. TIn doing this the car over| have occupied the wireless station and turned and resulted in the death of | expelled German soldiers from all Miner and the serious injury of | military posts. The newspaper says Frick. He was positive in his state- | the fortress and city of Sebastopol ment that there had been no collision | have been cleared of German soldiers ana that neither he nor Miner | Who Were causing disorders, it is al- had seen or heard any approaching | leged, with the connivance of the Bol- { car, shevists, Paris, Dec. (Havas.)—French marines have entered Odessa, Russia, and have received a cordial welcome, Detachments stated | { valued at $20,000 from a tin box in | chool worker, was | North Adams | i flotilla of Bl GUNS THUNDER: 1 | | t Shore Batteries and Battleships Join in Tremendons Salute as George Washington Steams | Into Harbor ;{ {LANDS ON FRENCH g SOIL AT 2 0'CLOCK] Arvival of President’s Boat a Culmi={] nation of Imposing Naval Spectack ] —Many of America’s Big Warshipsi] Convoy George Washington Into Harbor—Crowds Cheer Wildly an A Wilson Acknowledges Salutes. Brest, Dec. 1 Press) —President the harbor of Brest on board tha steamer George Washington at 1 o'clock this afternoon and within a hour stepped on shore—the first time an American president had trod BEu ropean soil. The arrival was the cul mination of an imposing naval specs tacle which began as the presidentialf fleet rounded the outer capes, then. passed the entrance forts and moved. majestically into the harbor wherel the George Washington anchored atif the head of a long double column of | American dreadnoughts and deStroy= | ers and the units of a French cruiser squadron. Crowds Cheer Wildly. The presidential fleet was first] sighted at 11:30 o’clock this morning 15 miles off shore. The Sea was calm, and the stately fleet moved landward under skies which were steadily brightening after a dark and gloomy morning, It was more than an hour later that the fleet was signalled at the entrance of the harbor and a great cheer arose from ,the waiting crowd as the cloud of black smoke showed that the presidential party’ W near, American Boats in Convoy, Ahead came showing the way to the fleet and close behind loomed the battleshipsy Pennsylvania and Wyoming, flying re spectively the flags of Admiral Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet, and Vice Admiral Sims, commander of the American naval forces in Huropean waters. Then came the George Wash ington bearing the president, flankedi] on either side by the battlehips Ar~ kansas, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Okla. homa, New York, Texas and Arizona by French cruisers and by great] American and French tors pedo boat destroyer Big Guns Boom (By the Associate Wilson reache; | { J | single destroyer, As Welcome. The entrance to the harbor is a na | row strait a mile wide, with forts | crowning the towering cliffs each side. Through this aven the im-f posing pageant moved, each of they ten for contributing cannonaded and the ten Americon battleships an= swering gun for gun As the fleet bor the land sembled war craft took up the thun derous salute, while the quays, th nhills and the terraces of the old Bret rang with cheers from thef stic multitude. At fjag samse the war craft, merchantmen and transports dressed ship and manned the yards, while the strains of the American anthem floated overy the water, mingling with the roar off the guns and the shouts of the vas crowds The on its har asa the inner and the neared batteries on city enthusiz time all George Washington came to anchor off shore while the battleships ranged themselves in double columr on either side Wilson Acknowledges Wilson the greetings the lcheering throng the artillery in the tribute to the Amer Salute. witnessed deck I President 11 spectacle from of m-) er, waving edgments as ashore vied with Old World's first ican president Soon after the arrival of the pres dential fleet came Stephen Pichon, the French foreign minister, an Georges Leygues, the minister of ma rine, who was at Brest to mest the president on behalf of the ¥renc government, boarded the George Washington to extend their firsy greeting. American officials also went} on board to make the arrangements for the landing of the president. President Goes Ashore, sl nowl | here was a thunderous cannonade as the president’s launch left tha George Washington and landed a pier No He was escorted to th tribune cheers and saivos ant the notes the Spangled Band ner. President amid of Star Wilson came ashore wit (Continued on Fifteenth Pagel ||