The evening world. Newspaper, September 8, 1919, Page 3

n of rant ? writ, aux, the nim Mr. ) ins ad fectab lt J Sanaa: GPS sas ae ~emeermepmenet > pepe THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1919. ‘BRILLIANT RECEPTION TO GEN. PERSHING AT THE CITY H. aaa a aL ITH AND HYLAN ESCORT RSTING FROM AUTO 10 BiG CITY HALL RECEPTION igang aking Aldermanic Chamber Crowded | With Distinguished Soldiers | and Civilians, WELCOMED BY MAYOR. Reviews Achievements of War and Closes With Tribute to Honored Guest. ‘The “reception to Gen. the City Hall Al- dermanic Chamber. Gen. Pershing was encorted there from -his: automo- bile by Gov. Smith and Mayor Hylan, ‘The room was crowded with distin- mulshed soldiers and civilians and Massed police and military guards held back great throngs in and about (ity Han Park. Mayor Hglan de litered the following formal address of welcome: “Gen, Pershing and oMfcers of the American Expeditionary Forces: “As Mayor, I deem P ilege and a-kreat honor to extend to you on Pershing at} took place “in the behalf of the City of New York @ most cordial and sincere weleome, The people of our State and Nation and all the free peoples of the civil- zed world salute you and the inyinei- | ble soldiers of the American Bxpedi- | tionary Forces who have acquitted themselves so nobly in the world war by not only halting the Prussian ‘hordes on their march toward Paris, but in successfully driving them back to the Rhine “We congratulate you, Gen. Persh- ing, on the remarkable achievements which you accomplished as the com- mander of thé largest military toree | ev put under arms by this Nation. ‘The time allowed for the perfecting et our military organization ¢was short and the need of its being ready to enguge in major operations, even though only partially trained, was imperative. The job was a tremend- ously big ohe and the eyes of our people were turned to you for tts! coomplishment. ‘The signal events of the war prove how skilfully, rapidly and efficiently you performed this colossal task, and the bearts of cur people are filed with gratitude, ce We are also honored to welcome to our eity the gallant First Di- vision of the American Army.” 7 Mayor then reviewed the| achjevements of the’ Mirst Division and of the American armies in France and concluded with an eloquent tribute to the guest of honor Pershing responded as follows: “Your Honor, Gov. Smith, Mr. Sec- retary, ladies and gentlemen: “It would be very difficult indeed for me to describe the feelings of emotion and pride which fill my heart on this eccasion—emotion after returning home emphasized by thé cérdiality of your reception mingle with pride in the achievement of the American never} Army which has represented you in this war. | “The personal compliments that you ‘haye paid to me, sir, are far greater than my humble services deserve. To receive at your hantls the freedom of lthis great metropolis which we ail |claim as ours and which we love so well is in itself a peculiar distinction, The circumstances that prompt this action have their foundation on for- Jeign battlefields where American |manhood gloriously fought for the | principles of right and justice, To- day our minds are filled with the | thriting incidents of those ficids. “Eager to serve the cause, filled with confidence in their own supe< riority, our young American Army passed out through your gates on | their way to their mission across the |seas, Your enthusiasm for them and the warm hospitality you gave them and your cheers as they sailed away added new courage to their task. | When they returned home, the vic- | torious welcome of your peopie has spoken louder than words the grati- tude of the Nation for duty well | done. | “New York City’s part in the war has been a great one, Your patriotic people have sent forth their gallant tsons, all of your citizens have gener- ourly contributed funds for the com- fort of their boys, and the country has always relied on your patriotism to carry through the cofntry'’s | ns triumphantly, New York City’s attl- tude has been accepted everywhere at home and abroad as that of the whole people and your acts have always en- |couraged the Allies and have alwa: disheartened the enemy. “Out of your patriotism, your sup- port and your confidence in our suc- cess thero has grownup between the | people of this city and our citizen army a mutual affection that makes for better oltizenship, ‘an » affection | that will grow with time and become a lasting souvenir in the hearts of all , those who have learned to know and to love you. “Your Monor, | dare not trust my- self to express In this presence my personal feeling and can only say to you and through you to the people of the city of New York: I thank you |from the bottom of my heart for m: self and for those whom I represent. HOUSE DELAYS RETURN. LONbon, request of 8.—At® the President Wilson, learned te-day, Col, FE. M, House «is postponing his return té America In- definitely. Instead, he will to Paris, sittings’ of the Allied Man- ion, Will be resumed. rtain position or nate with regard to of mandates over League of Nations, the work of the | Commission “Is progressing with dini- urgent it was $1,000,000 Cotton Fire at Rotterdam, pt. ire on the jay destroyed cotton worth $1,000,000, Deservedly The Largest Selling Ceylon Packed Tea in the World TAEARN Fourteenth Street West of Fifth Avenue ALL HONOR . . ’ to GENERAL PERSHING ad the FAMOUS FIRST DIVISION This Store Will Be Closed WEDNESDA ¥, SEPT. soth \ Scenes in Pershing’s Triumphal Progress _ From Boat, Through Streets to City Hall (Gen PERSHING IN THE. BROADWAY*AS GEN PERSHING SD Till Pa Ram SA | PERSHING KISSED BY ONE | Waldorf-Astoria he was greeted William jr, who hopes some day “PERSHING’ § TWO SISTERS | by Capt. J. L, Collins, for seven | to be @ pilot | WOMAN KISSES A SECOND years hiv ajde, and Mrs. Collins Young McLaughlin and Warren | HOVER BETWEEN SMILES 7 | The Genera® kissed Mrs. Collin | Pershing, the General's son, also AND ESGAPES FROM THIRD gracefully and ‘heartily | ten years old, formed a warm ac On landing, O§, monpken friendly rivalry between the two | - | Perwhing kissed his two sistery- | jada as to whose father way the FORE Gon. Persh but that didn’t count. greate ‘ HYORR ied re hing» bad | t thag didn kis es 6 vathe Pordhing daolared ¢ HE proudest women in Now been in Ww ‘Lor ree , his father was the biggest man York to-day aro Miss May hours he had gone through LEVIATHAN PILOT'S SON in the world, while young Mc- Pershing and Mra, D. M thé experience which made Lieut jwughlin said there was no one so Butler of Lincoln, Neb., the sis R. P. Hobson famous. He was AND YOUNG PERSHING DEBATE Bis ae Tis PR Lnaey atne ORIG aWAng of Gen, John J hing. Kissed once, against his will, by an | ‘a - | y were continually between enthusiastic woman, nartgwly |THE GREATNESS IESS OF FATHERS | Diitadbass Wi tn SE: smiles and tears from the mo- dodged a kiss of another women | ne entire repair crew of the Dicta-| ment they greeted their distin and bestowed a kisg upon a third soups Vroudway.| gulshed brother at the Hoboken The first kissing .episode og- HE Leviathan was piloted ike 10 per cont, “About, Pler yAti they were able to talk curred uf the City Hall, and the up to her dock by William e men quit. They have to him in privacy ip his suite at from $16 to $23 & woek. The General was considerably embar= Greaved. On his. arrival.at the ; ‘ S ee wd : 4 MeLaughiin, He boought the Waldorf. with ¢him Jide ten-year-old ‘abo, | been | Miss Pershing way in Ne Xork LEVIATHAN DIDN'T |PERSHING WAIT FOR MESSAGE iS FOR GEN. PERSHING Big Ship Gets Under Steam as Army. Tug With Army Officers Nears, Thirty repogors, twenty photog- raphers and a number of army of- ficers who went down’ the bay at 4.30 o'clock this morning to come up the harbor with Gen. Pershing and tell the United States all about it in story and picture have the honor to report that ‘hey went down the harbor. within 200 yards of the Leviathan, half a mile below Ambrose Channel buoy, the big ship suddenly got under steam atid started up the channel. “Hey!” the army tug meguphoned to the U. & destroyer Stevens, “Make her stop! We've got Capt. J. L. Col~ lins of the Field Artillery on board with important messages for the era That's all right,” the Stevens au- swered reassuringly. “She'll stop to Gravesend Bay and you can lielp yourselves.’” But “sho” did not stop and the Hul; ver chased up after her to Pier No, 4, Hoboken. The first thing the early birds noted about ‘the Leviathan, ag she lay at anchor below Ambrose Channel buoy waiting for a full-flood tide to bring her up the river, was that men of the «hs composite regiment which jmarched with Pershing in London— every man a 6ix-footer—tined the rail of the giant ship. Every man of them was a strapping big fellow who must have made ap impression abroad. ‘The first “Welcome Home” said to Gen, Pershing was spoken 17 times by the guns of Fort Wadsworth. A Navy seaplane suddenly appeared above the Leviathan, It ptill was circlipg about like a monster gull when five other planes appeared. All did escort duty to” Hoboken. Lying off Ambrose Channel buoy Were six U.'."déatroyers, Three of them fell in behind the Leviathan. As the Leviathan proceeded up the bay small craft in great number ap- peared in fo A Staten Island whistle opened & abril! welcoming that, taken up by sirens everywhere, continued for half an hour, Probably more naughty words were said on the Hulver (by photographers) than on any of the other craft, but the disappointment was quite as much on the Patrol, carrying mem- bers of the City of New York's official Welcoming Committee, Others in the procession up the bay were the H. 8. Lockwood, carrying a Knights of Columbas delegation, representatives of all the States on . § Caswell, a Hall of States Camp Community Service) and a Missour! committee of boat, side of which was a tremendous ban- ner, with the inseription: “MISSOURL WELCOMES YOU!" as it was it is likely that never before did anybody see so many people on the roofs and in the windows of bulld! ed close by the Waterfront in the fewer city. Plere were black with humanity. In the procession of boats was the destroyer Blakely, with Secretary of War Baker on board. The Leviathan pulled up at Pier |.No, 4, Hoboken, ily decorated in the colors of the United States and the Afiies, On the plerhead were Red Crosy girls in the nobby uniform with the blue apron, Salvation Army |giris in overseas khaki and Y. W. Cc, A. girls, ‘The roof was alive with ¥.M. C. A. and K. C men, jon, F rshing had arrived. ¢ sailed She bade him when Gen, France in, 1017, goodby in ignorance of the name of the ship on which he was to Pershing for sail or his destination, The con- trast between the secrecy of those days and the roar of the weloome to-day made the occasion all the more significant for her, “Little did 1 or any of us ever dream away back {n the country that we should ever witness such a wonderful sight as we have seen to-day,” sajd Mrs, Butler, “But knew our brother would go fur, We knew he was capable of kreat heights in the affairs of the and were always proud of ents. we When the army tug Hulver got] Home Folks ow the Zephyr, on each], cPeST (Continued From First Page.) — soldier, wherever there is a lover of liberty, you and your great army are remembered and loved, You returm not only to American vil, but to the beart of the county, “The President has directed me te read to you this message “My Dear Gen. Pershing “L am distressed that I cannot greet you in person, It would give mo the greatest pleasure to grasp your hand and aay to you what is in my heart and in the hearts of all true Americans as wo hall your return to the home land you have served so gallantly. “Notwithstanding my physical : absence, may I not, as your mmander in Chief and as spokesman of our fellow coun- trymen, bid you an affectionate and enthusiastic welcome, a wel- come warmed with the ardor of genuine affection and deep udmi- ration, You have served the country with fine devotion ‘and admirable efficiency, in a war forever memorable as the world’s triumphant protest against injus- ~ tice and as its vindication of lib- erty, the liberty of peuples and of = « nations, “We are proud of you and of the men you commanded. No finer armies ever, set theif dndom.t- able strength and unconquer- able spirit against the forces cf wrong. Their glory is the glory of the nation, and it is with @ thrill of profound pride that: we greet you as their leader and commander, You have just come from the sea and from the care of the men of the navy, who made the achievements of our arms on land possible, and whe so gallantly assisted to Clear the seas of their lurking peril. Our hearts go out to them, too. “It is dotighttul to sce you hume again, well and tit for the fa tigues you must endure before we are done with our welcome. I will’ uot speak now of our as- sociates on the other side. of the sea, Lt will be delightful on many occasions to speak their praise, 1 speak now only of our personal you are at home aguin we ha opportunity to make you feet the warmth uf our affectionate welcom Senator James W, Wadsworth, addressing Gen, Pershing, said that + the Pronident had inairucied him aa Chairman of the Military A |Committee of the Senate, to appro- |priately welcome Gen. Pershing when jhe arrives in Washington. He tokl the General that a cordial welcome awaited him at the Capital HISTORIC PERSIAN RUG IS USED FOR PERSHING'S WELCOME AT GITY HALL Famed Kermanshah Carpet Also. Had Been Utilized at Signing of Versailles Peace Treaty. New York City’s official greeting to- Gen. Pershing, Which took plaed to-day in the Aldermanic Chamber of City Hall, occurred on @ beautiful Kermage shah Persian rug, which bas figured in & number of historic events. It is tha property of the Liberty Bell Associas on. When tho Liberty Bell was exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1912, it rested on this rug. Later, It wae used for the same purpose when the dell was carried across the country during, Liberty, oan campaden. When the Big ¥8ur gathered for the aligning of the Peace ‘Treaty at Ver= | sailles the table at which they sat oo cupied the centre of the same rug. Prominent among those whd stood on the rag at tom ceremony, were Gen, Pershing, Secretary of Wi lan, Gov, Smith, , “Warren | Per ; Grover A. Whalen, lssioner of Plant and William F. Sinnott, cretary ——— NO SPECIAL BELGIAN PACT, Paris Deny of PARIS, Sept. 8-—-Members of the American Delegation at the Peace Con« ference deny all knowledge of an agrees ment, reported in the British preas, by which Fs United States and Ei guarantee Belgium g real ctures, Mayor Hy! America: Aer Knowl