The Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania • Page 2

THIS SCHANTON REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1918 2 BIG CELEBRATION I Local Men In Public Eye I IN PHILADELPHIA Connolly Wallace Co. Connolly Wallace Co. Sera nton's Shopping Center Thousands of Shipbuilders Quit Work Whan Independence Qelt Rings Out FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8. PHILADELPHIA.

Nor. T. Hlstorlo Independence Hall wal this afternoon the starting point for a great celebration In this city and vicinity when unconfirmed reports were circulated that Germany had signed the armis tice. Nothing like the demonstration of Joy has been witnessed here la many years. Accepting the rumor as true, Mayor Smith officially ordered a celebration in accordance with a pre arranged program.

The Independence Hall bell was rung and a great crowd Of happy people gathered around the building yanks fighting at 6.30 o'clock (Continued from Page One) fcear the hour and minute at which the signatures are set upon it, and the hour at which hostilities are to end will likewise be officially recorded and announced to the world, JTo one, of course, can say with certainty when the armistice will be signed or when the lighting will stop. Official proof, however, and the hours rolling steadily onward, are ample evidence that it was not signed at 11 o'clock this morning and that the fighting did not stop at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Moreover, it never has been expected that the terms of armistice on the western front might be accepted at one brief meeting. Many questions are Involved now which were not Involved when armistices were granted to Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey. Vital Points Concerned.

One of the principal points concerns Dip disposition of the German fleet so vltnl to Knglnml. Now that the fleet to in the hands of the revolutionary powers it Is not Improbable that the Hr rman plcpotentaries may not at once he enabled to give the assurances the ll'cs will demand. It should be re nlled in connection with this point Grot Britain insisted on having one of her admirals present with Marshal Forh at the meeting with the rommissloners and that Germany sent Admiral Von Hintze. So far as is known toniRht the erroneous report was published In only wo cities of Europe in London and In Brest, France. The London newspapers later withdrew its edition and rlnred a retraction.

The publication in Urest was by a newspaper which reived the report from the United I'rcss. A question being asked tonight by any is why the naval censors passed 'he dir.patch for publication if it was ot true. The answer is that censors lo not pass upon the truth or falsity of they are only concerned with whether thy contain information likely to be of value to an enemy, or damaging to the entente military and gave vent to their feelings. Fire bells were rung, whistle were blown, the schools were closed and parades were started on the principal streets. Slop Work at Cramp.

At Cramps shipyard, where nearly 15,000 are employed on war work. everybody quit and an enthusiastic celebration began. At the great Hog Island Shipyard 1 a WWSK "SOf the officials and many employee head ed by the yard brass band and girls A Message From The Suit Department 1 Every suit in our large stock emphasizes the perfect workmanship, the careful attention to minute finishing details, the supreme fashion lines characteristic of Connolly Wallace apparel. Each garment bears the Connolly Wallace label your assurance of lasting satisfaction, service and authenticity of style. Fashionable materials, wanted colors and style variations are so plentifully represented as to leave no individual preference unnoted and all at Savings that make immediate choice imperative carrying American flags, paraded over the mllea of roadway in the plant.

AH over the city great excitement prevailed. At the Schuylkill and Frankford arsenals, where government munitions are made, work eeased and preparations for peace parades were under way when the denial of the re port came from Washington and stopped them. Wilmington Across the Delaware river in Cam den the 11.000 employes of a large Industrial plant walked out in a body and, with the company's military band at their head, marched through the forces. streets, thousands of citlsena Joining them. The 15,000 workers at the New York shipbuilding corporation' plant also quit work and paraded to Cam den, three miles away.

Ilmllar i i vm ill i sccnea were enacted at Gloucester. N. Car Service to Aviation Field Take Throop Olyphant car direct or any car to Dun rnore Corners and transfer to extra car between Corners and Field. Scranton Rwy. Co.

Adv. where large shipyards are located. Wilmington, celebrated In wild fashion. The shipyards and powder plants were practically deserted and everybody Joined in the noisiest demonstration the city has had in a generation at least. At Chester, where there are two great shipyards, everybody quit work and made a wild display of the Joy they felt at the ending of.

the war. Connolly Wallace Co. Connolly Wallace Co. wi. 1,900 over his Democratlo opponent.

Congressman William B. Walton. THIS CITY HAS WILD TIME CELEBRATING (Continued from Pace One) Banker, lawyer, athlete and general all around hustler, George L. Peak Is a Scranton born man, who has made good in many lines of activities. He is a speaker of power and eloquence, whose services as a speaker are in great demand on all public occasions.

pect of olTlcial counta and possibly contests later in the senate. Republican control of the house, however, Is now beyond all question. With only ono district missing the Second Montana the returns tonight show! Republicans, 238; Democrats, 195, Including one independent; Socialist, missing, 1. flagstaff while two thousand lusty lunged kids shouted themselves the national colors in the face. In East Scranton wild scenes fol.

lowed the reoeipt of the news. Within a few minutes flags were waving from every house and building. Parades of small children headed by buglers and youngsters banging their mothers' useful dish pans wound their way up and down Frescott, Harrison, North Irving, and other principal thoroughfares. South Scranton. many of whose sons arc on the French battlefields since the United States entered the war, som of whom tin fallen, received the news much enthusiasm.

Hun SMITH STILL LEADS, NEW YORK, Nov. 7. With only six districts missing throughout the state, tho unofficial plurality of Alfred E. Smith, Democrat, over Governor Charles S. Whitman, Republican, In the gubernatorial race, was The figure, were: Smith, Whitman, 978,148.

WOMEN OET VOTE. SIOUX FALLS. S. Nov. 7.

Woman suffrage carried In the South Dakota, according to Incomplete returns received, from Tuesday's olection. TALL 18 ELECTED. ALBUQUERQUE. N. Nov.

7. With a few precincts missing returns today showed the election of Albert B. Fall, Republican from New Mexico, to the U. S. Senate by approximately dreds of residents Joined In the cele yelled while riding In the company's trucks, and William Land's moving van carried more thnq celebrators.

On one truck a badly battered effigy of t.ie Kaiser was conspicuous and on the body was pinned the sign, "He asked for it and he received." More than fifty employes of the M. Ss M. Company, 510 Lackawanna avenue, marched, headed by a small fife and drum corps. Following the M. M.

employes fifteen wagons of the National. American and Adams Express Companies followed. They were crowded with merry men and women. Public Offices Closed. Every" office In City Hall, the Court House and other buildinjs about the city stopped wcrk for the day.

On the ALASKA RESULT. JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 7. Based on scattering returns, another close contest in the matter of delegate to congress from Alaska maybe the result of Tuesday's voting. James Wicker sham.

Republican, Is believed to be slightly in the lead. bration in observance of the signing the marchers, playing pa. airs. The Lackawanna Railroad shopmen from the central city, Keyser Valley and Hampton, joined with the shop work, rs of the Erie In Dunmore and their procession was one of the most unique of the afternoon. The Lackawanna shop workers paraded the streets of the central city carrying American flags.

Several Lacka iwanna shop workers carried a big engine bell which they rung continuausly. It was a happy and cheerful crowd. Their faces bore the dirt and sweat of honest labor and In every hand an American flag waj carried. Ten members of the Erie Shops band, from Dunmore. wearing over alls, led the procession of more than 1.500 shop workers from the Erie company.

Organized A Funeral. Hearted by O'Donnell, Russell "Dutch" Armbruster, Frank McHale, Hdwaril McHugh and Frnnc ls Kerrigan an eager crowd "captured" a rough box from Cuslck's iertaking parlors North Washington avenue. Gene Cus ick cheerfully consented to the boys taking the box and a few seconds Inter for several hours during the afternoon. Several clerks remained in the office to handle the incoming and outgoing malls, but the stamp and general delivery windows were closed, until thtls morning. The offices of the United States Attorney, United States Marshal and clerk of the United States Court closed during the afternoon and clerks and stenographers went out on a holiday.

All of the offices In the School Administration building closed for the afternoon, and tr. S. E. Weber, superintendent of kehools, was one of the cheer leaders in the afternoon performance. 7 The excitement of watching the parades and waiting cn patrons became too great for waitresses in restaurants and about 2 o'clock several of the central city restaurants closed their of the armistice and last night scores of resident from this side paraded to SENATE SWAY DEPENDS ON TWOSTATES Control of Upper House Will Be Decided by Outcome in Michigan and Idaho.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. With the Michigan and Idaho senatorial contests still in doubt, late returns from Tuesday's elections tonight gave the Republicans a total of 48 senators Just half the membership and lacking one vote necessary to Insure control and 40 to the Democrats. In Michigan, the Republican candidate, Truman H. Newberry, was reported to have increased his lead to about 6,800 votes over Henry Ford, with 125 precinct records missing.

In Idaho, the Democratic candidate, Senator Nugent, was credited with an increased lead of about 600 votes, over former Governor Gooding, the Republican candidate. Closeness of both Michigan and Idaho contests upon which Democratic or Republican control of the senate depends, were regarded as giving pros the Central City to take part In the demonstration there. Clerks Bummit had a celebration last night after hearing the report that the armistice had been signed. There was a parade led by a band and a them kept it up until a late hour notwithstanding the fact that they knew the Jubilation was somewhat premature, Ja Vest loranton. West Scranton received the news of the supposed signing of the armistice in a very hilarious way.

As if by maglo the streets on this side became thronged with people cheering wildly and giving vent to their Joy by every possible means. The word passed from mouth to mouth and ere long every street was alive with people, and the national colors were hung out, transforming the residences into veritable masses of red, white and blue. Every kind of vehicle was requisitioned and boys and girls and men were given room thereon and ordered to make Just as much noise as possible. Three young lads, who happened to be playing on South Sumner avenue, on hearing of the glad news, made a rush, for the rope attached to the bell In the belfry of St. Patrick's Parochial school.

During the past few days the building has been given a thorough fumigating with formaldehyde, but undaunted they forced their way through the fumes until they got to the rope. But the rope broke after a few lusty tugs, and then they rushed up a narrow passageway until ther reached the cupola, and then they rocked it back and fore for fully an hour. Then they retraced their steps through the tower and through the fumes, over to the sisters In charge. They told them that they had been gassed, but like true Americans they stuck to their posts until their task was completed. The names of the sixteen year old heroes are Hubert Johnson, of Washburn street; Joseph Stuckart, of.

South Ninth street, and Francis Gallagher, of the Bellevue section. Other Celebration Providence put on a victory blow. drum corps with C. E. Temple in door of Davis A Karp's drug store, Washington avenue and Linden street, was printed the following sign: "Closed) until 6 p.

attending Kaiser's funeral." In barber shops tonsorlal artists whistled "The Star Spangled i Sand and Gravel they guided the sharp over itn 1 patient customers. Walters in res i taurants and dining rooms flocked to the street, and it was next to impos slble to eat even If a person wanted i to. The fire department added to the excitement by a parade of most of the charge. The procession wended its way to the schoolhouse where there was a big bonfire. Speeches were made by Rev.

E. J. Flood, Rev. W. F.

Hunter and Sheriff J. B. Schlager, Clarks Green Joined with Clarks Summit in the affair. Moscow also celebrated with a parade and speeches. E.

Loveland arranged the program. CARPENTER STILL HOLDS SLIGHT LEAD 8pecll to The Repuliliran, W1LKES BARRE, Nov. 7. Major Edmund Carpenter, Republican candidate for congress In Luzerne county, continues to hold a slight lead over John J. Casey, with all Indications pointing to his' election.

The official count which started today produced few changes in the returns. Carpenter's advantage amounts to 100 votes, so that the result depends entirely on the soldier vote. Both candidates continue to claim the election. Saves Work central city apparatus. J.

F. Corser, aged eighty four, father of Major J. B. Corser. who Is in France, celebrated by ringing a cow bell which he rang when Lee surrendered to the Xorth at Appomatox court doors and allowed their employes freedom until 6 o'clock.

Early in the afternoon the five and ten cent stores had sold entirely out of their stock of horns, confetti and streamers, and even babies' rattles and other noise making devices were at a premium. Small boys "profiteered" by buying quantities of silk flags and banners in the stores and selling them on the streets to men and women who paid anything from a dime to a dollar for them. Employe! of Weeks' Hardware Company stood In their doorway ringing bells, and clerks decorated with sleigh bells raced from one end of the store to the other. A group of well known Scrantonlans stood on the steps of the federal building during the afternoon and fired blank cartridges from revolvers making the place sound like a Fourth of July celebration. Last Wight's Parade.

The wild scenes of the afternoon were intensified many fold last night when the central city streets were choked with people participating In the several parades of watching the par GRANDMA'S Potadfd Soap is the common sense soap. Cleans everything, injures nothing. house. The minute he heard the great i news, Mr. Corser, who lives at 1750 1 Quincy avenue, lost no time getting the boll and proclaiming the victory for the allies.

Street car men, not to be outdone In the celebration, got their hands on out all its own. At first it took the 1 saves soap, save money, saves work. Try it today. Lake Ariel Lumber Co. Ariel, Pa.

"ne in the crowd printed "here lies the Kilfor." on the big box. Carrying the casket atop an old fun era', coach the proeeswion started around town. Hundreds of men, women and children followed the coach, all singing "Old Kaiser Bill's body lies a moulding in the grave." Tv 2 o'clock cve. mill, factory and store In the central city and suburbs closed, and no time was lost by the nployes in marching to the city. Office In nracti My every building were, locked and elevators ceased to run, Hofnre the five and ten cent stores ard the hardwar: stores could be clns the celebrators had purchased every flag, rattler, horn, waah boiler, dish pan and other all noise making contrivance Jn stock.

prettiest and best dressed flrls, climbed aboard old trucks, express wagons and vehicles of every description It didn't matter what the means of transportation was, the people wanted to celebrate. A common sight was a girl waving an American flag as she rode atop the roof of i high express wagon. Carnival Scenes. Within a few hours the central city look on the appearance of a mid way ar carnival. Confetti was thrown from every office and atore window, and streamers of red.

white and blue were carried by mnrohers. was tied to automobiles, etc. Miniature American flags were worn In the lapels of coats. Firecrackers, which had been stored away until the v.ext Fourth of Jul; were soon exploding In every section of the city and county, while small cannons could be heard over the yells and cheers of the poplc. As high as fourteen celebrators crowded into Ford trucks, and It was a nvrry crowd of men, women and chll Iren who succeeded In riding at all.

Autorrohiles the Scranton Gas and folks up in the north corner of the city a little while to get the hang of things when the piercing shrieks of the whistles started. The Square was alive in a Jiffy, and along about 2 o'clock a committee of cops went down in the station house and took out the old weather beaten flag and raised it to the top of the "And now.since you have come out and asked us, Clara," said the indolent and youthful editor, "we may as well confess that our Idea of a strenuous Job is taming wild honey." Powdered SOAP Ask Your Grocer For It! noes headed by Lands, marched through the street. The fuel administration lifted the llghtless night ban for the occasion and the city was dazzling with its display of lights. The news that the armistice hsd not been signed had a dampening effect on the celebration but the people were in the mood to celebrate and many of car No. 338.

The car was crowded inside and the root was black with motormen and' conductors swinging their dinner palls and cheering for the good old U. S. A. The first parade organized was one led by Valentine Bliss and J. J.

Jer myn shortly after 2 o'clock and a large number of bush. ess men marched in the procession. In the line up wag Capt. G. W.

Peck, marching at the head with the two marshals. Members of the Rotary and Klwanls clubs paraded and all along the line hundreds of people Jumped Into the march. In less than an hour at least a doten parades were marching up and down Lackawanna avenue. Auto Trnokg Used. Auto trucks, all sices and makes, were pressed Into service and swung curves with sirens and horns blowing.

On Lackawanna, avenue, pedestrians took possession of trucks and the drlv er good naturedly consented to drive them about towns. Capt. G. w. Peck received a surprise while standing in front of the Hotel Jermyn yesterday afternoon.

While Convert Your Liberty Bonds Now First and Second Liberty Loan 4 Bonds should be exchanged for Liberty Loan A Bonds' which are the same in all respects other than interest rate. rasl conversing with some friends, the soldier got a Jolt when a sweet little girl Water Company. C. B. Scott Company, I Miller Cflsket Cnmnnnv VnCAnol Mp.

planted a kiss right on his lips. Be fore he could recover, a second lassie) took a peck at the captain and dashed away. Captain Peck blushed like a I school girl, and his friends not only I kidded him, but they were Jealous. I Employes of the Eureka Printing) company marched Into town In a body I Ins Engineer I iglis Furniture Company and hundreds of otners formed long I. i.e.

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8th, 1918 Third National Bank artcr the shop closed down. Ecn Weinberg's auto truck was In the parade with a load of pretty girls. Btoehr A Flster's crew helped celebrate with a noisy truck load full. One of the first truck loads to Invade the city was that of Cummlngs, 1 18 120 122 WYOMING AVENUE, SCRANTON, PA POSTUM brings cheer and comfort "to many a coffee drinker who wants his coffee but doesn't drink i because he knows that coffee hurts him. There's a Reason" for Registrar of Stocks and Bonds Member of Federal Reserve Bank Cut Rate Furniture Man.

A crowd of boys and men with flags cheered the victory. Clark tt Snover auto was decorated for the occasion. I Flags, all sizes, were carried by every person in town. The streets I were thronged from noon until well Into the evening. i Employes of the Scranton Dry Goods were headed by the Ringgold band and I.

E. Oppenheim, general i manager and owner, Banners depict 1 lng the kaiser, representing autojracy being choked by Uncle Sam, democracy, were carried. The band gave a concert at the square. The New York Floral company had a truck filled with employes amid sev OFFICERS WM. H.

PECK, President JAMES CONNELL, Vice President B. B. HICKS, Cashier R. A. GREGORY, J.

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CATLIN LUTHER KELLER W. A. MAY vim ii sc icriis aim liirnru mo national colors and several Greek Mags, Kspld Work, The "Samter Hundred Employees" were also on parade, with a band and all that goes with It, one half hour after the news was flashed. The quickness with which this organization was brohght together was the subject of much comment Open every business day from 9 A. M.

to 3 P. closing Sa turday at noon, and open Saturday evenings from 7 to 8. 30. o'clock. POSTUM Promptly at Ave minutes of one yes terdar the Scranton post office closi and the clerks and carriers went out BUY UNITED STATES THRIFT STAMPS.

WE SELjL THEM. i for a gala day celebration. The pos til carriers formed In 'Ine and oar ed through the central city streets.