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TEXAS CITY
DEATH LIST
GOES TO 300
Downpour Adds to Desolation
e( Stricken Corpus Christ!
'Identification of Bodies
. Found Impossible
BONFIRES CAST WIERD
CLOW OVER WRECKAGE
Food Situation Takes Acute
r Terns WhenTrairis Are,
Delayed j
CORPrS CHRISTI. Tex., Sept. 17
Darkness, fell., over, jthe storm
stricken .city of Corpus,; Christl and
environs tonight with the list of. dead
trim Sunday's hurricane hoverin
around . the 300 mark and with
heavy rain which fell almost contin
uously throughout the day hamper-
tag tie work, ot clearing the debris
aad Increasing the" suf ferings of
thousands of homeless. All attempt
at Identifying the bodies had been
abandoned because of their decom
posed condition, i
Dead Cattle Barled
The bay, front tonight i3 lighted!
fcy a score of huge bonfires wntcn
casta sickly, light over the wrecked
portion of Corpus Christl. adding
strange "pallor to the scene of deso
utkm left by wind and wave. Into
these fires are being cast the car
casses of cattle drowned when the
tidal vrave swept OTer jMustang Is
land; which lies across the moutn
of Corpus Christi bay.
Hmtt rainfall to the east of Cor
pus Christl was threatening to ston
relief trains hurrying mere.
Food Sitaation Critical
The food situation, serious from
the outset, took ftmore acute ton
taAa with the arrival of several
hundred refugees fronvthe surround
Ing country. Fear waa eatprewed to-
wtht that when the limttea ; iooo
stocks In surrounding towns Is ex
hausted more than 30.000 person?
would become entirely: dependent
soon relief, supplies now being
brought here. !..''
aUBCAMGN
; TEAMS CHOSEN
Full Force of. Commercial
Drive for Members to
Be Felt Today
The city was districted and teams
were chosen for - the membership
drive of the Commercial club at a
luncheon held in the club rooms at
noon yesterday. Some of the teams
secured a few new members yester- (
day but the mil force or tne anve
wOl 'be felt today and tomorrow.
Following are the teams and their
respective districts: V
Tea ml. A. C. Bohrnstedt, work
ing with Frank Daven and others.
Territory between State and Belle
voe,. High and Church streets, includ
ing Cherry City bakery.
Team 2 A J. Rahn. captain,
working with Harry Hawkins and
others: territory between High vand
Commercial, from . Ferry to Mill
. streets. '
Team 3 T. B. Kay, captain, work-
leg with Homer H. S. Smith. D. W.
Eyre. Fred Thlelsen. Joseph Haum
gartner and - J. C. Perry: territory
; High to Commercial streets and State
to Ferry.
Team 4 Xf. M. Hamilton, captain
working with W- A. Wiest, W. I. Sta
lky. B. A. Shaver. , Charles B. Ar-
eherd. Max Buren. John Bayne
W. C. Dyer, G.-W. Laflar and U. G
Shipley.'
Team S Frederick W. Schmidt.
working from Court to State street
tetveen Liberty and High streets.
Team 6 Hal D. Patton. assisted
hr E. Greenba ira. George Waters
and others. TIeIr territory is re
tween State and Chemeketa and Lib
erty and Court etieets.
Team 7 F. G. Deckebach. cap
tain, with a territory running from
Commercial street to the river and
Chemeketa to state.
Team 8 William Gahlsdorf. cap
tain, with Max Gahlhar and others.
Their working district is Llnerty
Mreet to the river between Marion
ando Chemeketa streets.
Team 9 Bea F. West, captain
voelated with J. B. Littler. A. A.
Kne and others. Their worjc win
Liberty to Church street, oetween
Chemtkela and Court.
- Team to panl Wallace, captain
"Is ter-itory will include the state
house, sipreme court building. Ore
Jon, state hospital and the peniten-
uary.
Team 11 Captain !, Roy Wise of
the Cherry City BrkeiT has been as
lsned to the unclassified, with the
wnrae b will fin.i plenty of
wcrk for himself and assistants.
3-FLAG RECORD BROKEN
.
TWO HOURS CUT OFF RUN
.
PORTLAND MAN WINNER
SAN DIEGO. Cal. R.ept. 17.
Finishing at Tijuana. Lower Cali
fornia, this afternoon. Walter
Hadfield of Portland, Or., broke
the Thrc Flag motorcycle course
record, it was announced. His
time was al hours, 22 minutes
and he cut two hours and six min
utes off the best previous record
made by Weils Bennett. The
course is from Maine. Wash., on
the Caladian border, to Tijuana,
and the distance is 1,716 miles.
LEGION CHEERS
FOR T. R. JUNIOR
State .Convention of , Service
- Men Opens First Session
in Portland
PORTLAND, Or.. Sept. 17. Lieu
tenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
presided here today at the opening
of the first state convention of the
American: Legion of Oregon. He
was given a vociferous welcome and
in his response urged the men of
the Legion to realiifj their power
and ' also their responsibilities and
never allow the legion to be .swayed
from Its national patriotic purpose
by self-seekers.
Governor Ben W. Oleott, in Intro
ducing Colonel Roosevelt, spoke In
serious vein of the menace of radi
calism which he said was now much
in evidence everywhere. At x re
cent national governors conference
hich he attended, said Governor
Oleott, only 20 state executives were
present, the governors of the other
states being kept at home by Indus
trial troubles. The convention will
continue Its sessions tomorrow.
CHENOWETHIS
Former Representative Ac-i
quitted of Murder of
" George Sydnam.
GOLD BEACH. Or., Sept. 17.
George Chenoweth. former represen
tative in the Oregon legislature,
was acquitted by a jury in the cir
cuit court here today of the charge
of having slain George Sydnam, a
yon th who was shot and killed at a
dance two months ago.
The killing or Sydnam by Cheno
weth was admitted and the defense
was bSsed on a claim of emotional
temporary insanity on the part of
the slayer. Chenoweth paid he had
returned to his home after an ab
sence of several months, to be told
ly his young daughter a story Im
plicating fiydnam. whieh enraged and
crazed him. While in this condition
he said, he bad sought and shot his
daughter's alleged betrayer.
Rmns Prove Boon to Ranges
Throughout Eastern Oregon
PRINEVILLE. Or., Sept. 17.
Frequent showers daring the past
two weeks have greatly improved
the condition of ranges throughout
the country- Bright warm days are
rapixT helping the growth of the
grass, which will serve as pasturage
for several weeks yet this fall and
will aid greatly In saving the hay
supply. Stockmen are optimistic
oyer the outlook regarding fall feed
ing-
FREED BY JURY
PRESIDENTIAL PUBLIC NAMES
OF 22 MEN;WHO:VILL REPRESENT
PUBLIC IN LABOR CONFERENCE
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.? Sept 17. President Wilson made pub
lic here tonight the names of the twenty-two men who will repre
sent the general public in the national conference which is to begin
in Washington on October 6 to consider plans for a new. relationship
between employer and employe. Twenty-two representatives to sit
in the conference will be selected later by organized labor, the
leading agricultural associations, investment bankers and manufacturers.
Two Socialist CTiosrn
On the president's list of those
who will represent the public are
Bernard M. Barnch of X.-jw York,
former chairman of the war Indus
tries boad; Robert S. Brookings of
St. Louis, former chairman of the
price-fixing committee of that ar
ganizatlon; John D. Rockefeller, J.:
Judge Elbert H. Gary, of New York;
Dr. Charles Eliot, president emeritus
of Harvard: Charles Edward Russell
of New York and John Spaigo of
Vermont. The last two persons aic
Socialist leaders.
' Personnel YaneI
The others on Ihe list are: J. E
Bradfnt. Exnia, Ohio, president of
Ohio Farm Bureau federation; Ward
Burgess. Nebraska." Fuller P. Calla-
tway. La Grange. Ga.. extensive cot-
(Continued on page 2)
STEEL MEN
OUT MONDAY
ULTIMATUM
Chairman of National Com
mittee Says Walkout Will
Go as Planned Statement
To Be Made Public Today
FISHING WILL TAKE
PLACE OF PICKETING
Companies Give Reasons for
Refusing to Grant De
mands of Workers .
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17. When
the national committee for t Ioniz
ing iron and steel workers adjourned
tonight until tomorrow morning-
John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the
committee, made the unequivocal
statement that the proposed walk
out of the steel workers would take
place next Monday morning as al
ready decided upon. He said a state
ment would be issued tomorrow af
ternoon. The meeting, primarily called to
consider strike plans, discussed the
question of postponing walkout until
after the ndustriI conference in
Washington beginning October . a
requested by President Wilson. Ar
guments were ma.de against, post
ponement on the ground that the
steel workers, having gone fai in
their campaign for settlement m
grievances by collective bargaining
cannot now turn back.
Meeting is Secret
Few details of the 'meeting wen?
permitted to leak out and newspaper
men were kept away from the meet
ing room in the Monongohela hoose
Whether the 24fonIons represented
in the meeting were canvassed to
ascertain the sentiment on the mat
ter of deferring the strike could not
be learned.
When Chairman Fitzpatrick made
the positive statement that the strike
would go Into ef feet next Monday
morning, he was asked If the strik
ers would picket the steel plants.
"No. there will be no picketing'
the men will go fishing," he said
"We will leave the mill gnards and
professional gnnmen to ran the
plants."
Companies Make Statement
A letter from E- H. Gary, chair
man of the United States Steel cor
poration, to the presidents of of nb-
sidiary companies, made public Here
todav. gives the reason of the cor
poration for refusing to meet with
the union leaders to discuss the af
fairs of its employes. These reas
ons are along the line given the ua-
f Continued on page 2)
No Action to Be Taken to .
Fix Wilson Accident Blame
PORTLAND, Or., Sent. 17. The
district attorney's office today
through Deputy District Attorney
Fred Dempsey, announced that uo
action would be taken to fix the re
sponsibility for the automobile acci
dent Monday, which caused the
death of Ben F. Allen of Cleveland.
O., a newspaper; correspondent
traveling with the presidential par
ty, and James R. Patterson, a retired
Portland realty dealer. Airording to
Dempsey a thorough investigation of
the accident failed to show that the
blame could be definitely fixed.
Conductor, Held for Murder,
Freed for Lack of Evidence
PORTLAND, Sept. 17 H. E
Johnson, railway conductor sor the
Southern Pacific, who was ar sted
on suspicion of having murdered
Mike Apostolou. a dishwasher at
restaurant here, will be released
Deputy District Attorney Dellch de
clared today.
"Circumstantial evidence points to
him as thfl entity man but he has an
alibi which the police Ae unable to
dispute nnle.es someone is found who
saw Johnson either in Portland or
on the way to Salem between the
hours of t and 9 o'clock Monday
morning." Deitch said.
Knotty Question h Up !
Before Supreme Court
Whether Austrian Consul Won-d-rle
of Portland has euthority tc
grai.t an attorney the right to ue
the names of two women In Austria
as plaintiffs in actions for damages
against the Western Cooperage com
pany because of 'the accidental death
of their sons in a logging camp ac
cident in Clatsop county is the main
question aMssue in a bearing before
the ruprerae court yesterday.;
The name of one of the womec,
Marja Kjacicb, does not. now appear
as -0 plaintiff, a Mr. Garvin, govern
ment custodian of property having
been substituted in her place. Ia
the other case, that of Yoze Ljubieh.j
vs. tne western i.ooperaxe com pun ,
the contention of the defense as
sustained in the lower court for
Multnomah county and the case was
dismissed. In the Rjacich case,
however, a jury rendered a verdict
allowing damages.
The men killed In the accident
were Yure Ljublch and Mjo Itjacich.
The cases were tried In the lower
court before the war. Because the
plaintiffs were alien enemies the su
preme court suspended action on the
rases during the, war. ;
DIRECTORS OF
SALETil ROTARY
CLUB ELECTED
- $- ;
Delegation of Portland Repar
ians Guests of Local Or
ganization BODY SECOND IN STATE
Roth, Deckebach, ThTelsen,
Ciancey, and Gile Are
Selected
The Salem Rotary elnb. the sec
ond in Oregon, was officially organ
ized and directors were elected at
a meeting and luncheon held cl the
Marion hotel at noon yesterday at
which a group of Portland Rotarians
ead by Nelson Pike and Harry
levee, were special guests.
Directors chosen, thiii com pie t-n.-:
the Salem" organization."" were
Theodore Roth. F. B..Thielen. F. G
Deckebach. C. B. Ciancey, "and II. S
Gile. .
Caet Given Ride
The Portland Rotarians were met
at the train by local members of the
-lub and were taken for a drive over
he city and vicinity. The luncheon
and meeting followed at which th
Portland men were the principal
speakers. The state fcir ground was
then visited and the various exhib
its which have leen received wer
shown the guests.
Thev returned to Portland late in
the afternoon.
monc those In the party were Al-
oert Grill-y and Fred Rail, both for
nierly of Salem and P. G. Schwerdt
man.
AUSTRALIAN IS
OBSERVING HOPS
M. R. Shoobridge of Taxma
nia Visits Big Yards of
Willamette Valley
M. R. Shoobridge. of Ilobart.
Tasmania, the garden state of the
Australian commonwealth. ' is in
Salem for a three weeks tsay durius
which time he will give Salem and
vicinity a thorough "once-over"
from a hop-growers point of vl.w.
Mr. Shoob:idge Is finishing serv
ice with the expeditionary force
from the Australian oinmoa wealth
and is on his way honie,. being in the
Aussie" uniform at the presort
lime. He reports that it is exceed
ingly difficult to secure boat pas-
saee to the commonwealth irom
Pacific ports, due to thet uock
strides In Sydney.
Before the war the Australian
jDldier was engaged in the bop
irrowing industry in Taiamnia.
which Is the enly state of Aes'.ralfa
which is generally adaptable to
hops. Mr. shoobndce is intereiiei
in tne mecnanicat ga'permg u-js.
having spent two weeks inspecting
ih- Horst brothers nop piciunt;
machines at their Sacrament y-rd
and also muVing a visit to v-e the
work of the machine at the T A
Llrcly hop yards. He says that
ihe Ho:ft toppUking machipe was
tried out in Tasmania about 12
years ago. By fking the apparatus
to Tasmania the inventor of the
marr-hf was s.ble to secure the
benefit. of the double M-ason as the
Tainarian hops are picked in
sked as to th" !a.or - situation
in his coi.itry. Mr. Shoo'indgi;
stated that condition and ' prices
PhS-1 to hf-p pickers are aoou: ?he
same as in Oregon He expressed
the opinion that th.? ptvsent high
price or bops wilt not be n aiatained
for mere nun another season, as
both Germany and I-ngland will be
back in the production lists again,
and that hops will then fail to com
mand the premium they ar? br us
ing at the prti-'nl tinv!.
UPROARIOUS
CROWD.HEARS
' MR. WILSON
President at San Francisco
Declares People Bound to
Decide Treaty Issue Rightly
and Not Selfishly
ALL EFFORTS TO 0U1ET
CHEERING ARE FUTILE
Opponents Discredit But Of
fer No Substitute for
League
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. To
an uproarious crowd in the Civic
auditorium here tonight. President
Wilson declared that in his trip
across the continent he had become
convinced that the treaty issue would
be decided righ )y by the people and
"not by any private purpose of their
own."
He repeated his declaration that
the league of nations was not the
work of the Versailles conft fence,
but grew out of years of thought ty
men who did not devote any portion
of their consideration to politics.
some of the most conservative minds
of both parties, he asserted.' had been
devoted to the project for a gener
ation. Dfrorder prevail
There was much disorder in the
hall during the address and the pres
ident spoke with apparent difficulty
against a hum of talk in the diftant
galleries. Once he stopped to ask
for closer attention, but the crowd
did not quiet down.
Earlier in the day the president
had been welcomed by crowded
streets and when he left the hotel
for the auditorium he was cheered
by a crowd which had blocked the
street for more than an hour. On
the way he passed along in a contin
uous roar of applause and when he
and Mrs. Wilson entered the auditor
ium the crowd stood np and shouted
itself hoarse. When the cheering
had been In progress for more than
13 minutes "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" was played on a pine organ but
it failed to quiet the crowd.
Republican Prrweats President
Mayor Rolph .at last introduced
Chester Rowell, editor of the Fres
no Republican and Republican na
tional committeeman In. 1916. who
presented the president while the
crowd kept op Ita shouting.
When Mr. Wilson took the plat
form and held np his band, for si
lence yells continued for more than
five minles in the galleries while
some in the' audience shouted "put
them ont" and others hissed. There
wns still much noise when he began
speaking and It continued while the
address proceeded.
(Yowd (Her 12.0O0
It wa one of the largest halls In
which the president has rpoken.
seating 12.000. It was packed,
many standing. The address was the
recond delivered here bv. the presi
dent during the day. 1600 women
having listened to a luncheon speech
at a San Francisco hotel.
Declaring the agne opponents
had offered no substitute. Mr. Wilson
discussed at length the objections
made, repeating many of his pre
vious arguments against rbanes
Virtually all of the feature tinder
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Z a ' . apc,area- caa oeenjbe e. All commpnlcatlon with
v-R uu- ai0nK Ine une Cr uc-
gestions oy tne senate foreign rela-
wua ivuiuiiue.
:
BELGIAN ROYAL FAMILY ABOARD
GEORGE WASHINGTON BOUND FOR
AMERICAN TO H AVE YANK ESCORT
BUI SSEI-S Sept. When Kintr Albert, Queen Elizabeth and
t rown I nnee Leopold, accompanied by a numerous party, lardcd
the steamer Ct-orge Wahin,rtoti at CKtend for their vov'ape to the
Lnited State, they will have as an exort a retrimen .It a.;
l. . i .
i. in. vem atKari tne transport at Hrest todav. The takine
along of the troops was-due to the urgent request f the kintr.
Gervais-Aurora Road Goes
On At 1000 Feet Each Day
AURORA. Or.. Sept, 17 It is de
clared that the completion of the
Pacific Highway paving under the
Huber contract, between Aurora and
Gervais. is certain If the weather
normal the remainder of the fall.
The base and surfacing is now being
laid at a rate approaching lout feet
a day. The entire work should be
finished by the middle of November.
It Is expected that paving through
Aurora will be the last to be laid.
It has been intimated that unless
the city shows a disiot.lt ion to co
operate to the extent of its ability,
the paving may e.nd at the 'city
boundary, but this Is not believed to
be the attitude of the state highway
i commission.
BANDIT GETS OVER $600 j
HAS GUNS BUT NO MASK
POSSES SEARCH " HILLS
LEWISTOX. Mont.. Sept. 17.
A bandit, wearing no mask, but
with a big gun in either hand,
this morning held up the cashier
and tlokkeeper at the Buffalo
State bank, of Buffalo. Mont
near here, getting away with all
the cash back of the counter es
timated at something over $i00.
He then left but whether be '.-eat
out of town on horseback, automo
bile or waiked. is unknown. The
sheriff and several posres are now
Fearrhing the countryside for the
outlaw.
GOVERNOR; ASKS -HELP
FOR TEXAS
Maxor. Baker of , Portland
Named to Head Relief Com
mittee in Oregon
To head an emergency movement
in Oregon for the contribution of
financial relief to the stricken peo
ple of Corpus Christl and other Tex
as cities that have suffered from a
devastating hurricane and tidal
wave Governor Oleott yesterday ap
pointed Mayor George L. Baker of
Portland, and W. B. Ayer and Max
Hanser. also of Portland as a spec
ial comirjttee. The action is taken
in response to an appeal telegraphed
to the governor Tuesday from Mayor
Boone of Corpus Christl and Clerk
Peas, chairman of a financial cora
mlttee at that place. A statement
by the governor today asks the peo
ple to respond liberally to the ap
peal for help.
"An appeal for aid has come to
Oregon from the stricken people of
Texas. Hundreds of lives have been
lost, millions of dollars la property
values have been wiped oat and thoa
sands of families are destitute." aays
the rovernor's statement.
:We. who are blessed with a cli
mate and a state virtually Immune
from such calamities as this, can
have no idea of the horror and suf
fering which must be attendant an
on hurricanes and tidal waves snch
as have swept a portion of the larg
est state la the anion.
"I am certain the people of Ore
gon will respond liberally to the ap-
tal for aid which has come from
the southland.
"In order fo centralize the relief
work in Oregon I am asking Mayor
George 1 Baker of Portland, to act
as chairman of a committee of three
for that purpose. 1 am also ask In c
W. B. Ayer and Max Hanser. both
or Port la nd. to act with him. These
men will have full charge of the de
tails.
"Oregon has never reew dereli-t
in its duty In assisting the africted
and the destitute. I am confident
that It will heed the present cal!."
PERU PRESIDENT
REPORTED KILLED
Censorship of Communication
Prevents Confirmation
of Rumor
SANTIAGO. Chile. Sept. 17
Persistent rumors are In circnlatla
here that Angusto B. Lerula. presi
dent of Pern. w.n astasia ted Tues
day. Dispatches received by the :-r
eign ministry from Iqniqne say that
in Iquique the rumor is belTeved to
pern Is under censorship and con
flrmation of the rumor therefore Is
j lacking
AlWrt refuej to take naut on
the Oorge Washington if by doing
it oum interfere In any way
with the return of American soldiers
homeward.
Kin Albert has let It be knowp
that be Is going to Ihe I n i ted State
for three things first, to repay the
visit or President Wilson to Bel
glum: second, to thank the Ameri
cans for what they have done for
Belgium and all the allies and third,
"to learn something."
King Want Cfcmil Time
The kin Is enthusiastic oer the
prospects of having a good time, but
says be hopes the haniuets to be
riven in hla honor will be kept to
the smallest possible aoraber he
dre not like functions of this kind
In this connection he quoted Her
bert Hoover as saying that Europe
needed the food, and said therefore
that food should not be wasted.
FIRST, LEAD
BY PERSHING,
IS. CHEERED
Washington Snouts Self
Hoarse in Paying Tribute to
Go Over and Last to Come
Home From Late War
SOLDIERS PASS F0FL
. 4
1 OVER: THREE HOURS
Great Guns, and All Equip
ment in line Wounded
Ride is Autos
WASHINGTON. . pt." 17. Hoarse
with cheering; Washington rested to
night satisfied that It had paid fall
honor to General J. J. Pershing and
the fighting men of the First divts.
lon.
The nation's victory parade was
over. For nearly three boars a roll-
lag flood of soldiers,, of guns and
horses, of tasks and motor tracks.
bad poured np Pennsylvania arena
without check or halt to pasa the re
viewing stand where stood Vice Pres
ident Marshall, representing ' Presi
dent Wilson. The wide strKt ran
bank fall with Its grim, llvl- g tide
of fighting power and orrai'.setloa:
and as th great pageant was un
rolled before their eyes, the hundreds
of thousands of people who formed
those banks roared aad shrieked with
prid and approval, th aoaad of
their cheering slowly dwiadllnc at.
lae end. hat only from physical ex
haustion.
Ptrrahiac Heads Colsnwn.
Riding at the head of the mighty
column. General Pershing was car-
lied forward along the whole line of
march, as though on a wave of sound
as the nation and city gave him hit
formal greetiag. To no American
since Admiral George Dewey came
home in triumph from Manila has
such aa ovation been tendered. Nor
has the end yet coTbe; for tomorrow
congress will formally add Its tribute
to that of the city and th nation,
and with business potato on aide.
tender the expeditionary commander
a formal reception at th capitoL
Never has Washlnrtoa witnessed
snch a military pageant as that which
today flooded its great Victory Way.
Men la greater ambers have march
ed there la review bat never has th
fall pomp and panoply of war been
thus given to the public.
All Artillery In Ua.
Fresh from the loyal tribute paid
them In New York, the men of th
First division marched with fall
fighting equipment. From the pon
derous six-inch howitzer of the ar
tillery to the diminutive one pounders
and , grotesque trench' mortars, the
fall strenrth of the divisional artil
lery was there. From th thick clus
tered bayonets of the Infantry masse
to th grim lice of machine guns
mounted on motor trucks, th small
arms of this great fighting unit were
on display; and from the lumbering
mills of hooded snppty and ammuni
tion truck to a roartac. clattering
cavalcade of whippet tanks, the tools
of every phase ot modern warfare
were represented.
In addition to the division's own
equipment, special service detach,
raents from th engineers, a pontoon
bridge section, a motorized machine
shop with its planes and drills In mo
tion and even a mobile-laundry unit
were in line. As the thousands
tramped by below their comrade of
the air dipped and circled la dozens
of airplane above or marked th
progress of the column from a great
observation balloon riding high above
the White House. ;
WosuMk-d Rid.
To men wounded In battle and not
yet able to march, special tribute was
given as they rode by la motor cars.
And to the group la Irvalld chairs .
under the trees of a park Just beyond
the reviewing stand, or. lying fall
lensth in their stretchers along th
curb with nurse hovering about
them, there flowed a strong current
of sympathy aad pride from th
thousands grouped about. They wer
sightseers from the military hospital,
men who wounds will kee them
long from civil life. The flars of th
msrchiBK reaimeats were dipped to
them In passinc.
Cerrasosiles Vmd Today.
In winding up the ceren n!es or
reception to General Pershing tomor
row, congress will meet In joint ses- '
si on. the members of the sen at
marching In a body to the nous
chamber, for the purpose. Senator
Cummins, president pro tem of th
senate, and Speaker Gillette a ill de
liver the addresses of welcome while
former Speaker Champ Clark a 111
extend the formal thanks of congress
to Geaeral Pershing and his men as
expressed In the joint resolution al
ready adopted. '
With his own reply. General Per
shing will close the ceremony and all
the formal functioas connected with
his return from Francq.