The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
PEARY COMES HOME
lmCrrv n CONTINUOUS OVATION ArTEn CROSSING LINE.
Cat1sens or Dangsr H'resent Cemnsana' ee wfth Dtlver Lev1ng CuD-
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 PortiAnd, Maine, Sept. 2s.-From the moment commandsr Peary crossed the lnternatfonal boundary line at Van onuborc the Eastsfn terminus of the 1<ains centrsl Railroad. shortly after o'clock this morning until ne ar rived at Portland tonight. his recep- tiou by the citizens of Maine amounted to q continuous ovation.
 At Bangor important papers of his expedition were turned over 10 ecu erqi Thomas H. Hubbard. of New York. president of the Pesry Arctic Gun after . brief conference. Command- CT peary says that the papers have been taken to General Hubbard's sun- mar residence at Bar Harbor to Dc ex- amined by General Hubbard there ana that possibly he Commander Pearyl wtll be called into conference at lar Harbor next Tuesday or Wednesday af it iD deemed necessary.
 During the journey through Eastern Maine today. the commander and Mrs. Rosrv with their children and swarm ok newspapsr men. occupied the chair car Of the St. Johns Express train ana overnowsd into the first class coaches A1ong the s5o-miis route Commandef Eoary was cordial and appreciativs a1thoueh he appeared to be rather tired At every atation where the train stopped between vancouboro and Cld Town there was . crowd of cheer ing country folk who seemed to ap- precfake the fact that 1t was the first few hourse that the commander was en,oyinE in his own land. with his own country nag greeting him on sv- cry sida.
 At old Town. city of 5000. the first biz demonstration on this side of the border was made. The train stopped there only about five minutes. however. At Bangor the explorer was welcomed ak the station by an enthusiastic crowd which numbered In the thous- ends and when he walked into the conccnrse from the train, he was giv- on succession of rousing cheers
 Mayor John woodman escorted him 10 . waiting carriage and with Gen eral Hubbard and members of the city rouss.,i in other carriages. hs was driven rapidly to the Bangor House. wdefa the rsprsssntative men of tho town entertained him at an informal luncheon. He was presented on the portico with Q massive silver loving cup, appropriately engraved.
 Commander Peary left Bangor fnr Portland at 3:<o D. n. on the Bar liar hor-Hew York Express. after stop of less than three hours there.
 Al Watervilla he was ofl1cialiy wei cofned to that city when the train stopped.
 Members of the city government. iu cerrfages. over 1000 school children ou foot headed by band and escorted by . company of the National Guard with Captain H. L. Pepper as chief marshal. marched to the station. where stand had been erected. When the train ar rived the commander was escorted to the stand by Mayor Frank Resington und pr. J. g. HILL The school children each carrying an American flag. wern banked soiidly about the stand with the guardsmen around than. As Peary mounted the stand. the children cheer cd and waved their flags. making very attractive picture. A crowd of several thousand people joined in the cheering for some moments.
 When Commander, Peary stepped t,. the front. his fraternity mates Of Col by College gave rousinG Delta Rap- pa Epsilon yell. followed by the reg ular college yell. This seemed to pIeasn him as much as any part of the
 After expressing his appreciation of discovery that had been sought 800 years and tho significance of having the Stars and Stripes the first nag to reach the top of the earth. After riis speech the commander shook hands with those on the stand and three
 
 For him by the crowd The cheerin1 continued until the train was well un-
 When Commander Rearv arrived In Portland. hts home city. as 7:SO n n. he was biven an enthusiastic welcome ny large portion of the population. He was met on the station platform by Mayor Leighton, of Portland pnd Mayor Hamilton. of South Portland. who. with the reception committee i1 carriages. escorted him to the audi.or- ium. spacious hall where he was ten dered notable public reception. Four companies of militia and q large par ticipation of citizens, all carrying red nre. marched behind the carriages
 The streets from the station to the auditorium were lined with people Thousands cheered the explorer as he passed by and later shook his han.i A banquet with Commander Peary and several distinguished guests as speab- CTS followed the receptioA. -.+> >.-