The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-11-15
WHOLE NATION
CELEBRATED IN
Wild REJOICING
UNITED PRESS REPORT THAT
WAR ENDED STARTED GREAT
DEMONSTRATION.
HOW THE MESSAGE RECEIVED
Sent BY Roy w. Howard, President OF
United Press Association, and VII
liam Philip sinoms, Staff Cores
pendent In France.

NEW YORK, Nov. S.--Unofiicial re-
ports that Germany had accepted the
terms Of the armistice and that fight
ing had ended, threw the country into
delirium of JOY Thursday.
Official word that the report had not
been confirmed failed to check the al
most riotous ADMINISTRATIONS which
swept over many American cities.
A dispatch cabled from france TO
the United Press and licked up and
circulated through another news agen-
cy, declaring the armistice signed at
II o'clock Thursday morning, and
fighting ended at 2 O'Clock that after
noon.
After the message had come through
there was not another word of any
kind received from Europe by any
news association, making it look as
though censorship had been clamp
ed on Immediately after the United
Press message came through. In or
der to permit the simultaneous an
nouncement in oil allied capitals in a
formal statement. E& s4
The United Press statement spread
rapidly through the country and gath
cred momentum until demonstrations
approaching hysteria ruled in many
cities. Business was suspended,
schools were closed, bells were rung,
whistles shrieked, prayers were Offer
ed in churches, parading citizens jam
med the streets, and the scenes usu-
ally attendant on New Years Eve and
election night were intensified.
Stock Exchange Closed
The New York stock exchange, as
well as the curb market, were closed
at 2:30 p. m after a hurried meeting
of the governors. A market which at
first appeared to be unresponsive sud-
denly developed activity which shot
up some of the so-called peace stocks
from 2 to IL points. Exchanges in
other cities were similarly affected.
Here follows copy of the cable
gram received by the United Press at
its New York offices:
'Unipress New York:
"Paris-Armistice allies signed, elev-
en- morning; hostilities ceased two
afternoon. Sedan taken morning by
Americans.
"(Signed) HOWARD, SIMMS,"
(Unipress is cable code for United
Press, Howard, is Roy Howard, presi-
dent of the United Press, and Simms
is William Philip Simms, Paris cor
respondent of the United Press.)
Orders to Close Firing.
Officials failed to receive diplomat
ic confirmation of the report through
the day, but late last night the Asso-
ciated Press sent out bulletin that
orders had been issued to cease firing
at o'clock. This tended to confirm
in part, the United Press bulletin.
Because no official confirmation OF
the armistice was received through the
day there was some doubt throughout
the country as to whether the armis- I
tice had been signe das reported.
Messages from Montreal say that Z
the private wire of big department
store there received from London the
same report that was sent out by the
United Press.
Extra editions announcing that the
armistice had been signed we're issued
by papers in London and Brest,
France. The London papers are said
to have later withdrawn their editions
in order to await the official confirm
alton of the report.