Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
UNITED PRESS FALSE
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IN the matter.

IN the matter.
REFUSED To WITHDRAW MESSAGE.
"Until we are proved wrong we can
not withdraw the message, SAID MIR
Hawkins, land until we are So proved
we must continue to believe the news
The message, as you see, is signed ny
The President of the United Press and
by MIR. Simms, the head OF our Paris
office, and it is inconceivahlc that they
could bc misled IN matter SO important
rs this.
1t was also pointed out in the United
Press office that cable message had
Seen received telling of a celebration OF
the signing of the arnistice ut Rrcst,
which was taken ms contirmatory OF tho
accuracy of the message from MIR How
ard and MIR SImms, \ message from
Amsterdam. received at $50 y. m, was
also citCd as evidence of the accuracy
of the Howard-Simms message The
cable from the United Press correspond
ent N amsterdam cited the kreu1-Zel-
tung rs authority for the statement that
admiral Buclow and General Won
Nrisbcrg have been named rs German
delegates to the peace conference.
1T stands to reason, said an official
OF the United Press that Germany
would not name delegates 10 the peace
conference unless an armlstce had been
signed.
The fact that the government at
Washington had not received any IN
formation confirming the lloward-Smms
cable 1t WAS sald, was not unusual.
The United Press il was added, received
the news of the landing Of marines and
sailors at Vera Cruz. Mexico. IN 1914,
three hours before the news reached the
Navy Department
THINKS IT STREAK or LUCk.
The Navy Department at that time.
said Mr. Hawkins ISSUED denial of
the accuracy OF that report \ few
hours later il received the official con-
firmation In this instance II Is possible
that following the signing Of the arms
tice the censorship was tlghtcnCd until
the proper time came for the slmulta-
ncolS announcemc mt of the news in all
the allied countries BN streak Of
good luck MIR. Howard and MIR Slmms
NAV have been able Ia flash their bullc-
tin before the censorship was clappcd
down
The armlstlcc message was carried III
the late editions of All the afternoon
papers served by the United Press cN-
ccpt ono The Evening sun :ls possibly
authentic. The Evening sun expressed
doubt of its authenticity All these pa
pers printed with tho message the oiii
cial denial Of It's authenticity hy Sccre-
tarv Lansing The final edition OF The
Evening World printed across It's first
page IN big letters. War over
The Evening sun N is final editions
printed Il detaIcd account 81 the rCcep-
tion ui the message III ITS Office and OF
its efforts 10 verify It. The Evening
sun il was stated, was assured by the
United Press that there was no doubt of
the .'trtlStwort Illness ot the news
The story Of the afternoon 5 develop
ments, following the receipt Of the How
ard-SimmS message aud oi the efforts
Of The Evening sun to verify the report
as prins ed IN that paper. IS Is follows
The Evening sun received the fol-
low ing dispatch from the United Press
al about l2IO Q clock tins afternoon
SIg,Ck TO lNTRUTH
Paris. \ ov : The AlleS and Ger
manv signed an armiSticc at II O'Clock
thus morning HostIIitics ceased ~
O'Clock this sfternoon The tmerIcans
took Sedan before tho arnI9tIcc became
effec tive.
When the Evening sun received the
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