The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-25


As the president concluded, May
or Peters called for three cheers,
which were given, "the audience
standing.
Immediately after the presidential
party left the hall and drove to the
South station for the train which
awaited to take them to Washing
ton,
Boston, Feb. 2+.-President Will
son landed at Commonwealth Pier
at II LAP a. m.
Returning to American soil from
his history-making mission abroad,
the president, accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson, was transferred in the
lower harbor from the steamship
George Washington and escorted
by aircraft, submarine chasers, tor
pedo-boat destroyers, and a ilo-
tilla OF committee boats, reached the
landing place on board the naval
cutter Ossipee.
The president looked as though
the journey had agreed with him
physically. He appeared vigorous
and alert, his step was brisk and
his features showed rather more
than a trace OF sea tan.
Cheers from the throng assem-
bled at Commonwealth Pier greet
ed him as he stepped ashore. In
the great shed OF the pier built by
the state and taken over by the
navy department during the war
as a housing place for recruits,
there were assembled hundreds Of
state and city officials, legislators,
representatives OF the federal gov
crnment and a committee of wo-
men appointed to receive Mrs.
Wilson.
Along the water front crowds
watched the welcoming fleet cir
cling about the George Washing
ton. Boats and factories let loose
their whistles when the Ossipee
went alongside the steamship. The
din could be heard for miles.
after the president and Mrs.
Wilson and the members Of the
presidential party had been trans
terred to the Ossipee, the presi-
dents flag as commander-in-chief
of the navy displaced that of Rear
Admiral Wood on the main truck
Of theOssipee and the cutter start
ed tor Commonwealth Pier.Aboard
the cutter Mayor Peters welcomed
the nations executive on his re-
turn to home shores and to Bos-
ton.
The trip up the harbor, accom-
panied by the same convoy of YES
sels that was with the Ossipee on
the way out, was marked by the
continuous sounding of whistles
by craft in the harbor, and as the
Ossipce came abreast of the sew
'eral forts the presidential salute Of
p guns was fired, Conveying sea-
planes swept overhead flying in
circles to keep abreast of the Os-
sipcc.
When the Ossipee neared the
Commonwealth Pier, many OF the
little fleets Of boats which had cs-
COrtcd her up to the harbor drop
ped astcrn, but the submarine chas-
erS which acted as a guard still
were on duty as she tied up to the
side of the great pier. They had
orders to stand by until the presi-
dental party had disembarked
Fifty senior officers OF the army.
navy and state guard, in sommand
OF Col. Thomas w. Griffith. form
ed a guard OF honor at the pier.
They stood in a double line on the
lower deck OF the pier, and the
president and his party passed
through their ranks. as he stepped
ashore. The reception was OF an
informal character, Mayor Peters,
at whose invitation the president
chose Boston as his homecoming
port making the presentations.
As soon as the presentations
were completed, the presidential
party entered automobiles and be-
gan a parade across the city.
through streets lined throughout
the two-miIe route with double
ranks OF soldiers and sailors and
banked with cheering thousands of
civilians.
Special Precautions Taken