La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1919-07-19


placed beside the American standards.
Arrival of the Italian war hero,
whose gray beard and white uniform
gave him o picturesque appearance,
accompanied by the Westinghouse
Band and delegation of marching
Sons of Italy, interrupted the speech
/ by Hon. Rowland B. Mahany, assis-
tant secretary of the Department of
Labor who represented Secretary Viii
liam B. Wilson, who was not able to
come to ConneIlsville, being in New
/ York to greet his chief President
Wilson. Then occurred the flag incl
/ dent and it was several minutes be-
fore the excitement subsidized.
/ Mr.. Mahany, when he resumed spe-
aIing, said that in a big celebration
of this kind bitches are liable to occur
and that they should be recognized in
the "sum total of the Incidents"
BY the time General Guglielmotti
had been introduced, Italian standd-
ards were conspicuously displayed.
81 am glad to see the Italian flag fly
ing as a signal of victory for the AL
lies" he said. He spoke briefly in En-
glish and afterward in Italian. The
Italians loudly applauded him.
The flag incident fresh in his mind
General Guglielmotti demonstrated
with several men who failed to remove
their hats when the band played the
Italian national anthem at the close
of his address. The general had the
band repeat the anthem.
Another thriller came when the
speakers stand creaked beneath the
weight Of scores and threatened to go
down.
Capt Eddie" Boyle of Beaver Falls,
hero of the machine gun battalion Of
the One Hundred and Tenth Regim-
ent, the first speaker to be introduc-
ed by Attorney II. A. Cation of Bro
to fathers and mothers Of the boys of
Connelsville's own Company d. "The
Twentyeighth was a division that was
not put in any quiet sector over the
re-, said Captain Boyle, who appear
ed in civilian attire. Captain Boyle
paid his compliments to the late Mai
Thomas Anderson of Latrobe, than
whom he said there was none "gam-
er" "The great American spirit at ho-
me and abroad won the war;" Boyle
said. The veteran, who was severely
wounded in the Argonne drive, was
roundly cheered.
/ Other speakers were 2. Jamarik of
Pittsburgh, representing the Czechs-
Slovaks; A. Joseph Di Silvestro of
Philadelphia, grand master Of the Or
der of Sons of Italy in America for
the State of Pennsylvania, and Attor-
NJ VI Z HaI
/ Governor Sproul was unable to be
here.
Pasquale Bufano, prominent local
banker; r. De Angels, D. Yona and
r. Scala of Uniontown were active on
the committee that met General Gu
glielmotti. Lieut. Herbert Duggan, son
of Mayor Duggan, who saw service in
scout plane in Italy, rode at the
Italian hero's side to the speakers
stand. A. Cianflone editor of an TIA
liam weekly in Pittsburg, was in the
party.
Secretary Mahany was escorted to
the platform by a committee from the
American Federation of Labor as foll-
ows: S. T. Erwin, representing the
the Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
AllNll1 NAAettA Alltilt l. D. bANlludilt ~ D.
Wilson, Joseph Friel, ]. j. Brady, Pa
ul T. Mcdonald and j. T. William
Dopo del generate parl0, ap-
plaudito, il Grande Venerable
delPO. F. d'I. e poscia, nella stes-
| sa automobile e seguiti dalla me-
desima folla, 81 ando alrHotel
Arlington, dove gil ospiti prese-
no alloggio ed ivi flu servita una
colazione. Ad essa presero parte
.oltTe al generate ed al nostro di-
rettoTe, j signori: r. De Angels,
Raffaele Scala, A. Plundo, DR..
Barlotti, Vincenzo Aiello, Agosti-
no ColaTossi, Michele De Vita,
Antonio Certo, Avv. A. Cianflo-
ne, Garibaldi Fabiani.
] Sui palco degli oratori Ia signo-
> rina Anna Falco, fidanzata al si-
, gnor TTovaioi ex venerable del
: la loggia Concordia, offI1 al ge-
r nerale una bandieIina italiana
, che questi appunto al guanto;
e all'Hotel, la sorella di lei, signo-
, rina Carmelina, scusandosi di
non sapersi bene esprimere in
: italiano, dono all'illustre soldato
y un bouquet di garofani rossi.
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n sposto fra lie grand organizza-
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