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New-York tribune., 1919-05-07

tary spectacles he had seen abroad w..
more impressive than that of the 77sh
yesterday 'i'n
Il am sure New York has sssn
nothing more inspiring" he said ins,
before he boarded a train bound Sos
Washington. i0f
Mr.. Baker said his trip aIonp n.
entire route of the parade had r;yan
him q new idea of New York's nafrint
ism and enthusiasm. Dense crowd,
lined the avenue on both sides as h;s
car passed. The Secretary of War wa.
recognized everywhere and was lopdlr
cheered. O"S's
A few minutes after the reyiewin.
party had found places under the red
striped awning, over which fioated ths
national emblem, the flag of the city
the Secretary of Wars ensign, and thu,
state flag, a restaurant car drew nm
and took station just around the corr
ner Tor the accommodation of thu
guests. A caterers car DISCHARGED
quantities of ice cream and cakes,
which were served later in the empty
lot behind the reviewing stand.
Shortly before IL o'clock a platoon
OF mounted police passed, evokinp
cheers which were hushed as the geld
c'oh GU mays III HOnOr OIL the DIVISIONS
dead were carried past.
Cheer General Alexander
Immediately afterward the crowd,
broke into cheers again at sight Of
General Alexander. AS he passed the
reviewing stand the general saluted
and General Scott, standing beside Mr.
Baker, remarked that the commander
of the 77th was "the most soldierlv
looking soldier of a division of re-
markably fine soldiers"
AS the colors of each regiment were
carried past the spectators barred their
heads. In the reviewing stand the
officers saluted.
Before the parade reached Eighty.
second Street police reserves did a
brisk trade in Liberty bonds. While
the movie cameras were shooting
the Governor, the Secretary of War
and the Mayor, Captain NJ. Florea, Of
the Reserves, approached the stand
and sold $50 bond to Mr. Baker, while
the cameras recorded the scene.
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Emotion STILES
East Side Cheers
Great Throngs Move to Fifth
Auenue to See Parade OF
Men OF 77fh DiuisiOn

The East Side, bringing its lunch,
began moving westward to Fifth Ave-
nue. yesterday soon after dawn.
BY eight o'clock it wore its best
Sabbath clothes. Little squares of
paper on windows informed disap-
pointed customers that business had
been suspended because the 77th
DIVISION was on parade. Service flags
were floating everywhere
ny street cars, subways, elevated
and afoot the East Side started for
march. The uptown cars were
thronged to capacity.
=, Ihe bearded patriarchsr came. Also
ehere were many new babies who had
nrst glimpsed their fathers-in-khaki
wnen they had come in from Camp
sIliis on twenty-four-hour passes
Mothers in their "sheidels" and the
young folk of the new, fully American
l2ed generation mingled in the happy
most that moved toward Fifth Avenue.
Mulcahey Can't Understand
Patrolman Michael Mulcahey. after
making his rounds of Rivington and
Eiarldge streets, was disappointed and
cont understand it at ALL" he de-
ciared. Here these people are waiting
ana strajning for their relatives with
tne 9TH for months. They keep asking
me every day when the outfit will come
nome. / expected, OF course, that once
the bunch did blow IN these folks
would bust everything wide open and
sound like lot of Sim F6iners being
told that Ireland is free. Instead they
step around to-day like lot of people
:.
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over entirely to wounded soldiers, and
they gave the marchers a rousing re.
eeption when they reached that point
The 18th Regiment Band was at this
corner
When the line Of march reached
Eighty second Street, where the off.
clal reviewing stand was located
Major General Alexander took time tc
send to Mrs. Alexander, who occupied
a seat there, the bouquet he had re.
celved. This won him another gener
Gus round of applause.
Stamp to Keep Warm
Between Fifty-ninth and 11Otf
streets half dozen bands, stationed
on street corners, helped to keep u1
tne spirits of those who waited. The
ar was chilly, and from time to timt
the crowds would stamp their fee,
in unison, like the spectators at ,
football game, to keep warm and t.
pass the time.
Above Eighty-sixth Street the crowd
was larger and noisier than furthe1
down town. The uptown Jewish sec.
tion turned out to welcome it's own
Children made up the greater DOR.
tion of the crowd at the northern
end OF the march. Consequently there
was more noise here than in othe, h1
sections. Whistles and shrieks fron
the youngsters mingled with the
quleter handclapping of their elders
when the head of the parade hove in
sight. N'o Al
AT 1o4th Street the ovation was
tremendous The spectators in the
stands there had conceived the ;Saa
of stamping their approval of thei1
sons as well as yelling it, and the re-.
suit was what seemed to be a con.
tinuous roll of thunder. Incidentally
1t was at this point that Captain. The
generals mount, displayed his first
symptoms of righteousness. He was
soon controlled, however.
Alexander the Great
General Alexander received a noisv
welcome all along the line.
Its Alexander the Great, eh what -
shouted man to one of the orde rlie.
OF the Generals staff at the corner of
lO7th Street.
You bet it is," replied the dough-
boy. "o0s IL
During the cold hours of waiting nm
automobile labelled "P. D. N. Y. Lunch
wagon" passed up the lines and got n
laugh and longing gsynce from nearly
every spectator. In I. were two patrol.
men and lieutenant, who passed out
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Marchers Civen
Joyous Welcome
Proud Smiles and Tears
as Sons or Brothers
Are Seen in the Parade

In the crowds that lined the avenue
proud smiles mingled with tears. Here
were the sons of yesterday grown into
new manhood, fixed of purpose, firm
jawed and carrying themselves proud
ly, where heretofore they might have
been content just to get along. They
had gone out from their homes, many
Of them, to battle for the adopted
country of their parents.
Patriarchs, some of them so feeble
that they came in wheel chairs, were
there in numbers, mingling with
mothers whose fears had been trans
formed into gratitude for the safe re-
turn of their boys, and children, whose
some place in that long drab line the
face most familiar to them-a big
brother or an uncle.
Shortly before 10 o'clock the escort
Of mounted policemen moved up from
the Washington Arch at the head Of
the automobile carrying Governor
Smith and Mayor Hylan and host Of
other official automobiles.
AT Court of Victorious Dead
A stop was made In front of the
Public Library, where the Mayor laid a
wreath in the Court of the Victorious
Dead, and then the procession resumed
its course to the reviewing stand in
front of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
High on the roofs of the buildings
in the lower avenue there were thou
sands, wildly waving flags to their as
sociates, who only year and half
ago marched down the avenue bound
for Camp Upton as part Of the draft.
Most of these individual greetings
were lost in the din and went unheard
as the crowds welcome was echoed and
reechoed up the avenue.
The cheering began at the moment
the long march began. and 1t swelled
appreciably when, at Twenty-first
Street, General Alexander elected to
ride around a Victory loan poster
pasted on the street rather than over
1t. His staff officers followed suit.
When the limo reached Twenty
seventh Street it found an Irish tribute
awaiting it. The band of the old
sixty-ninth Regiment was there, and
Killarney" was the musical offering.
Dachshund Joins Parade
At Thirty-third Street, just as Major
General Alexander reached the Wal
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dorf-Astora, a dachshund provided a
little humor to the situation by break
ing from the crowd and falling in line.
The suggestion that it was German
dog and should be thrown out of line
met with disapproval from one of the
staff officers, who ventured the opin-
ion that there was a strain Of Belgian
police dog in the interloper, and that
even such strain should be a guar
antee OF safety SO the delegated
mascot trailed along to 10th Street.
Half Of the stand in front of the
Union League Club, at Thirty-ninth
street, was occupied by wounded SOL
dlers and Red Cross nurses. They were
seated. In the other half stood manv
Of the club members, among whom were
Charles +. Hughes and General Dan
Appleton. Below was the old list Reg
lment Band, in its blue and white uni
forms. Just above the Union League
Club was the 18th Coast Artillery Band.
MIR. Hughes was made to lift his hat
IN quick order when the wounded SOL
dlers in automobiles chcered him lust
ily
At the Court of the Victorious Dend
scores of feeble Grand Army veterans,
some OF them wearing medals of a past
war, stood at attention as General AL
exander passed, despite his attempt to
wave them to their chairs. In this
block, in front of the Public Library.
there also were hundreds of Spanish
American War Veterans present to pay
their tribute.
When the paraders reached Central
Park they found novel reception. The
Jewish Welfare Board, together with
the Y. M. G. A. and the Knights of Co.
lumbus, had designed some of their
secretaries to act as cheer leaders along
the line, and scores of these men were
in front of the stands encouraging the
spectators to unprecedented outbursts
of volley yells
Young Women Provide Flowers
Young women war workers of the
Knights of Columbus were stationed
IN front of st. Patrick's Cathedral.
and they carpeted Fifth Avenue with
flowers for the heroes. Several of the
officers were handed flowers, which
they carried to the end of the march
AT Fifty-ninth Street the space had
been reserved for wounded soldiers.
sailors and marines, many of them
stretcher cases. When General Alex-
ander reached them he returned their
cheers and removed his overseas cap.
riding uncovered until he had passed
them.
Vincent Astor's homo had been given
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Double Rank of Wounded
Follows 307th Regiment

Behind the S07th Infantry marched
. double rank of their wounded. Each
wore rose in his blouse. Most of
the faces were pale, yet all of them
smiled. One or two limped little,
but they kept their alignment, deter
mined to follow their regiment home.
When the last olive drab rank had
Vanished the cheering quickened and
fedoubled, for there came scores Of
automobiles, each filed with mon who
had given their bodies to be broken
for victory. Clutches waving. arms
struggling to be free Of slings-these,
TOO, passed. shouting messages to the
crowd which were lost in the wave of
cheering that enveloped them.
A battered ambulance lurched bv.
part Of the 77th's spoils of war A
Esgn emblazoned on 1t proclaimed that
y had been Presented by the Kaiser"
The cheering followed the parade up
ghe avenue and faded into silence. The
last flag futtercd and was gone. peo-
pie who had been behaving like mad
tncn suddenly recollected themselves
tnd smiled shecpishly at their neigh
bors. Overhead the sun struggled
through.
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crowd surged about General Alexander
until it appeared it might unseat him
from his horse. Hundreds tried to
shake hands with him and several sue
ceeeded before a platoon of mounted DO
lice finally cleared a way for hin,
through the throng. It was ut this
point that General Alexander, gazing
after the last of his khaki clad follow
ers, turned to a group of newspaper
men and said:
"It's hard as hell to see them go
hard as hell. But what can l do?"
His voice was husky as he spoke.
The various units of the command
marched on up Fifth Avenue to desig-
mated intersecting streets, where thew
were disbanded and were taken to their
armories. To-day they will be entrained
for Camp Upton to await demobiliza-
tion. The armories to which the units
were taken were not designated, be-
cause it was said the men would not
be permitted to see any relatives OF
friends there, and the officers believed
the rush would be hard to handle.
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Gen. Alexander Praises
Men for Speedy March

WHEN the parade had passed 10th
w Street, Major General Alexander
was as jubilant as school boy be-
cause of the perfect organization Of
the march up Fifth Avenue.
~ told you we'd do it in forty-fve
minutes" he told those who were
near him. "And here we've made it
in forty-three minutes. Imagine
division passing a given point in
forty-three minutes. 1t is remark
able"
The general had cause for satis-
faction, for he himself had covered
the rout of little more than five
miles in eighty-nine minutes, less
than an hour and half. He gave the
credit for the perfect performance to
Colonel W. H. McGee, his chief Of
staff, and Captain Arthur M. Hill, Of
his staff, who organized the parade.
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sandwiches and hot coffee to soldiers
in the crowd. The wagon and the
lunch were given by SPECIAL Deputy
Commissioner John a. Harriss.
The big knights of Columbus re-
viewing stand in front of st. Patrick's
Cathedral was slow in filling up. but
before the head of the column arrived
every seat was taken. A number of
priests were in the gathering, among
them Monsignor John J. Dunn, who
represented Archbishop Hayes; Mon
slgnor Lavelle, rector Of the Cathedral
Homes Opened for Occasion
Many Fifth Avenue homes that had
been closed for the summer were opened
to the public and to the friends of the
owners, who filled every window. The
private stand erected by Henry C.
Frlck for wounded soldiers was filled
to capacity. The Carnegie home, at
Nlnety-second Street, was also crowded
with spectators.
For fully an hour before the parade
reached Fifty-ninth Street guests of
the Hotels Savoy and Netherland
amused themselves by throwing boxes
of cigarettes at soldiers from other
outfits who were waiting to see their
comrades pass in review Many a
cigarette was wasted in the scramble
of men in olive drab to reach the pack
ages, many of which burst when thew
hit the pavement. Similar gifts were
thrown to soldiers in the line, but
obedient to orders none Of them
stopped to get the favors.
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Parade Is Just
A Family Party

The march up tho avenue WAS not a
nilitary pageant, parade or review. II
Mas just q long awaited homecoming,
10 be made as informal as conditions
would permit.
: Something Of the cheerful informality
BIZ Major General Alexander himself
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Alexander Hates to
Part With 'sCo7,rades''
ssMY ASSOCIATION with my men
A'A has been one of comradeshin

&c MY ASSOCIATION with my men
A'A has been one of comradeship
very strong comradeship-and
hate like hell to see them 20. But
what can I do?"
Thus spoke Major General Robert
Alexander, commander in chief of
the 77th Division, as the last unit of
New York's Own passed him on re-
view at 10th Street yesterday. He
is not an emotional man-just a
soldier. But the observer could see
he was deeply moved.
"lt was a great demonstration of
the regard New Workers hold for
their boys" he continued, when asked
what he thought of the reception
given the Liberty Division "Credit
is due to the people of the city and
their splendid police for making it
the success it was. 1t could have been
nothing else. 1t was greati"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-07
Long Island Students
s'Strike'' to See Parade

ssNo PARADE, no SCHOOL,. WOO.
the slogan adopted YESTERDAY
by the pupils of the South Side High
School. Rockville Centre. Long ISL
and, and, when no holiday was forth
coming, nearly 100 of them su;tea
the action to the word and left tbe;s
text books to come to New Yort
and watch the 77th Division mareh
When the students asked Suner'
intendent Covert for a holidav h.
refused on the ground that too man
holidays had been declared tb;s
year because of the influenza on;
demic and patriotic activities. So
the strike was declared.
1t was said yesterday that severn,
teachers had joined the malcontents
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Wounded Follow Each Unit

Brigadier General Harrison J. Price
marched at the head of the 154th
Brigade, while Colonel N. II. Averill
led the 308th Infantry, and Colonel
Isaac Erwin the 307th.
Behind each unit came those of its
wounded who could march. The smiles,
jests and general good nature Of the
marching wounded men indicated to
the cheering crowds that they had few
regrets because of tho misfortunes
that had overtaken them while abroad.
Last came u procession of scores of
automobiles filled with equally good
natured wounded men from various
hospitals in and about New York.
Every machine was bower Of flowers.
When the end Of the line of march
was reached General Alexander and
his aides wheeled sharply to the right
and took up their positions on the
east aide Of the circle there, from
which point Of vantage they reviewed
the passing troops.
AS each unit Of the division passed,
the command eyes right" was given
and the last tribute to their COM
mander was paid. For that juncture
marked the severance Of the real SOL
dier-to- soldier relations between Cen
eral Alexander and his men. In the
mean time two aviators firtcd with
destruction by circling around and
around over the reviewing officers at a
height OF less than 900 feet.
AS soon as the last OF the wounded
had marched by the unrestrained
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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-22

recently captured German dugout.
He told me he was nervous, and be-
lieved he was associating with a
BOBBY and asked me to send him
a squad of engineers to look it over.
l went myself.
The colonel sat in the dugout,
about ten feet down, on a chair by
a table. Directly in front of the
chair was petrol can and it was
the can he feared. He had noticed
it early in the morning when the
dugout was first occupied, but had
been so busy during the day he had
had no time to examine it until
evening. Then he found nothing,
but he had 'hunch' that it was
trap and wanted expert assistance.
81 dug little trench around the
can, but could find no wires, and
then tapped it, but received no sound
other than that which might come
from any old empty can. There was
nothing to do but open it, and bor-
rowing the colonel's can opener
went at it as gingerly as l could.
1T was partly filled with about
eight pounds of one of the most
deadly powder explosives known to
science. This l removed very care
fully, and in the bottom of the can
found the spring detonator. 1t had
been fastened to the bottom of the
can In such way that II the can had
been lifted from the floor of the
dugout the charge would have ex-
ploded and the colonel and his par
ty would have been blown to bits.
"The colonel paled little when
I showed him just what he had been
associating with all day. and very
ferventry thanked himself for obey
ing his 'hunch' to let that can alone."
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-22
HIGH OFFICIAL SAYS THE HUNS
IN AUSTRIA WILL NOT RE
TURN TO OLD ORDER
WAR OPENED WIDE THEIR EYES
People Sec Extravaganza OF Main
tanning Royal Court-Win Strive
for Commercial Existence

Vienna. Dec. al Correspondence
of the Associated Press. Return
TO the moDarchical Bystem OF govern
ment In German-Austria ls out oi
the question In the opinion OF some
OF the government leaders here. One
high official who is believed TO rep.
resent the Views of government cir
'cles Is quoted as saying that the
dynasty had lost nearly all its popu-
larity during the war. while repub-
lican Ideas had made extraordinary
progress even In the most remote
parts OF the country. Besides. he
said. the mass OF the people certainly
was not inclined to contribute to
the cost OF maintaining 2n expensive
royal court after the enormous fin
ancial sacrifices entailed by calam-
1tous war.
Vienna is the heart OF German
Austria and all that relates to the
commerce and prosperity OF this
part of tho old Austrian empire Is
OF burning interest. Government Of
hcials point out that the German
Austrian industries are In need OF
raw materials and machinery which
only Germany can supply. Tho pa
per mills, leather and woodwars
manufactures. agricultural machin-
cry and engineering works. especial
1y the electro-technica establish
ments have been conducted on a
scale to fulfill the requirements Of
a great empire. The manufacturers
now see that their markets will be
less extensive than under the empire.
II is expected that the Czecho-Slo-
vaks. the Poles. the Hungarians aud
the Jugo-Slavs will erect customs
barriers tending to exclude from
these separated countries German
Austrian goods. Besides. Austria
will have to make formidable Czech
competition In Poland and expects to
be excluded from competition in the
Bohemian market owing to the
cheaper cost OF living In Bohemia
and the proximity OF coal supplies
there. Apart from the magneslte
ores in Styrla, German-Austria is
poor in natural resources. while her
stocks of raw material are said to be
more depleted than those OF any OF
the former great nations Of Europe. \
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-22
BIG SALE. OF HOPS
TO LONDON BUYERS

In spite Of the certainty of pro-
hibition in the United States, the
price Of hops has climbed to a high
point. and Is likely to go higher,
says the Oregonian.
A deal has Just been closed in
Portland which old-time hopmen de-
clare is the largest transaction in hop
futures and the price the highest
that ever occurred in the history Of
the American hop market.
The deal, which involved 5000
bales of hops, mostly Oregons, rep
resented total value of $500, 900.
The hops were bought by the London
firm of George Bird & Co., and the
seller was Ralph 2. Williams. of this
city.
The contract calls for the delivery
OF 5000 bales year during the
next three years. The growers are
j. w. Seavey, who will furnish 1900
bales year: Julius Pincus, who will
provide 500 bales year, an a num-
Der of Oregon and Washington grow
ers, who will deliver 1000 bales.
The contract price for each Of the
three years is 25 cent a pound.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-22
'BOOBY TRAPS" ONE Of HUNS DEV|L|SH
DEVICES TO KILL AND MAIN THEIR FOE

London, Dec. S1.-(Correspon-
dence of the Associated Press. J.
Detection by British army investiga-
tors Of German "booby traps" saved
the lives of many an officer or man
of the British armies during the per-
iod when the Germans were retreat,
ing from France. 81 am convinced. ."
says one officer, that we nipped
many OF the Huns favorite plans by
capturing near Bray little factory
where he made his booby traps.
When we occupied it we learned
much from the partly completed
'raps we found lying about the
place.
zone of them was an iron plate.
This the willy Hun dropped in road
way so that 1t would likely be trod
upon by soldier or horse of our ad-
vancing troops. The plate was in two
parts, with spring inside, and usu-
ally contained detonator connect
ing with heavy charge of explosive.
When the weight Of the foot was re-
moved the spring sprang into place
and exploded the detonator, and the
damage was done.
"These spring detonators we're the
Germans specially. They consisted
of tube containing o little spring
with hook at one end. Attached
to the hook was string or wire
connecting with the explosive charge.
Any arrangement by which the
spring could be distended and then
suddenly contracted served to jerk
the string. and the charge was ex-
ploded.
"one night I received a call from
our lieutenant colonel who had spent
the day directing movements from a