| Show t t PACE t HOAX FOOLS I h F False a I 58 R Report F Of Armistice Meets Denial Sensational Dispatch Prom Paris Spread l About Nation Without Verification Causes Much l Premature Rejoicing i N i LW Er W YORK R Nov Noy 7 False 7 False reports that German Germany had 4 1 terms of the thc armistice and that fighting had ended threw brew the country country- into a delirium toda today and turned tinned out ont to be the greatest hoax of or recent resent years rears Official assurances that the thc report was false fa failed led to check h e tho the alm almost riotous demonstrations which swept w pt over o many American CI cities Jes and mil mil- mil of Americans will not kno know v how o othey they were were fo fooled ted until they read the tle morning papers A dispatch cabled from France to the United Ire Pres end and picked up and circulated ah also o thron through h the country by another news agency declared the armistice signed at 11 o'clock 0 clock this morning and amI fighting ended at it 2 3 o'clock this afternoon None one of these unfounded reports of course was received or ai tri by bS the Associated Press which on the contrary was able by investigation n e ti- ti gation g conducted through official channels channe to o establish that the stor story was WaSa a n. Iloa Lansing Makes Denial Dental of Wild Rumors Humors Official dispa dispatches from France Fiance to the slate department at Washington testify that the Gern German commissioners were not even oen to meet Marshal Foch until 3 5 0 o'clock this afternoon and dispatches rc received e cd ton tonight from t i.- i. I. I 1 n orti on th the Sedan front show that at p m m. m the troops still were ere advancing After cabling to France and receiving an official reply Secretary Lansing from t the c state department in Washington issued this his statement me ane i report that the thc armistice tice with ith Germany had been signed signe is n not t true Y hen i it 1 reached the department l of state this lt morning an in inquiry was at flee dispatched to p Paris Paris' Al Ai b clock this a a telegram in iii reply to that flint of or the he department was received from Pari Paris It H stated that lImi the armistice had not yet ct been signed sieved and that the German representatives es s would not meet Marshal Foch until o 3 5 p. p m. m Paris time timi e or 12 1 noon Washington Wash Wash- ashington ash ash- r ton ington time timer T The e false report was not easily overtaken o by the truth and as it spread through h the country it gathered momentum until demonstrations ap nIi- approaching approaching h hysteria steria ruled in many cities Business was suspended schools were ere closed bells were run rung whistles shrieked prayers were offered Jl in hi churches parading citizens citi jammed the str streets ets and the scenes usually attendant at at- o on New ew Years Year's eve CYe and election night hl were intensified s Peace Stocks Fe Featured in Active Market The New York Stock exchange e as well as the curb market were closed at 30 p p. p ni mL after a hurried meeting of the governors A market mariet which at first appeared to bo be unresponsive e suddenly developed de activity w which shot shot- up some of the so-called so peace Stocks from 2 to 1 12 13 points Exchange g sp iu in other c cities were v similarly affected y f Mere Here Here follows a copy of the thc cablegram received by the United Press at ai its New Kew York office J 6 New York Paris Armistice allies si signed eleven ele morning morning-j hostilities c ceased two afternoon Se Sedan an taken morning by Americans Signed Stencil r It c 7 JJ SIMS is cable code address for United Press Howard is Roy Ro- Roy W. W Howard president ent of the Cn United Press and Simms correct is William P Philips il ps Simms Shams Paris correspondent of the United Press To 10 grasp the thc situation it should be borne bome in mind that Paris being t f the east cast of the United n L-n led States is is about six hours ahead of New York time tim Although it had been announced that the armistice was signed at 11 o'clock and that fighting had ceased at 2 0 o'clock clock it t was a n. fact fad that the German commissioners were not to be received by Marshal l Foch until 5 o'clock j I three hours after the hour reported as os he the end of the fi fighting Emi Emissaries saries Reach Fochs Foch's Headquarters The state departments department's cable of inquiry to France was as not dispatched until after the report had been called to the departments department's f intention attention on n and when a n reply came saying the he armistice had not been signed and the fighting fight fight- ing g had not ceased more time lime had bad clu elapsed At 0 o'clock clock in Paris it was officially announced that four German officers bearing a v white flag would arr arrive c at Marshal Fochs Foch's headquarters some time tonight That announcement was one hour and an thirty five minutes after the hour reported as the end cud of the fighting and Associated Press dispatches filed with the American army on the Sedan front at 0 o'clock tonight shower showed that an hour and a half after the German commissioners had 1131 been expected the troops still were fighting their way forward This dispatch said clearly that the American army was consolidating consolidating- its positions and pr preparing paring paring- for a further farther advance When it was V 0 clock tonight in to London the foreign office pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- unfounded the rumor that the armistice had been been signed and at that hour no wor word had been heen received lu in the British capital that the German delegation had crossed the French lines Jt It should be borne orne in mind that t tit it was then four hours and a half after the hour reported as set for t the on of hostilities and more than titan seven hours after the hour set for the signing of the he armistice Government Go telegraph lines connect Lon London on and the British headquarters not far from the thc place fixed for the meeting of the German Gennan commissioners with Marshal Im Foch Hoch and London therefore is is certain to tu receive c prompt reports when a truce is sinned signet f Old Doc Cooks Cook's Wanderings Recalled I t as the clocks in France Fiance were turning toward midnight there still was v no word that the German commissioners had hod appeared at nt Marshal l lochs Foch's s 's headquarters and much less legs affixed their si signatures to an au armistice I I The hoax recalled to the public mind others which lead had fooled the country I if not the world One was vas the alleged d discovery of human be beings ou on the moon and urn the other was as Dr Cooks Cook's s claim of discovery disco of the North pole A X news hoax however however more closely paralleling today's was the thc one perpetrated perpetrated per per- t on the country at the death of Pope Pius the Tenth It was announced announced ant an an- b by Y the L United Press some SOUle hours before r it occurred but as the dis clis dispatch dis 1 patch patch did not specify the tho hour and minute a great achievement in iu in giving tl the r e news 8 to the world was claimed In the present instance however there will be abundant official evidence i evi- evi evidence dence to guide the public The Thc armistice bc being ng- ng nn nu historic document nt will bear benr the thc hour and ancl minute at which the UIe signatures arc are set upon it and the hour horn at which hostilities arc are to end likewise will be recorded officially and announced to the world v b when the armistice will be No Xu our one of course can cnn say a with certainty sig signed si ed or when t the c- c fighting g will stO stop Official Official proof however howe and the tho hours bungs rolling folling steadily onward arc are ample evidence that it was not sl signed ned at Continued on Pace Page 3 3 i False Peace Report Arouses Report Arouses Continued From Pago Page 1 1 11 0 o'clock clock tins tillS morning anti that tire the fighting lighting d did not stop at nt 2 0 o'clock clock this afternoon London Newspaper Prints Retraction Moreover orco it never er has hns been expected that the terms of or armistice on the western front mi might ht be bc accepted at one brief meeting Many questions are aIe involved now which were not involved when armistices were granted ranted to Austria Bul Bulgaria an and Turkey One of the 1 pr principal p nl l points conc concerns ns thelt the disposition lt n of the German C fleet fl ct so vital ital to England Now that the fleet is is in in 11 the thc hun hands s o of the revolutionaries it is not improbable that the German p may mn n not t at once be he enabled to give the assurances assurances the allies aWes will demand Jt it should be recalled recalled in connection with this point that Great Britain insisted on on having one of or her admirals present with Marshal l Foch och J at t the meeting with the commissioners and ami t at Germany sent Admiral von on Hintze So far as is known tonight the erroneous report u was as published in only two cities in Europe Europe in in Lon London on and in Brest Prance France The Lon London on newspaper newspaper news news- paper later withdrew its e edition an and p printed a n retraction The 1 publication in Brest was by a newspaper lp cr winch which received the report Flom the United Press A question being asked tonight by many ninny is w why the naval censors passe passed the thc dispatch for publication if it was not true The rhe answer was that censors do O not pass upon the thc truth or falsity of or dispatches they the are only concerned with whether they contain information likely to be of value to an enemy or 1 dama damaging ing to the entente military forces New Ner York Becomes Delirious With Joy JoyNEr MEW r NE YORK Nov Noy T i 7 Sophisticated ed cd New X ew York fork y ork became delirious with joy tO today over the unfounded c ic on ort that mat Germany had agreed to armistice terms which meant unconditional unconditional t surrender The celebration seemed a combination of Fourth of I election night New New- Years Year's eve Thanksgiving e eThe ing lay day la and Christmas The excitement which which- seized the city s millions at the word peace I was wag picturesque p esque and an splitting ear but buti butas I i as realization grew that it was wn premature premature pre pre- I mature its tragic s side came forward Not ot all the celebrators had Joined In InI Inthe I tho the hilarious hilarious' flag na waving horn blow- blow blowing blowing j ing ing- impromptu parades Thousands of or fathers rathel's mothers wives and sisters went into lute every ery church with open doors I to oriel offer prayers of ot gratitude S because they thought fighting had hall c ceased ased I Fifth avenue was filled with automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles from Crom Central park parle to WashInton Wash Wash- Washington ash ington Inton square and multitudes of or people pack packed ell the sidewalks The most Hn- Hn e scene in the length df de the street was inside St St. Patricks Patrick's cathe cathe- dral In the semi darkened nave hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of or I reverent erent men an and worn women on knelt In n thanksgiving In n hundreds of or other churches were similar gatherings gatherIngs gather gather- ings Are Arc Poured While hile thousands went to pray other thousands g gave we vent to their Joy in it more mOle convivial surroundings Tho Tile prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- gloom which has shrouded cafes an and restaurants was dispelled and they were filled with revellers The Star Spangled Banner Danner with variations variations va va- va nations and without accompaniment frequently frequently fre fro was the thc air all which floated most through h the the- swinging doors These were some of ot the results of ot tho the peace report Police Commissioner Enright ht ordered the city's giant sirens to sound tho tidings and all the th other whistles an and bells In the cit city followed suit sullo The Tho racket spread through Now Jersey Jerse Long Island and West est Chester like fire Ire through h prairie grass gras Mayor Hylan ordered all elt city offices office closed for Cor the day and Issued a proclamation proclamation proclamation pro pro- calling on the public to tc celebrate Tho mayor also ordered that thata a a. great reat parade be staged tonight ht to tc mark marle tho the end of or the world war but be postpone postponed postponed post post- later directed that the pageant pone until it is known the war is over Thousands s of ot offices business places and factories suspended operations so their could coul make maleo merry merr Mock dock Clone Clo Stock exchanges closed at 30 p. p m m. and Wall all street was soon won deserted livery Every person in New York not lame halt blind sick or in Jail Joined in the demonstration Schools were dismissed carl early an and children t paraded ara e Vehicle traffic in the tho principal thoroughfares thoroughfares thor thor- motors motors mo mo- was suspended tors tars and nd wagons was could coul liot tot force torce a path through h tho the dense densely 1 packed mul mul- I Hours after tho the report of or an armistice armistice armis armis- tice had hall been officially denied th the elt city was a bedlam It seemed New ew Yorkers Workers or were much moro more eager to credit re reports reports reports re- re ports of oC peace than believe C the war not yet Cl over 01 A paper snow storm was a picturesque picturesque picturesque esque but e feature of or the demonstration Some omo one in the tower of oC the Municipal building Imitating had who tho the procedure of ot aviators bom bombed e t the tho 10 city t with leaflets during and war tear work the various arlous Liberty loan shower of or paper 01 campaigns ns loosed a bits Workers Yorker in nearby buildings followed fol fol- lowed lo his ills lead This form Corm of demonstration caught the I popular fancy and for moro more thur three hours Broadway from Crom the uj ety d. d hall to the battery was flooded with floating white and Times Tines square ano arre Fifth avenue from Crom Madison S north to the Plaza were similarly snowed under tinder Pedestrians ploughed hed through war savings stamp literature ticker tape tap torn tort sheets of oC newspapers telephone directories telegraph blanks and the com conglomerate paper waste of oC thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of oC offices ankle deep ep with drifts piled pile here hero and there b by tho the wind and reaching to the knees Paper Paper Paper Pa Pa- per streamers were draped drape grotesquely I over trees and In iii tho the downtown parks and on awnings s and signs ns of or business houses Chicago Deluded By B False Rumors Chicago Nov 0 7 Chicago i Chicago shrieked with Joy toda today in a premature celebration celebration celebration tion of or peace world arId Tho The report of or tho the end of or the tine war tar flashed over o tho the city cUr by b bells and whistles was started b by a newspaper newspaper news news- paper dispatch which was waa not carried b by the Associated A Press Later dispatches from Washington and London officially announcing that list the armistice had not yet been signed G to halt haH the tho crowds surging of or white with tons 1 through h streets office build build- thrown front from scrap Hrar paper In logs 14 All departments dept of or tho the city city- hall courts stores offices plants and factories clos closed d and their workers work work- section Into 1110 Inton ers turned tho the downtown a n carnival Waste asta lt basket basket- and drawers drawers draw draw- ers filled with tilts bits of or paper emptied from Crom windows filled tho the alt I At Al ono one place two gallon casks of lr I Iwine wine were placed In tho thu street and drink to the tho thod every eVry ono was Invited to d death ath of |
