Show CITY FOOLED BY BIG SCOOP OF EVENING SHEET SHEETS t I Salt S It Lake Wives Vives Parents and anI Sweethearts Grasp at False Peace Extra Publication yesterday ter h bv by a local afternoon aft aft- i newspaper ne of a 1 dispatch 11 patch ro- ro porting tho signing of oC an m armistice b by tho Germans Germa s 3 and anti the allies allieR and amI tho cessation atlon of or hostilities caused a premature pre pro mature c celebration In Salt Lake and n m many other cities and towns where newspapers are aro served by the tho press S association responsible for the tho alleged scoop The Pile news news' that hat tho the war ar had d ended endel spread 1 like wildfire throughout the tho city Numberless whistles shrieked the supposedly glad Iad news new N Newsboys a shouted their c extras carrying th the tho tid tid- tid ings Autos tooted a a. noisy refrain formed armed an and 1 within a IL few mm Tiles Utes after tho the c extra tra Was waR on tho the street Salt Lake was In tho the midst of or a real celebration None questioned the authenticity of th the tho published d nn t s and I Ifor for an hour or more bedlam rel reigned nod I Tho American Smelting Smelling Refining company tho the Utah Copper company compan the Denver nio filo Grande Grand railroad shops chops and man many other employing concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns declared a holiday that their workmen might ml Join In acclaiming tho the wars war's end and the tho allies allies' victory victor At tho 1110 tato capitol Gov Coy Simon Bamber- Bamber ger er made mado an Impassioned speech de declaring do- do claring This Is tho greatest g day In American history A holiday was de declared de- de there too and d state and Joined In lb tho the general cel eel C brat to n. n Holiday Appearance The Th downtown streets took on an nn air Of of holiday festivity with pedestrian pedestrians pe pe- with ono one another In their cheers cheer of or victory Several Se hundred hun- hun dred of ot the tho Denver Rio Hlo Grande Grando railroad shops formed a n. parade and marched through h tho the business section sec ec- ec tion of or the tho city to mingle their cheers with the general populace e. e Other parades parades pa pa- rades followed d and tho the newspaper publishing pub pub- H lishing the tho dispatch posted a bulletin I announcing the formation of or a peace celebration parade at tho the Brigham Young Toting monument at lt 4 1 p. p m. m It was not until about an hour after the publication of ot the extra carrying the wars over over o dispatch that the elt city of at tho began m to doubt tho the authenticity news The first inkling that ft it might be lie false also came when other newspapers po posted ted bulletins to the effect that Secretary Secretary Sec See i of ot tate State Lansing had denied the signing of ot an m armistice and announcing ing In that the tho German emissaries would not meet General Foci Foch to dis discuss discuss dis- dis cuss cus tim the armistice until 6 5 p. p m m. I The Tho afternoon newspaper rc responsible for tor tho the publication of ot tho the dispatch that I started tho premature peace celebration tion continued Its earliest stand by following following fol fol- ol- ol lowing up ip the extras e tras with editions reIterating re- re reiterating Iterating Its statements and giving ox- ox o of how tho the scoop scooPS camo to tobe tobe tobe be scored It Jt told toM of or celebrations In France Francc over the thc signing of at the armistice armis- armis tice and attempted In various manners to back blek up the first st statements It td of at tho the news being given to Salt Lake L' citizens and nn 1 the state exclusively exclusive in Ita columns and declared It to be auth authentic au au- au- au th Great Scoop In In newspaper circles the dispatch Is is regarded as ns tho greatest g scoop ever scored d by an any news or ln single le newspaper In tho the history of ot the worldS world orld Is the way tho the newspaper crowed over its extra and Its alleged peace news It told of wild scenes of or enthusiasm lasmon on tho the Salt SaIl Lake stock exchange e quoted quoted quoted ed Chief of ot Police J. J Parley Parle White on onUs its Sla extra carrying the greatest announcement an an- an any newspaper In tho the world ever made referred to tho the enthusiasm enthusiasm en en- rampant throughout the city and of or business being su suspended at lt the state capitol and elsewhere But Hut b by early afternoon the doubts of Salt Lakers be began an to overcome overcome overcome over over- come their natural enthusiasm at such glorious news No verification of ot tho published caco reports came cameO and by byo byli li o a p. p m. m m tho the city had resumed the tho oven even event I t tenor of Its wa way Peace talk talle was wal still sUll t Jn In the air of oC course courso but hut even the tho most enthusiastic had decided to await further fur fur- ur- ur ther reports and confirmation of ot the tho extras extra's news before resuming their c celebrating Tho The fact act that fighting was still going on during the early evening hours to quench tho the 1 ardor of ot e oven en n tho the most optimistic and andi i ito to convince them that another big scoop scoop had gone gene tho way of or many ers cra emanating from tho the same source |