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DEPUTIES HEAR WOODROW WILSON Member* of French Chamber Insist on Standing?High Honors Paid. President Urges in Vain That Audience be Seated During His Address. Paris, Feb. 3.?President Wilson this evening delivered an address in the chamber of deputies having as auditors President Poincare, the presidents of the chamber and the senate and large numbers of mem bers of both houses of parliament and the personnel of the French cabinet. The president was accompanied to ' the Palais Bourbon by President! , Poincare, who called for him at the Murat Mansion. Premier Clemenceau and M. Dubost, speaker of the senate, also were in the party, which readied tne Jfaiais rsourDon exacwy at 5 o'clock. Peaul Deschanel received the party on the steps of the building, standing bare-headed in the damp and chilly weather. The party then disappeared into the chamber, M. Deschanel leading the way, with Prrtident Wilson and M. Poincare walking side by side, and with M. Dubost and M. Clemenceau bringing up the rear. New Uniforms Worn. Military honors were rendered by the Republican Guard, resplendent ' in new uniforms and their full regalia. The presidential party entered the chamber amid a fanfare of bugles and the rolling of drums. Then the band of the Republican Guard played the American National An frViom unrJ "Thp Mnrspillaise." all those inside the chamber meanwhile rising &nd cheering. The chamber was decorated with French and American flags. The spacious room was packed to its limit President Wilson, President Poincare and M. Clemenceau and M. Dubost were given seats facing the presidential- chair which was occupied by M. Deschanel, who opened the sitting. Mrs. Wilson, Mme. Poincare and Mme. Deschanel had seats in the x I , l LiHPirHPiPiPiPiPi FI PI pi fir ji^innponp hpoopij jj The Grea riH #| FE^ g I i) 11 World Renoi |; Ai !; ccr-^! LC ' nr,r J liVp vn jH ? ""V ^ V I ] on earth. See tlr j 1 and Honesty. [i ll: SEE;;.::r II : from every sphe 5 est film show or | l~""7. '. |f Don't M . | At The ( geizraiaiaiiuziahugjnuiuz presidential gallery while the diplomatic section was filled with many distinguished personalities, including members of the peace conference, among them David Lloyd George, British prime minister; Arthur J. Balfour, British foreign seccretary, and Secretary Lansing. All the min-J isters were on the government bench.! | M. Deschanel opened the sitting with a short but eloquent speech of welcome to which President Wilson replied in English, an interpreter translating it into French. Long Applause Given. As President Wilson rose and walk ed toward the tribune, with a quick step, the deputies, senators and others arose and cheered and applauded for fully five minutes. The: audience insisted on hearing the president's address standing. M. Poincare, M. Clemenceau and M. Dubost also stood. This seemed to embarrass President Wilson, who made gestures that the deputies remain seated but they shouted: "Standing! We will hear, you standing!" President Wilson turned to M. Deschanel begging him to request that the deputies be,seated but the president of the chamber shrugged his shoulders as if helpless, and President Wilson began in a low voice, which gained force as he proceeded. There was a ripple of applause now and then as he was speaking but the majority of the deputies and senators were unable to understand English clearly; thus the enthusiasm did not break out until the interpreter translated the speech. Then deputies and senators gave full vent to their feelings. President Wilson spoke as follows: "I am keenly aware of the unusual1 and distinguished honor you are pay-j ing me by permitting me to meet you in this place and to address you from his historic platform. "Indeed, sir, as day has followed day and week has followed week in this hospitable land of France, I. have felt the sense of comradeship ever becoming more and more inti-, mate and it has seemed to m^ that I SLCIClClClCmClCLCiCLClCIC! OUUIJM UMIallal U Id U laJ l! test Film Sho ELI \TURING cr ILL oned Circus Aeri so Featuring Beattiful i flittering procession of c u've seen them in the-gri le big fight between Bu II I fascinating array of cir( clowns, riders, aerialist re of circus life. It's eas i earth. npii...v iss Ihe rir 3pera House .j .. # the making of history was becoming' rr singularly clear. | p !a United in Affection. "We knew before this war began . that France and America' were unitsi ed in affection. We knew the occa.. , , , . si sions which drew the two nations together in those years which now ^ seem so far away, when the world was first beginning to thrill with thqf . impulse of human liberty when the ^ goldiers of France came to help the struggling little republic of America q to get on its feet and proclaim one of the first victories of freedom. "We had never forgotten that, but we Aid not see the full meaning of it. A hundred years and more went . n by and the spindles were slowly weaving the web of history. We did not see it to be complete, the whole of the design to be made plain. "Now look what has happened! In,_ p that far off day when France came to the assistance of America, Ameri- . .. . t: ca was fighting Great Britain and g now she is linked as closely to Great Britain as she is to France. We see Cl n6w how these apparently diverging j line's of nistory are coming together. ^ The nations which once stood in bat- ^ , Si tie array against one another are now shoulder to shoulder, fighting a comI " mon enemy. ^ "It was a long time before we saw that, and in the last four years something has happened that is unprecedented in the history of mankind. It is nothing- less than this?that bodies n of men on both sides of the sea and -T in all parts of the world have to ir realize their comradeship in freedom, n "France in the meantime, as we have often said, stood at the fron- o: tier of freedom. Her lines lay along I the very lines that divided the home n of freedom from the home of. mili- ir tary despotism. Hers was the imme- bi diate part. Hers was the constant n dread. Hers was the most pressing necessity of perpetration and she j tl had constantly to ask herself this, m question 'if the blow .falls, who will | p< come to our assistance?' j tl America Pay* Debt. jin "And the question was answered bi in the most unexpected way. Her al-|m lies came to her assistance but manyj h< f ) i w on Earth? \ ' JRE DARING, )DIE alisi and Daring i ' Eileen Sedgwick, Chan ' / ? ircus acts, just u eatest circuses siness Greed Thrill 2us parapher- Wee! cs norfnvmprs Oj xyx AAAWA K/ sily the great if st Episode * tore than her allifes. The free peo le of the world came to her assist nee. >> "And in this way America pai< er debt of gratitude to France b: ending her sons to fight upon th< iil of France. She did more. Shi ssisted in drawing the forces of th< rorld together in order that Franc< light never again feel her isolation i order that France might neve eel that hers was a lonely peril an< rould never again have to ask th< uestion who would come tocher aa istance. : "For the alternative is a terribli Iternative, for France. I do not nee( 0 point out to you that east of yoi 1 Europe the future is full of ques [on. Beyond the Rhine, across Ger lany, across Poland, across Russia cross Asia there are questions un nswered and they may be for th resent unanswerable. "France still stands at the fron ier. France still stands in the pres nee of those threatening and unan wered questions?threatening he ause unanswered; stands waiting fo lie solution of matters which toucl er directly and intimately and con tantly and if she must stand alom 'hat must she do? She must pii pon her people a constant burden o ixation. She must undergo sacri ces that may become intolerable. . .V Must Be Ready. "And not only she, but the ofche: ations of the world must do the like hey must be ready for any terribl* icident of injustice. The thought ii ot inconceivable. "1 visited tne other day a portioi f th? devastated regions of France saw the noble city of Reims ii lins and I could not help saying t< lyself, 'here is where the blow fel ecause the rulers of the world die ot sooner see how to prevent it.' "The rulers of the world have beer linking of the relations of govern lents and forgetting the relations oi eoples. They have been thinking ol le maneuvers of international deal ig, when what they ought to have jen thinking of was ,the fortunes oi en and women and the safety ol )me and the care that they shoulc itciciEiciciciCiciciricic lZnJIJIJIJIJ1 JIJ LJ LJ LJJ EJI T T ' i lie ^invci of the I DASHINC POL Performer, Supt les Mailes and a Gre i * SEE?h bats, and circi |jjg have read and ks [ SEEwi: weak. See the ? beyond compj Tuesday, A \ - take that their people should be hap py because they were sate. "They know that the only way to 1 do this to make it certain that the j same thing will not always happen e that has happened this time, that ? there never ^hall be any doubt or ; waiting or surmise, but that wheni ever France or any free people is ; threatened the whole world will be r ready to vindicate its liberty. It is i for that reason I take it I had such a e warm and intelligent enthusiasm in France for the society of nations? J France with her keen vision, France ? with her prophetic vision. 1 "It seems to be not only the need a of France but the need of mankind, i- And France sees the sacrifices which - are necessary for the establishment i, of the society of nations are not to - be compared with the constant dread e of another catastrophe falling on the fair cities and areas of France. "There was a i\o more beautiful - country. There was a no more pros perous country. There was a no more - .xree spimea people. All tne world r had admired France and none of the li world grudged her liberty and her - property. And it has profited us e terribly as the cost has been, to witt ness what has happened, to see with f the physical eye what has happened, . because injustice was wrought. Tragedy of France* < "The president of the chamber has r pictured as I can not picture, the ap. palling sufferings, the terrible trage? dy of France, but it is a tragedy 3 which could not be repeated. As the Dattern of history has disclosed itself i it has disclosed the hearts of men . drawing towards one another. Comi radeship have become vivid. The pur> pose of association has become cvi1 dent. 1 "The nations of the world are about to consummate a brotherhood i which will make it unnecessary in the - future to maintain these crushing arE maments which make the peoples f suffer almost a^ much in peace as they suffered in war. ? "When the soldiers of America ' crossed the ocean they did not bring : with them merely their arms. They' [j brought with them a very vivid consal Serial Extr CIRC RECKLE r AJ borted by a Huge at Cast of Circus Playei ie, daring circas acts?thr g stunts performed by res is Stars from the most fan [ heard about. II te daring exploits?the ati . lid plots of big business rescues, escapes, adven' ire. February 1 1 1 1 admission I Ic auaiaiiuiu^ ception of France. They landed upon the sofl of France with quickened pulses. They knew that they had come to do a thing which the heart of America had wished to do. When General Pershing stood at the tomb of Lafayette and said 'Lafayette, we are here!' it was as if he, said 'Lafayette, here is the completion of ! the great story whose first chapter you assisted to write.' "The world has seen the great plot worked out and how the people of France may rest assured that their prosperity is secure because t^ieir homes are secure, and men everywhere not only wish her happiness and prosperity but are ready to assure her that with all the forces and wealth at their command they will guarantee her security and safety. ' I CHAS. L. MILFORD DIES IN COLUMBIA Charles L. Milford, contractor and builder, died^ at his home, Milford, near Garner's Ferry Road, late yesterday afternoon of pneumonia, induced by influenza. Mr. Milford had been sick about two weeks. He had' made Columbia his home for the past 10 years and had endeared himself ' to many friends here. He had re- , cently been connected with the government in construction x work at Camp Jackson. Mr. Milford was 45 years old and is survived by his widow and four children: Miss Bernie Milford, Chas. L. Milford, Jr., Robert and Bailey^ Milford. He is also survived by hi? father, T. P. Milford, of Shandon Annex, three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be conducted '* at the grave in Elmwood Cemeterythis afternoon at 3:30 o'clcok.?The State, Feb. 4th, 1919. Rats wil lnot remain where they can not get food. Build metal bins and cribs or rat-proof the other buildings. A much neglected source of limeK potash, and phosphoric acid is wood' ashes. irararaninririnnnnriQ I aordinary ]| / US" | : :ss , | ? I Circus Cast j j ^ gj illing death de- IJ al circus aero- i flous circus you j i tack of careful- r! to crush the [ j tures, thrilling [ J 9 11 1, 1919 i| * ll : and 17c [i !j