THE -MORMXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, 3IAT 8, 1917.
HDMAGE IS PAID BY
TO
FIRST FRENCH WARSHIP TO ARRIVE IN
FRENCH
LINCOLN
Wreath Is Laid on Tomb and
Comparison Drawn Between
Civil and Present War. '
LEGISLATURE HEARS TALK
Springfield Gives Welcome to Rep
resentatives of Ally and Debt
. to France From Early Says
Expressed by Governor.
SPRINGFIELD, May 7. The French
mission to the United States paid trib
ute to the memory of Lincoln at the
emancipator's tomb here today, and re
ceived an enthusiastic welcome to the
capital of Illinois.
Marshal Joffre- silently placed a
wreath,, upon the Lincoln sarcophagus.
With bowed heads and doffed hats the
hero of the Marne, Rene Viviani, vice
president of the French Council of
Ministers, and the military and civil
officials who accompanied them, filed
into the tomb, paid honor to the war
President and left without a spoken
word, i -
At the State Capitol, however, where
an official reception had been arranged,
both Joffre and Viviani spoke. Gen
eral Joffre briefly expressed apprecia
tion of the cordial reception.
M. Viviani paid a tribute to .Lincoln
and to President Wilson, and told of
the rejoicing that spread through
France when the speech of President
Wilson announcing the intention of
the United States to enter the war was
received. He predicted that with the
aid of the United States it would be
brought to- a glorious conclusion.
Before coming here to this hall of
legislature." M. Viviani said, "we en
tered the chamber of silence and de
posited a wreath upon the tomb of the
Immortal Lincoln. The homage of all
France comes with us. We - will have
you to understand, no matter how far
It is from Springfield to France, the
vision of this splendid modern democ
racy is understood in France. You
know that born among the people,' not
able to read. Lincoln arose by study
and intelligence to be the emancipa
tor of modern civilization. He attained
his ends by plunging the country into
civil war after exhausting every other
means within his power.
"Lincoln . understood human con
z science and that is the reason he is
proclaimed the 'immortal. He accom
plished this civilization and although he
is now in silence, by his triumphs and
his deeds he still lives in memory.
"Three years ago the German gov
ernment violated the rights of man
without any motive or right and sought
to conquer France. The United States
is now face to face with the same crisis.
We are npw together in this great
world war to defend the rights and
justice of man."
Governor Lowden had called "atten
tion. In his intoduction, to French set
- tlement of the Mississippi Valley.
"The first French came to discover
the valley of the Mississippi and
founded the first government In that
valley," M. Vlvlanl said. "It Is here
that we see ndw the dream of our an
cestors. As the Governor has said, "We
Will take back to France the debt of
gratitude we owe them.'
"It is not to France you owe the debt,
but you owe It to liberty and equality,
because our children are now fighting
to maintain this equality of n.an."
. . , . Copyright by Underwood.
FRENCH CRUISER AMIRAL Al'BE, I.YIXG DOCKED AT A PORT "SOME-
WHERE -IX THE UNITED STATES."
For the first time since the outbreak of the' war a French cruiser stripped
for action steamed Into an American HTTrbor with' sides flashing fire as she
returned the official salutes of the harbor fortifications. A rousing cheer as
wfcrm as it was spontaneous went up from the . crowd 'gathered, along the
waterfront as the trim vessel passed. -
The crew were glad to get ashore their first liberty In seven months. The
captain of the ship is proud of his ship, his men and their records. On the
forward turret of his vessel there Is a brass plate placed there In commem-
oration of an engagement in which the cruiser's guns siler.ced a Turkish bat
tery located in the bay of Sol'.oum. The cruiser engaged with her mr..i bat
tery, and III tU millUltSCft UkU BIICUUU UiO OUV. W U.IO, (.UlUtOlJ UCUlUllOiMllf,
the forts. ; . -
SPECTATOR KILLED BY TltAIJff
Peter Quick, 4 7, Loses Life While
Decatur Welcomes Envoys.
DECATUR, 111., May 7. Decatur's en
thusiastic welcome of the French com
mission today was followed by one of
the first misfortunes of the trip, when
the train killed Peter Quick, aged 47,
a spectator, 'Just as it was leaving the
city.
M. Viviani made the following state
ment here: -
"This war is not a war of cannon,
of munitions, of courage in the fight
ing line alone; its continuation, and
final success depends as much on the
farmers as on the - soldiers, and the
services rendered by those who culti
vate the soil cannot be overestimated.
"Every bushel of wheat, every peck
of potatoes counts as much as shells
and bullets, and even more.
"In such a war as this all must serve
if it is to be brought to a quick and
victorious conclusion. The farmer and
his field fights the common foe as ef
ficlently as the soldier in the trench.
"In France our children have been
taugnt to cultivate gardens and every
-spot or available land.
MISSION'S TRAIN IS DERAILED
French . Visitors Badly . Shaken Up,
but Not Otherwise Injured.
AECOLA, 111., May 7. Members of
the French mission to the . United
States were severely shaken -up but
otherwise uninjured when the special
train aboard which they were return
ing Fast from their Middle-Western
tour was derailed near here tonight.
William Nye, in charge of the United
States Secret Service detail attached
to the ' party, made a thorough in
vestigation of the conditions surround
ing the- wreck and announced as his
opinion that it was entirely accidental.
Rene Viviani, French Minister of
Justice and head of the mission: Marshal
Joffre and other members of the party,
were dining at the time of the acci
dent. Only the forward truck of th
diner left the rails. One car of the
train, a day coach used as a buffer
between the engine and the cars qc-
cupled by the party, upset. Three
trainmen riding in the day coach were
uninjured.
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FAITH BASIS TRACED
Tablet Reveals Messianic
Hope of 4500 Years Ago.
CHRIST THEN LOOKED FOR
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the Government to take over all coal
mines and fix -prices. They say they
can make no contracts for future deliv
ery , because mine operators will not
quote them prices beyond the current
month.
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Sumedan Documents in Pennsylva
nia Museum Show Fundamentals .
of Religion and Likely Are
Copies of Older Ones.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7. The doc
trine of a messianic hope of the ex
pectation of deliverance from sin and
suffering by a God-man In the shape of
king goes back at least to 2500 B. C,
when the Sumerian theologians and
priests evolved a theory which has been
the basis of Jewish and Christian re
ligion ever, since, according to tab
lets in the Nippur collection of the
University Museum, Just translated by
Dr. Stephen Langdon.
The new tablets are of interest be
cause they show that the Sumerlans
never lost hope that the restoration
to a state of sinlessness and happiness
through the agency of the gods would
come and their faith -was pinned on
earthly kings, who were deified and
worshiped in the hope that one would
be a deliverer.
Elaborate rituals were made for all
of them, but each failed. Then came
the Semite conquest of Sumer and the
era of pessimism set In as shown by
the famous epic of GUmasb, one miss
ing book of which has just been found
in the Nippur . collection of the Uni
versity Museum.
The discovery Is considered impor
tant because it shows that the Sume
rlans, who first gave an account of the
creation, flood and fall of man. which
were adopted by" the Jews, also pro
vided the first theme of a God-man
who should suffer death and redeem
the people from the loss of paradise.
All of these "documents date from
before the time of Abraham and are
apparently copies of those much older.
The fundamentals of Jewish and Chris
tian religion are shown in tablets at'
least 4500 years old.
WASTERS TO "BE PUNISHED
Food Controller Secretary in Parlla
: ment Announces Plan.
LONDON, May 7.- An order - will be
issued in the near future providing that
the waste of any kind of food shall be
a punishable offense. Captain Charles
Bathurst, parliamentary secretary of
the food controller's department, made
this announcement today in the House
of Commons.
Discussion in the House of the" work
of the liquor, control board, which i
to open tomorrow, is awaited with con
slderable Interest.' The Pall Mall 6a
zette says It is - rumored in quarters
generally well Informed that the gov
ernment contemplates introducing
measure for state purchase of the liq
uor trane. -
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Tuesday that you'll want to know about!
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WARNING
Political Control of Railways
Declared Failure.
BETTERMENT IS RETARDED
Satisfactory . Results in ' Democracy
Declared by Britisli Expert to
Be Impossible Because of
Sectional Favoritism.
WASHINGTON. May 7. Political
control in a democracy is one of the
evils that makes Government owner(
ship of railways of dubious value. W,
M. Acworth. of the British commis
sion, which recently investigated Cana
dian roads, today told the joint . con
gressional committee investigating
transportation problems in the United
States. He said Government ownership
was unsuccessful in most countries
that tried it.
"It is impossible," said Mr. Acworth.
"to obtain satisfactory results on Gov
ernment railways in a democratic state
unless the management is cut. loose
from direct political control. Neither
Australia nor any other country with
a Democratic constitution perhaps an
exception ought to be msde f Switzer
land has succeeded in maintaining a
permanent severance. In France, Bel
gium and Italy parliamentary interfer
ence has never been abandoned for a
moment.
"The facts showhat parliamentary
interference has meant running the
railways not for the benefit of the peo
ple at large, but to satisfy local, and
sectional or even personal interests.
They show further that under parlia
mentary management it is easier to
get money for big schemes of new con
struction, than for inconspicuous day
to day bettertnents and improvements
which probably could produce much
greater public benefit."
Mr. Acworth said some day the peo
ple might decide to constitute a branch
of Government to run the railroads
which would not be subject to popular
interference and be independent of
parliamentary control. Such a board,
he said, might remove many existing
objections to Government roads.
for commission
flag.
under the American
Frencli Train IT. S. Students.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. May 7. Soldiers'
Field, so named when it was given to
Harvard Vniverslty as a memorial ti
Harvard men who served in the Civil
War, came into use today as the train
ing field for nearly 1000 college stu
dents under the direction of French and
United States Army officers.
Read The Oregontan classified ads.
SEIZED SHIP TAKEN OVER
Ex-German Vessel at San Francisco
to Be Examined. .
SAN .FRANCISCO, May 7. The In
terned German freight steamer Serapis
was formally taken over by the Gov
ernment today, according to an an
nouncement by Captain John Bulger,
supervising inspector of steamships for.
this district. ,
Captain Bulger has been appointed
by the Federal Shipping Board to make
a survey of the ntamer. which will be
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ONE KILLED IN WAR PLANT
Explosion Is Being Investigated , at
Kingsport, Tenn.
KINGSPORT, Tenn.. May 7. An ex
plosion early today at the Federal Dye
stuff & Chemical Company's plant,
which makes munitions, wrecked a por
tion of the buildings, killed one man.
fatally burned some others and left
one missing.
An investigation Is being made.
Coal Dealers Ask Regulation. "
DAVENPORT. Ia.. May 7. The Daven
port Coal Dealers' Club today sent to
Iowa . Representatives . in Congress a
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