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4 TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, FEIDAT, MAY 11, 1917. JOFFRE DECORATES GEN. GRANT'S TOMB French Hero Is Greatly Af fected at Ceremony in New York City. DRAMATIC DAY IS SPENT Reception to fellow-Countrymen and Viviani's Declaration That liost Provinces "Will Be Won Arc Epochal Incidents. fl3W YORK. May 10. Three dra matlc events which will become his toric in the annals of New York marked the activities of the French war ml cion here today. In their chronological order they were: "The address of Rene Vivianl. vice president of the Council of Ministers and head of the mission, at a. luncheon of the Merchants' Association, when he declared France never would cease fiR-hting until Alsace and Lorraine were restored to her. and when he pro claimed that the Stars and Stripes never would attain their full signifi cance until they floated from the trenches of Europe. The placing- by Marshal Joffre of a. wreath upon the sarcophagus of Gen eral Grant. The reception to the French resi dents of the city at the Public Li brary tonight, when Joffre, Viviani and their colleagues greeted their com patriots, including several hundred bluejackets from French warships. Joffre'. Eyes Tearful. The spectacle which appealed most to the popular imagination was that enacted at Grant's tomb. The memora ble words of the man whose ashes have long reposed within, carved in the granite above the tomb a grateful Nation gave him, seemed once again to echo their solemn admonition: "Let us h,ave peace!" That this thought, al though possibly remote of achieve ment, was In tho mind of the gallant French soldier whose fullness of heart had so endeared him to his own men that they revere him as a father, was evidenced by the tears that glistened in his kind eyes. , The thousands who had paused in iheir daily duties to honor the victor of the Marne and his colleagues-, ap parently realized the significance of the moment. Where there had been a veritable canopy of small flags flut tering above them, now were bared heads. Where there had been a re markable manifestation of a great city's joy in welcoming the living, now there was honor for the dead. Trl-folor ' Kninincl 'Wreath. Passing " into the dimly-lighted rotunda of the tomb, Marshal Joffre doffed his cap and advanced silently toward the stairway leading to the sarcophagus. He clambered over the atone balustrade, mounted a stepladder and, with one hand resting on the huge coffin of "General Grant, placed there with his other hand the ever green wreath, with the tri-color en twining it, then standing erect, he saluted, while the hundred or more others who had been permitted to enter the tomb, looked on, heads un covered, from the balustrade above. - Then followed a review of the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard, in front of the tomb, after which the visitors were taken through River side Drive to the Joan of Arc statue, where a brief stop was made. All along the route, extending several miles, were great throngs of men, women and -children, cheering the city's guests. At the Joan of Arc statue-, a delega tion from the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution presented Marshal Joffre with a check for 28,000 francs to be used at his discretion for charit able purposes. A wreath of white laurel was handed to Marshal Joffre and he placed it rev erently at the base of the statue while the crowd stood silent. Lost Provinces Are .Goal. Representative business men greeted Marshal Joffre, Rene Viviani and others of the French commission with wild enthusiasm at a luncheon of the Mer chants" Association this afternoon. They heard the ex-Premier, of France proclaim in a notable speech that France never would make peace until Alsace and Lorraine had been restored to her. "It is not enough that the French flag shall float from the decorations of your streets," M. Viviani said. "It is not enough that the American flag shall float in Paris. I say to you that the joy of the people of France when they cheered the American flag was their joy at the promise which it stood for. It is necessary that the American flag shall be carried to the firing line; shall float where German shells are falling, there in the trenches where French and, English soldiers are now fighting together shoulder to shoulder to the extreme limit of human endur ance. Warning; of War Toll Given. "I say to you that the American flag, which already flies alongside the French flag on the flying machines of the Lafayette Escadrille, will soon, we hope, be flying in the trenches where the British and French flags fly. And when your flag flies there. It will not be like the flag you see around you that hangs spotless in regular folds, but I warn you that alongside of the stars it will have holes, and amone- its red stripes the white will be stained FRENCH HERO ACCLAIMED IN NEW YORK. GO AFTER THAT SKIN TROUBLE WITHPOSLAM Those Pimples may be easily ban ished. It may not be necessary longer to endure that Rash. There may be no need for Eczema's awful Itching to cause you distress try Poslam. Poslam is safe. It is able to better your skin's condition. It is ready when you are. Once see its work. You will never think of using anything else to heal your skin. Sold everywhere. For free sample write to Emergency Laboratories, 23-5 West 47th St., New York City. Urge your skin to become clearer, fairer, healthier by the use of Poslam Soap, the tonic soap for the skin. CASTOR EA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of V' ' II.. -. ' ? - ""' 1111 ' 1 .."L i f ',rA. V V mwMii' ' J;, '"i 'j- Copyright by Underwood. MARSHAL JOSEI'II JOFFRE. with the blood of your children. "We will not make peace; we will never make peace -until we have had given back to us that which is ours Alsace and Lorraine," was another sen tence M. Viviani delivered with char acteristic Gallic conviction. He re viewed tho diplomatic efforts to avert war. asserting, the "brutality of Ger many forced us away from the sphere of discussion." A thunderous ovation greeted Mar shal Joffre when he got up to sneak a few simple words. Viviani Kisses Joffre. "You know that I am not accustomed to speaking in public," he-said slowly, his' fists doubled and raised to his chest, "and you will understand the emotion with which my heart Is filled. I could not possibly find words-worthy of being uttered after so magnificent a speech as the one to which you have Just listened. I want to say to you, thanks, thanks for France. While the uproar was going on M. Viviani stepped over to the hero of the Marne. embracing him and kissing him on both cheeks. What was perhaps the greatest ova tion of the day was that accorded Mar shal Joffre and M. Viviani. Lord Cunliffe,- governor of the Bank of Eng land, and the British Consul-General. Charles Clive Bayley. representative of Arthur James Balfour. British Foreign Secretary and head of the British high commission now in this countrj-, when honorary degrees were conferred upon them at Columbia University, and later at Grant's tomb. Members Vtmlt Library. The visitors, escorted by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the uni versity, were shown through the library of the university, after which the doors were held open. President Butler, In an address, de clared that since, in 1861, Columbia re ceived Abraham Lincoln with its high est honors, "it had known no such day as this." M. Viviani made a brief address, thanking the officials of the university for the honors they had conferred upon mm ana nis fellow commissioners. Opera Audience Cheers Joffre. The public library was surrounded bv a tremendous crowd while the reception was In progress. Inside were 3000 French men and women. The guests were introduced in groups. Marshal Joffre made one of his characteristic brief speeches. The reception lasted until nearly 11 o'clock. Then Marshal Joffre accom panied Governor Whitman to the Met ropolitan Opcra-House. M. Viviani, worn out by a day filled with action, returned to the Frick mansion. When the Marshal appeared in a box at the opera-house the audience cheered him for seven minutes while he stood at salute. Justice Brandeis. of the Supreme Court, who is interested in the movement to establish a "Zionist" colony in Pal estine. Mr. Balfour also received Winston Churchill, the author, and went over the financial situation with Sir Ilardman Lever, British financial expert. GERMANS DRAFT BELGIANS War Department Representative Makes Admission in Kcichstag. COPENHAGEN, via London. May 10. A representative of the War Depart ment has admitted in the Reichstag mm a numDer oi .Belgian subjects resi dent in Cologne were drafted into the German army, in spite of their protests that they were veterans of the Belgian army. The admission was made In answer to an interpellation by a Radical Social ist Deputy. The War Department of ficial promised that the question of citizenship in these cases would be reviewed. SHIP CONTRACTS' TO BE LET THIS MONTH Revised Plans Will Be Ready for Northwest Builders Next Monday. HT! 3500 TONS IS STANDARD HANS HALLE IS INTERNED German Held to Be "Menace Safely of Nation." to CHICAGO. May 10. Hans Halle has been interned in obedience to an order from Washington, it was announced tonight. The charge is that he is "a menace to the safety of the Nation." Halle was first arrested in New Or learns In December. 1914. on charges of plotting to blow up a French vessel by means of a clockwork bomb, but escaped on a technicality when tried. Vessels Will Be Constructed for Permanent Use and Each Will Require 1,700,000 1'eet of Timber, Besides Steel. OREGONIAX NEWS BREAU. Wash ington. May 10. By the last week in May the Federal Shipping Board ex pects to let contracts to Pacific Coast shipyards for the constduction of standard 3500-ton wooden ships. Revised plans and specifications will be ready for distribution Monday and Oregon and Washington shipyards which wish to compete on these con tracts will be furnished plans by Cap tain John F. Blainf. at tho Grand Trunk docks in Seattle. , All wood ship construction on the Pacific Coast will be directed bv Cap tain A. I Pillsbury at San Francisco, and working under him. Captain Blaine will act as the North Pacific Coast representative of the Shipping Board. Advance copies of the approved plans were received by the Shipping Board today, and call for ships of the dimen sions heretofore agreed upon and an nounced. Permanent Vie Contemplated. These plans show that the board is contemplating the construction of stand ard ships, complete in detail, and de signed for permanent use, rather than makeshift vessels which were origin ally contemplated. It is estimated that each ship will require -the use of 1,700, 000 feet of timber. The construction Is unusually heavy, and to Insure stability the vessels are to be "steel stripped." The Board announced today that It prefers to let contracts to yards which will turn out completed ships, but If forced to do so it will accept separate bids on hull and on machinery. The Board also declared its prefer ence for contracting with established shipyards that are known to be capable of undertaking these contracts. and completing them in a satisfactory time, which has not yet been named. but where private interests are sufficiently backed financially and propose to es tablish new yards to turn out wooden ships for the Government, those yards will receive contracts if the Board, upon investigation, is satisfied the bids are made in good faith and the bidders can deliver In contract time and for a reasonable price. Vessels to Be Two-Deckers. Because of delay in getting Diesel en gines, the Board has prepared plans calling for 1400 horsepower steam en gines, water-tube boilers and coal fuel is provided for. The ships will be single-screw two-deckers. Captain Blaine, who has charge in Oregon and Washington, left for Seat tle last Saturday, and Captain Pillsbury will start for the Coast Monday next. Large quantities of plans and speci fications will bo forwarded Monday to these two supervisors and all intend ing bidders on the North Coast are in structed to apply to Captain Blaine. By distributing plans in this way, all bidders will be placed on an equal footing as to time. Bidding, according to Captain Pills bury, will be the samo as on all other Government contracts, and no attempt will be made to fix a standard price. The Board reserves the right to re ject all bids that are regarded as ex cessive. This decision and the decision to contract with prospective shipyards is a reversal of a former decision of the Shipping Board. The Shipping Board .now has at its disposal ample money to cover all con tracts that can be let on the Pacific Coast at this time. 2000 ACRES FOR ARMY USE California State Resembles Area at I'ront in France. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. May 10. espe cial.) Henry E. Huntington has of fered for the use of the Throop Poly technic Military Training Camp more than 2000 acres of his mnerniftcent Telling the Truth IS AN INVEST MENT MINUS ALL SPECULA TIONS Since the day we started in business we have been TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT VALUES and have built up our success upon that principle. GOO Clothes for VonnK Men and Tkeir Fathers, Too. WASHINGTON AT MX'I II. estate, which includes some of the most picturesque landscape In Cali fornia. Captain Louis R. Ball. Tj. S. 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The situation was recently empha sised by the newspapers in refusing to publish a speech before the Reichstag by Vice-Chancellor Helfferich. Assassination Attempt Ienled. BERLIN, via London. May 10. The report recently emanating from Zurich that an attempt had been made to a sassinate Emperor v illiam is denied in an official statement made today. BRITISH WILL, RELW WORK Mission to Leave Today for New York for Joint Reception. WASHINGTON. May 10. The British war mission, its conferences here about concluded, will leave tomorrow for New York to join the French mission for the Joint reception to be given them by America's financial capital. The distinguished visitors are look ing forward to the remainder of their stay in the United States largely as a period of relaxation. They will re turn to Washington Sunday night and later will take a short trip into the Middle West and Canada. 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