Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 12, 1920, Page 4, Image 4

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TITE MORNING OliEGONIAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920
ALL FRICE HONORS
UNIDENTIFIED PDILU
Casket Is Placed Beneath
Arc de Triomphe.
SILENCE IS OPPRESSIVE
All Official and Judicial Paris
Hears President Millerand
Speak at Pantheon.
PARIS, Nov. 11. (By the Associated
ProBs.) An unidentified soldier, the
symbol of France's victory in the war,
was laid in his final resting place be
neath. the Arc de Triomphe today in
an apothesis of glory accompanied by
expressions of the ' gratitude of two
millions of his countrymen and allies.
Never In the history of France has
a king: or emperor been afforded such
honors as those rendered the unknown
soldier. The body of Napoleon re
turning from St. Helena did not stir
the French to such a depth of emotion
as did this obscure nameless man.
Not a cheer was heard and not a
tear was shed, the five-year war having-
long since dried up the wells of
Paris' tears. Tire silence was respect
fully oppressive. Today broke dull
with a heavy fog hanging like a pall
over the silent city.
Pantheon Ceremony Impreaalve.
The most impressive ceremony was
at the pantheon, where all the prom
inent men of political, official and
judicial Paris had assembled. Three
marshals of France, all the generals
prominent in the war and the whole
diplomatic corps with the exception of
th German ambassador, listened to
President Millerand's speech.
Addressing the soldier's coffin.
President Millerand alluded to the
American soldiers, saying:
"Unknown soldier, nameless and
triumphant representative of the gal
lant multitude of poilus; the dead
who lie in cold graves in the soli of
Flanders, Champagne. Verdun and aq
many other battlefields, famous or
unknown; young heroes who came to
us from the other side of the Atlantic
the British Isles and distant domin
ions, from Italy, Belgium and Serbia,
from all points of the earth to offer
your lives for the ideal which France
once more is representing, sleep in
peace! You have fullilled your des
tiny." Trlljuf.e Paid Less Gambetta.
President Millerand ended his ad
dress with a tribute to Leon Gambet
ta, the famous French patriot.
After the president's oration, the
procession took up the march to the
Arc de Triomphe. President Miller
and walked bareheaded with Marshals
Foch, Joffre and Petain, in full re
galia, following behind a battered .155
gun of the model of 1915 bearing the
body of the unknown soldier.
Mutilated soldiers, painfully draw
ing their wounded bodies, but with
faces radiant with pride, opened the
procession, "we captured Givenchy,"
one soldier minus a. leg said. T!
would go through It again if neces
sary." Old poilus of th Mame battle of
1914, wearing red trousers and kepis,
received suoauea applause, wniie
flowers were thrown from windows
on the car bearing the heart of Gam
betta. The procession reached the
Arc de Triomphe Bhortly after noon.
The body of the poilu and an urn con
taining the heart of Gambetta were
placed in the Chapelle Ardente and
the procession broke up. The crowds
were permitted to file past the coffin
for one last look at the soldier draped
In the tri-color flag, above whloh was
the inscription, 'Thou shalt not pass,"
to achieve which, this, as well as a
million and a half other French, gave
up their lives.
This afternoon a group of little
girls in the name of the French gov
ernment decorated the graves of
American soldiers in Suresnes ceme
tery in the presence of Ambassador
Wallace, American Legion and French
officials and numerous Americana.
Ambassador Wallace Speaks.
Tn his address Ambassador Wallace
said.: "I wish to thank these children
for coming here today to place flowers
on our soldiers' graves. I wish to
thank them not only for myself and
in the name of my government, but I
venture to express to them the grati
tude of every American mother whose
son lies buried in France and also of
every American child whose father
fell on a French battlefield. The
people of France never forget our
dead when mourning their own, and
today they give us another proof of
that sympathy which unites us,
whether In Joy or m sorrow, whether
in adversity or the full tide of suc
cess." Kverywhere In the province the
anniversary of the armistice was
celebrated with much solemnity. The
garrison troops In many cities
marched In review and wreaths were
laid on the graves of those killed in
the war or on the monuments erected
In their memory.
BR1TAIX CXVEILS MOXTMEXT
King lays .Wreath as Tribute to
' Fallen Soldiers.
LONDON, Nov. 1L (By the Asso
ciated Prees.) In historic Whitehall
tonight Great Britain's newly un
veiled monument to her "glortous
dead" stood half buried beneath
hundreds of flower tokens of the
nation's sorrowing appreciation of
their sacrifices.
A few hundred yards away, in
Westminster abbey, amidst the tombs
of the realm's great men reposed the
body of the empire's "newest im
mortal" an Unidentified comrade of
those whose deeda the cenotaph
memorializes.
Ever part of the empire, all classes
of its citizens from the king to
bereaved relatives of the humblest
private, participated In the impreg.
siv unveiling ceremonies and the
subsequent burial rites In the abbey-.
Whitehall and the streets adjacent to
the abbey were jammed with people,
most of whose faces mutely told the
tale of lost loved ones. The two
minutes silence which fell over this
old concourse a "Big Ben" thundered
the hour of 11 seemed to vibrate
with the repressed emotions.
It was a silence broken only by the
hysterical shriek of a woman who
collapsed from the intensity of its
epell. On the 10th stroke of the
great gong the king pulled the cord
unveiling the Imposing monument and
with the others stood uncovered and
with bowed head.
Then after his wreath and those
of the Prince of Wales and the offi
cial colonial representatives had been
deposited at the base of the cenotaph,
the field marshal pallbearers with
their hallowed burden moved off to
the .abbey, the king following the
flag-draped" coffin.
At the conclusion of the services in
the abbey, the sound of muffled drums
rumbled through the ancient edifice;
bugles sounded and the king and
members of the royal party filed out
slowly. Throughout the afternoon
great lines extended from the
cenotaph through the ' length of
Whitehall across Trafalgar square
waiting to swell the accumulation of
flowers about the monument.
Never before has London witnessed
such vast and patient -crowds. At a
late hour tonight they were still
silently filing by the cenotaph,' many
depositing wreaths, and through the
abbey past "the grave of the unknown
soldier. The abbey was to be kept
open until midnight If necessary for
all desiring to enter.
All during the afternoon tens of
thousands of persons awaited their
turn at the barricades to pass along
Whitehall and past the cenotaph. Two
lines, four abreast, were kept moving
on each side of the monument, which
is in the middle of the street. Be
fore those without admission tickets
were allowed past magnificent floral
tributes were piled high upon the
cenotaph and when the public began
depositing its floral offerings the
police had difficulty in handling the
thousands of bouquets and wreaths.
John W. Davie, the American am
bassador, after the ceremonies in
Westminster Abbey, placed a wreath
on the grave of the unidentified sol
dier. It bore the words:
"America will not forget."
STUCK A1FDS 'GIVEN
OREGOX BREEDERS "WIN" IIOX
ORS AT SHOW.
Surprise Sprung When Little
Sweetheart Is Declared. Cham
pion Cow.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 11. (Spe
cial.) Today marked the close of
judging at the northwest livestock
show. One of finest exhibits was the
sheep. J. G. S. Hubbard and sons,
Monroe, Or., had an exceptional dis
play of Lincolns, winning practically
all prizes, also the champion ram and
ewe. Hubbard also showed fine qual
ity Southdowns though meeting more
competition for jrlze money. The
Butterfield Livestock company of
Weiser, Idaho, won over all other
competitors in the Hampshire class
and swept the field with a beautiful
flock of Rambou'lletsi winning cham
pionship for both ram and ewe. J. F.
Toft, Caldwell, Idaho, was ' the only
exhibitor of Cotswolds. S. C. Star,
Belle Fountain, Or., had a fine bflnch
of Oxfords, winning several places
and championship for the ewe in the
Shorthorn contest.
A surprise was sprung by judges
who awarded to Little Sweetheart,
owned by T. W. Glide, Davis, CaL, the
grand championship for cows. Hercu
les Matchless, owned by Day uc
Rothrock, Spokane, won the honor
over Little Sweetheart at the Spokane
show last week. Breeders are already
anticipating a contest between these
two beautiful animals at Portland
next week and bets are being placed
as to whether Little Sweetheart can
bold the championship.
The famous Day & Rothrock herd
of Shorthorns carried off most honors
among 15 exhibitora.
It was generally agreed that E. O.
& C. K. Loe, Silverton, Or., had as
fine an exhibit of Poland China swine
as was ever seen here. They carried
off many prizes in regular exhibit.
and won high honors in national
futurity.
Although most entries in various
classes of horses were from the vicin
ity of Spokane, Earl R. Waltz of Filer,
Idaho, cleaned up.
Herbert Willard, Dayton, Or., led
with his fat barrows, and won. places
in the Poland China class. .'"
GOUGED LABOR BLAMED
(Continued From First Page.)
explaining to them the attempt to
assassinate him three weeks ago.
"And so certain are these two men
of the justification for Clark'if right
ened silence that they would not talk
to the investigator at all until they
had a promise guaranteed by higher
authority than that of the reporter
that their names would not be pub
lished." HYIiAX ADMITS HE'S VICTIM
Mayor Is Severely Questioned at
Xew York Hearing.
'NEW YORK, Nov. 11. (By the
Associated Press.) Under severe
questioning by the committee's coun
sel. Mayor John F. Hylan, on the wit
ness stand before the Joint legislative
committee investigating the "building
trust," today admitted that he had
been made a victim of John T. Hat
trick's "labor union game in the in
terests of the limestone ring."
Hotly resenting any imputations
that any "personal interest" had
caused him to submit to the requests
of Hettrick, alleged promoter of the
Contractors' Clearing House for Bid
ding, Mayor Hylan said he had been
"fooled" into sending suggestions
made by Hettrick - to the building
committee of the board of education
that resulted in contracts involving
$15,000,000 worth of work going to
stone contractors instead of terra
cotta interests.
These suggestions contained in a
letter to the board of education "ex
plaining" tne advantages of limestone
over terra cotta. Mayor Hylan said,
were based solely upon information
Contained in a memorandum drafted
for him by Hettrick, whom he said
he did not know. This letter Mr.
Untermyer branded as "pure fabrica
tion and a pack of lies." While the
mayor was on the stand he was con
tinually in a clash with Samuel Un
termyer of the committee's counsel
The letter told of the circumstances
surrounding th shooting of Clark.
xne foreman was employed on the
night of October 1? by a foreman
subordinate, James Reilty. Coming
fiut of the garage at Reilly's Long
Island City home, where ft was quite
dark, the two were confronted with
out warning by three strangers, one
of whom asked: "Which of you is
ReillyT" " '
"I'm Reilly," was the reply of the
assistant foreman.
"Then you" are Clark?" sharply in
terrogated the first speaker.
"I'm Clark," answered the man who
repeated the tale of the cart driver.
Instantly the shots rang out. Clark
fell to the ground and before either
he .or "his companion could recover
from the shock of the sudden attack
the gangmen had escaped. A heavy,
old-fashioned watch In Clark's left
breast pocket saved his rife by de
flecting the first bullet. A second
grazed his shoulder, while the third
went wild.
Federal Agents Doubt Theory.
WASHINGTON, - Nov. 11. Federal
agents have developed no evidence,
department of justice officials said
tonight, as the Wall-street bomb ex
plosion tending to substantiate the
solution of the mystery published to
day by the New York Evening World
and linking the explosioA with the
"building trust graft" under Investi
gation in that city.
Plane Lost on Lake Michigan. '
CHICAGO, Nov. 11. A naval sea
plane of the F-2-L type, with three
men aboard, which left Great Lakes
naval training station yesterday
morning on a photographic reconnais
sance trip, is believed lost today
somewhere on -Lake Michigan.
MARINE
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Medals and Letters of Com
mendation Are Given.
MOST OF LIST OFFICERS
Congressional Medals of Honor
Given IS for Bravery in
Action on Land or Sea.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. While of
ficers and men of the navy and ma
rine corps throughout the world to
day were receiving decorations won
by distinguished war-time service.
Secretary Daniels personally present
ed similar rewards to officers on duty
at the navy department.
Mr. Daniels pinned the distin
guished service medal on the tunica
of the following officers:
Admiral Robert' E. Coontz, chief of
naval. operations; Rear-Admirals
Thomas Washington, Charles B. Mc
Vay, Robert Griffin, Charles J. Bad
ger, W. C. Braistead, Samuel Mc
Gowan. David W. Taylor, Charles W.
Parks and Commander P. W. Foote,
personal aide to Secretary Daniels.
Others Alno Get Medals. .
After the ceremonies in Mr. Dan
iels' office, the chiefs of the bureaus
presented medals or other commenda
tions to their subordinates. In all
153 medals were presented at the
navy department.
At Washington navy-yard seven
medals were presented, one of them
benig the only congressional medal
of honor awarded in Washington to
day. It went to Lieutenant-Corn
mander E. V. M. Isaacs.
In all more than 2500 decorations
and letters of commendation were
presented to navy and marine corps
members, including 13 medals of
honor, eight of which went to naval
officers, three to navy enlisted men,
one to a marine officer and one to
an enlisted marine.
, Highest Tribute Is Paid.
Those to receive this highest award
for valor were: Lieutenant J. T.
Boone, medical corps, navy, "for ex
traordinary heroism" in treating
wounded in France. Although the
dressing station was twice wrecked
by shells, the citation said, the offi
cer "continued without cessation his
treatment of the wounded."
. Ensign Charles H. Jiamman, naval
reserves, who -piloted a seaplane in a
patrol which dropped propaganda on
Pola. and when a comrade was shot
down, landed on the water and res
cued the pilot of the wrecked plane.
John Henry Balch. pharmacist's
mate, navy, who fearlessly aided the
wounded under fire at Vlerzy as
they fell in the attack, voluntarily
keeping up the work "for 16 hours
on a field torn by shell and machine
gun fire."
Gunner's Mate Is Killed. '
O. K. Ingram, gunner's mate, navy,
of the torpedoed destroyer Cassin. who
was killed while tryingto release the
depth charges before the torpedo
could reach the ship.
David E. Hayden, hospital appren
tice, navy, who at Thlacourt braved
an, open field swept by machine gun
fire to dress the wounds of a fallen
comrade, then brought the wounded
man back to safety.
Lieutenant-Commander E. V. M.
Isaacs, navy, captured by the. Ger
man submarine, which sank the trans
port President Lincoln and while con
fined in a prison camp, obtained in
formation so Important that he de
termined to escape and jumped through
the window of a rapidly moving train.
Recaptured, her- made a second and
successful attempt "deliberately draw
ing the fire of the armed guards in
the hope of permitting others to es
cape during the confusion," and final
ly swam the river Rhine during the
night.
Dental Sursteon Honored.
A. G. Lyle, dental surgeon, navy,
who administered "such effective sur-"
gical aid" -under fire during a
bombardment as to save the life of a
wounded soldier.
iLeutenant -Commander J. J. Madi
son, naval reserve force, commander
of the transport Ticonderoga, sunk by
a submarine after prolonged resist
ance directed by the wounded officer
from a chair.
Lieutenant W. E. Osburne, medical
corps, navy, killed while carrying
back wounded under fire atBouresche.
France.
Lieutenant Ordlando P. Petty, med
ical corps, R. F.. who was knocked, to
the ground by a gas shell which tore
hia mask at the Belleau wood fight,
"but discarded the mask and courag
eously continued his work" of caring
for the wounded. '
- Gunnery Sergeant Rewarded.
Robert G. Robinson, gunnery ser
geant, marine corps, an observer in
the marine aviation force, whose
plane and one other became separated
from their formation during a raid
and were attacked by 12 enemy scouts.
In the ficrhting he fought off the
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enemy until he collapsed from three
bullet wounds.
Ensign Daniel A. J. Sullivan, R. F-,
who flung himself on loose depth
bombs on ' the deck of the United
States S. S. Chrlstobel during a fight
with a submarine and succeeded in
securing them, "saving the ship from
disaster."
Lieutenant Ralph Talbot, marine
corps, Robinson's companion in the
air battle and who after the observer's
collapse, shot down the nearest enemy
scout and "then with his observer
unconscious and his motor failing,"
dived back across the German lines
at an altitude of only 60 feet, took
his comrade to a hospital and returned
alone to his aerodrome.
Letters of appreciation also were
forwarded to 261 officers who served
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in the naval overseas transportation
system, "for assisting in making pos
sible the worthy achievements of the
navy in the war."
The lists of awards did not differ
from that announced by Secretary
Daniels last winter, prior to the -investigation
by the senate,, except that
491 were added to receive medals. In
no case was a revision made down
ward. The distinguished service- medal
awarded Rear-Admiral William S.
Sims and the navy crosses awarded
Rear-Admiral Decker and Captain)
Hasbrouck. which were -declined by
the officers?" were deposited in the
bureau of navigation at the navy
department awaiting the action of
those officers.
The action marked the final phase
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of the controversy over naval decora
tions that resulted in a congressional
investigation last winter, after Rear
Admiral W. 8. Sims had refused to
accept the distinguished service med
al intended for him, on the ground
that injustice had marked the manner
of distributing the navy's recogni
tion of distinguished war-time serv
ice. In the official announcement re
garding the medals, Mr. Daniels said:
Some Awards Increased.
"In his review of the board's sec
ond report and In the award of these
medals, the secretary hasadhered to
the list as published In his annual re
port of 1919, except that in certain
cases upon further consideration a
higher award has been made than
shown in that list. No eliminations
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Afternoon and street models fashioned of
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BROADWAY AT MORRISON .
or reductions from that list have been
made. However, certain clerical er
rors have been corrected. There have
been a large number of new awards
made as a result of recommendations
made and further consideration of all
reports."
LINN FARMERS TO MEET
County to Decide on Affiliating
With State Bnre-au.
ALB ANT, Or., Nov. 11, (Special.)
A meeting to determine whether the
Linn county farm bureau will unite
with the state and federal farm bu
reau organization will be held here
November 22. This meeting has been
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called as the result of a meeting here
yesterday when officers of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau aesoc'atlon and
leading officers of tfye Linn county
bureau met.
The local farm bureau was rep
resented by W. W. Poland of Shedd,
president; F. L. Bayne of Peoria, vice
president,. and A. C. Schmltt of Albany,
treasurer of the organization.
Leasrue Delegates Delegated.
BRUSSELS. Nov. 11. The-council
of ministers has designated Paul
Hymans, as minister of foreign af
fairs; M. Poullet, as minister of rail
ways, and Senator Henri La Fon
taine as Belgium's delegates to the
assembly of the league of nations.
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