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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,, PORTLAND SATURDAY. MAY 31, 191&. 3 1 v V TRIBUTE IS PAID THOSE WHO GAVE LIVES FOR NATION Veterans .of Three Wars Join in ;' ' Parade and Ceremony in Honor " : of Those Who Gave 'Lives. SERVICES HELD IN i CITY Ranks of G. A. R. Thinning as Years Pass Graves Covered " With TJowersj Services Held. Spanning half a century, oldler Cf more than 60 years ago.-soldlers of 2t. years ago and soldiers of the Jut two years gathered In The Au , ditorium on Decoration day to com .. memorate lives epent In crusades of justice.: hearts beating for the warn,.; grand impulse, " veterans of three;; -wars heardeulogies of the great causes in which they f ought, as the culmination of a. day of trib ute to thelf departed comrades that started In the morning with vere mpnles at the graves and ended in the afternoon-with a parade of vet erans through the main streets of the city to the concluding exercises at The Auditorium. . . ' BHH0F HUGHES SPEAKS ... It was the fifty-first anniversary of I Decoration day. Commander T. K. Ste vens of the G. A. B. said.' when those In the parade assembled at The Audi torium. It was a continuation of the custom begun in 188 J, when Major Gen eral John A. Logan, then commanding the Grand Army of the Republic, issued , his order; asking every post in the na tion to 'honor the sacrifices and - hero isms of the comrades who had died.v While many in the ranka of the G, ;A. R., their faces flushed with the eroo ,tierr'ef the event, wiped away tears. Bishop Matt. 8. Hughes of the Methodist church, speaker of the day, addressing - the . aaaembly : af ter the funeral , march friayed. by Frederick W. Goodrich, the n vocation by Chaplain B. Boadley of the O. A. R.,' the reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg address by H. Tt.- J-.undberg and another organ solo by Mr. tJoodrich, r told - of the beautiful expressions : of human self by jnen called to war. WAR MEAKS 8ACRIFICE f v -v- "No nation that to" fit to live," he de clared, "is willing to forget Its past. I .am not here to glorify -war, for war is not glorious. General Sherman, trained soldier and leader ef met, knew what - he was saynig when he made, that la conic remark, . 'War is hell. ; - ' "We celebrate, however, that fine sac rificial spirit that will esndure the hor- tors of war to save the' treasures of our civilisation. War gives the -opportunity for the finest expression of the human .self." At the close ef Bishop Hughes -ad -.dress the large audience rose to Its feet, while Mrs. Grant -vThomas- sang the '"Star Bpangled Banner." "Juid Chaplain Boadley offered benediction, after which. While j heads . were "shewed, the "bugler ''sounded 'Taps," the t army call played at the end of the day and at the grave during a. military burial service. f? Commander Stevens struck the key "'note of the day in his introductory re marks, when he said ; 1 KEEP MEMORY GEEEX , j "We of the Grand Army know that when we have passed on to the Great .Beyond Memorial day-will be preserved as It is. We feel that Memorial day is one of the grand gifts of the Union sol diers to the nation, and We can tell by the number of persons here today that It will go on Into the future as it was heeun." 'yr- - The parade that preceded the exer- efses at - The 'Auditorium waa solemn, despite the jovial air of the boys of '85. Their ranks are swiftly, thinning with the receding memories of their trials 4n the days of conflict. , The parade started with ' a platoon of - police, a band and several companies of the new Third Oregon Then came the Sons of ' Veterans, with Master Carrel Williamson carrying a flag ahead of : them, and K. I. Tlmms ' commanding them. The O. A." Ryeterans arne next, commanded by T, IL gtevens,- their col ors being carried by August Dlbbel. Following them were the Spanish-American .War Veterans, commanded by Ed- ; ward Rommel next the world war vet erans, commanded.- by Colonel Creed C. Hammond ; the Boy .Scouts, commanded by Colonel Brockway ; the Junior Honor guards. and,women relatives of vet erans. ; ,v ' . : - " i ' v ti. A, R. MARCHES PAST ." x ' Especially: auspicious -waa-t the drum corps preceding the G.. A. R. men, com ysed of sons of SpanJshAmertcan War Veterans who served in the recent- wart i- Reaching The Auditorium. , the Ra tional - Ouard troops, Irv command '-. of . ColonelNorlhi . formed their companies In line and, stood at present .arms while the Grand Army ;marched,hy.: - Ushered by the women of Betey Ross tent, Jo. i, .paughters of Veterans, the Grand Army men then filed into The -Auditorium to a victory; march on t the organ, -'? while those who had come to witnees.-the. j oc caslon applauded. When all were seated, with the speakers and those who" took leading parts in the events of the day sitting on . the "platfomv 'Commander tstevens opened 'the ceremonies with his short explanation of the occasion.". 7 THREE KILLED; TOO i HURT IN AUTO RACE (Continued from Fan On) -. at the end of S25 miles, would be able to continue his pace and "cop" the 'win.' - tier's coin, as he was being closely fol lowed by O. Chevrolet,, who had gained , a short distance on him in the last 25 miles. " - ! The time for 325 miles was 3 :4? :0T :10, dn average speed ot 89.S1 miles an hour, ' Hearne had worked Into third , place and Cooper -was fourth - - :., j Wilbur D'Alene went off the track, oh i the south turn with the Duesenberg on his one hundred nineteenth lap. s.v. i - - ,. , - Motor Speedway, Indianapolis. May 31. N. &) Passing the grandstands at .i a , terrific speed,, Ralph De Palma was leading the field at the end. of the first " 10 miles. He was : driving a brilliant race and was being pushed by Bablot, . -f Time for the, first 100 miles was 1:04:43.9. an average of 92.07 miles an f hour. The previous record for 100 miles . ; was 88.8. , Gaston Chevrolet held thh-d place at Ithe 100-mlle mark.. The other leaders r tvass'ed this mark In the following order; THEIR NW.. p.i " l I '. ?a :1 , 11 ' . r,J. 9 : .1 vSF Ever tvalchful that patriotism Is fostered in the hearts of young America, leading part in the Decoration day ceremonies. JSccnes in the parade which hcy arranged: Above Women of Lincoln-Garfield Corps So. 19 and Georoe Wright Corps No. 2, auxiliaries o the G. A. R. Centei- Here they arc with their colors at their head, still active in Decoration day ceremonies on the fifty-first anniversary of the day. Lower Soldiers, sailors and marines, veterans of the last war, and members of the American Lrglon, which Is to carry on the work of the G. A. R. I I Chevrolet, Guyot. Wagner, Cooper, Milton. O'Donnen. Wilcox. SPUED IS INCREASED The leaders were Increasing their speed, the average time at the end of 125 miles for De Palma being 92.62 miles an hour. Boyer was driving 80 miles an hour when he lost a. wheel off his Kron- tenac. The car spun completely around the track, but the veteran driver righted his ear. and' continue to the pits. Roseoe Series, in Barney Oldfield's re- ' built Golden Submarine, who went into ; the pits after finishing nine lapa, because of magneto trouble, had not taken the i track again when the leading cars had made better than 100 miles. At the end of 150 .-miles Gaston Chev. ; relet was' leading the 28 cars remaining in the. race and was holding his lead gained when De Palma was at the pits. De Palma held second place and Howard" Wilcox third. The time for 150 -miles was 1:38:58:15. an average speed of 90.93 miles an hour. BBOffX OUT OP RACE Cltf Durant was the first driver to pull into the pits, stopping because of a loose hood "'after finishing eight laps. Ora Haibe pulled into the pits at the end of the ninth lap to replace a spark plug. - - : . W. W Brown,. In a Richards special. Was the first car forced out of the race. A burned out connecting rod forced him out -Of the race, 'after he had made 11 laps,;- , Joe Boyer lost his left rear wheel in front. Of the grand stand In the thirtieth Up, and was forced .out of the race, . Mulxord was forced out of, the race after finishing 92 milea with a broken driving rod. i DE PUMA GOES TO Pir Tom'. Milton was forced out of the race with his Duestnberg after finish ing 122 miles, .with a broken connecting rod. - Wagner, one of the Ballot team, was forced out of the race after finishing iiz miles, after having broken a wheel on the-south turn.. Wagner and his me chanician. - J- Morriceau, were slightly injured ,when their; car left the track and broke a wheel, forcing them out of the race after they had been among the leaders for 100 miles. " D Palma, who was leading, went Into the pita at the end of the ilth lap, tor water, gaaoune and a right rear tire. Gaston Chevrolet toolc the- lead, - while De Palma waa In the pits. WTXCOX ECOXD AT tit De Palma. leading the. entire field of drivers, flashed past the stands and was credited with having made 260 miles half of the rest in- 2 ;4 :39.51. Back of him came Wilcox in second place, De Talma -pulled Into the pits when he had made - 250 miles for 'gasoline and urea. , vvucqx gained a- lap on Da runu wniiir me aanng itajian was at uie piia ' The average, speed for . 250 miles was w.fs nues an nour. " . . -"Thiai' place -afrthe half way xiiark" waa STEPS DRAGGING SLIGHTLY, PROUDLY THEY CARRY ON t rt.f 0 4 air held by L. Chevrolet. The rest of the field was as follows : Cooper, G. Chevrolet, Hearne, Ivecocq, Guyot, Broillot and Alley. J. Chassagne. who was driving Bab lot's Ballot, went over the north curve, turned over twice and came outside the retaining wall, but escaped with bruises ' and a shaking up. His mechanic was injured but it was thought not seri i ousiy. Chassagne was to have piloted ona OI me engnsn aunoeams wiui r, ,tesla- , Vne" lns c.r" wr imarawn ne jomea me oanoi team relief driver. He had finished 150 miles when the accident happened. . Art Klein was forced to abandon the race wrni ms Peugeot after running us miles because of a broken connecting rod. . - Cliff Durant with his Chevrolet spe cial was forced out with a broken eteer ing gear afetr making 137 miles. -SETS TERRIFIC PACE A broken steering gear forced D'Alene off the track and out of the race. . : Determined to-win first prize, Howard Wilcox, who was holding down the lead position, was setting a terrific clip for the balance of. the field, as he had cov ered 376 miles in 4 : 10:11 :60, an average speed of 89.93 miles an hour. Gaston, Chevrolet, who was In the pits, was four laps, or 10 miles, behind Wil cox. Chevrolet was changing a right steering knuckle. kldie Hearne was in second place, G. Chevrolet, third; Goux, fourth, Alley, fifth, and p Palma, sixth. : Fourteen cara were still In the race at this time. EDDIE HEARNE SECOND Howard Wilcox, : driving a Peugeot. led the field, of America's and Europe's rastest race machines at the end of -40Q miles and waa the first roan to start en the last hundred miles of the long grind. Wilcox' time for. 400 miles was 4 :37 : 14 :03, an average speed of 89.81 miles an hour. Eddie Hearne, who was four laps behind Wilcox, was second and G, Chevrolet still held third place." IjouIs Chevrolet took the wheel of Gaston Chevrolet's car at this point; Barbarlno was driving Louis Chevrolet' car. . t Fourth place was held by Goux, fifth by Alley ; sixth, De Palma ;. seventh, Boillot; eighth. Guyot; ninth. Cooper, and tenth, ValU De Palma went Into the pit In the 157th lap with a loose right front wheel bearing. . - Cooper oh his 152d lap followed De Palma into the pita. ? WILCOX GOES TO PIT ; pi.; J " Louis Chevrolet, t driving. ' "Gaston Chevrolet's -car, went- Into the pits In the 163d lap with a flat front tire. - B. R. Dutton was at the wheel of Cooper's Stutx when it went back on the - track after valve repairs had been made. - . , . .When 425 miles had been covered Wil cox still held, the lead position and? he was credited with having made this dia- : - - ' ' - - - - " . - - - t , 1L IC!PgApsw-A 54 X V i! .ft Civil war veterans, disregarding t he tance in 4 :44 :41.81. an average speed of 89.57 miles an hour. y Wilcox went into the' pits on his 172d lap for a new right front tire.. This was his second stop during the race, CONDITIO CRITICAL . Hearne was in second place: Chevro let, third ; Alley, fourth : Goux. fifth ; Guyot, sixth ; .De "Palma, seventh: Vail, eighth; Cooper, ninth; Htckey, tenth. ' Announcement was made at 4 o'clock that Molinaro, Thurman'n mechanic, was badly cut about trie head and was suf fering from a fractured skull. Ilia con dition is critical. . . C Romiguere, mechanic for Chas sagne, was doing nicely at this hour and hia recovery is expected. i8 CARS ABE ENTERED IN ; RACES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Moto ; Speedway, Indianapolis, May 31. (U. P.) Starters in today's 500- mile championship race were: NO. - CAR DRIVER 1 Chevrolet flpwrial 2- Frontenae Special 8 Peugeot Special 4 Packard "Special 5 Rwhania Special 6 Peugeot Sreil 7 Fontenae Special 8 Mtati Special 9 Dtiuibert Special 1 0 Duesenberc Special 13 Roamer Special 14 Iorant Special 1 5 Roamer Special 17 Hudson Special 18 Thurman Special 19 Detroit Special 21 Hudson Special 22 Duesenbert Bpeeial 28 Shannon Special - -26 Bender Special 2 T-Huison Special- 28 Oldfield Special 29 Penceot Bpecial . 81 Ballot Special 82 Ballot Special S3 Ballot Special . 84 Ballot Special 88 McCoy Special 8T Peua-eot (Special 38- Frontenao. Special 4 1 Frontenao Special 13 Toft Special 4S I'eueeot Special Clifford Dqrant Ralph Mnlfonl Howard Wilcox Ralph De Palma W. Wi Brown Jules Gosi IOnis Cherrolet Kari Cooper Tom Milton Efidia O'Donnel Kurt Ilitke Kddie Hearne Ioui froe Ora F Swt Artbn '. ' urman Charity ii irk Patrick Denny Hiekey WUbur D'Alene . Elmer T. Sbannea Tom Alley Ira Vail Roacoe Sarles Arthur main lie fie Thoma .. Albert Guyot Paul Bablot Ixuia Warner J.- J. McCoy Andre Boillot Jo. Beyer Jr. (iaston Cherrolet Omar Tolt Ray Howard 125,000 PERSONS GATHER , TO WITNESS GREAT RACES Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 31, Paced by Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Vincent and Eddie Rickenbacker In. a green Packard car, "33 drivers "hopped off" la the Liberty sweepstakes at H a. m. After one turn of the course, the COO-mlle automobile race was on. - Thousands of persons who -could sot get hotel accommodations here last night were taken Into . private homes and thousands more drove in from every direction during the night and slept in their, ears. . - At 10 :15 a. m. the speedway manage ment announced that 125,000 persons had passed through the gates, breaking all previous . attendance records. Before the race all betting records were smashed by the terrif io plunging on many of the entries. .Never were so - many fast ca$i QuallXied, with seven m -'it. ttnz? 3T 5 tUft: - i V ?. 17 -.-"l burden of their years, played, a showing better than 100 miles an hour and only three at less than 90. p'i t ' T i '. ! , I , I. Lit 1 1 i I ' I ' - I . ' : ; i : i i . . ; : I1 i 1 I 1 1 rl Mi' 1 e8 j Mti it ' r t 1 i lr ' , r ZUDi Y I lis And He's a Very Popular King, Too Watch for Him on Sunday in the Papers 04 TO OPPOSE VILLA Ten Thousand Federal Troops En Route to Chihuahua From Mexico1 City. Kl Paso, Texas, May 31. (I. N. S.) Ten thousand federal troops are en route today from Mexico City to Chi huahua City to defend that place against an attack by Vllliatas who are reported to be concentrating nearby, according to a statement by Consul Oeneral An dres O. Oarcla, at Juares. The advance guard of these troops has reached Santa Rosalia and will proceed to Chihuahua City as soon as repairs to the railroad are completed. Garcia declared these troops will be used to stamp out revolutionary activi ties in Northern Mexico and asserted that Chihuahua Is not In danger from the rebel troops. Francisco Villa, It is declared. Is in personal command of the troops gath ered near Chihuahua City. Leaders of fourteen revolutionary fac tions are to meet today at the camp of General Carrara in Neuv Leon to unite on a leader for the combined rebel forces to take the field against Carransa. Gen eral Felipe Angeles, the Villtsta chief. tain, is regarded as the probable choice. while tt is reported Villa will be ap pointed second in command. This meeting Is also expected to agree upon Dr. Vasques Gomes as the revolu tionary candidate for president. Although the threat of Mexican fed era! troops to march across United States soli on their way to attack Vll Hstas is reported from Nogales to have been nothing more than a boast. United States forces are concentrating at dan ger points In anticipation of any in vasion py the Mexicans. The Eighth cavalry In the Big Bend district has been reinforced by the first squadron of the Fifth cavalry, under Major Frank from Fort Bliss. TRANSPORT SWEPT BYJJGE WAVE (Continued From Pace Oae) kees, sailed from French ports on May 28. the war department announced this afternoon. They are ; Battleship Minnesota, with 1442 from Brest, due at Newport News June 10; 1 resident Grant, with 5529, from Brest, due at Boston, June 9; Wilhelmlna, with 1768, from St Nasaire, due at New York, June 8 ; the Mongolia, with 4538, from St. Nazaire. due at Boston June 7, and the Kdgar Luckenbach, with 2351. from fit. Nasalr. due at New York June S. . Aboard the Minnesota : 816th field ar tillery, leas detachment of officers, te Camp Jackson and scattered ; casual company 88. for New Tork; casual company 4973. Virginia and scattered casuals. President Grant : Headquarters and First, Second and Third battalion of the 213th engineers, mostly to Camp Grant; base hospital 62. Camp Funston and scat tered t Cams Hospital a, scattered s bakery companies 343. Camp Iodge, 844 Cvnp twii; 272 military police com pany. Camp Grant ; r caaual companies 4971, Pennsylvania ; 4974, Ohio ; 4975, Oregon; S431, West Point candidates; 871. detachment of 305 motor supply train, Camp pevens , 887 casuals oPnhe S6th division, to Camps Devens ana Tra vis; detachment 305.. engineers, Camp Dix. and scattered casuals. Wtlhelmina 179th infantry brigade headquarters. Camp Pike : field and staff headquarters and medical detach ment. First and Third battalions, head quarters and ordnance department, sup ply and headquarters . company and Companies A to D and I to M of the 359th infantry. Camp Bowie and scat tered; St. Nazaire convalescent detach ments 227 and 228 and scattered casuals. Also aboard Is Brigadier General Joseph P. O'Nell. commanding the 179th in fantry brigade. , Mongolia Headquarters 90th division scattered ; headquarters, scattered ; head quarters detachment and casual detach ment of the 90th division. Camp Travis and scattered i 180th, infantry brigade headquarters. Camp Iewis and scat tered ; field and staff, headquarters of first, second and third battalions, mea leal detachment, supply, headquarters and machine gun companies and com panies, A to M and the 860th Infantry, to Camp Travis and scattered 1 field and staff, headquarters ef the first and second battalions, ordnance and medical detachments of the first and second battalions, supply, machine and head quarters companies snd companies A to H of the 368th infantry, camp Pike ana scattered; scattered casual companies and Major Genera! Charles 11. Martin. commanding the 90th division, and Brigadier General Ulysses M'. C. Alex ander, commanding tne isutn inrantry brigade. Edgar Luckenback Third battalion headquarters, medical detachment, corn- Li ii " 1 '" JBUiSUi'VDN HCRRXtaa . 1 NEW SHOW TODAY Men froze to death in the jnowy perished in bliz zards and starved in the bleak wastes of that Yukon country in a crazed rush for gold, for. yel f low wealth which lay on the ground, "and around this spectacular period of Alaskan history this story has been built, with William Desmond as Dan Burke, a tenderfoot prospector, who fought hard and won whenhe won on the square, v mi jLn r". f if -.5 S&P I 4 . -. LUXURY TAXES ARE REPEALED BY Bit Measure Passed by House in Re sponse to Pressure Will Be Followed by Another. Washington, May St.d. S.) The government treasury receipts will be cut about 3100,000,000 a year through repeal of the lusury taxes provided by a bill passed by the house this afternoon Pressure for Immediate repeal of this legislation was so great that Chairman Fordney of the ways and means com mittee eald, Immediate action waa neces sary. ' . - lie announced he. would follow with another bill repealing the tax on soft drinks, wnlcfi is estimated to -yield 121,- 000,000, There Is also a strong demand for repeal ef the automobile tea, which is estimated to yield over 8100.000.000, The bill passed today repeals the taxes on carpets and ruga, picture frames. I trunks, "valises, purges and handbags, umbrellas, fans and all men's and wom en's apparel. Warrants . for Quarantine Breaker. Warrants for the arrest of John Ren frew and "Jane Doe" Renfrow of 1580 Olenweod avenue, -ware iworn out thlsl morning by the city health bureau. They are charged with . breaking smallpox quarantine. : . . v t - . - ipanies I to M of the 858th Inrantna Camp Pike and scattered. headquarter! company, ordnance and medical detach ments and companies A to D of the 844th machine gun battalion. Camp Bowie snd scattered ; medical and ordnance detach ment veterinary field untt. of .the 315th train headquarters. Camp Bowie and scattered: service park unit 398, Camp Travis and scattered. DIRECTION -JBU43KX-V-ON KERBKRO