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fm I. Eaten wtytr-qara, Byrtnt.gr.. mai Ayrn Death Last Week Recalls Days of 1915 i . When Henry Ford Sent A Peace Ship to Europe By Dan H. Sellard When Henrv Ford, in the fall of 1915, read a news dispatch that in the previous 24 hours of World War I ... - . i I'll i i. i nm' : lignting zu.uuu men naa peen muea, ne muuerea, mis long Data Prepared On Amazon Job (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) thine has gone on enough." He conceived there upon the idea of a peace mis sion a mission unique in the history of the world. Ford's death last week at the age of 83 recalls the fact that, a part from his momentous achieve ments as an industrialist, he was ATTENTION ! DURING PHONE STRIKE- Please drop us postcard for prompt call and delivery serv- TOWNSEND'S DRY CLEANERS 1950 Monroe ice. ANTIQUES At The Copper Kettle 1425 East 20th Our shop is always open to offer you a varied and se lective group of antiques. Distinctive and unusual gifts for every occasion. FURNITURE - OLD CHINA GLASS We Buy As Well As Sell PROTECT. Your Furs In Our COLD STORAGE VAULTS Hare your fun cleaned and tiaaed by Muter Furriers. Our method Is the most modern and approved. Tour beautiful far are scientific ally taken ear of without leaving eur premises. "If you don't know your furs, know your furrier." Matthews Fur Shop "The Master Furriers" 111 West 7th Phone 1567 always interested in world peace. The inhumanity of war always hit Henry Ford hard. He was im patient with conflict and often used his advertising space to decry the futility of it. And he was sin cere In the thought that peace could be attained through arbi tration led by the world's leading personalities. So was born Henry Ford's "Peace Ship," which came to be better known as the "Ark of Peace". Unfortunately, it be came the brunt of jokes, ear toons, and ridicule. Ford was In earnest; this wasn't a wealthy man's jest nor a gaudy gesture to get his name in history. He had seen his ideas amass millions and literally place Ameri ca on wheels. Why couldn't he put his fortune to work on peace? Jane Addams Joined The time was ripe for such a venture. Some of the most high minded persons in America, led by Dr. David Starr Jordan, head of the American Peace Society and president of Stanford University, and Jane Addams, head of Hull House and one of the nation s lead' ing pacifists, had organized what they called an "Emergency Peace Conference," and had called on some of the foreign ministers of belligerent nations. Millions of Americans shared Ford's impulse. To stop the war was the prevailing American wish. And these millions saw hope in Henry Ford who had set the pace in industry and has sponsored other appealing projects. Ford set up headquarters in New York and sent out an invitation list. By this time the press had jumped on the story, and Ford was beseiged by Tetters and telegrams. The list included the names of Jordan and Miss Addams, plus a long list of such personages as Os wald Garrison Villard, Paul Kellog, and Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, a Hungarian woman who swore she carried the solution to the world's troubles in her famed "little black bag." It was Mme. Schwimmer who suggested that the mission needed s ship. Ford hired one the Occar n of the Scandinavian Line. One day Ford was quoted as saying, "Get the Boys out of the Trenches by Christmas." The story made headlines in all the news papers, and became the keynote of the party. A Great Squirrel Cage' By this time the mission had come to be regarded as more hu morous than worthy. Many of the people Ford has invited turned down the bid and many others of varied interests and personality took their place. As one writer phrased it, the Oscar II was "the greatest squirrel cage in history it eontined so many nuts." On Dec. 4, 1918, the Oscar II with its cargo of dreamers, pa cifists, and 'thrill-seekers sailed er said Saturday, "but we are be ing held up on the storm sewer portion of our improvement pro ject untU the Amazon job is com pleted." . School Plan Held Up The Century Fund for Parks and playgrounds depends on the drain age job to make feasible the building of the area for which the whole community is now contri buting funds. The Eugene High School devel opment also is being held up pend ing the solution of the Amazon drainage problem. Brenne and Seeger Saturday were awaiting word from Ells worth as to whether the presence of someone from Eugene at the hearing might make the difference between the pdoject's being ac cepted or rejected. One of the two j men probably will travel to Wash ington if Ellsworth deems it necessary. Air Signaling Practice Set Prattle in the use ef plane and body signals in air rescue work will be conducted Sunday by members of the local Civilian Air Patrol and members of the Obsid ians while the latter group is on a ski trip to Three-Fingered Jack. Bob Lyon, Obsidian president, said the planes from Suu .ne would attempt to contact the Ob sidians about noon in the mounta inous Santiam area. Chamber Outing Springfield An estimated 25 cars will be in the caravan of Chamber of Commerce members making a "get acquainted" tour of the upper McKenzie River Sunday. Chamber members and their families making the trip have been asked by President S. W. Alexand er to meet at the Leaburg Dam at lo:so a. m. PROPOSAL REJECTED ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (API Newfoundland will send no dele gates to Washington, D.C., to find out how the British Island colony might become the United states' 49th state. By a vote of 34 to 3 the colony's national convention rejected such a mo tion Friday after it had been submitted by delegate D. 1. Jackman, from Hoboken, N.J. A German band vied with several other pro viders of musical well-wishing. The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of fered prayer from-the rail amid hoots and yells at his huge white oeard. William Jennings Bryan wore his white hat and was greeted by cheers. Someone asked,- "Why don't you start?" and another answered, "You know it's a Ford. Not Welcome l Europe The journey was as eventful as the passengers could make it. Speeches, arguments, and peti tions passed away the time. Pres- ident Wilson's preparedness speech created a furor when Ford read it. . A FEW SETS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY PURCHASE ON SKEIE'S PERFECT PAYMENT PLAN w jar hr 52 piece n I if SERVICE FOR 8 I M X I if 3 J ." 1027 WWeanotrs The mission hove to in Kirk- wall, Scotland, on Tuesday. Dec. 14. The party stayed there till the following Sunday, then went on to Christiana, Norway. But the expedition was not welcome in Europe. The Eu ropean powers resented openly the interference of Americans in a war whlc" America had not entered. Ford attempted to keep the party going and was gen erous with hi' money, but the mission gradually deteriorated. On Christmas Day, when the boys were to have been "out of the trenches," Ford left the mission and returned to the United States. The unique mission had failed. It had not made the slightest im pression on the war. Henry Ford later was asked what he actually had gotten from the peace expedi tion: "I didn't get much peace," he" replied. "I learned." he added, "that Russia is going to be a great market for tractors." But the mission had nne sertnue result. It had spoiled for good any otner peace mission s chances for constructive work. And it put nacifists on the ripfensiv anine a weapon more deadly to them man guns jaugmer. $50 Award Granted To Stanley Turnbull George Stanley Turnbull Jr., 17, a senior at Eugene High School, has been awarded a certificate of merit by the Pepsi-Cola Scholar ship Board as runner-up for one of the soft drink company's 128 four-year college scholarships be ing granted this year. As certi ficate of merit winner, Turnbull will receive $50 when he enters college next fall. Eugene High's winner is the son of Dean and Mrs. George Turnbull, 217S Agate St. Planning to specia lize in' journalism, he hopes to enter the University of Oregon following his graduation in June. He Is a member of the National Honor Society and editor of the school paper, and has participated in both basketball and track. His father is dean of journolism at the University of Oregon. The winners for 1947, who were first elected by their senior clas mates as "the ones most likely to make an important contribution to human progress," took a schol astic aptitude test, prepared and scored by the college entrance ex amination board in February. Weslie Jean Eyres, a student at Eugene High School in 1945 and 1946, won a similar scholarship to the University of Oregon last year. NFTW Appeal Judged Likely (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) JAPANESE SENTENCED MANILA (AP) Two Jap anese Kempeitai (thought po lice) were sentenced to death by hanging Saturday by "a IT. S. military commission for the mur der of five Filipino civilians in 1940 Vt Hollo City. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) bargain out their own contracts. There were these additional points in the situation: 1. Negotiations stood at a vir tual standstill. Schwellenbach's aides said they will continue pri vate talks with both sides over the weekend seeking some new ap proach to a settlement. I. The striking unions appar ently were digging In for a long period of idleness, possibly last ing weeks longer. 1. The NFTW claimed the num ber of workers Idle had grown from 320,000 to 335,000. The addition, NFTW said, is due to refusal of non-srtiking tele phone workers to cross picket lines in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and northern California. Collapse of negotiations to end the ke long lines phase of the dispute left the government trying to figure out some way of getting bargaining sessions go ing again. The A. T. & T. withdrew an ar bitration offer covering the long distance service phase of Bell system peorations when a mid night deadline passed Friday night without union acceptance. NFTW's Policy Committee would not ap prove arbitration of basic wage issues for long distance workers alone. Meanwhile the nation faced continuous crippled long dsitance service. Dial service still operated in most areas although there v.as a mounting danger the automatic operations may begin deteriorat ing with only skeleton mainten ance crews to keep them going. Homemakers'Day Attracts 300 Women Nearly 300 women attended the Lane County MomemaKers Achievement Day program Satur day at Colin Kelly school, an an nual all-day session with noon luncheon. Mrs. Agnes McCornack presid ed at the meetings, and Mrs. Vere Ebbert was toastmistress at the luncheon. Guests at-noon in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wheeler, Mrs. Truman Chase, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Fletcher, Mr. ana Mrs. E.,A. Danielson, Mrs. Ver non Meyer, F. L. Ballard, Dr. D. Dadjemarkos, Miss Frances Clin ton, Miss June Sullivan, Mrs. Fred Broders, Mrs. Retta Otto and others. F. L. Ballard, in a luncheon ad dress, told the group that condi tions ' the rural area are of ut most importance, as good citizen ship stems from the country, not the city. Officials Expect Quiet Meetings Officials of Eugene Water Board and Eugene School District said Saturday their regular meetings at city hall Monday night would be comparatively quiet. ' Water Board members expected to have a report from engineers on the feasibility of rebuilding the old Walterville power plant on Obsidians Plan Dance On Campus Thursday Obsidians will have a dance for members and friends Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the campus YWCA bungalow. Any one who enjoys dancing the Scandinavian schot tlsche, polka, waltz and hambo is also invited. Music will be furnished by Chester Pietka and his orchestra, and refreshments will be served. Contractor Names j Dorena Dam Chief ; PORTLAND W) A. H. Stein er will be project manager for Dorena Dam, the Northwest office I of Guy F. Atkinson Co., holder of j a contract for construction of the project, said Saturday. j Steiner and his assistant, L. J. Kelly, will Inspect the Row River j site next week. 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