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DR, VAN DYKE GETS FRENCH DECORATION Legion of Honor Cross Is Awarded for \Labors for Liberty.\ ADOPT TOWNS, HE SAYS Alexander J. Hemphill Also Receives Official Tribute From France. Henry van Dyke, who besides having been Ambansador to Holland during the early days of the war Is a director ot the Soctcte des Villages Llberes, which waa organlifll by Miss Belle Skinner to aid In the rebuilding ot devastated France, was decorated with the cross of commander of the Legion of Honor at a meeting of the Soclete at the Hotel Ulllmoro yesterday. Dr. van Dyke looked as pleased as a child as Major Alexander Carrel, commander of the legion, hung the glittering cross on its broad red ribbon around his neck, and soon as the ceremonies were over he was heard seeking the expert advice of Marcel Knecht and other Frenchmen as to what button he should wear with It \I'd like to wear It all the time.\ he said. \But I won't sport it in the street Just wear it on festive occasions, you know.\ To Major Carrel he made a formal response of gratitude, in the course of which he declared himself in favor of a. League ot Nations to enforce peace \which shall not be against the Consti- tution of the United States and I do not believe,\ he added, \that the pres- ent one la against it.\ Pays Tribute to France. The doctor confessed that he really didn't know exactly what to say about th cross, but he supposed he might take It aa an outward and visible sign of sume toward and spiritual grace which he ahould try to wear near his heart, \where I have always worn the name of Franca.\ he told the representatives of that country. To the French, he said, the civilized world owed a deathless gratitude for their marvellous resistance to the Boche in the battle of the Marne. They saved the world for mankind,\ h observed, \and I suppose we are mankind, though some of our Senators seem to forget It\ In praising Miss Skinner for her work and that of her colleagues of the Soclote des Villages Llbcres, Dr. van Dyke said he did wish that American pities would adopt the devastated towns of France, each city taking some special town and restoring it \I'm not In favor of abstract, highly organized charity,\ he said. \1 like con- crete help. New York should begin by adopting Verdun. 1 have been In Ver- dun before the war, when Rhe was a prosperous, happy city of 20,000 souls. Now I doubt If such ruins as the Boche has left at Verdun would shelter 1,000 persons. I'd like to see New York as- sume the duty of restoring Verdun, the scene, of such heroic sacrifices on the part of the French, and then I'd like to tee other American cities follow suit, and not Just out of ancient gratitude to La- fayette: It would be to our Interest to forward the stability and good fortunes of France. \France must be restored and France must have adequate frontiers. Let us not make the mistake again of 1870, and leave France at the mercy of the Hun. France must have not merely Alsace and that ft but a simple gar- den variety of Justice but France must have a frontier by which she can defend herself. Klther the Ilhlne must mark the boundary or there must be a buffer statef Never again must France be left open to those outrages the effect of which those who have not seen the desolated regions can never realize, sympathetic though they may be.\ Labors for Liberty. Major Carrel, in presenting the cross to Dr. van Dyke, loH him that France looked on him as one of the worthiest representatives of the Mayflower. \France he said, \remembers not only your Ambassadorship .in Holland, close to the battlefields, and your labors for liberty after you returned to the United States, when because of your in- fluence America gfasped more quickly her Imperious duty and declared war France recalls your earlier visits to her shores when you came as the official mis- sionary of the University of Princeton. You were the precursor of another great missionary of your colleagues, a former president of Princeton, your friend. Pres- ident Wilson, who Is endeavoring with Clemenceau and the other Allies to effect a Just and lasting peace. In the name of the President of the French Republic I am proud to confer upon you the cross of commander of the Legion of Honor.\ Dr. Van Dyke wasn't the only one who got a decoration yesterday. Major Carrel pinned another one on the breast of Alexander J. Hemphill, chairman of the Guaranty Trust Company, who Is treasurer of the Soclete des Villages Llberes. Mr. Hemphill didn't make a speech, probably reflecting that as it En1 nJ 9m was getting near the dinner hour and thero had been very much oratory he might s Woll Just make a bow and let It go at that. Consul-Oener- al Llebert made the first speech of the day and announced that at a meeting held two weeks ago it was decldeTto centrallzo the reconstruction committees formed by Miss Skinner, Miss Anne Morgan' and others to put them under one business head In order to bring results' desired. The charitable part would go on under the various committees, he said, but to that would be added the efficient direction of a com- mon head. Miss Skinner seemed much surprised at this announcement and said to reporters that no such consolidation was thought of by her committee, at least. At the meeting referred to, she said, neither she nor any representative of the Soclete des Villages Llberes was present and neither did any one from the Committee on Devastated France, Miss Morgan's organization, attend. Plan to Achieve Ilesnlta. Ot course we work under the French Government,\ she said, \but we are able to achieve results without nny further consolidation. Such an arrangement would take the life and spirit, the per sonal element which means so much, out of our work. Why. the Bed Cross did not succeed In absorbing the smaller societies when somo time ago It pro posed such a plan.' They Insisted on going on as entitles, though glad to cooperate with the Red Cross. Most of the speakers who came after the Consul-Gener- took a whack at his plan. Martin Littleton especially came out strong for the Individualistic way of doing things. Mr. Littleton, who was Introduced by former Governor Whit man, the chairman, as one who nau given \more than most of us to the cause of freedom\ (Mr. Littleton's son was killed In France), devoted part of his speech to genial comments on the Investigations and recriminations that are following the war. \Wo are now entering upon the au- topsy of the war. We are beginning the mutually accusative perlod. There Is nothing new In that Why, even La fayette and those other heroes of France who came to aid America In her need were accused and traduced, first In France and then In America. There was Just as much 'Investigating in those days. Democracy would die If we ceased to criminate and recriminate.\ Referring to the League of Nations Mr. Littleton warily refused to commit him self. \From what I hear every man is in favor of a League of Nations If he can be allowed to write It himself,\ he observed. A group of sailors and a squad of men from the Twenty-sevent- h Division, wearing their tin hats and Held equip- ment marched In at the beginning of the 'ceremonies, two of their number carrying French and American flags, The commander of the Twenty-sevent- h, Gen. O'Ryan. was on the platform and made a brief and soldierly speech, tell- ing the audience that If they wanted to know the truth about German atrocities, about their deliberate destruction of French factories and agriculture and all that goes to make up a country, about the desolation of the villages they razed, all they had to do was talk h the American soldier. French Endnrance Praised, \We entered the war late,\ he said \We had a lookln, and frankly we had all we wanted. But we never ceased to marvel that human beings could endure, as the French endured, those horrors for four long years.\ Then Gen. O'Ryan paid a heartfelt tribute to the women of France for their hospitality to the American soldier, and begged American women to reciprocal by being Just as nice an they could to the French officers and soldiers over here. \When we went to France of course we were the new thing.\ he said, \and those French women actually neglected their own men to make, much of our Street Men and Canvassers Sell the OFFICIAL 27th N. Y. Div., U. S. A. Welcome Home Badge and Banner OPEN TUESDAY HOME USA As Authorized and Approved by Maj'oT General John F.O Ryan.Com. Money Makers. Get Your Stocks Xow for Monday and Tuesday. First Lieut. L. Roberts Walton Authorized Distributor. Phone Brjant 1307 33 Writ .14th St.. Ne'v York Clt). Open Sunday, 1 to S P. M. at 191 Wen 48th St. STORE CLOSED TUESDAY, MARCH 25Th W Trie Oriental Store Announce, beginning w, a Sale of Men's Chinese Pongee Silk Shirts At $3.95 An exceptional opportunity to secure men's negligee shirts of Imported Chinese pongee silk, natural color, in sizes from 14 to Wi, at a price less than is usually asked for the silk alone. These shirts are made especially to our order by an exclusive Fifth Avenue shirt maker from Vantine quality Chinese pongee silk,' imported by us direct from the Orient, and are sold regu- larly by us at $5.50 each. Asquantity is limited an early selection inadvisable. OPEN TUESDAY Dig loughboya and officers. I could but cutler at thoe women, at tneir good ness and gracious hospitality to l.ie Americans quartered In their homes. Tho American soldier lias his habits. hlch we understand, but which were not always Intelligible to the French, and those women by their patience made It possible to establish lhc en- tente cordlale In an astonishingly short time. \you know when people make week end visits here you are glad to welcome them, but also you are glad to Bee them o. over there It was no week end busl-es- a but a continuous performance. No sooner did one lot of troops move on than another lot came, and the women made them nil welcome, at the same time carrying on their own work and the work, of their men who were ab sent In the field.\ Marcel Knecht organized the meet. Ing. There was slngtnc by Mme. De. aunols of the Metropolitan Opera com pany. OOUHT YIELDS TO AUCTION. Moraclianser Will Adjourn Session to Attend Cattle Sale. So he can go to an auction sale of cattle Justice Joseph Morschauser of the Supreme Court, now sitting In Putnam county, has decided to adjourn court on frlday and attend the vendue on the farm of John R. Yale at Ludlngtonvllle on that day. Mr. Yale has sold his farm to S. W. Huff, presl dent of the Third Avenue Rallwav any of this city, who Is to have his ummer nome mere. oeimior james Towner, as ror Mr. Yale. Is to \knock uuwn cicniv cows and un w... the auction block. As many talesmen of the Jury panels asked to be excused to 5 i0J,I19 ttuctlon Judge Morschauser decided to close court then and go along , n ,ic in a biock rancier himself. 38th $29.50 Suits of fine Men's Wear Serges, braid and button trimmed . Tweeds in strictly tai- lored models. Linings of pcau dc cygnc. 200 Tea THE SUN,' SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1919. ' 44 NAVY 'BLIMP' READY TO CROSS ATLANTIC Dirigible Being: Groomed at Norfolk. Has 7,000 Mile Cruising Radius. DID NORTH SEA PATItOIi McCracken. Pilot, Sure Hugo Aircraft \Will Make Ocean Flight. Down at Norfolk, Va., the navy Is for across the Atlantic flight a dirigible with pontoons which Is al- most long enough to reach from Tin SDN office to .the front door ot the City Hall. It's a whale of an airship, 259 feet long, with a cruising radius of up to 7,000 miles and with all the comforts of a Manhattan apartment. Young Tommy McCracken, Ensign, V. S. X., Is the admiral ot this aerial dreadnought, and Ensign Thomas aald yesterday at his home, 842 avenue, that he doesn't be- lieve the British have anything classier than U. fl. N. .North Sea 1, the official designation of the big blimp. He knows something about the merits of the dirigi- ble because he her In North Sea patrol work, work sometimes In very nastv weather. Lord & Taylor Street FIFTH AVENUE 39th The Store Closed Tuesday, March 25th. An Important Sale Tailor-mad- e An an Suits of Twill, Serge, line Stripes, Oxfords, and tai- lored models, with m any braid trimmed. for this by The vogue is in many of and , Coats and arc also Prices from to in or de- fine the new in and to for and in every fabric and of the to For Flesh and and with or of run New or with Httlc . Hand made and hand with inserts of laces, others with hand drawn work. .Second Floor., at 5 Weldedl spout, grooming Lafayette Brooklyn, commanded ac- complished Poiret Hair belted ves-tce- s; charm their Serge Cape range blouse Poiret Twills color, Only Filet, laces, pretty ribbon Hand gar- ments, Enamel Top Table, 24 x j6 inches, with one drawer. She was built for long distance Ensign McCracken explained, and on the basis of what sue has already-don- he feels confident that she has a chance to win the honor of being the first to inako the big crossing. The gas .opacity Is 382,000 cubic feet. Twelve tanks carrying a total of 1,020 gallons of gasolene carry the fuel and tucfted away inside her silvery hide Is another tanli to supply ninety gallons or water. \They sent me back, from overseas to prepare the ship for a transatlantic flight,\ said Ensign McCracken yester- -' day.. \I am positive she can cross the ocean not once but many times. She can alight upon the water and can stand a lot of hard usage. She by two 250 horse-pow- er Flats and the crew ordinarily consists of four men the offi- cer In charge, a mate, a radio officer and an engineer. At present there Is no hangar big enough to house this, big bird of ours.\ Gasolene la Problem. The transatlantic moved Frank II. Russell, general manager, ot the Curttss Engineering Corporation of Garden City, to state yesterday that American experts And one great problem only In the long flight, and that problem Is gaso- lene supply. \The maximum distance to be flown Is acknowledged to be 1,800 miles,\ said Mr, Russell, \Allow 15 per cent, for drift, &c. and we have about 2,000 miles. At 100 miles an hour a 90 horse-pow- motor would require twenty hours sup- ply of gas. At nine gallons an hour this would be 180 gallons or 1,116 pounds. Three motors could support a flying craft which could carry ample gaso- lene to reach from Newfoundland to Ireland and which could make the even more difficult return trip against the west to east winds which prevail at practically all times. Boats are now being constructed on both sides of the Atlantic which will meet the require- ments of the great Journey.\ Street Women's Suits -- Event Planned on Extensive Scale, Providing Exceptional Values -- 3 $39.50 Suits of Poiret Hair line clever notes, from A Collection of Spring ranging from to $285.00 Misses9 Apparel Fashions youth Spring simplicity. Cape's anticipated models, mainly Tricotine. Dolmans, distinctive novelties, featured. $17.50 $i95.00. Tailor-mad- es straight models Silhouette; Serge, Tricotinc, Silvertonc, $27.50 $150.00. Dresses Street, Afternoon Evening accepted latest interpreta- tions Mode, $17.50 $175.00. Tomorrow Dainty Night Gowns $2.45 white Batiste Nainsook, Valenciennes novelty medallions embroidery, headings. models, sleeveless Philippine Embroidered Gowns FurciLnt $95 exquisitely embroidered House Furnishings March Sale Items Recognized makes, prices insuring pro- nounced savings. BisseU's Standard Carpet Sweepers $2.9 Aluminum Kettles, $2.10 capacity. Ensign Porcelain Kitchen $9.00 navi- gation, competition aeronautical contemplating Third floor. $45.00 Twill, Serge, Stripes, Oxfords. Many style' higher priced zz Solid or - BRITISH DIRIGIBLE MILES Record ' Trip by Non-rigi- d in Gale, f Rpecimt Cable Dttpalch to Tas 9C.V Irom Mi London Timet Service. Copyrioht, W, all rlaht$ reterttit. London, March 22. A British air- ship's flight ot 1,285 miles around the North Sea, completed a lew days ago, Is said to be a record for airships of the non-rlgl- d type. The airship had bad luck, running Into forty knot gales, but survived gallantly the curious fact that the high winds caused all aboard It to bo severely sick, necessi- tating relief pIlotsNind coxswains at fre- quent Intervals. London, March 22. Tho first account Is now officially published or a remark- able lone distance lllaht over the North . Sea which was performed by a British ( . 1. Jii.lnH .Via non-rig- airemp, mo uci-- n. viu.mi. few days. The voyage took the form of a circuit, embracing the coast ot \Denmark Helgo land, North Germany nnd Hoiianti. The trip .was characterised by ex- tremely unfavorable weather, and there-tor- e Is regarded as ranking as perhaps the most notnble flight of the kind ever undertaken. The total length of the round trip was 1.285 air miles, and the time taken was about forty and a half hours. The airship started from the Firth of Forth, laying a straight course to- ward Denmark. There was a northwest wind of fifteen to twenty miles an hour ami th nlcht was dark but the airship was only a mile from her course when. she pasfed the Dogger UanK L,igmnouse. After passing tho lighthouse the velocity of the wind Increased and calcium flares were dropped Into the sea frequently to determine the location. The airship's troubles, began on the return Journey The wind became \ Be on ' t of reproduced $65.00 Suits of dis- tinction, in Mixtures, Checks, Poiret Twills, Tricotincs, Blouse or straight coats, braid trimmed or with vestces. Suits, $29.50 sleeves. FLIES Aircraft tai- lored Women 's Capes Fashion's favorite Capes, in models of decided styles interest, new ideas in waistcoats, collars, smart braid strap- pings, trimmings. Many models at to $75.00. Swagger Cape Coats of Serges and Tricotincs arc here, and for the woman who demands the ultra, graceful Dolmans of Bolivia. Evora, Sifk Duvctyn, Tricolettc; soft rich or -- Silk Faille. A choice collection at $57.50 to $195.00. ' Interesting Values in Women's Taffeta Dresses $42.50 Three phases of the new Mode developed In this fashionable silk. Taffeta in black or navy, introducing uool-cmbro\idc- ry in silver gray, upon long panels and tunic. Taffeta in brown or navy, with jewel colored beads, embroidered motifs. ccrr.Ttined with ftgrfcd GecrtgftijLe Crepe,' in a model of simple elegance. Xavy, with gra-o- r all gray effects. .7 hud I loot. Furniture Offerings of Unusual Merit Mahogany Wing Chairs tapestry covered. $28.75 I. I 12BS notwithstanding Schleswlg-Holstel- Will unusual Serges. embroidery, Serge introducing picturesque button $25.00 Satins, Taffeta Rock- ers, 120 Martha Wash- ington Sewing Tables, \the better kind,\ made with invisible hinges. $15.00 ttOiX . 1 r INI ?J . A . A -- A NT1 M F fi CO -- Inc. Im I t M 4 tt 'M UMlH- - - m mm mm a i mw 11 11 n i m stronger and more tempestuous. At mid- night one engine became useless and the ship was forced a considerable distance to leeward. The captain contemplated landing In France, but finally decided to hold on In the hope that tho wind would abate. The wind abating somewhat, a \land fall\ was made at North Forcl (?). At this time tho gasolene supply was running low. The flight was carried out entirely over the sea. It was the longest non aLfmlt salted and similar stop overseas voyage ever by British aircraft and so far as Is known It was a world's record for airships. SOUTHWEST HAS A BLIZZARD. Four Fret of Fall In 'New Mexico Houses Collapse. East Las Vkoas, N. M March 22. This section of tho has been visited by the heaviest snowstorm In At Mora feet ot nave fallen since Thursday and houses are reported collapsing. Inches have fallen here In the last forty-eig- hours and It is (.till snowing Many buildings have collapsed here and electric and car service Is stopped. Dane feu 2,640,000 PIECES OF XJUM SENT. V. ft. Troop In Krnncr Will Get Candles ami Popcorn Also. Washington, March 22. Since hos- tilities ended and the urgent necessity for conserving space on army ships bound for France parsed the War D- - partment has been buying large quanti ties of chewing gum, popcorn, candy. made tablets, nuts non-rlgl- d Snovr country years. four snow night Thirty light luxuries for the troous. A statement y says that 2,640,00 packages of gum were recently pur- chased, and 1,150,000 packages each of candles, popcorn nnd fruit tablets, salted poanuts, salted almonds and wa- fer rolls to provide for tho April needs of the American forces In France. Tidvr Ordered (o SM ClncU Up. Instructions to naval units making up tho cruiser and transport service to the \daylight saving\ schedule of tlmo March 30, wero sent out by wire- less: yesterday from the headquarters of Gleaves Ht Hoboken. The orders direct that clocks be set forward one hour at 2 A, M. on that day at all stations nnd on all vessels of the navy In United States territorial waters. STORE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY, MARCH 25th IN HONOR OF THE 27th DIVISION 3frattfeUn 5imon & do. Fifth Avenue. 37th and 38th Sts. ANNOUNCE The Opening of the Junior Misses' Shoe Shop HTHE '&irl between childhood and youn& womanhood, whom we call the Junior Miss, is a most discerning and exacting person. She is at just the a&e when smartness of attire may only be achieved through specialization. This particularly applies to the Junior Misses' shoes. Ask any skilled shoe- maker and he will tell you that the most difficult shoes to design and build are those for the Junior Miss therefore The, Junior Miss Must Have ; A Shoe Shop of Her Own Such a shop opens tomorrow, on the Third Floor, with a complete assort- ment of oxfords, pumps, boots and slippers for the Junior Miss of nine to fifteen years. ' THE PRICES RANGE FROM FIVE TO EIGHT DOLLARS JUNIOR MISSES' SHOE SHOP-Th- ird Floor ate 3(IC site 34 te 90C JrankUn Simon & do. Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Sts. Women of Fashion are Wearing HAND-KNI- T FILET SWEATERS '\PHE mode for the early northern season is forecasted at Palm Beach. Most of the smartest styles make their debtK- at this resort. And hand-kn- it filet sweaters are the noteworthy success of the present Palm Beach Season a success which will be duplicated here. Filet mesh sweaters are entirely new and possess the added charm of exclus-ivene- ss an exclusiveness which will be retained as they enn only be made by hand. , More attractive sweaters cannot be imagined the blouse or dress .is re- vealed just enough to &ive lovely color harmony or dashing color contrast. OF WOOL SHETLAND FLOSS Slip-o- n sleeveless model with the smart square cut neck. In brown, pur- ple, turquoise, navy, rose, cherry, black \or white. EIGHTEEN DOLLARS SWEATER SHOP-Fou- rth Floor 30C SMC k3
