New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Henry Makepeace Ford, present
holder OF the combined estates o.
Don Quixote, Aladdin ard jhc ven
e-able part who had the bottomless
pu~.e, sailed from New York yester
day t. sec THAT those tragically
ridiculous Earopeans get cut OF
their trenches before Christmas.
with Ford aboarc the peace ship
% car II went perhaps the most as
'tsuishiag assortment Of human
freight which ever cleared this or
ems ether part booked straight
trough to the wa zone on the big
.ct Irce c.cur-ior q history.
The cabins were crowded with
rropagindists Of every conceivable
-cnies-aoc,al reformers, civic re
formers. legislative reformcrs. do
re-.ic reforners. dramatic reform
persons whose names, almos
without exception are familiar from.
p1ro reading matter back in their
home towns.
All temporarily had abandoned
their indiyidualisms to unite IN SUB
scribing to the Ford propaganda OF
peace at any price" and all were
willing TO back the miracle man of
motordom in his proposition that he
bo permitted 10 settle the bills.
Il was just 3:18 o'clock when the
Oscar II. which had been scheduled
10 east off at 2, was taken in hand
by a snub-rosed tug and pushed
away from its pier at the foot Of
Seventeenth Street, Hoboken. On
the pier was a crowd which num-
bered almost $4,000.
To add to the general hilarity at
this point a young French Canadian
ran to the gangway shouting; "You
can't leave me behind" Then he
dived into the river. He swan vigor-
ously after the ship, until tugboat
crew yanked him to safety. He said
he was Urbain J. Leboux, Of Bidde-
ford. Ne.
Bryan Beams a Beuediction.
Close 10 where the first cabin gang
way had been a couple Of minutes be-
fore stood William Jennings Bryan
with Nrs. Ford and Thomas A. Edison.
Regardless Of the attitude of the ad-
ministration with which he was re-
Gently identified, Mr.. Bryan signihed
his personal approval Of Mr.. Ford his
ships company and his idea oy beam,
Ing benediction a. the Oscar ii
slipped out into the river.
Aboard ship Mr.. Ford's chartered
band was playing. As II in answer 70
the refrain which ran through the olo
tune being blared back At him--"The
folks all say you won't come back, you
wont come back, you won't come back
the one time Secretary Of State
God bless you all. God be with
youi"
Fifteen or sixteen years ago Henry
Ford. then earning $50 month as a
stationary engineer, used TO dream OF
what he would do II fate ever put a
fortune into his control. The sailing
of the peace ship meant 20 him
dream come true, bigger and more
daring dream than the most ambitious
o. the old days Of poverty.
As ne stood on the upper deck watch. .
ing the crowd on the dock he seemed
painfully self-eonscious AZ times. Those
were the times that cheers meant Tor
hin rattled the iron roof Of the dock
shed, and IN his embarrassment lay
sbout all the dignity that attached to
The departure Of the peace apostles.
Ark Of Peace Just Sails Away.
There wss no more fornslity about
shs sailing thzn there would nave been
n the Oscar II were one Of the Iron
Steamboat feet, COney Island her des-
tinstion and her passengers looking
forward oniT 70 an evening of pleas
sfs aud q return trip at midnight On
the B.sB. r.
The Ford press bureau had broken
f1sH under the strain Of the early
hsaT1 Of the big day. Major Domo
Continued ~ psEs ~. roIsw" :.