New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Thousands Witness
Naval Parade and IL
lumination of Statue
AVJATRIX THRILLS
IN NIGHT FLIGHT
Shark Carried by Ruth
Laws Aeroplane MyS-
tifes Watchers

4 SIGNAL l4NhCAOu +'~-
Fl the NARROWER. Thee rockets ourst
- s-sirs. the night The lighted
i,.s ~ two giant varships faded sud
- ~, Of view. A tiny star-hke
'..-s moved swiftly across the sky an
.r,se, motor purrjng weirdly. Only
,,s moving lights Of the harbor ship
-, and q few powerful, searching
',,ft, from the surrounding shore
,-ots tbe darkness OF the bay. A
lid ewes sought out the darker out
line Of BartholdYs bronze goddess some
where across the water.
Minutes passed The tiny spark on
lieb mad circled three times and was
,oni,g back for a fourth. A skepu'
=. .bs mine-ayer San Francisco sug-
80 that something might have hap
..r.5 20 the switch The MayhoWer
r,~s % anchor. For an instant me
Owe. forgot Miss Liberty and followed
.bs ,psrk and the purr above.
Then it happened-Bartholdrs VISION
leaned out Of the darkness. Miss Id
s-tr ch.tened in a food Of light. The
torch m her hand famed yellow Inc
bay was a glorious sight
The spark in the sky beat against the
mind toward the statue. OF sudden
where only the spark had appeared 'ne
eors Liberty blazed in electric hgh's
-l moved rapidly above the warships
.-5 r,ver craft. Two streamers OF COL
,-o5 lights from the underside Of an
se-orlare showered from the sky.
The pilot Of the spark completed the
fourth circle above the bay and re-
,rrosd 70 O. great bonfire glare that ap'
ooared on Governors Island.
Liberty Permanently Lighted
Miss Liberty was permanently dressed
in nght-the gift Of $4,000 Americans
Who had contributed to the fund started
BIZ The New York World
The signal that first flashed from
the Msyaower as she stood some hun
dreds Of yards off Bedlow's Island
where for thirty years the Liberty
statue at night has been me-ely faint
light above q great black figure rising
on, Of the water, was touched of By
President Wilson.
The spark that shared honors with
Mss L.berty's adornment was piloteo
By Miss Ruth Law, who recently won
sy.,ion honors in a 'cross-country
figh. from Chicago, and the attendant
ceremonies we're the most impressive
generation.
France, whose citizens gave America
The statue more than thirty years ago
sent her greetings and appreciation last
night in message from President
Poineare. Il was read by Ambassador
Jules J. Jusserand at banquet at the
Waldorf-Astoria which capped the day
Of festivities in celebration of the oc-
eAsion. These festivities included a
water procession down the North
River. the lighting itself, Miss Laws
remarkable fight above the harbor and
an automobile parade from the Battery
up Fifth Avenue through a lane OF
golden illumination.
President Wilson, Mrs. Wilson, Miss
Margaret Wilson, Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, Or. Grayson, Joseph P. Tu-
nulty, Ambassador and Nine. Jusse-
rand. Secretary Josephus Daniels, Mrs.
Daniels and their two sons, Secretary
and Mrs William c. Redfeld and for
Her Governor J. Franklin Fort Of New
Jersey came 20 New York to participate
In the ceremonies yesterday afternoon.
They were met by Mayor Mitchell, who
beaded a committee Of 200. and imme-
diately proceeded 70 the foot of West
Eightieth Street, where the celebration
began.
Msyhower Joins Wsrships
Out IN the river were three vessels
o. the North Atlantic feet-the wyo-
ming, flagship Of Rear Admiral Dunn;
ite Connecticut and the Kentucky-the
ssyaower. the Yankton and the San
francisco.
The Texas and New York earlier in
ne DAY had steamed down the river 20
IN anchorage Of the statue.
Riverside Park and the shorefront
below il were thronged with people
,ahen the Presidents party boarded the
,naynower az I o'clock with Mayor
Mitchell, Senator-elect William NJ. Cal
Ger, Dock Commissioner K. A. {. Smith
arc Cleveland n. Dodge.
Before the Mayors committee and
Secretaries Daniels and Redheld had
boarded the San Francisco, substitut-
ltg Tor the Secretary's yacht Dolphin,
sshieh broke her steering apparatus the
Gay before. the Presidents flag broke
ifom the Msyfiower's masthead and the
N@fshlps az anchor doomed the twenty
eht-gun salute Nineteen more flashed
,,tom the forward turrets OF the San
francisco when Secretary Daniels
mounted the ganRplans, and few min
a'es later the MayAower and San Fran
bay. Wv
Dusk began 70 settle as the vessels
1csaleo In their anchors. The Wyoming,
Connecticut and Kentucky were out
nnso against the sky In electric lights
she their crews stood at attention on
osef' white-eapped line Of blus-clad
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