Show WILSON IS CHEERED IN LIBERTY'S LIGHT I II I Bartholdi's Famous Statue Illuminated When President President dent Gives Signal n By fly United pr ProM s to let Til Tile The Tol NEW NEV YORK Dec 2 With 2 With ceremonies ceremonies cere cere- monies participated In by President Wilson for tor America a. a and Ambassador T for tor France Bartholdi's famous fa famous famous fa- fa statue of liberty was given a new flew ImpressIveness tonight through the in installation installation in- in of ot a system of lights that make the famo famous s bronze figure in Now how York harbor stand out even more beautiful by night than by day The booming of ot big guns in th the presidential presidential presidential pres pres- s salute lute the darting through the sky of ot an illuminated aeroplane piloted piloted pilot pilot- ed ed by Miss Ruth Law and the the r rays ys of I the worlds world's most powerful searchlight sweeping the ba bay as the presidents president's yacht and its convoys came to rest near the base of the statue lent thrill thrills to the occasion The president gave the signal for tor forthe forthe the turning on of ot the light The flood of Illumination came at the c conclusion of ot this wireless message from the Mayflower Mayflower Mayflower May May- flower on which he stood I 1 light this statue with th the thought that it may always stand as a a. symbol of our purpose to throw upon liberty out of our own life as a nation a light wO which h shall revea reveal its dignity Its sincere sincere sincere sin sin- cere power its benignant hope and spirit of ot guidance nce A great sustained in d ch cheer er burst from throngs that packed paced the Battery Batter and the streets emptying into Bowling Dowling Gre Green n as liberty suddenly st stood od forth I clear and bright against the darkness of ot the outer uter harbor A greater roar greeted the return of ot the presidents president's y yacht cht and th the landing of his party In InCluding Including In- In eluding Mrs Wilson preparatory to toan toan toan an Illuminated ted auto aut parade from the D Battery to the Waldorf Astoria Astori The like of of- march was thronged all aU the way with cheering people The lighting system which bathes the monument with a strong white glow from invisible arc lamps is the gift gitt of ot tho thousands sands of ot contributors to a no f fund nd started by the New York World It Is s said id to be th the most ambitious us undertaking undertaking under under- t taking king of the kind in the w world |