Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1923, Page 7

Services for 4 Days Planned To Honor Numerous Rites Will Include Ceremonies at All Cemeteries and Tributes to Those Who Died in Service in All Wars. A program of memorial services cov- oring a period of four days opens this inorning under the auspices of the De- partment of Potomae, rand Army of the Republic, and the District lumbia Department, American Legion, ted by various other patriotic or- nizations and culminating in the Ar- ngton national cemetery exercises Wadnesday, Memorial . at which ipesident Harding will deliver an ad- dress. Throughout the District cemeteries «ill be visited and reverence paid the dead by the placing of flags and flow- s on the graves of those who died the service of the country, while friends and relatives of the Big Crowd Expected. The memorlal services at Arlington on AMemorial day to be tended by a recc . as more pe ple will be in the city on that day than any May 30 in the past, it is believed due to the Shrine convention. ises the national cemete 30 o'clock, and in addition Harding Watson B. Mil- national vice commander of the can Legion, and James W. Wil- commander-in-chief of the Grand v of the Republie, will speak. The Band will play and accompany \day services will be held Olivet 3 t 3 o'clock, at 10 o'clock, th cemetery at 2:20 | Scott Key bridge, for airmen will st commander- | ans, and Wil- ranklin, past commander, B. Costello Post. No. 15 \merican Legion, will be the s ers at Mount Olivet cemetery re unde he ausplc .incoln_Camp. No. s of Veterans, nd Vincent B, ello Post, as- sisted by Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, Daughters of Veterans, and Feary Ship, Veterans of Wars Foreign Rock Creek Services. At Rock Creek cemetery the ¢s will be in charge of P. O. enee. chalrmun, by Alfred Simon Jks and Wil- 1. Franklin presentative Charles 1. Winter Wyoming will be the principal St Elizabeth cemetery to- Dr. William A. White. supe \tendent of St Elizabeth’s Hospital, will deliver the address of welcome: fihis meeting wil be under the direc- tion of Charles J. P. Weber, past de- wander, United Spanish isted by Miles Camp, "L V.o George A. Wold, senior viee commander. Veterans of Foreign Wa nic B, Heise, past commander Washington Fost, . Veterans of Foreign Wa rdner Post, No. 1S, American Willian M tehell, assist- will de- services for the past de- s Relief the con- two air- will drop poppies from t Flowers on Water, iary Departn rited s . nied nbarl the Washington navy 3 of strewing flowers ers of the Potomac in the soldiers, sallors and tioi10st: thielr lives at sen ague, Junior vice depart- mmander, U. 8. W. V., will T of monies, and H. F department commande Murphy, senior vice de nder, W. V., will cere speak Lam 1 the Grand Army of th their annual memorial exerc this afternoon at 3 o'clock in rotunda of the Capitol building. Ad- wre will be made by Mrs. Della ;. Smallwood and Hosea B. Moulton The program of music will be under ction of Miss Helen Howe and and Abra- . Ladies of Republic, will . No. the will hold points in gion arious al one nt at 4:30 p.m Admiral R en. Am former chaplain Navy: Na v r Wat Comm Com- Lewis Smith. Other Services, es are as follows Sixteenth street extended Killeen Post Unit. Auxiliary and Post will place kers as a tribute strict, at 7_a.m. ‘Exercises t with other Other exe ) dead of the L Holy Rood _cemete v Killeen F rizations, 9:30 a.m cemetery: Exercises by Nash Post with other vet- Glenwood Kenneth H organi 1coln_ce zdward Douglas ess by post commander; Post Chaplain Robert X wreath to be at trance of cemetery, 10:3 Urospect Hill cemetery Ly Tank Corps Post; wreath at entrance: in Post Chaplain; placing of poppies and flags on graves, taps, 10:30 a.m Sixteenth and Upshur streets: All members of legion to meet in uniform it possible at 16th street and Park roaud and march to Upshur street, headed by Vincent B. Costello Post sield ‘nusic, 10:30. At 11 o'clock serv- ices will begin. Dr. William Tindall will deliver the address and Depart- ment Commander John Lewis Smith will presid St. Mary's cemetery the afternoon by Hir Harmony cemetery James ReesesEurope Post with Veteran organizations Cedar Hill cemetery, Sergeant Jasper Post’ Prospect Hill cemetery, by Tank Corps Post Congressional _cemeter. at 3 o'clock by Stuart Walcott Post; hrief addresses by Department Vice Commander Alex . Bremer and Post Commander R. P. McCandiish: plac- ing of poppies and flags on the Eraves. Rock Creek cemetery, exercises at 3 o'clock by George Washington Post. Gen. Naylor to Speak. Tuesday afternoon at.2 o'clock ex- :roises will be held by Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post in the rotunda_ of the bureau. Brig. Gen. W. K. Naylor, chief of staff, 33d Di- wvislon; Louls C. Hill, director of the Dureau of engraving and printing, and Francis F. Miller, conmander of ahe post, will speak. In Adas Israel, Washington He- brew. Talmud Torah, Ohave Shohom and Hebrew Burlal cemeteries tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock services will be held under the direction of a committee consisting of William 3, Pramklin, chairman; John W. Rey- nolds, Lincoln Camp, Sons of Vet- erare, and E. Helen Temple, Tent No. 1, Daughters of Veterans. In 'addition to the Arlington na- tignal cemetery services, programs wik be held at the following places: National cemetery, United States Sol- diers’ Home, beginning at 9:30 o'clock, addresses to be made by Chaplain George F. Rixey, U. S. N Fort Washington, Md., ‘and C John Murphy. chief of staff. depart . ment of District of Columbis, United other exercises by exercises exercises of Co- | Distriet's | its and citizens will pay similar | i at ! Admiral | the ! of which | @ 1d Depart- | Dead of District Spanish War Veterans, under the di- rection of Briscoe Goodhart, senior vice department commander, G. A. R. Battle Ground Cemetery. Battle Ground National Cemetery | services will begin at 3:15 o'clock and | will be attended by the District Com- | missioners and many prominent Army officials, both active and retired. Washington Gardner, United States Commissioner of Pensions, delive principal addres the graves will be decorated by children of the third division, public schools. Those In charge of these ex- es are Dr. C. V, Pettys, chair- | man; Willlam V. Vox, vice chairman, |and John Clagett Proctor, secretary, | assisted by the Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Forelgn Wars and the American Legion Rev. H. D. Mitchell, pastor of the Metropolitan M. . Church, is to be | the speaker at Congressional Ceme- ry exercises, which begin at 10 o'clock. Hosea B, Moulton, junior vice department commander, will be | in_charge . William B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, will conduct the vices at Holy Rood cemetery at ) o'clock, and at Oak Hill Ceme- ry at 11 am Past Commander silbert P. Brown, presiding officer. | will be the principal speaker at the former gathing, and Clifford Treland, | past commander-in-chief of the Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., will deliver the | address at Oak Hill H Program at Glenwood. program will be given in the| pel of Glenwood Cemetery after aves there and in Prospect Hill Ma c eries have been ted by the following organi- tions in charge of the exercises: orge H. Thomas Post, No. 15, G. A. Woman's Relief Corps, No. 11: War Veterans, Veterans of Wars, American Legion and < and pupils of the Matthew public school. at_ Harmony 11:45 o'clos John P. Qu ign cemetery k under the der, com- >0st, No. 9. Russell will be the speaker, Scouts will decorate the xander Mann of the American Legion will be in charge of the program at Woodlawn cemetery, and Nelson J. ymmander of Post_No. . will preside at the Northeast cemetery exercises Assistant Secretary of War Dwight Davis and Dr. Kate Waller Ba 5 national president American Legion Auxiliary, are to make addresses Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'cloeic in the world war section of Arlington national cemetery, The graves will be decorated under the direction of a committee headed by Watson B. Mil- in the District also will be by Warren G. Harding Sons of Veterans, Post 234, ns of Foreign W3 |G. A. R. LADIES PLAN | CELEBRATION TODAY Annual Memorial Services to Be Held in Rotunda of Capitol. memorial B and Abraham Lincoln | 3, Ladies of the Grand Army public. will be held in the the Capitol this afternoon at nual exercises of | DrOgTAr will be under iss Helen Howe, with Mrs. Irene Chainey. accompanist. Ad es will be given by rs. Della G allwood, and Judge Hosea B. Moulton. Other features on the program are: sembly call, Miss Dora Varn wel- come chairman, Alice L. Goodacre; in- vocation, Rev. Dr. H. D. Mitchell, Metropolitan Church; vocal solo. Harry D. Witkins ; pledge to_flag, patriotic in- | | structors, Mrs. C. C. Clements of Grant, and Mrs. rah Deeds of Lincoln circles marines and boy scouts; Miss Beatrice Deeds and Rose MsGrath from Lincoln and two women from Grant Circle ; solo by Mrs. | ; floral offering by memherfll 1 | The musical the direction of color bearer: bide with me,” and “Home {Sweet Home,” sung by Miss Helen Howe, Mrs, David Oertle; e McGrath and Beatrice_ Deed: | Lemuel Warner: vocal solo, Miss Helen | Howe; solo, W. A. Cleveling: America, embly, led by Miss Howe; benedic- tion. Rev. Father Brooks: taps, Miss | Dora Varney. 'STAR MEMORIAL DAY FUND NOW $418.75 With the assistance of the collec- | tions being made at the Cosmos and President theaters and a donation of $19 from the clerks of the general land office, The Star's “Memorial da. fund appeal has now reached a total of $418.75. Subscriptions are still coming in increased amounts and number. Asknowledgment is following subscriptions: For the A. R—S. M. N.. 25 cents; Mrs. Luck- ett, $1; A Friend, $1; collection at theé Cosmos theater, $34.46; Cash. $1: A N. William cents; M. S. P. 0 cents J. O'Connell, 50 cen rks, general land office, $19: Cash, cents; Kay-Alger Company. $5 Martha Noyes, $1.50; Soldier's widow nd Daughter, D. L. Hazard, $1; llection at Cosmos theater, $26.13 collection at the President theater, For the confederates $1; D. made of the | cccasion HELD ON CHECK CHARGE. Bride of Few Months at House of Detention. Mrs. Helen Hobbs, twenty-one-year- old bride of Horatlo Hobbs, paperhan- ger, of 506 9th strect, was arrested near the Capitol yesterday and charged with passing bad checks. She was taken to {the House of Detention and held there pending the hearing of her case in Po- his week. s arrested by Headquatters Thompson, Embrey, Fowler and Flaherty, who accused her of pass- ing bad checks totaling $150 on local merchants. The checks ranged, they said, from $10 to $25. At police headquarters she told the detectives that she had been married here several mmonths ago following her arrival from Brooklyn, N. Y. She stat- ed that her husband was in Boston and that she had believed he had an_ac- gount at one of the local banks. Less than a dollar was in her possession when arrested, the checks being given for the payment of clothes. the Fort Myed gate only. Tags should be conspicuously fleld, on the west of the cemetery. Pedestrians will be permitted ) | carriages, pedestrians, ete. Traffic Regulations for May 30 ceniqly Jemorial day, May 30, only those automobiles and other ‘°m°‘" that are properly tagged with cards from the G. A. R. will be allowed to enter Arlington national cemetery until the G. A. R. services are concluded. “All vehicular traffic will be allowed to enter unnecessary delay and confusion at the entrance gate. All vehicles not properly tagged will be parked on the drill Confederate gates on the west, reached via the cars from Rosslyn. ! . All gates on the east and south sides of the cemetery, reached via the Highway bridge, will be closed. . After the services are over all gates, except Fort Myer and Confederate gates, will be opencd as exits for the use of automobiles, THE SUNDAY The photograph, made in HARDINGS TO ATTEND DEDICATION OF PEWS President to Accept Historic Seats at First Presbyterian Church. President and Mrs. tend the special Memc ice to be held at the First terian Church, John Mars! this morning at 11 o'clock, when th former will formally accept on be-| half of the soldiers and sailors of th* United States the pews formerly used by Admiral Dahlgren and Gen firnl)'v: At each pew will be a specially -1 taile guard from the Army nd | Navy. centatives of the Grand | Army of the Potomac, the lmuulvlvr«i of the American Revolution. the; Loval Legion and the Sons of the American Revolution will attend the ceremonies. Re John Brittan C the church, will offic and will make the dedication. His sermon will be “The Red, or the Red, White and Blue.” FLAG RAISING TO MARK | MEMORIAL DAY RITES| for | rding . pastor of of Veterans Prepare Ceremony at Union Station. -remonies incident raising the flags in front of Union station will be held at 7:30 o'clock am. Memorial day by Willlam B Cushing Camp, 30, Sons of Vet- erans. The ceremonies will be in harge of Past Division Commander J. Clinton Hiatt, patriotic instructor of Willlam B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A, assisted by Harry T. De Groot, member of Camp Council. The speaker for the will be the Rev. C. R.| Stauffer, pastor of the Ninth Street | son of a| Command- | Senior | Sons Patriotic ¢ to | Christian Church. who is Union civil war veteran er De Groot will also speak. Vice Commander John L. Baten will lead in the giving of the pledg of allegiance to the flag. The Boys Independent Band will play patr airs. Past Commande 1. Albert | Laug will sing “America,” the band | a8 accompanist | he committee consists of all past division commanders Maj. Edward R. Can Francis E. Cross, Charles Commander Hiatt. and Mr. De Groot, and all past commanders, OscarSteldel, S. T. Cameron, W. Harry Moore, Ar- | thur J. Hall, William F. Wolfe, Al- bert B. Goodrich, J. Luther Brenizer, Herbert W. Rutledge, Capt Howard, Gurncn cott, Maj. eria 8. Hodg eut. Rc . Oatley, Wilfred Omar J. | Veley, E. Albert Lang, James 8. Jon and Dr. A. A. Taylor and Mrs. Rosal of auxillary. ~There e | in front of Union | flags will be raised | a committee consist members of the camp at on all pol ing_of fou each pole EVANS POST, LEGION, HAS | SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON | Memorial Exercises to Be Held at | Haines Point, Potomac Park, ‘With Several Speakers. Robley D. Evans Post, No. 4, Ameri- can Legion, will hold its memorial exercises at 4:30 this afternoon, at Haines Point, Potomac Park. The order of exercises will be as follows: Opening prayer. Chaplain Francis J. Hurney, formerly chaplain, United States Navy; addresses Dr. Thomas F. Green of the Amerfcan Red Cross, Capt. Watson B. Miller, na- tional vice commander, American Le- | gion, and John Lewis Smith, depart- ment commander, American Legion District of Columbia. | The United States Navy Band. Charies P. Benter, director, will render the music. Memorial flowers, will be | distributed upon the water by seaplanes | and by boat. | The public is invited to attend G.W. U. Student,| 19, to Be Speaker AtG.A.R.Service Francis Willard Clements, a stu- dent of George Washington Uni- versity and a former student of Central High School, will speak at the G. A. R. memorial serv- ice at Arlington Wednesday. Clements, who is only nineteen, will have the distinction of being the youngest person who has ever spoken at a G. A. R. memorial service at Arlington. He is related on his mother's side to Henry Clay Clements came as an honor stu- dent from Loyola College, Los Angeles. He graduated from Cen- tral High School in 1922 and en- tered George Washington Uni- versity. He attained distinction in athletics, gaining his letter and occupying the position of center on the varsity foot ball team dur- ing his freshman year. fastened to the vehicles to avoid to enter only the Fort Myer and o BRI ~ R, Decoration Day. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, MAY D. C. Legion’s Decorations for Comrades’ Graves|"/-LAW TYLER PAGE fromt of District building, shows flornl pieces to be placed on graves at Arlingtom 27, 1923—PART 1 wreath upon the grave of the un- known soldier on Memorial day at 10 o'clock in the morning. Greek Veterans to Decorate Un.| The veterans have also voted to send the sum of $50 to the American st krown’s Tomb. Leglon to be appropriated toward the American vsterans of the world|fund for decorating the graves of war of Greek descent will place a'soldiers. LEST WE FORGET On the wooded slopes of Arlington and other cemeteries- Washington 70,000 sojdiers sleop. e ‘This year their graves will go unmarked, their unsung, unless Washington 'b‘:pfll‘l to -: appeal. et It is a simple appeal, shortly told. The Grand Army of Republic and allied veter: organizations in Wuhlnglnnyue p'r.: hibited from making their annual solicitations in the government departments for funds with which to bear the expenses of placing, on Decoration day (and on June 3, for the Confederates), a small American flag and a flower at the head of each of their comrades’ graves and of holding appropriate excrcises in each cemetery where rest soldier dead. These veterans appeal to you, th: matter ow small. Mall 1 today, and 4 matter how L it tos and designate it “Deco: Fund—The Evening Star,” g, at u-f"-uu. time, ;‘n::"m'rht should go to the Decoration day fund or the Cenfederate veteran fund for use June 3. WILL PLACE WREATH. SOLDIERS’ HOME SPEAKER Patriotic Celebration This After- noon Includes Band Music and Other Features. ‘Willlam Tyler Page, author of “The American’s Creed,” will speak at pa- triotic exercises to be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, in the theater at the United States Soldiers’ Home. The celebration, which is open to the public, is under direction of Chap- lain Griffith, The exercises will be opened with the playing by the Soldiers’ Home band of Kretschmer's “Coronation March,” after which Rev. H. Allen Grifith, chaplain of the home, will deliver the_ invocatiom Prof. Os- borne and Miss Botsford will sin a duet, after which Mrs. Clyde Edwards will sing. The roll of honor will be called, followed by the sounding of taps. A dbuble quartet will sing, after which a Scripture lesson will be wung. C. D. Hamilton will sing. The address by Mr. Page will fol- low. Miss Lillian Halley will sing, after which the band. under the di- reection of John S. M. Zimmermann, will play “The Lost Chord.” After the benediction, the exercises will close with the singing of “America.” —— The holothurian, or sea slug, is a snail-like creature, which can throw off its vital organs when frightened and replace them all within a few weeks. h The Evening Star, which ons. 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