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Evening star., 1909-06-14
FLAG IS HOHOREO
THROUGHOUT CITY

: Continued from First Page
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Ceremony at Key Mansion;
Other Flag Day Exercises

At the Francis Scott Key Mansion in
Georgetown this morning the day was
appropriately observed There was the
flag drill by the Isabel Worrell Ball Flag
Association. Mrs Annie T.. Hnag gland
president. The ladies We're dressed in
white ornamented with knots of red
white and blue, an dbearing large flags
There was a recitation by Mrs. Ball and
patriotic addresses by Mrs. Ball and Col
John McElroy, the singing Of The Star
Spangled Banner" and the raising of a
fifteen stripes by the children Of George
town. Col. McElroy in his address spoke
feeIingly Of the love OF the soldier and
thr sailor for the old flag. and declared
that next to ones religion and ones coun-
try the flag should be nearest and dearest
of all.
BY request of Mrs. Matthew t. Scott
president general of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, fiass. We're dis
played from the homes of the members
today. and many Daughters took part III
the services in honor of the day which
were held throughout the city.
Exercises will be held tonight at $
o'clock in the Metropolitan Memorial NJ.
+. Church by the Department of the
Potomac, Womans Relief Corps, Mrs.
Mary 4. Dow. president. Mrs. Flora l..
Carnes of the department of patriotic
gram. Rev. DR.. John Reid Shannon.
Rev. Rabbi Abram Simon and Edgar
Allen. jr., will deliver addresses.
In Anacostia. at the Baptist Church,
John a. Logan Post G.. A. r., and the
Woman's Relief Corps will hold patriotic
Evening star., 1909-06-14
Dr.. Shannon Speaks to
Veterans of the Grand Army

~ the Metropolitan NJ. r.. Church last
night Rev. Dr. John Reid Shannon
preached an eloquent sermon before a
congregation composed largely of mem
hers of the Grand Army of the Republic
and their friends and families. His sub
iect WAS Our Country's Flag-American
Ideas and Principles Symbolized by Old
Glory"
DR.. Shannon said II part
June Il is a special day on the calen-
dar Of American days. 1t signalizes the
birthday of ola Glory. Our flag comes to
It's l32d birthday tomorrow. II was June
~, iii, that the Continental Congress- in
session at Independence Hall, in Philadel-
phia, enacted the resolution creating the
flag of the United States as thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white. and the
union as thirteen stars, white on a field
OF blue. representing a new constellation
Blue is a symbol of loyalty IL means
Il love OF country that rises above love
of self. Red is a symbol OF sacrifice II
speaks To us of the blood that has been
shed to establish and preserve our in
Stitutions. At soldiers reunion in Ohio
tle said, where the SCARED and torn bat
tiefiaGs of Ohio are put on exhibition
an old man was seen with his arms
around one of them tears falling from his
eyes He was asked: What is the trou-
ble?' He replied: My boy fell with that
Evening star., 1909-06-14
Nearly Two Thousand at
the Printery Exercises

As Assembly was sounded by a bugIer
from the steps of the government printing
office shortly after noon today, nearly
2.H'0 employees or the big shop. men and
women, gathered in front of the large
building TO take part in the exercises In
honor of the flag. Just under the en-
American flags. stood Public Printer
Samuel +. Donneiy; his deputy, Capt. II.
7. Brian; Frank Wallace. foreman of
printing: John Berg, superintendent of
work; J. A. Armstrong. president of the
Government Printing Office Council. No.
I'll. National Union, under whose auspices
the program was arranged Joseph Dier-
ken, secretary OF tie National Union
Thomas l.. Jones who directed the volun-
teer musicians of the office. and Repre-
sentafives Cushman and Hamilton, who
delivered the orationS
The exercises opened with the singing
of America" in which the childish
voices of the many boys and girls who
stood at the foot of the steps mingled
with those of the large throng of men
and women that blocked the street III
front of the building.
Public Printer Donnelly, in "A short
address, declared that the flag repre-
scnted ideals of the country and what
the American commonwealth stood for.
We are .lbd, ne Sdlu, tndI lneSe
ideals are changing. and some say that
they are purer in the country west of
the Appalachian mountains. We have
the pleasure today of hearing two gem
tlemen who represent the western
tiCn of the country in Congress, one
from the extreme northwestern corner
AMI the other from the middle west"
lie then introduced Representative Cush-
lran Of WashinS Ston. Il am here for
two reasons" said Mr.. Cushman: first,
because | was invited, and second, be-
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The Velvet Kind"
lOOB Pure
All Cream PaSteuriZed.

life l went along with a policeman be
cause l was invited, but this is not the
case here. This is the best print shop
in the world. / am i'll position to know
this Often a congressman is called upon
10 talk about things lie knows nothing
of, and on many occasions / have sent
TO this office manuscripts that [ was
heartily ashamed of in the evening, but
the next day when | saw the speech in
the Congressional Record, its spelling cor
rected, its grammar Strengthened out and
its rhetoric embellished, / felt proud of
it. This, gentlemen. is not the work OF
an ordinary printer. but it requires 4
high order of genius to turn out of such
raw material a finished and polished pro-
duction.
He declared that only the pessimist
and the fool considered that the Norlj
was going backward. and added that Cur
patriotic temperature should not he take4
only on the Fourth of July. lie warned
against the man who would ~, July 1
take off his hat to the flag ana the next
day join a mob to overturn Il street car
and strike motorman on the head. TIE
flag, he said, stands for law and order
and for life. liberty and pursuit Of hep
piness. There are some men, he said.
who, in proclaminG the principe Of life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness
think only in the first person.
Character and no. color makes the
flag" he said land when people in for
eign countries see the Stars and Stripes
stand behind it,"
Then the Red. White and Blue was
sung
Representative Hamilton OF Michigan
said: AS an occasional controhutor to
the Congressional Record in which rho
flag is interviewer with good deal Of
raw material for home consumption.
am glad to have an opportunity To ad-
dress YOU The flag he continued
stands for what we are. what we hone
TO be. and, above ALL what we ought
TO be. 1t is an emblem and an in
spiration.''
He paid tribute TO the ''men Who wear
a bronze button" and declared that
American civilization was like a great
fabric, the threads of which go back to
all countries of Europe and to Africa.
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Bernetta Springman, Guy Cosswell, Mil
lard 1eatman.
Enthusiastic Celebration
by Post Office Clerks

Never before were the Post Office De-
partment exercises on Flag day as en-
thusiastic and impressive as today. The
Assembly call rang out through the
corridors Of the great granite building
at 12:la, and almost Immediately the
openings to the inner court on each of
the eight floors We're filled with clerks,
men and women, wearing miniature flags
and waving small flags or flag banners
in their hands. The immense American
flag which hangs in the center of the
court had been drawn aside, but around
the balcony on the third floor were
draped large flags in festoons.
The service. which was one of song,
was under the direction of Pierson H.
Bristow, superintendent of the Calvary
Baptist Sunday school. The opening
number America, was sung with a
splendid volume by the entire gathering.
This was followed by the Battle Hymn
Of the Republic as solo by Mrs.
Walter \. Gawler. the auditors joining
in the chorus. Then came The Flag of
the Free TO the air of Mendelssohn' S
Wedding March. by selected chorus,
under the direction of Mr.. Bristow
Mrs Gawler sang the final song, THE
Star Spangled Banner" with the audi
ence joining in the chorus. At an appro-
pirate lire in the second verse the big
iiaS was unfurled and drawn from the
side OF the court to its place in the GEN.
ter. while the great gathering cheered
and appauded long and vigorously. wav-
ing with much enthusiasm small flags,
fans and handkerchiefs.
Postmaster General Hitchcock was an
interested spectator throughout the serv-
ices and applauGed each number III turn.
His assistants and Auditor Merritt O.
Chance joined the others in singing the
patriotic songs and applauding the solos
Miss Minnie Bailey was the accompanist
on the piano. William S. Taylor was the
cornetiSt, sounding the Assembly" and
ACCOMMODATING the singers
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GOES TO THE DEATH CHAIR.
William Scott Electrocuted for Muir
der of His Stepmother.

AUBURN, n Y, June 14-William
Scott was put TO death by electricity in
Auburn prison this morning for the mur-
der Of his stepmother. Mrs. Della NJ.
Scott, near Chenango lake. n short dis
tance from Norwich. in October. 1907.
Scott walked to the death chair with
out evincing the least sign of emotion.
Although during his boyhood he received
no religious teaching. he embraced tire
Catholic faith five weeks ago, was bap-
tized a week ago and received the last
rites this morning.
Evening star., 1909-06-14

services. and the John \. Logan Girls
Flag Brigade Miss Annie Butler, cap
tain, escorted by the |. W. +. Flag As
sociation. Will give a flag drill and the
flag salute.
Phil Sheridan Post. Woman's Relief
Corps, will give an "at home tomorrow
night in it's headquarters in Grand Army
Hall Mrs. Dow and her staff and De-
partmcnt Commander Holbrook, @. \. T.,
and his staff Will be present.
The Princeton Alumni Association
placed faGs around the statue of John
Witherspoon. a former president of the
university, si@ner of the Declaration Of
Independence and member Of the Con-
ercSs which adopted the flag.
Evening star., 1909-06-14
RUSS TROLLEY STRIKE.
st. Petersburg Employees Demand
Increased Pay and Change in Shifts.

ST. PETERSBURG, June IA gen
eral strike of the electric street car en-
ployes of st. Petersburg began today
The men demand increased pay and a.
different arrangement of the shifts The
authorities declared they will not CON
cede either point Although the demands
are purely economic, the strike has a
political basis. and was arranged by
the social-democrats to test their or
ganization and the moral effect on work.
men generally.
The cabmen of the capital have taken
advantage of the situation tn collect
double fares. No disorders have oc-
Cured.
Evening star., 1909-06-14


DIR. Shannon gave the history of THE
Star Spangled Banner'.as it was written
by Francis Scott Key. and described the
song as coming out Of a baptism of fire,
out of the thunder of the cannon's mouth.
Our flag" said the minister. is called
Old Glory. The happy phrase had its
origin with Capt. Driver, and the par
ticular flag to which il first applied is
now in the Essex Institute. al Salem.
Mass.
The flag embodies the results Of all
the freedom that has sprung up and
come to frl!itage in the national life Of
the pas. 1t is long, long march of
events, which eliminates in the banner
Of the American republic. II is the con-
densation of all the experiments that
have been made in government through
thousands of years. 1t is the magnificent
oak Of all past centuries. Our flag stands
for more than all the rest of the flags
of the world in one single combination. 1
have no respect for the American citizen
who can look on Old Glory without The
swelling of patriotic pride in his SOUL
Two Flags.
Referring to the toast to the British
consul given at a Fourth of July dinner
at Shanghai. in which lie said. Here is
70 the Union Jack, the flag Of flags. the
flag that has foated on every continent
and on every sea for a thousand years,
the flag on which the sun never SETS
DR.. Shannon repeated the response of Eli
Perkins the American humorist who fol-
lowed, in toasting the American flag:
Here IS to the Stars and Stripes of
the American republic. When the setting
sun lights up her stars in Alaska the
rising sun saluteS her on the rock bound
coast of Maine. 1t is the flag of liberty,
never lowered TO any foe. and the only
flag that whipped the flag on which the
sun never sets.
In closing. DR.. Shannon said:
'On the hill overlooking the bay where
the Nayflower was mOorcd there Is a co
lnssal statue of national significance. II
is magnificent figure rising forty ,feet
i'll height. 1t is figure of Christian
faith. In one hand is an open Bible.
while the other hand. lifted skyward. is
pointing the American nation up to God.
Our nation will face in the direction of
perpetuity so long as it heeds the lesson
of this great figure"
Evening star., 1909-06-14
Five Minutes Sentence in Jail.

CHICAGO, June 14-William Dollar OF
Iowa, stole three chickens last April from
a hen coop in Berwyn and today was
sentenced to five minutes in the county
Jail. Judge McSurely imposed the short
term sentence because Dollar has been
in Jail since April Il awaiting trial.
Evening star., 1909-06-14

finance, commerce and education: and we
look TO you to carry this flag to still
further and higher rerown. 10 uphold
our national honor and glory at home
and among the nations of the world.
May your opportunities and achieve
ments he in the line of peace, commercial
and literary enterprise and the advance
ment Of education. and in The still further
improvement Of our American homes.
But, If conditions confront You, when
some wrong exists or some oppression
prevails, which may be worse than war
and can in no other manner be eNter-
minated. we, who having trod in the
footsteps Of our fathers in maintaining
the integrity of Old Glory. look to you
10 take the flag from our hands and car
~ il 10 new glory and further achieve
ments. greater renown and Il higher state
of civilization than we have seem
Col. j. Il. Webster represented the
Grand Army Of the Republic at the ex-
ercises held in the NJ Street High School.
| Ralph w. Tyler. auditor of the Navy De-
partment was unable 70 be present. Col.
Webster was introduced by w. II. S.
Jackson, principal OF the school. There
were about 600 pupils present III the large
hall.
Telling of how his father served as a
conductor on The underground railroad
which transported runaway slaves into
Canada. Col. Webster said that from his
younger days he had always been inter-
eSted III the colOred race, and that dur
l1lt tIlA civil war lie commanded a cOIOfed
regiment. He urged the young men pres
ent TO respect the flag. as representing
the government. and in respecting it to
obey the laws, just as in playing games
they observed the esta blished rules. With
out rules, he said, there could be no
games and without laws this country
would lapse into anarchy. He likewise
urged the young men present 10 be ever
ready to fight for the flag when occasion
! should arise. On the platform were Judge
| Gibbs of Arkansas and y. r.. Marshall,
| who is one Of the attorneys for tile dis
| missed Brownsville soldiers
At the Normal School
/ The exercises for Normal School No .
| and Sumner and Magrudcr schools were
/ held together al the Normal School. Maj.
| Charles r. Douglass presided and Mrs B.
| X. Bruce, widow of Senator Bruce, deliv-
cred the address TO the pupils. Mrs.
| Bruce. speaking Of what the flag meant
/ to the COlorcd people, said:
j In a peculiar sense it Is your flag
Under its inSpra ton our armies in the
! civil war were led to victory. THAT vic
/ tory was heavily frausht with meaning to
| the negroes. 1t rent IN twain the shac-
i kles that bound him hand and foot. IT
/ sent the thrill of freedom through his
4 veins IT placed him upon the lofty plane
/ of citizenship. and al the same time
| placed upon him the responsibilities of
| tine citizen.
Evening star., 1909-06-14

reach of every American. The poor boy
has as much chance urder the American
flag as the rich boy, since abundant op-
portunitly comes to All who are indus
trious, honest and intelligent Every
American. he declared, should be thank
ful that he was born under such a flag.
and should do his best to reflect credit
on the national emblem.
THE exercises were brought to n close
with the singing of America" by the
audience At o'clock this afternoon
the battalion marks will be given out by
Prof. Wilson.
Evening star., 1909-06-14
At Techinacal High School.


William v Cox. vice president OF the
board of education. was the principal
sneaker at the exercises this morning
at the Mckinley Manual Training School,,
held in the assembly hall. which was
packed to he doors with students and
teachers.
In the course Of his remarks Mr.. Cox
said: THE American fiag has been call
cd floating piece OF poetry. No one
denies its beauty for its hues. the r'd,
the white. the blue are heaven born.
It's greatest beauty is IN what i $ N
balizes 1t stands for liberty. FOR which
our fathers .ought and died. II stands
for sovereignty and equality before the
law, for independence. for law and order,
for the Declaration Of independence. Tor
the Constitution and reunited country.
and il should bc a joy and pride to all
Americans, young and old.
1T should be sustained on sea and Land
an emblem Of our countrys hope as
long as there is a single strip" or a
solitary star. We find however. that
some who usually are not o. high cUl-
ture use and have used that flag for pur-
poses which We're never intended b? IT.
makers.
Rum sellers use il. fruit dealers wrap
their oranges in II: packing houses wrap
their hams in II. soap and candy fac
tories pollute il by printing their names
on its broad stripes and bright stars Its
attractive FOLDS are denied To fplSt on an
innocent public patent medicines and nos
rrums, securing compounds. bicycles. can
ned salmon. corsetS. Old Glory stockings,
malt extracts and baked heans.
The flag of our country. symboizin-
law and order, i used :, cheap rcStau-
rants by common men and women nap
kins. The flag of our country, standing
for The Constitution. is d"haSed when used
hv prize lighters and other intellectual
gents for drapcyy around their loinS and
for champion belts aandkcrcEiefS. neck
ties and shirts.
Every country but ours protects its
flag. protects its symbols. and we should
and will if the bills now in Congress are
enacted into law. The commissioner of
patents has periodically declined 10 per
init the flag To be mIsused az il once was
in the issue Of patents. but its misuse +
sin permitted in the issue Of copyrights
hy the librarian Of Congress. II the gov
ernment itself does not respect lis sym.
bol of sovereieuty-its hae-the citizens
are likely 10 be equally unpatriouc.
LET MS as 4 clean people stand for 2
clean nag. Respect the flag and you vii
lie respected Respect the flag. for tht
sentiment it teaches can never die"
Dr. George =. Myers. principal 0f thf
school, preSided and also made bTlei
address in which 10 urged the students
to recognize the American flag as they
should and 10 discourage Is use Tor ad-
vertising purposes. Or. Myers announce
that Civil Service Commissioner Bach
was 10 have delivered an address nuI
was unable % attend. The TccnnCa
High School orchestra rendered 4 mum
her OF national selections and songs.
At Western High School.
Declaring that the spirit Of 'lct The
dead past bury its dead should he ii
the ascendant in the hearts % all his
countrymen. Representative Thistlewood
of Illinois. himself a Union veteran oi
the civil war. addressing tie students
Evening star., 1909-06-14

Declaring that the spirit Of "Ict the
dead past bury its dead should he in
the ascendant in the hearts % ri! his
countrymen. Representative Thistlewood
of illinois, himself a Union veteran Of
the civil war, addressing tie students
Evening star., 1909-06-14
History of KEYS Song.

standard in his arms and his blood is on
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THEATRICAL NOTES
IN OPINION IN BLACK

When Frederick Bechtol was IN
town announcing the appearance OF
John w Vogei's Big City Minstrels
at Elks Theatre. matinee and night /.
Monday, February 20, he was IN
an anecdotal mood and related OF
a local nascot of Manager Vogel's
at his ho1le city. Coldhltus, Ohio.
Ever since that enterprising mia
stree mhgnats first startad on his
own account he has seen to 1t that
Uncle Josh, professor of white
wash and. wood saw, IS eIig bly
placed in a preserved seat" at the
opening performance. Unc'e Josh
counts himself as rare judge of
minstreisy. and nothing cut of the
ordinary moves him to app ause or
commentator. Knowing this the
performers play at the ancient dar-
key and feel that they are safe IN
general approval IL they win his ia
vor. At Columbus, when the troupe
returned from the parade, Uncle
Jo-h was committee OF one to well
come them. you see Uncle Josh. .
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CHAMPuN STOCK COMPANY

The theatre goers of Blueneld VIII
be pleated to hear Of the engage
ment OF the Charles X. Champlin
Stock company, which pens a week
engagement at the Opera house next
Monday Mr. Champlin Will present
to the theatre goers OF tn city
a repertoire of hiGn G asg royalty
plays never before produced by any
repertoire company. The play
On Monday evening IL at Piney
Ridge IL tells story OF d ep
heart interest, and Is full of cpl
soGes OF powerful dramatic strength
1t abounds in scenes OF vivid real
SIN mixed with ccmedy OF dncon-
ventional and original character, in
fact, 1t is a play that eustains it's
Int rest from beginning to end, ana
contains happy combination of all
tho elements to please.
specialties will DO introduced be-
tween acts at every performance by
John j. Kennedy, the funny man.