New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
COLUMBUS PARADE SPLIT
Discussions Lead to Two Process
sions. Instead of One.
FREscHI ORATOR AT STATUE
Italians March 5000 Strong to
Circle in Honor of Genoese
Discoverer.

him yesterday from 59th street ne iia"e u /
Enthusiastically plain that he preferred 'he
more tranquil vista down Eighth avenue |
And vet IL was brave and bright |
pageant ths, thus did tardy honor 10 the |
discoverer Of the Western Hemisphere Inc |
real reason fer his attitude. so the super |
,etffious said was the split in the RANKS |
caused by the in feeling between James T. |
March and the Chevalier Vito Contessa-
Fs,,t possibly he was thinking that II IL
took New York al years 70 name hohuaS
after him and ais 10 celebrate il EeneraliE'
then the city needn't look 10 INN TOT en-
courageuent or maybe the proud DeioeSe
didn't care TO recognize as his country men
those sons Of Southern Italy and Sicily
who ike 10 claim him. Then, too IL rluS'
s,e remembered that the discoveries com
irsrriots are the last of the great peoples 10
follow their leader and emigrate 10 me
lrew World in appreciate numbers.
The sunny Italian heart was not to De oe-
ried hove,eI Bedecked in smart pluildSe
five thousand strong, with twenty nalluS,
i->a descendants of the CsHsars marched
l,l7,o- the Circle undaunted ana "cculieu
Tho Enclosure about the Columbus Monu-
rnen1. lristling with bunting All alohs
she line Of march. from Lafayette and !
J 73rco,,,o streets to EeeckeT. To broadway
70 a. street 10 WashinEUonI Square up
Fif-b avenue 70 18th stree; and through
: Eqrh street 10 the circle, the solid hanks OF
sv-ar+rv. rusty humanity which lined the
Hav amply attested the fact that Ne"
/ York. although the newest. Is also me
larrest Italian city in the world.
March was the grand marshal OF TINS
r7-oce -siaF. fSl1t there were two professions
1 where one was planned. the other uiloer
| the lead Of the chevalier. forming al NUN
stree; and First aenue and proceeding
through First avenue 10 niih stree u
Second avenue and TO Suffers Harlem
tTi,,., Park a. 12sth street where the
Benevolent Society Of the Sons o1 IldlS
t,el7 a festival Some two thousand
fmsrc5ed in this parade. which did not form
until O'Clock. when the other "hlch
formed At o'clock. Notwithstanding al the
circle.
IN his speech at the Columbus statue /
MAGISTRATE Freschi deplored the Spit say
ing that the celebration was not ltalah' /
,bct national. Friends Of the oheN amer
FContessa said that the latter felt hurt "heh
March was chosen grand marshal. beileNlhs
The honor should have gone TO him. since.
NH the aid Of the Benevolent order OF
-be Sons Of Columbus. ne had been ceie-
rratinR Columbus Day with parades ana
4ess+s for ten years long before the ami
-ersaTy became a legal hohday'
a n-s1oon Of mounted police headed the
lin rrocession. and Immediately behind
t-be police rode March followed by me
,lizza Cavalry. Then came the ageo vel
Grams who fought with Garibaldl' ana oe-
hind them an open barouche contalhIls
nan dressed as a monk, TWO sailors and a
- .7,rs1 niece in the shape Of anchor,
10 whole thing representing the factors
.-,ering into the discovery Of the Ne"
World.
The remainder Of the first division con
sisted OF the Columbus Guard f'lIe
Guards Guards OF Victor Emmanuel IL
Italian soldier types. Society IF the Prince
of Savoy. Society OF St Michael the ArcH-
angel Of Fratte. Alpini NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
-v-nes Of the I'd Regiment Of Bersaglierl OF
Victor Emmanuel III and The Society OF
scaribaldi. The secord division was made up
i.-+frel,, ~ Italian American schoolboys. the
r,ipresr representation coming from Public
School s, in King street
The dav was celebrated in Brooklyn Win
.parades in various parts 81 the borough
fThe Italians we're enthusiastic. and in their
t-s5stri-ts. notably the Italian quarter IN
South Brooklyn. the observance was gen
zeal
Nearly TWO thousand boy scouts marched
=, ~ afternoon before large crowds The
lads raraded IN the Eastern parkway
They were reviewed in the Prospect Park
fTlazs hy General George 2. Loud. General
EDWARD L NolineuX. General Daniel r.
hct-kles General Morse Smith, Colonel
walter r ITctchkin. Lieutenant Colonel
II 9 McAlpin, Major Elliott Blgelow' IT..
asrd Major Charles ]. De6evoise-
After the parade the boys went through
- r,anoeurres OF the Red Cross patrol
ara gave an exhibition of signalling
Later in the afternoon there was a pa
,-rzdc II boys briCades from various
-cnurches in the borough, under the au-
.srsoes Il the Bethany Presbyterian Church
gThe lads marched through NinouShby and
aBushAick avenues and the Eastern Park
way The grand marshal Was Colonel
Walter F. NigaIu.
l-zrGsnal Naurutelli was the most distin-
4s7lfsbed figure ~ the celebration in the
evening l- the knights of Columbus, in the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music. Daniel J.
Griffin stale deputy. presided. and on the
tetaae were Bishop Mcdonnell, former Rep
t,eseniatile Charles a. ToHne. and Justice
;-1Killianl J carr OF the Supreme Court,
FsrookIvu There was a concert, vocal ana
Instrumental. hoy the Boys Band OF St.
:Nincenr's Home and the choir Of the
Church Of IS. Peter and Paul
In Arrnory Hall. Calyer street, there was
"a celebration by Lexington and Fidelity
councils If ehe knights of Columbus
Il ie estimated that forty thousand per
sons from neighborinE cities and villages
IN Acstchester journeyed 10 Mount Yer
non yesterday To witness the festivities in
connection with the Columbus Day cele-
thration there Following religious services
.sn the morning there parade, in
which city and county officials well as
local and neighboring fraJernal orders
marched, TWO thousand persons passing in
1fXiev.-
Immediately after the parade exercises
were held Hartley Park. Mayor F'iske
delivered the address Of welcome. Mrs.
Joseph = Mood. state regent OF the Daugh-
1ers Of the American Revolution; Professor
Alfred Boci. Of New York, and Humphry
). Lynch. Of White Plains, also spoke.
School children under The direction Of Pro
1ess0r Alfred HaIlam, formed American
flag and sang patriotic songs. The Italian
school children were placed IN a formation
representing an Italian flag.