Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-12
Italian and Other Societies
Observe "Discovery Day."
TAFT SEES BOSTON PARADE
Sixty Thousand Men Participate in
First General Celebration.
NEW YORK EXCHANGES CLOSED
Anniversary Of First Landing in
America Now a Holiday in
Fifteen States.

| NEW YORK. October 12.-Two big pa
| rades, In which Italian societies were
prominent participants. featured New
York city's celebration of Columbus day
and. with other functions in commemora
ton of the 41Sth anniversary OF the dis
covery of America by Christopher Column
| bus. made the day one even more gen
orally observed i'm the city and through
out the state than was anticipated when
1t was proclaimed a legal holiday by the
| legislature less than two years ago.
Fifteen states now observe the day
California, Colorado, Connecticut. Illinois,
| Kentucky, Maryland. Michigan. Missouri,
Montana, New Jersey. New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Massa-
chusetts.
The big exchanges, including the New
York stock exchange. omitted their SEES
sions today. The outdoor features of the
days local celebration was started in
Brooklyn with a parade, in which spe-
cial attraction was a host of boy scouts.
The Manhattan parade included practi-
cally every Italian organization In the
city A review of school children by Car
dinal Vannutelh at the Greensboro bridge
was another feature of the day.
Reviewed by President Taft.
BOSTON, October 12-Columbus day
was observed for the first time in Mas
sachusetts today. The celebration GEN.
tered In Boston. where parade of co.
600 men was reviewed by President Taft,
Gov. Draper.s Mayor Fitzgerald and Arch
bishop OConnell.
principal observances were almost en-
tirely Roman Catholic. The paraders
all were members of Catholic societies
except the military. knights of Co
the Massachusetts Order of Foresters.
Polish and Portuguese societies and the
Holy Name Society composed the di-
visions of the long line, which required
several hours to pass given point. and
was more than an hour on the line of
march.
President Taft planned to reach the
state house about noon, motoring up from
Beverly.
Parade in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. October IA
parade Of Italian societies, followed by
exercises at the statue of Christopher
Columbus in Fairmont Park, were the
features here today in the celebration of
the 418th anniversary Of the discovery of
America. Columbus day is a legal holi-
Qay IN fonnSSlNdulds dIlQ dlI SIdte dHu
county offices were closed. as were the
Philadelphia stock and commercial eX-
changes. Banks. however. because Of the
ambiguous wording of the law making
the day a holiday, transacted business as
usual.
The knights of Columbus will hold
mass meeting tonight in the Academy OF
Music in celebration Of the discovery.
CHICAGO, October 12-Discovery day
was generally observed in Chicago today.
Dow ho ri nj trade and the courts
as well as many business places were
closed Twenty thousand 1talian-Amerl-
cans marched in parade. An immense
crowd viewed pageant illustrating the
landing of Columbus. In this the three
worlds fair caravals, replicas OF the
Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria, were util-
ICED with realistic effect.
Vice President Sherman, Senator Lori
Grosscup will be among the guests at
banquet by the local knights OF Coium-
bus tonight.
Roosevelt at Peoria.
PEORIA. ILL.,, October 12.-With the
arrival of the special train from st.
Louis bearing Theodore Roosevelt and
his party at l o'clock this afternoon
all arrangements for the celebration of
Columbus day will have been complet-
ed. Immediately on arriving an au-
tomobile parade will take place at the
Country Club. where luncheon will be
served to about 100 guests. Luncheon
concluded, Col. Roosevelt will return
to the city and visit at the residence of
Archbishop John L. Spalding, per-
sonal friend. after which public re-
ception will be given at the Knights Of
Columbus clubhouse from $3.50 until $50
pm Col. Roosevelt will make short
speech at this reception from the front
porch.
At $50 pm. the banquet, program will
be carried out at che Coliseum, where
Col. Roosevelt will be the principal orator.
Bourke Cochran of New York will speak
on "Our Faith" while DR.. Emmett Kane
will respond to the toast of The Day
We Celebrate
The subject of Col RoOsevelt's address
has not been announced
DETROIT, Mich. October 12.-Italian
residents of Detroit celebrated Columbus
Day by unwilling a statue of the great
navigator.
Under a ruling of Attorney General
Kuhn saloons were closed out in the
state, but in Detroit the saloons remained
open under a decision of Judge Connolly
of the recorders court. that the law
making Columbus day legal holiday
was unconstitutional.