Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-06
UNWILLING CEREMONIES
AT COLUMBUS STATUE
Order Which Bears His Name to Be
Largely Represented.
ELECTRIC DISPLAY AT NIGHT
Principal Event in Union Station
Plaza Saturday Afternoon-Auto
Display and Public Reception
Friday Evening.

Friday Evening.
With preparations practically completed
for the unveling of the Columbus me-
mortal statue Saturday afternoon. and
for the parades receptions and hanutets
attending the unveilng. all that remains
to be done is TO receive and assign in
coming delegations to their places in the
Saturday parade, and To hope for fair
weather during the three days of the his
toric affair The program for the events
leading up to. including and following the
unveilng ceremonies has been arranged.
As fitting beginning OF the series OF
events. the Supreme Council OF the
knights of Columbus, headed by Supreme
knight James A. Flaherty. will make a
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon Friday aft
ernoon, where a wreath will be placed on
the tomb of Washington in the name of
the order.
AT the public reception to be held Fri
day evening in the new National Museum
no tickets of admission will be required.
The reception committee. headed by the
chairman, District Commissioner Cuno IL.
Rudolph. will head the receiving line.
All Cars to Be Decorated.
Isaac Cans. chairman Of the automo-
bile parade. which will be given Friday
evening, states that this affair will be
the largest of its kind ever given I'm
Washington. The number Of ears al
ready entered in the parade. it is stated.
is much larger than was originally an
| ticipated. All cars in the parade will be-
iavishly decorated either with flowers
and foliage or with flags and bunting.
| 1t is expected that 5000 persons will
participate in the parade Saturday after
noon. Delegations of knights OF CO.
| lumous from every section OF the United
States. Mexico and Canada will take
| part, as we'll as scores of military and
civic organizations. bands, etc
The display of fireworks and the illum-
nation that will occur Saturday night
will, it is declared, be the most elaborate
ever seen in Washington. The fireworks
will begin with an aerial salute fired at
S o'clock at the Monument lot. This
will be followed by a series of set pieces
of special design and extraordinary size.
brilliance and beauty. The set pieces
y,
expert pyrotechnicians AT once went to
work assembling the pieces and getting
them in readiness for Saturday night. The
set pieces and other fireworks are shelter
ed in large waterproof tents on the
Monument lot. so that nothing short OF
cloudburst can damage them
Streets Ablaze With Lights.
The illumination of Pennsylvania ave-
Str uh
will continue for an hour-from $50 to
10. O.3O-Saturday night. it is stated, will ex-
tend from 10Th street and Pennsylvana
avenue northwest to the Capitol. north to
B street thence east to Delaware avenue
and out that avenue to the Union Station
plaza, where a great cluster of search
lights will focus the illumination on .-e
Columbus statue.
The Italian division of the Columbus
memorial parade will be headed by Grand
Marshal Pietro Radice. The Italian So
cieties taking part in the parade VIII as
semble at the National Rifles Armory.
G. street between 9th and 10th streets
northwest, promptly al 12:3o O'Clock Sat
| urday afternoon. The division viii in
clude all Italian societies in Washington.
with several delegations from outside the
city.
A feature of this division will be a float.
designed by r. Gigli. on which will be
represented the landing of Columbus.
with the caravel Santa Maria in the
background The float will bear ale-
gorical figures representing America.
Italy and Spain. The column will be
under the direction of rhe Italian Column
bian committee. of which Y. Di Giorgio
is president. Assistant marshals viii be
V. de NunZio and l.. Perna
Knights Pouring Into City.
The knights. accompanied by their
wives and other relatives. are pour
ing into Washington today Hun
dreds have already arrived from
far distant points in this country
and I'm Mexico and Canada This
afternoon two special trains from Bos-
ton, bearing between 200 and son knights.
arrived They will make their head
quarters at the Gordon Hotel and at
the Metropolitan
Three special trains. bringing APP
proximately 2,oOo knights from Chicago.
left that city today. The Chicago
knights have rented the entire Stag
Hotel and they also will be quartered
at the Ebbitt House, the Congressional
and the New Winston.
1t was said at the headquarters of the
committee in the Woodward building to-
day that 5000 knights were coming from
Pennsylvania under the leadership OF
State Deputy w. j. McEnery.
Many of the knights are registering at
the knights of Columbus Hall. 6o6 II
street northwest as they arrive in WASH
ing. subStation of the city post office
was opened at the hall today for the con-
yenience of the knights.
Visiting Knights Registered.
Among those who have registered are:
Paul H. Lynch, Montana; Albert j.
Weisel, Pennsylvania; Bart ]. Doyle.
Wyoming: T. j. kavanaugh, Wisconsin,:
j. Sebert Wisconsin: =. J. Mccormick.
California; Charles A. Joyce. Illinois; DIR.
Thomas +. Butt. Nebraska: G. B. Doney.
Colorado; T. L. Reilly. New York: j..
l.. McGovern. Ohio: Nj. f. Campbell.
California: c. W. Leavitt. Massachu-
setts: Joseph ID. Callahan. Massachusetts:
John s. Conway. Connecticut; Rev. q. NJ.
Kelly, Pennsylvania; John G. Ryan. Ver-
mont: G. NJ Rooney, Illinois; James +.
County, New Hampshire; James p. War
ing, New Hampshire; James A. Lewis.
ohio: F. Z. Brooks, Illinois, Bernard NJ.
Focke, Ohio John p. McMullen. Missouri: