Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-01
FOR UNWILLING
STATUE OF COLUMBUS
Order to Have Twenty-Five
Thousand Men in
Parade.

With % 600 knights of Columbus in full
regalia in the line Of procession, a score
| or more of floats, elaborate and his
| torical, depicting incidents connected with
| the discovery of America, the great Cath
Ollie order will take a prominent part in
the national ceremonies to be incident
to the unwilling. June 8. of the statue Of
| Christopher Columbus. its patron saint
| in the Union station plaza.
| Following the exercises of the day, d
| banquet is to be given in Convention Hall
under the auspices of the board of Com
missioners of the District of Columbia.
| Seventeen hundred guests are to sit at
| table.
| Edward l.. Hearn, former supreme
knight, commissioner in charge of the
preparations for the participation of the
| knights OF Columbus in the unwilling
| ceremonies, has opened headquarters in
room 7OS in the New Willard Hotel. He
| will be in frequent consultation with Col.
Spencer Cosby, u. 8. A, engineer officer
in charge Of public buildings and grounds.
| who has direction, as the authorized Off
| cial of the government, of all prepara-
| tons for the occasion.
Satisfactory Progress Reported.
The national board of directors of the
J order. headed by Supreme knight James
A. Flaherty and Commissioner Hearn, in
spected the progress on the statue in
Union station plaza yesterday. The sit
uation was found satisfactory and the
| assurances OF the constructors were re-
| garded as fitting in we'll with all necessi-
| ties.
Commissioner Hearn has Just completed
a trip through the middle west. and at
| such points as Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
| cinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago. ST. Louis
and Pittsburgh, he says. preparations al
| ready are being made by delegations of
| the knights of Columbus to come to
| Washington for the unwilling.
| Many of the delegations are planning to
| reach Washington June and to make a
| general pilgrimage to Mount Vernon
| June T..
| Commissioner Hearn will meet with
| Washington Knights Of Columbus. to dis
| cuss the prospects and situation at a
| mass meeting. to be held in connection
| with the regular meeting of Carroll
| Council. tomorrow evening in Knights of
Columbus Hail. on f street. State
Deputy Onward p Harrington will repre-
sent the Washington council in the Con-
ference.
Will Welcome Senator Ashurst.
| Carroll Council will extend great well
| come Tuesday night. to Senator-elect
Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona, who has
been widely identified with the work of
| the order in the new state. Upon invita-
| ton of Grand knight William j. MCGEE,
| Mr.. Ashurst will attend the meeting and
make a short speech.
\ The national board OF directors assem-
bled. this morning in the library of the
| New Willard Hotel, for the quarterly
meeting The business was transacted
behind closed doors, but there was no
definite action on any subject before it.
During the session, which will continue
| for several days, the directors will decide
on the place for the next meeting of the
| convention of the order. Plans for the
ceremonies incident to the unwilling of
the Columbus statue also will be dis
lcussed.
i Members Of the Board.