Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-07
Centennial of
 Perry's Victory
PROGRAMME OPENS WITH A BIG
 MASS MEETING.
DENOMINATIONS UNITE
All creeds Represented-The Old Mi agara an Object of Much Interest," The Programme for the Week.

Fri, Pa. July6-True to the convic ton that their observance of the 100th anniversary of Commodore Perrys victory on Lake Erie was more to commerate a century of peace than to gloat over a fallen, foe, the cfim- ing of church bells this morning form ally opened the celebration of the event. Peace Sunday" was the name given the occasion by w. Pitt Gif- ford, chairman of the Perry centen- day there was no deviation from the title.
 Special Services in all Churches.
 Special services were held in all the churches in the morning and a great throng filled Perry square in the afternoon when churchmen of all denominations. gathered in mass meeting. The Rev. Dr. Rogers Israel, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Erie, delivered the invo- cation. State Senator Henry A. Clark and Charles E. English of Erie made the principal addresses and the Rev. John E, Fitzmaurice, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Erie, pronounced the benediction
 Electrical iIIuninaticns.
 Workmen toiled Saturday night and early Sunday morning to complete the decorations, and at dusk tonight the electricity was switched on in the court of honor and sent through the miles of electrical lines streached in the principal streets of the city. From this wire hung approximately 100000 incandescent lamps.
 Old Niagara in Harbor.
 Down in the harbor, moored to a dock not far from the point from which she sailed at the head of Com modore Perry's little fleet a century ago, to find the British ships in the western waters of Lake Erie, lies the Nigara. Thousands of visitors boarded her today and were shown the details of the old fighting vessel. Each heard the story how years aft CT Perry had swept the British from the Great Lakes, the Niagara had sunk in Misery bay near Erie, and how she had been raised recently and reproduced from the drawings used by the shipbuilder who gave her form and being.
 Reproduction of Ammunition Train.
 The Erie celebration will continue throughout the week and already thousands of. persons have arrived from all parts of the country.
 The programme tomorrow provides for the entrance into the city of a. reproduction of the ammunition train for Perry's squadron across Pennsyl- vania. The train has been at Water for a short distance from the city, since Saturday afternoon after it's long journey from Philadelphia. It will be escorted into the city by a squadron of cavalry detailed by Gen eral Albert J. Logan of the second brigade of the Pennsylvania National guard in camp here
 Impersonation of Perry.
 The first important spectacle of the centennial will take place in the even Ing and will commem crate the arrival at Erie of Commander Perry.
 Ludwig Meyer, a local resident, will impersonate Perry Meyer will pro- ceed to the old Stanton residence, where the commodore stopped when he reached the city and will there be met by an imposing pageant, and es- corted to the grand stands in Perry suare, where he will be given the keys 0 fthe city by Mayor William J. Stern.
 Parade of School Children.
 The school children will oscupy the greater part of the time Tuesday, more than 12.000 of them having been drilled for the parade. Wednesday will be Governors day with Govern or Tener and the chief executives of eight other states as the guests of the city.
 Secretary of the Navy Daniels is ex- pected to deliver an address on Thursday which has been given over to the naval partde. The celebration will end on Saturday with the i'm dustriaI pageant and in the evening the Niagara, with the escerting squad ron, will leave the harbor for Cleye- lanw. where the next number of the centennial celebration will be held next week.