The Washington herald., 1914-06-08
funds ASKED FOR
PROGRAM JULY 4
Independence Day Commit
tee In Dire Straits for
Subscriptions
BIG EVENTS ARE PLANNED
Tournament. Community Pieaics. Ath-
: letic Events. and Band Concerts
Will Be Given
BIG EVENTS ARE PLANNED

with Independence Day less than .
| month away. the citizens committee In
charge of the arrangements for the cele-
bration of the national holiday finds IT.
self embarrassed through a lack Of funds.
1t is pointed out that probably never
before in the history of Washington has
there been q program prepared so brfm-
| full of entertainment. The morning wiz
be devoted to athletics and band con-
cert at the Monument Grounds, in which
events the best known amateur athletes
of the District viii compete.
The Zoo and Rock Creek Parks viii be
turned over to the citizens for . COM
munity picnic, and at three points In the
parks there will be public exercises and
band concerts
Big Tournament PLANNED.
Besinning at ,:3e o'clock there will be .
tournament in Rock Creek Park at the
Brigktwood Reservoir at the head OF the
Avenue of the Presidents. There will De
ten events at this point, as follows:
No. Hunter; open to all; performance only to
count; oser eight jumps.
No s-Ponies in hamess; IHs hands and under;
to be driven BY child under fifteen years.
No. 4-Race: onehsf mile; weights. LEO pounds:
amateur to ride; horses and riders must be approved
by committee.
No. s-Pouy nce; quarter of . mile; 5l hands
and under: weights. 10 pounds; same conditions As
event No. T.
No. s-Mule race: free for all; quarter Of . mile
race to be under direction Of committee.
No T-Tugof-war between members Of Board Of
Trade and Chamber Of Commerce
No. s-Tournsment riding
No. eDrin and exercises by Fort Myer cavalry.
No. le-Workhorse parade; one to fourhorse
teams; prizes to best three teams
There will be a 81 entry fee in events
/, 2, 4, s, and g. Cups. articles, and rib
bons will be awarded in each of the
events.
Tournament Committee.
The tournament program is in the hands
of the following committee: M. C.
Hazen, chairman; Capt William Mitchell.
Thomas Bones, John Dolph, John O.
Gheen, Joseph I. Weller. John Martin,
and W. A. Williams, clerk of the meet.
Chairman Hazen requests that entries
be placed in the hands of the committee
not later than June 25, either at room
SOB District Building, or the Mount Pleas
ant Stables, 1l7 Irving street northwest.
In the evening public interest will
center at the Washington Monument
Grounds, where there will be a band
concert and historical moving pictures
on the largest screen that has ever been
used. 1t is the desire of the committee
to add a big aerial fireworks display to
the evening program. Chairman New
man states that the extent of this dis
play and the elaborateness of the en-
tire program will depend on the amount
of the subscriptions.
List of Subscriptions.
The following is a list of the sub
scriptions received by Treasurer Ed
mund s. Wolfe at the headuarters, in
the District Building:
Evening Star Newspaper Company.
500: S. Kann, Sons & Co., $50; Woodward
& Lothrop, $50; German-American Fire
Insurance Company, SIS; District Ma
tional Bank, se5: Charles J. Bell, $50; Cuno
H. Rudolph, SO; VIM. ]. Boardman, SO:
Alexander Hecht, SO; NJ. Phillipsborn &
Co., SO; Joseph Strasburger Company.
SO: James Sharp. SO; Emile Berliner, SO;
E. F. Droop & Sons Company, SO; John
w. Foster, SO; NJ. Goldenberg, SO; A.
Lisner, SO; McKenney & Flannery. SO;
Berry & Whitmore Company, SO: Will
lam Hahn & Co, SO; E. NJ. Merrick, SO;
E. G. Schafer & Co., SO; r. Harris & Co.,
$40; Holmes & Son, Inc, $40; Terminal
Taxicab Company, SO; A. S. Pratt &
Sons. SO; House & Hermann, SO; John
Joy Edison, SO: Theodore W. Noyes, SO:
George D. Horning, SO; H. B. F. Mac
farland. s.; Henry P. Blair, IS; William
John Eynon, IS; William TindalI. IS; DIR.
w. H. Wilmer. S.; C. NJ. Hendley, s.; W.
A. Wimsatt. IS: Charles Henry Butler. IS;
Ward Savage. IS; Xander & Plugge,s5; A.
F. A. King, S.; A. B. Hagner, s.: H. X.
Simpson, IS; A. NJ. Fishel, s.; A. Eberly's
Sons, Inc, $; B. Richs Sons. s.; Miller
Bros. Auto Company, s.; Samuel Mad
dox. s.: Topham's IS; Jules A. Demonet.
S; A. F. Fox. S.; Equitable Purchasing
Company, IS: John c. Let's Grocery Com
pany. S.; Barber & Ross, IS; Byron s.
Adams, s.; Georgia Robertson. 81: H. Zir-
kin. 81: Max Cohen, 81: DR.. Charles Wood.
s.. so; Charles A. King, 81; Franklin & Co..
81; Winfield Jones. 81; Edward S. Schmid,
81; Lewis NJ. Thayer, 81: George A. Nor
gan, 81; c. s. Bundy. 81; H. r. Howen-
stein, 81. Total, s663.50.