The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

Commissioner o. P. Newman. chairman
of the Independence Day Committee, has
called a meeting of the committee for
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock in the
committee Headquarters. 500 District
Building, when the complete program
for the days exercises and amusements
will be adopted.
1t is the hope of the committee that
in the meantime the public will get busy
with subscriptions to the Fourth of July
fund and send in an additional $500.
List of OmcinIs.
c. Edward Beckett, chairman of the
athletic committee, yesterday announced
the following list Of officials at the Mon
ument grounds: Honorary referee, Com
missioner o. P. Newman; referee, c. Ed
ward Beckett: judges at finish, E. s.
Martin, o. W. Stratton. c. L. Johnson
and H B. Foley; timers, c. E. Edwards,
Charles King, S W. Falconer. w. c.
Thacher; field judges. F. B. Schlosser, F.
H. Young, c. A. King, w. W. White; an
nouncer, w. Caben Moore, NJ. D.; in
speetors, ]. Crawford. Karl Locke, 4. L.
Neumeyer, NJ V. Lampson; scorer, Paul
Obst; starter, Bradley Gish; clerk of
course, c. Earle Smithson: assistant
clerks of course, Charles Wannan. NJ.
Money; custodian of prizes, Cy Mac
donald.
Public interest generally will center in
the community picnic and the patriotic
exercises planned for the Zoo and Rock
Creek parks. Both parks will be closed
throughout the day to vehicles Z. s.
Martin, supervisor of Fairgrounds, has
detailed playground workers to three
points in the two parks, as follows:
Mrs Mary L. Hunt tournament
Kaf
Louise Crittenden. Miss Mable J. NC
Calip, Miss I've Judge. Miss Mabel
Towner. and Miss Five Whitcomb.
Miss Ella Gardner. the Zoo: Miss Ran
dolph Livingstone. Miss Ethel Mac
Williams, Miss Maude Burklin. Miss
Bertha EgH. Miss Pearl Robertson,
and Miss Melinda Raylor.
Miss Olivia V. Baker, Pierce Hill; Miss
Selma Borchardt Miss Lillian NJ Cleve-
land, Miss Bertha A. Oller. Miss Kath-
Rrine G. Wkitcomb, and Miss Dorothy w.
Whitney.
Fire National Salute.
Promptly at l O'Clock a section Of the
First Battery Of the District National
Guard, led by Capt Voight. will fire the
national salute prescribed for lndepend-
ence Day. one gun for each State in the
Union. This salute will be fred in the
meadow south Of Pierce's Mill, and i'm
rnediately on its conclusion the program
OF exercises at the Zoo. at Pierce's MIL
and at the tournament grounds ADJOINING
tho Avenue Of the Presidents, will begin.
The United States Marine Band under
the direction of Lieut.. Santelmann will
plav at the Zoo from to o'clock, where
there also will be public speaking.
During the same period the First In
fantry Ba1d will perform like function
at Pierce's Mill and the Fifth Cavalry
Band will be heard in concert at the
tournament grounds.
The board of control of Rock Creek |
Park, of which Commissioner Chester
Harding is secretary, is cooperating in
the arrangements for the picnic and eX-
ercises at the reservoir. A show ring
and race track has been set out and is |
being put in excellent shape under the
direction of 1. r. Grabill. engineer in
charge of Rock Creek Park
NJ. c. Hazen, chairman of the tourna-
nent committee. announces that a big
list Of entries has been received in all
of the events of the afternoon. The
crack cavalry and artillery Of Fort Myer,
led by Lieut.. Baird, will give thrilling
exhibition.
Fireworks Display.
Promptly at S o'clock next Saturday
evening the Engineer Band will begin
concert at the Monument grounds The
firing of bombs will be a signal to Wash
ingtonians that all is in readiness at the
Monument grounds for the historical
moving pictures and the fireworks dis
play, which will follow the movies
Interspersed with the pictures, the words
of the national anthem will be thrown
on the screen and the anthem will be
sung to the accompaniment Of the Engi-
neer Band music. 1t is anticipated that
the fireworks display will start about
s:l5 o'clock.
z. c. Graham, chairman of the fire.
works and illuminations committee, has
completed all arrangements.
Bursting stars. comets. such as HALEY
never dreamed of, and aerial bombs will
mark the close next Saturday night of
the most comprehensive Fourth of July
celebration the National Capital has ever
A salute twenty-one guns will mark
the opening of the program at s o'clock
The salute will be followed by the grand
Of the Monument grounds
with forty bags Of red. white, and blue
IRE
The third feature is announced as an
imitation thunderstorm. Twenty-one
aerial flash maroons will be sent up at
irregular intervals bursting into long,
jagged flashes of light, and rolling like
deep thunder.
Some Wonderful Features.
One of the new pieces will represent an
airship race between three frey dirigi-
bles The American Mandarin, a devel-
opment of an Oriental display, will be
fred from a single mortar, but before
the last bit of powder in its has burned
here will be 80 detonations,s resembling
the discharge Of heavy cannon.
The Southern Cross also viii be shown.
This is what is known as an eighteen
nch ten-break Novelty shell which
breaks out into a large silver cross.
which as It burns out high in the air
gradually changes TO a blood red and
ladies' into the sky. A series Of serpen-
tine shells, releasing hundreds of ivory.
green. amber and silver serpents also
win be sent up and as the fiery serpents
run the gsmut of the chromatic scale
high in the night sky the effect viii be
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