The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-03
CRACKERLESS BUT
NOT TAME FOURTH
OratOry, Bands, Games. Races,
Lights, Choral Singing
in Plenty.
Gil AMPCLARk AT CITY HALL
Eight Water Birdmen Will Cir
Gle Manhattan in At
ternOOn.

Officially at least the celebration to-
morrow of the 13Sth anniversary OF the
country's independence will be without
fireworks, the smell OF gunpowder. the
rafting OF cannon and other nerve de-
stroying noises. But this doesn't mean
that the celebration will be tame and UNI
interesting. Our City Hall will be all
lit up. Lights will be strung through
the trees in City Hall Park. The play
ground centres will be decorated and
Illuminated. Central Park and other
parks will have thousands OF electric
lights glowing in the trees. About $4,000
electric lights are be used I'm all the parks
Mrs. G. l.. Morehouse, who for years
has hoisted the flag at the old block
house In Central Park. will raise Old
Glory at sunrise and read the Declare.
ton Of Independence. and the days cele-
bration will he opened.
Down at the city Hall the big cele-
bration will start at 10 o'clock. Mr.. Lit
Teton viii preside. 1t IL expected that
in addition to Mayor Mitchell and Bor-
ough President McAneny. Speaker Champ
Clark and Gov Glynn will make speeches
Boy Scouts will form a guard of honor
School children will sing. There will be
big band to furnish old time melodies
When the celebration is over Mayor
inllCHeI ~ 10 hurry over brOOklNn 10
the ceremonies at the Borough Hall there.
In the schools in the morning there
Will he exercises and II has been ar
ranged to distribute 100. 900 souvenir cards
picturing the Dutch traders bargaining
with the Indians back In 1914
At the eighty recreation centres there
will be games and races by school chill
dren. There will he prizes for the win
ners At night there will be n chorus
of 400 Npigpg all pa ~ nd
there will be singing and exercises In the
other parks.
Not the least interesting feature Of
the day will be the flying boat and hydro
aeroplane race. which is under the
auspices Of the Aero club. There are
/ eight entries, follows:
! George Won Utassy and J. A. n. Nc
| Curdy in Curtiss flying boat. Ingiss
| NJ. t'ppercu ard Charles s. Niles in a
! Boland flying boat. the Thomas brothers
| Ia Thomas flying boat. Harold Kent
| mer In Il Schmidt mouoplane, Albert $.
/ Heinrich in a monoplaHe. w. l.. Bonney
| In a Caudron monoplane, j. r. r. YER
! planck and Waldeman Figylmessy in Cur
/ .iss hydroasroplanes.
! The race will start from Governors
! Island at 2 80 o'clock. the flying boats be-
! ing moored of the Atlantic Yacht Club
! at Norton's Point and the land machines
stationed on the parade grounds at Gov
/ ll1nE over ldnd ana
| v,s sels IL prohibited. and the competitors
| are to carry a square white flag when
floating on the wieer with motor dead
| but in need OF no help. When In trouble
| the aviators are to display a white Nag
with red stripes.
! The knights Of Columbus will hold Il
/ celebration in Prospect Park. and IL is
expected that Congressman Oscar w I'm
! derwood will make a speech. The letter
| carriers will have a picnic at Schuetzen
| Park. Union Hill. y. J.
The Grand Army Of the Republic and
! the Army and Navy Union will hold a
reunion al Juniper Park. Maspeth. l.. l.
| The Rev. John u. Chadwick former chap
lain OF the Maine. will make an address
and Major Thorn OF the Legion OF Honor
| will read the Declaration of Independence
! After the exercises there will be an
athletic meet under the sarCtion of the
A. \. L. There will also be races for
army men and competitive drill by
| Boy Scouts for the William NJ. Calder cup
Exercises will be held in Mount Morris
| Park I2ith street and Madison avenue,
under the auspices of the Harlem Pa
triotc Society. Twenty-one guns will "a
! lutte the flag at 10 A. VI. The salute
will be fred by the First Battery. In
the evening the park will be illuminated
by varicolored lights.