New-York tribune., 1916-07-05
Electric Flags and Lights
Blaze Forth Silent lnde-
pendenCe Day SaluteS.
$4,000 AT CITY HALL
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Exercises Throughout Town
Marked with Patriotic Sing
ing and Pageants.

The city was sll '1it up" last right
in honor Of Independence Day. Electric
lights representing 10000 candle
power iuumined City Hall with triple
row Of lamps around the floor ledges
and kept waving large electric lighted
American flag upon the south front Of
the building.
Two more electrically lighted flags
waved over Washington Arch, while
band stand covered with flags shone re
splendcnt i'm the square. mere were
70 lights upon the Soldiers and sailors
Monument. but festoons OF incandeS,cent
Trhts were suspended in long lines
slong the trees in the vicinity alone
Riverside Drive and four searchhghts
we're thrown upon the monument
1900 at City Hall Exercises.
More than 1900 persons took part
in tho patriotic exercises in City nan
Park during the evening. About lOOO
delegates 10 the National Education
convention had front seats. Professor
Henry T. Flcck had charge Of the cNeer-
cises AT which the combined Metropoh-
Tan Opera House and the Philharmonic
orchestras played patriotic airs.
All of the men and women who had
cot seats jumped 20 their 1eet as RIO
fessor Fleck asked them TO join with
him i'm pledging allegiance 20 the flag
and country. ..
Superintendent of Schools, and koDeri
Harrison. q commissioner Of the Board
of Fduca-ion. spoke. Mrs. Albert
Young. Miss Marie Morrisey. Charles
Harrison and Herbert Watrous were
soloists.
Scouts Drill in Bronx.
In The Bronx fully $4,000 persons
attended the exercises IN Crotona PARK.
Edward Po.ak, Register OF Bronx Coun-
which was followed by "a pageant rep
resenting the signing of the Declara-
ton Of Independence.
Following the pageant IN which there
were 13j persons, vas a series Of 600
NAL dances. Music was provided by
the Bronx House Orchestra.
Representative Murray Hubert ad-
dressed 500 persons IN South Field, al
Columbia University. He said there
would be no war with NeNicO If the CIT
liens of the country upheld Presldenl
Wilson.
Senator Chamberlain. Of Oregon,
and a chorus OF lou Schoolgirls, WHO
Rad been announced as ready TO appear,
did not arrive az the field and the
audience melted away at an early hour.
IONS entertained.
In Battery Park about 1000, mostly
men and women of foreign birth, were
entertained with a band concert, mo
tion pictures and an address by Alder
man Bernard T. Donnelly. When the
national hymn was played number
OF men did not remove their hats ana
Mrs. Laura Prsk, vico-chalrman or the
meeting. stopped the band until sne
explained the meaning Of the music
Then the hats were lifted.
Miss Phadrig Ago.n, Of lO9 Nest
10th Street. clad in chain armor ana
carving an American flag, started the
crowd of about 5000 persons near the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument to
cheering as she mounted the stone
stems and sang "The Star-Spangled
Banner" While patriotic speeches
were being made an auto truck hlled
with members Of the National Guard
came along the Drive. The mlhtamen
warmly responded to the cheers with
which they were greeted.
Ex-Repre tentative Robert W. Bon
ynge. Of Colorado; Leo Hougman and
Albert Otinger were the speakers
Music was provided by the Hebrew
Orphans' Home band