Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-05
GREAT PARADE IS
HATURE<FOR DAY
Fourth of July Process ion. s20 Blocks
Long, Is Biggest Rock Island Ever
Pat On.
DECORATED &FI
Striking Incidents IN History Of Cnio
>. ted States Are Depicted naInter%<
~.a esffng Manner.


took about Ii alfran hour fogpassfa given
point was ahe most elaborate Rock
Island ever staged on an occasion or
this charactes.
To ". L. r. ranks, chief marshal Of
the parade. mn st be given eUsat credit
for the way In which the ii g demon
stration was ha ndled. There was not
a single hitch IA the arrang snents and
the beautiful spa sctacle was4 witnessed
by thousands Of visitors
There was pra Ctically nd delay in
the starting Of the parade, incident
which was greatI.r appTecfai ed by the
vast throngs Mo ring short ~ after 2
O'Clock. the line Of march as originally
planned followed ! Forming at Fiji
feenth street and Third az enue, the
procession moved knorth on Fifteenth
street 10 Second avenue, ca st on Sec
oud avenue 10 TweHf ieth street. south
on Twentieth street to Seventh ave
nue.. west on Seventh avenue 10 Nine
feenth street south on nineteenth
street TO Tenth avenue. west sOn Tenth
avenue to Sixteenth street. south on
Sixteenth street to Thirteen fhi avenue,
west on Thirteenth {avenueet0 Fifteenth
street, south on Fifteenth street to
Eighteenth avenue
Along the entire path Of thetparade
participants especially the veterans
OF the Civil war and members OF. Cong
panv A. I n. G., the brave boys VINO
are prepared now to fight for the de
Tense of this country's interestsi, Just
as were the boys in blue during the
dark days Of 81
Much of the credit for the nature Of
the floats belongs to A W. Trevor
With the cooperation Of T. A. EHender
81 . I'D
row Wilson" float. Others WHO as
sisted in the decoration of the float
are Paul HIM. Maurice Cook, Walter
Yerbury and A. a. Rounds.
A. F. Sala, who represented the
President. presented all of the bacom-
ing dignity of the chief executive. with
his high hat, cutaway coat and eye
glasses, doffing the hatsand smiling to
crowds who applaudedS all along the
way. he offered a picture OF President
Wilson the likeness Of which was7the
subject of much comment during Fhe
afternoon, and made the Wilson float /
the big attraction Of the demonstra- +
ton.
On the float with the president were /
Mrs A F. SaIa. representing the Red /
Cross. Marjorie Saia. representing /
Liberty. Amy Comegys, representing /
Humanity, a sergeant representing the /
regular army. Sergeant j. F. Gallagher /
OF the Marine recruiting station. rep !
resenting the marines, three boy scouts /
and a private of Company A represent /
ing the citizen soldiers.
On the sides of the float appeared I
the following quotations from Wood /
row wilson;
..The supreme test Of the nation has
come We must all speak act and
serve together. Woodrow Wilson
America asks nothing for herself
but what she has a right to ask for
humanity Woodrow wilson
"The world must be made safe for
democracy. Woodrow Wilson.
Parade Formation.
Formation of the parade was as fol
lows;
Historical Division.
". l. Franks. chief marshal
A ". Trevor, division marshal
Mrs. Fred }. Ward and Miss Mar
garet McCabe. mounted aides,
Republican Auto Truck company
band of so pieces, Alma. Mich.
Uncle Sam''-Float with r r. l.
welch as Uncle Sam, surrounded by
a group OF children from the Twenty
second street neighborhOod dressed "a
Boy Scouts and Red Cross nurses.
"Columbia" Float Of Barbara
L
with Mrs John Babb as Columbia. and
Miss EIva Allsbrow, Mrs. George Mill
house and Miss Blanche Ague as at
tendants. and Miss Ruth Ransom as
color bearer.
Goddess Of Liberty" Float with
Mrs. Ebert Don as Goddess Of Lib
erty. and John Thomas. Esther Clark
and Gustin Thielke as attendants,
while Ben Roach, Jack Durling and ]
WIZ winkler represented the militia
and Carl Wicke the navy
Betsy Ross"-FIoat with Mrs vii ,
liam Wynn as Betsy Ross. depicting
the making Of the first American flag:
Charles Hardin as George Washing ,
ton.
United states Coat Of Arms"-F1oat
Of Fraternal Order OF Eagles. showing
the world with an eagle perched On
the top and A Witherspoen and H " Z
Sigfried dressed in the uniform Of the
order. K
States OF the Union Forty-eight !
young ladies dressed tn white, seated I
IN four trucks, two donated by L. s r
McCabe a Co. aud two by Eudorah
Rebekah lodge No. SO States were G
by the following Fl
Alabama-Margaret Eoldorf.
Arkansas-Lelah Simmons. F
Arlzona-Maud Stran, c
Caiifornfa-GrRce Long. v
Colorado-Aiberta Elliott. n
Connecticut-Leota Kuebl. T
Delaware Edna DeVoe. II
Florida-Hulda Vogt
orgia-katherine Trenkenschuh. G
Idaho-Mrs Gus Thierman a
fllinois-Myrtle Cameron. J
Indiana-Bertha Johansen n
Iowa-Cora Herman 5
kansas-Hazel Burton s.
kentacky-Emma Petit q
Louisiana-Jesephin Murphy.
Maine-Hermine Wander Meersch. -
Maryland-Dorothy Griffin s
Massachusetts-Ali Dobbalaere. u
Miehigan-Lucille Teeter. 10
Minnesota Ethel Cameron. IA
Mfssissippi-Dora Cawi S
Missauri-RaI Schneider y
Gontana-Florence Bleuer ~
Nebraska--Lucy Ittner S
Minnie Glass
New Eampshire-Trene Schroeder. A