The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-15
Large Crowd Assemblies In Front
of Capitol To Honor Flag
Made BY Betsy Ross
ADDRESS or u. S. ATTORNEY
R0USES HEARTY ENTHUSIASM
Flowers Music and Song Are
Homage Paid To Nations
Glorious Stars and Stripes

One hundred and forty years ago yes.
terday there was born on Arch Street,
in Philadelphia, a new flag. Last night
in Honolulu the birthday anniversary Of
that flag was celebrated, the Territory,
municipality, army, navy and national
guard, representatives of the federal
government and various organizations
joining in the ceremonies of the Elks,
under whose ritual and by whose off,
GERS those ceremonies were conducted.
Before platform in front Of the Cap.
itol more than 1900 patriotic citizens
gathered last night to observe Flag Day.
On the stand were the officers of the
lodge, representatives of the govern.
ment, the army and the navy and the
speakers Of the evening. In the audi
ence large number of soldiers and
sailors could be noted and large pro-
portion of the crowd was women.
From the platform was read the his
tory of the country s flag, an Elk paid
tribute to the flag, United States Attor.
Dey Huber delivered an address that
stirred patriotism in every hearer, and
upon the platform was built the floral
Liberty Bell. Beside the platform was
the Hawaiian Band, which from time to
time discoursed patriotic airs. 49,.
Elks Were In Charge s...
All of the ceremonies except the ad-
dress of Mr.. Huber were ritualistic and
conducted by the Elks, the history of
the flag, read by Lorrin Andrews, and
the Elks' tribute, delivered by Harry
Murray, brought forth hearty applause,
but the address of Mr.. Huber was fairly
punctuated by it.
Introduced by Exalted Ruler Fiddes,
Mr.. Huber dwelt briefly on what has
gone before and its meaning, and said
no one could have listened to what had
gone before without being better and
more devoted American citizens.
Continuing, the. speaker said that the
country was at this time with the stern
est duties. "Three years ago." he
said, little cloud rose over coun,
try in Europe. At first little was
thought of the shadow above Serbia,
but behind that little cloud hid Mars,
the god of war. g.
faFor two years, - he said, "the ma
ton had stood by in what it believed
was a proper state of neutrality, but
later duty became clear and the nation
plunged into a war for democracy and
human rights"
Mr.. Huber traced the history of re-
publics and said that, nOminally, many
countries were governed by kings that
were in reality constitutional govern
ments. The war in Europe was to de-
termine whether the people should rule
or be governed by q monarch whose
very word was law.
French Honor Pershing
II was a strange coincidence, he con
tinued, that yesterday, on the anniyer-
sary of the birth of the flag, women and
children in Paris took their meager saw
ings to buy flowers to strew before Gen
eral Pershing and American soldiers
marching through the streets and about
to fight under the Stars and Stripes
Another coincidence, he pointed out,
was that an American commission was
in Petrograd to help the people of what
had always been considered the worst
autocracy to establish a republic where
liberty should dwell as it had dwelt in
the United States of America,
In closing, Mr.. Huber asked what the
flag meant to each of his hearers, and
pointed out the clear duties of every
citizen, man, woman and child, in the
nations hour of need.
Inc IOuOWlnB ID Lhe pFoBrhh' Mu-
sic, "Star-Spangled Banner" Hawaiian
Band; Introductory exercises, exalted
ruler and officers; prayer, chaplain; mu-
sic, Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,"
Hawaiian Band; altar services, "Built
ing the Floral Liberty Bell" esquire
and officers; reading, "Flag Record, "
Hon. Lorrin Andrews; song, "Auld
Lang Syne," officers and lodge mem.
bers; grafton, "'Elks' Tribute To the
Flag" Harry Il. Murray; music, "Med-
ley OF Patriotic Airs" Hawaiian Band;
patriotic address, Hon. s. c. Huber; mu.
sic, "America, audience.
The committee which arranged the
ceremonies was composed of Clifford
Splitter, Harry T. Lake, L. NJ. Ehrhorn,
Harry 8. Hayward, General Samuel |.
johnson, T. J. McGrath and Joseph II.
Gray, chairman.
Because General Strong was called to
the dinner at the Japanese consulate, he
sent Colonel McRea, department. adju,
tant, as his representative. Gen. Sam
uel ]. johnson was represented by Ma.
jor Reddington and the Governor by
rnInnal TanLaa