The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
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Bismarck Committee Asks Sup
port of McCumber, Gronna
and Young for Measure
PATRIOTIC PARADE
MADE BIG HIT

big patriotic Lexington Day rally
held here today. Transcription is ia
vored. We urge you TO support the
bill now before congress-" read tele'
grams which the Bismarck committee
on military affairs wired last evening
to Senators McCumber and Gronna
and Representative George M. Young,
Copies OF the resolutions adopted yes
terday will be mailed all members
of the North Dakota delegation.
Yesterdays Parade.
Yesterdays observance Of Lexing.
ton day was q success in every re.
spect. Even the weather, at the elev-
enth hour, proved its patriotism by
becoming almost ideal for an outdoor
gathering. The effect of DR.. Weaver's
stirring address was to arouse the
people of Bismarck to a realization OF
the crisis which confronts America.
No one who heard the vice president
of the United States Navy league.
himself q veteran of the war with
Spain, and the father OF five warrior
sons, can longer be indifferent to the
situation. 2
The parade which preceded the ex.
ercises was n of the largest that
has been staged in Bismarck. Hun.
dreds were in line, and every element
in the life of the city and state we're
represented. (. AMONG some of the
novel features which appealed we're
the Bismarck Scots, nationally CARRIED
for the occasion, and headed by pipes
and drums in highland costume; NJ.
J.. O'Connor's fife and drum corps.
in which five Bismarck lads in khaki
and colonial costume piled the drums.
with O'Connor and Lloyd Harmon at
the flies, and the Women's auxiliary,
in their patriotic chapeaus and ma.
tional colors.
The Spirit Of Paul revere.
A feature of the parade which came
as a surprise to marchers and spec
tators alike was the sudden appear
ance Of the Spirit of Paul Revere"
who dashed down the line as it pass
ed into Fourth street, bringing NEW
his message: "AwaKe: Arise!"
Mounted on a spirited charger, in
typical continental dress, and with.
the long. flowing locks of the day, Fl.
S. Lobach splendidly typitied the pa
triot whom Longfellow's lines have
rendered immortal.
And never was there a real
Uncle Sam than ne who yesterday
headed the fife and drum corps. That
patriotic gentleman in private life is
Henry Rhud. His unusual height and
bearing, his features and his CO.'S
%,urSr~ uynvn rorfont gnr tho rort and
as he majestically strobe along, bear.
ing aloft the Stars and Stripes, he
never failed to earn a cheer from
each new group of spectators.
Excellent Setting.
Bismarck yesterday found itself for
tunate in the possession in the heart
OF the city of the spacious commons
which adjoin the municipal Auditor.
ium. slipping gently to the top of the
rise on Thayer street, where the
speakers platform, was stationed, the
campus formed an excellent, natural
ampitheater, where everyone could
see and hear without difficulty. All
OF the speakers were in good voice.
and not a word was lost.
The scene, with colors waving, and
people massed hundreds deep, cover
ing almost an entire block, was a bril-
liant one viewed from a little dis.
lance. The singing could be heard
blocks away.
The day, the occasion and the re.
Spouse from the people OF Bismarck
was everything that could be asked
and the committee today expresses
its qualification with the result. go.