Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1917-12-13
Vol. 81.
Ossnfico. yirgfsis

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held In ,he city Of wN.h,Ogtoa a, the
IAstrc, ~ Columbia Convention hall. :
and X streets v W, IN honor OF our
eountry's soldiers and sailors and to su'-
phasire the untounasd in,efcs. iot the
men In uniform in all thai psfiAins "
their eom'or, and welfare.
Ths ide. ot this Masonic mas. meeting
~A ht.s cancs,.ed BY III. AshlH club
81 Master Mason. Of wAhins,on. con-
f..ei chiefly Of tn. men Of the army
and navy s-,ahli.hments. and .as ear
ned 10 realization ~ the assistance ~
the MAsoule lodg.s Of N. nisine' OF
Columbia.
No p~r-an. msa OF -ouAn. .eo N'end'
ea thi. meeting could doshi re tfu"
.pir,t oi An~ues 10 m. ar aud the
p~opl. ot the United states IN ihs ssrag-
gle for right and justice. a. d.mons'fa'- T
.i a, Cansentioa hail. WsshtnEion. u.
e, Saturday q gh,. nor %. deep feeling
tha, America hA. for Fraaes and hes-
siun, -ha have S.~n - fsthlessli over
run and mi.,re.i~d by The hora>s ot
uihtansm
The hall 90. elsborstsly t.eorsi-if for
The o-ca..on 9Th An.nssa. Srsaeh
and English hazs ard hsss .snPes OF
red. -h,ts and blue slt-rus.ea. and !
s.iagins from overhead, srt.ni'as frnm I
.ade 10 .ds and .loss the .nt'r. s.as'h |
of The NON
IN. stage "a. snsinsly and impr-s
.i,sl, d~cors,eA ssd Ashisi. "a.
b~astt.n!ly adorned overhead 9th r''s>s.
el~c,rc light bais-, e.las - 9.ae-i and
arAngrd a. TO bf,ng cut the sao,i a-aa-
ttul tllumtnaaaa poss.hss Tue stars
and strap~s iasrfminslsd otto the Union
Jaek Of Engg Ard and Tneo.of - FrAnee
ptotu..l, -a,et fru-u the stage, sns'Tas
Of sr~ai nation. allied In %. great eaa-e
Ant .il~a,ly greIaimIug n %. -of'd
that the men ~ the.~ na,,oas IN arms
ana hghung under these his'o''e ban
n-t, th.t haa often been earned to .ir-
tory over The smoke aad hfs u battle
ss!a. -Oala ultimately str,ss the f>aAl
blo~ 10 n.Iisars.rn and mAss .Afe TOE al
time the ,z~Als sst ptins'pl-. ehef'shed
By ei,hs.i p~eple
u~slaes the "Salonal Anthem
.Amsnea' and tn. "Bassl. Hyua Of
tha R1pah,Ie". a runh~r Of ths as
soas- .hieh America - ea'has'AssieAs'y
breathe. slae- -e entered the .sr and
thousand. Of her son. arr IN training 70
errp.fs tss the "h.e game" ssro~> the
-. .cer sung Among them -efo
.son. u kmsnca". ''O.et Ihefe ,
.unele sAmmy". "Pses 70 Your
Tn,usIe.'. Joan o. Arc. There's a
Ioex. t.sas TrAiI'' ard Keep the Home
rires Burning
usfei. copy oi the program;
ts,roduetry BY J CiAade ke'Pe', past
Urand Master, chairman u aacesns
Invoeailoa ~ Rev. Hugh l. steven.
spa. Grand Chaplain.
Addre..rs ~ere made BY
uaa lame. ". witten. Grand aNa'c'
OF the MAsoas ot Ghe ptssne' Of te'am-
bta.
Hon, George y. Moore, sovereie'
Grand Comm Andcr 81 the A. \ : IL o
tho southern jurisdiction,
lion. Ncwtoa D. BAKER, secretary o
var
noa. Josopha. Daniels. secretary o
the navy
Hon. Champ Clark. speaker o' tn
y house OF representatives.
Arthur Rrsbane, editor OF the Hears
publications.
Cant. j Rnuver, OF the French army
Gen. ougllelmotte. military attach
Of the Italian embassy
4 Col. A. c. Murray. military assAehe
/ the British embassy.
IL Cot. Herbert A. White OF u
! United States army
Probably the greatest oatharst OF AZ
p.ausc wAs when Captain J. kanv'ef
,h. Frcnch army rose to speak. lie ~
sanity arrived in this country, ar"
from tho hghnag front, after oeir
many times decorated for vaior and on
/. sounded twas wish amarked scf'oa
II ness Of expression and appearance, tn
"A no pa,hesieally told of tho terrible su'e
II ings and hardsh,ps that France Al
II psle,um, her sister state, has had TO e
III du1e.
III He was with Marshal Johre, ana
I'll the re,rea, before the German armies
III the beginning Of the war, 1874 a
u xividIy and interestingly described u
Il re,rea, before the invading "Huns.
- the rapid mobilization OF the fren l
troops, Of the grim stemmins OF the u
Of tho invading hords, and OF the tern
struggle during the battle Of the Mar
xhere the Germans we're brought 70
stand and hurled back from their Or
"onward TO Paris"
Ut .st3 ~ the determination oil