South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-20
Downtown District to be Kept
Free of Street Cars and
Automobiles While Big
Parade is On.
LEADERS WILL MEET
AT C. OF c. TONIGHT
Final Instructions Are to be
Given-CitizenS Are Urged
to Fly American Flags
Tomorrow.

Final instructions TO the leaders
snd those directing the patriotic
parade here Saturday afternoon will
be given tonight at a meeting to be
held at the Chamber of Commerce.
Major Fred l.. Dennis. executive
chairman. mas called the meeting for
7:3O O'Clock promptly and expects
aH committeeman. heads of di-
visions. aides, band leaders, and
leaders OF the various organizations
TO be represented in the parade to
attend the meeting tonight as the
instructions given out at that time
will be highly important in bringing
Saturdays demonstration to a sue
cessful conclusion.
II is being pointed out that the
downtown districts should be gaily
decorated in national cOlors for Sat
urday's demonstration. Many of the
merchants have already decorated
their store fronts and buildings but
there is still a lack of the national
emblem downtown. A movement
was on foot Friday 10 have Amer
lean flags spread in PERCUSSION
throughout the entire downtown
district.
To Keep Streets Clear.
All arrangements are being made
To have traffic under such control
that the demonstration will not be
interfered with in any way. Chief
OF Police Willard +. Kerr announced
Friday that arrangements had been
made for two extra motorcycle pO-
Hcemen to keep the streets cleared
for the parade. These two special
officers were appointed through the
cooperation OF Col. George w.
Freyermuth Of the Third regiment.
J.. y. q. Chief Kerr also conferred
with Traffic Supt. Holler Of the C.
S. r and y. 1. Railway Co. and ar
ranSements were made to keep all
street cars off the route Of the
parade. During the time the pa
rade is in progress The Sample ST.
ears will not make the loop, the
east side cars will stay off of Mich
igan St, and all Michigan ST. cars
will operate from the north no
further south than Madison St, and
an cars from the south will not OPP
crate farther north than WAYNE ST
This Will prevent any congestion Of
the parade.
Major Dennis pointed out Friday
that no advertising floats Of any
nature would be allowed 10 partici-
pate I'm the parade.
Floats Will be Elected.
This Will he patriotic demon
strauon." he explained. "and if any
one So far forgets himself as 20 at
TEMPT 70 use il otherwise ne will be
elected from the demonstration i'm
mediately."
The various organizations partic-
ipating in the parade and demon
stratiOn are completing their plans
for the event Major Dennis re-
ceived word Friday that the Belgian
hand. the Belgian Relief corps, and
the Belgian HominE club would par
ticipate IN the parade. The three
RaIrian organizations will march in
the third division while the Hibern-
fans have been assigned % the sec
ond division. The Indiana Avenue
Christian church Boy Scouts have
siruifed their intention Of partici-
rating and have been assigned TO
division four along with the uni
formed employees Of the Central
Union Telephone CO. The South
BEND Creamery CO. employees will
also march I'm the parade.
viii start at 2;t5 O'Clock.
The parade has been scheduled
20 start promptly az 2;15 o'clock
from the corner OF Main and Wayne
sts. Between 1e.ooO and $4,000
reonls are exnectad 10 march In the
parade il the weather Is favorable
and the demonstration is expected
70 mark the epoch in South Bend 5
patriotic history. The recruits Tor
the local militia companies and the
companies at Notre Dame have
been drilling this week in prepar-
alton for the parade and the military
organizations are expected TO be
one Of the big features OF the
demonstration.
Following the parade mass
meeting viii be held at the high