The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-06

cream Legion and Captain Wright HUI
Gus mad command OF tho line.
Tu" post members wcr" H"i ~ un,-
form but there MAS the sam" Snap ana
pep" t. lh,i- step that they exhibited
n France and Belgium. carried al nc
head Of tn" American Legion contingent;
was the historic Clvil war hattl" fldG
made by EI;ZI Carl:n LitzInEtr N lHh2
and carried yesterday by h." grandson.
NJ. Denis Shields. Of the loCal posi-.
Tho Foreign Division
This ended the irst division and next
in line came the foreign division.
The Poles were iirSt IN line SeNera!
hundred strong. n Of Joe EnS-
Pole contingent was a beautiful couC"p-
ton. On either side marched Il number
Of mon IN native costume ami tho bag
wheeled CanopIcd SiruCtur" was u'!Nd
with pretty girls attlrcd IN the Stars
and Stripes and ;hc native dress OF FOL
and.
In tho center Miss Pauline Jurck rep
resented America and Miss Sophia Crab
owsk:. Poland.
Then came the Syrians Of Wheeling
strong in number and commanded by
Joseph NduSIff and George Sh.d. The
Syrian float typified the light ot christ
ianity permeatlnS tho country. 10 offset
the ravaGcSsu t the Turk. Mikr A,cd"
rcpreseHtCdea very fcrOc.oUs TURK. Mrs.
George ShIa, America; Mrs. Louise Nau-
sIn. France and Mss F'rcda NausIn,
Syria.
isabella and Columbus
Tho noat with the last detail was one
Of tho most beautiful and represented
christopher Columbus explaining tho
Spain. The queen was portrayed by Mrs.
Spain. Tho queen wasporiraycd by Mrs.
lsadora FarcIii and Columbus 10y hc-
husband. The ncat was part or tn"
Italian lineup and D. y. Jacovetti and
u. Jcbbia ware inCharGc.
Each contingent Of the foreign ele-
mcnt in tho line OF march was accom-
panied by a band and muse could b"
heard the entire length Of the Parade
while II was on the march.
The Greeks were last IN line m tn"
foreign division OF the parade but their
float was most striking. On the plat
va Kerdy and Gertrude Former. Will"
over them with knife appraised stood
Marshall Kidd CARRIED as 4 Turk.
Appeal for Help
with hands upraised warning Turkey
10 desist stood Mss Ella Dc Buia rep
%resentinS America and Mary Stone VINO
took the part OF Greece. ,
The Greek contingent was composed
Of hundreds OF marching men and was
in charge of George kaller. Peter Boyd
was the aide IN charge Of th!S DIVISION:
The third was the civic and lrAtcrnai
division headed by tho local knights Of
l'EthiaS who were followed by the Mod
ern Woodncu Of America IN command
OF Bernard Kaiser.
The colorcd fratcrnal organizations
followed. headed by their own band and
n the rear were 4 number or autos
bearing ColOrcd folks and their families.
Tho parad" VAS 4 big success from
every standpoint and credit IS due to ths
committee having the affair IN charge
aSwell as Parade Master ctCr lldbcr-
stick and Grand Marshall Col. q. H.
Sands.
But Slight Delay
There WAN "A slight hltCD as 10 the
time Of starting but this WAS due 10
the marching column from reaching the
starting point exactly on time.
The police under Chief Fred frazj"r
had the parade route cleared Of all
vehicles and when the line reached tho
Baltimore and Ohio depot Plaza. the
street and turned into sd" streets ami
the marching column h!ed IN TO the
grand stand
Commander Walter Hilton OF the
Spanish American War Veterans. had
charge OF the exercises. Dr. J. l.. Friend
Of 81. Matthew'S Episcopal church. deliN-
cred an invocation and Attorney j. T.
Arbenz then made a short address.
Patriotic Address
MIR. Arhcnz sketChed over tn" history
OF the United States since IN" SturdL
pioneers had signed the Declaration OF
Indc pendcnce, on the day VIC celebrate.
and asked what country on earth could
present the advantages that America
can.
\ republic OF ali races where every
man. no matter what his race. Religion
or political hciECf. can call Tn" nag MIS-
own. r." called attention to the parad"
where men ct all races marrhcd under
1T, American flag II unity ne stated
that this very slrht WAS proof tnSt the
principles that The signers OF The Dec