Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-11
NATION CELEBRATES
IN HONOR OF
HEROES
WHISTLES SOUNDED
WORLD PAuSES TO PAY HOMAGE
TO VETERANS LIVING AND
DEAD OF THE GREATEST WAR
IN HISTORY.

ottawa whistles sounded long
blast at II O'Clock this morning, a.
the populaco paused to pay tribute to
the soldiers who never returned from
France following the world War. As
Par as ~" business life Of the city is
concerned, those whistles are the
crlv Nrmisticc Day celebration stag
ed in the commercial life Of OttaWa.
All the hanks of the city were
closed during the cutirc day 3rd
many Offices were closed. There was
TO memorial daV, or no patriotic OK
'rcises, to mark the anniversary rt
th' day Wnen the soldiers OF the
great war stopped fighting
In Chicago
Chicago NOv It VITA the ci'>
hall and many business and semtpub.
lie establishments CLOSED today l
communication of the closing OF the
great war, arm,tico day in Ghicae
was observed by high mass special
church services, military ceremonies
entertainment Cf soldiers in hospitals
and social affairs set for the evenino
AT II O'Clock the second anniversary
of the armisticc silen' homage tpI
Americas dead on European battle
fields vas pres1ged ly rumble Cf
artillery from the lake trout The n.
tional colOrs and service nags were
Gi played all over the city.
Red Cross workers distributed flow
ers to every injured soldier in hos
pitfalls of the nicago district. tn
wounded at Fort Sheridan received
gifts Vaudeville AMI dramatic cu or
tainmont wer" given b. profession Il
artists
Military activities included the un.'
yelling of bronze tablets bearing tn
names OF men who died in the war.
mastering in ceremonies and hun.
dreds OF dances by American LeeiOH
posts
IN London.
London Nov. H. Great Britain To-.
day impresSiyey honored her war
heroes by according a field mavshals
funeral to an unknown Brit war
rior who was buried in Ne- Minister
Abbey and unvciling a permanent cen
otaph in Whitehall to "The Gloriuo7
Dead" Aside from members ot the
royal family. who incluled Queen
Mary. Queen Mother Alexandra ami
Pi' wi vi duh VI .Npl " iN anu Il lfN VI o.
ticials. the onlJ witnesses to either
ceremony were persons who lost rola
tiyes in the great var.
Ag the clock in the tower of tn
parliament building began to strik"
II King George, facing the sixteenth
century coffin Of the unknown soldier,
drew . cord that released the l'non
Jack draped above the cenotaph and
after the last Stru} @ OF the hour thou
sands Of people rcmaiu,i absolutely .
silent for two minutes. This silcn'
was broken by choir s0tjy begin,
NIX the hymn, Oh. God, Ou7 !Ic!p
in Ages Past" which was tcllOWe !
ly the Lords Prayer reci ct h. the
Archbishop OF Canterbury BnSIers
sounded "ThC Last Post aud, wi y
its escort Of troops and band. the
Gun carriage then moved toward tn"
abbcy.
During tao brief services in the I
abbey the king stood at the font OF
the grave, the royal ladies and pTincna
ranging themselves on either side. Of
all the witnesses that packed White |
Hall or crowded the abbey l.ttl"
band of approximately l0n women IN |
the abbey received the NEST reve:ert
attention. They had been selected tOr
the seats Of honor because each had
lost her husband and all her sons.
After he 100 had been seated the
next to be considered We're those
mothers who lost all their sons, ami
then came women who lost their hus-
Lands only. They We're given posi-
tions In accordance with the price
thcv had paid during the war, A girl