Evening star., 1920-02-03
CAPITAL TO HONOR
SLAIN POLICEMAN
Meeting Will Be Held at Lib
erty Hut Tonight-AN
Citizens Invited.
Latest members of the Line of Duty

Washington is ready to do honor to
McKimmie at the Liberty Hut mass
meeting tonight
Final plans were completed yester-
day for the presentation of a program
for those who wish to pay tribute
to the memory of the policeman who
died in line Of duty answering the
appeal Of a woman for help.
Every public-spirited Washingto-
nian is invited. Each is needed. II
you have nothing to do tonight drop
in at the Liberty Hut and partici-
pate in a program which will show
gratitude of the public for his work
and heroism.
Called a Civic Duty.
'It is a civic duty" a high official
of the District government said today.
'It depends on Washington and Wash
ingtonians- whether the testimonial
of honor to the memory of the slain
policeman will be a fitting one. 1t
depends on each one separately. Even
though to be present means slight
sacrifice. those Washingtonians who
recognize the plight of a family de-
prived of it's father through the bullet
of a lawbreaker. should not hesitate
to be present. He did his duty for
Washington. Washington should show
public appreciation for it."
And the program will warrant it.
Three speakers who drew crowds Of
auditors during the war will be pres
ent to do honor to the memory OF
the work of McKimmie.
patched from the front at France to
come back to the United States with
a message of conditions and an appeal
for support at home. He Is Leonard
Ormerod. Frank Hogan and Charles
w. Darr are recognized as among the
foremost speakers of the city.
The program of entertainment was
selected by Miss Bess Davis Schreiner
of the Community Service, as the
cream of Washington's performers.
Will Not Cost q Cent.
And it will not cost a cent. an1ess
it is convenient for the donor. The
contribution, which will be taken up by
the Billy Sunday ushers, will be strictly
voluntary.
Duty Club will be distributed. The
Line of Duty Club was formed at the
time Of Policeman McKimmies death
for public-spirited citizens who
wished to assure policemen and fire.
men that when facing danger pos
support forthcoming. 1t means only
a pledge and a small contribution. 1t
will form a nucleus for unfortunate
happenings in the future, which are
hoped to be less frequent than during
the past. although only five policemen
were killed in line of duty during the
past twenty months.
Three Addresses.
Mr.. Hogan will speak on Law and
Order" His address will center upon
the protection afforded the popula-
ton through the law and the officers
who enforce 1t.
Following Mr.. Hogan. Leonard Or
merod, secretary of the National Press
Club, war veteran and originator of
the idea Of the Line Of Duty Club, will
deliver an address. Mr.. Ormerod was
at the front for fourteen months. won
the croix de guerre and saw condi
tions paralleling those of policemen
looking into the revolver Of burglar
in line of duty. He knows what 1t
means, and he'll tell.
Charles w. Darr will make the ap-
peal for funds. His address will fol-
low Mr.. Ormerod's. Mr.. Darr was
known in wartime Washington as
one of the four-minute men OF the
Treasury liberty loan organization.
These three addresses will be the
only ones on the program. They will
be short talks, none of them exceed
ing fifteen minutes. Introductions and
presentations will be made by n. 8.
Omohundro, chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements.
Entertainment Program.
The entertainment which will occupy
the greater part of the program. will be
principally under the direction of the
District Community Service.
Under the management of C. C. Mar
tin, the Montrose Quartet. known to