Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-11
WILMINGTON REVERENTLY BOWS
IN MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO
HEROES OF THE WORLD WAR
Impressive Exercises Held at the Canick Theatre This
Morning, With Pause for Silent Prayer at the Noon
Hour; Speakers Revere Memory Of Those Who Made
the Supreme Sacrifice and the Loyal and Patriotic
Mothers and Wives

In Wllmlngton's observance OF
Armisticc Day, instead OF FIRST turning
10 the Joyous side of the occasion 60
rivc vent to tho feelings which natur-
ally arise at the thought Of those stir
ring incidents on THIS day three years
aeo. the citizens revc~cntly turned
aside 10 the more solemn duty OF III ST
doing honor 10 the memory of those
brave young men who made the SUI
prsmc sacrifice In France during the
World War and consequently today's
ceremonies We're inaugurated with the
memorial services held In the Car
rick Theatre NJ II o'clock this moin-
ing.
rhis proved to be one of the mist
Impressive exercises of the kind the
city has witnessed for many years.
The theatre was crowded with state
and city officials. cx-scrvice men.
veterans Of other wars. relatives and
friends OF the soldiers who had failcr
and ~ other former service men and
ci,izcns In general
Prior to the beginning OF the rle-
morlal. there was a procession OF hon
or from City Hall. This was in
charge of. and conducted ~ Iieuten-
ant James l.. Ecklcs. who acted as
uarahm. Tho lire OF march was head
Ell by plstoon OF police and then
followed hand. The escort was COM
posed of representatives from the four
POSTS In this city of the American
Legion. They were followed by Mayor
A.ckoy Harvey and the members OF
'tiy Council. together with the men,
h'rs OF the mayors cabinet. which il
made up OF the heads OF the various
,i'y departments. All these officials
had previously gathered at CITY HAL
~ request OF the mayor. The next
an the procession were the clergy and
thcn came the gold star mothers and
next OF Kin OF the soldier dead. Rep
rcsentatives Of the various patriotic
societies and civic examinations COM
pletcd the procession.
The Garriclx Theatre was crowded
10 it's utmost limits. even the galleries
being filed. The stage was besuti-
ful'y set with palms. ferns and Gu,
flowers. II was hathed IN the soft
red glow OF many electric lights.
Mayor Harvey. Lieutenant Governor
Bush and the speakers took their
sssts ON the stage in from; OF ST.
johns vested choir. The city officials
occupied the boxes. while tho cold
Star mothers sat in the first row of
seats
After Rev. Charles L. c.fndee had
offered the invocation -. Johns choir
sang the anthem. 20 Pray for the
Peace or Jerusalem" and followed with
two verses from America" Whne
his was being sung the national
colors. with The armed guard OF sol
diers. were displayed from cne corner
o: the stage Mayor Iiarvevs address
vas brief but a decidedly stirring ut
;eranee. which was listened TO with
wrapt attention. Bishop Cook pre-
faced his remark with a vivid word
picture OF the scenes in Washington
yesterday where he had the good for
tune TO be abl. 10 visit the Capitol and
there view the casket containing the
body Of Americas unknown soldier a ;
70 reste. or the catafalque under tn !
great dome. lie spoke of the thor- 4
sands or people fling through to Day i
their trlhu.e and said a stirring ser,
was when "A blind soldier led BY sn- j
other man In uniform entered and
placed a wreath on the casket.