The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-09
TULSA ARMISTICE
DAY OBSERVANCE
MANY Programs Will Be
Given in City No
vember IL

trom dawn until striking Of the
,i,sIng hour OF the day, ArmistiCe
d,y h TO have full observance
r-,dav IN Tulsa, with a program
varying In type from the patriotic
,o solemn remembrance or the SOL
dler dead and to frankly glad cele-
braflon az the possession or peace.
1oe Carson post OF the American
fepion will give military burial Arm
is,lre morning 70 the body OF Albert
p Sddons Of this city, who after
ssryinr in France during the war
Wrb c company, Fifth infantry, and
Afterwards In Germany with the
army of occupation, was accident
suy killed near Coblenz, Germany.
In September. The body of Siddons,
nbo Is the son OF John Siddons,
qOc North Main, arrived Tuesday,
and plaus were at once made to hold
hIperal services nt Q o'clock Fri
day morning In the Mowbray UNDER
taking chapel
Tho University Of Tulsa will have
a patriotic program in the auditor
INN az 10 o'clock Friday morning
and FLAG raising exercises at II
o'clock Flag raising will be In
charge OF service men from the
rtudcnt body led by Louis Reeves.
Tho Oars selected for raising are
the identical ones which flew for
four months over the A. r. i. uni
vcrsity M Beaune, Cote dor, France.
Every night during the life OF the
university the university band played
the star Sprangled Banner while
the American flag was lowered and
A similar ceremony was performed
Tor the French flag to rendition Of
&
he used Friday 70. the first time
In the United states. They have
never been displayed before and
IN fact never have been shown
except 10 the Secretary Of War and
a group OF officers assembled in
his office in Washington. y. c.. dur
Ing the fan OF 1919. The university
was organized and presided over
throughout its career by Col. Ira l..
Reeves of The Chamber OF Commerce
and is said to have been the largest
resident educational institution IN
the world, with total personnel
OF $4,000 residents and corrcs-
pondence school aavins an enroll
ment Of 10000.
Patriotic Exercises.
BY proclamation OF the mayor.
at Il o'clock all traffic and business
operations will cease for one minute
and all flags will be lowered to half
mast for five minutes. For the
patriotic exercises to be held by
every grade school at II o'clock in
the morning three minute speakers
on Americanism will be furnished
by T. c. Hopkins, Americanism
chairman for the American Legion.
The national guard will have flag
raising, with firing of "A salute Of
81 volleys. at the armory at 1915
o'clock
A mass meeting under the aus
plces OF Joe Carson post at 1915
o'clock in front OF Tulsa high school
Will be addressed by II. l.. Jones.
knights of Columbu are TO raise
flag at their home. s04 South
Frisco, at 2:30 o'clock in the after
noon. The program has not yet
been fully arranged, but the flag
which will play an important part
IN the service may he that saved by
Henry Wasielewski during a Bolshe-
VIZ advance in Serbia.
Legionnaires will entertain wives
ana girl friends at a hop that night
In the national guard armory. Honor
J, guests will be officers OF the 377th
Infantry reserve, headed by Col. Ira
L. Reeves, and the units headed by
Col Alya j. Niles and Col. l.. j. f.
Rooney
All banks will be closed for the
day. the Tulsa Clearing House as
sociation announced yesterday. Sold
lers uniforms will dot the street
throngs.