Evening journal., 1922-05-30
PRESIDENT AT
LINCOLN Shrine
New Memorial is Dedicated
TO Saviour of the
Nation
SOUTH SENDS
DELEGATION

WASHINGTON, May so-(Unite
Press)-The great white marbl
Lincoln Memorial was to be dedicat
ed here this afternoon with the ma
ton according to the memory o
Abraham Lincoln. the highest hom
age and tribute.
President Harding. in acceptint
the memorial in behalf of the natior
from Chief Justice Taft. chairman
of the Lincoln Memorial Commission
will make the principal address.
The memorial which stands out
glistening white among the green
trees of Potomac Park along the
banks of the winding Potomac river
IS considered one of the most beauti-
full structures ever erected to the
memory of one man. Its construc-
tion has required ten years.
Wondrous in it's beauty, the me-
mortal is even more impressive In
its simplicity. II seems 10 typify
the humble attitude OF the great
emancipator.
From a distance the memorial re-
sembles a beautiful Greek temple.
From a green knoll massive columns
Of white marble rise fifty feet In the
air. Inside the columns is a mas
slve statute of Lincoln. seated in
chair. It towers 80 feet on the
marble wall on one side is carved
Ihncoln's Gettysburg address; on the
other side his second inaugural ad-
dress. Above these carvings are
mural paintings depicting the eman-
cipation and preservation Of the
union.
Around the top of the structure
are carved the names of the states
In the union at the time OF the Civil I
War.
Just across the Potomac River |
from the Lincoln memorial is the |
Arlington National Cemetery mark
ed by its beautiful white ampithea-
tire where many OF the men who |
fought for the preservation of the !
union under Lincoln's leadership lie /
dead.
President Harding will speak to-
day from just in front of the huge
statue. Eastward from the great
white marble structure lies an exten-
sive rejecting pool in which is re-
reflected the Washington monument
high. a mile away and the
only rival of the new memorial. The
Capitol. the monument and the me-
mortal have been constructed a
straight east and west line so the |
monument obscures the view CT
Capitol dome. A place OF honor has
Been reserved at the ceremonies to-
day for Robert Todd Lincoln. son of
the great President. who was such a
JOY TO Lincoln during the trying days
Of the Civil War.
The passing years have caused the
South to admire and respect Lincoln
and today all the States OF the Union
which he succeeded, after four years
Of war in preserving, are represented
at the ceremonies in his honor.
n All OF official Washington will
gather at the shrine TO do Lincoln
honor as well as thousands OF the
plain folks" Lincoln loved. Places
have been reserved in the front rows
for the thinning ranks OF the G.. A.
r.. who early today went to Arling-
ton and decorated the graves OF
their comrades. Alongside of them /
win be their enemies of the COS. but |
their friends now-the United Con- /
federate Veterans Scores of organi- !
zations will be represented.
Former President Wilson, leader
of Americas lighting forces in the
world war, had originally planned to
attend the ceremonies, but a few
fays age he wrote. saying he would
oe unable 10 do so
) The ceremonies today will be i'm
,ressive in their simplicity. An in
roeation viii be delivered by DIR.
Wallace Radcliffe. pastor emeritus
Il the Presbyterian Church here. in
which Lincoln worshipped.
The G. A. r. viii present the col
RS and DR.. Robert Motion, the Negro
eader Of Tuskegee. Ala. Institute,
I'll speak in behalf of his race.
. Edwin Markham viii read a poem
e has written for the occasion.
'hief Justice Taft then will present
be memorial to President Harding. {
he principal part of the memorial
constructed of Colorado yule mar ,
le. The Lincoln statute is chisled {
rom GeoIkld mar anu AtSNS SA
base of Tennessee marble.
The ceremonies will be broadcast
d over the country by radio. For
he first time a speech will be sent
simultaneously on two wave lengths. h
rhe naval radio station at Arlington
will transmit on a 1850 meter wave \
iength and the Anacostia station /,
will broadcast on a wave OF 412 +
meters.
This simultaneous broadcasting I
has only recently been used success 7
fully by the naval communication
service. With its present stage of
development, 1t is expected. that the
short wave will cover a radius of
about 500 miles with long wave car
rying something over a thousand
miles.