The New York herald., 1922-07-04
WHOLE CITY READY
TO CELEBRATE 9TH
East Side Plans a Parade
and Speeches in Many
Tongues.
SERVICES BY X. OF c.
Day Will Be Observed at
Hebrew Orphanges by
Children.
MANY LEAVE THE CITY
Safe and Sane Fourth Is Prom
ised for Those Remain
ing in Town.
MANY LEAVE THE CITY


that there would be no rain to dampen
the celebrating or the summer finery
in which many were attired. An early
exodus to the beaches and parks
started the day and the programs for
this morning and the remainder of
the day will attract those thousands
who are not leaving town for the links
CT the surf.
There will be few injuries from fire.
works If the advance warnings and
precautions of Fire Commissioners
brennan and his aides are carried
out. All day yesterday 800 f1remen
were detailed on an inspection tour
OF the shops selling any sort Of fire.
works, f1recrackers or sparklers, and
In some instances a fireman was left
ordinance was carried out to the let
ter. The law requires the dealer SELL
ing fireworks to out of town persons
to have the purchaser sign a receipt
stating that the fireworks are not to
be used in this city.
place to-day to celebrate the one hun
dred and forty-sixth anniversary Of the
Declaration of independence. big
parade and celebration will be held by
residents of the East Side. beginning this
morning, when the League of Foreign
Born Citizens will have its annual pa
triotic services. In this celebration hun
dreds OF newly arrived immigrants will
take part and will be told in their own
fOnPla M bo ,,rin ;v1<
which this nation was founded on that
memorable Fourth of July. The parade
will start from East Broadway and
Grand street and will be reviewed from
a stand built at St Marks Church on
Stuyyesant street Veterans of Foreign
Wars, American Legion posts Hebrew
War Veterans, Boy Scouts and wounded
soldiers from nearby vocational schools
will take part in the parade we'll as
many social and fraternal organizations
throughout the lower East Side Ad-
dresses will be made to the assembled
narchers and others by Representative
Nathan Perlman, Col. Maurice Simonds
DR.. Frederick Robinson. NJ A. Herra
dora. president of the Latin American n
Colonies. and various representatives of
other nations in this city.
X. of c. Mt Central Park.
At Central Park celebrations will
start at 10 o'clock on the Mall. when the
knights of Columbus will hold a mass
meeting and services there which will.
he attended by war veterans and mem
bers OF the organization from virtually
every council in the city. A parade
! from the Sherman monument at the
Plaza will open the ceremonies. and tn .
principal speakers will be Murray Hull
bert President of the Board of Alder
men, the Right Rev. Patrick j. Hayes
Jeremiah d. Sullivan and several Others
The Police Glee Club and the Ninth
Coast Artillery Band will provide the
music for this occasion The knights
will also hold a celebration at the Ford
ham University campus under ths
auspices of the Archbishop Hughes Cen
nal Assembly and the speakers there will
- the Right Rev. John Dunn. Surrogate
John p Cohalan and Edward Nc
Sweeney. The Police Band will play.
At Tammany> Hall on Fourteenth
street the annual celebration of the So
ciety will be held. presided over by
Grand .Sachem John r. Voorhis The
traditional parade will be held and the
Declaration of Independence will be
read by Sheriff Edward J. Flynn of The
Bronx. Several others will speak and
musical program has been arranged.
More than 1000 children will partci-
Hebrew. Orphan Asylum at 13Sth street
and Amsterdam avenue this morning.
Sports in the afternoon will be followed
by motion picture show and concert
IN the evening. At Far Rocksway tie
Childrens Haven will also calebrat, ,.
Prisoners, Too, VIII Celebrate.
The prisoners IN the different institu-
tions and the inmates of the city hos
ptals will celebrate. Welfare and
Blackwell's Islands will have special
theatrical programs and entertainment
by local talent. Girl members Of the
Fellowship House will leave for their
summer camp. about fifty miles up
State. The General Society of Mechanics
and Tradesmen will hold it's annual
celebration tonight at 20 West Forty
fourth street and Murray Hubert will
address the members.
At Indian Field. Van Cortlandt Park.
q flag raising accompanied by a salute
Of twenty-one guns will be staged by
the Safe and Sane Movement Athletic
contests, beginning at 2 o'clock this
/, afternoon. and a baseball game will also
be part of the program. Grover Whalen
is expected to address the gathering
here.
The license held by H. Wagner of 81
Park place was seized yesterday at the
order OF Assistant Inspector OF COM
bustibles John +. Dixon yesterday
morning when II was found tliat the
wholesale house was selling fireworks
without requiring the purchasers to sign
the receipt stating they were not to be
used in the city. This was one Of the
four wholesale houses which received
permits to sell the goods to persons from
out OF the city for use there. According
To Inspector Dixon and his deputy.
Thomas A. Larkn. the other houses adj
hered to the order.
Warming against the "sparklers" was
sent broadcast by Fire Commissioner
brennan yesterday. who stated that al
though the spark of the sparker was not
dangerous the white hot metal left after
the sparkler had burned out was a
menace and would set inflammable mat
ter afire very quickly, Parents were
warned to prevent their children from
using these sparklers and roundup OF
the downtown streets by firemen spe-
cially detailed yesterday drove the
sparkler dealer to cover
a