The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-09
Will Be Conducted at the City
Auditorium at 8 O'Clock,
With Ministerial Alliance
and Association of Com.
merce Directing Program
Governor Nest0s Will De.
liver Address-Salute TO be
Fired by Company A Firing
Squad.
ASK STORES CLOSE

| Mayor Lenhart and the retail
trade committee of the Associ.
alton Of Commerce today announ.
ced that all stores and places of
business are requested to close
between the hours Of ; and / ..
m. Friday. when memorial ser
vices will be held in the city au-
ditorium.
Bismarck will pay solemn tribut
to the memory of the late Warre
G.. Harding Friday afternoon at
o'clock. A union memorial service. {
be held in the city Auditorium q
that hour, was announced today.
The services here will be held q
the same time that services are bein
held In Marion, Ohio, the home Of tn
late President. Brief but impressiv
exercises in keeping with the passin,
Of the president Of the nation ha>
been arranged.
The program for the afternoon il
as follows:
Mayor Lenhart, presiding.
Proclamation Of President Cool
idge, read by Ensign Sherping.
"America"-Sung by audience.
Prayor--Rev. c. F. Strutz.
Scripture Reading--Rev. L. r
Johnson.
Music, by quartet.
Firing Of salute (outside Auditor.
ium). -..'.
Address-Governor Nestos.
Hymn-"Abide With Me-"
Prayer, benediction--Father Stag.
Services which had already been
arranged by Rev. I. G. Monson at the
Trinity Lutheran church were can.
cellcd by him. The Bismarck Minis
terial Alliance, cooperating with the
Association of Commerce, today
changed plans for a memorial and
decided upon one service for the en-
tire city at the city Auditorium. Sim
liar services will be held in practi.
cally every city in the entire nation.
Proclamation Of Mayor
Mayor Lenhart issued the follow
ing proclamation today:
"The twenty-ninth President of our
great Republic has been taken from
us by death. Born in humble estate
he rose by industry and perserver-
ance to the chief magistry of the
greatest nation in the world. His life
is an inspiration and reiteration Of
the truth of the equality Of oppor-
tunity in America.
He leaves behind him the rich leg
acy of one who had the interests of
all of the people close to his heart,
who strove with all his ability to
make his country a better and a
greater land, and who gave his life
in the service of the nation, borne
down by the cares Of his great office.
ut is proper that the people of
Bismarck should join with the people
all over the land in showing respect
TO the memory of the fallen chieftain.
Now. Therefore. I, A. P. Lenhart,
President of the City Commission of
Bismarck. mindful Of the proclama-
lions of President Calvin Coolidge
md Governor r. A. Nestos, do hereby
commend these proclamations to the
people of the city, and to earnestly
recommend that the citizens of our
:ity join in the memorial services ar
ranged. And, further, that all bus
ness places Of the city close their
loors between the hours of 8 p. m.
md 4 p. m. Friday when the last rites
will be said over the late President
n Marion, Ohio.
(Signed
A. P .LENHART,
President City Commission.
Stores to Close
The trade committees of the Asso-
.iation of Commerce today recon-
nended also that all stores close
between the hours of and 4 p. m.
friday, 1t was announced by A. F.
Bradley, secretary-manager of the
Of Commerce. The recon-
nendation, it was said, followed the
pirit Of the proclamation of. Pres
dent Coolidge. who proclaimed Fri
lay day Of mourning but~di not
'roclaim It a national holiday, and
he Interpretation issued from Wash
ngton was to the effect that the
did not call for industry
# the nation to cease during the
ntire day.
Capt. H. A. Brocopp Of Company Al
nnounced that firing squad Of the
National Guard company would fire a
alute at $3.50 p. m. The salute will
'e fired outside the city Auditorium,
Turing the memorial services there,
o be followed by the sounding Of
APPS by bugler in honor of the late
who commanded oil mill
ary forces Of the nation.
Urge Participation
Ferris Cordner, commander Of the
lloyd Spetz Post, American Legion,
odsy urged all members Of the post |
o show their respect for the late
'ommander-in-C Chief Of all the mill
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REQUEST LANDS |
HIM IN JAIL
James Jollie, who blew into Bis
'arck few weeks ago, not only got
loriously "lit" but last evening he
orgot the volstead days entirely and
topped people on the street to ask
hem where booze was being dis
ensed. He was picked up by on
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