Evening star., 1923-02-12
LINCOLN H0NORED
BY YOUNG AND OLD
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ton. Commander DEAN will speak.
Bursam to speak.
| The address of the evening will be
made by Senator Holm o. Bursum of
New Mexico. Viola l. Schippert
Klinge will sing "The Battle Hymn
of the Republic" accompanied by
the Marine Band. Lincoln's Gettys.,
burg address will be read by Lemuel
! The Holy CITY" accompanied by
! Miss Katherine Fowler. Following
/ q selection. THE Boys in Blue" by
the band: Representative Charles 2.
henedict!on will be pronounced by
Franklin I. Winter.
| 1t is hoped that President Harding
will attend the dinner to be given
| by the trustees of the Lincoln
Memorial University, which is located
at the juncture Of Kentucky, Virginia
! and Tennessee. Secretaries Hughes
! and DENLY are to speak. as will Sen
ator Watson Of Indiana and Chancel-
| lor John Wesley Hill of the new in
| stitutjon. At the banquet movement
| for an endowment fund of $5.000.oO0
| will be formally launched.
To Radio Essay.
The Navy radio station, NAA. at
Arlington. Va. will broadcast at 7:45
o'clock tonight an essay on 1.-The Life
| of Abraham Lincoln, a Model Citizen"
| This will 60 through the country.
| American Legion posts of the
District opened the observances here
yesterday morning when they paraded
from the Veterans Bureau at 1920
| o'clock to the Lincoln Memorial,
| where formal exercises were held.
Lincoln Post, No. II, and the Marine
| Band headed the legionaires Inc
| exercises began at noon. All the
patriotic and military organizations
sented.
! DIR. Ballard Presides.
Maj. F. A. Awl was in charge of the
committee on arrangements. Dr. J.
A. Ballard. commander of Lincoln
Post, presided. Officials present in
cluded Watson B. Miller. national vice
lpresident of the American Legion;
Maj. William Wolff Smith. past COM
mander. the National Press Club Post,
| and Gen. Stephan Anton. representing
the Veterans of ForeiSn Wars.
| Now that the soldiers have com
| pIeteQ tnSlr WOTk dDTOdu. tlVS no -
duties here declared John Hays
Hammond in the course Of an address
at the exercises. "In those who served
as soldiers to protect the nation from
1.-THE enemy without the gates is no"
reposed the equally and none the less
difficult trust of defending the IN
itegrity of its national traditions from
the insid,ous attacks of those Wllhli
our borders, whether they be actuateo
iby base motives or animated by mis-
| In,
false and subversive theories for the
government of our great republic
:! University Head Speaks.
F, DR.. John wesley Hill. chancellor of
the Lincoln Memorial University, de-
clared in part: Gathering here TO-DAY
at this sacred shrine to kindle anew the
spirit of patriotic devotion to the ideals
and ideas of Abraham Lincoln is an
| augury of good, a guarantee OF the
safety of our institutions. The Ameri-
can Legion Is following the Lincoln trail.
1t was in his spirit that the world
war was fought, and the fruit OF ina
war can only be garnered and guaran-
teed through the stalwart patriotism OF
the men who waged and won 1t.
| The anniversary will be celebrated at
exercises in the Masonic auditorium 70
morrow night, under auspices or the
League of Republican State Clubs, the
Republican state committee and the
Harding and Coolidge Club.
| Addresses will be made by SEN
ator George II. Moses of New Hamp-
shire Representative William y.
Rodenberg of Illinois, John Hays
Hammond and Mabel Walker Willen-
I brandt, assistant attorney general.
| General Committee.
The general committee on arrange
ments consists of Edward F. Cola
| day, T, Lincoln Townsend, f. c. Gra-
| ham, Samuel j. Prescott, Miss Mary
! O'Toole. Harry Wardman, Isaac r.
Hit. Chaplin Brown. Charles F. Crane.
| Thomas p Littlepage, William J.
Dow. A. F. Cowles. Representative
| William L. Andrews. J. Watson Ter
hume. William c. Conner, Capt. L. NJ.
Kelly, J. Wilson Clark. William Hen
messy Smith, John Thomas Taylor,
iJ. b. Newman, Il. \. Silvertsen.
| George l.. Whitford. oscar Linquist,
| George j. Hurst, James J, Jones,
| Representative NJ. o. Mclaughlin
and Edward Smith. with Gus A.
Schuldt acting as secretary.
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick l..
Douglass will be remembered at cx-
ercises to be held tomorrow night at
the Metropolitan A. NJ. Z. Church. NJ
street between 18th and 10th streets.
Speakers. as announced, are TO be
Senator shortridge of California,
| Representative Madden of Illinois,
Rev. Walter H. Brooks and Mrs.
Emma Lee Williams.
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