The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-06
WAR
AIDE TO SPEAK At
MEMORIAL TODAY
Business to Be Suspended at
2 p. m. in Honor of
Woodrow Wilson.

Indianapolis honred the memory or
Woodrow Wilson today.
In compliance with Governor Nc
Cray's proclamation all business
stopped at . p. m. for five minutes.
The Indianapolis Street Railway Com
pany ordered car crews to stop for
two minutes.
Thomas r. Marshall, Vice President
during the Wilson Administration, was
the principal speaker at memorial
services at the Indiana Democratic
Club at 2 p. m. Other speakers were
NJ. E. Foley, L. Ert Slack and Mrs.
John Worth Kern.
FavOrite Hymns Sung
The Rev. Matthew F. Smith, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, Of.
fered prayer and read the Scrip.
lures. Mr. ,Tnold Spencer sang
three hymn. Lead, Kindly Light"
How Firm a Foundation" and THE
Strife Is Over, the Battle Won" The
hymns We're favorites of Mr.. Wilson.
The cessation of business and the
time Of the memorial services coin
cided with the time Of the funeral in
Washington. Beginning at 2 p. m,
the chimes of Christ Episcopal Church
on Monument Circle were played.
Legion Posts Tribute
Memorial services under the aus
pices Of the Robert z. Remington
Post of the American Legion will be
held at B. F. Keith's Theater at noon
Thursday. Frederick Van Mugs and
Eben H. Wolcott will speak. Presi-
cent Coolidge's proclamation on the
death Of Mr.. Wilson will be read by
Rabbi Morris NJ. Feuerlicht.
The opening prayer will be offered
by the Rev. George w. Allison. pastor
Of the Irvington Presbyterian Church,
and the be%nedictiOn will be pro-
nounced by the Rev. Morris O'Conner
Of the Catholic Community Center.
John B. Reynolds, post commander,
will preside.
State and city governments. the
Army and Navy will be represented.
City Hall Closed
City hall was closed from noon IN
I'll 2 p. m. Offices in the Statehouse.
except those of the clerk OF the Su-
preme Court n the auditor. were
closed for five minutes It 2 p. m The
clerks Office and the auditors office
were closed from 2 to / p. m. Offices
In the courthouse were closed for five
minutes.
Representatives OF the American L.
gion were in Washington to attend
the funeral. They are John r. Quinn,
national commander; Franklin D'Oiler,
past national commander: James A.
Drain, former department commander
Of the District of Columbia; H. Nelson
Jackson, former national vice com
mander. and Thomas W. Miller, n a
lional committeeman representing
Delaware and Alabama.
The Legion sent an elaborate floral
offering.
Club Sends Tribute
A resolution OF tribute TO MI. VIII
son has been SEN to the widow by
The Indiana Democratic Club.
THE Indiana Democratic Club
nourns his loss to humanity and
sorrows in the suffering he endured,
out no word of ours can give him
suitable or sufficient commentator"
the resolution said. None was aver
honored more and none could have
our greater love and confidence. He
was a master-man to US, he stood out
as a giant OF hope and his wisdom
shone round about us without equal
in his day and we grant him a place
high among the greatest OF all
history"
Service was suspended for two min
utes by the Indiana Bell Telephone
Co. at 2 p. m. today in honor OF the
War President. Operators stood at
their posts silently in commemoration
of ex-President Wilson.