Evening star., 1924-11-11
PRESIDENT HONORS
TOMB Of UNKNOWN
ON ARM|ST|CE DAY
Wreath of Chrysanthemums
and Palms Placed With
Simple Ceremony.
ADMIRERS PAY TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY OF WILSON
Observances at Arlington and Ma
tlonal Cathedral Draw Hundreds
on Sixth Anniversary.

F1anked by detachments from the
three armed forces of which he is
commander-inch chief, President Calvin
Coolidge today, as a tribute from the
nation and in memory of those who
paid the supreme sacrifice, placed
huge wreath of chrysanthemums and
palms on the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier in Airing gton~Sational Gene
terry.
The Presidents visit to Arlington
was the outstanding feature of Wash
! inSton's observance of the sixth an
niversary of Armistice day.
AS the President entered the ceme-
! terry the artillery at Arlington
| doomed forth with salute of TWEEN
| ty-one guns, and as the presidential
| party came abreast of the amphithe
ater drummers and buglers of the
| Fort Myer Band gave the customary
| honors Of four ruffies and four flour
| ishes.
Wreath SoIemnIy Placed.
President Coolidge and his party,
| led by his military mad naval aides.
| came slowly up the walk and stopped
| several PAGES in front of the tomb,
! when Lieut.. Col. Clarence O. Sheriff.,
! military aide, handed him the wreath,
| The three service detachments, con-
sisting of one from the Army, one
from the Navy and another from the
| Marine Corps, cameito present arms
After placing the wreath, the
| President stood with uncovered head
| for moment and then turned away.
| Before the party left Mrs. Coolidge
took d single white rose which She
held, stepped up to the tomb and
/ laid it reverently on the white
marble, a tribute of the motherhood
| of the Nation. The party then turned
and left.
Service at Cathedral.
| Meanwhile another outstanding
| World War hero was being honored
at impressive services at the National
Cathedral, as friends and admirers of
| Woodrow Wilson made their annual
Armistice day pilgrimage, not as III
| former years, to the home Of Amerl-
cas- war President, but to his tomb
Gathered this afternoon before the
palm banked final resting place OF
! their idol were many of the same
men and women who appeared before
the street residence last Armistice
day, but contrasted with cheers that
| swept the throng on that occasion
were the sorrowful faces of those
=
day.
1t was brief but impressive cere-
| nlony that took place at Mount st. AL
ban. With quiet solemnity the committee
| of men and women who had arranged
the former pilgrimage filed into
Bethlehem chapel, led by 1-year-
old boy, Samuel White, son of Major
Samuel A White, U. S. A, who car
ried and placed single floral offer
! ircr 10 nl hra a
/ Gala lily, upon it.
Bishop Gives Invocation.
Right Rev. James Z. Freeman. Bishop
! of Washington, opened the ceremony
with Invocation, followed by readinS
of several of the late Presidents IA
vorite Scripture passages. Then the
| Columbian male quartet sang Lead,
| Kindly Light" A second floral piece,
wreath, was next placed on tn"
| tomb by special committee OF
George Washington Post of the
| American Legion, of which Woodrow
Wilson was a member, led by Comdr
Percy b. Mccoy. The benediction
| was pronounced by Rev DR.. James
H. Taylor, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church, which Wilson
! attended.
Immediately upon the conclusion
| of the chapel service the principals
and spectators adjourned to the grea.
Peace Cross in the Cathedral grounds,
where they were to hear Huston
Thompson, chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission, eulogize the dead
| war chief Both the indoor and out
door services were broadcast.
Honor Lodges Son-in-Law.
All day long there will be pilgrim
iages to the shrine of the Unknown
Soldier After leaving the tomb OF
the Unknown President Coolidge
went to the grave of Representative
Augustus Peabody Gardner a son-in-
law of the late Senator Lodge, who
died in the military service in 1919.
Flowers placed on the grave Were
sent to the President by a woman in
the crowd gathered around the tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
A floral tribute from the proving
division of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue was placed this morning by
Capt Hugh Watson and Miss Caroline
Muller.
Capt. Roger Brunschwig, French
army, retired. vice president of the
lGrands Blesses de la Face, on behalf
of his society placed a wreath, and
there also was one from the American
Veterans of Hellenic descent.
Women Hold Services.
The American Women's Legion held
brief services at the World War
Cross. at which Rev. H. II. d. Ster-
rett officiated.
Comdr Frank L Peckham, Amer
lean Legion of the District of Co
lumbia, accompanied by his staff.
placed a wreath on the tomb on be-
half of the local veterans. ,
This afternoon the Legion. Of Amer
ican Pen Women will place wreath
on the tomb at 4 o'clock.
In the office of the registry of the
Treasury there was dedicated at l
o'clock a tablet bearing the names
of five former employees of that office
who died during the war.
VIII Dedicate Memorial.
The Washington General Assembly.
/ Fourth Degree, Knights of Colum-
bus, this evening at o'clock, at the
hall, 916 Tenth street northwest, will
dedicate a memorial tablet. Rev. T.
A. Calnan will pronounce the invoca-
tion. Addresses will be made by
Chief Justice Mccoy of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia and
Frank P. Peckham, commander of the
| District of Columbia Department of