Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-10
RITES At CAPITOL
ANDHOOVER SPEECH
LEAD OBSERVANCE
ArmiStiCe Day Service of War
Mothers to Center About
Service Flag Raising.
PRESIDENT MAY TALK
OF FOREIGN RELATIONS
Admiral Coontz Calls Attention to
Charitable Objects of Ball Planned
for Tomorrow Night.

for Tomorrow Night.
In honor Of the 100000 sons and
daughters who served in the World
War and those who lost their lives, the
American War Mothers will conduct
q simple but impressive Armistice day
ceremony tomorrow. when the. United
States service flag will be run up the
mast on the Capitol. from which the
Stars and Stripes stream in the breeze.
A guard of honor rem the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps will stand at
attention as Admiral Robert E. Coontz,
retired, wartime chief of Naval Opera
titons, pays tribute to those who served.
This was planned as only one of the
many tributes to the men and women
of the great war which will be paid by
military and patriotic organizations on
the anniversary of the signing OF the
Armistice, which yesterday was observed
in numerous church services through
out the city without regard to denomi-
nation. Through the medium of the
radio many of the exercises and Armis-
tice day messages delivered in the
National Capital Will be broadcast to
assemblageS of war veterans in various
cities throughout the country, so that
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viii be the focal pcint Of the Nations
observance.
President 10 Speak.
Chief interest centers in the address
which President Hoover will make to-
morrow morning before the World Al
lance for International Friendship
Through the Churches. 1t was expect
ed that the President would utilize both
the occasion and the anniversary TO
discuss at length the foreign relations
of the United States and efforts made
in behalf of world peace. A day de-
voted to patriotic exercises before the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ar
llngton National Cemetery, mecca for
thousands of pilgrims, will eliminate in
the annual Armistice ball Of the Vet
Grams OF Foreign Wars at the Mayflower
Hotel
Admiral Coontz, who is junior vice
commander of the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars and honorary chairman OF the
Armistice Ball Committee, issued a
statement today in which he called at
tention to the. charitable objects of the
big social event tomorrow night.
II want the people of Washington to
know that Department Comdr. Thomas
has advised me" he said, that the
revenues from the ball will be carefully
Gdlcku0IQEQ, llldb li4CI may NC
served toward helping those unfortunate
veterans who need our assistance,
being too proud to let it be known to
others than those with whom they
served in actual conflict"
Conditions Acute Here.
Admiral Coontz said the veterans
organization had persistently endeayor-
ed since the business depression, to
assist in the placement Of unemployed
veterans in gainful employment.
Here in Washington the conditions
seem more acute than elsewhere by
reason of the numerous transient cases"
he said. II am heartily in accord with
the plan to maintain a veterans agency
within the District which will assist in
receiving those destitute cases and
rendering aid as practicable in each
circumstance. For these transients
coming to the Capital City are, indeed,
q problem. Many of them become
stranded here, very often witt their
families, with no means of support. 1t
is encumbenJ upon some agency to
assist them, no matter how i'll advised
was the reason for their journey here"
Armistice day observances will include
two special services tomorrow at Wash
ington Cathedral and high mass for
the repose of the souls of the World
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maculate Conception.
One Of the services at the cathedral
will be the annual commemoration of
Woodrow Wilson conducted in front OF
the war Presidents tomb in the Beth
lehem Chapel, and the other special
service of evensong with prayers "for all
those who have laid down their ives for
their country" Right Rev. James E.
Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will
conduct both services. DR.. James II.
Taylor, pastor of the Central Presby-
terrain Church, which President Wilson
attended while in the White House, viii
take part also in both services.
Mrs. Wilson TO Attend.
The Wilson service is sponsored by
the Woodrow Wilson Armistice Day
Committee in Washington. of which
Mrs, Kate Trenholm Abrams is chair
man. Mrs. Wilson and members Of her
family are expected to be present. The
service begins at $3.50 o'clock, followed
by the evensong service.
At the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Rev Francis j. Hurney,
who was chaplain Of the u. s. S.
Charleston during the World War. win
conduct high mass at 1915 O'Clock, to
which veterans and their families are
invited.
washington win be host to many
visitors on Armistice day. including
most of the LOO members of Lulu
Temple. Mystic Shrine from Philadel-
phia, who yesterday met in Alexandria.
Va. Other groups will leave the city
for observanceS elsewhere and the Ma
rine Corps American Legion foot ball
game in Philadelphia win draw large
crowds from Washington. Four COM
panies Of the local battalion of the
20th Marines. headed by Mai. Harvey
L. Miller, will go TO Philadelphia for
the game.
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