The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
CITY BOWS IN
MOURNING FOR
SOLDIER DEAD
Rites Are Conducted at
Circle and Crown Hill
Cemetery.
BY ARCH STEINEL
BY ARCH STEINEL
Times stan Writer



The curbs are silent!
A few loiterers stand on the curve
OF the Circle watching summery-
dressed women lay flowers on the
segments of the Soldiers and
Sailors monument.
Peonies, roses, spread in disarray.
A neWsboy digs a toe at a curb, call
ing. Race lineup, Mister Not many
looking ON here, is they? My daddy
was a soldier. out of a job now.
Guess I better peddle my papers.
Good day for this
Several miles away a jamming
crowd watches death wing at 100
miles an hour.
Tribute tG Soldier Dead
Down from the World war me-
mortal treads q parade Of soldiers
of all wars Death is honored, TOO
In 1917 the curbs were crowded,
with hand-Waves and tears, too.
Other years. other wars, other Me-
mortal days, the curbs were crowded
on city golf courses. at amuSe-
mcnt parks and picnic grounds,
parties Of Week-enders fete the daY
with pickles and ham sandwiches,
hooks and slices, roller coaster
rides.
We do honor today to the dead
OF all wars" says Major A. G. Oil
YER chaplain Of Fl. Benjamin Harri-
son. at the monument services.
Race lineup. Extry!" cries the
neWsboy.
Civil war veterans in motor cars,
bent by rheumatism and age, head
the parade that passes the silent
Curbs in the downtown area.
Assails Radicals
There are some misguided people
and organizations in the United
States who refuse to honor these
veterans of liberty who have died in
defense of their ideals. These inter
nationalists, radical pacfists, and
Communists try to befuddle by
showing that we should do away
with armies.
This is hypocritical and indie
feasible when they proclaim in the
next breath that we are headed Tor
bloody revolution. 1t is an open
insult to those who laid down their
lives" says Major Oliver.
Locked doors greet at city hall,
courthouse, statehouSe. No mail de-
liveries except those specials" that
saw Il couldn't get home for the
race" or Love! Mama on Memorial
Day"
A city rests and plays
The silent curbs hear the fife and
drum of the parade.
Trains Are Crowded
At the Soldiers and Sailors mOnu-
ment Major Oliver tells of, certain
church people call war murder and
Stlpinelv COndone deaths from auto
mobile accidents. One human life
is as sacred as another"
On the curb the newsboy shouts,
Grace lineup, Extra! All about the
accident!"
Interurbans. BUSES, trains are
crowded with holiday panamaS,
straws and white ensembles. Thea
tcrs have special Decoration day
bills. Dance halls are "readied up
for Speedway dances. Three-two
parlors have worked overtime, and
rest from icing, in readiness to grab
the thirsty whove paid respect at
deaths court-the speedway.
At New Crown cemetery a mother
kneels before a small bit of stone
and then leaves-her heart there.
Deplores War Toll
The Rev. H. C. Lince gives the
New Crown cemetery address.
He says:
The people of today know that
not a single object for which blood
was shed in the World war has been
gained. Though militarism was
slain in Germany, it continues to
live in many lands.
Moral indifference characterizes
the age and without moral leader
ship we shall perish. God help the
nation that goes in the liquor bust
ness to help pay its taxes. The
greatest need of our age is moral
leadership and moral responsible
ity.'
A boy bugler, proud in his scout
uniform, blows Taps Flags and
flowers are Strewn.
Attendants at Crown Hill
cemetery prepare for the general
memorial day rites TO be held at
2 D. m. today James f. Watson
former United States senator, Will
speak.
The Parade DisbandS
The parade of soldiers of all wars,
the R. Q. T. c. of all high schools,
end patriotic societies, disbands at
Georgia street.
The rites at the Soldiers and
sailors monument end
Flowers lie limp on the grass at
the Segmcnts they honor.
The curbs stand in silent at
tention.
Bits Of discarded sandwiches lie
on picnic tables at Riverside park
The son of the jobleSs eX-soldier
sells on the cry. "Extry! All about
the big race"
And indianapolis celebrates its
1888 Memorial day.
MORNING GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE