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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY .EVENING,- MAY 20,'. 1908. nOlffliT TO If r t : t ' V v , f r if j : :, i.: iiNew York Central. lUnes TO New-York" :- Unveiling of Shaft at Cor- vallii Feature of Memor- ' ial Day;""" :lj.TherDiFFBpEinrj;i:;-iLS,;.iJL ii 5 SOLDER DEAD ti, 1 'Ml ;3l Mounted Police on the Way to Inspection DEAD, GIVEN HONOR (Continued from Pave One.) ths veterans were not neglected, and et several formal exercises were held. The .light rain recorded by the weather man did not be fin to fall until after the last salute had been given and. the, crowds were dispersing-. - ' - -' At Lone Fir cemetery the address ef the day was delrrered by M. U. Pratt, who BDoke from a olatfortn near the soldiers' monument. He touched on the familiar history of the inception of the n. A . R. and of Memorial day. draw ing- the lesson of patriotism from the - observance - of - .-aday-- devoted -to- -the rnemory of those who kept Intact tss stars In the field of blue. He paid a tribute to the spirit f the boya of '65, and declared that the nation has no' need to fear for its perpetuity whiM this spirit lives la the younger genera tion. , - ' veterans' Septette Sings. One ef the pfaaslng features of the service was tne singing 01 a scpieue of veterans, all but one of whom wore long beards of ,. array. Their voices himded to rood effect and . sounded clear and strong; far beyond the hu man circle tnat surtwnaea sunn. Tomlinson's band furnished the in strumental most?. Including -TheHoly City" and "Nearer. My God, to Thee among" lt selections. Lincoln's Getty, burg- address was read by I. A- Me Gnwan, end D- J- Haynes, the adjutant of the day, read the official orders of the department commander, which In cluded the reading: of the original proc lamation of Memorial day In 1868 by the then eemmander-a-hlef. Genets! Johe A. Legaa. , v.;.t..- " Kev. H. A. Bardea, the department chaplain, delivered the invocation, at the opening of the eecies and the commander carried out the ritual of the order. Mr. Jennie Frit chard of the Women's Relief corps made a short address, reminding the veterans that it was woman whotnede the : first American flag and that the women, too, had trials and suffering through the ikai' th IavaA nnes. were away fighting1 th nation's battles. Tape were mounded for the dispersal of tne gathering which numbered aev rrl thousand, in and near the scene ot the esercise. The threatening weather; end -the in creasing burdens of . age thinned the ranks of these who came out for the parade this afternoon. IIOXOR THE DEAD, ' . r - 4 j( .J ' . - - f i JMt I 'j.;:-::'':V:J.V:; t Patrolmen Lined Up in Front of the Police Station. Many Cities Observe Memorial Day , With Impressive Ceremonies-. -New York, May 0-Merobers, of the O. A. R Spanish War Veterano, militia, cadet and several detachment of United 8tatea troops took part In the memorial day parade la New fork to day. Secretary of War Taft delivered the annual oration at Grant tomb In Riverside drive. The day wan also marked by numerous athletle and sport ing events. Including the annual Har lem river regatta and the Irvington Mllburn read race. . Washington. D. C, May SO Memorial day was observed In-the national capi tal with, the customary solemn and Im pressive ceremonies. Business waa gen erally suspended, while the people of all classes united in paying tribute to ,the heroic dead. Rn Franctaorr Cal - Mir SO Mem orial, day was observed In San Franclaoo. by the decoration ef the graves of vet erans in the national and Odd Fellows' cemeteries, and the Strewing of flow ers on the ocean as a tribute to tne men of the navy who perished at sea. ' Tacoma, Wash., May . 10 Bluejackets and marines from the United States battleships Visiting here Joined In a parade today with the regular troops, mlllt-la ana fraternal societies and made the observance of memorial day the moat elaborate ever seen in Tacoma. Thousands of visitors from but ot the c.itv witnessed the pageant. , uoston, Mssa.. May av Urana army posts and auxiliary organisations today decorated the soldiers' graves through' out New England, Parades were given and a number of new memorials were dedicated. Cincinnati. Ohio, May 10 Civil war veterans.- jnllltla breenliations. - tfrl? bodies snd school children took nart in the memorial day exercises In Cincin nati. Hervlcea at the cemeteries were irr charge ef the Grand Arm of the Republic. St. Paul. Minn., May JO Memorial day was generally observed In Minne sota. In this city state and city of fices were closed, as well as the banks and exchanges. - A parade was given and the graves of the soldiers dec orated. ... All Business Suspended. . ' Salem, Or.. Mav SO. With all bus iness house closed, the members f the O. At R.,' the Women's Relief corps the national guard and the school chil dren turned out in parade and marched to the burial ground of the national dead, : where ' fitting speeches wre made. t Some of the school children, members of the Willamette university and the W. C T.. U. will march to a proniDitton pa Ran a this afternoon. ... Parade at ftledford. aieaiora, or., May 30. Usual me morial services were held under flio auspices or uie a. A, H. this after noa. Sunday school children held parade In the cause of prohibition. Impressive Ceremonies. ' : ? : Ban FrahciscdrrMay T JO. Memorial "' ooaei ved generally throughout California todHV inil nmvt.rga (n all the const cities where-the 'deait heroes IK especially at the Presidio, San ran- riscn. were scenes 01 tmprenstve' cere monies participated In for the most part uy memoers of the O. A. R. , As In for mer years th graves were profusely decorated witn flowers, Lincoln's Get tysburg address being . read, . guns boomed their salute of honor and to pay tribute to the dead heroes of the nsvy flowers were strewn upon the sea at different points. Relialous ceremonies were held at the Presidio. At 16 o'clock the procession of active military men and veterans started to march from the mnln entrance of the Presidio to the cemetery. The veterans were called to order by T. fl. Fuller, chairman of the Memorial day commit tee and the Invocation was said by Chaplain Stephen R. Wood of the army. A. D. Cutler made a few remarks. Qeorge A. Knight was orator of the day. ' The school children took the lead in decorating the graves, bringing wreaths snd bouquets and placing them upon tli- mounds. ' At sea the services In honor of United States veterans were simple, juJMmpjrei ' . (Special titepatch to Tss JeanuLl CdrVallls, Or, Kay ID Memorial day has been fittingly observed in this city today. At :J0 thla forenoon the parade formed in the following order. Captain V. a. McAlexander, solitary instructor at O. A. Cn commanding; -1).. A. , C cadet band: O. A. C, cadet battalion; members of the O. A. R. : Indian war veterans; Spanish-American war veter ans; sons of veterans; members of the W. R. C. publto school children; fra ternal organisations: carriaees for offi cers of the . day ; clt liens in carriages ana on rooi.- . ,. ; v-- r : At. Mary's river brtdgre, en route to the eemetery. the school children scat tered flowers on the water in memory of the departed naval heroes. . atoaajnenl VavsUed. " AtCfystal leke cemetery s'tande a handsome $1,000 moitnment which has Just been erected in honor of the na tion's soldier dead, it was purchased through the efforts of the CorvaJlis Monument " association, ' members of which subscribed f 10 each and solicited the balance of the amount from busi ness men and private citisena. The un. veiling: occurred this forenoon unon -the arrival or. tne. memorial procession at vile crmciery, . 1 . . The dedication exercises were km fol, lows' Music, O. A, C, cadet band; eonr, W.' R. fx -chorus; prayer, Rev. Handaaker; Lincoln's address at Gettys burr. read bv W. a. Lans: on. w. R. C. quartet; presentation and unveiling cr monuineni. a. u. Kline, president or Monument, ssnoclatlon: acentanee nn fart ef the Grand Army of the Repub ie, Wallace McCamant. Portland; re marks, Preetdert Wr J, Kerr of the-Ore- f:en Agricultural eol lege; poem. Rev. J. t. N. Bell; dedication, Comrade Cum mtngs: decoration .of monument by school children f representing the 46 states of the union; remarks, Mavor Ivlllv; hetiedicflon.' Rev. C. I McCaus land; salute; taps. Much of the credit due for the monu ment dedicated today at Crystal Ijake cemetery by the O. A. R. Monument as sociation of Benton county Is due to S. I Kline, a leading; ctttsen "of Corvallia and president of the monument associa tion, ana to m, w Hunter, secretary. The monument is entirely of Barre (Vermont), eranlte. and the statue Is the only one of eranlte In the state of uregon. Tne base Is four feet six inches square and the monument Is 16 feet high It occupies the best position in the cemetery. The work was com pleted by the Blaeslng Granite company of Portland. ALL EUGENE UNITES - IWONOB VETERANS (Special Dispatch to The Journal! Eugene. Or., May SO, Eugene is ob serving Memorial day today, the ex ercises being under the auspices of the local post of the Q." A. R. This fore noon at 9:30 o'clock a parade was formed In-the -business section of -the eity that proceeded to tne l. u. u. t. oemetery, where services were; held over' the graves of the veterans of the civil war and of the Spanish-American war. Tim parade was made up or over iuu mem bers -ef the G. A.- R, the two local companies of the Oregon National Guard, the Eugene Military band, the local corps of the W. R. C, the local circle of the Ladies of the G. A R., Camp Hawthorpe of the United Spanish Wr Veterans, the' msyor and other city of ficials In carriages, -' This afternoon the beautiful ' service of scattering flowers ever the waters in memory of the nation's dead is being held, being under the direction of the W. R. C. A feature of the afternoon was a pa rade by several hundred school -children, under the auspices of the W. C T. U. and in the interest of temperance. This was not a part of the Memorial day exercises, but the parade of trt W. R. 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I I s tm " AIS,.-m4 'i ttsttienrst 1 : Jr fjpfijk yf i'y. KtcA. rtni Kivll I - v w s n.i. r 1 4 V M n mm LOUISVILLE, KY. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL., LON D O N , E N G LAN D. Had JUlltary Parade, ftialrad Pnm leased Wlre.t Pacific Grove. Cal., May HO. With Imposing ceremonies and a military pa rade Xtecoration day. was . generally ob erved here today. The Lucius Fair- .'child post, G. A. R-. headed by Colonel ' Tn i tvr...AM I. - ITT o r n V. - children from-the public schools, played prominent parts in the ceremonies. They were Joined by the first bnttallon of the Twentieth Infantry under Captain Crawford and headed by the soldiers' band, marched to EI Carmelo cemetery. L pon reacninr meir aesnnaiion tne soldiers fired three volleys over the graves of the dead heroes and taps were then sounded. Later In the day the dead naval he roes were-remembered when-flowers were strewn over the ocean ' , Rear Admiral Trilley - delivered the address. .. ; . Day In Nevada. Reno. Ner.. Mar -SO Business was suspended in Reno todsy to rive all the residents an opportunity, to observe memorial -day. Members of the O. A. R. post and ladies of the G. A. R. marched to the Virginia street bridge, where veterans of the Spanish-American war held exercises, which included the strewing of the Truckee river with flowers. , Services were held at the Hillside cemetery. '. Members of . various societies par ticipated in' the parade. -,.. Colonel Nathan . Stanlev, of the Seventy-fourth Maine rejrimerrt. tinder General Grant, and Dr. G. H. Thomas, chief surgeon of the New -York rtil lery, are among, the war heroes burled here... Visited Cemeteries. ' ' Los 'Angeles. May , it. The observa tion of Memorial dty twran with trips to the various cemeteries by members of the, O.', A. R. . and , other patriotic bodies, and with ceremonies at the .Sol diers' monument. In whloh Snaniah and elvll war .veterans took part. captain nmvm acieo as orator or tne day this afternoon at the services held In Simpson's auditorium. : ' . " The mnln evunt ef the mornlna was the unveillnr of a memorial sun tre sen ted to 8t3nton post, G. A.-R., by. the war- aepanmcni. . " School Children tn Line. I' t -Stockton. Cal.. May it. Six hundred school children marched in line today to the waterfront Snd showered blos soms upon the water In "honor of the nations departed naval heroes. - J. A. Pluramer delivered the Memorial day ad dress, ,-'. - Ths 3 A. R. and the- Spanish-American war veterans decorated the graves of the dead soldiers at the cemetery.. .Flag' Was Raised.- ' r ' Santa Cms; Cel., May JO. -Memorial dav was observed hers today by a flag- raising ceremony ana tne decoration or graves by .the 43, A. R.- Services were held on the beach In memory of those who: have died at sea and ths waters war strewn with flnwera The aririraaa of the day Blanchard. - was delivered by T. E, " ! Veterans Out In Force. , war and Spanish war veterans marched thla morning in ' the memorial day' narftf1k. Th tmtlnnsL tfiiArd and uvtr.. al civic' orders- Joined with the 1J ; flglters in the marching-. This after-1 appropriate ceremonies are being j Hrttr if (ha V tt I ' In mrKll, 1 thounanUs of school children will' car-1 iSoon i held a! i the au J VV II V i - "Te It Lands You "IN" New York City Grand Central Station j: i Mont men t. at Corvaltfft .Unveiled tn Connectlott-rWlth-MeoioriaJ-Day--J Observances. . INSANE MAN BITES'-' i IIOTEI; GUEST'S FINGER , San Tranclsce, JIayiSft.The police are searching . for an Insane Italian. wno causea a tremendous custurpance tn the lobby of the Central hotel, early today, and bit a finger nearly oft the rignt hand or J. J. Blavin. a guest. The Italian entered the place an j abused every one present. He snatched a paper from the hand of Slavin and then closed in on him. biting like an angry wild ani mal, vvnen siavin. screamed with pain, the Italian turned and ran out the door, making his escape. Those who saw him say he undoubtedly is a maniac. s . FULTON TO BE SCALPED (Continued from Page One) aad boost his owa sniasaes, are clearly In . the event ' of ; Cake's election, Bourne would count upon dominating the new senator: Cake's vacillating position on statement no. i, tne most vital Issue of the present campaign, together with Bournes friendly, offd In his behalf, indicate" the ease- wlth which Bourne . would swing his1 eel league.""''' v .'?!:. wiih -ii iiiiiwmiimiiinini iii.iiiiiiimnlu. i ' :-sy VY John A. Jeffrey Portland's Candidate for Congress No. 17 on Ballott ' uniwrauroad terminal in New York4: mtrh in the heart of the hotel and residence district. '. Subway station under same -. roof i--Fifteen " minutes to Brooklyn without change. All you have to do Is Qet on the train IN" Chicago or fet.LouI ' r Get off the train "IN" New York " . Then you're there t ; WUKE SHORE? ' VIA C2XOAOO , , .The Route of the r20th Century Irlmttedr, "MICHIGAN CENTRAL" ." ' "VXs, CXXOAOO , . 'Ths jNiagaxa Falls Route' "Bin Foiii? PfiirrF." ! W C, SETACHREST, N. P. C A; 132 Sd L,' Portland, Or. WARREN S LYNCH; Passenger. Traffic, Mgr,V Chicago WE SOLICIT YOUR TRADE oh Bay State Paints We know when rou hare enea aar. perlenced the convenience of using these beautiful and high grade paints tnat you wiii. never oe witnout tnem. For naintlns inside or outslda th.v ars un equaled In color, durability and , . economy. . , -. .-( THB BIO PAINT STORE p Fisher, Thorsea & Co. FRONT AND MORRISON 8TS. tffTf?f?ffT?f W : STRONG SULPHURIC M1DS I Fiimlng-M onohydrate-66 Deg., Bc. - Nitric and Hydrochloric Acids J :' DeUrered la' tank ears, drains or earbors. Peyton Chemical Comply ! Decoration Day - Finds -us selling our goodi " ' COAl , I At the cut price of ' : e$6.db Per' Ton, Delivered B1JI1 PHONE us EAST 7 F.B.JONES&CO; ( Money-Making Ways oiF Using Vant Ads) To Buy or Sell a Farm ' - . . Hqw .deUghtfuJ the lite of the'farral , Do you .want . to get in touch with .people who have Farms to Sell or who want to Buy? y Here is the quickest, most ' economical way possible. . On the' Classified page "of . this paper we use headings' called "Real Esute Farms'! and "Business Chances." A little Want Ad . stating your wants in a simple, brief way and ta , serted there at the cost of but a few cents will "put "you In touch. This way you deal direct with ' : Owners and Buyers. . You pay no large commissions to anybody. Niturally-'you want to Buy Cheap ' and Sell for the most money. Our little Want Ads ? .' do both.. It will pay you to read the heading sag- I jested, each day, for people are constantly offering ; - new bargains here because they always get results. . EXAMPLES i ; aSw - WANT TO BUY FARM, OF -ABOUT 180 acres within SO miles of city. . Must be a bargain and up-to-date in all particulars. . will consider-buying of. stock. In answering write psrtioulars In detail Address S H-8S. Journal, ' . SMALL FARM FOR SALE SITUATED - In most delightful part-of Franklin county, 120 acres, modern equipments. Forced to sell at once. Best terms. In vestigate this.- Address H I-tl. Journal. JOCItllAL CLASSIFIED BATES One sent a word an Insertion, price et six. - Seven consecutive Insertions for ths One Line I month, SO Issues, S1.J0.. v ( months, 1.H per lino per month. II months. $1.20 per line per month. This is a day of . BREVITY." It Is "as valuable for YOU o know just, WHERE to go when .m wants arise, as to satisfy such wants WHEN you have found the place. " You are AL ' I WAYS wanting SOMETHING. . Prosperity and misfortune alike create, WANTS. And they must be MET. The - greatest LITTLE satisfierS of ,BlO wants are the Want Ads "on our Classified Page. v - ' J (Copright ltOS, by George Matthew Adams.) V llc4Data--4-..'-"-r---.- i-r--;- iT J
