Show President Attends Solemn Services WASHINGTON May 30 Peculiar Peculiar ar solemnity was lent Memorial day services for the nations nation's hero dead today at Arlington national cemetery With lith the knowledge that Americans I daily arc are giving their lives in hu- hu P cause on the battlefields hU 1 of France the nations nation's capital suspended I all but the most pressing war business business busi busi- ness to pay homage to those bUSI 1 wh who gave all to their country in past conflicts President Wilson members of oC congress congress congress con con- I gress and allied diplomats united at atthe atthe atthe the national cemetery In attendance r on the exercises to laud the memories of the fallen whose spirit is now in living form overseas President Wilson did not deliver deliveran an address Flags hung at and every national monument was draped with the Stars and Stripes Thousands of I Washington's war workers journeyed to Arlington to hear the nations nation's representatives recall the deeds of I heroes who have passed but who I II never Will be forgotten I Those who have already perished 1 on land and sea in the present great reat I struggle were honored b by great floral wreaths launched on the Potomac I at the foot of Arlington ton slopes Another Another Another An An- I other wreath was floated down the tho river in remembrance of those who I went down with the Lusitania I American and British cruisers cruiser's lying in the harbor fired salvos as the I I floral tokens were launched Memories of the tho Maine were re recalled recalled recalled re- re called when the graves of the men taken from the wrecked battleship at Havana were draped with flowers Dr Maule Cespedes the Cuban minister minIster minister min min- ister whose country has Joined with the United States Stales in the world war paid a stirring tribute to the men of the Maine We have annexed our flag with yours to the old mast of the Maine and we wont won't give up the ship he said The floral wreaths released on the Potomac and those placed upon the tomb of the Maine dead were sent to toI Arlington by Pres President Wilson lIson I |