Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-09-06 | Page 4 | national anthem is to be Honored

NATIONAL ANTHEM IS TO BE HOB Great Celebration and Fes tival Will Open in City of Baltimore Today WILL COST $1,000,000 Naval Show Is Expected to Be Feature of the Great Event BALTIMORE Sept 6 The iest val I arranged for the celebration here of the centennial of the b rth of the nat onal anthem The Star Spangled Ban ner and the successful defense of Baltimore at North Point and Fort Mc I Henrj, -wh ch were the f nal battle which preceded the treaty of - hent it 11 begin tomorrow The celebrat on will continue a full week dur ng which n add t on to the two h stor cal event commemorated a century of progrebs will be rev ewed The celebrat on w 11 represent an outlay of $1 000 000 j H stor c 1 ort McHenry abandoned a an army post by the federal go e n ment has been through the act t e I of the centenn al comm ss on t rned i over to the city to be used as a publ e park. Congress recently appropr ated $7o 000 for the erection on the reser a tion of a monument to Francis Scott Key author of Tho Star Spangled Banner The opening of the festival tomor row will be marked by a sacred concert and spec al commemorative services in all the churches During the week there will be a naval show which w 11 include almost every ! type of vessel from the frigate Con Ietellation launched at Baltimore in 1797 to the super dreadnought Florida-Two Florida-Two of the athletic events of the , vear the track and f eld championsh ps j of the Amateur Athletic union and the middle states regatta will be held dur ! ng the week Land and water earn vals military and industrial parades j historical and fraternal society pa ' geants munie pal floral automobile dis plays colonial lawn part es tourna ments a reproduction in fireworks of the bombardment of Fort McHenry patriotic meetings ded cat pns of mon nments and tablets and other events will be part of the programme , Through the state department at 1 Washington fore gn nations were n J v ted to partic pate in the ceremonies 5 'While the war in Europe w II prevent 1 the countries involved taking part JMES W GERARD United States ambassa dor at Berlin who is doing much for Americans practically all of the neutral powers have e gnif ed the r intention of being represented The governors of th rty states and the mayors of f f tv c t es ha e named delegates to attend the celebration Among the governors who expect to come to Bait more are David I Walsh of Massachusetts Simeon E Baldwin of Connect cut John K. Tener of Pennsyl vania Henry C Stuart of Virginia Charles K Miller of Delaware Cole L Blease of South Carol na Ell ott W Major of Missouri Edward F Dunne of Illinois and Joseph M Carey of Wvo ming Go ernor Martin H Glynn of New York will be represented by Ad jutant General Henry D Hamilton and s x members of the governor s staff I The soc al f unct on of the week will be the military ball at the Fifth reg ment armory on Friday evening when visit ng governors, members of the cab met members of Sthe d plomabc corps and s t ng army and naval officers w 11 be the guests of honor