Show ARMISTICE DAY OAY IS 50 Y HELD 51 SILENT LENT TRI TRIBUTE BUTE TO HEROIC DEAD IS FEATURE IN INMANY INMANY INMANY MANY CITI CITIES ES President Coolidge Leads In Exercises Exer at Washington Police Parade In Paris Legion Takes Active Part Washington The Washington The nation Armistice Armistice Armistice Armis Armis- tice Day did homage to the unknown soldier and his in commander President Coolidge accompanied by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and Acting Secretary of War Var Davis laid laida a wreath upon the tomb of the unknown unknown un un- unknown un- un known in the Arlington national cem cem- Bishop James E. E Freeman conducted conduct conduct- ed etl memorial services for Woodrow Wilson Vilson in the Bethlehem chapel of the national cathedral cathedra where Americas America's war president is entombed Thousands of friends and admirers of the dead chief executive made the pilgrimage to the tomb as in previous previous previous pre pre- years they had made pilgrimages pilgrimages pilgrimages pilgrim pilgrim- ages on Armistice day to the home of their leader A single olive branch and a lone calla lily placed d upon the dead presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's pres pres- ident's tomb by the year old son of an n officer of the United States army told simply of the love and esteem felt for the man who led the American Ameri Amen I can people in the worlds world's great war Huston Thompson chairman of the federal trade commission delivered l la a eulogy of the dead leader President Coolidge also placed flowers flowers flow flow- ers ens upon the grave of Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner son-in- son law Jaw of the late Senator Lodge who left his seat scat in congress to enter the military service and died in 1918 The presidents president's wreath was not alone on the tomb of the unknown As the chief executives executive's party was about to leave the cemetery Mrs Coolidge took a single white rose roSC and I I placed it on th the tomb as the tribute oi OL 01 me nation NUmerous numerous nu NU- NUmerous NU- NU other floral offerings were placed on the tomb in the course of the day A booming salute of twenty-one twenty guns sounded as President Coolidge and his party entered the military reservation reservation reservation res res- of which the national cemetery cemetery cemetery tery is a apart part Three service detachments detach detach- ments army ments-army army navy and marine corps stood guard at the tomb and cam came cameto to the present as Mr Coolidge went forward to place the wreath Washington branches of veterans' veterans organizations organizationS' laid wreaths on the unknowns unknowns unknown's unknowns unknown's un un- un known's tomb and also participated in inthe inthe the Wilson Vilson memorial services at the national cathedral The dead president president president dent had been a member of the George Washington post of the American American Am Am- Legion |