Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-06-20
London Streets Blocked
With Crowds as Princes
and Foreign Ambassadors
are Conveyed to Palace.
HAMMOND AND HIS
PARTY ON HAND
Special American Ambassa-
dor With Embassy Staff
Met by Duke of Connaught
in Royal Carriage.

London, June ia score of King
Georges coronation guests, accom-.
panied by their suites, reached Lon
don this morning, and with as many
more from foreign courts and states
plete practically the assemblage OF
foreign mission.
John Hays Hammond, special United
States ambassador, and his suite, Will
be included in the later arrivals, com
ing from Dover on a special train.
Throughout the day special after
special rolled into the different Lon
don railway terminals bringing princes
and special ambassadors and their
suites from all points of the globe.
The streets presented lively appear
ance with constant coming and go
ing of the royal carriages with their
escorts, conveying the guests to Buck
ingham palace and other palaces and
the private residences given over Tor
the entertainment of the ENJOYS.
The night long work Of the army
of decorators served to enliven most
Of the streets in the center OF London.
Electricians Throw Hands UP.
Flags gave gala appearance, which
the Intermittent rain storms could not
spoil. The decorations and illumina-
tions are on a scale never before at
tempted in England, and the demand
for electric lighting is So great that
the electrical companies have served
public notice that their capacity to
supply the current has been reached
and that they cannot undertake further
contracts.
The German crown prince and his
party, Prince Henry of Prussia and
Prince Henry of The Netherlands,
were among this mornings arrivals.
The Duke of Connaught and other
members of the royal family fitted
from station to station to meet each
newcomer, undeterred by the showers
Of mud that their swiftly moving
vehicles tossed into them. The public
appears smitten with the coronation
feast. They throng the streets in such
multitudes as to make progress any
where In the center Of fashionable
London a matter of difficulty.
Thousands of Londoners are fleeing
the city to escape the hordes from the
provinces and abroad whose capacity
for coronation" Is SO boundless that
the night 80 far as sleep Is concerned
has become decidedly curta1led
period. Fears of panic following an In
cident within the walls and barriers
erected by the police also have in
fluenced thousands of the more ner-
vous to get away from the crush. The
railroads have been quick to take ad-
vantage of the situation and are
widely advertising excursions at at
tractive rates to seaside and country
reports on the days of the big events.
No less than s75O,000 has been ex-
pended in the construction of gates
shutting OFF the main approaches to
the professional routes. These bar
riers have been built SO massively
that they could Withstand the on
slaught Of regiment when once used
and the crowds no matter how savage,
will be unable to make the least Inn
preston upon them.
King George and Queen Mary Wis
tied Westminster abbey this after
noon and witnessed part of the re-
hearsal Of the coronation ceremony.
John Hays Hammond, "the special
representative OI .IuS pTc5luSuL VI CHc
United States accompanied by Mrs.
Hammond and the special embassy
staff, made his official entry into Lon
don this afternoon.
Mr.. Hammond was met at the rail-
road station by many celebrities and
was then driven in royal carriage to
Stratton house.
The special train brought to London
a number Of representatives of the
continental powers, and also the
papal delegate. The American specia.
ambassadors car was given the place
of honor in the center Of the train,
so that It's occupants alighted imme.
diately opposite the royal entrance of
the station, where the Duke Of Con-
naught awaited them.