The Washington herald., 1912-11-06
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Tens Of thousands Of persons. happy
fun-loving and fun-seeking. forming TN
biggest election night crowds In tho his
tory Of the National Capital. coming from
every section Of the District and con.
tiguous parts Of Maryland and Virginia
assembled in Pennsylvania and New
York Avenues last night and. cheerins
and laughing. surged east and west In
ristous gala processions. putting enthu.
siastic and noisy life into the city er
fete with myriad colors and brilliant
lights
In brief. 1t was some big night. In
, the annals of the big nights Of the beau.
tiful National Capital this particular big
night will be written in seare-line heads
with the biggest and blackest type to be
found In the galleyA Everybody was out.
ana everybody had q good time. That
seemed to be the purpose of the night.
and the good-time purpose was achieved
in the inimitable fashion characteristic
cf the little old city smuggling down be-
soc the banks Of the Potomac.
AS soon as night crept over the city
electricity assumed the burden Of light
Ing the ways and byways. and the work
was nobly accomplished. II there was an
nue. that did not glim forth its brilliance,
II was burnt out Thousands and thou
sands Of bulbs. auto headlights. search.
lights. pocket flash lanterns and, In short,
all kinds and breeds Of lights flashed
forth joyously.
Thousands On Avenue.
By 7 O'Clock the little ssphalted lane
leading from the Capitol to the Treasury
looked like a death grappls between the
Balkan scrappers. Just how many thou
sands jammed and crushed and pushed
and showed and elbowed their happy way
along the avenue Is a problem in ad-
vanced arithmetic that nobody seemed
willing to tackle with the election re-
turns coming in fast and furious with an
accompaniment Of hastily scrawled car
toons and witty written sallies thrown
on the cleaning white sheets
Autos? Why. the buzz wagons rolled
along in droves, hundreds and thousands
OF them. piled full with laughing girls
and boys, with here and there the
glimpse of a little black bonnet or a
wisp Of white hair. betokening that
grandpa or grandma had bundled up
to journey downtown and mix 1t with
the other folks. The south side of
Pennsylvania Avenue and both sides of
trtersecting streets were 80 tammed with
machines that the lonely pedestrian had
to look for a place to squeeze through.
Maj. Sylvester's 100 picked policemen
detailed to the downtown business Sec
ton last night made 100 arrests between
the hours of in the evening and this
morning. corraling chiefly that class of
citizens known as "disorderlys." Sew
eral fights. just budding into full blown
riots. were stopped ere they started.
Several saloons. full to overlooking with
lighting patrons, were cleaned out"
But the sum total of damage was small
Fight In = saloon.
Probably the most serious trouble of
the night occurred in a saloon near Four
teenth and H Streets Northwest shortly
after ii o'clock. Ernest Breaguzi twenty
four years old, of ILL., Ninth Street
Northwest grew too enthusiastic and
mixed it with ]. p. Pussey. according to
the police. Breaguzzi was elected, but
hardly had he reached the street than
he collided with Elijah Thomas, q negro
Thomas went down with q cracked skull
hit by an iron bar. 1t is alleged. which
Breaguzzi had concealed under his coat
Thomas is at Emergency Hospital and
Breaguzzi at the First Precinct station
on two charges Of assault.
Frank Willige. twenty-one years old, of
1907 Fifth Street Northwest, paper.
hanger and admirer of W. Wilson.
ciashed with Martin sigsbee. who Is par
tial to the Colonel: The clash occurred
at Pennsylvania Avenue and Eleventh
Street Northwest. Both were taken to
the station for disorderly conduct,
Charles Ferry. thirty-five years old. a
patient at the Government Hospital for
the insane escaped shortly after 3
o'clock In the afternoon and was found
six hours later by the police lying sense
less at Seventh and Streets Northwest.
Ferry had celebrated his escape with a.
cohol in mixed forms and fell, cutting
his head. After treatment At Emergency
Hospital. Ferry was removed to the In
sane asylum.
A well-dressed man. Who said his name
is John Jones and who claims to be q
banker, was arrested at Pennsylvania
Avenue and Eleventh Street for push
ing" in the crowd. He took from his
pocket q roll Of 800 bills large enough
to wad thirteen-inch gun. peeled OF .
leased. The police had to 20 to q lunch
room to get tse change.
The police did not put the ban on any
thing. barring murder, robbery. or aI
few other trivial o1ensas Sellers Of
'.ticklers." those abominshls little sticks
with q bunch Of feathers ON one end.
did 4 rush business that soon exhausted
the supply. BY et9n01nB m one 0P0e On
the north side Of Pennsylvania Avenue |
between Ninth and Fifteenth Streets for |
fifteen minutes you could count thou.
sands OF ''ticklers'' brandished In the
hands Of energetic Apaches. called boys.
Just how many girls lost eyes had not |
been ofacisliy estimated At midnight
Dlovving Organs Exhausted.
Horns Of every color and volume Of |
sound were blown untn the blowers wsre
and black tn the face. ThsI
object Of the blowers seemed to b 70 |
dsafen everybody In sight The most
approved methods Of blowing wersl
adopted until the blowing orsaas wsrsl
exhausted In this dilemma IL blower
gave his horn to sofno one With . .fresA |
pssr OF lungs. and the meery n0lse /
went on. Those without horns whistIeA |
through their teeth. Tho dlu vas in.I
crsessd By street car songs aul auto /
houk1 s5
a glimpse In any Of the csfea, ufeth.
er the willard. Raleigh. EbAatt, Aepub-
iQue, or other famous dining W.Fuoma,
nade yoa 1t incs feel tWin1o e aym.i
ptthy for The ehaf and hls cullnary con.
Dp1ratng1 TAh1o2 ensAsud two wseknl
no. w0ro uoed ~ parties ok twNavet
whiro thoge Was Toom tor but threa. Thal
pop of e6ampA4na oorks oounAaa ltkai
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poeketed dollar dps untu th6lf axmo
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