El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-08

! tersections draped in cOlors and no ex-
| ira money was spent on the decora-
] tons Of the downtown stores Fur the
| erect was second only TO the wonder
1ul display Of the international rOIors
when Taft and Diaz met here.
The Mills building with its flags for
every window, a battery o. biz Amer
[ lean flags around the parapet wall ana
the giant American flag on the hfehesr
ilaspoIe IN the city bore eloquent tes-
Jmony 10 the intense patriotism OF
BriE- Gen. Arson Mills (retired) who
/ owns the building and by whose orders
the complement Of flags was pur-
buildings Decorated.
Across Mills street the Hotel sheldon
was gaily draped in colors, flags Nv
ln& from the windows and great 1agS
draped across the front The lobby OF
the Motel was also hung with flags and
bunting
The White House had its fine displav
OF flags out and The Herald buiIdine
| had the greatest number Of large flags
I 70 De seen IN the city. These flags
D hung from the Pioneer plaza and San
I ranclsco street sides OF the building
, While large flag nOate5 from the
I bank had number Of FLAGS displayed
on. its new building, the Mccoy hotel
! had bunting draped along the entire
/ balcony and flass interviewer.
Flags Fly Everywhere.
The Hotel Paso Del Norte had a
l
! the roof and smaller flags in the win
dOws. The new First National bank
building had great flags unfurled from
each corner Of the building draped
flags over the Oregon and san An
I tonic street entrances and flags in the
/ windows. The Popular store and
Everyboay's store were also decorated
Practically all OF the downtown
stores had flag displays in front Of
their places OF business. The line Of
march was deliberately draped and the
city haIl and court house were covered
with flags, flags flying from each
nagpole.
Reviewing Stand Decorated.
Inc reviewing stand upon which
I Gen. John J. Pershing reviewed his
troops, was also decorated with FLAGS
and bunting while many Of the women
who were on the stand waved flags
as the troops passed. The Elks' club
and the TOltec club were draped in
flags, the Elks making an especial eff
fort toward decorating their building.
One Of the novel features of the pa
r2de was the singing Of patriotic songs
by chorus Of male voices composed
OF the members OF the club. This
chorus sang while the troops marched
down Myrtle avenue and was cheered
( by the soldier boys as they marched
past
Those On Reviewing stand.
The members Of the general staff
who were on the reviewing stand at
the city hall with Brig. Cen John j.
Pershing Were- BriE. Gen George
Bell. jr-. Col Joseph Gzrrard. Col r.
H. r LOughbOrOugh. Mai r T. Z.
Niche. chief of staff. Mai William
r Sample, adjutant general. Mai. VIII
liam r Lewis. chief surgeon, Lieut..
w. W Gordon and LieJd. James l.
Collins, aides de camp; Capt. George
W Estes adjutant goth infantry; Capt
Harry y. CoOtes, provost marshal
others on the reviewing stand were
Aesdames Joseph Garrard, Robert D.
Read, John c. Waterman. II. n Nc
Nance, Charles D. Rhodes. L NJ Koch
W Dudley. Charles W. Exton. B. p.
Nicklin, John J. Boniface, George c.
barnhardt, Leroy ElrinEe. Howard R
HickOk. Robert Reaney, George Tyner, |
J. b Higgins. Berrram Johnson. f. D.
scott Aubrey LipnincOtt y. II. Lewis.
Il n CoOtes. A. T. Dalton. Henry "
Nelly. W \. Hensley. IT., Victor Foster,
charles L Stevenson. Leland Wsds-
worth. Chester p. barnett Ralph Tai
bot, IT. II A Meyer. J. W. Sherwood.
q Fl Ladd, W. ". Dudley Miss Eliz-
aheth Waterman, Miss Valera Car
rard, MISS Alice Colladay, mayor and
Mrs- c. E Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs Clli-
borne Adams. Nr. and Mrs. Winchester /
Cooley. Mr. and Mrs J. +. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Primm. Mr.. and Mrs.
z F. Neill. AIr. and Mrs Zach Lamar
Cobb Mr.. and Mrs J. 4. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. $ Stewart, Mr. and AIRS. J. T.
Morgan, DR.. and Mrs J. A. Pickett, ar.
and Mrs. H. R. McClintOck Mr. and
Mrs George Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs. F. 3.
Simmons. Mrs. Wyndham Kemp. lIaury
Kemp, DR.. J. 3. Brady, Robert Holli-
cay, James l. Hewitt Mr. and AIrs. Ben
Levy. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter CLAYTON.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leaveu. 1Tr. and
Mrs c. W. Fassett Judge and Mrs 7.
J. murphy, Mr. and Mrs =. B. McClin-
Lcck- Judge A. s J. Er-ar. Mr. and Mrs
Peyton Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Park
Plttman, P. R Price. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
J. w atson, Mr. and Mrs. J d. Ponder.
judge and Mrs. Dan II. Jackson. judge
and Mrs. NJ Nagle, Judge and Mrs. a.
NJ Walthall, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Esca-
Jeua, Mr.. and AIRS. W. W. Bridges. AIr.
and Mrs Geo ". Hoffman, 1Ir. and
Mrs J. T. Cain.
Business Suspended.
Business was suspended for the pa
rade downtown All Of the stores. the !
postoffice. the custom house and fed
eral building. the city railroad Of
ices, the city and county offices and {
courts and practically all of the fac
tories and mills were closed TO allow B
the people to see the monster parade. [
Announcement was made in the dis
trict courts that only q habeas. CORPUS
case would be heard by the courts Fri /
day.
The grocery stores closed from 10 /
until 4 o'clock. the real estate offices !
closed from 10 o'clock until T. the /
pCstoffice from 10 until T. the railroad Z
oftices remained closed all day and !
only the stores, those which were !
Ao41eu TO- remained open
All Schools Closed.
The city schools dismissed for the /
day and all of the school children were
along the route Of march. cheering I
waving flags and singing their pa !
triotic school songs as the parade !
passed The banks closed for the ]
day after 10 a. m. and no business
was TRANSACTED by the clearing house I
after that hour
The big dry goods stores closed At /
10 o'clock and remained closed until : 4
as did the leading clothing stores. In /
the afternoon many of the clerks and !
employees OF the shops. stores and fac /
ley or at the parks. I
Parade Clicked BY Movies
The moving picture operators ana I
stir camera men were everywhere !
during the parade. The movies made /
thousands Of feet Of film Of the march |
ing soldiers in all branches Of the
service and the amateur pEotographers
also got busy with their kodaks and |
made souvenirs OF the parade Post /
card pictures Of the pageant were on 4
sale Friday afternoon at the downtown /