The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-10
Carnival Halted by Thunder
Showers After Ball Game,
Races, and Parade.
NIGHT PROGRAM POSTPONED
Country Circus, 0rations, and
Dancing Now Scheduled to
Be Held Next Week.

Anacostia began It's community cell
ebration yesterday afternoon with
baseball game, boat races, and an
automobile parade.
But the carnival was halted by the
thunder showers. The evening por-
ton of the program. including a
country circus. orations, and dancing
was postponed until next Thursday
evening.
The carnival was held to celebrate
the expenditure of millions on various
Anacostia improvements, including
the dredging of the river, and paruc-
ularly the paving of Nichols avenue
and the doing away with overhead
trolleys.
Fairlawn was TO have been the
large estate had been decorated with
electric lights, suspended fromr the
trees, and a large stand for speak
ers and pavilion for dancing had been
More than $50 automobiles took part
in the parade. 1t started from Mich
oils avenue and Good Hope road at 7
o'clock. and covered the full route;
streets of the northeast and southeast
sections Before II came to an end
the rain had bedraggled some of the
decorated cars, but the parade kept
Heading the procession was car
with the chief marshal, Samuel d. Fra
| zier. with Adolphus 'iude, end GEORGE
F. Frazier as assistants. William !.
I,atimer. chairman of the committee n
charge OF the celebration also was IN
| this car.
There followed the cor with commits
sioners Newman and Brownlow. Major
Raymond Pullman. Superintendent of
Police, and Or. ]. A. Watson. president
OF the Anacostia Citizens Association.
Bands Head Sections.
Heading various sections OF the pa
rade were bands Prizes are to be an
nouncei later for the five cars most
attractively decorated.
The decorated cars entered follow
Guide Bros. Company tnnc carsl. Po-
tomac Electric Power Company 1.-TWO
cars,. S. NJ. Frazier (six cars). I. T..
Eoontz. Charles Entwizle. Dr. L. s.
Houser DR.. George r.. Bury. P. Wal
! T. Harrison, Charles G.. Lohr Bernard
T. Hazel Vernon Pyles. T. F. Murray,
Alexander y. Garden, two cars. Mrs.
! ". =. Hayes, g. w. Bell; DR. Frank
@ HAYNES, Hicks a Wolther. - y;
! 1.-TWO cars). Chesapeake and Potomac
| Company Owe cnrs), General FakinS
Company fthree cars). Peter NJ Dorsch
! -four carsl. House & Hermann. WASH
! ington Tobacco Company tthree cars).
| DR.. G. II. Weiss, l.. Dering. 7. T. Fow-
Ter. II. L, Gladman, Mohawk Athletic
! 'luD. MISS MaHel lSurCh, IL NJ. BROOKS,
Weinberg Baking Company 1.-TWO cars,,
/ y. ". Burch. r Y. Andrews Company
! five cars). No. IL Engine Company 1.-TWO
pieces of apparatus). Columbia OIL Com
| pany. F. s. Crismond. n. Auth Pro-
vision Company 1.-TWO cars) George c.
Shaffer. s. Kann Sons & Co. ten
trucks. Beiber Kaufman Company,
Henry Witt. Model Lunch Company.
Smms Motor Company. Hahn Shoe
! Company 1.-TWO cars). George F.. Cross.
c. II. Gilbert, Rudolph West & Co. 1.-TWO
cars) DR.. Sansbury. A. G. Hermann
Bottling Works 1.-TWO trucks and Dr.
Joseph J. Mundell.
isis Hopkins" Wins Race.
/. isis Hopkins" the motorboat owned
by Baldwin A. Hopkins. won the motor
boat race. and "Estelle NJ" owned by
d. NJ. Miles was second. The crowd
watched the race from Anacostia bridge,
the start and finish of the course. The
boats raced out to Arsenal Point across
the Washington channel to the buoy,
and back again.
Sunbeam H. owned by Ralph ]. Jones,
won the speed boat contest. The Gray
Bat. owned by ]. f. Batenfield. came
second.
The Machinists team in the baseball
game, beat Congress Heights, to 0.
Both teams were from the Potomac
League.
The houses and business places of
Anacostia were In gala attire for the
occasion. Flags were displayed on ev-
cry street.