The Washington herald., 1919-04-30
White House Demonstration.


what promises to be tho most
beautiful and spectacular loan DEM
onstration ever witnessed in WASH
ington will be staged by the Central
Liberty Loan Committee on the
White House Ellipse at $3.50 tonight
when a battery of six-inch mortars
will open fire and hurl scores Of
bombs hundreds of feet into the air.
AS each bomb explodes a large.
beautifully colored flag. attached
to a small parachute, will be re-
leased and will float over the city.
simultaneously several batteries
of powerful army searchlights will
be trained upon the flags from the
roofs of nearby buildings.
American. British, French and
italian flags will be released alter
nately. and a band. which will be
stationed on the ellipse, will play
the national anthem of each coun-
try as the flags are unfurled.
At the same time another battery
Of searchlights will be focused on
the monument and the beautiful
shaft will be flooded with dazzling
light from base to apex. 1t is ex-
pected that record-breaking
crowd will be gathered in Potomac
Park to witness the spectacle.
A preliminary demonstration of
the bombs and flags, minus the
searchlights and music, will be
given at 1890 today over the heart
OF the business section of the city.
when several mortars will fire a
number of rounds from the north
front of the Treasury.
With applicants reporting bond
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the airplane subcommittee OF the
local Victory Loan committee awarded
yesterdays prizes to Harry z Bit
finger. 80 Eleventh street northwest,
who sold seo2 40 worth of bonds, and
Z. c. Dawson. secretary and treas
urer of the International Association
Of Machinists. who purchased sl0o, ,Oo0
The certificates emitting the victors
to make the prize flights in the big
army planes at Boiling Field will be
presented to the field commander. Col
Hartz. today. and both flights will in
all probability be made tomorrow aft
ernoon.
Among the applicants for the free
aerial joy rides" yesterday was little
Robert Baum, 1869 California avenue.
The n-year-old youngster had sold
bonds amounting to S5.4Oo. and though
d'9aprointed over his failure to Sc
euro the coveted flight. declared his
intention to continue his bond sales
until he was successful
Others who appeared before the sub
committee to claim the fight were:
Mrs. o. n. Merrillat, with sales
amounting to $1,000: Mrs. ]. T. KIa-
vans, with sales amounting to 81. 800,
and DR.. Mark c. Bulls. who pur-
chased $500 worth of bonds from
SerSt. Trent at No. " Engine House.
Destroyers Here.
Uncle SANS destroyers, the Pauld-
Ing and the Terry. which saw actual
service in the submarine zone during
the war, and helped to checkmate the
kaiser's U-boats, are due to arrive
mere at noon today TO take part in
the Victory loan drive.
These vessels. equipped for war, will
be on exhibition this afternoon, to-
morrow and Friday. at the lighthouse
wharf, at the foot of Seventh street
Visitors will be allowed on board,
SO that Washingtonians may see at
first hand these warships The only
pass required to go aboard is n Vic
tory liberty loan button.
Clark to spenk.
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House
during the last four Congresses, will
address a Victory loan rally of the
Railroad Administration employees in
the interior court of the Interstate
Commerce Building, Eighteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
this afternoon.