The Washington herald., 1919-07-01
Pilgrimage to Baltimore
Shrine Of ]. Barleycom
Yesterday Resembled
Plague Exodus from Dis
trict-30,000 Made the
Trip, and Some Forgot
Trains Were Scheduled
To Retum-Those Who
Did, Came Laden.
by RUDOLPH PERKINS.

It's all over now,
Washington is sorry: BaItimore ,s
sorrier. Now that most Of the dust
on the washington-Ba Baltimore RouIe-
ward is laid, the District looks back
at the most memorable wake in the
history OF either city.
This morning the pipe line" that
had been in operation between the
two cities ever since November / 1917.
was severed. This pipe line was
the means by which many far-see-
ing and thirsty citizen Of Washington
stocked up his cellar with assorted
liquors.
Now that Baltimore Is in nracti-
cally the same fix as Washington.
liquor merchants there viii discover
that millions of dollars OF Washington
money which they would have recciv-
ed have seyerad diplomatic relations
with them probably forever
Never VIII Feel the same.
To quote one enterprising ind,-
vidual. Washington won't ever feel
the same toward Baltimore again
That city has been a sort OF
stepfather or stepmothcr. which
ever it is. 10 Washington in the
way Of an oasis for psrchcd throats
and empty cellars.
Despite warnings from fcw
philanthropic liquor merchants IN
Baltimore to leave q little room in
the cellar for next winters coal
the foiks OF this town have per
sisted in stocking up for the great
drouth.
With a grasshopper attitude many
refused TO bother about the ice and
snow OF the coming winter. but
drew their savings out of the bank
and put them in a bottle, or several
bottles
II wasn't very hard TO get 70 Bal
tmore for those who cared to 70
no further. But-getting back. win
load OF bundles that contained ar
much as they could buy for per
sonal use" was something travel
wise WashinStcnians will remember
as long as the stuff in their cellars
lasts-maybe longer.
10000 Made Pilgrimage.
Railroad officials last night estinrst-
ed that at least 5000 persons visiten
Baltimore during yesterday. OF this
number. probably 500 remained in
Baltimore over night. either otcause
they missed their trains. o. ,orsal
they were rum ng
Around Union station and the Ter
minal Of the w. 3. and A. Iurin-
the period yesterday up to midn:Lnl.
II looked as though a Coodly ourtioa
of Washington was moving To saI.
more with no thought Of 90 l,n. Lsrl.
Traffic conditions around these piaccs
was something that the traffic COPS
uulucky themselves al having to wcsS,
have never sNperiepced heior,. A.
tomobile traffic al the Eion station
was in helpless tumble thoush O.,
fault Of the policeman stationed there,
Looked Like PIaEac ENodu>.
More sUitcases. handbags. sacks.
young trunks and camoufiaged re-
; ceptacles Travelled over to BaItimcr,
yesterday than ever before la tho
history of this city. One would hsv,.
imagined that Washington had been
visited by a plague. so many poopir
+ were leaving.
However, there wcre no refugees
, in the lot. They were all glad tp
go over and Clsd TO get back But
with Tho proletariat and the bur
geoise all mixed up in the sanc
trains and other conveyance. II VA
sight that would have made the
Bolsheviki green with .scofn
Every available tsxicsb-ks Wash.
: ington was pressed into ssaAioc
Every available taxi driver VS.,
hunted up-Gnd many of thesa We
in Baltimore tTlse care nf -
demands Of passengers who scorned
street cars or did not have automo-
biles of their own.
The crowd of tsNicabs waiting az
the Union Station last night and a;
the w. b. and A. terminal exceeded
anything the police have ever had
TO contend with. Pierce-Arrow-
rubbed noses with Fords and gas
wagons of ancient lineage. parked
CONTINUED on FACE Tw"