The Washington herald., 1920-10-28
CITY IS GIRDING /.
FOR HOT TIME
Downtown Washington to
Hum Like Top on Elec-
ton Night.
MOTOR BARRED AREA
Pennsylvania Avenue From
10th to 18th Streets Re-
served for Pedestrians.

'"There'n be a hot time in the old
town Tuesday night"
From political headquarters, ar
ranging for special leased wires,
and newspaper shops getting out
their silver sheets for flashing
pluralities and majorities, down to
the novelty dealers along the Av-
enue-everything and everybody in
the Nations Capital is planning for
a prompt and noisy long distance
welcome to the candidate destined
to be the central figure in the in
augural parade next March.
As one of the novelties for the
one long Arabian night, airplanes
OF the War Department are being
equipped with coIored flares, that
Washingtonians may read the writ
ing in the sky-the only difference
from the writing on the wall being
that the night signaling from the
air lanes will not be in the nature
of advance dope, but merely an
added method of telling the world
below after the winner is officially
reported.
TreIleys Won't Be stopped
Pennsylvania avenue. from Tenth
to Fourteenth streets northwest,
will be closed to motor traffic, but
the Avenue trolley cars will Oper-
ate as usual. This suggestion, made
by Mai Harry L. Gessford, chief of
police. was yesterday approved by
the District Commissioners. North
and, southbound traffic will be per-
mitted on Tenth and Fourteenth
streets. On Eleventh and Twelfth
streets motor traffic will not be
permitted south Of z street.
Extra policemen will be on duty
with instructions to permit no dis
orderly conduct in the election
crowds. Good fun within reason"
will be the watchword of the police.
The Republican campaign COM
mittee has arranged to have its spe-
cial wires terminate in the first
floor auditorium of the Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth street and New
York avenue. Confident of a Re
publican victory. the committee is
planning a big demonstration at the
hall as soon as, and if, a victory
flash comes over the wire. Guy \.
Schuldt, secretary of the League of
Republican State Clubs, will preside
as chairman. Refreshments and
music will be sandwiched in with
election returns.
The celebration will be a joint
affair, under the supervision Of the
local campaign committee, the Re-
publican State Central COMMITTEES,
the League of Republican State
Clubs, the Harding and Coolidge
Club, the wOmen's division of the
local committee and the Republican
Legion of the District.
The Democrats of the District are
making similar arrangements for
receiving the returns hot off the
ticker and in addition to telling
the world" from their headquarters
at 1345 Pennsylvania avenue. other
quarters will be thrown open for
the evening to handle the extra
crowd. John F. Costello is busy
arranging for wire installation and
demonstrations to follow a victori-
Gus Democratic. fash.
The Harding Democratic Club,
headed by President F. Edward
Mitchell, will gather at Republican
headquarters, 141O H street, to listen
in on the news from the nation S
polls.
Te Women's City Club will also
receive returns at the clubhouse, %
Jackson place, but admission will
be by membership card only.
The meeting, 1t is thought likely,
will also call upon Congress to in
vestigate charges by John Shelton
Williams, Comptroller of the Cur
renCy. that New York financiers
manipulate the money market and
charge extortionase rates of inter-
est for call money.