Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-20
MARION ALL SET
! TO RECEIVE BIC
. CROWD THURSDAY
Plans Completed, Town Dec
crates for Notification
Ceremonies of Harding.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

SI-AiSIcN, July -U.-2ldrlOn is all set
for the big event which is to take
place here Thursday-the formal no.
LITIGATION of Senator Warren G. Hard
ing of his nomination by the repub-
1jcan party for President. Arrange
,nents for entertaining the crowds
expected in the city that day have
been completed. and the local organi-
Hation in charge of the arrangements,
1he Marion Civic Association. is pre-
pared to care for all those who at
lend the ceremonies. both in the mat
ter of feeding them and supplying
them with sleeping accommodations.
The streets and avenues leading
from Union station to the home of
Senator Harding, and from Senator
Hardings home TO Garfield Park,
where the notification is to take
place, have been decorated with hun
dreds of flags for the event. A court
of honor extending for about two
city blocks along Mount Vernon ave
nue., where the Harding house stands.
Will be Illuminated with electric
lights as well as decorated with flags.
The contract for the decorations was
awarded to a Cincinnati firm by the
committee in charge and thousanos
of dollars have been put into the
plans.
Emergency Hospital Ready.
PREPARATIONS for caring for the
comfort and the health of the visitors
have been made. and DR.. f.. w. Saw
yer chairman of the medical COM
Inittee, announced that a hospltai
with ten rooms and an operating
room would be available. and that
four tents for emergency cases would
he erected. one at the station. one
in the heart of the city. another near
Garfield Park. These tents will be
cupplied with physicians and nurses
The regular police force has been IN
creased. A number of deputies VIII
DC sworn in and a force of 100 for
mer service men will be on duty the
day of the notification also.
The committee in charge of trans
Tortation has been notified that 1t
least twenty special traips bearing
delegations from various points-one
of them the Hamilton Club of Chi
CaCo-will be run into Marion THURS
day, and also that many of the reg
ular trains will be run in two sec
lions so as to accommodate as many
persons as possible. 1t is estimated
that at least 1000 visitors will reach
fere by rail and that thousands more |
will come by auto.
Incidentally. the committee on pub
lie highways, which is headed by |
w. II. Holverstott. has been lnfiu- |
entfai IN having the highways leading |
into Marion put in first-class con-
Glition, for the benefit of the thou
sands of pilgrims who are expected
to come to Marion. not only for the
notification. but also during the cam
paign. There is ample parking space
near the Garfield Park to accomno-
date 10000 automobiles.
To Open Private Homes.
While it is expected that the great
majority of the visitors to Marion on
do rn1
and then will leave by train and
automobile. arrangements have been
made by the committee for hundreds
of rooms in private homes to accom-
nIodate those who desire to remain |
overnight. and also in the hotels. |
The civic association maintains head !
quarters in the center of the city, |
where all information may be OBJ
tanned, and will have an information
booth at the railroad station on the
notificat ton day
The Harding Marching Club has
been organized here and will turn
out five or six hundred strong. The
marchers will wear white trousers.
dark coats and white hats They will
carry canes. also. The marching
club will parade to the park and
supply ushers to seat the audience
there.
tjonal committee, of the notification
committee and of the ways and means
committee will be entertained at the
home of DR.. c. E. Sawyer, at White
oaks farm, and win be taken in,
automobiles from his home to Gar
field Park. The committee on auto
mobiles, headed by ]. l. Price. has
arranged for 100 official cars to be
used Thursday, all of which will bear
flags.
Two local bands and two local ME
and drum corps have been engaged
A number of the delegations from
out of town will bring bands with
them il is understood. A bandstand
is being erected on the old high
school grounds. in the center OF tne
Eity and on the line of march from
she station to the Harding home, IN
which a band will be stationed
The Boy Scouts may be called upon
to help police the line of march from