Evening star., 1925-02-25
RUSH INAUGURAL
CEREMONY PLANS
Workmen Busy Finishing
Seats and Removing Plat
forms Along Avenue.

Stacatto rapping of hammers, sing
ing saws and the voices of busy men
told the story today of Washington's S
hurried preparations for the cere-
monies that are to attend the inaugu-
ration next Wednesday of President
Coolidge and Vice President Charles
G.. Dawes.
In half dozen places workmeH be-
gan the final task today of putting
up the official and public stands from
which the people of Washington and
the Nation are to view the inaugura-
tion and the emblematic parade that
will follow it. And elsewhere other
workers began removing street OBJ
structions from the path of the i'm
pending military pageant.
Work on the big public stand that
is to face the Presidents reviewing
stand in front of the White House
was begun this morning.
stand for 5000 Persons.
So strong has been the demand for
seats that there now remains no doubt
that the stand in Lafayette Square.
which was to have been the formal
court of honor, will be built to accom-
though the pasteboards will not go on
sale until tomorrow morning, re-
quests for reservations have been
reaching the Gridiron room of the
Willard Hotel. where they are to be
distributed, by mail, telephone and
telegraph.
In the meantime another corps of
workmen is putting up a stand on the
Treasury grounds, facing down Penn
cx- lHro rio a xra ha of
ployes and officials of the Treasury
Department. A number of smaller
stands are also being built for the
accommoda tion of private groups. The
stand for the Post Office Department
and the official gallery on the east
front of the Capitol are both complete
now.
While these builders were going
ahead under pressure, crews of men
began moving the loading platforms
along the street car tracks on Penn
sylvania avenue. In their places will
appear white lines to designate
safety zones" until after the parade.
Other Ceremonies Planned.
In addition to the ceremonies on
Inauguration day a number of events
are scheduled to be held the follow
ing day. One of these will be a visit
by the Pittsburgh Chamber of Com
merce Chorus, which is to sing at
the inaugural concert in the Wash
ington Auditorium next Wednesday
night, to the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, it was announced at inaug-
ural headquarters by Col. Frederick
A. Fenning. Afterward they will go
to Walter Reed Hospital to give a
concert.
With formal notice that Lieut.. Gov.
Charles H. Lewis of Ohio and Lieut..
Gov. Seymour Lowman OF New York
would attend the inaugural cere-
monies, Col. Edward Clifford, chair
man of the reception committee,
named the following men to meet
the two State officials: Wade H. Ellfs,
Maj. William L. Symons and ]. o.
Burnham to meet the lieutenant gov
ernor of Ohio; Gail H. Stalker. Joseph
S. Parker, John F. Carew and George
Lynch, president of the New York
Society, to meet the lieutenant gov
ernor of New York.
Bali Plans Being Pushed.
The inaugural committee is still
without information that Gov. Jack
son of Indiana would attend the in
auguration in an official capacity.
Some weeks ago William 7. Galliher,
chairman. was informed by Willis
3. Dye, Republican national commit
teeman from Indiana, that the gov
ernor will come as a member of a
delegation from the Hoosier State
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, who
resigned as chairman of the floor
committee of the charity inaugural
ball, is still taking an active part in
arranging for that fete, to be held
at the Mayfiower Hotel on the eve
ming of March 4. He was at the
headquarters in the Mayf1ower most
of yesterday afternoon and announc-
ed that the world flyers had all
wired that they would be present at
the ball.
Lieut. Gov. Lowman of New York
today notified Mrs. John Allen
Dougherty, chairman of the commit
tee, that he would attend the ball
with Mrs. Lowman and IL aides.