Evening star., 1925-08-09
P|CKPOCKETS ONLY
SIGNS OF DISORDER
ON PARADE ROUTE
Two Are Arrested After Re-
ports of RObberieS From
Fl Sources.

Despite dire predictions of disorder
yesterdays demonstration was one
of the most orderly ever held in
Washington, the only untoward Incl
dents to mar the pleasure of the day
being "a heat prostrrations and u re-
ports of activity by pickpockets.
or the two dozen persons who sue
cumbed to the intense humidity and
the exertion of the long march down
Pennsylvania avenue. only four We're
sufficiently III TO be detained in
Emergency Hospital over night. and
it is not thought they are in danger.
None of those treated at Casulty
Hospital needed to remain.
Because of the careful preparations
made by Klan officials to care for
marchers who might be overcome,
more than a score other persons who
became faint during the parade were
spared the necessity of going to the
hospital by being given quick emer-
gency treatment by special ambu-
lances which augmented the regular
hospital ambulances.
No Disorder Reported.
Not a single serious alteration or
disagreement came to the ears of the
police. From Commission Fenning, in
supervision of the Police Department,
Police Charles A. Evans last night
came lavish praise for the marchers,
as well as for the crowds of spectators.
Because of the quiet conditions, po-
licemen who were to have been denied
their regular day off tomorrow were
notified that they need not work.
Commissioner Fenning expressed
pride in the manner in which the Po-
lice Department took up arrangeme =
h~ los 4 Il
effect needed changes in the system
for governing the line of march,
which allowed smoothness and facility
for handling the crowds.
There should be praise for the
marchers and praise for the crowds"
Commissioner Fenning said 1T can
easily be said that this parade was
as smooth running and as free from
friction as any Washington has ever
held
And in making arrangements at
the last moment the police officials
showed adaptability to a situation
coming up and demanding action on
the spur of the moment, on which I
intend to congratulate them"
Fenning Stays on Job.
Commissioner Fenning was very
much in evidence during the entire
parade. He came on the Job at
o'clock yesterday morning and he was
still at the District Building as mid
night approached. He did not leave
the line Of march during the parade.
Once he made a motor cycle tour of
the line of march and once he took
general survey of the situation
while the lines were forming.
There was one smudge on an
otherwise perfect day. That was the
advent and operations of pickpockets
from out of town. Early in the
morning came individual reports of
their operat ations. Later these in
creased and the pickpocket peak of
operations was reached shortly be-
fore noon in the vicinity of the Wash
ington Hotel, when eight pickpocket
robberies came inside of half an
hour.
All told there We're 81 reports of
pickpocket robberies. Two suspects
were arrested to be held under a
charge of investigation while police
inquired further into their records
which already show former convic-
tions for pickpocket work. They
are Sol Beauman, alias Belinsky of
New York, and Max Rosenblum,
who has half a dozen aliases, of Gin
cinnati.
Hospitals Kept Busy.
Although a few of the heat pros
tration cases came early IN the after
noon the majority of those affected
were disabled shortly before 6 o'clock.
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