Evening star., 1929-01-02
MORE THAN $4,000
IS GIVEN TO DEFRAy
COST OF INAUGURAL
100000 Sought to Meet
Expenses of Committee
for March q.
BUSINESS FIRMS LEAD
| IN CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
Individual Washingtonians Also
Flock to Swell List of Many
Voluntary Donors.

eAdpSe before the inaugural of Herbert
Hoover, on March 4, the inaugural cele-
oration budget has already gone well
past the one-quarter mark in the CAM
palgn to raise fund of approximately
100000 to defray the expenses of the
inaugural committee.
Twenty-Five Washington business
firms and individuals have subscribed
$1,000 each, according to figures given
out today by Chairman Robert v. Flem-
ing OF the finance committee, while two
more business houses have subscribed
$4,000 each to the fund. Notwithstand-
ing the early stage of the soliciting ef-
fort, the total amount received from
voluntary contributions has gone far
past the $4,000 mark and is moving
rapidly toward the halfway point.
Volunteer donors to the fund regis
tered up to today include the following:
EHack & White Taxi Co., 81 600:
Mofris Cafritz, $1,000; E. F. Colladay.
81, 200; Karl w. Corby, $500; w. S.
COPY, $1,000; Crane, Paris g. Co.,
$4,000; r. Golden Donaldson, $1,000:
H. Rozier Dulany, $500; The Evening
Star Newspaper Co., $1,000; Joshua
Evans, jr., $3.50; Robert v. Fleming.
$3.50; w. T. Galliher, $1,000: Mrs
Martha A. Given, $1,000: Charles C.
Glover, jr., $1,000; Randall H. Hagner
d Co., $1,000; Frank j. Hogan, $l,OUO;
Gen. w. A. Holbrook, 5000: Col. j.
Miller Kenyon, $500; John S. LarcoYlbe.
$100; National City Co., $1,000; Bert
L. Olmsted, $500; Packard Washington
Motor Car Co., $1,000; Maj. Julius /.
Peyser, $1,000; Cuno H. Rudolph, $500;
j. 81 w. Seligman g. Co.. $1,000: Shan
non & Luchs, $1,000; j. H. Small g.
sons, $500; Charles H. Tompkins,
81 1000; Harry Wardman, 81, 900; Weaver
Bros. $1,000: Woodward g. Lothrop.
$4,000; Charles j., Bell, $1,000; Corcorarl
Thom, $500: Edward j. Stellwaeen.
$500; Jesse c. Adkins, 500; David A.
Baer, $25; John Dolph, $lO0: John B.
Larner, $3.50; Emile Berliner, $500:
Clarence F. Norment. $1,000: Harry
Norment, $1,000: w. j. Waller, S1OO:
Judge Mary O'Toole, S25: Robert lee
O'Brien. $3.50; Odell S. Smith, s10o;
r. r. Horner, $50.
Committee in Charge.
The committee in charge of the
fund collection is headed by Mr..
Fleming, who is president of the Riggs
National Bank, and includes the fol-
lowing: w. j. Waller, Daniel j. Gala
nan, Mark Lansburgh and Mrs. Frank
w: Mondell, vice chairmen; I. j. Rob-
erts, secretary, and Jesse C. Adkins
Edward S. Brashears, Col. Wrisley
Brown, w. j. Brown, Morris Cafritz
James E. Colhdower, Harry M. Crandan'
Clarence Dodge. James B. Edmunds, w.
w. Everett, William j. Eynon, H. w.
Fisher Arthur Foraker, G. W.. Fors-
berg, George A. Garrett, Eugene C. Gott.
=. G. Graham, Randall H. Hagner, Will
liam c. Hanson, George w. Harris,
Phillip Herman, Richard W.. Hynson,
Rudolph Jose, Michael A. Keane, John
A. norman, Carl r. Kurtz, John Oliver
La Gorce, Louis S. Levay, Morton J.
Luchs, Leo G. May, w. c. Miller,
Howard Moran. F. P. Morse, John l..
Newbold. Bert L. Olmsted. E. G. Owen,
George Pitt. J. Eris Powell. Edmund d.
Rheem, B. H. Roberts, H L. Rust, jr.:
J. H. Small. A. r. Stewart, Sidney w.
Straus, L. Stoddard Taylor, S. Percy
Thompson, Leon S. Ulman, Harry
Viner, w. B. Van Devanter, Ivan G.
Weld, Roland Whitehurst, George E.
Wyne.
Elaborate preparations for a capacity
throng of automobile travellers to
washington are under way at the
washington tourist camp in East Po-
tomac Park. Maj Charles w. Foster,
in charge of the camp, told inaugural
committee officials today that the tour
ist camp can accommodate between 1900
and 1000 persons if the weather Is
mild. Accommodations sufficient to
shelter $50 persons overnight in case
OF bad weather will be ready for the
visitors for the March ceremonies,
Maj. Foster said. The Washington
tourist camp is one of the few in the
United States that have been rated
as high as 95 per cent good by the
American Automobile Association and
the Mohawk Trail authorities. 1t is
looked upon as one of the model tour
ist camps of the country.
Chairmen to Meet.
While preparations are being made
for the general meeting of committee
chairmen tomorrow afternoon at the
Willard Hotel-the first meeting of the
chairmen and chairwomen in a fort
night-Navy Department officials have
before them today suggestions that the
great Navy airship Los Angeles take
part in the air circus which Chairman
Graham of the entertainment commit
tee hopes will be arranged as a side
SHOW 10 the inaugural ceremony. tn
suggestion has also been placed befcr,
the committee that several large nave
vessels be brought to Washington, o.
near the Capital, so thst visitors from
interior points who have never visual
lied the might of the United States o.
the sea may have an opportunity /
see their sea fighters during the iaau
guration period
1t has been suggested that f1sh
cruisers and submarines. and other YES
sells. which have not too deep a draf
to navigate the tortuous and shallov
Potomac channel. may be brought e
washington for the Inauguration. Tho
cruiser Memphis has docked at the
Navy Yard here. and submarines of late
types have visited Washington on sew
eral occasions In recent years.
Tomorrows meeting at the Willard is
expected to crystalline the plans Of the
general committee so that Chairman
Grant and his aides may work out
skeleton plan for the inaugural cere
monies i'll time for presentation [
President-elect Hoover, when he ar
rives in Washington next Monda
Sidney Lust has been named a memh
of the film section of the committee
press relations and communications.