Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-18
REQUEST
TIME LIMIT IS SET
February 26 Made DeadIine
by Chairman Stephan
for Applications.

AS requests for places in the inaugural
parade continued to come in ever
increasing numbers, Chairman Stephan
of the parade committee today set A
time limit of February &c for applica-
lions in the parade to be acted upon.
Virtually all the larger units in the
second division have been given places
in the parade, but many small groups,
including marching clubs and other
state units, continue to apply for places.
Some of these groups may be accom-
modated after February &c, but Gen.
Stephan stated that few applications
VIII be granted after that date, and if
they are given places in the line of
march, they Will not be identified in
the printed order.
Assurances of their presence in the
parade have been received from 26 State
governors, most of whom will be &C
companied by their personal stats and
IN some cases by crack military units
or units from the State National Guard
Inose VINO have assured the committee
they Will take part in the procession
are Bibb Graves, Alabama: John II.
Trumbull, Connecticut: G.. Douglas
Buck. Delaware: Doyle E. Carlton. Flor
ida; L. g. Hardman, Georgia; Louis l..
Emmerson, Illinois; John Hamill. Iowa:
Elem d. Sampson, Kentucky; William
7. Gardiner. Maine; Frank L. Allen,
Massachusetts,: Fred w. Green, Mich
igan; Theodore Christianson, Mime
sofa; Theodore G.. Bilbo, Mississippi:
Arthur j. Weaver, Nebraska; Charles
w. Tobey, New Hampshire; Morgan r.
Larson, New Jersey; Richard c. Dillon,
New Mexico; Myers Y Cooper, Ohio;
John S. Fisher, Pennsylvania; Norman
5. Case. Rhode Island; John G.. Rich
ards, South Carolina; Dan Moody.
Texas; John E. Weeks, Vermont: Harry
Z. Byrd, Virginia. Walter j. Kohler
wisconsin; Frank c. Emerson. Wyoming
Claims Seniority as "Hat Holder"
The President ELECT apparently must
act as a judge in a threatened contro-
versy over the privilege of holding his
hat while he takes the oath of Office
at the Capitol. Under custom origi-
mated more than half century ago.
there has been an official hat-holder at
most inaugurals. This year two old
friends of Mr.. Hoover are vieing for
the job. Newt Butler of West Branch.
Iowa. who claims to have licked the
5tuffing out of Bert Hoover" when the
latter was a lad, is one of the candi-
dates Tor the post of hat-holder, The
other is the 92-year-old j. w Reeder
OF Upton, a few miles from West
Branch, who also claims the honor
chiefly on ground of seniority.
Three United States Coast Guard cut
ters-the Mojave, Manning and Apache
VIII be moored at the Navy Yard from
March to March 5, and will be open
to inspection on March 2 and March
from 10 to II am. On March 2, from
.:3u 10 1880 pm, concert of Latin
american music will be given at the
Pan-American Building. Admission
VIII be by card only.
chairman e. F. Colladay of the gov
ernors reception committee has named
Matthew Quay Chaser of New York
special vice chairman to receive the
Two men to be sent as proxies for him
by Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt of New
York. One is the State commissioner
OF education and the other will repre-
sent the State National Guard. Chaser
VIII also be official chaperon for the
entire New York delegation, aided by
Maj. Robert o. lawson
Fire Engines Not to Halt Parade.
Special arrangements have been made
by Fire Chief George S. Watson to so
distribute his fire apparatus that If a
blaze breaks out on either side of the
parade route during the procession it
will not be necessary to stop the parade
to allow the passage of fire vehicles.
Apparatus stationed on the north side
of Pennsylvania avenue will take care
Of that side, while apparatus on the
south side of the line of march will
take care of that side Fire rescue
squads will participate in the emer-
gency arrangements, and will be at
their regular stations.
The latest addition to the parade is
a unit of 20 veterans of the Civil War
from the Jefferson Davis Confederate
Home at Beauvoir, Miss. Elnathan
Tartt, superintendent of the home, will
accompany the aged men here.
Several rooms have been engaged at
the Martinique Hotel for the men and
women who worked with Mr.. Hoover
overseas and while he was in Wash
ington. They will hold reunion dur
ing the inaugural.
Women of California will present to
Mrs Hoover on the day she becomes
| the First Lady of the Land bouquet of
California blossoms. They will be
brought to Washington on the Palo
Alto inaugural special train by Mrs.
D. E. r. EaSton, which is to leave San
Francisco February Is. Arrangements
| are under way to obtain space for the
California delegation in the audience
at the Capitol. The train will arrive In
Washington March 3.