Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-02
RAINY INAUGURAL
NOW IN PROSPECT
Wet Weather May Cancel
Aerial Shows Today; Crowds
Reaching City.
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, y. Cooper. Ohio.
John Thomas TAYLOR. Roy l.. Neu-
hsuSer with Gov John s. Fisher. Penn
Sylvania: Charles r. Stark. jr,, Joseph
A. Burkhait with Gov. Norman s. Case.
Rhode Island. Col Joseph Fairbanks
With Gov John E Weeks. Vermont:
John Lewis Smith with Gov. Harry F..
Byrd Virginia; w. c. Hanson. Col p.
M. Anderson with Gov. Walter j..
kohler, Wisconsin Josiah A. Van
OrSdel with Gov. Frank c. Emerson,
Wyoming
Graham McNamee. Phillips Cariu
! Milton j. Gross and John Is Daniel,
veterans of the microphone. arrived in
Washington yesterday ana went over
arrangements for the radio broadcast
ing today
Al inaugural headquarters i'll the VIII
lard. John c. Hall, transportation rep
reSentative of the committee. directed
visitors To transportation companies.
lille he housing committee tunctIoned
AZ the Union Station. furnishing in
coming visitors with transportation and
| housing for the inaugural period
AT five OF The main automobile en-
frances to the city representatives OF
the American Automobile Association
were posted III information booths 10
not familiar with traffic, parking and
other inaugural arrangements. The
! traffic representative also furnished
, visitors with copies of a program pre-
pared by the committee on historic
sites, headed by Miss Mabel Boardmsn,
| former District Commissioner.
Fete May Break Record.
! As the vanguard OF thousands OF
visitors to the ceremony converged on
/ Washington today, no doubt remained
! that Herbert Hoover'S inaugural 48
! hours hence will rank among the most
! coiorful peace-time feteS OF American
history.
! The chief actor in the quadrennial
| drama. his cabinet complete and his in
augural address ready for delivery. re-
manned in the quiet of his S street
home. while elsewhere in the Capital
| last minute preparations looking toward
! Monday moved feveriShly TO climax.
AT the executive offices little more
than mile away, undisturoed by the
! hustle and hustle of last minute in
augural preparations. President Coolidge
| devoted his energies to a full day OF
work. Piled high on his desk were the
usual large number OF last minute bills
and resolutions from the slowing mills
! The Official inaugural program map
ped out by the inaugural committee
began today but the initial entertain
ment was merely intended TO give the
visitors to the Capital something to
busy themselves with while waiting for
inaugural day itself. There was con-
siderable doubt as TO the extent OF an
aerial show planned by the Army AND
Navy this afternoon, but cavalrymen
and artilerymen at Fort Myer were
! prepared TO go through their scheduled
drill. Several State societies we're 10
keep open house Though the afternoon
and evening, and Washington society
tiuttered through round OF enter
tainmentS.
Two Of the central figures in the
drama were concerned intimately in the
final legislative jam OF the Seventeen
Congress. One OF them-Vice President
Dawes-found the concluding hours oil
his four years service as presiding
officer Of the Senate only little less
hectic than those OF the opening session
OF 1925. The other-Charles Curtis OF
Kansas still q Senator. but soon TO be
the Nations second in command. chose
to stay out the tenure of his senatorial
leadership and remained with his col
leagues. The retiring Vice President is
'
Club at special dinner in his honor
while President Coolidge is to entertain
the cabinet at the White House.
Picture Almost Complete.
Visitors TO the Capital today found
the inaugural picture almost complete
except for the man and the hour. On
the great plaza in front of the Capitol
a white pillared portico rose high above
I the pavement. ready for the coming oil
Herbert Hoover. and about 1t stretched
a vast expanse OF bright timbered
benches from which 5000 persons viii
see the chosen of the electorate pro-
nounce the words of official obligation
and hear him announce his policies 10
the world in his ainaugural address.
Over the mile -a-half length on
! the inaugural parade route, extending
from the Capitol To Nineteenth street.
/ temporary bleacherS and covered grand
! stands were ready 10 seat 10000 more:
Directly in front of the White House.
in a court of honor, bright with new
! bunting and evergreens, stood the closed
/ reviewing stand from which the new
/ President will watch the passage OF the
( 10000 persons come 10 do him honor.
Notwithstanding the drenching rain
! which fell last night and today, WASH
| ngton is a city of bunting and flags,
, fiuttering on the chill breeze and drip
| ping in the rain. Downtown nearly
every ialnppost holds alOft America
| flags with crossed standards and an
American shield between. Ranked by
! streamers of the blue and gold OF
Hoovers California. Autographs OF the
! President elect and the Vice President
elect look ont IN profusion from the
windows of smart stores and embellish
Al - r.f ho Ghnns
on lower Pennsylvania avenue. Proud
/ 10 he host once more 10 an inaugural
| throng the city has decked itself OIL,
! in all it's tinery
! The ceremonies Monday Will begin
! soon after 10 am. and 1t may be .
/ o'clock in the afternoon before the
! last unit of the lengthy parade has
passed The presidential stand, and Presi-
dent Hoover has turned from the
/ plaudits of the crowd to the waiting
: desk in The White House. Through
! out most of this period the radio Will
! carry to the corners of the country q
! description Of every phase of the chang
ing picture of the inaugural. To aid
/ the listener who wants to know all that
! goes on the Federal Radio Commission
has asked all stations not broadcast
/ ing the inaugural ceremonies to mini
! mige interference between II m. and
! q pm, Eastern STANDARD time.
! No accurate estimate of the number
of visitors already thronging the
4 crowded Capital is available. but as
trains arrived hourly. the list of dis
tinguished visitors grew with arrival of
governors and State delegations pre-
/ pared to take part in the inaugural
! festivities few hours hence. Weary
/ hotel clerks and Swamped taxi starters
| agreed that when the crowd finally col
j., lectS late tomorrow it will be one of
: the greatest Washington has ever seen.
! Maj Charles Demonet. president of
! the District of Columbia division OF the
Reserve Officers Association, announced
! today that he has places in the in
/ sugural parade for additional Reserve
| officers Those desiring to participate