Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1927, Page 3

“ | THRONG ON AVENUE - SHOUTS WELCOME Idol Rides in Joyous Triumph Between Tumultuous Walls of Humanity. Col. Charles Lindbergh, the people’s 1dol, rode in joyous triumph up Penn- sylvania avenue to the tumultuous welcome of a shrieking populace ye terday during one of the most spon- taneous demonstrations ever accorded 2 returning hero in the history of the Nation's Capital. To the thousands and thousands who formed swerving walls of hu manity along the route of the march from the Navy Yard to the Mounment Grounds, where President Coolidge and 2 mighty host had assembled to ac claim him, the unassuming 25-year old hero, clad in blue “civies,” typi- fied all that is best in the peace-time spirit of America. He belonged to the people. the mothers, fathers and children who had waited so many hours under a blazing sun to catch a fleeting glimpse of the famous Lind- bergh smile and the cheers of thou- sands left no doubt on that score. Beside him in the automobile in which were also John Hays Hammond end Maj. Alva Sandeford, military gide, rode Lindbergh’s mother. Pride glowed in her face as she glanced from time to time to the rather seri- ous looking son at her right and wav- ed greetings to the crowds on all sides. Hers was.a trlumph which any mother could envy yet which none begrudged. More Than 100,000 Visitors. More.than 100,000 had come from far ahd near outside Washington to extend a welcome to the man whose Bpectacular feat had captured the im- agination of the entire world. Few indeed of Washington's 500.000 re- mained away from the scenes of Lind- bergh's triumphant passage through the city. It was a care-free, pushing, impatient throng that waited the 20 minutes or more for the military units | to pass before catching a glimpse of the man they had come to welcome. Outside the Navy Yard, the tre- mendous size of the crowd was ap- parent as the Lindbergh car, escorted by the “President's Own" cavalry troop from Fort Myer, slowly wended its way to the Capitol plaza, which was choked to the point of suffoca- tion. Ahead of the presidential car conveying Col. Lindbergh and those beadng the dignitaries of the recep- tiol the egbinet, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse and a tordon of motor cycle police rode to clear the way. The unexpected approach of the motor cars took the thousands as- sembled about the Peace Monument by surprise. Down the north side of Capitol Hill the line approached. An officer mounted the Peace Monument | mittee followed four United States |dents and signaled at 12:26 o'clock almost a mile up the thoroughfare. the Avenue, at about Twelfth strest, a Marine officer with binoculars picked up the signal. Parade Carefully Timed. Upon receiving the first signal, Red-Headed Chum Is Credited With Creating “Lucky” A red-headed fellow air mail pilot, P. R. Love, tagged the now internationally "famous prefix “Lucky” on Col. Lindbergh, sup- ting his old nickname of “Slim,” according to P. L. Stewart, who has charge of the air mail to and from Varney Field at Pearia, Ill, exchanging receipts with Lindbergh each trip ahd who was in Washington for the celebra- tion yesterday. It's not but 97 miles in an air | line from Chicago to Peoria, Mr. Stewart said, but nearly every: time “Red” Love made the trip he would hit a head wind and it would take him three or four hours to cover the distance. Practically every time Lindbergh would come along he would strike a tail wind and make the trip in about 50 minutes. These breaks of the air caused “Red” to con- | stantly jest about it to “Slim.” One day. after bewailing his bad luck and his fellow pilot's good luck, he said, “You're the luckiest guy I ever saw; I think I'll call you ‘Lucky’ Lindbergh, first units of the parade made their appearance. Perhaps it was the long- er wait that subdued the cheers in the neighborhood of the Treasury, where there was scarcely standing room. But when “Lindy” showed up, the throng forgot their weariness and nothing could put a damper on their ardor. Appearing in a suit of blue civilian clothes, when they had been prepared to see him clad in uniform, many did not at first recognize Col. Lindbergh. Once the recognition came, others took up the ery, and the police with difficulty forced the erowds back be- hind the ropes when hundreds sought a nearer view. Youthful Hero Solemn. More than once along the route Col. Lindbergh or his mother picked out some single group that caught their eye and seemed to wave or smile es- pecially at them. The youthful hero did not appear to smile very often. To him it was a tremendously solemn hour, despite the enthusiasm that swept up the Avenue. - But she showed his appreciation in occasional flashes of that smile that has gone to the hearts of the people of two continents. ‘When he did, it served only to add fuel to the flames of a long pent-up emotion that was now releasing itself on every hand. The gaily decorated windows from which other thousands looked down on the swarming mass of humanity particularly attracted his attention. As he approached Eleventh street, in the country, stretched across the expanse from the Post Office Depart- ment to The Star Building. It was Postmaster General New’s own par- ticular- conception of greeting his re- turning air mail pilot. Behind_the automobiles conveying the members of the reception com- loaded with 500,000 mail trucks, rar up | letters of weicome sent to Lindbergh |i by admirers from all sections of the country. This also was done at the suggestion of Mr. New. Gen. Rockenbach at Head. Gen. Rockenbach, as commander Biig. Gen. S. D. Rockenbach, U. S.|0f the Department of Washington A., marshal of the parade, passed the |and grand marshal of the parade. word to the waiting 2,000 men, “For- ward, march!” Without a falter or a single check to the carefully worked out plan of march, the parade slowly made way up the broad avenue to the tune of martial airs. The time had been 50 ‘carefully planned that there was harily more than a two-minute wait before the cavalry troop.and car bear- ing Lindbergh formed behind . the military in the line. The main body stretched to less than three blocks from the Treasury. Lined up in it, all told, were 1,800 officers and men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and the District Na- tional Guard. It required about 20 minutes for the military units to pass, and at 12:46 o'clock it was swinging around the bend at the Treasury to- ward the Monument Grounds. Out to See “Lindy.” Washington is accustomed to mili- tary parades, perhaps more than any other city in the country, and the crowd vesterday was out mainly to see “Lindy,” as the name sounded on countless lips. Nevertheless, the ap- proach of Gen. Rockenbach, like a courier of long-awaited news, was the signal for an outburst that rippled and swelled along the Avenue. Blocks away, near the Treasury, thousands took up the cry, “Here they come!” People forgot aching feet and tired limbs, to crowd and push and klbow some more for points of vantage. There were cheers for the soldierly- lookjng Fort Myer contingents and other cheers for the Marine Band and the battalion of Quantico Marines in their “blues.” But the contingent in the military parade that made the hit of the day was the three companies of Uncle Sam’s naval boys. They had discarded their bluejackets for white duck, and as they swung along with easy, businesslike strike the crowds yelled their enthusiasm. As the naval units passed up the Avenue to the waiting thousands be- Yond, the units of the District Na- tional Guard brought up the rear of the military parade. They are Wash- ington’s own and were given a loyal reception. Impatiently Await Hero. But the crowd, on tiptoe and elbow- ing, was impatiently awaiting the hero of the day. He came, a clean- looking, smiling boy, who seemed to be wondering what it was all about, but happy nevertheless. And-beside him sat the proudest mother in the United States. What cheers had greet- ed the military units seemed faint and distant murmurs compared with the great roar that greeted his : r ance. Hats and handkerchiefs were waved frantically, people fought to get to the front and cries of “Lindy! Tindy!” rent the air and rolled up the ‘Avenue to be picked up by thousands of others blocks away. Seldom before in the history of Washington has a people who have horne for years a reputation for be- ing somewhat blas vent to such spontaneous greeting. Col. Lindbergh rode calmly through the masses that swerved at the picket lines strung along the street, his face lighting up with pleasure as some special incident caught his eye. He had been feted by vast crowds in Paris &nd London, but these were *home folks,” and there was no deny- ing the genuine appreciation that swelled in his heart. Farther down the below 5 ite Avenue a of sm ISHED LIK all kind le. THE RE| nickel. " RE BLE ¥O ¥ any _person o K Tt B, TROWBRIDGE, Ngugatuck. Conn. iz RUGS. 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More music by the 3d Cavalry Band enlivened the zero hour for the spectators as the mounted troops from Fort Myer, commanded by Maj. A. R. Chaffee, trailed behind. These consisted of the 16th Field Artillery (less one troop) and the 2d Squad- ron, 3d Cavalry (less one troop). Behind the Fort Myer contingent came the famous Marine Band in full dress uniform, which has officiated n every great national celebration since the founding of Washington. It was followed by a battalion of Marines, in their “blues,” from Quantico and the Marine Barracks, commanded by Maj. William F. Harrison. Sailors Make Hit. Following the Marines marched the Navy Band, accompanied by three companies of white-jacketed sailors, trim fighting men, who swung along in businesslike fashion that made a hit with the crowds. They were com- manded by Lieut. Comdr. H. L. Mer- ring. l\ll:aj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- mander of the District National Guard, accompanied by his staff officers, brought up the rear of the military procession. Behind them marched 500 men, comprising the various units of the National Guard. Theirs was really a post of honor, for they marched in front of the automobile carrying Col. Lindbergh, his mother and John Hays Hammond and the “President’s Own" escort of Cavalry from Fort Myer. As the head of the parade reached Fifteenth street at the Treasury, the column swung gracefully down the street to B street and thence on to the Monument grounds, where the President was waiting. Official Reception Committee. The official reception committee, fol- lowed in automobiles behind the Lind- hergh car and the “President’s Own" troop, as follows: The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General. Commissioners Dougherty, Talia- ferro and Bell. Senators Copeland, Curtis, Hale, Harrison, Hawes, Robinson of Arkan- sas, Reed of Missouri, ‘Schall, Ship- stead and Swanson. Representatives Britten, Wyant, Bacon, Moore of Virginia, Cole, Jones of Michigan, Ramseyer, Evans, Busby and Bloom. Executive committee — Miss Mabel Boardman, J. Harry Cunningham, E. C. Graham, Lieut, Col. U. S. Grani 3d; William Green, M. A. Leese, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Frank B. Noyes, Maj. Gen. M. M. Patrick, L J. Roberts, Brig. Gen. S. D. Rockenbach, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, W. C. Gri 5 1 _committee—Porter Adams, - F. W. Ballou, Ira E. Bennett, Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard, Maj. Gen. John M. Clem, F. Trubee Davi- son. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, John M. Gleissmer, Warren 1. Glover, Joseph C. Grew, Maj. Gen. Creed mond, David Lawrence, M John A. Lejeune, commandant Ma Corps; Willlam P. MacCracken, jr.; Avery C. Marks, jr.; Comdr. Edward J. Noland, C. I. Putnam, Lieut. Charles H. Reilly, E. P. Warner, J. G. Yaden, Charles Lockwood, Representa- tive Fish. Guests of the committee—Comdr. A. C. Read, U. 8. N.; Charles Evans Hughes, Nathan Miller, Robert Nun- gesser, brother of Capt. Nungesser; Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, U. S. N. John C. Lodge, uncle of Col. Lind- bergh; R. R. Blythe, Col. Lindbergh's personal representative; A. L. Grimes, Dr. C. H. Longley, J. H. Levis and K. T. Martin, Wild Scramble Follows. The end of the parade, as Col. Lind- bergh passed down B street to the Monument grounds, was the signal for one of the wildest scrambles that Washington has witnessed in many years. Down the Avenue as far as the eye could see the -tn% seemed alive THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE FLYER GUEST OF MINNESOTA STATE SOCIETY. Left to right—Miss Bede Johnson, president of the Minnesota State Society, which honored Col. Lindbergh at a reception at the New Willard Hotel last night; Col. Lindbergh and Secretary of State Kellogz. ‘Washington, admittedly blase to the comings and goings of the famous, modest young man who rode up fa- mous Pennsylvania avenue yesterday to receive honors from the hand of his President for the exploit of first crossing the Atlantic in a non-stop airplane journey from New York to Paris. In the crowds, the real voteless resi- of Washington, the honest warmth and affection for the return- ng hero was genuine, even to the eves of the calloused reporters of ‘Washington who have “covered” na- tional and international events for a generation. The heartiness of the demonstration along the line of march was only surpassed by the manifest pride that this quiet young man was an American as they. It was a dramatic spectacle. The procession served to bring enthusiasm gradually step by step in the banks of citizens lining Pennsylvania avenue solidly. The presidential automobile went by. A youth, smiling back as the sun beamed down on him in a wistful sort %mmntee. including members of | his gaze met the largest perfect flag |opened its heart to the unaffected, resplendent in mnew uniforms, Who |of way—half dreamy, half stunned at heralded the approach of the popular hero with martial airs. the outburst—almost denying by the looks of him that he was the Ameri- can who blazed the airway from talion, 12th Infantry, commanded by | America’s shore to the door of Paris, sitting in the automobile with a proud mother at his side. Police Hold Crowds. His personality caught the crowd. He sat staring straight ahead while deafening shouts went up. It was like a mighty billow, that sound. Thunderous in intensity, from thou- sands of throats at a time, it rolled along with him, drowning out the loud music of the bands ahead. And yet, on the whole, Washington crowds did not overstep the bounds of orderly conduct. Not one single seri- ous mishap along the route did the pclice report. & “We'll hold them,” the police said confidently as the crowds swelled deeper and deeper on the sidewalks, straining at the cable barricades. And they held them. There was a bit of a skirmish at the foot of Capitol Hill, when the crowd swept from the south of the Peace Monument Circle toward the exit from the north roadway, down which the procession passed. That was all over speedily. A slight wait while the column got movingr A bit of maneuvering about by the police and order reigned again. Press Is Tremendous. The press as the procession entered the Monument grounds was tremen- dous, Thousands of Government workers just out of departments, thronging, pushing, elbowing their way for a good sight of the national hero, presented a problem that was efliciently handled and solved by the military guards and police stationed thereabouts. Sooner or later the mill- ing mass of humanity quietly subsid- ed to a peaceful status, and as the presentation of the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross was made by the President it was a qulet crowd that watched, and watched its fill. It was a happy crowd. Smiles were tha order of the day. Even policemen seemed to have lost their official gruff- ness. It was an honest crowd. There was no mistaking the absolutely genuine quality of its welcome. Imbued with the spirit of the host and intermin- with people. Women bearing babes in arms, with two or three children tug- ging along behind, joined in the mad rush to get across the Avenue to the more open spaces of the park. With a blazing sun bearing down upon them, scores of women and men were obliged to give up the long vigil before Lindbergh arrived and seek more comfortable shelter in less crowded streets or in hotel lobbies, Here and there some one succumbed to the heat and was carried away and others in the Monument Grounds sought relief at improvised Red Cross first-aid stations. Thousands of persons who joined the mad rush to the Monument, where the President awaited Col, Lindbergh, never got within sight of the reviewing stand. They turned back disappointed or remained in al- most forlorn hope. Despite the im- mense crowd that gathered about the Monument, fully 200,000 or more, there were few scenes of disorder. Long before the hour of the parade the Avenue and streets leading to it were crowded with waiting people. Hundreds had brought their lunch. Some few came as early as 8:30 o'clock and remained seated during the long hours. An hour before the parade, the sidewalks were jammed almost’ to a point of suffocation, swarms pushing their way in oppo- site directions. It was for the most part a good-natured holiday crowd that took trampled feet and pum- meled ribs as a part of the bargain, worth a chance to see “Lucky Lind- bergh.” One visitor to the city, a man who had fought in the Civil War, paid a tribute to Lindbergh that expressed the thoughts of countless thousands. “] take my hat off to that young BLASE CAPITAL OPENS HEART TO MODEST HERO OF POPULACE Cosmopolitan, Orderly Crowds View Spectacle —Pickpockets, Detectives and Vendors Thread Masses. gling_with that sense of hospitality a proud understanding of the privilege bestowed on the city, Washington went to every extreme to show Charles Lindbergh that he was truly welcome, Crush of Humanity. The first big crush of humanity assembled at the circle around Peace Monument. Probably the biggest crowd of any along the line of march, however, embraced the thousands grouped about the avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets. Packed solid on the* sidewal the embank- ment of the parking space around the Winfield Scott statue ved to give still other eager ones posts of vantage. Then there was a big general jam on Pennsylvania avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets and along_Fifteenth street down toward the Washington Monument. This throng, mostly made up of workers from Government departments, ap- parently was a bit more repressed than at any other place along the route. There was some confusion there, for only shortly before the Government departments had dis- gorged their workers, ere the proces- sion started moving toward its goal. It was a cosmopolitan crowd. Easi- ly discernible from tell-tale luncheon parcels and bundles were those here just for the day to pay a tribute to a national figure. There was a really cosmopolitan block on Pennsylvania avenue between Third street and John Marshall place. Men and women of four of the five races on earth gathered there to honor Lindbergh. In Single Purpose. Red men, yellow men, white men and black men all joined their voices in a single purpose. The tribes that spring up in the wake of great throngs also lined the route of march. A sweet-voiced singer between Ninth and Tenth street his “Lindy” song, telling the man how proud all were of 2 mingling in the familiar strains of the old “Red, White and Blue.” He sold songs for a quarter a copy. The sidewalk merchants who sold little “‘welcome” buttons with air- planes dangling from them were not missing: balloon men, cold-drink men, sandwich men, all plied their trade. On the lower avenue, there were al- most as many different sorts of seats for the persons viewing the parade as there were sorts of people. Some chose rough, unfinished boxes for seats; others sat on benches, set up by throwing planks over two boxe while others purchased from enter- prising small merchants a $1 seat on an automobile cushion set on boxes, each cushion accommodating three persons. Camp stools, camp chairs, straight-back chairs, sofa cushions, and in some cases a curbing cushioned with a newspaper furnished seats for others. Veterans In Busses. There were others, who sat in auto- mobiles and viewed the procession. These were boys from Walter Reed Hospital, who with special permission from M Hesse, chief of police, were allowed to utilize the sightseeing busses bringing them downtown, as their reviewing stands at the Botanic Gardens on Pennsylvania avenue ne: third street. Unable because of crip- pled limbs, to stand the press and movement of a crowd, they watched from comfortable seats aboard the busses while the procession went by. Two classes of persons in that throng vesterday used it for business purposes. One class was the slender, furtive, quick-moving members of “pickpocket mobs” descending on the city from out of town who succes: fully plied illicit trade in various sec. tions. The other class was the silent group of unobtrusive men who sta- tioned themselves in doorways and shop window alcoves back from the crowd, especially watching for oper: tions of the first cl They we the detectives. They succeeded their work, too, at a few points, The crowd’s fancy was taken by one figure with the Marines. Stand- ing scarcely three feet high, but with his chin back in military fashion and s little chest expanded, S-year-old Jack Bradman marched with the de- tachment from Quantico, to which his father belongs. ek sported corporal’s chevrons bn his slecves, in Flowers Beneath Hoofs, At several points along the linesof march _enthusiastic members of the crowd tried to throw bouquets of flow- ers into the car carrying Lindbergh and_his mother. Their arms iere weaker—far weaker—than their senti. ments. In virtually all cases the flowers fell beneath the hoofs of the horses forming the bodyguard. In one case, however, a_bouquet reached Mrs. Lindbergh. This was just east of Sixth street, where dimin- utive Nicholas Weston of 2004 Six. teenth street northeast, sneaked under a barrier and sped over to the auto- mobile with an armful of roses. He threw it in and was out from under the horses in the bodyguard with inches to spare. Questioned as to who detafled him on the errand he man,” he said gravely. “That is the spirit of the young men who will save America.” could only reply, “Some man in the crowd.” Mrs. lbergh clasped the bouquet and smiled her thanks to the donor in the packed mass of people on the curb. All told, that half hour of parading left an indelible mark on Washing- ton's memory yesterday. The city will doubtless often smile back with warm recollection on yesterday during the years of its history to come. LINDBEREH IN LETTER Legislature Authorizes State Sena- tor Markham to Convey Its Official Tribute. The State of Wisconsin officially joined in tribute to Col. Lindbergh yesterday through State Senator W. H. Markham, and the University of Wisconsin offered to confer its prized athletic “W” upon the young man. who for two years was a_student at the university. Lindbergh indicated he would be proud to have the letter. Senator Markham, who is a mem ber of the executve committee of the National Flood Control Conference, was in Washington on flood matters, and was asked by his Legislature to extend the official greetings of the State. ““Wisconsin wishes to extend to you personally its sincerest greetings,” wrote Senator Markham in a letter to Lindbergh, “upon your successful spanning of the Atlantic by alr with- out stop, and the Wisconsin Legisla- ture has authorized me to convey these greetings to you in behalf of the people of the State. “Taking cognizance of your attend- ance at the College of Engineering for a period of nearly two years, the university authorities would like to confer appropriate honors upon_ you, and by so doing express appreciation of what you have done. I suggest that the 'Athletic Department would be glad to confer the Wisconsin letter, providing you would value the same.” CHAMBERLIN;S MOTHER WILL DEPART TONIGHT Expects to Leave for New York, Where She Will Sail for London. By the Associated Press, DENISON, Iowa, June 11.— C. Chamberlin, mother of Clarence Chamberlin, transatlantic flyer, ex- pects to leave here tomorrow night for New York, where she will sail for London to meet her son and visit her sister, Mrs. Georges Pillotelle, and other friends. She plans to stay in London for a month. Mrs. Chamberlin foday interrupted preparations for her journey to send congratulatory telegrams to Charles Lindbergh, the returning New York- to-Paris fiyer, and his mother at Washington. rs, E. FRAVE STUCCO BrOCK BLOCK METAL Tin Roofs—Concreting Roofs Painted—Gutter & Spout. We Remodel, Kebuild, Repair S‘I’ON EBRAKE W, Whew! Blistering Heat? 1 Should Worry! My Car Is Protected Against the Weather! Sy L BEST-BILT GARAGES 58 PER All Steel MONTH | Wood Frame WA N 200 K St. N.E. Lineoln 10100 12, 1927-PART % HERD MERE SPECK SEEN FROM PLANE Reception Described as Viewed 3,000 Feet in Air at 100 Miles an Hour. Three thousand feet in the air and a hundred miles an hour. Far below a long gray sliver cleav- ing through a murky river a channel of white, Thousands of v colored specks lining the banks, from the air a silent army waiting to greet the conqueror of the air. This is the way the home coming of Col. Lindbergh looked to a reporter for The Star strapped in a fast ob- servation plane behind Capt. I. FL. Edwards, Army pilot, who maneu- vered his plane in a dress parade of the air in alignment with two other observation planes. With the sensation of being sus- pended in space, although our plane wad driving through the air at a speed of more than 100 miles an hour with the same regular vibrations that heartened Lindburgh as he piloted his craft steadily along the uncharted air lanes over the sea, we passed over the Memphis not once but a dozen times ere she docked. Sees Flyer on Bridge. White figures, looking like tiny dolls, lined her decks. From our height we just could discern a little knot of figures on the bridge, one of them the youth for whom the very air buzzed with joyous tribute. His fellow aviators, soaring through the element in which he won his fame, afforded him the homage of their skill and daring. Looking as though some ogre of the air had gathered a fleet of toy boats in his huge hand and then tumbled them helter skelter in a tiny river far below, the unofficial escort fleet which lined the river in the wake of the Memphis appeared to be composed of diminutive ships, pointed every which way. Although scores of planes were in the air our little group appeared to be isolated from the earth. Once a great flock of planes passed over us; several times planes cut beneath us, and not far off, looking like a giant cigar wrapped in tinfold, coursed the dirigible Los Angeles, appearing to be dreamily floating in space. No Sensation of Speed. Although we were shooting through the air at a rate of nearly two miles a minute there was no semsation of great speed, the scenery far below did not present a rushing panorama. But one moment a glance over the side of the ship would reveal the Memphis di- rectly below and the next moment as we wheeled high in the air the green hills of Maryland, miles away, would be_beneath. From our plane the very country- side was seen to pay tribute to Charles Lindbergh. As the time for his ship to dock approached, the roads leading to the city were deserted, looking like narrow steel gray bands, bare of the tiny black bugs seen on land as auto- mobiles, which crawled through Wash- ington streets. The people of the surrounding country had gone to the river to watch the passing of the Viking of the air and in their absence the very trees, ruffied by a breeze which did not touch our plane, appeared to bow to the man of the hour. The tumult and the shouting on the land and on water did not penetrate to the province of the air. Only the sight of an occasional white puff of steam from the whistles of ships gave us an inkling of the riotous din which must have been thrown from bank to bank of the river. » Pass Over Memphis. For the last time we banked, turned and circled over the river. The saucy coast guard patrol boat which we had passed earlier as it led the Memphis bearing Lindbergh to his triumph to the dock where awaited his mother and those delegated to do him formal honor, had long since disappeared. ‘When we first sighted her we passed over both her and the Memphis in a few seconds, although she was half an hour ahead of the cruiser. The Memphis veered toward the dock. We turned upward toward the clouds and roared through the ozone in final salute to the modest figure who stood thousands of feet below us. MT. VERNON STEAMER Charles Macalester Leaves 7th St. Wharf Duily 10 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. Round Trip, 85¢ Admission, 25c Cafe and Lunch Counter on Steamer Mt. Vernon not open on Sundays Co-operative Apartment Hames Washington's Most Destrable ‘o-overative Bullding Bullt by MeRB: FOR SALE To Close An Estate Apt. 402 The Netherlands (Co-Operative) 5 Rooms, Recp. Hall & Bath Aot. 56 The Avondale (Co-Operative) 4 Rooms and Bath Inspection of Above Apartments By Appointment 'A‘_MBRlCAN"_SEggggw? Real Estate Dept. | | Committee Gives Lindbergh’s Routes Along City Streets Following are the routes an- nounced for Col. Lindbergh's trips through Washington to- day: This afternoon at 1:15 o'clock: Route to Arlington—East on Massachusetts avenue to Eight- eenth street, south on KEight- eenth street to Virginia avenue, east on Virginia avenue to Sev- enteenth street, south and east around the Tidal Basin to Fourteenth street, south on Fourteenth street to and across the Highway Bridge to the Mili- tary road to the south gate of the cemetery. Returning '— Through Fort Myer and Rosslyn across the Key Bridge to M street, east on M “street to Thirtieth street, north on Thirtieth street to Q street, east on Q street to S| teenth street and north on Six- teenth street to Walter Reed Hospital. From Walter Reed Hospital to the Capitol—South on Sixteenth street to Massachusetts avenue, east on Massachusetts avenue to New Jersey avenue, south on New Jersey avenue to east front of the Capitol. From Capitol to temporary White House—North on New Jersey avenue to Massachusetts avenue, west on Massachusetts avenue to the temporary White House. CHAMBERLIN DANCES WITH GERMAN BEAUTY Wife of Press Chief Has Honor of | Being Only Partner of “Toted Flyer. By Radio_to The Star and Chicazo Daily News. Copyright, 1927, BERLIN, June 11.—Else von Bali- gand, nee von Bulow, wife of Geheim- rat von Baligand, assistant press chief of the German republic and high foreign office official, claims the unique distinction of being the only German woman who has danced with Clarence Chamberlin. Hardly had the dancing started at the dinner dance Friday evening at the American Club, when Frau von Baligand and Chamberlin appeared and danced a long onestep with sev- eral encores. Frau von Baligand, young and_beautiful, is regarded as one of the best dancers in Berlin. “How does he dance?” the writer asked her later. “Beautifully,” she answered. “He dances as well as he flies. I deeply appreciate the unusual opportunity I had of being the only Berlin woman to dance with your hero.” e Eats Fruit Tree Pests. The orchard oriole, sometimes called basket bird, is found in Eastern North America, over the central plains, south to the Gulf of Mexico. The tribe is of sufficient numbers, says the Na- ture Magazine, to be useful to the agriculturist as a destroyer of injur- HICAGD DESIRES T0 OBTAIN FLYER | Thompson Is in Capital t Extend Invitation—City Greets Coming Noisily. By the Associated Pr CHICAGO, June 11.—With its chief executive at Washington to invite Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to visit the city, Chicago expressed its joy at the re turn of the transatlantic fiyer to his homeland in ways that were rem. iniscent of the first Armistice day cel ebration. “He's here,” through the el the iser Men was the word flashed s Lindbergh left phis at Washington, Immedi the downtown district reverbe with the screech of motor sirens, whistles, bells, firecrack- ers and anything that would produce noise. From office buildings fluttered clouds of paper and twisting strands of ticker tape. The bedlam spread from the “Loop” until bells and whistles in every sec- tion of the city took up the tumuit. 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