Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1929, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929.° 54 ARMY AND NAVY CRAFT ASSEMBLE FOR AERIAL CIRCUS CORRIDORS AS SLEEPING QUARTERS—PROMINENT VISITORS FLYERS' PARADE FOLLOWS SPEECH Commercial Ships Held at Bolling by Soggy Condi- tion of Field. Pifty-four Army and Navy airplanes of all types and five dirigibles were in this city or en route here early this afternoon to take part in the mulitary air parade and review following the in- auguration of President Hoover. The Army planned to put 45 planes, including bombing, observation, pursuit and photographic craft, in the air. All but 12 were flying here from nearby fields to participate in the parade and return to their home stations without landing here. Reports at Bolling Field, headquar- ters of the aerial events of the day, were that two Army and two Navy non-rigid dirigibles left Langley Field for Washington at 10 o'clock. The air- lanes made their temporary bases at zocan Field, Baltimore, and the Marine Corps Field at Quantico, Va. Twelve Planes From Bolling. Bolling Field was prepared to put four formations of three planes each in the air. Word was received from Langley Field that a formation of five ©O-11 observation planes had left for Quantico at 9:30 am. to await orders for the rendezvous prior to the parade and that five LB twin-motored bombers left five minutes later for Logan Field, Baltimore. Three formations of three observa- | tion planes each took off from Mltchel; Pield, N. Y., at 8 o'clock for Lognnl Fleld. All the ships at Logan Field | were to recelve instructions by telephone to take off for Washington in time to join in the parade. All the Army planes were ordered to rendezvous in the vicinity of Alexandria, Va., 50 minutes after President Hoover concludes his inaugural address. There they were to be joined by the Navy and Army dirigibles and fly in column from the Capitol over Pennsylvania avenue to the vicinity of Key Bridge, where formations were to break up and the ships return to their home sta- tions. The formations from Bolling Field, composed entirely of observation planes, was to be led by Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois in a plane piloted by Maj. Carl Spatz, commander of the Question Mark on its world record endurance fight. In the formation with the gen- eral were assigned two ships piloted by Lieut. Guy Kirksey and Lieut. John D. Corkille, the latter carrying Capt. Albert W, Stevens, craft aerial photographers, who will make the official aerial pic- wares of the inauguration. in t‘hfi other formations were assighed as follows: Capt. Willis H. Hale, Capt. Thomas W. Hastey and Capt. Charles T. Phillips. Capt. F. O'D. Hunter, Capt. Ross G. Hoyt and Lieut, John M. Robinson. t. Floyd E. Galloway, Lieut.| Charles W. Sullivan and Lieut. Charles P. Prime. Radio Plane Active Early. The_tri-motored Fokker radio plane from Wright Field flew over the city for about an hour and a half this morn- ing to serve as a base for a running radio account of the pre-inaugural cere- monies rebrosdcast, over the National Broadeasting Co. system. ‘The Navy was to be represented in the air by & group of nine 0-2-U observal planes, led by Lieut. Comdr. g’a Witt C. Watson, commandant of ‘They were three by the following officers: Group one—Lieut. Co! D. C. ‘Watson, in charge of the group; Lieut. E. W. Litch and Lieut. A. Soucek. Group two—Lieut. §. W. Callaway, in charge; Lieut. W. G. Tomlinson and Lieut. H, F. MacComsey. ' Group three—Lieut. Comdr. G. F. Chapline, in charge; Lieut. J. J. Clark and Lieut. R. H. Harrell. A fourth group of planes might later take off, it was thought. Planes Remain on Ground. Because of the dangerously soft con- dition of Bolling Field today, pilots of commercial planes which had gathered to take part in two aerial parades today decided to call off their fiying and left their ships on the ground. Practically all of the pilots left the field immedi- tness the inaugural parade from the ground. The commercial pilots met in the operations office at the fleld at 8 o'clock and notified Capt. Burdette S. Wright, chairman of the committee in charge of the commercial parade, of their in- tention not to fly. About eight of the commeraial plmu‘nmgl‘udlnlmtwo Eilg tri-motored transport ships, will rem: at Bolling Pield for the public exhibi- | tion tomorrow. Flyers From Mexico City. Yesterday was one of the busiest days Bolling Field has known in several years. Hundreds of automobiles visited the field during the day, creating a trafic jam which required a score of military police and traffic policemen at points in Anacostia and on the field. While there was not a great deal of flying, and that confin>d chiefly to the arrival of commercial planes, the crowds were treated to several thrills, the greatest being the arrival of Joaquin Gonzalez Pacheco and Clifford E. McMillin from Mexico City. They were accompanied by Maj. Howard C. Davidson, commandant of Bolling Field, who flew to meet them at Crewe, Va., 40 miles south of Richmond, carrying a new metal propeller to replace one which they damaged in landing on the muddy emergency landing field there early yesterday morning. Capt. Albert W. Stevens, crack Army ufl-y photographer, went up for a short flight in a special photographic plane from his_home station, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, with Lieut. John D. Corkilie as pilot, to take pre-inau- gural photographs of the Capitol as al test of the photographic equipment he used last night in m!‘kh’lg flashlight hot hs of inaugural scenes. y Au!‘;'{;lg‘ckker C-2 radio test labatory from Wright Field, which arrived Sat- urday, also went up for a half-hour trial flight to test broadcasting equip- ment during the afternoon. As it taxied over the muddy and puddle-strewn field, it shot columns of mud and water | 10 or 15 feet into the air, the blast of | the propellers whipping the fountains| into cloud-like mist. Planes Arrive. ‘By midafternoon more than a half c{zen commercial airplanes were on the -firking spaces reserved for them at fae north end of the fleld. A commer- scial plane operations office had been astuhfished there in Army tents, and commercial oil and gasoline trucks were on hand to service the visiting ships. ‘Among the commereial planes check- ed in at the field during the last two days were the following: “City of Columbus,” Ford tri-motored transport plane owned by Transcon- | Foi tinental Air Transport and used as a flying office by Col. Paul Henderson, former Assistant Postmaster General, and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The big plane was piloted by John Collings and brought here as passengers from Cleveland Mrs. Collings, Mr. and Mrs. John Coale and Gene Vidal. A new Fokker F-10 tri-motored transport built at Wheeling, W. Va., for Western Air Express, which was flnwnmhzre lr'otm Wheeling by Silas A. dorehouse, with Gus Bteele 85 . ‘The following itinerary has been pre- pared for inaugural visitors who desire to see the most famous historical spots in and around Washington. The most important sites are denoted by an asterisk preceding the name, while the open are given at the end. First Day. Starting point, Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. New Willard Hotel, northwest corner Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue, sit> of the famous old Willard's Hotel. Lincoln stopped there when he came to Washington to be inaugurated President of the United States in 1861. District Building, south side of Penn- sylvania avenue, east of Fourteenth street. Post Office Department, Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street northwest, 9 to 2. *Ford's Theater, Tenth street, between E and F; in this building Lincoln was shot, April 14, 1865. *House at 516 Tenth street, where Lincoln died, April 15, 1865; all day. Patent Office, Seventh and F streets northwest. Old Land Office, Seventh and E streets northwest. Pension Office, north side of Judiciary square, 9 to 2. Court House, former City Hall, south side of Judiciary Spuare. Government Printing Office, North Capitol and H streets northwest, 10 to 2. City Post Office, Union Station plaza. Senate Office Building. *Library of Congress, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays and holidays, 2 to 10, House Office Building. New Jersey avenue and B street; Presi- dent Arthur lived in this bullding for some time after becoming President; site of the proposed new annex to the House Office Building. United States Capitol, where Congress and the Supreme Court sit, 9 to 4:30. Lincoln Park. United States Marine Eighth street southeast. United States Navy Yard, foot of Eighth street southeast, 8 to sunset. War College, foot of Four-and-a-Half street. Grant Memorial, in the old Botanic Garden, First street, between Pennsyl- vania avenue and Maryland avenue. Statue of President Garfield, Mary- land avenue at First street. Barracks, chanic. The big plane is en route to Los Angeles. A Stearman flown here from Boston by Charles I. Emerson, with O. Matthews as passenger. A Travel-Air cabin plane from Bar- tlesville, Okla., piloted by Billy Parker, with Mrs. Parker as a passenger. A Fairchild cabin monoplane piloted sengers, New York Visitors. A Fairchild cabin plane flown here {from New York by Everett W. Chandler, with W. B. Springfield and Lee Tren- holm as passengers. registering, was flown to Washington Alrport. A Lockheed-Vega, piloted by Lee Shoenhalr, from New York, with A, H. Vultee as a passenger. from Wichita, Kans., with no passen- ers. - : A Fairchild monoplane of Colonial Airways, piloted here from New York by Capt. Dudley Rowland, with his wife, A. Brostron and A. N. Rowland as passengers. A Wright-motored Hamilton from Chicago, piloted by Elmer Kane and carrying as passengers Charles N, David, Robert Moflat and Charles E. rd. A Hamilton plane from Cleveland, flown by L. H. Atkinson, with Roths- child Sullivan as passenger. This plane will be used - for aerial photographic work., At the Army operations office there was recorded the arrival of the Wright by Lieut. M. Stensett, Army Air Corps The radio plane was ggiloted by Lieut L. M. Wolfe and canvied two civillan sadio men. ____ hours during which the buildings are | Ben Butler Building, southwest corner | by J. N. Kelly and carrying five pas- | This plane, after | A Stearman, flown by *David Levy | Field radio plane and a pursuit plane flown here from Seifridge Field, Mich,, | *New National Museum, 9 E Sundays and holidays, 1:30 to 4:30. *Old Museum, 9 to 4:30; Sundays and holidays, 1.30 to 4:30. *Smithsonian Institution, 9 to 4:30; | Sundays and holidays, 1:30 to 4:30, Frear Art Gallery, 9 to 4. Department of Agriculture, 9 to 4:30 Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 9 to 11; 12:30 to 2:45. *Washington Monument, 8:30 to 4; Sundays and holidays, 12:30 to 4. Munitions Buildings. National Academy of Sciences, 9 to 5. *Lincoln Memorial, 8 to 5. Corcoran Art Gallery, 9 to 4:30; Sun- days and holidays, 2 to 5. State Department, 10 to 2. Blair House, residence of Montgomery | Blair, Postmaster General in Lincoln’s cabinet. United States Treasury, 9 to 2. *White House, 10 to 3. Second Day. Starting point, the White House. Cosmos Club, southeast corner of Madison place and H street; the old building at the corner was the home of Dolly Madison. Veterans' Bureau, northwest corner of H street and Vermont avenue; site of the old Arlington Hotel. St. John's Church, Sixteenth and H | streets. United States Chamber of Gommesce, northeast corner H street and Con- necticut avenue; site of the historic home of Daniel Webster and W. W. Corcoran and Chauncey M. Depew. Decatur House, _southwest corner, | Jackson place and H street. House at 22 Jackson place, tempo- rary residence of President Roosevelt during the remodeling of the White | in 1802. Efls(cnyetw Square, with five interesting tatues. . *Continental Hall of the D. A. R, 1 4:45. 4. 3.. "lged Cross Building, 8:30 to *Pan-American Union, 9 to Octagon House, New York avenue and Eighteenth ‘street. ‘President Madi- son resided here after the burning of the White House in 1814, Interior Department. Department of Commerce, Department of Justice. : Schlessinger Mansion, Dupont Cir- cle, occupied by President Coolidge while the White House was; being re- paired in 1927. British embassy, Connecticut avenue and N street. Dupont Circle, memorial fountain by French. s Sheridan Circle, with statuz of Gen. Sheridan. Residences of Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover, S street between { Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets, National Cathedral: Woodrow Wilson is buried here. All day. Georgetown University, Key Bridge. Ariington_National _Cemetery and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, All day. Fort Myer. Third Day. Mount Vernon, home and tomb of | Washington; passing through Alex- | Washington, 10 to 3:45. | Thomas Circle, German embassy, | Scott Circle, Carnegie Institute, Scot- tish Rite Temple, French embassy, | Italian embassy, Zoological Park, Bureau | of Standards, Fort Stevens, Howard University, fillration plant, Soldiers’ Home, Catholic University ‘and Rock | Creek Park. L |~ Further information may be obtained | as follows: | Automobile regulations and routes— | American Automobile Association, Sev- |entecnth and G streets northwest, tele- | phone Franklin 4000, | - Automobiles for hire—Classified (yel- | low page) section of telephone directory, pages 25 and 26. Sightsceing busses—Classified (yellow | page) section of telephone directory, | pages 313 and 314. | Street car .and bus routes and .| chartered coachg§—The Capital Tra e andria, distance, 16 miles southeast uft Upper: Some of the troops who were quartered last night in the corridors of the State, and Navy Building. Long rows of Army cots formed the sleeping accommodations. Lower: Mrs. Isobel Auld, first cousin of Senator Charles Curtis, the incoming Vice President, arriving with Chief Ne-Wa-La for the inaugural. —Star Staff Photos. INAUGURAL BALL SUCCESS ASSURED Unofficial Wind-up of Pageant Tonight Will Be Color- ful Affair. Resplendent with the national colors and the official California blue and gold, | ch the Washington Auditorium was await- ing the close of the official ceremonies today to open its doors for the throng expected to attend the inaugural char- ity ball tonight, unofficial wind-up of the great quadrennial pageant of the Nation. With a capacity attendance indicated by the advance sale of tickets, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty, general chair- man of the ball committee, announced today that the lower hall will be thrown open for dancing, following the reception to Vice President Curtis and the visiting governors. The ball already is a success, judged by the overwhelm- ing demand for tickets, and every indi- cation points to the most impressive of the long series of inaugural balls, officials and unofficial. That the evens will excel all past balls in brilllance is assured by the presence of the Vice President, more than a score of governors, the diplo- matic corps in full dress and the uni- formed members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as social leaders of New York, Washington and other cities. Lane of Honor Planned. In the main hall, the guests will dance around a huge circular platform for the musicians, bullt in the center of the floor. 1;)109 dance floor will be surrounded by boxes. During the reception of the distin- guished guests, a lane of honor, formed by soldlers, sailors and Marines, will extend the full length of the hall, from ihe entrances to the stage. Up this lane, the notables weiél ;‘;us t‘:z ::e stage or_to boxes reserv or . Music for dancing will be furnished by five organizations—the Paul §) ht Orchestra, the Strickland-Bonbrest Or- chestra nm‘i’ the ’fm;ny Navy and Marine Corps Band orchestras. Sgher guests will be disabled veterans from the Government hospitals of the city and 85 senior members of the Young Australia League, now visiting Washington. Mrs. Frank Bacon will be hostess to the youths and to 225 girl students of local private academiles. —— e tion Co., telephone West 990; Washing- ton Rallway & Electric Co., telephone Main 10000; Washington Rapid Transit Co. (Sixteenth street bus line), tele- phone Adams 8920. General Information for Women Attend- ing Inaugural. tending inaugural League of Republican ane§ of %he District of Columbia, Willard Hotel, near F street entrance, telephone Main 4420. Guides—1. Licensed guides are sta- tioned about the city. Look for police license badge. No fixed fee, make your arrangements in advance for service by the hour and pay at end of service. These guides are not authorized in all public buildings. 2. At Capitol—Apply at information desk in rotunda. Fee 25 cents per per- son for escorted tour of building. 9 to 4. 3. At Bureau of Engraving—apply at door. 9-11 and 1 to 2:30. No fee. 4. At Treasury—apply at north en- trance. 9 to 2. No fee. Department buildings—apply at door. No fee. 4. ] The John C. Hall Guide Service may be obtained at inaugural headquarters where application should be made to its representative. The rate will be $1.50 per hour, or $10 per day. Inaugural Events Offered for Today and Tomorrow A complete program of public entertainment has been arranged by the inaugural committee for today and tomorrow. The pro- gram follows: Today—8 pm. to 9 pm— Monument grounds—Display of fireworks. ,8:15 p.m.— Rialto Theater, Ninth street between G and H streets—Concert by na- tionally known artists and clubs, and picturization of Washington, “The Enchanted City From Dawn to Dusk.” Tomorrow—10 a.m. to 12 noon —United States Navy Yard open for inspection, United States Coast Guard cutters Mohave, Manning and Apache will be open to public at Navy Yard dock. Bolling _Field— Ground show of Army, Navy and com- mercial planes. 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.—Flights over Washington by commercial planes. 2 pm. to 2:30 p.m.—Air demonstration by ‘Air Forgh 2:30 to 3 pm.— Air demont n by Army Air Force. Thousands of visitors intent on wit- nessing the inaugural parade continued to pour into Washington this morning by scores of special trains and long lines of automobiles and busses. All yesterday and far into the night Pennsylvania avenue and adjoining downtown thoroughfares were the scene ! of the worst traffic snarl since the days | of the Shrine parade five years ago. Across Highway and Key Bridges and over the roads of Meryland visitors poured into the city and down the “Avenue” in a cont'nuous stream. Union Station officials estimate that 125,000 visitors arrived by train yester- day and that the total will have swelled to 275,000 by noon today. At the Traf- fic Bureau no one could be found who would hazard & guess at the number who had arrived by automobile, but it was thought that they would equal thase who came to Wasbington by train. Pedestrians thronged the sidewalks and upon occasions, overflowing into the streets, adding to the confusion and were the causes of a goodly proportion of the frequent accidents which marred the day. Most of the mishaps, how- ever, occured in the outlying districts of the city. Policemen in the congested arees were able to force the visitors to comply with the traffic regulations in most cases, even if they could not keep the procession of motorists moving. As many as four officers were placed in some of the corners on Pennsylvania avenue. Despite their efforts the ma- chines proceeded at a snail pace, some moving not more than a dozen blocks in an_hour. The heaviest congestion was along Pennsylvania avenue at the court of honor and at the Capitol plaza. Opposite the Treasury little at- tention was paid to traffic lights, motor- ists being more intent on edging for- ward a few yards than obeying the warning of the signals which police- men on duty did not try to enforce. A great part of the congestion between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets was caused, Inspector Ernest W. Brown, in arge of traffic, thinks, by the reduced width of the roadway, due to the erec- tion of the stands. Police officlals say the worst offenders were taxicab drivers who persisted in cruising up and down F and G streets between Ninth and Fifteenth streets in search of pas- sengers despite prohibitory regulations. Many of the F street theaters held mid- night shows and the downtown streets were thronged long after midnight. Virginia Governor Arrives, Gov. Byrd of Virginia, and his mili. tary escort, including the famed Ric mond Blues, arrived last night. Home: town admirers of Herbert Hoover from Palo Alto, Calif., also arrived on a spe- cial train, and at about the same time men and women from Northern Ohio who were delegates to the Kansas City | convention that nominated Mr. Hoover came in. “The Prosperity Special” from Chica- go, and the Union League of Michigan; the Hudson County Republican Club of Newark, N. J., and the Middlesex Coun- ts{ g{uh of Matawan, N. J,, arrived last night. From the South came trains bearing Texas Republicans and a group from Montgomery, Ala. Reports from city garages were that most were fillled to capacity. The Tourist Camp in East Potomac Park was a city in itself. Managers said the place was filled to capacity with 1,800 persons making it their headquarters. The American Automobile Associa- tion headquarters reported this morn- ing that nearly 55,000 machines laden with inaugural visitors from every State in the Union had poured into the Na- tional Capital in the past three days, crowding the highways from every di- rection. Of this number, about 15,000 were from distant States, while the others came from Maryland, Virginia and nearby points. Cars from the New England States, New York, Pennsyl- vania and New Jersey were in the ma- jority of the distant points, the asso~ ciation stated. Crowds in Good Humor, ‘The crowds, which for the most part were said to be in a jovial holiday- spirit mood, encountered comparatively little difficulty along the roads and, considering the congested conditions under which the huge motor caravans moved toward the city, mishaps and casualties of the more serious nature were at a minimum. Up to a late hour this morning, offi- THOUSANDS OF VISITORS ARRIVE IN CAPITAL FOR INAUGURATION Special Trains and 55,000 Autos Transport Enormous Influx for Hoover Celebration. cials of the “Three A's” and policemen stationed at the five information booths, located at strategic points in the city, were busy dispensing parking informa- tion, answering querries to directions and giving advice as to traffic rules and special police ordinances in effect dur- ing the inaugural emergencies to the last-minute arrivals. The association maintains an attendant and a uniform- ed policeman to help out-of-town visi- tors at the following points: Wiscon- sin avenue and the District line, Georgia | avenue and the District line; Rhode | Island avenue and the District line, Bladensburg road and the District line and the south end of the Highway Bridge. Clerks at the association's headquar- ters in the Mills Building at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue worked in double shifts until midnight last night and will maintain a similar force today to help visiting motorists while in the city, and to give information re- garding the condition of roads and the best route to use when returning. Officials of the association declared today that there will be ample park- ing space south of B street from the Patgm-c River west to Fourteenth street east. . The lively tempo set by Avenue crowds yesterday afternoon offered a gay spectacle. Such an onlooker, however, had need of agility at crossings, a certain brisk- ness in pacing the public walks, and forbearance when tempted to loiter— for he was forced into gear with the multitude, and swept up and down the Avenue, with small regard for personal tastes or inclination. ¥ This singular lack of self-determina- tion seemed also to apply to the auto- mobiles—riding abreast and bumper to bumper—that traversed the thorough- fare in endless columns. ° Through them the lestrians, ap- parently inviting mutilation at every venture, wove and darted like some er- ratic school of minnows. The traffic %olice, however, were in close touch with the situation. The brisk wind that whipped down the Avenue bore a heavy surcharge of motor vapor—everywhere a din of sirens, while the unified hum of the motors was echoed from a blue sky, where airplanes laden with sightseers cut gleaming arcs against the sun. Flags Vivid Along Avenue. Down the length of the Avenue flags were up and out, vivid stars and stripes whipping the breeze. These showed from every facade and from the tips of the white way colonnade that ranged the thoroughfare. gg on Capitol Hill the guards had brf work with visiting citizens. They crowded into the Capitol rotunda, stormed congressional galleries and looked down into the august chambers of the House and Senate, where the legislators, weary at the close of the session, disposed of final technicalities and strove to maintain their Sabbath- day quorums, . . many contingents it may I .ve sent to national shrines, to museums and art gallertes, never thinned throughout the day. In fact, this assemblage only ached a . grand concentration long after dusk had fallen. Here and there the eye was captured by some bizarre sight. Now it was the sinister, truculent attitude of a m: propped against a poolroom front, sur veying the passing throng through in- scrutable eyes. On every corner souvenir hawkers, strident-voiced, hard- faced, attired in an uproar of fancy vests and suitings, hawked their wares, ms'l’ly to eager customers on every An_occasional Indian strode stolidly by, obviously no whit impressed with the paleface Capital, a gaudy blanket drawn about his shoulders, eyes fixed on swinging on their arms. Kansans in Town. Six-inch _ sunflowers, symbol of Kansans, bloomed on innumerable lapels. The West rubbed elbows with the South and East—with spatted ana sophisticated New Yorkers, ca canes and girl friends in squirrel coats swinging on their arms. ‘The Library of Congress, always an attraction for Washington visitors, was crowded throughout the time it re- rlr:lnmed open yesterday, from 2 until pm. Most of the visitors did not come to read, but contented themselves with seeing the various exhibitions of books and prints and looking down at the reading room from the galleries. Many of them went into the newspaper read- ing rooms and called for their home town papers. The Library will remain open for visitors from 9 am. to 10 pm. today, and the reading rooms will be open for readers from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. [OWA PAYS HONOR 10 FAVORITE SON Delegation of 275, Headed by Governor, Here to Witness Hoover Inauguration. Towa, the bmhxlue of Herbert Hoo- i ver, has sent a delegation of 275 per- sons headed by Gov. John Hammill and 2 band of 70 pleces to see the man whom some of them remember as a little red cheeked orphan boy, made President of the United States. Singing the famed Iowa corn song, they arived in Washington late last night on a 14-car special trani and today they will occupy places of honor on the { platform and in the inauguration cere- monies. President and Mrs. Hoover will receive the Iowa delegation at the White House at noon tomorrow. This word was con- veyed to the Iowans by Senator Brook- hart of that State who met the train here. They will also have a prominent place in the parade. ‘West Branch Well Represented. Closer to Herbert Hoover than any others are the people from West Branch, the little Quaker village, where he was born and to which he returned for his second speech after his nomination. Mollie Carran, his early school teacher, clad in black silk and with a bunch of violets on her coat, has come to do Hoover honor in return for the admiring | tribute he publicly paid her in his West Branch speech. Newt Butler, his boyhood pal, re- %glem:‘enz in polka dot shirt and rain- w_tie, lunch stand to run itself while he takes in the sights of the Capital. Newt has the distinction of having once licked Hoover, but also for love of Hoover he quit voting Democratic last Fall long enough to cast a vote for his old chum. Dr. L. J. h, aged 82, who attended Hoover in childhood sickness and used to take the boy with him on long coun- try drives, was the first man to get a Teservation on the Jowi R has left his soft drink and | ‘Washington. Hale and his years, he trudged thros the snow to the little red station to get his ticket. J. W. Reeder of Topton, who is to have the honor of holding Hoover's hat during the inaygural ceremony and has been promised a seat on the platform next to the new President, walked down- town over icy streets and with a tem- perature below zero to purchase a new silk shirt to wear at the ceremony. despite But the sidewalk crowd, however | 8TOUD HOOVER IS CALMEST IN'S STREET HOME Slips Into Study After Early Rising—Family Full of Excitement. The calmest member of the Hoover | household today was America’s Presi- | dent-about-to-be. While members of his devoted fam- | ily rushed about in suppressed excite- | ment in preparation for the Hoover | “day of days,” the master of the big brick house on 8 street slipped into his | study and skimmed over his morning mail. He had more time for relaxation than | the others, for he was the first out of | bed this morning—arising so early that l':x‘emlud no companions at the breakfast e. Up a few minutes after 7, he gave an eye to the weather, dressed with little fuss and sat down to a simple breakfast at 8 o'clock. | The mail man delivered two large ' bags of mail at an early hour, and the | rresldmt-elec!r hmunifested interest. h} ts sorting. ereweremesufieso‘ congratulation in the pile of Iletters from all parts of the United States and a number of foreign countries. Delays Cabinet Nominations Day. President Hoover will not send the nominations of his cabinet to the Sen- ate until tomorrow. In this respect he will deviate from the eustom of his immediate predeces- sors. Eight years ago today President Harding's first act after delivering his inaugural address was to appear before an executive session of the Senate and present his nominations in person. They were confirmed the same day. Mr. Hoover’s decision made it pos- sible for the new Senate to recess until tomorrow immediately after the vice presidential inauguration. Always shy of the acclaim which has been his lot since graduating from an engineer to a world-renowned human- itarian and statesman, he seemed almost loath to face the plaudits of the throngs which poured into the “parade ground of the Nation” and onto the broad plaza on Capitol Hill, to witness his induction into office. Family Bubbling With Thrills. Nevertheless, he braced himself for the ordeal, cognizant that he had a duty to perform and determined to perform it as has been his lifelong habit to the best of his ability. Mrs. Hoover and the other members of the family circle found themselves | bubbling over with thrills, however. The future First Lady ate breakfast with her uncle, W. H. Henry of Wahpeton, N. Dak, and Mr. Hoover's sister, Mrs. Mable Leavitt. The others, including the two sons, Herbert, jr., and Allan; Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr., and the two lusty grandchildren, Peggy Ann and Herbert Hoover, 3d, drifted to the table at their convenience. Outside the house was gathered a of secret service men and re- porters, the latter intent that none of the goings-on within should escape public notice. Flag Flies Over Lawn. On each side of the entrance to the residence was an American flag, at- tached to a staff pressed into the soft earth of the lawn. A few doors down the street, a silken flag fluttered from the second story of the hopuse where America’s_war-time President breathed his last. It was under Woodrow Wilson that Herbert Hoover first attained fame as an administrator, and if the new President saw that flag, it must have stirred deep emotions within his bosom. There was only one caller at the home during the early forenoon. _Justice Harlan Stone of the Supreme Court, a close friend of Mr. Hoover, visited the house after 9 o'clock and remained there for some time, in conference with the President-elect. Both Retire Early. Lights were out early in the Hoover home last night. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover retired shortly after returning from the intimate dinner at the White House, where they bade informal adieu to the retil President and his wife, Vice ident-elect his sister, Mrs. Edward E. Gann, also were there. Earlier yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover attended Quaker services in the Friends Meeting House at Thirteenth and Irving streets and heard a brief sermon by a Palo Alto neighbor, Au- gustus Murray. Concert to BeHeard In Court of Honor Over Big Amplifiers Amplifiers over the presidential reviewing stand in the court of honor tonight for half an hour will furnish music picked up from Wash- ington's broadcasting stations, and the public will be permitted to occu- py the seats in the stands without charge, to listen, it was announced today by Edwin C. Graham, chair- man of the inaugural entertainment Reeder is 92 years old and has votéd for every Republican President. Recalls Hoover's Boyhood Days. | Mr. and Mrs. James A. Townsend of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Bob"Brooks of West Liberty are others distantly re- lated to Hoover: Mr. Townsend is a second cousin and used to play with Herbert's brother, Theodore. “I recall how we were always run- ning off from Herbert because he was younger than us, but he always came tagging right along.” says Mr. Town- send. He recalls Hulda Hoover, mother of the President-elect, as a woman of jdynamic personality with glowing eyes and red cheeks. 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