Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1929, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929. . -31 of active fighting men as they LEGION BUSINESS WAITS FOR FROLIC National Election and Selec- tion of Convention City on Future Calendar. Br the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, October 1.— Business was officially pushed aside by the eleventh annual convention of the | American Legion today while the 30,000 or more visitors from all parts of the world staged a big parade. But even as the Legionnaires marched through Louisville streets prep: were under way for the two big fights on the floor of the convention—the se- lection of the convention city and the election of national officers. ‘The 1930 gathering will be either at Boston or at Los Angeles. Both cities | presented their invitations to the com- mittee on time and place of the next convention last night and the commit- tee adopted a report which stated that either is qualified to entertain the Le- gionnaires, leaving the matter to be voted on by the convention. Vote Set Tomorrow. ‘The report will be received tomorrow and the vote will be taken after repre- sentatives of the inviting cities have been given an opportunity to present their claims. Election of officers comes Thursday. Legion politics is a peculiar affair in that there are no avowed candidates for office. Those mentioned most frequently for commander to date are O. L. en- heimer, Eldorado, Arl Albert L. Cox, Raleigh, N. C.: Ralph T. O'Neil, Topeka, Kans., and Ned White of Connecticut. ‘The consensus of opinion was that any one of them might be elected. but that a “dark horse” had an even chance. Boston Is Boosted. Caucuses of State delegations have left the commander’s race and the se- Jection of the convention city inore or Jess up in the air, although Pennsyl- vania and Iowa, with a iotal of 115 votes, are boosting Boston. been heard about invitations for the 1931 meeting, but Baltimore wants the Legion in 1932, and Miami, Fla., has announced that it will welcome the gathering whenever a national conven- tion chooses to go there. Le Societe der Quarante Homme ot Huite Chevaux—"40 and 8"—the fun- making secret socisty of the Legion, will hold its big “wreck” tonight and will elect national officers. The society was organized through the efforts of Maj. Joe Breen of Pennsylvania, who, like some 2,000000 other Americans, was deeply impressed by the legend on French box cars. Breen is here for the convention and the “wreck.” — INCENDIARISM SEEN IN 10 FIRE ALARMS Five Injured in Louisville $15,000 Blaze—Legionnaires Drenched. Br the Associated Press, LOUISVILLE, Kyv., fire alarms last night in Louisville'’s downtown business district, in the area | restricted for uss of frolicking Legion- | aires here for the natlonal convention, caused fire department and police of- | ficials to express the opinion today that pyromaniacs were at work. Five firemen were injured in the worst of the flames, which caused dam- age estimated at more than $15,000 to a woman's apparel store. Ths origin | was undetermined, but several of the | other fires started in piles of waste pa- per. Police were convinced these were | incendiary. ‘Hundreds of visiting Leglonnaires and the crowds that joined n their fun and n ‘se-making rolled back in solid waves as the -apparatus made run after run. One crowd was drenched with water. Four of the alarms were false. —_— Despite the great number of automo- biles in London a recent test of the saying that “you cannot cross the Lon- don Bridge ‘without seeing & white horse” was found still to b¢ true. tions | Little has | October 1.—Ten ' I8VILLE, Ky., October 1 (#). Mnyor Willlam B. Hm-ruon Legionnaire, who is handsome and under 45, got a | big hand when he addressed the opening session of the American Legion conven- tion, but if the Pennsylvania delega- tion gets a chance he is in for a shower bath before the “nthnrln' breaks up. It seems that the mayor in a playful mood at San Antonio last year engaged in & room-to-room water night with some Keystoners and came out on top. Had not his military achievements been eclipsed by such extraordinary Kentucky heroes as Willle S8andlin and Samuel Woodfill, John Millis, bank cashier at Russell, Ky., doubtless would ! be accorded greater acclaim at the con- vention. As & first lieutenant of the 354th Infantry he was twice decorated | for extraordinary heroism, being recom- | mended from two different sources for | the Distinguished Service Cross. Frans Lecharli aide to Capt. De Muymer, the Balgnn balloonist, pulled | a good one after the two literally dropped down from the air on the Legion convention. The captain was | being interviewed on balloons and con- | ventions. Lecharlier said something in French about “De L'Eau.” | “My frien mterpretefl the captam, | ny somet | ln,l funnee. He say'ess eet | from water that one acts so in these | countree?" | It was not a League of Nations meet- ing at Geneva, nor yet a disarmament or reparations conference, but an abso- lute impasse was reached. In fact, it was on the stairway from the Seelbach Hotel lobby to the meszsanine. Forty persons or so wanted to go up, 40 want- ed to come down and about 20 wanted to stand on the steps. Einstein must have been wrong. Newton's good old hw"‘ot gravitation finally settled the matter. Lew Ullrich, chairman of the regis- tration committee, walked through the crowd yesterday with $15.772 in_his pocket, mostly in ones, tens and fives. | | The cash represented registration fees |at $1°a throw. Lew lets 1t out that | 32,000 persons have registered and guesses | there are at least 64.000 visitors here. Some people are eco- nomical that way. Lacrosse, Wis.. is represented by a| Ladies' Drum Corps conaisting solely of | men with artistic gowns, rouge, lipstick | and boyish bobs painted down their | cheeks. Two Barns Destroyed. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | CULPEPER, Va, October 1—The large barn on the farm of McDaniel, | near. Korea, filled to the roof with fine hay, burned Thursday, with a loss | of several thousand dollars, partly cov- ered by insurance. The origin of the | fire is unknown. Neighbors who re- | sponded to the alarm succeeded in | saving other fram buildings and the dwelling house, which were for a tim threltened On the same day the bem G. Hiden, near Crooked Run, 10 | mne: from Ci burned. | eper, | In a recent month more than $3,000,- | 000 worth 0f combines were exported from the United States. COAL Our low prices are for cash delivery only. W. A, Egg..$14.60 | W. A, Stove, $15.35 | W. A, Nut.. .$14.75 | .$10.40 | .$10.75 ‘mont Egg... $8.35 w River Egg, $§11.00 | Also Buckwheat; soft coals; fireplace’ and | kindling wood. All our coals are screencd and full weight guarantced B. J. WERNER District 8944 923 New York Ave. NW. 1937 5th St. N.E. | in" position nl’ military squareness as | organizations, men whose hair already CHEERS ON MARCH = 30,000 Men From World’s Four Corners Take Part in Legion’s Big Parade. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky. October 1.—~Men who dragged blistered feet over shell- torn roads in France today blithely kept step with a thousand drums ln. honor of a memory and for the enter- | tainment of a host of applauding on- lookers. Shoulders which 11 years ago drooped dejectedly under pack straps were held | more thln 0,000 men who were “the boys” of 1918 passed the reviewing stand in the parade of the eleventh , national American Legion convention. It was & six-hour parade for those who took part in the exhibition, for every delegation was ordered to be at its allotted place at 10 a.m., and the official closing time was 4 p.m. The line, as formed, extended from the Memorial ~ Auditorium, a few blocks from the downtown district, 3 mileg out Third street to the campus of the University of Louisville, Hours of Waiting. To put on this big show the men who went through history's greatest war, whether on battle fleld or in the tense atmosphere of the homeland, waited for houru at their stations along the line of formation. When the march started for the last group, the parade was just about over, because the time | required to cover the parade route was considerably less than that needed to | complete the spectacle. In the line of march were approxi- mately 100 drum and bugle corps and | almost half as many full-fledged bands, coming literally from the four corners of the Nation and representing every one of the 48 States. Members of these ’ is graying or growing thin, wore. uni- forms™ at once sepctacular and un- comfortable, Some sported fur shakoes, but for the most part th! headgear consisted of “tin hats,” polished to mirror-like brightness. Overseas Cap Adopted. The rank and file of the marchers { wore that masterpiece of discomfort, | the American overseas cap, which has been adopted by the Legion as its only official uniform. It is a hat whose only virtue is that it covers a part of the head. But the 30,000 men who marched | under these conditions walked the hard HE unique feature m of a Character Loan is that you borrow money and start a savings account at the same time — for your small, monthly return payments build up a balance that amounts to one-third the original loan when your final Md thn x‘-mw luna ‘where lll’:rt.bnu Na- tlnnn ofllun and dlnnnlu guests retumzd the salutes of the umln. dele- an; ‘Gen. l!llerhg c;qrter of uuhfl:le t.he mnrchinz thaunmu and next E-me Edward E. Spafford, immediate past tiol mander. com! 3 The two National champion musical organizations at the 1928 convention led the rest of ths marchers. The Mi- ami, Fla., Drum Corps in white uniforms with black leggins and Sam Brown belts and white helmets played under the direction of Omesar LaMoniea and the Wichita, Kans., band had a place of honor along with it. District Marches First. In order of the precedence won by membership and other work during the past year came the State delegations and the foreign departments. The Dis- trict of Columbia was first, then Missis- sippl. Another Southern State, Ala- bama, was third, and then California, with & float representing a relief map of the State, which claims mountains, beaches and other object lessons in physical geography. Wyoming cowboys followed, preparing the way, as it were, for the cowboys and cowgirls of Texas, led by the famous Old Gray Mare Band. which not only played the tune, but provided the old gray mare herself, ridden by a Texas belle. Hawaii Represented. On and on they came past the re- viewing stand. Hawaii, in the Pacific, was represented; Italy and France, across the Atlantic; Pennsylvania, with 4,000 visitors, and Iowa, with 1,000; Indiana and Ohio, with more repre- sentatives than the home State of Kentucky. On down the line until Porto Rico's handful of veterans had passed and the Blue Grass State, deferring to all oth- ers and. marching last, received the applause of those who had gone before and come back to stand on the curb- g and cheer. Four streets and an area of 16 blocks were needed to dismiss the marchers, the line being broken up after pass- ing the reviewing stand in front of the old Colonial Courthouse. 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