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VOLUME XXXI, No. 275
LEAGUE RECEIVES “WAR-KILLING” PROTOCOL
FLOOD MENACE IN THREE SOUTHERN STATES
Skull of Bisham’s Mother Shown Jury
Swollen Rivers
Endanger Life
and Property
RICHMOND, Va.—An additional flood warning
| to all points along the James river east of Lynchburg
! and “especially to places east of Columbia” was is
| sued Wednesday morning by the local weather bu
! reau. The bureau said the river would continued to
I rise until late Wednesday night or Thursday.
ATLANTA.—SwoIIen river* resulting from recent
tcurenti? ’ rains in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia
Wednus* ay were menacing life and property, although
the danger in Virginia early Wednesday was reported as
diminishing.
RICHMOND FACES
CREST OF FLOOD
Richmond, however, still was
facing the worst part of the flood
when the crest of the James river
flood was expected by noon. Early
today the James at Lynchburg had
reached 18 feet and was reported
receding. At Columbia, the 28-
foot mark had been reached and
the water was still rising. Aggra
vating the situation for Richmond
the flood waters of the Rivana were
roaring into the James. The United
States weather bureau forecaster
r.i Richmond said he expected the
vr'ar to reach the 16-foot mark.
The only report of bridges washed
..y in Virginia came from Roa
r„lte wfiShe the Roanoke river
re ,, ohed.«Jts highest stage singe
tain.
Travel in North Carolina was
virtually paralyzed as a result of
damage to highways and railroads.
In many cases trains were re
routed in order to keep them go
ing because of washouts. The
maintenance forces of the state
hir.hway deartment were ordered to
snsend oerations and devote their
ef’nrts to aiding stalled traffic.
Thousands of acres of crops
v e’-e reoorted inundated along the
Cape Fear, Tar, Roanoke and
Neuse rivers and a dozen smaller
streams along the coast a storm
of hurricane proportions had added
its share to the damage.
TRAFFIC IN SOUTH
GEORGIA PARALYZED
Traffic in southern Georgia was
paralvzeu due to submerged and
washed out highways and rail
rofids.
The weather bureau at Macon
issued warnings to residents in all
valleys of the Ocmulgee, Oconee,
Altamaha rivers that the re sy lal ]
banks would be overrun from hall
a mile to five miles in many places.
Railroad gangs were busy re
pairing damages to tracks of th.
Atlantic Coast Line and Georgia
nnd west coast railroads
Tuesday caused three wrecks. No
one was injured in either, although
several of the train crews had
narrow escapes.
TAKING STOCK OF
DAMAGE IN N. C.
RAT.EIGH, N. C.—Eastern North
Carolina Wednesday was taking
stork of the damage wrought by
the recent heavy rains which car
ried most of its rivers out of their
banks and caused losses ns yet
unestimated to the farmer who had
crops standing in the fields.
Though the danger had not yet
passed it was expected Wednesday
the Cessation of the continuous
rain that the streams soon would
begin to recede.
The flood crest early Wednesday
was passing down the Cape Fear
river opposite Fayetteville. Here the
water was at a height of around 40
feet. The Roanoke river also was at
its crest at Weldon with a flood
stage of more than 35 feet.
Thousands of acres of crops are
under wa'er and damage had been
done to roads throughout the east.
The state highway system suffer
ed heavily.
Gas Price Is Reduced Three
Cents In Nine Southern States
ATLANTA. Ga.— Nine southern
rtates, North Carolina, South Caro
:ina. Georgia. Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi. Arkansas, Louisiana
and Tennessee, are affected by a
reduction of three cents a gallon In
the retail price of filling stations
casollne through announcements
Tuesday night by the Gulf Kefln
ing Company’s representatives in
New Orleans and Atlanta.
This company Is the only one of
the large distributors of gasolfne to
make the reduction announcement
although It was reported in Atlanta
that a gaso Ine price war through
out the south is impending. In
' iemphis the Standard Oil Company
of Louisiana, announced local re
duction of two cents a gallon. The
Gulf Comoony mad* only • two*
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
Judge Caverly
Has Nervous
Breakdown
CHICAGO.—Judge John R. Cav
erly, who on September 16, sen
tenced Richard Leob and Nathan
Leopold, Jr., to life imprisonment
for the murder of Robert Franks,
was stricken \,ith a nervous breax
down immediately after the close
of the trial, hut is much improved
in a hospital here, former Judge
Charles A. McDonald announced
Wednesday after visiting the judge.
That the judge had been in a hos
pital or that he had had a break
down was unknown to his most
intimate friends, Judge McDonald
said. *
REFUGEES POUR
INTO SUM
SHANGHAI. The Kiangsu
forces fighting to gain possession
of Shanghai from the Chekiang
army launched an offensive at 10
o’clock on Tuesday morning, nine
miles southwest of Sunkiang, along
the line of the Shanghai-Hagchow
railway firing across a stream
where the Cheking forces were en
trenched.
Thousands of refugees are pour
ing into Shanghai today from
Sungkiang on the strength of the
activities there Tuesday which
continued with sporadic firing
AVednesday morning. Neither side
has resorted to the use of artillery
yet, according to three wounded'
Chekiang soldiers who arrived here
by train Wednesday.
MUKDEN FORCES
CLAIM KIENCHANG
TOKIO. —Mukden forces of. Gen
eral Chang T#o-Lin, Manesurlan
leader, whose armies are fighting
for possession of the central gov
ernment of China, Wednesday re
ported the capture of Kienchang, a
town in Chihli province 55 miles
from the Chihlian - Manchurian
border, according to a dispatch
from Mukden to the Kokusai News
agency here.
TOKIO. —A general engagement
between the forces of Chang Tao-
Lin, Manchurian leader, and Pekin
troops opposing Chang's attempts
to overpower the central govern
ment of China was in progress
Wednesday on the Jehol front, ac
cording to announcement from the
Mukden headquarters of Chang's
army and received here today. The
same announcement told of the cap
ture of Chifeng. 150 miles north of
Jehol. by Mukden troops.
cent reduction in Memphis also.
The announcement of the Gulf
Company In Atlanta was followed
quickly by two of the largest in
dependent companies, the Reed Oil
Company of Georgia, and the Wof
ford Oil Company which operates in
Alabama and Georgia.
The retail price of the fuel varies
in different parts of the south. The
price in Atlanta, under the reduc
tion which goes into effect Tues
day is 20 cents a gallon. In Chat
tanooga it will be 16 cents. Memphis
reports its price Is 16 cents.
Officials here of- the Standard
Oil Company declined to make any
comment Tuesday on the prospect
of that ompany Joining in the re
duction. The district manager was
out of the city and not expected
to return for several days.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
BROOKHART fiSKS
FOR RESIGNATION
OF CHAS. DAIS
Republican Senator De
clares Coolidge’s Running
Mate Has Wrecked Party’s
Campaign
DES MOINES, lowa. A
meeting of the republican cen
tral committee was called Wed
nesday for noon Thursday at
which the situation brought
about by Senator Smith W.
Brookhart's statement of last
night demanding that Charles
G. Dawes withdraw as the re
publican candidate tor vice
president, it was announced
Wednesday by State Chairman
B. B. Burnquist.
CHICAGO. United States
Senator Smith W. Brookhart
made public Tuesday the text
of a letter lie mailed today to
Chairman AVilliam M. Butler of
the Republican national com
mittee, condemning the record
of Charles G. Dawes, Republi
can vice-presidential nominee.
“Charles G. Dawes has
wrecked _ the Republican cam
paign, especially in the north
west. Senator Brookhart write.
He detailed his charges and
concluded the letter with this
paragraph:
"For these reasons I desire
to request that the Republican
national committee take steps
to secure the resignation of
Mr. Dawes as the Republican
candidate for the vice-presi
dency. In his place there should
be selected a farm bloc candi
date, not an imitation farm
blocer, but one of the fighting
typer, like Senator Norris, of
Nebraska, in whom the farmers
have the utmost confidence.”
Senator Brookhart is seeking
re-election on the Republican
ticket in lowa.
HERE’S THE TEXT OF
BROOKHART LETTER
The text of Senator Brookliart’s
letter follows:
“Charles G. Dawes has wrecked
the Republican campaign, especial
ly in the northwest. He started
.out like a hold-faced ’plutogog’ but
his discourtesy and ungentlernanly
language quickly reduced him, in
his own vocabulary, to a mere ‘pee
wit plutogog.’
“His 'sulphuretted hydrogen’ bank
record, as established by the su
preme court of Illinois the day he
was nominated, renders him unfit
for the public service, and he
should be removed from office. His
official defense in this transaction
by a noted Democratic lawyer only
makes this conclusion more em
phatic. The claim that he was
ignorant of the import of his act
and only regarded it as a friendly
(Continued on page two.)
AUTO WRECK FATAL
TO FELTON OGLESBY
OF MILLEN, GEORGIA
P 1
MILLEN, Ga.—Felton Oglesby, of
Millen, was Instantly killed Tues
day night about ten o'clock, when
his roadster turned turtle about ten
miles from Millen, on the Millen
and Bylvania road. It is generally
conceded that fast driving was the
cause of the untimely death of Mr.
Oglesby.
In the car with Ogiesby were
Misses Dlekey and Doyal, who es
caped uninjured, but were severely
shocked from the accident. Mr.
Oglesby has been in the employee of
Turner Lumber Company, of this
city, for a number of years and was
well-regarded in this city. He is
survived by his mother and several
sisters. Interment will be in Mc-
Donough Cemetery in Koreven coun
ty.
HANDCUFFED MAN WILL DRIVE AUTO HERE
FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHOUT SLEEP
H. C. Cole to Begin En
durance Test Thursday
Afternoon, Starting at The
Herald Building
Driving an automobile through
Augusta's streets for five nights and
five days, without *leep, and while
hsndruffed. will be the novelty
"Sergeant'' H. C. Cole will demon
strate here beglnnnlng tomorrow,
Thursday October 2nd, In front of The
Herald Building
He has driven in this manner
through the streets of soma of the
eountry's biggest titles. His drive
is an endurance test, together with
proving that an automobile can he
driven carefully while both wrists
ar. bound together by a chain
There Is no "catch" In this unique
ride The driver will he accom
panied by a ren^eac ntatlve of The
Herald at noon Thursday at the be
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 1, 1924
State Rests In
Murder Case
atConway,S.C.
Offers Will of Mrs. Margie
Black As Final Link
BIGHAM IS CALM AS
MOTHER’S SKULL SHOWN
Court Reserves Decision As
to Admitting Black Will
As Evidence
CONWAY, S. C.—The skull of
Mrs. M. M. Bigham, widow of a
former state senator, was intro
duced in evidence Tuesday in the
second trial of her son, Edmund D.
Bigham, on a charge of murder in
connection with the killing of Mrs.
Bigham, her son, Smiley, her daugh
ter, Mrs. Margaret Black, and Leo
and John McCracken, adopted
children of Mrs. Black.
The defendant displayed interest
but no emotion as the bullet pierc
ed-skull of his mother was shown
to the jury by Dr. N. B. Finklea. of
Florence county, who with other
physicians exhumed the body last
week, three and a half years after
the tragedy 1 .
The body was exhumed and the
skull exhibited to the jury to settle
a question which had been raised as
to the range of the bullet which
caused Mrs. Bigham’* death. Tes
timony of phyaiciana indicated that
she had been shot from the rear
and the bullet ranged downward.
Other witnesses Tuesday told of
quarrels between Edmund Bigham
and his brother, Smiley, over the
administration of budainess affairs.
Tho defense of Edmund Btfriam
is that Smiley Bigham killed the
other four member* of the family
and then killed himself. The state
is seeking to prove that Edmund
wiped out his entire family in order
to obtain control of the estate.
STATE RESTS AFTER
INTRODUCING WILL.
CONWAY, S. C.—Offering the
will of Mrs. Margie Black as the
final link in the chain of circum
stantial evidence it has been forg
ing, the state rested late Tuesday in
the second trial of Edmund D. Big- |
ham, charged with murder In con-,
nection with the death of L. Smiley]
Bigham, his brother; Mrs. Black,,
his sister: Mrs. M. M. Bigham, his |
mother, and Leo and John Me- >
Cracken, small adopted children of!
M rs. Black.
Judge Hayne F. Rice reserved de- *
cislon until Wednesday on whether \
or not Mrs. Black's will would be -
admitted as evidence. Tho state 1
had examined thirty witnesses from |
the opening of court last Thursday [
morning until Attorney Phillip H. j
Arrowsrnith, assisting Solicitor L. I
M. Gasquo in the prosecution, an- ]
nounced that with the introduction •
of the will the state would rest.
The defense is scheduled to begin
presentation of its witnesses im
mediately after Judge Rico's decis-
Contlnued on Page 2
DAVIS WILL MAKE
TWO SPEECHES IN
MARYLAND TODAY
BALTIMORE.—John W. Davis,
Democratic presidential candidate,
will make his first appeal to tho
voters of Maryland Wednesday.
Two addresses ar« scheduled for
the nominee, the first at an open
mass meeting at Frederick in the
afternoon; the other at the Fifth
Regiment armory In Baltimore.
More than 8,000 chairs have been
placed In the armory but it Is said
“0,000 persons can be accommodated
and this number is expected to
hear Mr. Davis. Loud speakers
have also been Installed outside the
hall to lake core of a possible over
flow. Tho address will be radio
broadcast through station WCAP,
Boston.
ginning of the ride. He will first
traverse every downtown street, and
remain within the corporate limits for
the remainder of the five days.
The start will be made from the
He Aid Building, Thursday, Oct. 2nd,
and will finish Tuesday, at noon In
front of Palmer, I'hlnlr.y and Con
nell, 627-62'J Broad Street. A new
Studebaker Special Six will be driven
by Sergeant Cole, which Is equipped
with a Willard Battery Hnd for the
entire trip lied Arrow ties and LlberjA
Motor Oil, both from the Peoples Oil
Company, will he used exclusively.
The only soft drink used by Sergeant
Cole will he Orange Cruah In the
"Krlnkly" bottle. Montell, the photo
grapher. will he on hand Thursday at
noon to take pictures for the Herald
of the starting of the five day endur
ance test. Sergeant Cole extenda a
cordial Invitation to the public to be
on hand tomorrow to witness the
start of the five day trip. Several
prominent citizens of Augusta will
handcuff Sergeant Cole to the wheel
and start him off on the trip.
OLD AND NEW
•1 I*
WALTER W. HEAD
AValter W. Head of Omaha will
retire from the presidency of the
American Bankers' Association at
LaFollette’s Political
Doctrine Is Attacked
at Bankers’ Convention
CHICAGO —William E. Knox, president of the Bowery Savings
Bank of New York City, Wednesday was unanimously elected pres
ident of the American Bankers Association, Oscar Wells of Birming
ham, Ala., was chosen first vice president.
CHICAGO —The political views of
Robert M. LaFollette, independent
| candidate for president, were sharp
ly attacked at Wednesday’s session
| of the American Bankers’ Assocla
, tion's general convention.
I Previous sessions had confined
themselves to condemnation of the
principal planks in the platform of
the independent candidate, whoßc
name was not mentioned, but
Tuesday he was specifically named
as "the nation’s chief liability” in
an address prepared for delivery by
John E. Kdgerton, president of the
National Assqclatlon of Manufact
urers.
Mr. Edgerton declared "the ele
ments of distrust and suspicion,
prejudice nnd hatred, discontent and
vengeance have been multiplied are
being brought together Into a dan
gerous power by an enterprising
genuis from Wisconsin who Is nev
er happy except when conspietios
as either a destructions or ob
structionist.”
Except for the human element of
I‘fc’sponsiveiiess of the egotistic to
the appeal of the demagogue, he
declared, "that arch demagogue La-
Follette, and all other demagogues
. . , would he compelled to find
some useful employment for their
misapplied talents.”
"If there is anything against
which tho citizens of our country
would hurl its resistance” he con
tinued, "it is tho Impudently arm
of our courts by cunningly devised
Summary of the News
GENERAL
Leaflu* receives covenant to “annihilate" wars.
Swollen streams menace three Southern states.
Brookhart demands resignation of Dawes.
Davit makes first appeal to Maryland voters.
Thousands of refugees pour into Shanghai.
President Coolidge to address Washington baseball team.
LaFollette’s politics assailed at Bankers’ Convention.
Judge Caverly In hoepital from nervout breakdown.
Frost in aevaral Southern etates Tueeday nighs.
Gasoline prices reduced in South,
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Pan-American Congress meet* in Atlanta.
Ira Wastberry on trial for life at Brunewiek, Ga.
Jenkins County prepares for annual fair.
National Nut Grower* Association meela at Cuthbert.
Expect unprecedented tourist travel through Georgia.
Felton Oglesby killed in auto accident near Millen.
Mre. Bigham’a skull shown jury at Conway, S. C.j state reel*.
South Carolina Insurance Commission hear* appeal*.
W. R. Callaway put under %4,000 bond et Aiken.
South Carolina roads being repaired after washout*.
/ SPORTS
Washington prepares for first world’s sarias game.
Boston ends in seventh place by beating Senator*.
Cobb rajoicea at Waahington’a triumph.
White Sox and Cub* begin city sense.
Fort Worth end Memphis meet in crucial game.
Welker and Barrett in title bout Wednesday night.
Statistics show Senators best in outfield.
A. R. C. prepares to meat Bateaburg-Leeaville here Friday.
LOCAL V jk V
Boat injunction hearing nears completion.
Temperature here fall* to 46 degree*. .JB
Full boat testimony of Mayor Smith published. . V
Lawton B. Evan* make* appeal for boy* high tchool. VAVaw
Babti Herbert Straus blames public for sex movie*. mfvVSB
Pres dent’s Club endorses school bond issue.
Handsome gift fpr W. H. Vincent, formrr auditor.
Augustans to attend Wilke* County Fair.
WM. E. KNOX
its annual convention now being
held in Chicago. William E. Knox,
of New York, first vice-president,
will succeed him. *
statutes and amendments to the
constitution. It has become a fad,
or rather a disease to amend our
constitution and by amending it to
render it in operation, the wisdom
of Its original architects.”
DELEGATES ARE
URGED TO VOTE
CHICAGO —All members w're
urged "to get out and vote” for
tho protection of their interests in
the report submitted Wednesday by
the resolutions committee of tho
Amerloan Bankers’ Association.
Other resolutions proposed for
adoption condemned "confiscatory
taxation systems” said to be In force
in some slates and apposed amend
ments to the constitution tending to
curtail the powers of the supremo
court.”
The report advised bankers not
to dream of a "return to normal
which Is not normal” but accept
present price levels as the basis
upon which business must operate.
Neither the return of pre-war level
nor of inflated war time levels In
the opinion of t?ie committee should
be counted on.
In the work of the agrlulturnl
committee it was commended and
its continuance urged.' A resolution
favoring co-operative marketing
was also reported.
It was learned that an unsuccess
ful attempt was made to get the
committee to Introduce *i resolu
tion endorsing a certain co-opera
tive enterprise by name.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Plan Leaves No
Loopholes, Says
General Report
GENEVA.—The amended draft protocol on arbitra
tion and security was presented to the assembly of the
league of nations for its approval Wednesday accompa
nied by a general report, historical and analytical in na
ture by M. Politis of Greece, and Dr. Benes of Czecho
Slovakia, official reporters for the two commissions which
jointly framed the document.
Frost In Several
Southern States
on Tuesday Night
ATLANTA, Ga.—Frost in several
southern states Tuesday night ami
Wednesday morning wns In many
cases the earliest In a quarter of a
century but no duniage Is believed to
have resulted from the visit of the
forerunner of colder weather to come.
C. F. Von Herman, mcteorloglst of
the weather bureau here declared
Wednesday morning that the frost
was probably not heavy enough to
causse damage anywhere In this sec
tion. Frost was In evidence in Geor
gia as far south as Macon and wns
also reported in Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi nnd Tennessee.
30,000 TOURISTS
Expected to Pass Through
Georgia and Florida
•
ATLANTA, G*.—Unprecedented
tourist travel through th* South
tills winter is forecast by Ray
mond Beck, field manager of the
American automobile association
who hns Just closed a tour here of
the roads in the South.
Although the roads in some parts
of Georgia show a deplorablo lack
of upkeep, stated Mr. Beck, we may
.expect to see 30,000 tourists travel
ing through Georgia and Florida
this autumn.
Say King Hussien
Still Holds Mecca
LONDON—King Hussien of tho
Hedjaz, still holds Mecca, accord
ing to tho latest reports from Cairo
and the Wahabis tribesmen have
made no further advance on the
holy city.
Washington Casts Off
Its Dignity to Greet
Pennant Winning Club
WASHINGTON. —The Amer
ican league champions arrived
here ehortly before 1) o'clock
from Boston. Bespit* the ear
ly hour, a crowd estimated by
some to number nearly two
thousand, rushed the gates and
greeted the players as they left
the sleepers In tho train shed.
Each player was cheered by
name as lie stepped from the
train and tho team literally hnd
to battle its way to the wait
ing taxicabs. They expressed
themselves as expecting a tough
struggle with the Giants, but
they were confident, that the
"fight” that landed them at the
top of the American league
would also net them the world's
championship.
Walter Johnson, It Is under
stood, is the selection of Man
ager Hatrls for the first game
and Zachary, a Houthpaw, his
choice for the second contest.
Marberry, who has been most
successful In trimming the
Yankees In New York this sea
son, is said to be favored by
Harris to open in the first New
York game.
W A H HI NOTON Sophisticated
old Washington cast off its dignity
Wednesday to welcome home in
snndlot fashion Its American Lea
gue pennant winning baseball club.
For about the first time in history
the city had a chance to stage Its
own parade, cheer its own heroes
and forget that It was the sedate
capital of the nation.
High officials of the government
slighted their state duties to turn
out for the general scramble for
points of vantage along Pennsyl
vania avenue and shout a yell
greeting to the team that has given
the city its first pennant in the
annual annals of baseball.
President Coolidge, a week ago,
had carefully reserved an hour
from the demands of his official
duties to take a leading part In the
homecoming celebration, every de
tail of which had received the of
ficial stamp of approval of a com
mittee appointed by the district
i The reception committee ar
ranged to meat the players at the
American League baseball park in
HOME
EDITION
WPATUICD Augusta and vicinity: Fair and con.
VVCMinCn tinued cool toniflht; Thirsday fair.
DECLARE PLAM
IS AIR-TIGHT
Special chapters are devoted to
condemnation of aagressive war,
compulaory jurisdiction of the
world court of justice the
atrenglhening of pacific methods of
procedure, the domestic jurisdic
tion of the states, sanctions and
reduction of armaments all of
which form features of the pro
tocol. Th* conclusion of the re
port which fills 20 printed pages,
contains observations of a general
nature.
“Our purpose,” aays the report,
was to make war impossible—to
kill it, to annihilate it. The plan
drawn up leaves no loopholes; it
prohibits wars of every descrip
tion and lays down (he rule that
all disputes shall bo settled by pa
cific meant.
“If tha smallest opening were left
for any meaaure of force the whole
( system would collapse, it added,
and to this end arbitration is pro
vided for every kind of dispute, and
aggression ia defined in such a way
at to give no cause for hesitation
when the council of the league has
to make a decision.
“PEACE OF WORLD
IS AT STAKE.”
The reports declare that these
reasons led the framers of the pro
tocol to fill in ‘be in »h< league
covenant and definite sanclsn* in
such a way that no possible means
could be found for evading them
nnd thaht there would be a sound,
definite basin for a feeling of se
curity.
"The peace nf the world is at
stake,” continued the report. "The
fifth assembly has undertaken a
work of world wide importance,
which if it succeeds is* destined
profoundly to modify present polit
ical condition*. If we succe, .1 the
league of nations will have render
ed Inestimable service to the whole
modern world.”
The report ends by begging th*
nssembly to examine the protocols
witli care and to recommend then
to the various governments for ac
ceptance.
FORMER PREMIER
18 APPLAUDED
Former premier Brland of France
(Continued on page 2)
automobiles and whisk them to
Peace monument, th 4 starting point
of the parade in order to enable
the team to take a snappy workout
before the celebration.
Because pretty much the entire
city seemed to want to march In
stead of look on, the committee
limited the participants In the pro
cession to a few representative
bodies. A squadron of mounted po
lio fornsed the van of tho colorful
mar. bets. Other units included the
United States cavalry band from
Fort Myer, the Washington Riding
and Hunt Club attired In scarlet
hunting coats; ten of the city’s
‘most beautiful young girls” dress
ed In white and mounted on white
horses and a truJii of automobiles
carried representative citizens.
By starting the parade from Peace
monument at 4:30 p. m. the com
mittee allowed 30 minutes for the
march down the avenue to the El
lipse back of the White House at
which point the program provided
for a brief address to the players by
th* president.
As a finishing touch to the pro
gram of welcome the team will be
guests at a banquet Wednesday.
Announcement was made Wed
nesday that practically all of the
30,000 reserved seats In the ball
park had been sold for the first two
games of the world’s series with the
New York Giants to be played here
Saturday and Sunday. This, it was
said, leaves only about 6,00“
blueacher seats to go on sale for
each contest.
FIRE
Servant or Master?
' t
Think it over
during
Fir* Prevention Week
Oct. 5 to 11.