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GULLIOM X-RAY i TURNED AGAIN > [ ON KLAN ACTS {36*Page Document, Filed in ij Circuit Court, Asks I SIFTS JACKSON SUPPORT General Seeks to | Bare Expenditures in State Campaigns. Attorney General Arthur L. GilJiom demands to know about 119 matters concerning Ku-Klux Klan, and today went after the information by filing a 36-page document, asking that number of questions, in the Marion County Circuit Court. It was the second move in his campaign to have the Klan ousted from Indiana, and was filed in connection with his suit asking that the Klan’s State charter be revoked, on the ground it has failed to carry out the “patriotic” purposes for which it was chartered. Gilliom calls upon Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan; Joe Huffington, grand dragon for Indiana, and other officiels to answer—and to answer under oath. Quizzes on Duvall Through the interrogations he istrives to throw light upon how the Klan supported John Duvall for mayor of Indianapolis in 1925, how it wielded influence to have only Klansmen or Klan-approved candidates elected to office in Indiana, and seeks to reveal the machinations of the organization at the Democratic national convention in New York in 1924. When, according to Evans, the Klan was “responsible for the nomination for the presidency of John W. Davis.” “Who was the candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1924 that the Klan supported?” is a question hurled by Gilliom, who cites from Exhibit 2, the January, 1928, issue of World's Work, having an article written by Evans entitled, “The Ballots Behind the Klu-Klux Klan.” “How did D. C. Stephenson, Indiana Klan chief, now serving a life term for murder in Michigan City, make the Klan a political issue in Indiana?” Gilliom also asks. Other questions include: “Did Stephenson make an effort to influence Indiana Klansmen to vote for a slate of candidates comprised of both Democrats and Republicans in the 1922 general election?” . Queries n Lynch Ballot "Did he in the same election try to influence Klansmen to vote for the Democratic opponent of Patrick J., Lynch, Republican nominee for the office of clerk of the Supreme Court?” Z. T. Dungan, a Democrat, was elected. “Did the Klansmen vote in concert for the opponent of Lynch because he w'as a member of the Roman Catholic Church? “Does the Klan or its officers intend in any way to engage in any activities in the State calculated to influence selection of delegates to the next Democratic State and national conventions?” Gilliom also asked if the Indiana Klansmen hired Senator Thomas Heflin, Alabama, to make speeches in Indiana during 1927 for the purpose of creating sentiment among Democratic voters against the nomination of Alfred E. Smith for president by the next Democratic national convention. If so, he asks, *‘How much did the Klan spend in this State on account of Heflin’s speeches?” Other questions asked were: “Did the Klan operate in a bi(partisan manner in Indiana in 1922, 1924, 1926, and will it do so in 1928, ‘to elect candidates favorable to its organization?” Asks About Expenditures "How much money did the Klan fcpend in Indiana, since its admission, for the purpose of exerting political influence in the primary and general elections?” “Is It the attitude of the Klan that an American citizen who also Js a loyal member of the Roman Catholic Church is incapable of icomplete patriotism to our country?” “Why do Klansmen wear robes end disguise their faces and is this n requirement?” “Does the kind of patriotism that the Klan practices or teaches require secrecy and undisclosed identity on the part of the members, end if so, why?” By direct questions, Gilliom seeks to learn the manufacturers’ price on regalia and emblems sold Klansmen, Whether it wras imperative that these eupplies be purchased from the imperial wizard, and what percentage he added for his own profit. Busses Cut ‘Honeymoon Fares’ ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan. 16. So heavily have busses cut into the honeymoon passenger traffic between New York and here that the railroads have cut their rates almost in half. OUR OWN PIES and pastries, firry them. FLETCHER CAFETERIA, Basement Fletcher Trust Bldg. ggo * gfc te.ffiflji gw*4aertofr‘

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S.VA,*! DINt AUTH °R-^'THE BENWN CHAPTER I IN THE offices of the Homicide Bureau of the detective division of the New York police department there is a large steel filing cabinet ; and within it, among thousands of others of its kind, there reposes a small green index card on which is typed: ODELL, MARGARET, 184 West 71st Street. Sept. 10. Murder: Strangled about 11 p. m. Apartment ransacked. Jewelry stolen. Body found by Amy Gibson, maid.” Here, in a few commonplace words, is the bleak, unadorned statement of one of the most astonishing crimes iu the police annals of this country—a crime so contradictory, so baffling, so ingenious, so unique, that for many days the best minds of the police department and the district attorney’s office were completely at a loss as to even a method of approach. Each line of investigation only tended to prove that Margaret Odell could not possibly have been murdered. And yet, huddled on the great silken davenport in her living room lay the girl’s strangled body, giving the lie to so grotesque a conclusion. The true story of this crime, as it eventually came to light after a disheartening period of utter darkness and confusion,

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revealed many strange and'bizarre ramifications, many dark recesses of man’s unexplored nature, and the uncanny subtlety of a human mind sharpened by desperate and tragic despair. Margaret Odell was a product of the bohemian demimonde of Broadway—a scintillant figure who seemed somehow to typify the gaudy and spurious romance of transient gaiety. For nearly two years before her death she had been the most conspicuous and, in a sense, popular figure of the city’s night life.

Her notoriety was due in part to certain legendary tales of her affairs with one or two obscure potentates in the hackwashes of Europe. She had spent two years abroad after her first success in “The Bretonne Maid”—a popular musical comedy in which she had been mysteriously raised from obscurity to the rank of “star”—and one may cynically imagine her press agent took full advantage of her absence to circulate vermillion tales. Her appearance went far toward sustaining her somewhat equivocal fame. There was no question that she was beautiful in, a hard, slightly flamboyant way. I remember seeing her dancing one night at the Antlers Club—a famous rendezvous for post-midnight pleasure seekers. She impressed me then as a girl of uncommon loveliness, despite the calculating, predatory cast of her features. She was of medium height, slender, graceful in a leonine way, and, I thought, a trifle aloof and even haughty in manner—a result, perhaps, of her reputed association with European royalty. She had the traditional courtesan’s full, red lips, and the wide, mongoose eyes of Rosetti’s “Blessed Damozel.” There was in her face that strange combination of sensual promise and spiritual renunciation with which the painters of all ages have sought to endow their conceptions of the Eternal Magdalene. Hers was the type of face, voluptuous and with a hint of mystery, which rules man’s emotions and, by subjugating his mind, drives him to desperate deeds. Margaret Odell had received the sobriquet of Canary as a result of a part she had played in an elaborate ballet of the “Follies,” in which each girl had been gowned to represent a variety of bird. To her had fallen the role of canary; and her costume of white and yellow satin, together with her mass of shining golden hair and pink and white complexion, had distinguished her in the eyes of the spectators as a creature of outstanding charm. Before a fortnight had passed—so eulogistic was her press notices, and so unerringly did the audience single her out for applause—the “Bird Ballet” was changed to the “Canary Ballet,” and Miss Odell was promoted to the rank of what might charitably be called premiere danseuse. She had quitted the “Follies” at the close of the season, and during her subsequent spectacular career in the haunts of Broadway’s night life she had been popularly and familiarly called the Canary. Thus it happened that when her dead body was found brutally strangled, in her apartment, the crime immediately became known, and was always thereafter referred to, as the Canary murder. My own participation In the investigation of the Canary murder case—or rather, my role of Boswellian spectator—constituted one of the most memorable experiences of my life. At the time of Margaret Odell’s murder John F.-X. Markham was district attorney of New York, having taken office the preceding January. I need hardly remind you that during the four years of his incumbency he distinguished himself by big almost uncanny success as ft

MARKET UNDER DUAL RULERS Cook Refuses to Quit as Springsteen Takes Office. Indianapolis had two city market masters and two street commissioners today. The market masters were William T. Cook, named by former Mayor John L. Duvall six months ago. and Harry Springsteen, cousin of Democratic Councilman Robert E. Springsteen. Mayor L. Ert Slack asked Cook to resign by Sunday, but Cook refused to do so. Both he and Springsteen were at city market today, but Cook, although still insisting he intended to hold to his title, showed Springsteen over the building and explained the market master’s duties. George Woodward, Duvall appointee, and Sharles Grossart, Slack appointee, were the street commissioners. Woodward also was asked to leave office Sunday. Woodward spent several hours In the street commissioners’ office, but did no official business. GrOssart occupied the office later. Neither Woodward nor Cook announced any plans to secure their pay, and administration supporters said they would be supplanted on the pay rolls by the Slack appointees. AL GETS COX BACKING Smith Would Make Great President, Says 1920 Nominee. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Governor A1 Smith will be the Democratic party’s choice for President, exGovernor James M. Cox of Ohio, nominee in 1920 believes. "Smith would make a great president,” Cox said on a visit here. “I think he would have a very excellent chance of election, because he has captured the imagination of the man in the street. President Coolidge would have been made to order as a candidate for Governor Smith to run against, but it now looks to me as if Hoover would be the Republican nominee.” Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m.... 34 10 a. m.... 44 7 a. m.... 36 11 a. m 47 8 a. m,... 39 12 (noon).. 50 9 a. m.... 41

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BY PAUL W. WHITE United. Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Execution of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, with its widespread publicity, has renewed interest in the theory of capital punishment and has left a trail of arguments. Numerous newspapers have begun campaigns to do away w'ith the death penalty. The Legislature probably w'ill be asked during the present session to vote on the proposal. A poll of opinions held by those who witnessed the Snyder-Gray mfioHsa tsmiei that then xu

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INDIANA GEM ROBBERY LAID TO CHAMBERS Marion Jeweler, Victim of $50,000 Holdup, Identifies Gang Leader.. NOW SOUGHT AS KILLER l Woman Companion Believed Third Member of Fatal Triangle. Aw United Press MARION. Ind., Jan. 16 —The trail of the Gordon Chambers gang led into Indiana, it was established here today when Ralph Roessler, a jeweler, identified a photograph of Chambers as the likeness of one of the men who assisted in the $50,000 robbery of Roessler’s store last Sept. 9. Chambers is a fugitive from Chicago police, who are seeking him for the murder of his wife, Betty ■ Chambers, whose body was found a few days ago. a lamp cord around her throat and adhesive tape covering her mouth and nostrils. Roessler, while identifying Chambers, said that Betty's photograph did not resemble the woman who accompanied the gangster into the Roessler store the day before it was robbed by five men. Chambers and his woman companion merely got the ‘layout” of the store, he said. The robbery was carried out smoothly, the five bandits beating Roessler into submisssion and forcing clerks to lie on the floor while choicest gems were taken. Roessler said Chambers was not among the five. Marion police are investigating the possibility that the woman with Chambers was Marion Kirk, for love of whom Chambers is said to have slain his wife. CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—The mysterious life of Betty Chamoers, which led to death by blows and strangulation amid her silken finery, pu*aled‘police Monday, as they -prepared for a coroner's inquest into "her murder. Two pictures of the girl had been uncovered, but which was the true one police could not tell. She was the brains of a gang of jewel thieves, according to one version, which credited her with staging a $200,000 diamond robbery in Cleveland. But the others picture presented her as just another of th hundreds of girls of the underworld whose silks and jewels came from a succession of men. Police believed they had proved that Betty was in Chicago when the Cleveland robbery was staged, although Alexander Swirsky, the victim, identified her from a picture as the girl bandit, who led the holdup of his store. CITY STORE ROBBED Loss at Miller-Wohl May Reach $2,000. Burglars obtained from $1,500 to $2,000 worth of clothing from the Miller-Wohl Company store, 45 E. Washington St., over the week-end in the most daring downtown burglary of recent weeks. Police believe the burglars used a truck to carry away the dresses, underwear and hosiery stolen. A front door glass was broken and another door broken open to gain entrance to the store. The burglary probably was committed Sunday night or early today, according to A1 Feldman, manager. The total value of the loot will not be determined until an inventory is taken, he said. DELAY HAMMER TRIAL Velma West Gets Delay to Undergo Minor Operation. Bn United Press PAINESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 16. Trial of Velma West, confessed husband slayer, was set back by at least a week today when her attorneys were granted a postponement of the scheduled arraignment. Francis W. Poulson, co-counsel for the blonde housewife, and prominent Cleveland criminal attorney, pleaded a necessary minor operation as his reason for asking t'ne delay in a conference with Judge A. G. Reynolds.

almost an equal division. Os twenty-one witnesses interviewed, eight favored capital punishment, ten opposed and three failed to vote. nun 'T'HOSE who favor the death penalty were: Alva, Johnson, New York Times; Sidney Suthererland, Liberty Magazine writer, and representative of the New York Daily News; Tom Howard, who represented the Chicago Tribune Press service, who is said to have taken a photograph of Mrs. Snyder in the electric chair; Louis & KfifiSliffc Halted ER3i Ray-

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The hunt for the slayer of 5-year-old Dorothy Schneider of Mt. Morris, Mich., has spread across the Nation. The girl’s mutilated body was found in a pool after a search that began when Dorothy failed to come home irom school. The picture above shows Dorothys mother and her father (inset), with Dorothy (left) and her 3-year-old brother, Kenneth.

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SLACK TO OUST SMQKEEXPERT J. C. Buchanan’s Job Will Be Abolished. Joseph C. city combustion engineer, whose appointment by former Mayor John L. Duvall brought a storm of protest from the Woman’s Department Club and civic organizations, will be the next Duvall-named city employe ousted by the Slack administration. Mayor L. Ert Slack has recommended that two positions in the city building department, Buchanan's and a deputy clerkship, be abolished to keep the department’s expenses within the 1928 budget. The beard of safety is expected to carry out the action Tuesday. James Knox, Republican, asssitant combustion engineer, will heaa the smoke inspection work at his present salary of $2,400, according to Slack’s plan. Buchanan's salary is $3,000 a year. The clubs interested in enforcement of the smoke abatement regulations pretested Buchanan's appointmeht cn the ground that he was not trained for that work ana that he was not a licensed engineer. He took a State board examination and obtained a license following his appointment. ALLEGED RUM RUNNER FALLS VICTIM OF MUD La Porte Police Make Capture After Chase Over Boggy Fields. Bit United Press LA PORTE" Ind., Jan. 16.—Impassable roads did not prevent La Porte police from capturing James Wilson, 37, South Bend, alleged rum runner, who is now awaiting trial in the La Porte County jail on default of $1,500 bond. After a thrilling chase down muddy roads both the police automobile and that of Wilson stalled. Police leaped from their car and chased the alleged bootlegger through fields knee deep in mud until he fell exhausted and surrendered. Wilson is said to be a former South Bend policeman.

mond Wylie, Standard News Association; Willard Williams, Brooklyn Times, and Alfred Turk, Long Island Press. “Capital punishment is not a pleasant thing to look upon, but I feel it is a strong deterrent and should be retained." Johnson said. Keemle argued that capita! punishment should be enforced more often in cases of first degree murder to be a deterrent. Sutherland said he never had heard of a life prisoner asking for the electric chair, and “hence there can be no doubt about which EUhtshffiSQt in the sore Xeared,'*

Five Will Face Charges as War Result; House Is ‘Shot Up.’ Two men and three women today face police charges as the result of a gang battle arising from a mother's futile attempt to keep her 17-year-old daughter from marrying one of the alleged gangsters, police ray. A shotgun and revolver duel in vhich the alleged gang leader was wounded, and riddling of the mother’s home with buckshot were dramatic incidents of the fracas. The mother is Mrs. Della Tolen, 37, of 947 S. West St. Recently her daughter, Irma, 17, married Virgil Moore. 32, of 415 W. Ohio St., which police say is a resort managed by Mrs. Ruth Hill, Moore’s sister, and owned by William Davey, 38, alleged gang leader and gambling house keeper. Mrs. Tolen sought to have the marriage annulled, but failed. Saturday night Davey and Mrs. Hill came to her home and Mrs. Hill pulled her hair and beat her, Mrs. Tolen charged. Lester Tolen, 21, her son, charged Davey drew a gun and fired at him, but missed. Tolen obtained a shotgun and peppered Davey with buckshot. He was treated at Indiana Christian Hospital and released after putting up bond on assault and battery with intent to kill charges. Tolen is held at city prison on the same charges. Mrs. Tolen, her daughter, and Mrs. Hill were charged with vagrancy and released on bond. Sunday night an automobile load of men passed the Tolen home and riddled the windows with buckshot. BOMBS WRECK BUILDING Two-Story Indiana Harbor Structure Wrecked—No Motive Disclosed. B.y United Press INDIANA HARBOR, Ind , Jan. 16.—The Fraelich Block, a twostory brick building, was destroyed Sunday night by two bomb explosions. Fire following the explosions, destroyed the building. Damage was estimated at $50,000. A clothing store in the building was the object of the first bomb, and a second was hurled at a cleaning and dying establishment. Police could give no reason for the bombings. U Highest Court to Recess F.v United I'rtss WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.—The United States Supreme Court will recess from Jan. 23 to Feb. 20, Chief Justice Taft announced today. i

THOSE opposed include; Dudley Nichols, New York World; Gene Fowler, New York American; James Killgallen, International News Service; Courtenay Terrel, New York Telegram; Richard Williams. New York Journal; Frank Donoghue, Long Island Star: Wilbur Rogers, Brooklyn Eagle; Charles V. Slattery, New York Mirror; Lou Wedemar, New York Graphic; Earl Schaub, Universal Service, and Whitney Bolton, New York Herald-Tribune. “You have only to see an electrocution to be against it,” said Nichols. SSI terribly*

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Like This!Bang! When Mrs. Evangeline Gerbig, 3291 Hovey St., heard a noise in her chicken-coop, shortly before dawn today, she fired a shotgun in the general direction of the place. The noise was heard no more. Before the excitement had died down, Edgar Turner, 2933 Hillside Ave., delivered the morning milk. Mrs. Gerbig reenacted the performance, as she told him the story. The gun hit the wall and was discharged into the cement floor of the porch. The milkman is at city hospital, where several buckshot were removed. His condition is not serious.

OFFERS AWARDS TO REPORTERS Mrs. English to Give Prizes for Work. Prizes of $1,500 annually for five years are offered by Mrs. William E. English to Indiana newspaper reporters for distinguished public service, it was announced today. Offer of SI,OOO is made the reporter “who in the year 1927 has done most to clarify the political atmosphere of Indiana and gone furthest* toward accomplishment for the betterment of Indiana.” Second prize of SSOO is offered “the reporter on an Indiana newspaper who in 1927 served the public in a disinterested way and rendered the most outstanding service, non-politically, to the public through his reportorial investigating capacity.” The same prize in both classes will be made each year for five years. Judges for the 1927 awards are Meredith Nicholson. Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks and Judge Frank B. Ross. Warren Fairbanks of the News, Charles E. Coffin of the Star and Boyd Gurley of The Times form an advisory committee to formulate rules for guidance in making the awards. Winners are to be decided in conferences before June 1 annually and awards made as of that date. CHAMBERLIN IN AIR Starts Third Attempt to Set Endurance Record. P,n United Press ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y„ Jan. 16.—Undismayed by two previous failures, Clarence D. Chamberlin and Roger Q. Williams today began their third attempt within a week to set anew world record for sustained flight. The fliers left Roosevelt Field at 12:52 p. m. in the huge Bellanca monoplane they used in their previous efforts. It is owned by A. R. Martine, Wall Street banker. Chamberlin and Williams came within an hour and a half of bettering the present record Saturday when they were forced to descend because a leaky ful tank had wasted some of their gas suppply. They are trying to regain for the United States the endurance honors lost in August when Johann Risticz and Cornelius Edzard qtayed aloft in a junkers plane for 52 hours 22 minues and 31 second. WAGE CREDIT CAMPAIGN Twenty New Unions In State Sought In Drive. Twenty new credit unions in Indiana, to be affiliated with the National Credit Bureau, is the goal of a campaign to be waged in the State beginning this week and extending until the middle of February. Fourth annual meeting of the State organization, the Indiana Credit Union League, will be held at the Y. W. C. A. Thursday evening, Jan. 26, following a dinner. C. Leroy Austin of L. S. Ayres & Cos. is the State president.

William asserted. “I think it has failed as a deterrent to murder.” “Nothing could be worse than seeing a woman put to death,” argued Killgallen. Terret’s objections to capital punishment were divided into practical and ethical grounds, he said. On* the practical side the death penalty has not been fully tried because it is not airtight, he Explained; on the ethical side, society “has no right to take away what it cannot give.” The witnesses reticent about discussing opinions were Dr. Sylvester Leahy, Brooklyn; Edwin C. Hill, New York Sun, and W. W.

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American Nations to Work i Out Own Destinies, President Says. POLICIES ARE CLARIFIED U. S. Chief Executive Joins With Machado of Cuba in Stressing Good Will. Coolidge Address on Fare 8 By CARL IL~GROAT United Press Staff Correspondent HAVANA, Jan. 16. President Coolidge and President Machado of Cuba today joined in advocacy of a policy of mutual good will and respect for American nations. Their speeches opened the PanAmerican conference. They disclosed in somewhat veiled terms the respective views of Latin-Americ.an nations and of the United States re-, garding the destiny of the western hemisphere. President Coolidge emphasized good will, but his speech contained a warning to the world that American republics would work out their destinies in their own way. “We realize that one of the most important services which we can render humanity, the one for which we are peculiarly responsible,” he 'said, “is to maintain the ideals of our western world. “No one else can discharge it for us. “If it is to be met, we must meet it ourselves.” Machado Reveals Aims President Machado’s speech reflected the under-surface attitude of the sister republics below the Rio Grande. Cuba’s sentiments, he said were: “That nations here represented, though politically separated, should be united in the common name of America; some not allowing themselves to be controlled by unjustified prejudices; others avoiding any demonstration that might result in an involuntary threat.” President Machado and Coolidge arrived together at the theater at 11 o’lcock. They received a demonstration that hardly could have been surpassed in enthusiasm. Secretary of State Martinez Ortcz and American Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg followed the Presidents to the platform. President Machado’s first sentence in his opening speech of welcome contained a glowing tribute to the United States. Coolidge Is Lauded “We behold the illustrious person of Calvin Coolidge, chief executive of the greatest of all democracies,” he said. The Cuban executive continued : “I predict that at this gathering of all Americans we may complete that which constitutes our common aspiration, the rule of peace and justice. We gather with the practical purpose of consolida’ing a mutual. beneficial and positive brtoherhood, both in spirit and interests.” Bqth President Coolidge and President Machado had to pause frequently during their speeches while delegates and spectators applauded wildly. A tremendous outburst came when Coolidge arose, adjusted his horn-rimmed glasses and smiled broadly at his audience. The 7,000 persons jammed into the theater cheered. The conference adjourned at 11:58 until Tuesday. President Coolidge’s reference to respecting the sovereignty of small nations was applauded heartily, as was his tribute to Latin-America’s impressive record of resort to mediation, arbitration and other peaceful methods of settlement and adjudication of international differences. Guests at Luncheon President and Mrs. Coolidge and the official party were luncheon guests of President and Senora Machado at “Neneta,” the country ranch home of the Cuban executive at Santiago, de las Vegas, ten miles outside of Havana. Tropical showers were falling as the party left the presidential palace, driving to shelter a large crowd which had assembled along the -Avenida de las Miscions for another fleeting glimpse of President Coolidge. The President’s continual smile while on the streets has struck the populace an dis commented on in the Havana press. Tonight at 8 o’clock, President and Mrs. Coolidge will be the honor guests at a State banquet in President Machado’s palace. They will dine at a table graced with charming women and brilliant men of the Americas, listen to the strains of Latin music, and be able to partake, if they so elect, of the jrines of Latin vineyards. Leave at Dawn Tomorrow before dawn the party boards the battleship Texas for the return to the United States. \ The arrival of President Coolidge yesterday was a scene of matchless pageantry and whole-hearted welcome. Thousands lined the streets and occupied the principal vantage places. They had been in position for hours,’peering out over the sea for a view of the armada that mi