Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 1 | Mixed Emotions Greet Arrival of New Year in National Capital

Mixed Emotions Emotions' Greet Geet Arr Arrival val of New Year ear In National Capital I Co Invite P Public t to Midnight Rites Rites- it s' s at White House Hous j lv Dry Agents K Keep ep lEagle f Eagle I Eyes on New York Ji fr 1 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Dec 31 tAP AP AP- AP With mixed emotions th the cosmopolitan cos cos cosmopolitan os population of the naI na national na national na- na capital said adieu tonight to I the old year As As' the clocks ticked away y the thel thela l la t few hours rs of 1927 crowds of merrymakers swarmed downtown wn streets streets- theatres hotels and cafes to give th the new year yeal a r rousing sing greeting Others gathered in homes public places of entertainment entertainment- nt clubs and churches while some carried their their- celebration to to- the doors of th tile the White WhIto H House use Following a custom established d ia a year ear ago a lone trumpeter was on hand to send forth from front the roof roo of f the White House the melancholy notes of taps as IS the final minutes pf of 1927 1921 sped Into eternity and then to change change to the spirited tune of cf reveille the soldiers soldier's good morning a as the minute clock turned on to to 1928 BAND BAND PLAS' PLAS Also a a- part part artof of the program Wasa was wasa a double brass brass quartet of the marine marine nia- nia ma ma- rine b band nd which came cam camet cameto t to play Your our Land and My as r oJ n t 1 as as the new eY year mp w lcm d then t fo while of ot tn the thc marine marine 0 band tapped tapped o s o out t Bells of cc oSt st st. t. t Marys on t the chimes s Th man nian man chosen to s 's say y go goodbye to 1927 with taps and to toWel Welcome the new new year with rev reveille was v s Arthur S Whitcomb member ri a of f the marine band who whoso so sounded the soldiers soldier's burial dirge dirgo or on tho the corn cornet t at the he f funerals funerals- ner ls' ls of the Unknown wn Soldier al and cl President lI Harding The pr pr president and Mrs Iri Coolidge had invited the pu public lic t to td the the- north porth grounds grounds' of the White H HoUbe to take part part partin in in inthis i this this' hiIs unusual ob observance ob- ob servance of of watch night nights and as ns midnight neared waited In th their l if rooms visiting with th o son John for the stroke of 12 to 12 to bring them to to their windows to ha- ha haten lis listen ten ten- with the rest Elsewhere in Washington merriment merriment merriment merri- merri merri merri- I ment ascended ended to its height as th the midnight h hour ur approached Assured As As- i cured by Superintendent H Hesse of the police p department that the tile Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day law would not be he inv invoked l d. d to stop dancing at midnight night nightclubs nIghtclubs clubs hotels and nil cafes gave themselves them them- selves over to various f forms rs of amusement in honor of the new the new ear The well known haunts of cf the national capitals capital's night amuse ment seekers were free to to let dancIng dancing dancing ing go on indefinitely tely under n i tho the shadow however of ot a possible indictment in in- in later on on as s Hess Hesse h had l' l instructed hi men tt to report air violators vIolators' for tor probable ble tut future rc pr prose prOsS- prOsS se cution Private clubs chubs and parties h however how hew wever w- w ever w ere re tre free t ta pursue their N New W Contil ed edo on page 2 2 Mixed Emotions Greet Arrival Of New Year in i National Capital Continued from page 1 Years Year's enjoyment to any any hour they pleased without interference from the tho authorities The national capital like other places throughout the country will 1 have a two day holiday us as Monday Monday Mon Ion day will wI be the formal o observance servance of New Years Years So far as Washington Washing Washing- ton is concerned the event vent for for that day which will ivill eclipse all aU others will wIl be the annual Now Years Year's re reception reception re- re at the White House when Mr and Mrs Coolidge will wi receive practically all al of official and diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic Washington in the morning and all al citizens wh who care caro to come comein comein comein in the afternoon IS JS OLD CUSTOM Standing in tho the blue room of or the I historic building th tho reception of or orthe the president and Mrs rs Coolidge will carry car out outa a custom inaugurated by President and Mrs Adams in 1800 a fe few weeks after atel Mrs Adams dams had entered the newly newlY built buit executive tive UVe mansion and a few tew weeks be before before before be- be fore the second president was to retire from from office J John Ohn Coolidge who has been enjoy enjoying enjoying en en- joy ng himself among th the younger younge set in Washington ton during his holiday hell holi hol day vacation from Amherst college will I ret return rn to his studies either to toI tomorrow tomorrow to- to I morrow night of Monday mornin morning I. I NEW YORK Dec 31 AP AP The The merrymakers of ot Manhattan set about the business o of ot welcoming in inthe inthe inthe the new year year with prohibition agents looking hooking looking on to see seo se that no liquor or even ven cracked ice was served them Prohibition Administrator Maurice Maurice Mau Mau- rice Campbell Campbel assigned tw two agents to each night club chub and warned proprietor proprietors pro pro- that Infractions o of the law would bo be b dealt deal with tonight Just like Uke any other night He Ho also aiso ls called caled to their attention a recent federal court decision which held that furnishing guests with wih ac accessories accessories ac- ac C- C to drinking with wih knowledge knowl edge edgo that they were to be used with Ith liquor was ground for tor pad locking TAKE PRECAUTIONS Police also although the prediction lion tion ton was made at headquarters that it would be a quiet New Years Year's took extra extra precautions to preserve order Commissioner Warren said that the tho 3 o'clock curfew law was as asIn in et effect tonight as well wel as last hast night and tomorrow night and patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen pa pa- were ordered to report any later closings Such reports he said would be forwarded to the license commissioner commissioner with the recommendation that the offending place l have ve its Is license revoked It w was s estimated that persons perSons er per per- sons would spend at least before morning in the various welcome welcome wel wel- welcome come celebrations to th the tha new year In contrast to the noisy celebrations celebrations tons o of the cabarets and nightclubs night nightclubs nightclubs clubs many of ot the city's churches held special services and thousands of or other othe residents stayed at home to to- celebrate the occasion in small smal hOno gatherings of friends frends or in listenIng listening listen listen- ing to New Years Year's programs over the radio adio CHICAGO CHIAGO Dec 31 AP Young AP-Young Young 1928 breezed breeze into Chicago tonight in the teeth teth o of a howling snowstorm snowstorm snowstorm snow snow- storm and ad d near zero weather but buthe he got a a warm welcome Just the same fame As the youngster struggled through the snowdrifts every theatre hotel restaurant cafe and night club was crowded to capacity wih with revelers waiting to accord acord the baby year year a a. noisy and vociferous greeting Whether the ge greeting Ung was to be wet moist or dry was an open question queston as the festivities incident to the birth of ot 1928 got under way SOUND WARNINGS Hotels restaurants and cares cafes caes warned by prohibition agents that drinking on their premises would woul be reason to institute action to close them made repeated public announcement that no drinking would be allowed Prohibition agents arents strong mingled with wih the diners under or orders or Or- Or ders tiers to s see e that the eighteenth amendment was obeyed As a re result ro- ro suit sult sul those who desired to drink to the health of ot the new year in forbidden forbidden for for- forbidden bidden spirits spiris rented rente private hotel rooms or adjourned to roadhouses uses ses outside the city Prohibition authorities however maintained that 1928 opened his eyes to find the driest celebration in Chicago's history In progress The rhe police paid no attention to lo liquor law violators under orders of or Commissioner Michael Hughes to devote devot their time to suppressing crime and let tho the federal agents enforce federal law laws Many tany thousands of Chicagoans welcomed d the new year in their own hom homes Such Suh a plan was made mado the themore themore more inviting because of or the weather veather conditions GLASGOW Scotland Dec 31 3 CAP the AP the AP the Scotch name for tor New Years Year's eve was eve was celebrated celebrate In Glasgow by a grand rush to get married is a popular time Ume for marriages before the sheriff and couples were standing shivering inline 11 in Ia line Une today when the Glasgow sheriff arrived at the county building The rhe word Hog nay Js is believed I to have been derived from the old Druid ob observance of the years year's final day t 4