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COST OF RUNS INTO TENS OF •- MILLIONS A__ PRICELESS JEWELS IN GREATPARADE British Government Spends New Ruler Seems Destined Koh-I-Noor Diamond in $2,000,000 on Entertain- to Follow Footsteps Queen’s Crown Alone Val- ment and Incidentals. of Father. ued at LONDON, May 12 (/P).—1The cost of $10,000,000. today's coronation pageantry runs into Bs tire Associated Press. By the Associated Press. tens of millions of dollars—in govern- LONDON, May 12.—A quiet, serious- LONDON May 12.—Diamonds that whose ment and private funds. minded man, youthful face be- have left a flashing trail across the 41 was the It ranks as the most expensive one- lies his years, focal figure history of centuries, velvet so rich for the adulation a day show in the history of modern today of half bil- it requires three weeks to make a society. lion persons in his coronation as their yard and gowns embroidered with Revenue from the coronation sea- King-Emperor. pure gold thread which sewing girls son, direct and indirect, is estimated Studious, reserved, soft-spoken, not have stitched for months’—all were es high as $500,000,000—with over- given to flippancy in any form, George on parade today at the coronation of seas visitors contributing a good share VI seemed destined to follow closely a King. Of that. in the footsteps of his father, George From Queen Elizabeth to little and aside from V, ever obedient to tradition and the Financially, quite Princess Elizabeth, who may one day and and austere of the ruler of a pomp ceremony splendor, duty quarter star in a similar scene of regal pomp, VI of the earth. the coronation of King George the women of the royal family made has been out in dollar of his Britain's spelled large Stripped royal robes, a rare pageant of purple velvet, stands as a man who signs. family ermine, jewel-studded gowns and glit- To the a 40- his own fireside and give general public prefers country tering gems unequaled since the World time it took the home life to the minute show—the splendor of palaces. War toppled kings from their thrones. coronation to any In he is of procession pass appearance good height, From the crowns of their jeweled the given point along route—required straight, angular almost, with slender heads to the heels of their handmade months of preparations and pound face, generous mouth, blue eyes and slippers, they were royal mannequins notes the basketful. dark blond hair. His features are by for English dressmakers' and jewel- and $2,000,000 Government tost. steady well controlled. There is ers’ arts. still a touch of shyness in his manner. As a coronation it is more costly cv» aLteinpLcu 10 estimate me Denied Robust than any Britain has known. The Constitution. value of the gems which blazed from government will have spent $2,000,000 An absteminous, vigorous life has their heads and throats, although the him a before it is over, in arrangements, in given sound body, although ill- famous Koh-I-Noor diamond, flash- building grandstands for 80,000 per- ness during his undergraduate days ing in Elizabeth's crown, alone was has sons. in police and traffic and in the denied him a really robust con- valued at $10,000,000 at the great ex- entertaining of foreign royalty and stitution. hibition at Hyde Park in 1851. He other distinguished guests. is thoroughly democratic and as The 106-carat gem, for which Sul- Duke of This compares with a million dol- York he spent a period every tans fought and died, made a fiery at lars for the coronation of King George year the boys’ camp which bears center for the Queen's new platinum his V in 1911 and $1,202,000 for that of name, swimming, playing and liv- crown, which glittered with diamonds George IV, the most expensive up till ing the ordinary life of the camp. from the regal circlet to the orb and As a now. naval officer—plain Mr. Johns- cross surmounting its purple velvet To build grandstand seats—for a ton during the World War when he cap. stood in a 40-minute procession—the govern- gun turret during the Battle Ivory Satin Dress. ment allotted $700,000. The royal of Jutland on May 31, 1916—he gained Queen Elizabeth's dress was of household alone spending $500,000 the respect and admiration of both ivory Elizabeth. satin embroidered in with the in entertainment of guests. Ad- Queen King George VI. —A. P. Photos. sailors and brother officers. gold floral emblems of the British Isles and miralty expenses, including the coro- He came to the throne well-versed the Dominions, and peppered with nation naval review yet to come, run of white embroidered tribute in the problems of Britain and the shimmering satin, quickly swelled and deepened diamante so that it flashed to more than $100,000. in the down the front in a panel of pearl and in volume. empire through a knowledge gained But this a small light. represents only “gold-wheat" beads. When the at last turned from practice. He knows British in- royal party Over it went a robe, or share of coronation costs In their en- from contact with its 6-yard train, MILLIONS HONOR But for the Queen, the high point to leave the balcony King George was dustry personal of tirety. Individuals di- royal purple velvet, lined and bor- participating of the historic service in the the last to operation and social problems by see- lay go. dered and caped with the ermine that rectly in the coronation—peers and firsthand what is to be ancient words of prayer intoned by Both he and Queen Mary evidently ing remedied peeresses and others—have spent a has marked royal robes for centuries. the of were moved. Albert Frederick Arthur George, sec- Archbishop Canterbury: deeply The stately Queen too, was embroidered in with combined fortune on clothe;. Private ond of It, gold this Mother, greeted with a tremendous son Hung and Queen firms have amounts in Multiply thy blessing upon a crown, the double "E" which is spent large' OF was December MRECALLED Mary, born 14, 1895, in servant Elisabeth ovation, seemed almost to decorations. All the of Lon- thy ready weep. Elizabeth's cipher, and the floral em- boroughs York on -•- cottage the grounds of don allotted for their own blems of Britain and the dominions. money Sandringham House. decorations, for street parties for Elizabeth Is First Scottish Queen Mother Mary, who defied tra- Edward in Poor Health at Is Descendant of Sent to Naval School. children, for special coronation fes- Coronation FREE STATE BANS Hanover dition to see her son crowned, was a tivities. Ruler Crowned in In company with the then Prince of brilliant regal figure. As she moved Abbey Time—Little Excitement and Member of House he Immense Revenue. CORONATION FETES Wales was instructed by tutors in down the abbey aisle with erect bear- in ).—In Ulster, of the of the crown she wore at the money Thousands side streets could hope for a quick Westminster on navy. When the World War her own being spent. Abbey August 9, Europe. 1 In the of Northern Ireland, bonfires, bunting, coronation 26 of workers throughout Britain have breath-taking splendor escape to dry clothes and shelter. 1902.) started he went to sea with his ship, years ago. On her the fervour and In South- Descended from the old German benefited. coronation scene, the girl who Others faced hours of before flags, rejoicing. but late in 1917, after he had been neck sparkled more diamonds. waiting House of Hanover was Lady Elizabeth was ern Ireland, the Free State, official through both his forced ashore Silver and diamante Bowes-Lyon, heavily burdened streets and convey- BY SIR WILLIAM GOODE. ; by gastric disorders, he embroidery In detachment and aloofness and father and his mother, George never- a dedicated to the high position she ances could dissolve the immense protest, was transferred to the naval branch cascading design of roses and LONDON (4s).—England was a theless is a member of the British could scarcely have dreamed of when disapproval. of the royal air force. fuschias covered her gown of suppla throngs. calm and peaceful land and Lon- House she Thus does of Windsor. * Jordon played with her brothers and Ireland, thorny corner He as a and Octo- cloth of gold, topped with a 5-yard crowns with 20-foot don like a town qualified pilot by on Plantagenet of mark country teeming The sisters the Scotch moors. King George's mighty empire, House of Hanover generally ber. 1918, was on active war purple velvet robe bordered with and white streamers nar- with horse-drawn again green lined the coronation of the new monarch. vehicles; crowded, No Scottish Queen had been crowned was held to have been succeeded by service, this time on the western front. ermine and embroidered In gold. (Continued From First row Cockspur street as the parade but with little noise or excitement Page.) in Westminster since the President de Valera himself an- that of when --- Abbey moved Saxe-Coburg Queen Vic- His first official assignment as a son westward. nounced in the when King Edward VII was crowned coronation of Matilda, daughter of Dail the attitude toria married Prince Albert in 1840. of the was to an had been made in 1902. King accompany Albert, attempt “deliber- Malcom III Into Pall Mall the caval- toward the ceremonial in London as Victoria came King of Scotland and glittering to the throne by indirect King of the Belgians, on his triumphal MARITIME COMMISSION ately to railroad a man to the elec- cade rolled into clubland. no business of There was deep, personal affection wife of King Stephen of England, the Saorstat, which succession, because her father's elder re-entry of Brussels in 1918. for the man who had tric chair on perjured testimony.” 800 now is a been Prince brothers—sons of years ago. The old Tudor castle of St. James virtually republic. George III— After the war, as Prince Albert, he ADVISER IS APPOINTED “That's a pretty grave charge,” The of Wales for many years, mingled with Queen Elizabeth was the first com- slipped by as the procession great American republic can be died without leaving issue, and her I went with his brother, Prince crawling whether the ordeal Henry, Interrupted Representative Bates, Re- moner to be since excited about the coronation of an anxiety abbey the Duke of Queen Henry VIII turned northward for the climb father, Kent, also was now Duke of Gloucester, for special Grover Loening of New York la publican, of Massachusetts. took his but not Southern Ire- would be too much for him. Illness sixth and last wife, Kath- toward Piccadilly. English King, dead. ! courses in history, economics and "I know and I'm to and an had necessi- it, willing bring erine Parr, but Katherine was never land. appendectomy civics to Named Aeronautics Aide to Crowds Break Ranks tated Because the Salic law—restricting j Trinity College, Cambridge. In witnesses to prove it,” Holzworth crowned. Across the Ulster Northern postponement of the ceremony. 1 For border, succession to male members of the Second Glimpse. When it was over Direct Studies. replied. Ireland is the most loyal spot in the all there was great Will Be 37 4. royal family—does not operate in Eng- There is an appalling state of con- August When the rear carriage bearing the British Isles, coronation relief. By the Associated Press. celebrating land, she took precedence over her The title of Duke of York was con- ditions in the District,” Holzworth The Queen, daughter of the proud King and Queen circled Piccadilly Cir- with elaborate plans. A national Instead of Edward failing, however, Chairman P. father's younger brother, the Duke of ferred upon him by King George Joseph Kennedy yes- added. “To continue to look on them family of Bowes-Lyon, headed by her cus and headed into the quadrant sec- holiday has been declared, cities and the unexpected happened, and the announced of Cumberland. in June. 1920, and three years later, terday appointment the Earl of tion of the crowds be- venerable I without taking action is a disgrace father, Strathmore and Regent street, towns are decorated lavishly. There Archbishop of Canterbury Grover Loening of New York as aero* The House with his father's approval, he married the will be 37 old hind broke ranks. is almost at the vital of Saxe-Coburg was to country.” Kinghorne, years August entertainment, revelry, religious ob- collapsed point Elizabeth nautical adviser to the Maritime Com* short-lived. War with Lady Bowes-Lyon, duaghter 4. She is inclined to has servance. of the The Germany led Jordon Requested Removal. plumpness, Streaming down Piccadilly and crowning ceremony. of the Scottish Earl of Strathmore mission. dark brown hair, Irish old headdress of Edward the George V—father of the monarch en- Jordon had that Holz- bluish-gray eyes across Green Park they raced toward Nationalists, sympathizers with heavy and his Kennedy said Loening would direct requested throned announce the foun- Kinghorne, present Queen. with dark lashes and the Free who Confessor almost fell from nerv- today—to worth be removed as his heavy', straight Buckingham Palace for a second State live in Ulster, are his He has devoted the commisison's studies of the attorney dation of the new House much of his time possible eyebrows. She is five feet, five inches all this. ous, trembling hands. Edward of Windsor. after the law-yer had made similar glimpse of the parade at its finish. boycotting King to encouraging practical co-operation use of aircraft in foreign and domes- tall. raised King Edward VIII, who abdicated, was his own hands and guided the tic commerce in charges in petitions to the courts. In a straight sweep westward to- between workers and employers and conjunction with the ancient emblem to his its second head. After Holzworth evicted Queen Elizabeth’s lips are lightly own head, an has assisted in American merchant marine. ordering ward Marble Arch, the cavalcade cut Descent of the crown would personally orginiza- unusual incident, which went un- pass, from his court room, Justice Letts re- rouged as a rule, her eyes shaded, her Coronation Fetes tion and of a Since these studies concern the feasi* through the home of London's exclu- in the event of the death of development better skin j noticed in the London King quested that United States Attorney vigorous, healthy whitened with sive All of the shops were newspapers social pattern. bility of the use'of dirigibles, Kennedy shopland. of that George VI, to Princess Elizabeth, Leslie C. Garnett him under ob- a liquid powder. day. No is said will sit as an observer keep boarded up to a fair height to pre- Shorn of of flashing modern, he yet a Loening For it was a heiress-presumptive—unless, course, servation for a or so. The Splendor reporters hard day. but as the tradi- at the Commerce investi- day Holzworth, early life of “the Smiling vent window-smashing by the crush- a male heir is bom to him and progressive; regards Department It was necessary to arrive at the Queen however, left the building before any Duchess,” as she came to be known crowds. tion of British royalty he can be ex- gation at Lakehurst, N. J., of the Hin- ing In Areas at Elizabeth before then. action was taken. abbey 6:30 am. in full evening to follow old trails rather disaster. shortly after her marriage, was far re- Country After Princess Elizabeth pected than denburg On moved the procession, down and it was the crown Holzworth at the dress, after 2 p.m. before blaze new ones. an appeared Court moved from the life of the court. She would to her Loening. airplane inventor, has Oxford street turning left past Marble we got out. go younger sister. Prin- House before 10 a m. and was sitting was brought up at grim-walled Glamis LONDON, May 12 (JP).—-Coronation Only a short time ago, he con- been identified with aviation for years. Arch and into Hyde Park. Fortified cess Margaret, then to the Duke of in Justice Letts’ court room with a package of sand- sidered himself as no when the (pronounced Glarms) Castle that has celebrations in the English country- Gloucester, commanding The processional was moving wiches and a small flask I took jurist entered. Approaching the bar, stood for nine centuries. side, on village greens and commons my greater place in history than as the remarked his greatest claim to fam« through a torrential rain as it turned seat between W. G. --•-- he said: are simple rural letes and religious Stead, famous somewhat retiring ycunger brother was his lovable daughter, the Princess The ninth of 10 children, she led a the comer into Hyde Park, where London editor “I am as of that period, and Tourists spent $3,750,000 in the of a loved and while Elizabeth. here, your honor, a mem- life of at services, shorn of the magnificence and greatly sovereign, simple quiet evenings home, the pageant got its greatest reception. Max a ber of the District of Columbia Bar splendor of London’s entertain- O’Reel, well-known French Bahama Islands last year. Duke of York, he was said to have Today he is anointed of poetry reading and of long walks On the left packed the gaudy King-Emporer. to answer certain spectators writer. serious charges re- in the ment and display. country. only stands in the park. On the right The sandwiches were flecting on my integrity and Few visitors were to pressed out of veracity. there were no stands. foreign willing the last While peers and peeresses of the recognition by being sat while For two days, they have been leave the spectacle of the empire cap- upon, realm and humble citizens alike The procession entered Hyde Park courtesy demanded the flask in every newspaper in Washington." paid ital for the country, yet there, rather be passed to her, she in turn hom- corner, the carriages slipping through to He referred to statements made homage paid than in the streets of my distinguished colleagues on by march- London, they age to her liege lord whom she wed in the narrow gate, the soldiers either side. It was Jordon when the condemned man would perhaps find the deeper spirit of returned empty 1923 when he was Duke of York with ing beneath side arcades. It passed at 7 a.m. 6tated in open court yesterday that he England, Scotland and Wales as the scarcely more than a dim of by the spot on Constitution Hill where Six hours wished to discharge Holzworth be- prospect new sovereign is crowned. later, wondering whether becoming King. last July a cripple, suffering from a the would cause the attorney had "put me in a In thousands of little King stand the ordeal, I persecution complex threw a loaded queer places false position.” Three years before, however, an old like nearly fainted. revolver beneath the hooves of a horse Inkpen, Skissen, Wattan-at-Stone, As soon as Holzworth made known gypsy at Ascot had prophesied she Tstradmynach and Zelah simple vil- Throughout the ceremony special ridden by the then King Edward VIII. carried his mission, Justice Letts would be a queen and the mother of lage and folk who have no messengers the Associated interrupted in a circle country The marchers wheeled Press of him, saying: a great queen. diamonds, never saw a coronet or court running story the ceremony around the huge gray Victoria monu- to a "Mr. there are no gown, nor their rest telegraph instrument set up Holzworth, Married and King and Queen, Deliberately. ment in front of the palace the under one of the charges pending against you in this from toil for the day, gather in trancept galleries. As a small her newly crowned couple passed through The court.” girl playmates called churches and on abbey attendants were Palace and village greens to ob- dismayed her "Princess Elizabeth” in their the gates of Buckingham by the fact that such Ignoring the judge’s remark, Holz- serve the day much as people of a instruments of games. Now she is Elizabeth. home. modem Worth continued to express his indig- Queen small American town celebrate special news transmission shoud have She a Inside the palace, the King and nation. married man, not impulsively, holidays. been brought into the precincts of but deliberately, after he had asked Queen had little rest before facing the ancient edifice. Justice Letts made two more at- Coronation Day Committees were Authorities, how- for her hand several times hla their subjects again. ever, had the tempts to tell him that his remarks during formed months and a granted necessary per- retired to their to ago, many long shy but persistent courtship. They apartments mission, and there was no were out of order because no charges Winter evening was spent in debate interrup- refresh themselves, but the cheering tion. were pending, but Holzworth kept on Her confident manner is credited by parish elders and village statesmen of the crowds kept up a ceaseless re- talking, asserting that he had a with having much to do with aiding over the relative merits of free tea, --•-- right frain in their ears. to clear himself. the King in overcoming the subdued fireworks or gift mugs bearing indif- Tells Marshal to Remove Him. nature w'hich was evident in his lung ueorge and queen ferent likenesses of George and Mary HORSE STOLEN Finally, Justice Letts turned quiet- earlier years when he was handi- Step Onto Balcony. as means of commemorating the great ly to a deputy marshall and ordered: capped by a nervous stammering, A red-liveried footman stepped to day. Vanderbilt'* Fire Blaze Was to "Take him out.” which made him uneasy in the pres- the French windows of the Chinese Finally plans were formulated, Have Been Door ence of people. room over of the agreed upon and announced in Prize. Deputy Marshal Hugh Duffy placed the main archway weekly and them wide. newspapers. Special Dispatch to The Star. his hand on Holzworth’s arm and She has gained a reputation as a palace yard flung A moment's hush fell on the crowd. attempted to lead him away, but the housewife from the economical con- PIMLICO. Md., May 12—Alfred was renewed more attorney, a strongly built man well duct of her household as Duchess of Then cheering Gwynne Vanderbilt announced this saw BOMBERS TO CROSS CITY over 6 feet in height, resisted. An- York when she supervised all details loudly than before. The people morning that some one last night other deputy, Clayton Gasque, leaped of her home. King George, leading his Queen by entered his Sagamore farm, in the the onto the crimson- Four of the Army Air new and stole to Duffy’s aid, and the assistance of Prom the beginning she has been hand, step Corps’ Worthington Valley, the 16-ton “'flying fortress” bom- horse Fire which he was two others was required to carry the a favorite of the Queen Mother and draped balcony. Boeing Blaze, giving bardment airplanes will over as a door at Preak- struggling shouting lawyer from the on the occasion of King George Vi’s For a moment they seemed slightly fly prize Saturday’s Washington in formation at 6:45 a.m. ness ball, at the 5th court room and out of the court accession to the throne, Queen Mary bewildered, looking down on a surging Regiment Armory, tomorrow during the course of an in Baltimore. house. said in her message to the people: sea of faces. Then they smiled and 1,855-mlle non-stop flight from their The request for the new trial had “I commend my dear daughter-in- waved their hands. The crowd roared. home station at Langley to been made on the ground newly dis- law, who will be his Queen. May she Surging forward, it swept across the Field, Va., Portland, Me., and return. covered evidence indicated Jordon did receive the same unfailing affection road where the procession had passed The four aerial giants are expected not fit the description of the slayer and trust which you have given me and up to the railings of the palace to pass over 20 Eastern cities obtained by police. for court during six-and-twenty years.” yard. their it Soothes court flight, which is expected to re- The appeals ruling turned on Duchesses in the -little five Entourage. Then Queen Mary and 10 hours and 38 minutes of the technical that it was with- quire fly- point on the five duchesses, six princesses joined the party ing, to an Associated out power to recall its mandate Today daughters according Press of the ladles in balcony. Soon all the principal mem- from and Stimulates affrming Jordon’s convictiqn March nobility, eight waiting, dispatch Langley Field. two an earl and the officials of bers of the royal family were there. 27, 1936. dukes, her own household made up her bril- At last the royal party withdrew, "It can be stated, we think,” as- liant entourage for the coronation. and the windows were closed. But the the serted the court in a memorandum Kidneys” crowd was not satisfied. opinion, "beyond She rose early to be garbed in her any possible ques- Again and the King and tion that it is the rule in the Fed- gown of ivory satin, richly embroidered again writes a physician. He refers to were the bal- Queen called back to * Mountain the nat- eral courts, both trial and appellate, in gold with a 6-yard train of royal DONTIACSixes & Valley Water, cony—the historic balcony on which Eights that it is beyond the power of either purple, velvet bordered and lined with IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ural aid to weak, faltering kid- King George the Fifth and Queen court to modify its judgment or de- ermine. In her dark hair Jewels flash- neys, doctors have prescribed Mary had so often stood In peace and cree after the close of the term at ed and others gleamed on her white for 75 years. Let us send you a war to the Nation's en- 1 WE NEED USED CARS Which the same was rendered. throat. acknowledge case. Just telephone MEt. 1062. thusiastic demonstrations. 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