The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-16
THE CENTENNIAL PLANS
Interest in the Coming Celebration
Daily Increasing.
Headquarters Pushed to Answer n
VAST Amount of Correspondence
George WnshinEtOn's Advcrtisc-
ment Bearing ON the Estnblixl-
ment of the Seat of Government.

at headquarters grows. and it takes the
combined efforts of the secretary of the
Citizens Committee. W. V. Cox; the as
sociate secretary. Mr. Van Wickle and a
large corps of assistants to receive and
answer the steady growing mail, send out
notices for committee meetings, attend to
the wants of the press. and the many Wis
itors that call at headquarters. The inter
est of the public in the celebration is
manifesting itself as well by the daily re-
ceipt of several hundred dollars which they
continue to contribute toward the Centen-
NAL Fund
Another feature at headquarters is the
accumulation of rare and valuable steel
prints of old Washington and historic per-
sonages of hundred years ago, old books
and newspapers containing articles refer
ring TO the establishment of the seat Of
Government in this city. 1t is the inten-
ton of the committee in charge to collect
| all material bearing on this historic event,
and present it. after the celebration, to the
public library. to be known as the Ma
tional Capital Centennial Collection
member of one of the committees
has placed on exhibition at Centennial
Headquarters a newspaper which, in IT.
self, is curiosity by reason of its age,
4 as well as some of it's contents. which
have a special bearing on the establish
ment of the seat of Government. penned
by George Washington himself. The la
per is the first number Of the first vol
ume of The Maryland Journal and the
Baltimore Advertiser" of which w. Cod
dard was editor, and is dated Friday.
! August 20, 1913. In it appears an adver-
tisement signed by George Washington.
in which he makes known that he has OBJ
tanned patents for upward of 1000 acres
| of land on the Ohio and Great Kanawna,
and offers the same for sale or rent. Re-
| ferring to the establishment of new
seat of Government, the Father of His
Country says in the advertisement: and
1t may not be amiss further to observe.
that, if the scheme for establishing a new
government on the Ohio in the manner
| talked of, should ever be effected, these
| must be among the most valuable lands
/, in it, not only on account of the goodness
of soil and the other advantages above
enumerated, but from their continguity
to the seat of Government which, more
than probable, will be fixed at the mouth
of the Great Kanawha." George Wash
ington evidently believed in the liberal
use of printers ink, as the advertisement
covers over half column.
At the last meeting of the Committee
on Reception, Charles ]. Bell, Chairman, 1t
was thought advisable to limit the number
of invitations to the reception at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art on the evening
of December u to 1000. Each card ad-
mits two persons. A beautifully-d designed
card of invitation. executed by the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, was submitted
and adopted and the order given for the
work
r. Ross Perry. Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Exercises al the Capitol was
given authority TO appoint three sub
committees. The first will be on legisla-
ton. whose duty il is to secure from Con-
gress authority to take entire charge of
the Capitol building on December u. The
second subcommittee duty will be to
attend to the erection of reviewing
stand at the east front of the Capitol, and
the third will have charge of the interior
of the building. The personnel of these
committees will be announced at an early
date.
Theodore W. Noyes. Chairman of the
Press Committee, yesterday announced
the following subcommittee:
Executive Committee. as representative Of
the Press Committee to supervise the press
work in general Theodore w. Noyes, chair
man. H. V. Boynton. vice chairman; G. A.
Lyon. jr.. secretary: Scott C. Bone. How
ard y. Thompson, Louis Garthe, and F. A
Richardson.
Committee on Arrangements. TO provide
for accommodations for the press at the
various public functions-Scott c. Bone,
chairman; John NJ Carson. E. G. Dunnell.
II. l.. West, C. \. Boynton, y. J. Dodge,
c. W. Campbell.
Committee on Preparation, to collect
news OF the celebration and TO prepare ad-
vance matter calculated 10 arouse inter-
est in the historical commemoration ard
articles explanatory of the Centennial and
its meaning-Louis Garthe, chairman, +.
f. Leupp, S. S. Cline J. Harry Shannon,
w B. Bryan, 4. d. Albert, Cory VI. Stad-
den.
Committee on Distribution, to attend to
the spreading OF the news and miscella
neous matter furnished by the Committee
on Preparation: Howard y. Thompson,
chairman: David s. Barry, Jacob Waldeck,
L. w Habercom, Frank H. Hosford. C. 4.
Hamilton. Fred i. Schrader
a meeting of the Sub Committee en-
Preparation OF Matter has been called for
1 o'clock this afternoon in the Board
of Trade rooms. Star Building TO
start the work of disseminating articles
concerning the Centennial.
reply has been sent to n number OF
enquiries received by Secretary Cox 10 the
effect that visiting Governors and the
members of their STATS are to be mounted.
and that they SnOuld BRING DrldleS ana }
saddles. The committee has undertaken |.
to provide horses at a rate agreed upon
by horse owners.
The chairman of the subcommittee on /
Decorations which has charge OF Penn :
sylvania Avenue, between Fifteenth and .
Eighteenth Streets. reported that all PUB
lie as well as private buildings in that
portion of the city will be decorated and
illuminated
There is an impression at headquarters |
that sufficient money is on hand TO make .
the celebration more elaborate and i'm +
pressve than at first contemplated. when .
such liberal response OF the people to .
the Centennial Fund was not expected
Mr.. Parker. Chairman of the Finance .
reports the following addi
tional subscriptions:
Ca,,iial Traction Company 500: John " Ross
s2j; Levi Woodbury.. s25; William + Mlttingly,
500: l.. G. Hnc. S90 cash. $50: pr. ". :
Harlan. $40; H. II. Darneille SO: John A. Mcr-
nit. SO; J. and VI. Strasburgor, $40; 4. L. Fox,
$40; Arthur Cowsill. $40; Edward A. Moseley,
SO; Gen. Ellis Spear, $40; Charles kracmer. Sl0
Jules A. Detnonct. ST. Edgar NJ Shaw, S.;
Henry ID. Fry. s.; y. r. Gage, S.; H. c. Rizer
$, and Mark S. Brewer, IS.
The Sub-Con mittee on Decorate which
has charge Of Seventh Street, between
Avenue and L Street, and Of
which Mr.. Cans Is chairman met last
evening. a plan was adopted to ensure
Uniform and attractive decoration and
The various reports showed
that the business people on that thorough
fare taking a very lively interest in |