Evening star., 1902-02-18
ELECTED BY YACHT CLUB.
Prince Henry and Kaiser Members of
the Atlantic

A dispatch from New York last night
says: The Atlantic Yacht Club held a spe-
cial meeting tonight and elected Emperor
William Of Germany and Prince Henry Of
Prussia to membership. This was in ac-
cordance with a decision reached at reg
ular meeting held recently.
Commodore Robert E. Tod presided at
tonight's meeting. The action Of the club
is In recognition Of the honors which En-
peror William has conferred upon this
country. and especially because Of the en-
peror's compliment to American shipbuild-
ers in having his yacht, the Meteor III.
built here.
Resolutions and other evidences Of the
election will be sent to the emperor and to
Prince Henry.
AS safeguard against heavy weather in
the outer harbor on the day that Prince
Henry of Prussia arrives here the plan for
formally welcoming him was changed to-
day It was decided to abandon the idea
of having him transfer down the bay from
the Kronprlnz Wilhelm to the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern, and instead he Will
come to Recreation pier at the foot Of
West 34th street, on the liner.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. COM
| mandang the special squadron now assem-
| bling here. will board the Kronprinz VIII
helm as soon as she arrives. and after
formally greeting Prince Henry will ac-
company him to the pier. AS the liner
passes the special squadron every ship of
the latter will fire royal salute of twenty
one guns and man sides. The formal calls
of the Presidents delegates. the officers of
the special squadron, Major General Brooke.
Admiral Barker and the mayor of New
turn calls by Prince Henry depend upon
the hour that the Kronprinz arrives. If
time permits they will be made at once.
The six officers of the German imperial
Falls last week. returned today. Four
other officers will go to the falls tomorrow
and will return on Wednesday. Owing to
the storm there were few visitors to the
for Philadelphia over the Pennsylvania
railroad on the 4:13 pm. train from Jersey
City. The admiral will remain In Phila-
delphia two days visiting relatives.
Two thousand invitations to the launch
ing Of the emperors yacht were sent out
today by the builders. the Townsend-Dow-
ney Company. Only those whose names
had been passed upon by the committee of
arrangements at Washington and the Sc
cret service and personal friends Of the
builders received the coveted cardboards.
The invited guests include those foremost
In official life In Washington and nearly all
the celebrities OF finance, politics. literature.
arr and the business and official life Of this
city.
At least two governors will witness the
laGEching-Governor Odell OF New York and
Stone of Pennsylvania has been invited.
Senators Platt and Depew have also been
asked. Prominent Germans, including Carl
Schurz. Arthur Won Breisen and represen-
tatives OF leading German organizations,
have been included The big figures OF
Wall street. among them j. Pierpont Nor
gan. J. J. Hill. all the Vanderbilts Goulds,
Astors, E. H. Hartman. Russell Sage.
James Stiliman, John I. Waterbury, E. j..
Berwind. w. H. Baldwin. jr.. August Bel
mont, George ]. Haven. Morris X. Jesup,
Charles Stewart Smith. J. Edward Sim
mons. Daniel S. Lamont and others have
been invited. Commodore Ledyard Of the
New York Yacht Club. Commodore Robert
T. Tod of the Atlantic Yacht Club and off,
GERS and leading members Of these clubs.
as we'll as officers of the principal social
clubs Of the city, are included in the list
of guests Almost every name on the list
Is that OF a man or woman we'll known.
The Invitations are handsomely engraved.
with the American and German flags in
colors at the top Inclosed with each In
vitation Is card Of admission to the island.