Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
IRON AND STEEL men.
Prominent Englishmen Wei
coined by the President.
RECEPTION TONIGHT
VIEWED PLACES OF INTEREST
THIS AFTERNOON.
Will Leave for Pittsburg Monday
Morning-A Distinguished Re
ception Committee.

Three hundred members Of the Iron and
Steel Institute of Great Britain are in
Washington this afternoon. AT 2:3O O'Clock
they were received by President Roosevelt
in the east room of the White House, and
this evening they are to be the guests OF
honor at reception in the Corcoran Cal
Iery of Art. Tomorrow they will spend IN
sightseeing, and Monday they leave In
body for Pittsburg. They are accompanied
by about ninety ladies and by the father OF
the steel industry in the United States, Mr.
Andrew Carnegie.
Prior to The reception they were shown
through the White House. They were re-
ceived by Mrs. Roosevelt as well as the
President.
Many Men Of Prominence.
The Britons arrived at noon and were
driven in carriages Immediately to the
New Willard Hotel, where light lunch
con was awaiting them. Several MEM
bers of the honorary reception committee
for Washington met the visitors at the
depot and took luncheon with them at the
hotel. ,
prominence in Great Britain, including +:
Windsor Richards, general manager OF
Bolckow Vaughn & Co., the leading Engllsh
expert in iron and steel metallursy' Sil
d l.
iron and steel works of Leeds; Edward +.
Martin. formerly manager of the DoWlais
Iron Company; Sir David Stewart OF Banch-
cry; Benjamin Talbot, discovere OF tne Hou-
ern steel process which bears his name
William F. Beardshaw of Sheffield; THOMAS
Westgarth of Richardson & Westgarth, the
largest engine builders of the united KING
dom; Sydney J. Robinson of Jessup q Co..
a famous British steel firm; G. Watson
Grey the distinguished metallurglcal
chemist; Thomas Turner of Killmarnock'
Sir Lloyd Wise, E H. Sanniter OF Shehelo
George Cawley of London, and many
others.
The Reception Committee.
The honorary reception committee Tor
Washington consists of William Barrett
Ridgely, chairman; David I. Day, fh.D.'
secretary; Paul Morton, Secretary Of the
Navy: v. H. Metcalf, Secretary Commerce
and Labor; E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of
the Interior; Gen. A. R. Chaffee, Admiral
George Dewey, Gen. Geo. l.. Gillespie, Gen.
William Crozier, Admiral c. NJ. Chester,
Admiral F. ]. Higginson, Admiral G. A:
Converse. Admiral c. w. Ray, DR.; Daniel
ris, DR. Charles w. Richardson, DR..
c. willard Hayes, S. p. Langley,
Colonel Bernard H. Green, Admiral NJ T.
Endicott, United States navy; Elliot WOODS,
DR.. Charles w. Needham, Right Rev. D. ].
O'Connell, Rev. Jerome Daugherty. Mr..
George Westinghouse, DR.. Alexander
Graham Bell, Mr.. John Joy Edison, Mr..
Admiral R. E. Mason. Herbert Putnam,
S. N. D. North, C. H. Keep, Mr. Clifford
Pinchot, Captain J. H. Moore, Mr.. Charles
]. Bell, M. E. Allies and Colonel Charles
BromweIl
Viewing Places of Interest.
After the reception at the White House
the visitors departed in parties of from six
to a dozen, and went to every section of
the city, some to the Capitol, others to the
navy yard, the Congressional Library and
other places of interest. No regular pro-
gram has been arranged for tomorrow, but
the day will be given over to more sight
seeing. The Congressional Library, Ma
tional Museum and Smithsonian Institution
will be opened as a special courtesy to the
Britons, and Mr.. Elliot Woods has con-
sented to show as many as wish through
the Capitol. They will leave at $50 o clock
Monday morning for Pittsburg and the
American home of the iron and steel in
dustry.
A Successful Interview.
While the members of the party Of the
Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain
were lounging in the hotel lobby, prior to
entering the dining rooms, this afternoon,
an interesting dialogue occurred. The
speakers were a reporter and short we'll
STOOmeQ gentleman, gray HdlTeO, anu wear
ing in the lapel of his coat the insignia of
the institute.
Il beg pardon interposed the reporter,
but would you give me your opinion con-
corning the iron and steel industry of the
United States? How does 1T compare with
the progress made in your country?''
The gentleman-he was short in stature
and robust-seemed to suppress smile.
You Americans are wonderful people,
responded the visitor. do you know" he
continued, with a decided English accent,
although the members of the institute
have not yet seen very much Of the work
in this country, we are constantly scratch
ing our heads to devise schemes to keep
up with you"
The conversation continued in this strain
for some moments until the reporter, flush
ed with the apparent success Of his efforts
to get an interview requested the stranger
name. The gentleman suppressed another
smile, handed the reporter a card, and hur-
ried into the dining room. The reporter
looked at the card and his face blanched
for he read:
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie"