Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
BLOOD IS THICKER
Than WATER
Says Prince Louis to Brit
ish and Yankee 1ars.
Monster Banquet at Coney''.
Horse Show and the Lambs Club.

the men. At the center Of the long ia
Bile looking down the hall sat Rear Adj
mirai Evans beside the prince, were
Rear Admiral Dickins, Rear Admiral
!3rownson. Captain PIERCE, Col. X. Nj.
Thompson, Captain Dare and Captain
Arnold TO the left of Admiral Evans
sat Sir Percy Sanderson. the British
consul general at New York. Rear Adj
miral Davis, Captain Farquehar, Com
missioner of Police McAdoo, Captain
Emory, Captain kmghale, Captain Til
ley and Captain Ryan. The other Off
GERS were at the adjoining tables, which
were prettily decorated with pink and
White carnations. Champagne was the
ONLY extra" not rived at the six rows
of tables which stretched from the OH
GERS tables TO the door on the main
floor and for nearly the entire length
OF the balcony.
The British and American sailors
We're assembled on board the flagship
Maine and Alabama, early this alter
noon. There they boarded three special
" chartered steamers which landed
tfan at Steeplechase pier between $50
and o'clock. From there. escorted by
I5u special police. they marched to
Stauch's pavilion on The BOwery and
received Il noisy welcome along the
route.
AT The door to receive them were
Chairman. Schumacher and the members
of the reception committee. The band
played medley of popular sailor songs
while the 2500 sailors were being as
signed to their seats. Another evidence
of their discipline came when for near
~ an hour they sat patiently in their
seats awaiting the arrival of the prince
and Admiral Evans with the other off
GERS, who came in six special cars. The
party reached the hall about I O'Clock
AMI entered amid Il storm Of cheers.
Before the prince had finished the first
course he said he wanted TO get the
view from the gallery.
When the two commanders left their
seats and started for the balcony. the
sailors seemed to forget all about the
beer and other good things before them
and jumping to their feet, they cheercd
for four minutes Then the other adj
nlir.ilS took a look from The balcony
and after them the captains, each
group getting a rousing cheer. When
the bumpers we're filled, the health of
the British navy was drunk, standing.
Then came three cheers for Prince
Louis. three for Admiral Evans and
three for the British navy.
During the dinner it developed that
through some misunderstanding the
British sailors had been granted shore
leave only until Z o'clock, tomorrow
morning. A committee of two. Woman
T. c. Webster of the Missouri. and
BoatsWain +. A. Smith of the Ken
lucky, representing the committees OF
reception and arrangements. laid the
matter before Prince Louis. who
promptly extended the leave of his men
until noon, tomorrow.
BY 10 o'clock, the Is rounds of beer
which each sailor received had been
disposed of and the men started out
to do Coney Island. Many of the
amusement places opened up in honor
Of the visitors. At midnight. the
shooting galleries, the beer gardens
and the other attractions were doing a
mid summer business and the $500
sailors were having the time of their
lives.
The boats will come alongside
Steeplechase Pier at 6, tomorrow, to
take the banquetters to their respec-
tive ships.
The dinner. tonight was a return
courtesy for the entertainment which
the men of the American squadron
received when i'm England several
years ago
While the men made merry at Coney
Island. the warrant officers of the
British squadron entertained the war
rant officers of the American ships at
a ball on the Drake. A special dane
ing floor was laid under a canopy
composed of ensigns representative OF
every nation in the world. even that or
Japan mingling with the more sombrc
one of Russia. The center piece con-
sisted of the American Stripes radiat-
ing from q cluster of 46 incandescent
lights representing the Stars.