Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08
OFF FOR SIDE TRIPS
G. E. Delegates Took a Recess
at Baltimore.
MANY VISIT THIS CITY
RAILROADS SAY THEY BROUGHT
1900 HERE IN FORENOON.
Plans for Big Meeting at National
Capital This Afternoon-The Dis
trict Delegation Busy.
peclal From a stafr Correspondent.

Special From a STAFF Correspondent
BALTIMORE. Md, July s.-The twenty
second International Christian Endeavor
convention has adjourned to the suburbs
of the city That is to say to the suburbs
as Baltimoreans fondly view the matter.
Thousands left this morning and early this
afternoon for Washington, D. c., Gettys-
burg, Luray and other places of interest.
BY far the larger proportion of the dele
gates took advantage of the special rates
to Washington, and went that way. From
there many expect to make trips to Mount
Vernon and Arlington. The railroads esti-
mate that they carried about 1000 on this
trip during the forenoon. By special invf-
tation of the Baltimore convention commit
tee, a large party, including the visiting
officers of the United Society of Christian
Endeavor, many prominent Baltimoreans
and the members of the press, left at pm
on chartered steamer for trip down
Chesapeake bay, to return about pm, In
time for the camp fire. in the 9Th Regi-
ment Armory this evening.
The District Delegates.
The delegates from the District of Column
bia returned to their homes last night and
early this morning in large numbers. in
order to make ready to receive their guests
from this city Herman c. Metcalf CHAIR
man Of the District reception committee,
was one of those to go last night. He in
tended to perfect arrangements at the
Washington railroad stations. Percy s..
Foster of Washington returned last night
also. He is scheduled to lead the singing
at the Open-air mass meeting at the Capitol
at $3.50 pm. today, which 1t is the inten-
ton Of many delegates from here to attend
Most of the Washington delegates are
Tod Ioa Ia
to remain throughout the remainder of the
big convention. Generally considered. only
those who expected to take part in the re-
ception of guests at the national capital
left here
Many District of Columbia delegates are
enjoying trips around the city.
Contest Over Next Convention.
The contest among the different delega-
tons for the international Christian En-
deavor convention of 1907 has assumed
such proportions that the leading cities In
the race, Kansas City, Mo-, and Seattle
Wash, through their representatives here,
are leaving no stone unturned to advertise
their respective merits. So strenuous have
been the efforts of these two delegations
that practically all other competitors have
dropped out of the race.
The executive committee of the United
Society is known to be pretty evenly d.
vidcd between the city of the middle west
and that of the Pacific coast. The voting
has been so close that a decision was
reached to postpone final action in selecting
the meeting place of 1907 until the fall
meeting of the committee. Rev. DR.. F. d.
Power, the committeeman from Washing
ton, d. c., Is in favor of Kansas City, Mo-
Rather unexpectedly this question has be-
come the all-absorbing one of the conven-
ton. Many of the speakers refer to it at
the big mass meetings and openly plead
their cause. Seattle promises a beautiful
trip along the Alaskan coast to the dele
gates. d. A. G..