The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
HOTEL MEN STORM CAPITAL
Advance Guard to Annual Conven.
ton Arrives.
Special Trains Bearing other Parties
Expected at All Hours To-day.
Meet at New willard Tomorrow.

The advance guard Of the twenty-eighth
annual convention Of the Hotel Mems
Mutual Benefit Association. whose mem
bers convene at the New Willard to-mor-
row morning, arrived in Washington yes
terday. To-day hundreds Of others will
get here Three special trains will arrive
during the afternoon and evening, loaded
with MOTEL men and their families. This
afternoon the registration of the visitors
will begin at the Shoreham.
The committees Of the Washington Ho-
tel Mems Association, of which John T.
Devine, of the Shoreham, IS chairman ex-
officio, held final meetings yesterday,
when all arrangements were completed
for the entertainment of the representa-
tive hotel men OF the United States and
Canada.
The first special train will arrive over
the Chesapeake and Ohio at $50 o'clock
this afternoon. This train will have a
hundred or more Of the delegates and
their wives from Chicago and Milwaukee.
From New York the delegates will ar
rive on n special train over the Pennsyl-
vania. The train IS due at e.l5 p. m.
At 45 o'clock this evening the Boston
party will arrive by the Pennsylvania
The visitors will be met at the depOts by
members of the entertainment commit
tee and escorted TO the various hotels
whore they are to stay.
But one business session Is to be held
This will take place tomorrow morning.
officers viii be elected, all other business
transacted as quickly as possible. and the
meeting will adjourn. The rest of the
time viii be spent in sightseeing. banquet
ing. and having a good time.
Committees ON Entertainment.
The committees having the entertain
ment of the visitors in charge. of which
John T. Devine, of the Shoreham, is
chairman ex-Off1cio. are as follows:
FINANCE
A. L. Bliss. chairman F. 5 Hight. Peter Taylor,
r., T. J. Tally, Clifford NJ Lewis. George F.
Sclrutt. T. A Mckee William Cato. II. T.
Wheeler Robert Callahan, r.. o. g. Staples T. s
Cochran, William A. Engel, Laurence Mills.
TRANSPORTATION.
o. 6. Staples, chairman: William p Kennsy.
William Cato. F. II. 5. Cake, z. L. johnson.
Conrad F. Grieb. W. W Brown. William J. Won
deTheide Conrad F. syme
PRINTING AND SOUVENIRS.
r Ii. NneeieT. CHAIRMAN %. g. staples, I. a.
Mckee, A. L. Bliss. w. J. Watson, Walter Burton
w. W. Dsnenhower II. A. Lewis
LADIES' AUXILIARY.
Mrs William Cato, chairman; Airs. John T.
Devine. Mrs. L. W Wheeler. Mrs. T. A. Mckee.
Mrs. A. L. Bliss. Mrs. G.. F. Schutt Mrs Clifford
NJ. Lewis, Mrs. F. s. Hight Mrs. Peter Taylor. IT.
Mrs. Irving Q. Ball, Ars. Robert Callahan, IT,. Mrs.
H. A. Lewis. Mrs F. X. We;more, Mrs. w W.
Brown Mrs II. T. Wheeler Mrs. Harrington Mills
Mrs Walter Burton, Mrs Morgan d. Lewis, Afrs.
Shirley Shepperd.
RECEPTION.
c. NJ. Lewis. chairman; L W. Wheeler. Robert
Callahan. IT,. W T. Kennsy. Irving 0. Ball, II. A.
Lewis, H. T. Wheeler. Harrington Mills, f. L.
johnson. Conrad 7. Grleb. w. W. Brown, William
a. Engel. William J. Vonderhe;de H. E. Mitchell
BANQUETs
T. A. Mckee chairman; T. ]. Tally, F. s. HIGHT,
Peter Taylor, r.. T. w. Wheeler, a. L. Bliss. H.
B. Burch. William J. Vonderheide.
ENTERTAINMENT.
George T. Schutt. chairman; T. ]. Tally, A. L.
Bliss. Z. W. Wheeler. II. Burch, Laurence
Mills.