Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-14
LONG BEACH PEOPLE ADMITTED
TO PENNSYLVANIA
MARYLAND CREW PLANS BALL
FOR TONIGHT
Officers and Seamen of Pacific Squad.
ron Are Given Keys of City
in Resolutions by
Council
Long Beach onice.
% Locust avenue.
Phone-Home aso.


LONG BEACH, Nov. 13-Sixty men
from the crew of the armored cruiser
Pennsylvania gave a dance tonight In
the auditorium, the music being fur-
nlshed by the band from the ship.
Townspeople were admitted. The big hall
was prettily decorated for the occasion
and the electric display bearing the name
Pennsylvania was raised over the en-
trance.
Tomorrow night the Maryland crew
will give their invitation dance, when
matrors and maids of the town are look
ing forward to with pleasure. large
stack of engraved invitations were sent
out this morning. 1t is rumored that the
incidental expenses. providing decoration'
music and refreshments for this occasion,
will amount to $500.
The tickets for the Elks' benefit to De
given Saturday night by the minstrel
troupe from the West Virginia have been
reduced in price to 25c, SOC and Toe. IL
is expected by the Elks that crowded
house will greet this entertainment by
the Jolly Jack Tars."
Family Reunited
An unexpected meeting was that on a
main street this afternoons or George
Higgins, a seaman who enlisted IN Phii-
adelphia two years ago under announcer
name, after running away from nome
and his father mother and two sisters
who recently moved to southern Caliloi
mia. The rest of the family had com
pletely lost track of the runaway youth.
Meeting face to face this afternoon soon
after the young man came ashore, al
five members of the family, strangely
reunited for a short time, wept.
Admiral Dayton and his officers, who
took the trip over the Pacific Electric
system yesterday, were delighted
'If the people in the east knew What
you folks have here in Southern can
fornia. there wouldn't be room to hold
the thousands that would rush this way,
said the captain of one of the vessels OF
the division. "This is without exception
the finest section of country l have ever
visited
City Clerk Baldwin made trip to the
flagship West, Virginia this morning in
a chartered launch to bear the following
letter to Admiral Dayton:
Long Beach, Cal, Nov. 1S-Admiral
DAYTON United States Cruiser West Vir-
glnia-Sir: 1 have the honor to report
that at a regular meeting of the board OF
trustees of the city of Long Beach, held
Tuesday, November u, 1907, the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted;
Given Keys of City
" Resolved, Ihdt curing the stay VI
the United States war vessels in the mar
bor of Long Beach the entire freedom
rrivileges and use of the auditorium, pier
and parks, and in fact any concessions
over which the city of Long Beach mas
jurisdiction, be extended to the Officers
and crews of the war vessels, and that
the city clerk be instructed to convey TINS
resolution to the officers in command.
VERY respectfully,
FIRED BALDWIN,
"City Clerk of the City of Long Beach"
At o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
high school baseball team will cross bats
with the nine from the Colorado.
The ocean swells were not so heavy
today, but the sea was choppy ana the
trips in the small boats to the Colorado
which was the only ship open to visitors
were rough.
An officer on the Pennsylvania today
told little secret which was not sup
posed to be con1ded to people on snore
One of the Los Angeles women IN the
fashionable party that was invited TO the
officers' bali on the Pennsylvania Mon
dav night lost one of her dainty white
sIinpers as she was stepping from the
shore boat upon the LANDING OF the
pennsylvania Heroic efforts to recover
the slipper were futile. Inc woman
dressed like her friends in beautitul
and costly evening gown, was ASSISTED
nm board the ship ana is said to have
enioyed the evening as much as any
member of the party, although her efforts
to dance wearing shoe borrowed from
a seaman were laughable.