The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
 TRIP COMPLETED
Eastern Delegation Will Leave
 Washington October 20
COMING ID CONVENTION
Committee from Birmingham Press Club Will Meet the Visitors at chattanooga-PIans Being
 Perfected.

All arrangements have been perfected in regard to the eastern press club dele gates coming to Birmingham. The party will assemble in Washington and at } o'clock October 20 they will leave in a special train of sleepers, with dining and observation cars. and run as a special to Chattanooga, reaching there on the morning of October 21. They will spend the day in Chattanooga, where great preparations for entertaining them have been made. They will leave Chattanooga over the Alabama Great Southern and reach Birmingham on the morning of the 22d at ' o'clock
 A committee from the Birmingham Press club, also a number of prominent citizens. will go to Chattanooga on the afternoon of the Fist and accompany the delegation to Birmingham On their ar tion committee and escorted to the Hotel Hillman, where breakfast will be served. The reports are that there will be at least 200 delegates and visitors in the party.
 The various sub-committeesso the Bir-- mingham Press club for the entertainment of the International League of Press clubs are hard at work on the different details for the entertainment. The different chairmen are calling their committees to- gether and are working to make the newspaper convention a success. Chair man William Ryan of the finance com mittee held a meeting yesterday afternoon at o'clock in the office of President Smith. tenth floor First National Bank building. The meeting was well attended and full of enthusiasm.
 Chairman Harry English of the commit tee on decorations has already visited a number of business men and urged them to decorate their stores and places of business for the occasion of the visiting newspaper men. Helhas received good deal of encouragement.
 The general arrangements committee was informed yesterday of the spienoid entertainments that will be given by the citizens of Ensley on the 24th The Con- mercial club has appointed a special committee to arrange all details for an old-fashioned barbecue, and will also ar range for the visitors to go through the steel mill and other different industries. 1t Is thought that 1t will take about four hours to go through all the different plants that are of interest. Ensley will present the visitors with unique souvenirs and other advertising matter
 Bessemer to Be Hostess.
 Great preparations are being made by Bessemer to entertain the league on Oc tober 25 The City Council made a special appropriation for the entertainment and citizens are supplementing the amount A strong committee, composed of the City Council. citizens and local newspaper men, are working hand in hand to make their visit a distinctive feature when the league visits the Birmingham district.
 Among the many prominent newspaper men that will visit Birmingham during the convention Is W. D. Nesbft, the noted poet and play writer of Chicago. He will be accompanied by his wife. and during their visit in the city will be the guest of Railroad Commissioner W. D. Neshit and Mrs. Nesbit
 The noted pen and Pencil club ofAPhila- dephia have selected delegates to the convention. They are as follows George J. Bremen, George 1T. Hoffman, Upton S. Jeffreys, Herman l.. Dieck, John l.. Strader, Charles A. Ulrick, Henry Starr Richardson, James s. Mccartney, John P. Walker and c. H. Graves. A number of alternate delegates will be elected later,