Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-17

The executive committee yesterday
was very optimistic over the pros
poets, and it is confidently anticipated
that the welcome of Los Angeles to the
sixteen battleships OF the Atlanelc
squadron will be the most patrlotlc,
snectacular and impressive of any
which the Heet VIII receive III WeSeei -
waters.
The Herald obtained copy or the
executive committees official report 10
Mayor Harper, which contains the only
official announcement or the program
yet made by that body. This pro-
gram is as follows:
1.-THE fleet will arrive at san Peoro
at 3 o'clock p. m. SATURDAY, april o 49,
along the coast line from Balboa,
Huntington Beach and Long Beach
on arrival of the fleet at San PEDRO,
the first division, including the bat
tIeship Connecticut, will enter San Pc
dro bay. The admiral will then make
signal to the other divisions of his
fleet to proceed, as ordered, Where-
upon one division will take station IN IN
front of Long Beach, one division Will
proceed to Redondo beach, one division
to Venice The fleet will not ancnor
en- masse at San Pedro.
'It has been arranged that the mayor
of the city shall make his official can
upon Admiral Thomas, commanding
the battleship fleet, at $3.50 p. M, sat
urday, April IS, and the admiral mas
courteously rendered his launch Tor
the use Of the mayor, and II VIII & re.
port at the Fifth street wharf, san
Pedro, at $3.50 p. m.
Monday, April 20
"The committee has arranged for a
banquet to be held at the Alexandra
hotel at 1880 p. m. Fifty-seven OH
GERS of the navy, the governor OF the
state, Lieutenant General 1ouns'
United States army. and the six cor
respondents who have come with the
fleet from Hampton Roads, will be
guests at the banquet. Two hundred
citizens of Los Angeles will be hosts
on this occasion.
Tuesday, April 21
"The committee has arranged Tor an
automobile parade in which the guests
from the navy at the banquet will
participate, escorted by a gentleman
Of Los Angeles, in each car. The pa
rade will start from the north en-
trance of the Alexandria hotel and pro-
ceed east on Fifth street to Main, nortn
on Main to the Plaza, around the Plaza
and countermarching south on Main
street to the junction of Spring and
North Hill, past high school buildings
(where students will gather en- masse),
back south on North Hill and Temple
streets to Spring, south on Spring 70
Eighth street, west on Eighth TO
Broadway, north on Broadway to First
west on First street to Hill, south on
Hill to Seventh, west on Seventh to
Westlalxe park, through Westlake park
to Wiltshire boulevard. west on Will
shire boulevard to Vermont avenue
south on Vermont avenue to Tenth
east on Tenth to Westmoreland place
south through Westmoreland place tc
Pico street, west on Pico to Harvard
boulevard, south on Harvard boule-
ward to Hobart boulevard, south or
Hobart boulevard to Twenty second
street through Berkeley square tC
Hermosa street, south on Hermoss
street to West Adams street, east OF
West Adams street to st. James park
through St James park and Chester
place back to West Adams street, cas-
on West Adams to Figueroa, north OF
Figueroa to Washington, east OF
Washington to Grand avenue. nortf
on Grand avenue to Seventeenth. ives
ca Seventeenth to Hope, north on Hop