Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-19
MEMORIAL TO EDITOR MOVES
MEETING HELD YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON TO MAKE PLANS.
Public Gathering at National Thea
ter April to Pay Tribute-Com-
mittee in Charge.

In response to call signed by the
board of District Commissioners. the pres
idents of the Board of Trade and Cham
Der of Commerce and the editors of the
Washington Post. Times and Herald
more than one hundred personal friends
of the late Crosby S. Noyes, editor OF
The Washington Star for more than fifty
years. met at the District building late
yesterday afternoon and arranged the
preliminary details for the holding of a
large memorial in honor of Mr.. Noyes
1t was decided to hold this memorial a,
the National Theater April ), at O'Clock
in the afternoon. 1t will be open to the
public.
Commissioner mcfarland presided a,
the meeting yesterday. In calling 1t to
order he briefly outlined its object ano
purpose, and said that a special invitation
had not been sent to all OF Mr.. Noyes
friends because, In that event. no nall IT
Washington could accommodate such a
gathering. He read a letter from Spe akeI
Cannon. who had been invited to attend
the meeting. in which he said his duties
al the Capitol prevented him being pres
ent, but that the memorial met with ms
hearty approval. A telegram from w
II. Rapley. now at Palm Beach. Fla, was
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esteemed privilege to grant the use of the
National Theater for the holding of the
exercises.
Constituted a General Committee.
Commissioner Mcfarland then read the
following names of citizens who had been
asked to attend the preliminary meeting
Milton Z. Allies, Allen d. Albert, jr.
Judge T. H. Anderson, r. p. Andrews.
Charles B. Bailey, Judge Job Barnard,
Benjamin F. Barnes, Conrad Becker,
Charles ]. Bell DR.. Alex. Graham Bell.
F. H. Bethel, w. j. Boardman, Scott G.
Bone, George F. Bowerman, Edwin {.
Brandenburg. P. j. Brennan. Alexander
Britton, Chaplin Brown. Glenn Brown,
Justice Henry B. Brown Walter A.
Brown, Adds B. Browne, w. B. Bryan.
Judge Charles S. Bundy, d. j. Callahan,
Joseph G. Cannon. Frank G. Carpenter,
H. NJ. Clabaugh. Walter c. Clephane,,
L. A. Coolidge, Walter V. Cox. S.
w. Curriden, j. Maury Dove. E. H. Droop.
Francis II. Duehay, 7. c. Dulin,. G. I.
Dunlop, Arthur Dunn, John JOY Edison.
Charles W. Fairbanks. DR.. A. P. Pardon,
Victor G.. Fisher, Charles E. Foster. John
w. Foster, Albert F. Fox, Daniel Fraser,
T. NJ Gale, William T. Galliher, DIR. E.
NJ. Gallaudet, Charles c. Glover, j. How
ard Gore, Andrew B. Graham. Edwin G..
Graham, Judge Ashley M. Gould. Ben
jamin S. Graves. Bernard r. Green, Will
liam F. GUIDE, Benjamin W. Guy. Judge
A. B. Hagner. Rev. Edward +. Hale,
George f. Hamilton. Mr.. Justice Harlan,
Gen. George H. Harries, F. l.. Harvey,
Robert N. Harper. f. e. Hayden. Mr.. J..
B. Henderson. r. w. Henderson, William
G. Henderson. James Henry, ]. Whit
Heron. James G. HILL w. S. Hoge, w.
H. Hoeke. W. H. Holmes, J. C. Horn
blower, DR.. Franklin T. Howe, James F..
Hood. Col. r. l.. HoXie. Beale r. How
ard. DR.. j. E. Jones, Rudolph Kaufman,
Victor Kaufman, D. J. Kaufman
j. Fred Kelley. Judge l. y. Kim
ball. William B. King, W. s. Knox.
DR.. George NJ. kober. John B. Larner.
Ralph w. Lee. J. Edward Libbey. A. Lis
ner. William Loeb. jr.. A. NJ. Lothrop, G.
A. Lyon. jr.. w MCGEE. J. Nota McGill.
F. B. Mcclure. Col John McElroy. John
R. Mclean. Richard A. Mclean. Arthur
d. Marks Henry B. F. Macfarland, E. S.
NARROW. F. P. May. William A. >Mearns,
Frederic l.. Moore, Willis L. Moore, n. o.
Messenger. John P. Miller, Thomas P.
Morgan. Maj. Jay J. Morrow. Arthur c.
Moses. William II. Moses, Prof. Charles
w. -Needham. Clarence F.. Norment. DR.
Charles P. Neill. George NJ. Oyster. James
F. Oyster, r. F.. Pairo Aulick Palmer E.
Southland Parker, Myron M. Parker
Judge Stanton j. Peelle, r. Ross
Perry. Clifford Pinchot w NJ Poindex-
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Senior Don Gonzalo de Quesada, j. H. Raj
ston. w. II. Rapley. B. w. Reiss. DR.
Charles w. Richardson. F. A. Richardson
Judge Charles H. Robb. Elihu Root
Cuno H. Rudolph, B. Francis Saul. Edgar
D. Shaw, n. II. Shea, Seth Shepard. F.
l.. Siddons. William NJ. Shuster William
Fl. Singleton. J. H. Small. jr.. A. S. Solo
mans. John S. Shriver. Thomas w. Smith
William r. Smith. Judge w. P. Stafford
Edgar J. Stellwagen. DR.. George NJ. Stern
berg, G.. w. F. ,Swartzell. William II
Taft, Baron kogoro Takahira. DIR. Will
liam Tindall. George Truesdell. Richard
w. Tyler. Judge ]. A. Van Orsdel. Will
liam P. Van Wickle, Charles D. Walcott
Thomas F. Walsh. B. III. Warner, John
l.. Weaver NJ. /. Weller, Henry A. Will
lard, Jesse B. Wilson, Gen. John NJ Will
son. Simon Wolf Henry l.. West, S. w
Woodward. A. 8. Worthington, Judge
Daniel 7. Wright and Gen. Walter Wy
man.
The motion made by George f. Hamil-
ton. that the gentlemen here named con-
sttute a general committee to arrange
for the meeting. was adopted. Scott G.
Bone moved that the gentlemen who
signed the call for this meeting should
form an executive committee to arrange
the details, which motion was adopted
The names of those who will speak al the
memorial will be made public next week
CHILDREN'S MASKED BALL.