Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-04

and parade is eliminated.
Committee must have $4,000 at once.
Public reception mt Fiesta park.
Decoration scheme to rival Shriners.
.sFightine Bob" Evans and his $4,000
men on the big feet will not be asked
TO parade the streets of Los Angeles
This was the unanimous decision OIL lhe
executive committee of the feet recep-
ton committee at its first meeting yes
terday afternoon at the M. and M
rooms.
The parade feature was thoroughly
discussed and the few who advocated
il soon saw that such q feature on the
program would, in a large way, cause
embarrassment AS Motley II. Film
nut it, 1.-The reception is either patri-
otic or commercial" If patriotic the
parade was unnecessary and not de-
sired by the fleet; and if commercial
the ships and men should be fenced
in and exhibited as sights. Mr.. Flint
terminated the discussion by moving.
-ocosely, that the only parade be one
where the entire public marched past
the men Of the fleet. And thus in good
nature ended the proposal for parade.
Having decided that the reception
was to be purely patriotic, the COM
mittee authorized Chairman Hum
rhreys of the decoration committee to
go ahead with the plans for scheme
of decoration that will equal those OF
the Fiesta and the Shriners' meeting
and in a general way to follow the
same lines. The scheme will include
Illuminated arches, flags and poly
chrome globes extending from Tenn
PIE block TO Ninth street, and the COM
mittee on decorations was authorized
to contract for $4,000 worth of supplies
at once. The details Of this scheme of
decoration. have not been perfected,
hut the success of the Shriners decora-
tions furnishes an easy mark for the
committee to shoot at. However, many
new features are being planned.
Park Illumination
1t was also determined that each
night free concerts would be given
by a large band in Central park and
that the whole park he Illuminated. The
colored globes are to miEgle with the
foliage, and the park by the extensive
use of seats is to be made a vast open
auditorium under the profusely light
ed trees These concerts are for the
special benefit of the sailors.
The public reception to Admiral
Evans and his men is to be held at
Fiesta park, as the committee deemed
it impractical to hold such a demon
stration in any downtown building 1t
is the purpose to have Admiral Evans
and his officers meet the public there
and give the famous fighter a rousing
reception. A large rostrum will be
built.
The committee also resolved that the
practice of charging so cents for the
boat trip from the shore to the battle
ships was too much and that half that
amount was abundant compensation
for. oh yH~gC h.fn 1Trrl1f
about by the protest of Joseph Scott
and Gen. Wankowski who recalled
that this charge had been made on
other occasions and had been the cause
of much just criticism.
While the entire membership of the
committee was not present, the only
absentees We're those who are out of
the city on the Owens river trip of in
spection. The committee was partic-
uarly enthusiastic because all doubt
had been removed as to the visit of
the fleet here before going to San
Francisco. Had this announced change
Of purpose not been so thoroughly re-
pudiated the committee would probably
have had little to do and little spirit
TO do it. But with the absolute assur-
ance that the original program will be
followed the entire membership was
jealous for aggressive work.
Must Raise Money
And one of the most aggressive was
Chairman w. D. Woolwine of the
finance committee. Mr. WoolWine re-
alizes that his committee has a great
responsibility, for it was created to
finance the reception. For that pur-
pose the committee must raise $25 900.
About $4,000 is yet to be raised Mr..
Woolwine was plain spoken in his re-
marks yesterday He said the commit
lee and the public had not responded to
their duty as they should and that
aggressive steps must be taken at once
TO obtain the required amount Those
who would be greatly benefited by the
visit of the fleet have not been heard
from and the public generally had not
responded creditably. The committee
decided that an active campaign for
funds must be inaugurated If the
money is not subscribed at once the
committee must curtaiI its plans to fit
the amount actually available, but the
committee deems the arrangements al
ready made as no more than the city
in it's character of host should do with
dignity.
A committee from the San Pedro
chamber of commerce, composed of s.
NJ Storer Capt A. A. Fries Victor
Johnson and w. c. Miller, met with
the committee and assured il that the
beach towns We're doing everything
that could be done to facilitate the
landing of the men from the warships
and to control the public facilities to
and from the shore. Extraordinary ef-
forts will be made to make these fa-
cilities ample. The committee had
charts and maps and explained how
it was feasible to utilize many ways
of access to the ships.
They also explained that there would
be no ''marooning'' of the unwary be-
cause the tickets sold would be good
for passage to the ships and return.
1t made no difference to the boatmen
which way they collected the tickets,
as they would all have the same value.
Other Cities Interested
The committee on neighboring towns
was authorized to provide for repre-
sentation of outside cities at the ball
and banquet. Many of the nearby
cities and towns have official organized
fleet committees and expect to aug
ment the Los Angeles reception by
great numbers. The enthusiasm Of
some of these smaller places proved
stimulating to the committee.
The committee reviewed the pro-
gram as planned and found no altera-
ton necessary. The program in gem
eral provides for a four days enter
tainment of the fleet. The sailors are
to be entertained daily at Chutes park
with an athletic exhibition each morn
ing and a barbecue at noon. In the
Wild rvaef cbour win lNo