Evening star., 1909-06-04

had on more than one occa sion been COM
PEELED to ask a policeman the location OF
some public office. hid away on the sixth
story of an old building. He said that
Washington is a city Of art. although
some Of the art is a little "horsey.' but
he hoped to see 1t made so attractive as
to bring visitors from all parts OF the
world to see 1t.
Paving his respects to the dinner. he
said: II enjoyed this dinner. One thing
the American people must learn is to eat
slowly"
". s. Washburn told OF the progress
Philippines; of many miles Of railroad
being completed, and of the growth or
the Y. NJ. c. A. movement there and
throughout the orient.
Report of Morning Proceedings.
President Small announced that Thomas
c. Moves. who was to have acted as
toastmaster, declined to speak as 1t was
getting late But as the guests con-
tinued to call for him Mr.. Noyes arose
and said he would give a brief report OF
the mornings proceedings.
1--WE came down forty-two strong. in
spected the river, looked Alexandria over,
and decided not to annex 1t. as we would
have to take D. j. Callahan along with
it, he said. 1t was added that when
Marshall Hall was reached they found an
election in progress, and decided to enter
a candidate of the board. Mr.. LOthrop
he said, was nominated, but at first de-
clined to run. giving as his reasons that
he was a native of Virginia, did not
want the office and wanted to go back to
Washington at night.
Mr.. Noyes told OF how Mr.. Lothrop
finally consented to run and defeated his
opponent. a man from Prince Charles
county, whose name Is not recorded
through the efforts Of DR.. Gibson whose
ball players changed hats and coats and
voted four times in eight minutes.
Washington Best City in World.
| Mr.. Noyes called attention to the
fact that the Washington Board of
Trade is the civic body Of Washington,
while the Chamber of Commerce was
organized on a business basis. He de-
clared that both bodies should cooperate
Ito make Washington the greatest,
biggest, and. above all, the purest city
| in the world
Immediately after the dinner the shoot
ing matches were resumed. Those who
made sharpshooters scores were ]. Harry
! Cunningham. S. B. Hege. Col. O. g. Sta
| pies. Thomas Lloyd and w. F. Roberts
About o'clock the whistle Of the
Charles Manchester announced that 1t was
time to start for home and that Mayor
| Lothrops term of Office had expired. On
the trip up river chorus led by Odell
| S. Smith, H. c. Duffy, w. w. Bowie, F.
P. Weller and William Clabaugh enter
tained those on the forward deck of the
| boat, while the band played in the salon.
Board Members on Outing.
Among the members of the Board of
| Trade present were DIR. William Tindall,
A S. Caywood. DR.. H. c. Duffey, A. NJ
Lothrop. B. B. Earnshaw, Charles H.
| Roesch. Herbert A. Gill, Cuno H. Ru-
dolph. Frank A. Sebring, J. Louis Will
| lige. A. O. Bliss. Samuel j. Prescott E.
H. Gray. George B. Welch. B. F. Smith,
B. F. Barnes, John B. Sleman. jr.; James
F. Oyster. F. H. Bethel, D. l.. Rice. H.
| W. Fuller, NJ. l. Weller, A. Leftwich
Sinclair, James B. Lambie, ]. Whit Her.
ron. H. E. Rupprecht. John c. Yost. Ed
ward T. Bates. G. W. Forsberg, w. E.
| Espey. Emmons 8. Smith, Odell s. Smith,
H. H. Hazen, s. 8. Shedd, Theodore W.
Noyes, DR.. Richard kingsman. Adolph
William S. Minnix, James P. Tolman,
DIR. ]. s. Arnold, NJ NJ. Shand, Capt.
l.. NJ. Kelley. o. G. Staples William F.
GUIDE. Thomas P. Morgan. William NJ
Shuster, ]. H. Small. jr.: w. W. Bowie,
John X. Heyl. John D. Cremer. William
Y. Cox, George Truesdell. Fred ]. White,
Robert n. Harper, Howard Nyman, F.
Spalding. William G. Henderson. R. L..
| Lamb Henry w. Reed, L. Perry West
George F. Schutt. William A. H. Church,
| Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, Henry c. karr
]. p. Hermann. j. H. Miller. Thomas
G: Noyes, Charles r. Duehay. c. A.
S. Graves. ]. Harry Cunningham. W. F.
Roberts. c. NJ. Forrest. Walter H. Klop-
fer D. J. Callahan: D. J. Macarty