Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-11
WILL GIVE TAFT
GREAT WELCOME
BIG PARADE TO START SOON
AFTER l O'CLOCK
SHRINE AUDITORIUM is BOWER
OF BEAUTY FOR BANQUET
During Passage Of Long Street Pro-
cession Every One Will Have
Opportunity to Get Good View
Of President
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the great train shed from which the
depot takes it name, but will be pulled
on through to the sidetrack whereon
have sood in the past twenty years the
private cars of most of the big men of
the world. There a temporary plat
form has been reared, and it will be on
this Mayor Alexander and few mem
bers of the general reception commit
tee of the chamber of commerce will
first meet and formally greet the presi-
dent in behalf of Los Angeles. This
ceremony will last but a few moments
and VIII not be viewed by the general
public, as the space Is small and a
high board fence shuts it off from the
streets on the west.
Streets to Be Closed
Automobiles will be waiting here to
receive the party, and at a few minutes
past l o'clock the great parade--during
the progress of which every person in
Los Angeles may and most of them
will, see the chief executive Of the ma
tion-will start. A pilot car bearing
police officers in full regalia will be
driven first, probably half a mile ahead
of the parade proper. This car will
clear the streets of all obstacles and
will, for the time being, close all the
streets over which the parade is to
pass to traffic of every sort whatsoever.
Scores of policemen on foot will patrol
the line of march. and as fast as the
parade is past the patrolmen viii make
the best time they can to another point
farther along, where they will reappear
TO perform this service.
Since the line of march is purposely
made more than eight miles in length,
so that all may find a convenient and
comfortable place from which to view
the passing notables, no crowding or
unnecessary congestion will be per-
mitted. The parade that passes the
corner of Figueroa and Adams streets,
where hundreds of trees line both
streets for miles in each direction and
enormous crowds can be seated COM
fortably, will be practically the same
as that which passes the corner of Sec
ond and Spring streets an hour or so
earlier. Particular emphasis is laid
on this point both by the police and
the committeeman, i'm the earnest hope
that the citizens and their families
will refrain from packing the down
town streets unnecessarily.
Two Stops Scheduled
The only events of Importance on the
line of march, which is fully printed
here and which will be followed out
exactly, are the stops-the first of one
minute at the Chamber of Commerce
building and the second at the Poly
technic high school building on Wash
ington street. between Grand avenue
and Flower street, where the president
will turn the first spadeful of earth on
the spot where work will Immediately
start on the new school building.
The members of the committee. in
announcing the plans. have always
carefully put in that stop of one min
ute at the Chamber of Commerce
building, but they have as carefully re
Trained from saying what that stop is
to be made for There is something
strange about that. Yesterday consid
cradle quiet work was done in an ef-
fort to find out why the whole parade
is to stop before the Chamber of Com
merce building, in which the Herald
offices are located on South Broad
way, between First and Second streets.
But nothing was learned. The mem
bers of the committee only looked
panied at the question, or professed
entire ignorance of the stop. There it
stands in black and white, however, on
the official program, and whether or
not il portends some event that has
been carefully concealed from the pry-
ing public eye is not known.
The parade will be probably one mile
long, as there will be almost forty ma
chimes in line, and they cannot be run
TOO close together The first fifteen
cars will be carefully filled with the
most important men of the day. The
other cars will be used to accommo-
date guests of the city from neighbor-
ing towns, newspaper men and direC-
tors and prominent members of the
chamber Of comerce. The first four
teen cars will be filled according to pro
gram. the following disposition being
the one to be carried out:
Car for Secret Service Men
After the police pilot car, in which
there will probably be Chief of Police
Edward Dishman, Captain Charles
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Lieutenant Charles Lehnhausen and
Sergeant Harry White, will come the
automobiles in the following order:
First car-The president, CaptainI
Archibald Butt of the presidents party,
Mayor George Alexander Mr.. Sloan of
the presidents party.
Second car-Secret service.
Third car-Dr ]. j. Richardson of
the presidents party, Willis II. Booth.
president Los Angeles chamber of
commerce.; General Adna r. Chaffee,
president board of public works; Sec
retary Mischler of the presidents
party.
Fourth car-Robt. r. Small of the
presidents party, Niles Pease, presi-I
dent city council; Joseph Scott, presi-
dent Los Angeles school board; Robt.
II. Hazard of the presidents party,
Gen. Robt. Wankowski, chairman par
ade committee.
FIFTH CdT--Hss A. II rOWlGT VI tue DreSl-
dents party, Mr.. White, press commit
tee; Mr.. Elliott, press committee; DR..
w. A. Edwards Of the presidents party,
John G. Mott, chairman press commit
tee; William Hoster of the presidents 81
party.
Sixth car-Sherman p. Allen of theI
presidents party. Guy Barham, press
committee: A. M. Humphreys, board
of public works; H. L. Dunlap of theI
presidents party.
Seventh car--W d. Stephens, chair
man reception committee: ]. @. story
j. M. Schneider, president Merchantsl
and Manufacturers association: J. o.
Koepf1i, president Municipal league;
John Hays Hammond Of the president 8
party.
counciImen to Ride
Eighth carr. w. Dromgold, e. A. |
Clampitt Bernard Healy, Henry Lyon. !
E. ]. Blanchard, Fl: Fl. Yonkln. cityl
councilmen.
Ninth CARP. O. Story, A. J. Wallace.
w. ]. Wren. city councilnen; Cor
nelius Pendleton, collector port of Los
Angeles.
Tenth oar-W. II. Joyce, L. NJ. Cole.
J. v. Vickers, Marshall Stimson, II. |
r. Calender, Walter Raymond, direc-
tors Los Angeles chamber Of commerce. |
Eleventh car--G. r. Bittinger, J. A. !
Foshay, Maynard McFie, A. w. Kim |
neY, c. =. McStay, directors Los An |