The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-21
AMERICAN MAYORS TO
HOLD EXPERIENCE MEETING
Is Guests of the City of St. Louis
On October 9-Many Social Fea-
lures Will Entertain Them.

To The Herald
St Louis, Mo, Sept 1S.-If d
thousand or so American mayors do
not have in their possession by De-
tober 9Th. the latest and best ideas
on how to run cities, it will not be
/ the fault of the St Louis Centennial
Association and the Civic League OF
St Louis The former has arranged
to bring together and entertain at
least this number of chief executives
of municipalities of the United
States during the week that the
one hundreth anniversary of the in
corporation of St Louis will be Gel
! ebrated, beginning October 3rd, and
the latter has seized upon the oppOr-
! tunity to have the visitors join in
great conference or series of con
ferences on problems of city govern
ment.
Three thousand invitations are be-
ing sent out for this feature of the
Centennial celebration, and although
it is feared that not more than one
mayor in three, whose presence is
requested, Will be able to accept,
the gathering, nevertheless, will be
the most notable of its kind ever
held 1t is doubtful that half as
many city rulers as will attend VIII
ever have met together
Fully apreciating the honor which
viii be conferred upon St Louis by
this assemblage, the Centennial As
sociation and its co-workers are max
ing every effort to provide appropri-
ate entertainment. and the wives
and daughters OF the visitors will be
especially cared for
The week viii be a busy one for
the mayors and those who accom-
pany them, from the day of their
arrival, Monday, October 4th, until
their departure six days later For
them it will begin with reception
and a luncheon the first day and will
include a banquet, attendance at the
Yelled Prophet ball and facilities to
see all Of the other chief events of
the celebration. Among these will
be grand pageants daily. and great
balloon, airship and aerOplane races.
The reception Monday will be held
at City Hall by Mayor Frederick II.
Kreismann, who is president OF the
Centennial Association. Immediate
~ following, at 1890 p. m, a lun-
cheon viii be given at Hotel JET
ferson by the Civic League, and
other noted visitors who may have
arrived viii be asked to attend
After the luncheon an important
conference will be held at which
the principal topic of discussion
will be the commission form OF
municipal government. 1t is expected
that talks will be made by mayors
of cities in which the plan already
is in operation, notable among which
are Des Moines, Iowa, and Calves
ton. Texas, and opponents of the
plan will also speak. The advisa-
bility of further formal conferences
is under consideration by the off
GERS of the League 1t is probable
that at least one more, Tuesday at
ternOOn, on subjects to be selected.
will be arranged
An invitation to and souvenir of
the Yelled Prophet ball will be pre-
scented to each mayor who accepts
an invitation to attend the Centen-
NAL celebration. The ball, Tuesday
evening, viii be held this year in
the beautiful new Coliseum, instead
of the Merchants Exchange, permit
ing a larger and more comfortable
attendance than ever heretofore.
The Business Mems League, the
chief organization of business men
N St Louis and one of the strong
est bodies of its kind in the United
States, will be host Wednesday ev-
ening at the Coliseum at what VIII
be known as the American May
ors' banquet" at which the visiting
mayors and their wives and Ouher
prominent guests to the number of
2,20O are expected to be present.
Many other elaborate events OF
public nature and free to all will
fill out the week