Evening star., 1909-07-09
TAFT SPEEDING HOME ALL "SAFE AND SANE
specjaI Train Due Here This No More Noisy Fouths of
Afternoon. July IN District
DETAILS OF WESTERN TRIP IPLAN MADE Permanent
Tentative Program Announced for Joint Committee Continued With
Swing Around Circle Power to Enlarge
No More Noisy Fourths o.
July in District.
PLAN MADE Permanent
Joint Committee Continued With
Power to Enlarge.
Historical Pageant, Regatta and
Land Sports Planned-To Form
independence Day Association.

For safe and sane" celebrations of the
Fourth of July in the future in the ma
tion's capital the preliminary steps were
taken this morning at meeting Of the
joint committee of the Board of Trade
and the Chamber of Commerce on this
years celebration held in the office of
Commissioner Macfarland.
The formation Of an Independence Day
Association, 10 which any citizen would
be eligible for membership upon the pay
ment of small dues, and the continuation
of the joint committee of the two trade
bodies of Washington as permanent
executive committee on Independence day
celebrations in the future were decided
upon by the committee as the means OF
nsuring accident-free and non-fatal
Fourth of July celebrations in the years
to come.
All the members of the joint committee
were present at the meeting today-Com-
missioner Macfarland, chairman; Thomas
c. Noyes, secretary: William v. Cox
treasurer; Charles ]. Bell, Cuno H. Ru-
dolph, Capt. James T. Oyster and Gen
George H. Harries. After first talking
over the events of last Monday and ex-
pressing their appreciation of all who
helped TO make II a success, and APPROX
ing the accounts. the committee took UP
celebrations in the future.
At the suggestion of Commissioner Mac
farland the committee voted that the
chairman should ask the Board of Trade
and the Chamber of Commerce to con-
Jinue permanently the membership of the
joint committee. This committee, 1t is
intended shall continue as the executive
committee for future celebrations of the
Fourth of July and shall organize. not
only subcommittee, but also an Inde-
Tla
zens upon the payment of small fees.
New Features Suggested.
Various new features were suggested
by the members of the committee to be
arranged for next year. including an his
torical pageant, a regatta, water and land
sports and additional band concerts. The
committee agreed that work should begin
early in the fall to make the celebration
of next year a success.
Commissioner Macfarland declared after
the committees session that the success OF
the celebration last Monday when there
was not a single accident in the District
attributable to the use Of Fourth OF July
explosives, was a determining factor be-
fore the committee in it's decision to pro-
vide for similar celebrations in the future.
He declared that Washington will never
go back to the old-fashioned observance.
1.-The Commissioners regulation of No
NefQDer last DTOnlDiIlHS Tie Sdle pI
vate exhibition of fireworks will stand.
he said today, land the arrangements
made today looking to the permanent or
ganization for the celebration of Inde-
pendence day, taken with that regulation
insure the permanence OF the safe and
sane celebration
Small Balance Left.
The committee. in auditing the accounts
of the celebration just past, found that
the contributions amounted to s2,S17.7O
or $317.7O more than the committee orig
inally asked The increased contribution
made possible additional fireworks.
The chief item of expense was for the
daylight and night fireworks which cost
s., ,450. The other expenses did not eat UP
all the fund and there is a small balance
left. which will be turned over to the per-
manent committee on independence day
observance.