Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-18
Great Council Of Virginia Be-
gins Convention Today.
PARADE To Be FEATURE
More Than a Thousand Red Men,
City Fire Department, officials CT
Grea. Council, Bands and Military
to March in Pageant.


to the Great Council, I. U. Red Men.
of virginia, which meets In annual
here this morning. arrived
in Newport News yesterday afternoon
and last night A number Of the WISH
tors from the upper part q the state
came in at $50 o'clock over the
Chesapeake & Ohio and still others
arrived over the same llne at 7:2o
o'clock. Others came from the south;
west via Norfolk Several hundred
more will arrive here this morning
and others will come in during the
afternoon. II is estimated that more
than 1000 Red Men will be here Co
night to take part in the parade.
Newport News is in its holiday at
tire for the reception of the guests.
Nearly all of the business houses
along Washington avenue are gaily
decorated with flags and bunting,
while the building in which the SEES
sions Ct the council are to be held at
Washington avenue and Thirty second
street, is literally covered with flags.
Other decorations. will be put up this
morning and the avenue will be light
ed up tonight for the parade.
Opening Session This Morning.
The opening session of the conven-
ton will be held this morning at 3
o'clock. Mayor Marquis Jones will
welcome the visiting Braves" and
Great Sachem Walter S. Nicklin will
reply on behalf of the Great Council.
Past Sachem c. w. Stanglen will
make the address OF welcome on be-
half of the tribes of Newport News,
Hampton. Phoebus and Elizabeth City
county, and Great Senior Sycamore
F. B. Varney will reply. This session
will be open to the public and large
attendance is expected
This afternoon will be given over
to the regular business sessions OF
a large crowd of the visitors will at
tend the baseball game at the Casino
park between the team OF the Norfolk
Red Men and the Athletics and North
Enders.
Big Parade Tonight.
The big feature of the convention
will be the street parade which is to
be held tonight at s O'Clock. Norfolk
and Portsmouth will send between sec
and 500 braves" here to participate
in the parade. They will make the
trip on a special boat. which will
leave Norfolk at o'clock this even
ing. The Braves" of Warwick and
York counties also will be out in
force, many of them coming here on
horseback All of the Red Men will
be in their regalia and 1t is expected
that the parade will make a very i'm
posing sight The line OF march prcb-
ably will be more than mile in
length and it is estimated now that
about 1000 men will be in line The
Huntington Rifles, city fire depart
ment, the band of the Eagle Engine
Company and a squad of police will
march with the Red Men.
The parade will form on West ave
nue. and will move along that avenue
to Twenty street. over that
street TO Washington avenue. along
Washington avenue to Thirty-eighth
street to Huntington avenue, along
Huntington avenue to Twenty-fifth
street. over that street 20 the Casino
grounds. where a big war dance"
will be held.
Following viii be the formation OF
the parade:s
Formation CT Parade.
Hfx-fosOr
marshal. Form on Thirty-fourth
street. Police escort and band of
Eagle Engine Company Nc. 3. Form
on ThiTty-third street-Huntingto
Rifles. Company c. Fourth Virginia
Volunteers. Firm on Thirty-second
street-Commanche Tribe No. 73 and
Nansemond Tribe No. IS.
Second divisicn-w A. Tennis.
marshal. Form on Thirty-f.rst street
Wyoming Tribe No. 40. Noaman
Tribe No III and tribes from Nor
folk Firm on Thirtieth street.
Waupuckenati Tribe No. 81. Della.
ware<Tribe No IS and St TsmBia
Tribe No 1872.
Third division-David johnson
marsha. Form on Twenty
street-TEscsrcrs Tribe No. 20. Red
Cloud Tribe No. IS and tribes from
Portsmouth and Berkeley.
Fourth division-w. z. Jones. mar
shall. Form on Twenty-eighth stree.
Fleet Foot Tribe No. s. White
Swan Tribe No. 50 and visiting Red
Men Form IN Tuanfx soworfh ef~.xs
with city ofacials and
great chef Of the Great Council
Form on Twenty-sixth Sfreef-Sev-