Evening star., 1911-01-12
BOOST CRESCENT CITY
FOR BIG GPANAMA SHOW
San Francisco to Have Hear
ing Along With New
Orleans.

A new turn is promised for the closing
session of the New Orleans bill hearing
before the House committee on indus
trial arts and expositions tomorrow.
For three mornings the committee has
listened to the arguments of advocates
Of New Orleans as the site for the Pan
anna exposition in 1915. Present at all
the hearings have been Representative
Kahn and former Representative Iheo-
dore E. Bell, both of California. At the
close of the session this morning Mr..
Kahn, who had been the victim OF
more or less kidding at the hands of
Senator John Sharp Williams OF
mississippi, announced that there have
been so many misstatements before the
committee that we Of California would
like the opportunity, before the hearing
on the New Orleans bill closes, to re-
fute some"
Mr.. Kahn asked for and was granted
one forenoon on the condition that New
Orleans representatives will be given the
privilege Of closing the hearing with any
vance.
Hearing Ends Tomorrow.
The hearing will close tomorrow, proba-
bly, in the afternoon. the members OF the
committee agreeing to hold an afternoon
session II necessary.
With the fiery rhetoric OF Gov. Noel of
Mississippi. cold. cutting figures and sta
tfstics from Locke iBreaux, President
Craighead Of Tulane University and 9TH
ers and the familiar wit and hNmor
which private" John Allen and SenaAor-
elect John Sharp Williams of Miss ssiEpi
cracked about the heads OF their former
associates in the House, the New Orlean5
advocates brought their case to cloSd
this morning. Whatever time they use In
rebuttal will be in defending the figures
Representative Kahn and Mr.. Bell have
promised to attack.
DIR. Craighead, the first speaker this
morning, made one of the strong points
OF the hearing in the minds Of the New
Orleans delegation, when he said, IN ef-
feet that the $7,OOO,OOO which the San
Francisco boomers claim to be able to
save the government as result of the
difference in the amounts of money
raised by the two contending cities will
be taken from the American people many
times over by increased transportation
expenses in the event OF San Francisco
obtaining the exposition
A Center Of Gravity.
Delegate Larrinaga OF Porto Rico in a
brief talk characterized New Orleans as
''the center of gravity for the civilized
world"
private" John Allen Of Mississippi re-
ceived a hearty welcome from his former
associates in the House when he arose
to talk to the committee. 1.-The Sage of
Tupelo' had discovered a new argument
in favor Of 1.-The logical point
II have heard" he said. "a number of
speakers tell you that New Orleans is
only 500 miles from the center of popula-
ton Of the United States. but l have yet
to hear advanced the argument, which I
discovered some time ago. that New Or
leans is less than 500 miles from Tupelo."
The Louisiana delegation in Congress
was host last night to about 2.OO0 men
and women from all parts Of the country,
invited to meet Gov Sanders of Louisiana
and the party that accompanied him on
the special train from New Orleans. The
reception. which was held in the New Eb-
bitt, continued until a late hour.